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of articles posted on 13-Jun-2007.
Anand Jon accused of 6 more rapes
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Crime , Foreign Affairs , Fashion
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An Indian-born celebrity fashion designer already accused of raping or sexually assaulting 12 women and girls who came to him as aspiring models was charged on Tuesday with attacks on six additional victims. Anand Jon has now been charged with a total of 46 counts involving 18 victims, all with ties to the fashion industry and between the ages of 14 and 27.
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Fashion-Designer
Anand-Jon
Sexual-Assault
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Human trafficking: 'India has to be more responsive'
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs , Social Issues
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A United States government report says India has the world's largest problem of human trafficking with hundreds of thousands of sex trafficking victims and millions of bonded laborers, including children, and no national anti-trafficking effort.
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Human-Trafficking
Bonded-Labourers
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Minor fire in Parliament
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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A minor fire broke out in Parliament House in New Delhi on Wednesday morning, fire brigade officials said. The blaze was reported at 8:25 am in the basement of the Parliament House and immediately four fire engines were rushed to the spot,however thefire was doused before the fire engines reached.
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Parliament-House
Fire
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Migrants issue: UK Minister comes to Indians rescue
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Close on the heels of the Commission for Racial Equality rapping the British authorities for discriminatory changes effected in the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme that affected mostly Indians, the shadow Immigration Minister, Damian Green on Wednesday asked the government to keep the changes under suspension.
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HSMP
Immigration
UK
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Strike by Indian Airlines staff intensifies
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Cities
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Disrupting flight operations across the country, the indefinite strike by the employees of State-owned carrier 'Indian', demanding promotional parity with their Air India counterparts post-merger, intensified today with the cabin crew joining the agitation.
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Indian-Airlines-Strike
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EC likely to announce Prez poll schedule today
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for Presidential elections on Wednesday. The full commission headed Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy is likely to announce the schedule at a press conference.
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Election-Commission
Presidential-Polls
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Musharraf will not last this year: Imran Khan
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Politics , Foreign Affairs
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The cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has joined hands with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to end the rule of Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, asserting that Musharraf may not continue in power this year.
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Imran-Khan
Nawaz-Sharif
Pervez-Musharraf
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One more Tihar prisoner dies, 15 in serious condition
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Cities
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The summer's death toll in the high-security Tihar jail in West Delhi reached five after one more inmate died on Tuesday, sending worried jail authorities scrambling for an explanation.
Jail authorities said that all the deaths have been due to natural causes and are mostly the result of the intense summer heat sweeping the capital.
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Heat-Wave
Heat-Related-Death
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Hint of rain... but India still sweats it out
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Cities , Environment
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The summer sun relented on Tuesday, making way for cloudy skies and even rain in parts of India. But other areas continued to swelter, with six people dying in Madhya Pradesh. After days of tortuous heat when the mercury hovered around a scorching 45 degrees, claiming 126 lives, there was a dip in the temperature at places like Delhi and Shimla.
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Heat-Wave
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Threat of nuke terror all too real: US
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 sify.com
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Nations
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Citing the "clandestine nuclear trafficking network" of AQ Khan, known as the father of Pakistan's atom bomb, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned other countries that the "threat of nuclear terrorism is all too real".
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Nuke-Threat
FBI
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