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of articles posted on 11-Aug-2007.
'Rice may have prevented Pak emergency' : Report
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs , Politics
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The Pakistani President reportedly, decided against imposing a state of emergency on account of the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice made two calls to the president, besides the President also received calls from some top officials of the European Union who dissuaded him from imposing emergency.
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Emergency
Condoleezza-Rice
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2005 Ayodhya attack mastermind killed in encounter
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Cities , Crime
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Saifullah Kari, a top Jaish-e-Mohammed militant, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the 2005 Ayodhya attack was gunned down by security personnel in an encounter.Five of his associates were arrested in the heart of Jammu city.
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Jaish-e-Mohammed
Encounter
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14-year old is computer graduate : Lucknow
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Cities
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Shailendra, a 14-year old boy who cleared the class 12 exams three years ago, has now set another record by completing a computer degree. He was awarded a degree of Bachelor of Computer Applications by the Lucknow University Vice Chancellor R P Singh. "I wish to one day establish a company like Microsoft or Oracle": said an ecstatic Shailendra.
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Child-Prodigy
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Karnataka decides to scrap CET
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Education
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The Karnataka government is planning to scrap the Common Entrance Test, which is a key examination to get admission into any professional college in Karnataka. The CET which started 21 years ago, is taken by scores of students from across the country aiming to get a seat in a medical, engineering or dental college in the state. Henceforth, the Karnataka Examination Authority will take up the respo
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Common-Entrance-Test
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Hamid Ansari is the new Vice President
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Politics
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The United Progressive Alliance-Left candidate Hamid Ansari has been elected as the 13th vice-president of India. Ansari defeated the National Democratic Alliance candidate Najma Heptulla and the Third Front candidate Rashid Masood in the vice-presidential elections. Ansari got 455 votes whereas Heptulla got 222.
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Hamid-Ansari
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'Train runs over two elephants' : Assam
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Cities
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A freight train ran over two elephants in a bird sanctuary in Assam, the train was derailed as a result. According to a wildlife official the incident occured between Azara and Kamakhya railway stations while a herd of 20-odd elephants was crossing the track. One of the elephants killed was a calf.
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Elephants
Run-Over
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Osama bin Laden is a voter in Jehanabad district : Bihar
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Cities
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A voters identity card issued in the name of Osama bin Laden in Bihar's Jehanabad district indicates his presence in that region, at least according to the election commission. Bin Laden is not alone, he has the company of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, actor Shabana Azmi, etc in whose names voter identity cards have been issued in
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Fake-Identity-Card
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‘Don’t compare 1993 blasts with riots’ : BJP
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Cities , Crime , Politics
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The BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar scoffed at attempts made by a section of the ruling Congress led UPA alliance and certain social activists to draw parallels between the the 1992-93 communal riots and the TADA court verdicts in the 1993 serial bomb blasts. Javadekar clarified that the party was in favour of action being taken against all those accused in the riots.
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Mumbai-Riots
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'PM dares Left to withdraw support' : Nuke deal
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.ndtv.com
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Politics
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The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has dared the Left parties to withdraw support to his government on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. The PM in an interview said: "I told them to do whatever they want to do, if they want to withdraw support, so be it".
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Manmohan-Singh
Nuke-Deal
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Militants kill 12 Hindi-speaking people : Assam
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Cities , Crime
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Twelve Hindi-speaking people in Assam's Karbi Anglong district have been murdered in two separate attacks. This is a second attack in a week. On August 8, militants killed eight Hindi-speaking people in Kabri Anglong.
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Assam
Militants
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