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Thimpu Fiasco
* War on terror revisited June 6, 2013, 8:01 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoNew Delhi airport June 3, 1985: President JRJ leaving India after three days of consultations. JRJ is flanked by Premier Rajiv...
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Amending 154G Will Make Devolution Meaningless
June 6, 2013, 8:21 pm By Laksiri FernandoAny change to the 13th Amendment before the promised first Northern Provincial Council (NPC) elections in September will be a gross discrimination against the...
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Frozen Cold War thawing in SyriaJune 6, 2013, 7:56 pmThe Arab Spring has brought about only death and devastation in Syria. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians who have fled to the neighbouring...
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Rajasthan Royals distances itself from Raj Kundra after his name emerges in...
Raj Kundra and Shilpa ShettyTrying to distance itself from the tainted co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) -- Raj Kundra -- its top management on Friday promised...
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US spy chief Clapper defends Prism and phone surveillance - bbc.com
Mr Clapper said there were "numerous inaccuracies" in the report on internet servers being tappedUS spy chief James Clapper has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of...
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An awkward brush with the Dubai expat vodka set
Boom times in Dubai are attracting more and more Westerners - but a night with the expat elite was an awkward experience for the BBC's Paul Moss.It was lucky, really, that I was too late for dinner -...
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Cambodia criminalises Khmer Rouge atrocity denial
The bill was passed unanimously but in the absence of opposition politiciansCambodia's parliament has approved a bill which makes it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge...
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How two former i-bankers of Indian origin are re-engineering dosas to please...
Jawahar Chirimar and Sam Subramaniam say their target audience will be office-goers & students. To ensure affordability, the dosas will be priced at $7 (about Rs 390) or lessTwo former investment...
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Air India failed to utilise its chances: Emirates ET
"We keep getting thrown AI at us.We can't inhibit the growth of AI. In 1960, the first jet aircraft that I flew was AI. It was a full carrier then,"NEW DELHI: Defending the charge of eating into...
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Raj Kundra's rise from a Pashmina trader to an international entrepreneur By...
One of the mistakes he made came to light on Thursday when the Delhi Police seized his passport and accused him of betting on IPL matches.NEW DELHI: Life teaches you many things. My journey as an...
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Arun Pandey: The man behind brand MS Dhoni is anti-thesis of sports agent By...
Pandey is the anti-thesis of the sports agent, rustic in his appearance, non-calculating in his ways, prone to letting down his guard.NEW DELHI: About 15 years ago, Arun Pandey was tossing slow,...
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Jaguar goes cub: JLR to launch 'Baby Jag' for the entry level premium car market
By retaining its DNA, while reducing its size and price, Jaguar is looking to drive into that half of the luxury-car market it has virtually ignored this far.The Castle Bromwich plant of Jaguar Land...
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping joins Obama for summit
The two leaders appeared relaxed as the summit got under wayChinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama have begun a two-day summit in California.The two leaders spoke of overcoming...
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Phaneesh Murthy axed from iGate board PTI
US-based outsourcing firm iGate said majority of its shareholders have consented to the removal of former CEO Phaneesh Murthy from the firm's board for 'cause'.Murthy, who was sacked on May 20 this...
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Apologies for all this nonsense, Raj Kundra's tweet to Shilpa on her birthday...
Kundra owns 11.7 per cent shares in Rajasthan Royals.Under-fire Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra today wished his Bollywood actress wife Shilpa Shetty a happy birthday and apologised for the...
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Swedish Princess Madeleine marries US-British financier
Part of the ceremony was conducted in Swedish and part in English The fourth in line to Sweden's throne, Princess Madeleine, has married US-British businessman Christopher O'Neill in a ceremony in...
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Tintoretto painting uncovered at London V&A museum
The painting is believed to have been executed around 1555A painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum has been found to be a work by Italian master Jacopo Tintoretto.Until recently, The Embarkation...
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Obama-Xi talks focus on US-China economy ties
The summit was billed as a chance for the two men to get to know each other Economic and environmental issues dominated the second day of a summit between US President Barack Obama and Chinese leader...
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Profile: Sunnylands, 'Camp David of the US West Coast'
The Sunnylands estate was designed by the renowned architect Quincy Jones In the Coachella Valley of southern California, surrounded by desert and mountains, lies a luxury estate that aspires to be the...
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Valentina Tereshkova: The Greta Garbo of space
In June 1963 a young Soviet worker became the first woman to travel into space. Valentina Tereshkova rarely talks about her mission, so to tell the story of how she became a national hero and an icon...
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