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of articles posted on 10-Aug-2007.
Astronauts examine spacecraft Endeavour for damages
Friday, August 10, 2007 sify.com
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Technology
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour is on an 11-day mission to install a 2.5-ton solar panel on the International Space Station (ISS), conduct repairs on the orbiting station and deliver supplies. The astronauts on board the space shuttle spent their first day in space inspecting the craft for any damage sustained during take-off.
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Endeavour
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Sena may vote for Najma in Vice-Prez poll
Friday, August 10, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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Following a long telephonic conversation between the Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh and the Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, there were signals that the Sena was likely to vote for the National Democratic Alliance candidate Najma Heptulla in the Vice-Presidential Poll, which will be conducted on Friday.
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Najma-Heptulla
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'No intention of leaving India' : Nasreen
Friday, August 10, 2007 sify.com
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Top stories
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Taslima Nasreen, the controversial Bangladeshi author, who is seeking asylum in India, said that she was "shocked" by the attack on her by a Muslim group in Hyderabad. However Nasreen has no plans to leave India, which she described as her "second home" and "a good place to live in".
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Taslima-Nasreen
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'Presidential poll in two months' : Pak PM
Friday, August 10, 2007 sify.com
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Foreign Affairs
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The Pakistani Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz said that the Presidential election would be held between September 15 and October 15 and that President Pervez Musahrraf would be re-elected by the present Assemblies. Aziz also claimed that he had advised Musharraf against imposing an Emergency in the country.
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Shaukat-Aziz
Emergency
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Taslima's visa extended till February 2008
Friday, August 10, 2007 sify.com
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Cities
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The visa of Taslima Nasreen, which was scheduled to expire this month, has been extended by six months till February next year. The controversial Bangladeshi novelist is currently in exile in Kolkata following a fatwa issued against her by some Islamic groups in Bangladesh for her book 'Lajja'.
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Taslima-Nasreen
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20,000 Gujarat riot victims still awaiting resettlement
Friday, August 10, 2007 sify.com
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Cities , Politics
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20,000 victims of the communal riots that took place in Gujarat five years ago are still living in governement camps and are yet to be resettled by the BJP government in Gujarat. The State Chief Secretary Sudhir Mankad, who was summoned by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), informed the commission that the state government had requested financial support from the Centre for the resettle
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Communal-Riots
Resettlement
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SC won't hear Dutt's bail plea on Friday
Friday, August 10, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Legal
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The Supreme Court issued a clarification that it would not hear Sanjay Dutt's bail plea on Friday. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan stated the court had only listed the matter to be "mentioned" on Friday, following which a formal date would be fixed for the hearing.
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Supreme-Court
Sanjay-Dutt-Hearing
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ISRO planning manned space mission
Friday, August 10, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Technology
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The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G Madhavan Nair said that the space agency is considering the prospect of sending a manned mission to space. Nair added that a mission to Mars was at a conceptual stage and a project to send a satellite to the red planet is being considered.
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ISRO
Space-Mission
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Emminent citizens protest inaction on riot report
Friday, August 10, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Legal
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A campaign titled 'Justice for All' has been formed by eminent citizens of Mumbai, who are demanding the implementation of the Srikrishna Commission riot report. The launch of the campaign was attended by prominent personalities as well as college students and victims of the 1993 communal riots at the Indian Merchants Chambers.
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Srikrishna-Commission
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Vice-Presidential polls: Voting commences
Friday, August 10, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Politics
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The voting for the vice-presidential elections began at 10am on Friday in order to choose a successor to Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who quit following his loss at the Presidential election.The United Progressive Alliance-Left candidate Hamid Ansari seems to be the favourite to be the new Vice-President.
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Hamid-Ansari
Vice-Presidential-Polls
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