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of articles contributed by dolcevita
Scientists developing system to detect possible terrorists
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Terrorism , Education
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The US security officials may soon receive a shot in the arm in their fight against terrorism. Computer and behavioural scientists at the University of Buffalo are developing automated systems that track faces, voices, bodies and other biometrics against scientifically tested behavioural indicators to provide a numerical score of the likelihood that an individual may be about to commit a terrorist
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terrorism
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Sensex falls 432 points after gaining 209 points
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Stock market
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On account of the possibility of snap polls at the centre, there was a heavy selling at the stock markets resulting in the Sensex tumbling by 432.15 points. After touching a new intra-day high of 17,982.59, the Sensex fell to a low of 17,550.44.
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Sensex
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Vodafone CEO to visit India
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Business
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The Vodafone CEO, Arun Sarin, is coming to India tomorrow, while the companies is in the midst of a controversy regarding a $1.7 billion tax liability arising on account of the Hutch-Vodafone deal. Sarin, who also is the Vice-Chairman of Vodafone-Essar, is likely to meet senior government officials during his stay here.
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Vodafone
Arun-Sarin
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Indians post 291 for 4 wickets
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.cricbuzz.com
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Sports - Cricket
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The Indians having chosen to bat in a must-win match have out up a score of 291 for 4 wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar top scored for the Indians scoring 79 of 119 bals. Towards the end of the innings some big hitting by skipper Dhoni who smashed a half centruy off 35 balls and Robin Uthappa's 30 off just 18 deliveries helped India post a reasonable target against the Aussies.
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Sachin-Tendulkar
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Ex-cricket chief jailed for graft : Bangladesh
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.cricbuzz.com
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Sports - Cricket
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Ali Asgar Lobi, the former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was sentenced to 13 years in jail as part of the emergency government's crackdown on corruption. Lobi was jailed for amassing illegal wealth worth 240 million taka (3.5 million dollars) and concealing income and was also fined one million taka and had his illegally-held property confiscated.
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Ali-Asgar-Lobi
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'India, China should help bring peace in Myanmar'
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Malaysia has said that India and China, which have close ties with Yangon, should play their roles in bringing peace and stability to Myanmar. The Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that his country was against imposing additional economic sanctions on Myanmar as that would hit the people who were already suffering from deprivation.
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myanmar
stability
sanctions
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US miltary 'buys' peace in Iraq
Monday, October 08, 2007 sify.com
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Foreign Affairs
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According to a media report, the US military is paying tribal leaders in Iraq to secure their loyalty and ensure peace. However critics are of the opinion, that empowering local strongmen is resulting in the creation of a warlord state with tribal and religious leaders operating independently and at times, unconstitutionally.
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peace
military
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Moderate intensity quake hits Kutch : Gujarat
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Top stories
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A slight earthquake having an intensity of 4.8 on the Richter scale, struck the Kutch area of Gujarat on Monday morning. There were no reports of any damage caused by the quake. In 2001, the region was ravaged by a devastating quake which claimed hundreds of lives.
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earthquake
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University of California course on Youtube
Monday, October 08, 2007 digital.agencyfaqs.com
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Youth
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Video hosting site Youtube.com is no longer just an entertainment site - with the University of California (UC), Berkeley, putting up its entire course, lectures and special events on the site, thus making it available to millions of people across the world for free - the site is on its way to becoming a learning destination as well.
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youtube
University-of-California
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Top 5 mistakes made by newspapers online
Monday, October 08, 2007 www.bivingsreport.com
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Features , Blogs
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Some of the major misconceptions made by newspapers, in their assessment of the world wide web are - assuming the Internet as their enemy; displaying too much content on the homepage; charging people for general news content; inability to compete with online classifieds; lack of time to develop easy to navigate, well-designed websites.
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misconceptions
internet
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