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Eelam War II:LTTE in command
War on terror revisitedMarch 3, 2013, 8:25 pmState Minister for Defence Ranjan Wijeratne points to some weapons recovered by the army during operations in Trincomalee after the outbreak of hostilities...
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Richness of English
March 3, 2013, 8:33 pmby Dr. Upul Wijayawardhana"Doctor, I have done my duty by my community; I convinced Mrs. B to allow Muslim students to study in the English medium"I had a flashback of these words...
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March 3, 2013, 8:23 pmThe cold war among some ambitious government bigwigs has, of late, shown signs of hotting up. No less a person than General Secretary of the SLFP and Minister Maithripala Sirisena...
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US HIV baby 'cured' by early drug treatment
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the immune systemA baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say. The...
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The families fleeing Pakistan's militant infighting
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, JalozaiMohammad Saeed (far right) and his family had to flee their homes on footMohammad Saeed and Mumtaz Gul from Pakistan's north-western Khyber tribal region are the latest...
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HSBC pays $4.2bn for fines and mis-selling in 2012
HSBC saw further rapid growth in Asia during 2012HSBC paid out $4.2bn (£2.8bn) last year to cover the cost of past wrongdoing.As well as $1.9bn in fines for money laundering, the bank also set aside...
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Chicken Biriyani in Pressure cooker
I don't usually make biryani using cooker but my readers were asking for the recipe using cooker as many don't have the big vessel or arrangement for keeping dum.For a long time I too wanted to make a...
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sri lanka: human rights Hiding The Machete Tamil Nadu damns Sri Lanka on war...
AFP (From Outlook 11 March 2013)Anti-Lanka protests by DMK A set of three photographs splashed recently across the front pages of Indian newspapers recall in chilling detail the horrific side of the...
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Kanchipuram Diary There's more to the town than sleaze, scandal and silk and...
Math-rakingMy first brush with Kanchipuram was as an Outlook reporter in August 2001. I was investigating the charge that the CEO of the district, Jayendra Saraswati, had segregated hostels for...
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To Have A Chance, And Have Not Is Chidambaram to keep Rahul’s seat warm? A...
Digvijay Singh: PC’s handling of the Maoist issue was severely criticised by Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh who said PC lacked understanding of the situationPranab Mukherjee: There was no...
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John Wilpers, WWII veteran and Tojo captor, dies at 93
Wilpers, shown with his daughter, retired from the US Army reserve in 1979 as a colonelThe US soldier who arrested Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo to face trial for war crimes at the end of...
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China National People's Congress set to open in Beijing
Some 3,000 delegates from across the country are attending the CongressChina's National People's Congress is set to open in Beijing, beginning the final stage of the country's once-in-a-decade...
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Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list for fourth year
Amancio Ortega of Zara fame is this year's biggest riserMexican tycoon Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires for a fourth year.The magazine estimates that Mr...
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HMV administrators sell Asia shops
HMV has six shops in Hong Kong and two in SingaporeThe administrators of HMV, Deloitte, have sold its business in Asia to private equity firm Aid Partners.Aid has bought HMV's six shops in Hong Kong,...
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India has 55 billionaires, Mukesh tops list PTI New Delhi
With networth of $21.5 billion, Mukesh Ambani has retained his title as India's richest person for sixth year in a rowWith networth of $21.5 billion, Mukesh Ambani has retained his title as India's...
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Young and appy As opportunities abound, students turn to app development...
Raghav Sood, 15, playing computer games at home. He has created nearly a dozen Android apps and set up a company called Appaholics Photo: Aditya Kapoor/www.indiatodayimages.comWhen he is at home,...
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Tata Motors cuts car prices by up to Rs 50,000 PTI New Delhi
Tata Motors on Monday slashed prices of its Indica and Manza range of passenger cars by up to Rs 50,000 in order to prevent falling sales in recent months.The company, however, increased the prices of...
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With Knox, Samsung starts its big enterprise push Nandagopal Rajan BT
Uday Bhat, director of Samsung's IT Business in India, unveiling the mobile enterprise solution Knox in Hyderabad on March 1, 2013.Nandagopal RajanSamsung's next big push will be in the enterprise...
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Apple TV to go on sale at Rs 8,295 Nandagopal Rajan BT
Apple TV is a smart little box that lets you stream content, either through a broadband network or wirelessly, to any televisionNandagopal RajanHere is another indicator that Apple Inc's interest in...
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Focus back on clothing and food: Kishore Biyani Suman Layak BT
Future Group Chairman Kishore BiyaniFuture Group Chairman Kishore Biyani spoke to Business Today's Suman Layak on his key takeaways from P Chidambaram's Budget speech. Excerpts -Q. What is the big...
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