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of articles posted on 14-Nov-2008.
Vishwender Singh quits party, alleges influence of money-power in Rajasthan polls
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Politics
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New Delhi: The BJP too has caught the Alva flu. Vishwender Singh, a three-term Lok Sabha MP from Bharatpur in Rajasthan, resigned on Thursday after being denied an assembly seat, alleging influence of "money power" in the selection of candidates for the Assembly polls.
Singh, a prominent Jat leader belonging to the Bharatpur Jat royal family, was advisor to Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raj
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BMTC driver with his left hand in a plaster, struggling to manoeuvre the busy Corporation-Mysore Ban
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Cities
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Bangalore: It all started when MiD DAY reader Mayur Khakar noticed an elderly BMTC driver with his left hand in a plaster, struggling to manoeuvre the busy Corporation-Mysore Bank area.
That got us going and we tracked down Babu Bhaiyya, as he's fondly called by his friends. Babu (53) fractured his left hand while he was on duty recently. But he believes that he is doing his duty by not taking
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Video clips of a Japanese police crackdown on a group of "working poor" who tried to get a look at t
Friday, November 14, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Foreign Affairs
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TOKYO: Video clips of a Japanese police crackdown on a group of "working poor" who tried to get a look at the wealthy PM's luxurious private home in Tokyo have attracted thousands of viewers on internet.
Three men were arrested on suspicion of assembling without a permit and scuffling with police, a spokesman at of Tokyo police said, when about 40 people gathered last month near PM Taro Aso's h
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India are keen to keep the momentum going, but Pietersen’s England have some plans of their own
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Cricket
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In the 50-over format of the game, the word ‘favourites’ can be applied only while dealing with the likes of Zimbabwe and to some extent Bangladesh.
Any of the top five or six teams, when they play against each other, can turn the tables around in a matter of a few overs in ODIs. And that’s precisely the reason why England are not blinking ahead of the first ODI against India here on Friday, desp
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It's boom time for President-elect Barack Obama in the publishing world.
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Business
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New York: Between the books already out there and those signed up for the future, it's boom time for President-elect Barack Obama in the publishing world.
According to Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks about 70 per cent of the sales in US, more than 1 lakh copies of his books sold between November 3-9, including 50,000 copies each of The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father and 19,000 copies
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Angelina Jolie has quashed claims suggesting that she is expecting another child with lover Brad Pit
Friday, November 14, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Entertainment
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American tabloids recently claimed that the actress is pregnant again – just three months ago the stunner gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne.
However her spokesman has poured cold water on all the claims. "This is not true,” Contactmusic quoted Angelina’s spokesman Geyer Kosinski, as saying.
Besides the twins, the star pair has three adopted children, Maddox, seven, Pax, four, and Zahara, thr
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Foot falls asleep often and there are cuts or bruises on it that have no sensation, take note, as it
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Health
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If your foot falls asleep often and there are cuts or bruises on it that have no sensation, take note, as it might be a case of a diabetic foot.
With World Diabetes Day falling on Friday, experts have a word of advice. Leading a life of discipline and being cautious with one's feet is the key to living with diabetes. Diabetes is a growing problem on the Indian subcontinent and in the Middle East
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The robot, which we are assembling, is called the Lego Mindstorms NXT.
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Features
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Bangalore: The robot, which we are assembling, is called the Lego Mindstorms NXT. It is a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in late July 2006. It comes with programming software called NXT-G. As you can see, a lot of parts are involved, but it can be put together by a trained instructor within minutes.
A robot comes with a lot of sensors that tell it what is going on. A sensor at the bac
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Clarence Seedorf believes it's quite possible that new loan signing David Beckham won't play a sin
Friday, November 14, 2008 sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Sports - Soccer
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LONDON: AC Milan's Clarence Seedorf believes it's quite possible that new loan signing David Beckham won't play a single match for the Italian giants.
Beckham, 33, is due to arrive at the San Siro in January after agreeing a temporary move from LA Galaxy during Major League Soccer's close season.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder hopes this will keep him in the thoughts
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The ancient city of Rome that is freely available for Internet surfers on the company’s virtual glob
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Technology
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London: Google has developed a 3-D model of the ancient city of Rome that is freely available for Internet surfers on the company’s virtual globe program, Google Earth.
The program lets viewers stand in the centre of the Colosseum, trace the footsteps of the gladiators in the Ludus Magnus, and fly under the Arch of Constantine.
The computer model – developed in collaboration with the Rome Reborn
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