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V P Singh – The Unsung and much hated Hero
Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:55 AM EST (pareltank)
history will remember Vishwanath Prathap Singh as a valiant son of india whose fatal flaw was that he loved his country above his political career, and as one who went down fighting to correct the systemic flaws in the polity of the nation and as a statesman who sacrificed power …
Indira Gandhi, the iron lady who ruled India
Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:36 AM EDT (MSN)
October 31st 1984 marked end of an era. Indira Gandhi, the woman Prime Minister who ruled India for more than 15 years fell prey to bullets on the fateful day.
Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil passed away
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:53 AM EDT (Express News Service)
KOCHI: Verapoly Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, head of the Latin Catholic Church in Kerala, passed away here at 11.10 a.m. on Monday. He was 70. He was rushed to the Lourdes Hospital, Kochi, in a critical condition on Saturday afternoon.
Onathanima 09 : A Grand Success - Team Abbassiya Bags Fifth National Tug O' War Title
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:47 AM EDT (Indiansinkuwait.com)
Onathanima '09, a united Onam celebration of the Malayalees in Kuwait, turned out to be a grand celebration for the non-resident Malayalees at the Central School Open Ground, Abassiya on 16th October, 2009.
Maldives government dives for climate change
Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:24 PM EDT
Members of the Maldives' Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth.
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Gulf's Biggest Tug of War Championship
Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:48 AM EDT
Kuwait: The fifth national tug of war championship for San Celia Ever Rolling Cup will take place on 16 October at Indian Central School grounds in Abbassiya near Kuwait city. Twenty teams from all around the country will take part in the championship.
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Arunchal is very much part of India, India reminds China
Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:46 AM EDT (MSN)
China expressed strong dissatisfaction on Tuesday over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's weekend visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
India rejects Albanian claim on Mother Teresa
Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:38 AM EDT (MSN)
New Delhi: Welcoming the Indian government's statement that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) Tuesday said the church would want her remains to be in the country.Rejecting the Albanian government's demand for the remains of Mothe …
Priest who lived with leprosy now a saint
Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:37 AM EDT
A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated to sainthood Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI, along with four other Catholics he hailed as heroes of holiness.
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Global Warming Wars: Water will become more precious than Oil
Seeded on Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:13 PM EDT (Examiner)
Water will become more valuable than oil in just a few decades and water scarcity will likely replace oil as the commodity future wars will be fought over.
Albania wants remains of Mother Teresa, king
Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:57 PM EDT
Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa and the only post-independence monarch to be returned to the country, the prime minister said Friday.
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Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station
Fri Oct 9, 2009 7:24 AM EDT
A trio of suicide attackers, including a rare female bomber, set off two blasts outside a police station in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing 11 people in the latest bloodshed in an unrelenting wave of terror plaguing the country.
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Hollywood's calling A.R. Rahman
Fri Oct 9, 2009 6:05 AM EDT
Hollywood is finally getting to know A.R. Rahman, the short, humble and deeply religious man who took two Oscars home to southern India for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire."
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In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:11 AM EDT
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
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Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion
Wed Oct 7, 2009 11:01 PM EDT
The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.
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Report finds maternal deaths in India preventable
Wed Oct 7, 2009 5:44 AM EDT
Tens of thousands of Indian women die needlessly every year during pregnancy or because of childbirth-related problems, a human rights group said Wednesday, blaming a medical system hobbled by poor planning, caste discrimination, a lack of accountability and limited access to emergency care.
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The Catholic church is right: the condom is no cure for Aids in Africa
Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 1:51 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
According to UNAids, in Botswana 24% of the adult population is infected by the HIV virus, in South Africa 18%.
Loving Your Enemies Really Means Loving Your Enemies
Seeded on Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:29 PM EDT ()
In the 5th chapter of Matthew's Gospel, Jesus tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. It's a message many of us have heard all of our lives, and certainly one we have trouble following.
Dalai Lama receives rights award at Capitol
Tue Oct 6, 2009 3:12 AM EDT
Lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.
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3 Americans share Nobel physics prize
Mon Oct 5, 2009 8:11 PM EDT
The next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.
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Greek Socialists win landslide victory
Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:31 AM EDT (FT.com)
Over the last three weeks, socialists have won narrow victories in Norway and Portugal, and now a big win in Greece. The conservatives won a narrow one in Germany.
Greece's new leader is a low-key veteran pol
Sun Oct 4, 2009 5:44 PM EDT
Two years ago, when George Papandreou led Greece's Socialist party to its worst election result in three decades, he was widely derided as an ineffective politician.
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Billions in US aid never reached Pakistan army
Sun Oct 4, 2009 11:24 AM EDT
The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India.
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Synagogue-dweller is Afghan Jewry's last gasp
Sun Oct 4, 2009 12:01 AM EDT
Zebulon Simentov lives, eats and prays alone — the last known Jew in a country dominated by conservative Muslim culture.
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Mumbai Terror Trial, a Test for Pakistan
Seeded on Sat Oct 3, 2009 12:26 AM EDT (The New York Times)
On Saturday, the most significant trial in Pakistan is scheduled to resume: that of seven suspects accused of planning the rampaging terror attacks in Mumbai last year in which 163 people were killed. It is a test for Pakistan, and the entire region, on many fronts.
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