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Muslim or Christian? Religion row dogs Obama
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Washington: A day after controversial evangelical leader Rev. Franklin Graham said Barack Obama was born a Muslim because of his father's religious beliefs, the White House again asserted that the president is a "committed Christian" and prays daily.
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51,000 evacuated after China floods
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Beijing: About 51,000 people were evacuated and three were reported missing Saturday after floods ravaged northeast China's Liaoning province, authorities said. Some 230 houses collapsed while transport and power supply were cut in some areas of Dandong city due to the floods triggered by h .... |
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Iran's first nuclear power plant opens
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Tehran: Iran's first nuclear power plant was opened by Iranian and Russian nuclear officials in the southern port city of Bushehr after a delay of almost three decades.
With the opening of the Russian-built plant, the 82 tonnes of nuclear fuel that were already delivered to Iran by Russia were .... |
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Hollywood to make film on Google
( 21-Aug-2010 )
London: The path-breaking invention of internet search engine Google will now be the subject of a Hollywood film.
According to Deadline Hollywood, the entertainment industry blog, the film will be based on the Ken Auletta book "Googled: The End of the World As We Know It" and will .... |
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Woman gets 'guard of dishonour' for sex at war memorial
( 21-Aug-2010 )
London: Britain's military veterans formed a "guard of dishonour" for a woman who has been convicted of urinating and performing a drunken sex act on a man at a monument built in the memory of soldiers who were killed in the two world wars.
The ex-servicemen were present when Wendy Le .... |
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India, US initial pact on joint clean energy research centre
( 20-Aug-2010 )
Washington: India and the United States Friday initialled an agreement for setting up a Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre to foster innovation and joint efforts to accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies.
The agreement was initialled by the Indian ambassador to the US Me .... |
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India wins property tax battle with New York City
( 20-Aug-2010 )
New York: India has won a seven-year legal battle with New York City with a federal appeals court ruling that nations with diplomatic housing do not have to pay city property taxes. The unanimous ruling by the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan Tuesday lets India off the hook for $ .... |
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Backing right to build mosque not endorsement: Obama
( 19-Aug-2010 )
Washington: President Barack Obama has clarified that his defence of Muslims' right to build an Islamic complex near New York's Ground Zero site of 9/11 attack, was not an endorsement of the controversial proposal.
Speaking to reporters during a family vacation visit to Panama City, Florid .... |
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Obama takes plunge to show Gulf Coast is safe
( 15-Aug-2010 )
Washington: President Barack Obama took the plunge with daughter Sasha for a swim in the Gulf of Mexico to show that the BP oil spill hit Gulf Coast is open for business.
"I think we're going to go tomorrow and as I just said Ed, I'm not going to let you guys take a picture of me with .... |
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'US withdrawal from Afghanistan depends on situation on ground'
( 14-Aug-2010 )
Washington: The timetable of American troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan will be driven by situation on the ground, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan said. David Petraeus, the four-star general recently installed to take over the Afghanistan war, told NBC that President Barack Obam .... |
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