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Breaking News Fri, 30 Jul 2010
** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, a fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of Melbourne, Australia.
Australia   Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Bushfires in Victoria   Wildfire  
 BBC News 
Australia awaits 2009 Victoria bushfire verdict
A report into Australia's worst bushfire disaster is to be made public. | One hundred and seventy three people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed when fires tore across the state of Victoria in... (photo: AP / FILE)
Kashmiri people carry the body of Mohammad Asim outside a hospital in Srinagar July 30, 2010. Police fired on large anti-India demonstrations in Kashmiron Friday, killing two civilians including Asim, officials said, the latest violence in the region at the core of the dispute between India and Pakistan.
Kashmir   Photos   Police   Violence   Wikipedia: Kashmir conflict  
 The Hindu 
3 killed in Kashmir violence
| Shujaat Bukhari | People remain on the streets engaging police, CRPF | - PHOTO: AFP | An angry woman, watched by others, hurls a stone at security forces in Srinagar on Friday. | SRINAGAR: Three peo... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
A man sitting on the motorcycle and talking on mobile phone, Pune, India  The Hindu 
Setting the mobile juggernaut in motion
| Deepa Kurup | The first mobile phone call in India was made 15 years ago on this day | As on June 30, almost 635.51 million people in India use mobile phones: TRAI | Number of cell phone users, SIM ... (photo: WN / Geeta)
India   Mobile Phone   People   Photos  
INDIA-SAINTHIA-INJURED-PASSENGER-FAMILY-MEMBERS      The Hindu 
Paramilitary forces to protect railway property
| K. Balchand | Eight accidents resulting from sabotage this year | Integrated security system to strengthen surveillance | NEW DELHI: With the changing security scenario and rise in Maoist attacks on... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Accidents   India   Photos   Railway   Wikipedia: Sainthia train collision  
Top Stories
India Woman  Labour  Work at the Jute Mill  in Eastern India  ---- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK The Hindu
Jute wage board set up
| KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has set up a wage board for the jute industry. The Board will be headed by the former judge, Pradipta Roy, with representation from ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Industry   Jute   Kolkata   Photos   Wikipedia: Jute  
Farm land for agriculture-Crop-India The Hindu
Industry bigwigs to work out operational plan for raising farm growth
| Gargi Parsai | NEW DELHI: Industry bigwigs will put their heads together with the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture to work out an 'operational plan' for the Pri... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Agriculture   Economy   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture in India  
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron at the Joint Press Conference, in New Delhi on July 29, 2010. The Hindu
A deepening relationship
| Writing on his blog before his 2006 visit to India while he was Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament, David Cameron said he was going for "a simple reason... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of I & B, Govt. of India)
India   Photos   Politics   UK   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
Gender equality- will the dream become reality in India? The Hindu
Gender war, yet to be won
| V.R. Krishna Iyer | The move to create a U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, named U.N. Women, is a major stride for humankind. | Whether you ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Gender   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Gender equality   Women  
Queen's Baton. The Hindu
Queen's Baton for city on August 14
| V.V. Subrahmanyam | Governor or Chief Minister to flag off Baton from Charminar | Efforts are on to rope in champion shuttler Saina Nehwal, nominee for the Rajiv Khel R... (photo: PIB of India)
Andhra Pradesh   Commonwealth Games   India   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games  
Airport of New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport at New Delhi-India The Hindu
User fee at capital airport from tomorrow
| New Delhi: Users of the modernised airports at Thiruvananthapuram and Ahmedabad will have to pay a User Development Fee from next month. | Proposal approved | The Centr... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Airport   Economy   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Airports Authority of India  
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill . The Times Of India
Games have overshot budget by over 17 times: Gill
NEW DELHI: The UPA government may have been embarrassed by Mani Shankar Aiyar's comments on Commonwealth Games but his query in Parliament revealed that the cost of organ... (photo: PIB of India)
Commonwealth Games   Delhi   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games  
In this Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, made available Saturday Aug. 22, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden La., center, of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., covers a injured U.S. soldier as a helicopter lands to evacuate the wounded after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. BBC News
