MUMBAI – Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislator Ram Kadam, who was seen slapping and hitting Samajwadi Party lawmaker Abu Asim Azmi inside the Maharashtra assembly Monday, claimed that Azmi had insulted the “11 crore Maharashtrians” by taking the oath in Hindi. Interacting with mediapersons outside the Maharashtra legislature, Kadam said that the MNS had “requested him
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Azmi insulted Maharashtrians by taking oath in Hindi: MNS legislator
San Francisco- The news ofGeisy Arruda, a Brazilian student expelled for wearing mini-skirt in college, has gained huge attention of people around the world. Sources reporting the incident stated that she studied in the tourism department of the famous Bandeirante University and had to face oppositions from the students for wearing a short dress in
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Soldiers wary of often corrupt Mexican police MONTERREY, Mexico — When soldiers tried to halt a suspicious-looking SUV that was being escorted through Monterrey by a state policeman, the officer radioed for backup. In minutes, police from 40 patrol cars surrounded the troops, drawing their guns and sending the soldiers diving for cover in an hour-long
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In northern Mexican, soldiers increasingly suspicious of often corrupt police in drug war
World markets get G-20 boost LONDON — World stock markets rose Monday after the Group of 20 leading rich and developing countries agreed to maintain their stimulus measures in the wake of weak U.S. employment figures. At a meeting in Scotland, the countries’ finance ministers pledged to “continue to provide support for the economy until the recovery
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World stock markets get boost from G-20 stimulus pledge but dollar heads back down vs euro
Iran still wants nuke talks with world powers TEHRAN, Iran — Iran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to a Tehran nuclear reactor — despite the country’s apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to curb Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile. The Iranian top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said late Sunday that Tehran “welcomes” talks on
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Report: Iran still seeks talks with world powers on fuel supply to Tehran nuclear reactor
more images Obama to sign vet jobs order, meet with Netanyahu WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to make the federal government the model employer of America’s veterans. Obama is to sign an executive order Monday evening to establish a Council on Veterans Employment and a Veterans Employment Program office within most federal agencies. Later, the president will tackle
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more images more images NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD – Ahead of his planned fast-unto-death to achieve separate statehood for Telangana region, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Monday met President Pratibha Patil in the national capital. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, submitted a memorandum to the president briefing her about the situation in Telangana and seeking immediate
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BMW October sales up 2 pct; Audi up 0.4 pct FRANKFURT — German carmakers BMW AG and Audi AG said Monday their October sales improved as the global downturn showed signs of waning and demand for luxury cars improved. BMW, the world’s biggest luxury carmaker, said its group sales improved 2 percent for the month to 115,252
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Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan’s main city of Peshawar, killing three people Monday, police said. The attack was the latest in a string of strikes that has killed more than 300 people over the
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Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, 5 wounded
Sonova to buy Advanced Bionics for $489M STAEFA, Switzerland — Swiss hearing aid firm Sonova Holding AG said Monday it is buying cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics Corp., based in California, for $489 million in cash. Sonova expects the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, to be completed within three months. “Sonova will offer the most comprehensive
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Swiss firm Sonova to buy US cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics for $489 million
more images more images Report: NKorea’s Kim rides on tricked out trains SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il — known for shunning air travel — has six luxurious trains equipped with reception halls, conference rooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday. There are also 19 stations across North Korea exclusively for
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India limits media on contentious Dalai Lama trip TAWANG, India — Indian officials clamped down Monday on journalists covering the Dalai Lama’s trip to a disputed border area in an apparent effort to minimize tensions with neighboring China. China has protested the Tibetan spiritual leader’s weeklong visit to the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh that began Sunday
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India limits media access to Dalai Lama on trip to town at heart of China border dispute
more images more images Resolute Fort Hood soldiers ready for return FORT HOOD, Texas — Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he’s asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his scheduled January deployment
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As questions swirl about alleged Fort Hood gunman, resolute soldiers ready to get back to work
more images more images House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate WASHINGTON — Don’t look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They’re locked in a battle
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Government option faces uphill fight in Senate version of heath insurance reform
Rain-triggered landslides kill 14 in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia — Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday. The downpours sent a mass of mud slamming into about 20 houses in the outskirts of the town of Palopo, South Sulawesi province,
