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A350: The aircraft that Airbus did not want to build
By Theo LeggettBusiness reporter, BBCAfter many years on the drawing board and $15bn (£9.5bn) of investment the latest potential blockbuster from Airbus made its long-awaited first flight on...
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Edward Snowden 'banned from flying to UK'
Edward Snowden has admitted being the source of the leakThe UK government has warned airlines not to allow an ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details to fly to the UK, according to...
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Indian media: Telegram nostalgia
A telecommunications officer showing antique telegraph equipment used in sending messages through Morse codeMedia in India are reminiscing over the rich history of the 160-year-old telegram service,...
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Suspect held over murder of Pakistan prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali
Mr Zulfiqar was ambushed in is car while driving in IslamabadPolice in Pakistan say they have arrested a man suspected of involvement in last month's murder of top prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali.Mr...
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Nicaragua Congress approves ocean-to-ocean canal plan
Environmentalists say Lake Nicaragua will be under permanent risk due to potential leaks from big cargo ships using the canalThe Nicaraguan Congress has approved a proposal to have a canal built...
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Rekha Jhunjhunwala sells 4 lakh shares of Crisil for Rs 46 cr BT Online...
Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's wife Rekha has offloaded four lakh shares of the rating agency Crisil for over Rs 46 crore.As of March quarter, Jhunjhunwalas together held 54 lakh shares, equivalent...
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Hackers steal money from Mumbai Police salary accounts India Today Online New...
Picture for representationCyber criminals stole an undisclosed amount of money from the salary accounts of up to 30 Mumbai Police officials, reports said on Friday. The salaries were deposited in Axis...
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Secret tax-haven names released to public
A glimpse at an enormous trove of leaked records about secret companies and accounts is being opened to the public in hope it will shed light on the murky world of offshore finance. The information,...
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Non-banking companies may hire 70,000 bank job aspirants By Atmadip Ray, ET...
The banking selection institute will send feelers to the waiting candidates asking them if they would like to take up non-banking jobs. KOLKATA: About 70,000 candidates shortlisted by the country's...
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Management Mythos: What Tirupati Devasthanam teaches you about the time-value...
By Devdutt PattanaikOpen doors and open cabins and transparency are nice counter-forces to shut doors, closed meetings and a culture of secrecy.I am a new CEO who has just taken over from a very...
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Google tests balloons to beam internet from near space
The giant balloons carrying computer equipment are being launched in New ZealandGoogle is launching balloons into near space to provide internet access to buildings below on the ground.About 30 of the...
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Syria no-fly zone: Russia's Sergei Lavrov opposed
The US has pledged to support the Syrian opposition with military aidRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said any attempt to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria using US fighter jets and missiles...
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Golan Heights: Picking cherries within earshot of a war zone
By Bethany BellBBC NewsResidents of the Golan Heights - a rocky plateau which borders Syria and Israel - are all too aware fighting in Syria could come their way.It is cherry season in the Golan...
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Pakistan violence: Quetta hospital under siege
Pakistan television footage shows the aftermath of a bomb attack which killed at least 11 female studentsGunmen have attacked a hospital in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, hours after an...
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Afghan National Army counts cost of war
By David LoynBBC News, KabulDavid Loyn met one man who lost both legs ahead of his wedding day, and another who saw 30 Afghan comrades die in a firefightKabul's 400-bed hospital has treated the...
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The ‘Vipakshaye Virodaya’ yesterday (14) met the Elections Commissioner at his office in Rajagiriya and requested him to obtain the services of polls monitors from Commonwealth countries for the...
View ArticleGem merchant cleaned up by gang posing as police
*More than Rs 20 million worth gems, cash and jewellery robbedJune 14, 2013, 9:42 pmby Hemantha RandanuAn armed gang that had gained entry into the residence of a wealthy gem businessman at Laggala,...
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LSSP: 13A ‘very weak’ as it is, so why panic?
June 14, 2013, 9:47 pmby Zacki JabbarThe LSSP said yesterday that there was an undue haste to dilute the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, but it was ‘very weak’ as it was, since none of the powers...
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Secular India under threat’
‘June 14, 2013, 8:21 pmNarendra ModiThe emergence of Narendra Modi as the joint opposition candidate against the candidate of the Congress- led coalition poses a threat to India’s status as a secular...
View ArticleProphesies on Sri Lanka’s Global Vulnerability: A critique
June 14, 2013, 8:23 pmby G. H. PeirisContinued from yesterdaySo, where, or what, precisely was this Indian ‘unity’? To find the elusive answer to this question we need to return to Nehru who, despite...
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