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of articles posted on 23-Sep-2008.
Twists and turns
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Hockey
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Given their current team compositions, they are easily the best sides in the country at the moment. Therefore, it’s not surprising that Air India and Indian Oil were contesting the finals of the Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup yesterday. But, what was somewhat surprising was the fact that Indian Oil managed to keep their cool when faced with some real dodgy umpiring decisions!
Leading 3-0 after 11 min
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Tegh-Bahadur
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Chauhan
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Don’t exchange money at the airport
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Nations
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One US dollar is now worth around Rs 46, almost Rs 4 more than where it was just 50 days ago. So, if you are travelling abroad and want to purchase say $500, you could end up paying Rs 2,000 more.
However, the rate at which you get a dollar would also depend on who you purchase it from. Moneychangers, banks, travel agents, hotels or the airport kiosks all offer foreign currencies at different rat
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Travelling
Vinod-Khanna
Union-Bank
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Looking through Money
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Columns
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Popular culture has an uncanny way of reflecting life. Coldplay is the name of an alternative British rock band. The group’s latest album that bears the unusual subtitle Death and all his friends has become a huge success. It has hit the top of the charts in no less than 28 countries. The opening lines of the title track might as well be about the current state of a mythical character named Uncle
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Coldplay
Culture
Atlantic
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'Brave' chickens can woo hens
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Health
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MELBOURNE: If you thought only women are impressed by male chivalry, think again, for a new study has revealed that a male reaction to handle a dangerous situation can get sexual success in case of chickens as well.
David Wilson, an Australian scientist with Macquarie University has found the best indicator of mating and reproductive success in roosters and how good they are at protecting the bro
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Australian
Macquarie
MELBOURNE
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Noida CEO beaten to death
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Nations
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Noida: Dismissed employees of Graziano India Pvt Ltd, an Italy-based multinational, beat to death the CEO-cum-MD of the company, Lalit Kishor Chaudhary, in Greater Noida on Monday after a meeting called to resolve a dispute between them and the management failed. Chaudhary was rushed to hospital, but was declared brought dead.
Six months back, the employees had demanded salary hikes and permanen
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Noida
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Labour
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Aussies sniffed up by dogs
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Sports - Cricket
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JAIPUR; Ricky Ponting & Co arrived in Jaipur on Monday to an unlikely company of sniffer-dogs and close-circuit cameras. Skipper Ricky Ponting’s team was lodged in the hotel Rajputana Sheraton which was converted into a fortress with round-the-clock surveillance. The unprecedented security that welcomed the team was put in place in wake of the serial blasts in several parts of the country.
The Au
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Man faces torture for dowry charge despite sex change
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Crime
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A Bihar court has framed a charge sheet alleging that a man tortured his wife for dowry before their divorce, officials said Monday. The accused then underwent a sex change operation and married a man.
Phul Sharief, in his 30s, is a resident of Sonepur village under Rosra police station in Samastipur district, some 100 km from here.
Sharief's sex change came to light last Friday when he appeare
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1920 (horror)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Movies
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INDIAN filmmakers seem to have mastered almost all the genres by now, yet horror still remains the untamed giant. Rarely do we get to see a real goosebump affair in desi cinema.
After his successful supernatural thriller, Raaz, Vikram Bhatt returns to the darna-zaroori-hai kinda cinema in 1920. Sadly, the Boo! monster still remains untamed, since Bhatt scores, but only in bits and places.
He is
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INDIAN
Goosebump
Desi
Vikram-Bhatt
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Dempo eye AFC Cup semis berth
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Soccer
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New Delhi: I-League champions Dempo, hoping to become the first Indian club to make it to the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, would look to make amends for their profligacy in Hyderabad when they take on Home United in the quarter-final return leg tie in Singapore today.
Dempo squandered a golden opportunity to win their AFC Cup home match played in Hyderabad as the Nehru Stadium in Margao does not h
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New-Delhi
Dempo
Hyderabad
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‘I can’t be with strangers’
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Nations
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Actress Shamita Shetty will soon be seen in an item number in Hari Puttar. Ask her what she’s doing in an item song for a children’s film and she laughs. “It’s a promotional song. Also, it was a good way of reaching out to the young audience.”
Despite doing an item number, Shamita is not in the mood to sign any films. “I didn’t sign a single film because I was unhappy with the work that was comin
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Shamita-Shetty
Hari-Puttar
Shilpa
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