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Obama says automakers and homeowners will be the first to get his attention.
Monday, November 17, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Washington: Setting out his priorities, US President-elect Barack Obama has said creating a focused programme to help troubled homeowners and providing assistance to the auto industry to prevent its collapse were some of the tasks before the nation.
In his first post-election interview, Obama also told 'CBS 60 Minutes' that he would soon make cabinet appointments, which will include a Republica
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Bangladesh's elite security forces overnight arrested a top militant of outlawed Jamayetul Mujahide
Monday, November 17, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Bangladesh's elite security forces overnight arrested a top militant of outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and seized over 70 kilograms of explosives in the national capital, officials said on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off, elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) forces arrested JMB's explosive expert Mohammad Hanif alias Kalam and seized explosives and bomb making materials from two of th
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CISF personnel asked a Finnair aircraft (AY 030) flight to Helsinki to return to its bay yesterday
Monday, November 17, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Mumbai: Move followed panicked realisation that Finnish national had boarded craft with luggage without being checked.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel asked a Finnair aircraft (AY 030) flight to Helsinki to return to its bay yesterday, seconds before take off, after they realised that a Finnish national, had gotten onboard with baggage, without being checked.
The flight, which
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Thousands of them, dressed as freedom fighters, political leaders and religious heads, marched in un
Saturday, November 15, 2008 www.thehindu.com
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Cities
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For a change, it was children who brought the traffic along the arterial M.G. Road to a halt on Friday. Thousands of them, dressed as freedom fighters, political leaders and religious heads, marched in unison waving miniature national flags to add spice to this year’s Children’s Day festivities in the city.
The stretch from Secretariat to VJT Hall was closed to vehicular traff
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The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to compensate 21 Muslim youths who were wrongly detained a
Friday, November 14, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Nations
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Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to compensate 21 Muslim youths who were wrongly detained and tortured during the Mecca Masjid, Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park blast probes.
A government report says the detainees were made to strip, were physically abused and given electric shocks.
In one case, a two liter water bottle was said to have been hung from the victim's genitals.
The
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Prolonged exposure to cigarette smoke can change the shape of your heart.
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Health
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Washington: Here’s another reason why you should stop smoking – a new study from University of Illinois at Chicago has shown that prolonged exposure to cigarette can alter the shape of the heart.
The research conducted using a rat model showed that prolonged exposure can increase levels of the stress hormone norepinephrine and enzymes in the heart that have the potential to reshape the left ventr
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The robot, which we are assembling, is called the Lego Mindstorms NXT.
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Features
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Bangalore: The robot, which we are assembling, is called the Lego Mindstorms NXT. It is a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in late July 2006. It comes with programming software called NXT-G. As you can see, a lot of parts are involved, but it can be put together by a trained instructor within minutes.
A robot comes with a lot of sensors that tell it what is going on. A sensor at the bac
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Dayanand Pandey was picked up from Kanpur by the ATS team and arrested after questioning.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Nations
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Lucknow: Maharashtra ATS got the transit remand of Dayanand Pandey, a seer arrested in connection with the Malegaon blast case, till November 16 to take him to the state.
Pandey alias Sudhakar Dwivedi, who was arrested on Wednesday, was produced before Magistrate Mukesh Kumar at his residence by the ATS as the court was closed due to Guru Nanak Jayanti.
The court gave the three-day transit reman
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Rare memorabilia of the First World War, including several items related to Indian and British soldi
Thursday, November 13, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Foreign Affairs
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LONDON: Rare memorabilia of the First World War, including several items related to Indian and British soldiers posted in India, have been made
online.
Called the Great War Archive, it contains over 6,500 items that originate from, or relate to, someone's experience of the First World War, either abroad or at home.
The Oxford university marked the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day by launching
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A blast wounded 13 people in Thailand's capital early Thursday when assailants hurled an explosive
Thursday, November 13, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Foreign Affairs
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A blast wounded 13 people in Thailand's capital early Thursday when assailants hurled an explosive device at market vendors who had gathered to protest a rent hike at the government-owned facility.
The blast occurred in Bangkok at around 1 am when some protesters were sleeping in makeshift tents while others gathered outdoors, police Col Sutip Palitkusontap said.
Two of the protesters remained
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