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of articles posted on 2-Sep-2007.
Join the army
Sunday, September 02, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Willard McCormick decided that life at the horse farm was boring. Military service beckoned when the Army dangled its new, $20,000 recruiting bonus the decision got a lot easier."I wasn't going to go right away, but I heard about the bonus and decided to jump on it," McCormick, 19, stated after signing up.
The new bonus comes with a "Quick Ship" provision that cuts the average 40-day wait time
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GSLV-FO4 held back
Sunday, September 02, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Technology
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India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-FO4 was 'stopped' three seconds before blast off from here due to 'technical snag in parameters related to launch,' ISRO sources said.The lift-off was scheduled at 4.21 pm. Media personnel waited to see the lift-off. But it had been deferred by 50 minutes.
It was then announced that the blast-off would be scheduled for 5.20 pm and then la
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Mukhtaran's cry in the wilderness
Sunday, September 02, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Social Issues
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Women victims of atrocities 'get justice in time' in other nations but this remains an elusive dream in Pakistan, states rights activist Mukhtaran Mai who was also a victime of rape. Dawn reported "Atrocities and excesses are committed against women almost in every country but they get justice in time, but in Pakistan they are made to run from pillar to post for justice," she said. Mukhtaran was
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Muttiah Muralitharan in the inaugural World Twenty
Sunday, September 02, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Its moral boosting news for Sri Lankan cricket fans after British media reported that wizard Muttiah Muralitharan might still play in the inaugural World Twenty20 inspite of suffering an elbow injury. The 35-year-old champion was earlier ruled out of next month's mega event after he strained his bicep above his right elbow while bowling for Lancashire against Kent last on Wednesday.
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SAARC to combat terrorism
Sunday, September 02, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Terrorism
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The Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday highlighted the need for SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries to harmonise their national legislation and procedures to tackle crimes and human trafficking within the region.
He was inaugurating a national seminar ‘SAARC: Accelerating Cooperation through Connectivity’ organised by the Public Diplomacy Div
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Examine Advani's suggestion
Sunday, September 02, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani’s made a remark stating that domestic laws can be changed to protect India’s nuclear options were only a suggestion for the party to examine.“Mr. Advani said this as a suggestion which is worth examining. Now, we will examine it,” Mr. Sinha said in Karan Thapar’s “Devil’s Advocate” programme on CNN-IBN.“It’s only a suggestion. If it works, fine. If it does not work, f
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Sena opposes Sachar Committee report
Sunday, September 02, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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Shiv Sena MPs led by executive president Uddhav Thackeray will soon meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to oppose the implementation of the Sachar Committee report.The party said the “hurried implementation” of the report indicated that it was aimed at vote grabbing. The government would face an agitation if it did not stop implementing the report immediately, the Sena said.The former Lok Sabha Spe
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Air India Express
Sunday, September 02, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Business
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The low-cost subsidiary of India, Alliance Air is phased out in Air India-Indian merger, Air India is set to utilise its own budget airline ‘Air India Express’ as a ‘dedicated’ low-cost domestic carrier. This, rather than just a hop-on, hop-off service, will begin by October, according to Air India Chairman and Managing Director V. Thulasidas.Air India Express, which has been Air-India’s value-fo
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Competition
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Dr. N. Arumugam'concern
Sunday, September 02, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Health
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“Doctors must not indulge in unethical practices." This is the mandate of the World Medical Association, which was constituted after the Second World War during which flagrant violations of ethics were common.” With over 80 countries now part of the WMA, it has expanded its role to include the issues peculiar to rapidly-evolving technology, states Dr. Arumugam, a cardiologist who works in Malaysia
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Day light savings
Sunday, September 02, 2007 justsamachar.com
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Top stories
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Scientists have cited many benefits of pushing the Indian Standard Time (IST) by half-an-hour to six hours ahead of GMT including peak load energy savings to almost 16 per cent.The new suggestion avoids the risks of introducing two separate time zones."We propose advancing of the Indian Standard Time by half-an-hour to being six hours ahead of the Universal Coordinated Time," senior scientists Di
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