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Pak not taking effective steps to eliminate terror: Antony

PANAJI: Defense Minister A K Antony has said that Pakistan has 42 terror camps within its territory and the neighboring country was not taking effective steps to dismantle the terror outfits.

Rao meets top US officials, briefs on Indo-Pak talks

WASHINGTON: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has reviewed the progress of India-US strategic dialogue with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top US officials and briefed them on the recent Indo-Pak talks as well as New Delhi's view point on Afghanistan....
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LeT not yet on Pak's radar: Gen Petraeus

WASHINGTON: Terror outfits like LeT are not yet on the radar of the Pakistani establishment and the need to take action against the organization blamed for Mumbai attacks has been Washington's "source of dialogue" with Islamabad, a top US General has said....
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US officials see little change in Pak's perception about US

WASHINGTON: In spite of having pumped billions of dollars into Pakistan as assistance, US officials have said they see little change in Pakistani's perception about America....
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Shut-up Shah Rukh!

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Two days after Neil Nitin Mukesh told co-hosts Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan to just plainly and simply shut up on stage at the Filmfare Awards at Yashraj studios, a debate rages in the film industry.
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Murrell JH Duster Legacy Award unveiled

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CHICAGO: A great friend of India and Indian American students and the community at large, Murrell J. H. Duster, the Dean of Academic Development/Diversity and Multicultural Programs, at Northeastern Illinois University (NeIU), had a distinct honor to her credit when the Murrell Jean Higgins Duster Legacy Award was unveiled at the Black History Month Gala celebration held at the University recently.
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'Astounding results' from Dr Tiwari's cancer drug

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Walking the undulating tea terraces of Assam, Nandlal Tiwari knew not what destiny had ordained for him. As assistant manager at a tea garden, he trudged the garden ensuring that the tea leaves were picked, dried, rolled and packed to perfection for that favorite morning cuppa.
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California test-taking case shows gap in visa security

SANTA ANA, Calif.: A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation's security tracking system for foreigners who attend US schools, experts said.
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CBSE set to become international board from next session

NEW DELHI: After deciding to make Class X board exam optional, India's premier school board CBSE is set to go global by introducing a new syllabus for international students and would affiliate any school from any country from the next academic session.
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The original story teller

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Every book of Divakaruni takes us in a new direction. One Amazing Thing, her sixteenth book connects so strongly that together with her nine characters, we are tethered on a raft of emotions as we await the next tremor.
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Women not inferior in matters of spirituality

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Just because women are physically weaker than men, man has done everything to make them psychologically weaker than himself, spiritually lost and financially nowhere. This attitude of people has continued for thousands of years.
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Delhi offers the best 'Quality of Life'

NEW DELHI: Indicative of best quality of life and coming up as an aspirational benchmark of urban development for other Indian cities, the city of Delhi leads the chart declares
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Sachin-autographed IPL theatre ticket gets Rs 11 lakh

MUMBAI: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's autographed ticket to watch IPL action on the big screens of theatres across the country was auctioned and fetched Rs 11 lakh here.
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3 Indian Americans among WEF Young Leaders

NEW YORK: At least three Indian Americans representing the US and 12 Indians from India are among the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2010.
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Hemkund: A pilgrimage for the Sikhs

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Hemkund is a pilgrimage for the Sikhs. Hemkund, as the name suggests, is a lake in the Himalayas. There are many lakes in the Himalayas, but few are set in as dramatic a setting as Hemkund is.
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Headley to plead guilty

CHICAGO: In a new twist, Pakistani-American David Headley, a terror suspect in the Mumbai attacks, will plead guilty before a US court, a move that may get him a lighter sentence than the maximum death penalty.
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Hindu lawmakers in Pak walk out of Parliament

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers belonging to Pakistan's minority Hindu community walked out of Parliament to protest a top judge's remarks that Hindus might be financing terrorist attacks in the country.
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Lord Paul hits back; says critics 'caught pants down'

LONDON: Pilloried by the Opposition Conservative Party and the media supporting it, Lord Swraj Paul has hit back at his critics saying that "they have been caught with their pants down."
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