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of articles posted on 15-Jun-2007.
Firing at Nandigram, police inspector injured
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Crime
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In the midst of peace process, fresh tension gripped Nandigram in East Midnapore district when a police inspector sustained bullet injuries during a barrage of firing from Sonachura, one of the troubled spots in the area.
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Nandigram
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7 sex offenders who use MySpace arrested
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Crime , Foreign Affairs
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Seven convicted sex offenders with profiles on MySpace.com have been arrested in what Texas officials said was the country's first large-scale crackdown of registered offenders who use the social networking Web site. The men were arrested in Houston, Austin, Round Rock, and Glenn Heights during a two-week operation by the Texas Attorney General's Cyber Crimes and Fugitive units.
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MySpace
Sex-Offenders
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Pratibha Patil: Advantages of being a lightweight
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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A long—standing political trend was highlighted by the fact that when the lightweight Shivraj Patil proved to be a persona non grata for the Left as a presidential candidate, the Congress turned to the even more lightweight Pratibha Patil to be its — and the ruling United Progressive Alliance's — nominee for the post.
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Presidential-Poll
Shivraj-Patil
Pratibha-Patil
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At 73, farmer fails school exams on 38th try
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Education
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A 73-year-old Indian farmer who vowed not to marry before passing his high school exams has failed to get through for the 38th time. Shiv Charan Yadav has been taking the exams -- normally given to schoolchildren at the age of 15 -- every year since 1969, without success. This year, he failed everything except Sanskrit, scoring only 103 out of a possible 600 points.
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Oldest-Student
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Kanishka probe: New no-fly list for passengers
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Nations
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Air Canada is worried about its front-line staff who would cross-check passengers with names of suspected terrorists or their supporters on the controversial new no-fly list and have to handle the situation, the Air India inquiry was told.
Air Canada, which supports the concept of the list, which aims to identify people deemed to be a threat to aviation security, are concerned about how to deal
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No-Fly-List
Aviation
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Patil's choice insult to Cong leaders: BJP
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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Minutes after ruling UPA named Rajsthan Pratibha Patil as its candidate for President's post, the opposition BJP on Thursday, said the choice showed divisions in Congress."This announcement does not enhance the prestige of Pratibha Patil but it is an insult to leaders like Shivraj Patil, Pranab Mukherjee and Karan Singh whose names Congress itself floated as candidates for this prestigious electi
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Presidential-Poll
Pratibha-Patil
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq kills 14 hostages: Internet video
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Nations , Terrorism
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An alliance of Sunni groups headed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq executed 14 soldiers and police in a video posted on the Internet on Thursday. The recording, posted on an Islamist website by the Islamic State of Iraq, shows the security men kneeling and blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs. A masked militant then shoots each one in the head with a pistol.
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Al-Qaeda
Hostages-Killed
Internet-Video
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PM takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
Friday, June 15, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as Rajya Sabha member from Assam. The oath was administered by Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in his Parliament House chamber. Dr Singh, who was recently elected unopposed to the Upper House for the fourth consecutive term, took the oath in English.
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Manmohan-Singh
Rajya-Sabha
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Review of Woolmer investigation ordered
Friday, June 15, 2007 www.ndtv.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Two days after the police closed the three-month investigation into Bob Woolmer's death, the Jamaican government has appointed a committee to "review" the high-profile probe.National Security Minister Peter Phillips has appointed former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ian Forte, to carry out a review of the circumstances surrounding the investigation which treated the case as murder but
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Bob-Woolmer-Murder-Case
Review
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Girl raped in school, peon arrested
Friday, June 15, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Crime , Cities
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A ninth standard girl student of a government school was allegedly raped by three persons, including two employees of the school, inside the school premises in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Police arrested the school peon and gave out arrest warrants for two - a school clerk and his friend, an autorickshaw driver.
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School-Girl-Raped
Tamil-Nadu
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