Afghan leak: Wikileaks' Assange denies 'blood on hands'
The founder of the website Wikileaks has rejected US claims he has blood on his hands after releasing 90,000 leaked classified documents on the Afghan war. | Julian Assan... (photo: AP / David Goldman)
Afghan   Classified   Pentagon   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
A woman walks by the graffiti reading "Kosovo is Serbia", Thursday, May 21,2009, in Belgrade. U.S Vice President Joe Biden offered Serbia "a strong, new relationship" with the U.S. on Wednesday, along with help in its European Union membership bid, despite deep differences over independence for Kosovo. Biden, the first senior U.S. official to visit Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year has arrived in Kosovo to boost the new country's statehood in the face of strong opposition from Serbia. Irish Times
Serbia in UN bid to ward off Kosovo's secession
| DANIEL McLAUGHLIN | SERBIA AND Kosovo are engaged in a diplomatic battle over the status of the fledgling latter country, which is seeking wider recognition of its inde... (photo: AP / Srdjan Ilic)
Kosovo   Photos   Serbia   UN   Wikipedia: 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence  
 Aishwarya with family after winning Miss World crown -Aishwarya Rai as a Teen - Aishwarya -Aishwarya speaks up; Salman´s shooting deferred,I´ve nothing to say about an association that ended for me a long time ago," says Aishwarya Rai,br The Star
Aishwarya Rai in town today
| KUALA LUMPUR: Wonder no more. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, A.R. Rahman and Rajinikanth will be in town today. | The big stars of India will be here in support of their lates... (photo: WN)
Bollywood   Celebrity   Entertainment   India   Photos  
Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram - India- Politics Indian Express
Govt open to dialogue with all sections in J&K: PC
| Stating that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir "is not yet normal", Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday reiterated that the Centre was open to quiet dialogue w... (photo: PIB of India)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Kashmir  
Pakistani villagers collect fixtures off their wall which collapsed due to heavy flood in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. The New York Times
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this no... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Aid   Floods   Pakistan   Photos    
China India
- Northern China mine explosion 'kills 15'
- 15 dead in China coal mine blast
- Google not sure if China behind service disruption
- New plan targets more pollutants
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
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- All quality certificates seen by CVC turn out to be fake
- India's stiff telecom rules rile US, Europe & Japan
- Ancient underground city unearthed
- CBI seeks transfer of case outside Gujarat
Rainfall-monsoon -India
Heavy rains forecast for next two months
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Turkey Iraq
- Brian Viner: A list of bad books is incomplete without sport
- Groth enjoys Turkish delight
- A Persian message for Obama
- Turkey to Pick Military Head as Sides Jockey for Power
President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington.
A Persian message for Obama
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- Sir John and team to visit Iraq to hear 'Iraqi perspecti
- Iraqis to sue US firm at Abu Ghraib
- Army Broadens Inquiry Into Disclosure of Reports to WikiLeak
- Book Suggests Torture by U.S. Was Widespread
British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with the Prime Minister Tony Blair, London, Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence
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Saudi Arabia Japan
- Saudi Arabia Must Stop Deporting Somalis
- Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers
- Arab leaders seek to avert violence in Lebanon
- Jaunt in Jordan
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010.
Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks
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- Japan to test out new rescue robot
- New surveillance tool for Japanese Encephalitis
- Gaurav Gill sounds optimistic
- U.N. panel to probe further Kyoto CO2-cut projects
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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Indonesia Pakistan
- Bountiful Batam
- Expo packed with endangered species for sale highlights Indo
- FAA Downgrades Mexico's Air-Safety Rating, Citing Lax Ov
- The revolution will be televised, tweeted, texted, e-mailed
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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- Pakistan monsoon floods kill more than 400
- Pakistani Floods Affect Nearly a Million People
- Pakistan: The WISE women of Karachi
- Pakistan: Two Steps Forward- One Step Back
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron at the Joint Press Conference, in New Delhi on July 29, 2010.
A deepening relationship
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