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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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New Delhi: Jaipur Police have released the sketch of a 25-year-old man who is the supposed face of terror behind the blasts that ripped through the busiest markets of Jaipur on Tuesday. |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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Jaipur: The police have launched a massive hunt for a woman who allegedly promised Rs 1,00,000 to a rickshaw puller to carry out the terror attacks that killed over 60 people. |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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When Indian television news broadcasts appealed for blood donors on Wednesday, a day after 63 people were killed in bomb blasts in Jaipur city, many volunteered regardless of their religion. Like Yaseef Khan who asked, "How can I sit at home when people are crying for blood?" |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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New Delhi: Benazir Bhutto, then prime minister of Pakistan, carried critical nuclear data on CDs in her overcoat to Pyongyang in 1993 and brought back North Korea's missile information on her return journey, says a new political biography of the late leader.
The shocking revelation about Pakistan's alleged role in North Korea's illicit nuclear weapons programme is chronicled in detail in veteran journalist Shyam Bhatia's "Goodbye Shahzadi". |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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In India, the Bollywood grapewine is alive with the talk of star Akshay Kumar being chosen for an honorary doctorate by a "Canadian university". The educational institution being mentioned is the respected University of Windsor. Sorry to be a spoilsport, but it is actually a Catholic university called Assumption University, that has bestowed this title on the Khiladi. He was awarded this honor for his contribution to the film industry and his philanthropic work. It's not quite clear why a Catholic university that imparts education related to the Catholic faith would pick a Bollywood actor for this recognition. |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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London: Often, the believers have resorted to a couple of vague statements from 20th century's greatest mind, Albert Einstein, that the brilliant scientist was not averse to the idea of god and religion. But now comes definitive proof that Einstein, in fact, called faith in god "childish". Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday. |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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Despite condemning black money, non-resident Indians have only helped to increase it. According to Aman Agarwal, professor of finance at the Indian Institute of Finance, New Delhi, the total amount of black money globally is estimated between $2.1 and 2.5 trillion. This is roughly about seven percent of the world's GDP. |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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Chengdu (China): China Thursday said more than 50,000 people were feared dead in the devastating earthquake that struck south-west Sichuan province Monday, as the hope for rescuing more survivors from the rubble was becoming bleak. |
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