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of articles posted on 22-Jun-2007.
Pakistan's Punjab Speaker baying for Rushdie's blood
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Foreign Affairs , Religion
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Enraged by the UK's decision to knight controversial India-born author Salman Rushdie whose work has infuriated Muslims across the world, the Speaker of Pakistan's Punjab provincial assembly, Afzal Sahi,said that any person committing blasphemy against the Holy Prophet was liable to be killed and that he would definitely kill the blasphemer if he came across him today.
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Salman-Rushdie
Blasphemy
Fatwa
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Poll: Most hated words on the internet
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Technology
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According to a poll conducted, words such as blog, netiquette, cookie and wiki have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet. Topping the list of words most likely to make web users "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard" was folksonomy, a term for a web classification system. 'Blogosphere,' the collective name for blogs or online journals, was secon
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Blog
Cookie
Wiki
Netiquette
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Australian PM against same-sex marriage
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Politics , Foreign Affairs
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard ruled out the possibility of legalising same-sex marriages; although, the results of a new survey show that 57% Australians are in favour of giving homosexuals the right to marry. "There's no possibility of our attitude in relation to gay marriage changing," the conservative leader said.
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John-Howard
Same-Sex-Marriage
Homosexuality
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84-year-old man drives car without licence for 67 years
Friday, June 22, 2007 sify.com
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Foreign Affairs
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An 84-year-old Dutch driver admitted durind a random check that not only his car is uninsured but he has been driving without a licence for 67 years.The man had escaped detection because he had never got a speeding ticket or been involved in a crash.
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Dutch-Driver
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Researchers use 3-D simulation to study WTC collapse
Friday, June 22, 2007 sify.com
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Education
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A computer-based 3-D simulation has been created by researchers at the Purdue University to study in detail the cause of the World Trade Centre (WTC) collapse in a terrorist attack on Sep 11, 2001. According to the first part of the simulation report, the fuel of the hijacked airplanes, when ignited, stripped away crucial fireproofing material and produced a flood of flaming liquid that knocked ou
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World-Trade-Centre-Bombings
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Sonia depicted as Durga, Hindu groups angered
Friday, June 22, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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A poster depicting Congress president Sonia Gandhi as goddess Durga has angered Hindu groups. They have termed it derogatory. The poster, which is on the wall of district Congress committee office, shows Sonia as goddess Durga with her multiple arms. In Hindu mythology, Durga is considered the destroyer of evil. The poster has been in the office since the state assembly elections earlier this year
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Sonia-Gandhi
Goddess-Durga
Poster-Controversy
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A community that shuns modern life
Friday, June 22, 2007 sify.com
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Culture
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The Pahari Korba tribal community lives in caves and on hilltops far away from human settlements. This indigenous community has a population of about 30,000 spread across the northern districts of Surguja, Korba and Jashpur and they are refusing to accept a modern way of life despite the state government's best efforts.
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Tribal-Community
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Cong: Inquiry into Sonia’s poster as Durga
Friday, June 22, 2007 sify.com
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Politics
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The Congress on Thursday took strong exception to a poster showing party president Sonia Gandhi as goddess Durga in the party office in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, and has ordered an inquiry. The Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said: "We have ordered an enquiry and would expel those involved in it."
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Sonia-Gandhi
Goddess-Durga
Poster-Controversy
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'93 Mumbai Blasts Case: Convicts write to Thackeray
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Crime , Cities
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In a surprising development, eleven of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case have written a letter to Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. They have offered their as well as the Muslim community's 'support' to the saffron party.
However, is not clear, what has prompted them to write to Thackeray, and what do they expect from him in return."Flag of Sena and Muslims would fly with our sup
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Mumbai-Blasts-Case
Shiv-Sena
Bal-Thackeray
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Jayalalithaa to meet Prez Kalam today
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Politics
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Convenor of United National Progressive Alliance and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, will go to New Delhi on Friday to boost the morale of President A P J Abdul Kalam. Prez Kalam,had earlier announced his willingness to contest for a second term in office provided there is an assurance of winning the poll.Two days ago, Jayalalithaa had cancelled her visit at the eleventh hour sa
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Jayalalithaa
Presidential-Poll
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