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Series of rain-triggered landslides bury houses, kill 14 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
Formal charges expected in Seattle police killing SEATTLE — The man accused in the Halloween-night shooting death of a Seattle policeman remains hospitalized, and authorities were expected to talk more Monday about why they believe the suspect is a domestic terrorist who held a grudge against law enforcement. Prosecutors plan to discuss formal charges against 41-year-old Christopher
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Prosecutors to announce charges in Halloween shooting death of Seattle police officer
LONDON – A scientist has suggested that the Neanderthals might have gone extinct because of a deadly combination of bad luck and climate change. According to a report in New Scientist, the scientist in question is evolutionary ecologist Clive Finlayson. The Neanderthals, a race of cavemen who ruled Europe and Asia, mysteriously vanished between 28,000 and 24,000
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Deadly combo of bad luck and climate change may have killed Neanderthals
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) candidates in Gilgit-Baltistan have got images of former president Pervez Musharraf printed on their election posters. Sources said that PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had learnt through TV coverage of the PML-Q candidates’ election campaign that there were huge pictures of the former president on their official posters. They said
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Gilgit-Baltistan PML-Q candidates’ use Musharraf’s face in campaigning
Philadelphia transit system running as strike ends PHILADELPHIA — Representatives of Philadelphia’s transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city’s subways, buses and trolleys for six days. “The strike is over,” Pennsylvania Gov
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Philadelphia’s buses, subways and trolleys moving again after union agrees to end 6-day strike
Filipino militants behead captive schoolteacher MANILA, Philippines — Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines beheaded a schoolteacher after kidnapping him last month, officials said Monday. The severed head of Gabriel Canizares, 36, was left in a bag at a gas station on Jolo Island, three weeks after suspected Abu Sayyaf militants stopped a passenger minibus and
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Al-Qaida-linked militants in southern Philippines behead captive schoolteacher
Floods, mudslides kill 91 El Salvador, 60 missing VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 91 people, authorities said. Hundreds of soldiers, police and residents dug through rock and
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Floods, mudslides kill 91 in El Salvador; town partly buried and 60 missing
NM auto dealer tried to save business by gambling ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former Albuquerque auto dealer, faced with an ailing economy and difficulty getting credit for his dealership, says he turned to gambling last year in a bid to salvage the business. Ken Zangara racked up a $250,000 gambling loss just months before he closed his
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NM auto dealer tried to save business by gambling, instead racked up $250,000 in losses
Late-season hurricane takes aim at US Gulf Coast NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 100 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. A hurricane watch extended over more than 200 miles of coastline across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi,
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Hurricane Ida threatens US Gulf Coast near end of season, could make landfall by Tuesday
more images more images Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House WASHINGTON — The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister’s trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty. Netanyahu was to arrive in the U.S. capital Sunday night for a speaking engagement at
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White House says Obama will meet Netanyahu on Monday; session was in question
New fair targets France’s 260,000 annual divorces PARIS — The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair. In France, nearly one out of two marriages ends in divorce, according to the country’s National Institute of Demographic Studies. More than 130,000 divorces were registered
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City of romance gets lesson in love’s hard knocks as thousands flock to Paris divorce fair
more images more images Big question mark: Fate of health care in Senate WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours
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Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House’s bill has nowhere to go
Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people, the government said Sunday. Dozens are still missing, and about 7,000 are in shelters, Interior Minister Humberto Centeno told a news conference
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Interior minister in El Salvador reports 91 dead in flooding following 3 days of rain
Gunmen ambush, shoot at Honduras AG; no injuries TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran police say gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying the country’s top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed. Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato says Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi was riding on a northern highway when assailants opened fire Saturday night. Cerrato says no one was
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Honduras’ attorney general escapes unharmed after gunmen open fire on his convoy
more images more images Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela’s military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the country’s soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. “The best way to avoid war
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Chavez warns Colombia, US against possible aggression against Venezuela
Utah girl’s pierced nose: US-Indian culture clash To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah’s school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension. To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb
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