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Majority of Australians have favoured Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the next President of the U
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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About 76 per cent of the Australians voted for Senator Obama to win the next month's presidential election as against nearly ten per cent supporting Republican nominee John Mccain, a recent poll has indicated.
Surveyed on 1000 people, the poll confirmed that Australians were taking a keen interest in the race for the White House, with 85 per cent saying they are monitoring the contest and 24 per
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A new report on climate change has warned that Iceland's glaciers will disappear by the next centur
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Foreign Affairs
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There are fresh global warming fears as glaciers melt at an alarming rate. A new report on climate change has warned that Iceland's glaciers will disappear by the next century.
Iceland houses Europe's largest glacier which according to glaciologists is melting at a rate of one metre per year.
They further warn that rising tempratures and reduced snowfall will quicken the process resulting in s
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BJP and VHP have dismissed the Maoists' claim that they were behind the murder of VHP leader Laxman
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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A day after the Maoists confirmed to NDTV that the murder of VHP leader Swami Laxmanand was carried out by them, the Orissa police have backed the claim.
But the Bhartiya Janata Party and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad have dismissed the Maoists' claim that they were behind the murder of VHP leader Laxmananand Sarawati.
Meanwhile, there has been no major incident of violence in the last two days in
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The festival of a million bright colours is here and with it, a chance to display traditional Indian
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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The festival of a million bright colours is here and with it, a chance to display traditional Indian fashion. Bright oranges and greens, and shiny trinkets to match.
"I dress up girls all the time, right from their lehngas to the earrings. They come here a couple of hours before they need to go for the dance and I dress them up completely," said Narendra Sejpal, a shop owner.
So what's in this
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 degree on the Richter scale hit northwest China
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Foreign Affairs
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 degree on the Richter scale hit northwest China's Wuqia county on Sunday, but there was no report of any casualty.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Wuqia, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, with source of the quake 33 kilometers underground, the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the National Seismological Network as saying.
Residents in Kashi
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Pakistan army is fighting its fiercest battle against militancy and terrorism.
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Flexing their muscle is one way of looking at the Taliban's resurgence in Pakistans' Northwest Frontier province, bordering Afghanistan, where the Pakistan army is fighting its fiercest battle against militancy and terrorism.
The Taliban's brazen attacks in NFP area are only a curtain raiser to their increasing ability to penetrate into the big cities of Pakistan.
In the city of Mardan, home
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A German tourist, who was allegedly kidnapped and molested last week, has identified two of the five
Monday, October 06, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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A German tourist, who was allegedly kidnapped and molested last week, has identified two of the five arrested persons in an identification parade in the high security Burial jail in Chandigarh.
The 20-year-old victim identified Pankaj Punia and Harpreet Singh alias Dalli during the parade carried out in jail along with other people on Sunday, police said.
The victim, who was in the city along wi
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Three decades after she made India her home following an unplanned visit to Haridwar, German Maria
Saturday, October 04, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Three decades after she made India her home following an unplanned visit to Haridwar, German Maria Wirth is still in love with this country.
"India is special. Only in India I realised that one can actually feel love for a country," says Wirth, now 58, as she awaits the launch in English of her German book that captures the spiritual essence of Haridwar, an ancient city of temples on the banks of
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Haiti say the death toll from four storms that ravaged the Caribbean nation to nearly 800
Saturday, October 04, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Authorities in Haiti say the death toll from four storms that ravaged the Caribbean nation this summer has nearly doubled to about 800 people.
Civil Defence Director Maria-Alta Jean Baptiste says 793 bodies have been found so far and authorities are still pulling more from the mud that swamped coastal settlements.
She said on Friday that 466 bodies have been found in the hard-hit town of Gonaive
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NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal has buried the hatchet.
Saturday, October 04, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Politics
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After targeting his former mentor Bal Thackeray for years and facing the brunt of Shiv Sena anger, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal has buried the hatchet.
He withdrew a defamation case he had filed against Thackeray in 1997.
"The Sena leadership wrote to me asking me to withdraw the case because of Balasaheb's ill health and I agreed," said Bhujbal.
The two have been bitter enemies after the NCP le
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