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Asia's pivotal triangle: India has to build on its close ties with Japan to...
Shinzo Abe and Manmohan Singh India, China and Japan, as they manoeuvre for strategic advantage, are transforming relations between themselves in a way that portends growing strategic...
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The Party is Over: Social activist Aruna Roy resigns from Sonia Gandhi-led...
Aruna Roy Aruna Roy, the IAS officer-turned-busybody (oops, I mean activist) is both formidable and scary. She is the object of admiration, veneration and even inspiration to many. She tours...
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Mysterious Voynich manuscript has 'genuine message'
By Melissa HogenboomScience reporter, BBC NewsThe 15th Century Voynich manuscript has been described as the world's most mysterious book, which could be a complex code, an unknown language or simply a...
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Pakistan raises 25,000-strong special force to protect nuclear arsenal PTI
Pakistan has raised a 25,000-strong special force and put in place extensive measures to protect and manage its strategic assets, including its nuclear arsenal, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on...
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Fearing crackdown, over 1.5 million foreign workers change status in Saudi...
Illegal immigrant workers cover their heads from the heat as they wait at Saudi immigration offices at Alisha area, west of Riyadh. ReutersMore than 1.5 million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia have...
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Couple die of thirst in Saudi southern desert
By Sebastian UsherBBC News A husband and wife have died of thirst after losing their way in Saudi Arabia's vast southern desert, known as the Empty Quarter.Security forces had mounted a major...
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Gaza singer Mohammed Assaf wins Arab Idol contest
Yolande Knell reports on the jubilant mood on the streets of Gaza City Celebrations have erupted across the Palestinian territories at news that a wedding singer from the Gaza Strip has won the Arab...
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Syria 'friends' agree urgent support for rebels
John Kerry: "Syrian people should determine the future of their country"Foreign ministers of the Friends of Syria group, who are meeting in Qatar, have agreed to provide urgent support to rebels who...
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China: credit crunch or worse?
What is the significance of the recent turmoil in China's money markets, the sharp reduction in the flow of credit between banks and the rising cost of loans between banks? Its trigger has been a...
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Can China's middle class spend the world out of recession?
By John SudworthBBC News, Zhengzhou, China The Zhangs are happy to call themselves middle class Meet the Zhangs, one of China's new middle-class families who some economists believe are going to spend...
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Paris Air Show: Rival planemakers have Boeing and Airbus in their sights
By Russell HottenBusiness reporter, BBC NewsAs usual, the Paris Air Show has been dominated by the two big beasts of the industry. Will Airbus announce more orders than Boeing? Will Boeing have more...
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Amateurs writing food blogs have grown both popular and influential, with...
People trust reviews from bloggers the way they trust the opinions of friends and family. So we get treated very nicely at restaurants and can get anything we want: Angela Carson Photo: Nilotpal...
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Morgan Stanley gets nod to buy remaining stake in Citigroup JV for $4.7 bn -...
Morgan Stanley has received regulatory approval to buy the 35 per cent stake of a joint venture with Citigroup that it doesn't already own for $4.7 billion.The deal is expected to close on June 28.The...
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CBI set to quiz Jindal Steel & Power boss Naveen Jindal Abhishek Bhalla New...
Congress MP and businessman Naveen Jindal will soon be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his alleged role in the coal blocks allocation scam, even as the agency made "some...
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Two entrepreneurs hope to make beer as ubiquitous as coffee in India.-...
Pradeep Gidwani, owner of The Pint Room, plans to have 20 outlets by end-2013 Photo: Vivan Mehra/www.indiatodayimages.comPradeep Gidwani is a man with a dream. Many would call it a pipedream, but...
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Bug exposes Facebook contact information of 6 million users - BT Online...
PHOTO: Associated PressFacebook Inc has said a bug in its system caused 6 million users' contact information to be inadvertently exposed. The social media company, however, added that the problem has...
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Second batch of Microsoft Accelerator start-ups graduate - Goutam Das BT
Mukund Mohan, CEO-in-residence of Microsoft Accelerator programme, addressing the event (Photo: Nilotpal Baruah)The Microsoft Accelerator programme in Bangalore announced the graduation of its second...
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In Pursuit of Happiness - Anushree Basu-Bhalla BT
Before I place my order, the barman bowls me over with a line-up of beverages in different tones of dusk. There is a thin sheen of dew frosting these glasses. He urges me to sample them. "Start...
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Will launch of eight 'refreshed' models arrest Tata Motors's slide? N....
Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym in a file photo.N MadhavanEver since the current downturn in the Indian automobile sector began, especially in passenger cars, Tata Motors' sales have been...
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1976 model Apple computer set for Chistie's auction next week BT Online...
An undated photo provided by Christie's Auction House shows an 'Apple 1' prototype computer, built in 1976, accompanied by an operation manual and schematic as well as a photo of its inventors, Steve...
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