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of articles posted on 8-Jun-2007.
Taj Mahal: 10th place on list of wonders
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Nations , Culture
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The Acropolis in Athens and Mexico's Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza are among the leaders in a competition to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World, the organisers said on Thursday. The competition ends in a month's time. The winners will be chosen through a global online and phone vote, organisers of the New 7 Wonders of the World (www.new7wonders.com) competition said.
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New-7-Wonders
Acropolis-Athens
Taj-Mahal
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Ex-UN official from India convicted
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Crime , Foreign Affairs
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A former United Nations procurement official was on Thursday convicted of charges of helping a friend secure $100 million in UN contracts in exchange for a huge discount on two luxury Manhattan apartments and cash.Sanjaya Bahel,the official in question,who is from India, had maintained his innocence since his November arrest.
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UN
Corruption
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Big Brother contestant ousted for racist slur
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Nations , Entertainment
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A contestant on the latest series of Britain's Big Brother television show, was shown the door for her racist comments to another contestant. Student Emily Parr, 19, was removed from the house after she was heard saying: "Are you pushing it out, you nigger?" to black contestant Charley Uchea, 21, Channel 4 said in a statement.
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Big-Brother
Racism
Emily-Parr
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Delhi kids may have 1st drink at 21
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Cities
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In a recent development, the excise department has recommended that the permissible drinking age in Delhi should be brought down from 25 to 21. Even if the official age for alcohol consumption had been made 21, not many would care.
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Alcohol-Consumption
Delhi
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It's not cricket: Club bans dhoti
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Cities
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Chennai's prestigious cricket club is in the middle of a controversy for disallowing a civil servant entry because he was clad in a veshti - the traditional Tamil attire.But the club maintains its only maintaining its time-honoured tradition by imposing the dress code.
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Chennai-Cricket-Club
Dress-Code-Controversy
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UP govt calls Big B's address fraud
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Crime , Entertainment
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The UP government on Thursday alleged that actor Amitabh Bachchan committed fraud by giving a “wrong address” in his application for farmland allotment in Barabanki district’s Daulatpur village.UP government lawyer D K Upadhya alleged Bachchan had committed “another fraud” by claiming that he was a resident of 17, Clive Road, Allahabad.
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Amitabh-Bachchan
Land-Case
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DJ Aqeel let off in Dubai drugs case
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Indian disc jockey Aqeel, who had been detained at the Dubai Airport on Tuesday for allegedly possessing a banned drug, was let off on Wednesday after authorities failed to find any trace of the drug in tests conducted on him.
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DJ-Aqueel
Drug-Case
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Official records tampered to make Big B UP farmer
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.ibnlive.com
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Crime , Politics , Entertainment
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Superstar Amitabh Bachchan's land deal in Daulatpur village of Barabanki district is turning murkier. Investigations done by CNN-IBN reveal that the Barabanki District Administration committed gross irregularities in order to fraudulently transfer land in Bachchan’s name, so that he could be proved a farmer.
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Amitabh-Bachchan
Land-Case
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Verdict on Q's extradition expected on Sat
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Crime , Nations
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An Argentinian court is all set to give its verdict on the Indian demand for extradition of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi early on Saturday.
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Ottavio-Quattrocchi
Bofors
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Did Aqueel spill Harindra’s name?
Friday, June 08, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Crime , Foreign Affairs
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Two days after DJ Aqueel was detained at Dubai airport for allegedly possesing the drug ‘Ecstasy’, Harindra Singh, the vice-chairman and managing director of media and communications agency Percept Holdings was arrested from Hotel Le Meridien with two of his associates on similar charges on Wednesday.
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DJ-Aqueel
Drug-Charges
Harindra-Singh
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