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• Headley said: ‘We’ll retaliate against India’

  
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  Washington, Nov 22(IANS) David Headley, a Pakistani origin American citizen at the centre of a global terrorism investigation on charges of plotting terror attacks in India and Denmark, has been portrayed as a man “with feet in East and West.” He also wrote in e-mail messages about retaliation against India.“The ...
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• India to tell US no role for China in South Asia

  
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  Geneva, Nov.22 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is likely to use his four-day visit to Washington commencing from today, to firmly and emphatically reiterate and re-emphasise to the American leadership, that New Delhi does not see a role for China in South Asia, nor will it tolerate attempted third party ...
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• Sathya Sai Baba Birthday. Brian Steel Examines Birthdate Issue

  
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  As part of his huge and challenging opus on Sathya Sai Babaa, the Australian academic Brian Steel has written about questions surrounding Sathya Sai Baba’s birthdate.  This is contained in Chapter 5 of his ’ Omniscience and Truth’ (Revised and Enlarged Version) . As this Chapter is long, detailed and ...
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• India puts nuclear plants on alert: report

  
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  India has put its nuclear power plants on alert and tightenedsecurity after intelligence about possible attacks, a report saidon Monday. The step comes after a man arrested in the United States oncharges of plotting attacks in India was found to have traveled toIndian states that have nuclear installations, the Press ...
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• Sathya Sai Baba 84th Birthday Celebrations. Will 21st Century India Tolerate The Shame That Is Puttaparthi?

  
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  Unimaginable splurgings of pomp, ceremony and conspicuous waste attend, year after year, Sathya Sai Baba’s imperial-like birthday celebrations. The global financial meltdown will not have melted down his vast reserves of gold. Many politicians from right across India’s political spectrum fall at Sathya Sai ...
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• IAEA sees risk Iran hiding more nuclear activity

  
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  The United Nations nuclear watchdog is concerned that Iransbelated revelation of a new uranium enrichment site may mean it ishiding further nuclear activity, an agency report said Monday. The report said Iran had told the International Atomic EnergyAgency that it had begun building the plant within a bunker beneatha ...
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• China told no guardianship role will be appreciated

  
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  By Smita PrakashGeneva, Nov.21 (ANI): With India raising strong objection to the U.S. suggesting a role for China in South Asia, Beijing seems to be backing away from mediating between India and Pakistan.According to sources, China has indicated that they appreciate and respect the Indian position and that it will ...
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• Pakistan – Suspected militants blow themselves up in Pakistan (MalaysiaNews.net)

  
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  Suspected militants blow themselves up in Pakistan (MalaysiaNews.net) MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Three suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up on Saturday as police chased them in Pakistani Kashmir, police said. 3 Suspected Militants Blow Themselves Up in Pakistan (MalaysiaNews.net) ISLAMABAD Three ...
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• China assures India about US joint statement

  
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  By Manish ChandGeneva, Nov 21 (IANS) China has allayed concerns of India over the US-China joint statement, saying that it advocated direct negotiations between India and Pakistan to resolve their bilateral issues.A senior official of Chinese Foreign Office conveyed to Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao that Beijing ...
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• India: Straggler In Sports

  
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  Sandeep Bansal at Looking Beyond The Obvious explains why more than a billion people strong India is a straggler in sports.
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• India – Sandhu wins Indian Challenger, notches up 2nd PSA title (Press Trust of India)

  
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  Sandhu wins Indian Challenger, notches up 2nd PSA title (Press Trust of India) Chennai, Nov 21 (PTI) India’s Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu today clinched his second PSA title after he quelled the challenge of James Snell of England in the final of the Indian Challenger Series here. India-US partnership is essential: ...
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• Pakistani father-son duo arrested in Italy for Mumbai attacks (Second Lead)

  
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  London, Nov 21 (IANS) Two Pakistani men were arrested in Italy early Saturday in connection with the last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Italian police said Saturday. Two more people arrested “for other illegal activities” may have some connection with two Pakistanis.The arrested Pakistani father and son ...
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• Six soldiers, 14 Taliban killed in Pakistan

  
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  Islamabad, Nov 21 (DPA) At least 14 militants and six soldiers were killed Saturday in the latest fighting in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region, the army said.Nearly 30,000 troops supported by air power and long-range artillery moved into South Waziristan, a known ...
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• China, US have no role in India-Pakistan issues: Yechury

  
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  New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Left parties are opposed to any third party intervention — be it by the US or China — in India and Pakistan issues, a Communist Party of India-Marxist Politburo member said here Saturday.“We are very clear and have made our stand clear that as far as India-Pakistan issues are [...]
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• Rehman Malik offers to quit if Blackwater presence in Pakistan proved

  
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  Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s interior minister has offered to quit if the presence of US security agency Blackwater in Pakistan is proved — but he could be treading on thin ice for more than one reason.Talking to reporters here Saturday, Rehman Malik said US logistics company Dyne Corp had a presence in ...
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• Two Pakistanis arrested in Italy for Mumbai attacks (Lead)

  
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  London, Nov 21 (IANS) Two Pakistani men were arrested in Italy Saturday in connection with the last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Italian police said Saturday. Two more people were arrested “for other illegal activities”.The two Pakistani men provided logistical support to terrorists who carried out the ...
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• Musharraf ordered 35 bulletproof Mercedes from Japan to safeguard his ministers, bureaucrats

  
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  Islamabad, Nov.21 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf certainly put the safety of his ministers and bureaucrats on top of his priorities even if it cost the nation millions of rupees.During the autocratic rule, the then Prime Minister Shukat Aziz had finalised a deal of importing 35 bulletproof ...
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• Sri Lanka Conflict Monitor – Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils (FOX 11 Tucson)

  
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  Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils (FOX 11 Tucson) MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) — An senior Sri Lankan official says all ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps Dec. 1. Half of Sri Lanka’s displaced civilians resettled (Press TV) Sri Lanka says it has resettled almost half ...
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• Four Pakistanis arrested in Italy for Mumbai attacks

  
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  London, Nov 21 (IANS) Four Pakistani men, including apparently a father-son duo, have been arrested in Italy in connection with last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Italian police said Saturday.CNN TV said the men were arrested in the northern Italian city of Brescia, adding they allegedly transferred money to ...
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• Three quarters of Pakistanis believe they’re Muslims first, Pak citizens second: Report

  
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  Lahore, Nov.21 (ANI): A British Council’s report has shockingly revealed that an overwhelming three quarters of people in Pakistan consider themselves as Muslims first and Pakistani’s second.“Only 10 percent have faith in national or local government, the courts or police, while three quarters see themselves as ...
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