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Haneef's lawyers slammed for releasing tapes : AFP
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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The Australian Federal Police are seeking legal advice as to whether the actions of Mohammed Haneef's lawyers -in releasing a transcript of a second police interview with Haneef - were inappropriate. Haneef's legal team earlier released a 378-page transcript of an interview with Brisbane police held on July 13.
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Aamir accused of 'dishonouring' Tri-colour : Indore
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Cities
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The Indore Youth Congress seeks to file a case against Aamir Khan for dishonouring the Indian national flag. The reason being the actor attended an event in Indore, wherein the national flag hoisted was permitted to fly post sundown, infringing the Indian Penal Code.
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Fans miss Sanju's arrival
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Entertainment
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Sanjay Dutt, who was released from Yerwada jail in Pune on Thursday morning, took everyone by surprise as he arrived at his residence at Bandra in Mumbai at 8.30 am. The fans, media and even the police were expecting the actor to arrive much later in the morning and were caught unawares by his early arrival.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe arrives in Kolkata
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Kolkata on Thursday on a day-long visit to the city, he was accompanied by his wife Akie. The West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee received Abe at the airort. Following the visit an announcement may be made for the proposed East-West Metro corridor project in the metropolis by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
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Now one can see stars with Google Earth!
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.siliconrepublic.com
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Technology
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A new feature has been developed by Google which allows users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from terra firma. The tool, which has been titled Sky, allows user of Google Earth to view and navigate through 100 million individual stars and 200 million galaxies with high-resolution imagery and information overlay to teach users about space.
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ICL battles cyber squatter
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.indianexpress.com
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Sports - Cricket
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The million dollar rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) is currently “in talks” with a Bangalore-based “entrepreneur” who has launched www.indiancricketleague.net, a website which has a very similar url to the ICL's official website, www.indiancricketleague.in. The cyber squatter is seeking compensation running into “lakhs of rupees” for vacating his site which first pops up when one searches for In
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HC acquits Soren, slams CBI
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.indianexpress.com
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Crime , Politics
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The former Union Minister Shibu Soren has been acquitted in connection with the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994 by a bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice R S Sodhi and H R Malhotra. The bench slammed the CBI for failing “miserably” in getting evidence against Soren.
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'We'll pay for Singur land' : Tatas
Thursday, August 23, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Business , Legal
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The counsel for Tata Motors, tried to impress upon the Calcutta High Court, that production of a low-priced car for the masses was sufficient justification for the leasing of land at cheaper rates than normal. While the Tata Motor's counsel rejected charges of mala fide intentions against the state government in handing over land in Singur to Tata Motors, he claimed that acquisition for a company
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Bihar flood death toll crosses 400 mark
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Cities
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Although the overall flood situation in Bihar has shown signs of improvement, 56 more deaths were reported from flood-hit areas on Wednesday, taking the total death toll to 408. According to the water resources department the new deaths were reported from Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Darbhanga and West Champaran districts.
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Mayawati scores a century
Thursday, August 23, 2007 www.hindustantimes.com
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Politics
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The Uttar Prdesh Chief Minister Mayawati has completed 100 days in office on Wednesday and has made her intentions clear that Delhi was next on her agenda. Mayawati announced that a memorial in the name of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram will be constructed in the state capital and that if the BSP party were to come to power at the Centre, “Kanshi Ram’s memorial will be installed in D
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