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Bring Taslima Nasreen back in India: Amlan Dutta
Kolkata, Nov 20 : Renowned academician and intellectual personality Amlan Dutta today felt that both the Centre and State government needed to bring controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen back into the country.
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Remember India while talking about Asia: Dalai Lama
New Delhi, Nov 20 : Referring to the US-China Joint Statement in Beijing related to Asian issues, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said everybody should remember India while talking about the continent.
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UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention
New York, Nov 20 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect "the youngest and most vulnerable members of society".
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World powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal
Berlin/Brussels, Nov 20 : Top diplomats from the so-called "5+1" group of world powers expressed disappointment Friday at Iran's rejection of a compromise deal on the country's controversial nuclear programme and urged its leaders to reconsider.
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Manmohan confident US will overcome economic crisis
Washington, Nov 20: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is pretty confident that the US will recover from the global economic crisis, thanks to the skills of the US business class and the US educational system.
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Lahore lawyers condemn suicide blasts
Lahore, Nov 20: The Human Rights Committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association has condemned suicide attacks and the use of violence against innocent lives, saying there is no justification in Islam for terrorism.
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Counter-terror deal, trade, AfPak top PM's US agenda
By Manish Chand, New Delhi/Washington, Nov 20: India and the US are set to unveil a new template for expanding their partnership by firming up a new counter-terror framework and deepening their strategic dialogue on key global issues, including non-proliferation and climate change, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets US President Barack Obama in Washington Tuesday.
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MP lodges police complaint against MIC chief, son
Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 20 : Malaysian MP N. Gobalakrishnan has lodged a police complaint against Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu and his son Velli Pari for being involved in a fraud.
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Israel asks world to deny N-right to Iran
Jerusalem, Nov. 20 : In the wake of Iran refusing to export 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium for further processing, Israel has urged the international community to impose sanctions aimed at denying Teheran any nuclear fuel cycle capabilities.
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Elite sportsmen likely to be handsome
London, Nov 20 : Apart from hard work, grit and, raw talent, there is another trait of the most accomplished jocks - a handsome face, says a new research.
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Sarkozy, Ban Ki-moon to attend Commonwealth meet
By Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, Nov 20: French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will also attend.
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Italy meeting of Dalai Lama draws China ire
Beijing, Nov 20 : China has voiced strong dissatisfaction over Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, a media report said Friday.
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Mullah Omar not in Karachi: Pakistan
Islamabad/Washington, Nov 20 : Pakistan has rejected a US newspaper report claiming that the one-eyed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar is in Karachi, terming it false and baseless.
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Pakistani court seeks report on US agency Black Water
Lahore, Nov 20 : The Lahore High Court has sought a detailed reply from the government on an application alleging that US security agency Black Water was indulging in illegal activities in Pakistan and had a hand in the recent bomb blasts in Peshawar.
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Here's why some people can't quit cocaine
Washington, Nov 20 : A new study from University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) sheds light on why some people fall back into drugs despite undergoing a treatment.
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Be careful while in Sri Lanka, US says
Colombo, Nov 20 : The security situation in Sri Lanka has improved since the defeat of the Tamil Tigers but Americans travelling to the country should remain careful, the US said Friday.
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Islamabad police arrests UN building attack mastermind
Islamabad, Nov.20 : Islamabad police on Friday claimed to have arrested the mastermind of the suicide attack on the UN World Food Program building in which six UN officials were killed and dozen others were injured.
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Over 30,000 Indians visited New Zealand during 2008-09
Hamilton, Nov 20 : As many as 32,573 Indian nationals obtained visitor visas during 2008-09 for New Zealand which has topped a survey of tourism organisations from around the world to rank the best destination brands, says official data released Friday.
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India, Nepal press ahead with Pancheswor project talks
Kathmandu, Nov 20 : India and Nepal Friday kicked off water-sharing talks in the Himalayan republic that will finally give a push to the massive 6,000 MW Pancheswor Multipurpose Project more than 10 years after the two governments signed a treaty to develop the hydro-power project.
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Ex-Italian governor's transsexual escort found dead
Rome, Nov 20 : The transsexual prostitute at the centre of the sex, drugs and extortion scandal involving former governor Piero Marrazzo was Friday found burned to death in a fire at her apartment in the Italian capital Rome.
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