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Grim poll ratings mar Congress anniversary in India

Grim poll ratings mar Congress anniversary in India

As India’s Congress party celebrated its anniversary in power on May 22, an opinion poll released by CNN-IBN revealed substantial skepticism about the credibility of the current Indian government. more »

Indian is first female amputee to climb Everest

Indian is first female amputee to climb Everest

A 26-year-old Indian woman, and a former volleyball player, who lost her leg after she was thrown from a moving train has become the first female amputee to climb Everest. more »

Phone Firms Sell Data on Customers

Phone Firms Sell Data on Customers

Big phone companies have begun to sell the vast troves of data they gather about their subscribers' locations, travels and Web-browsing habits. more »

Myanmar's 'goldrush' luring foreigners in droves

Myanmar's 'goldrush' luring foreigners in droves

There is an expat "goldrush" in Myanmar, driven by the promise of an economic boom after the rollback of many sanctions following the end of decades of junta rule. more »

Bollywood bad boy Dutt held in terrorist' jail

Tag: 1993 Mumbai Blasts, Actor, Bollywood, Entertainment, India, Jail, Mumbai, Sanjay Dutt, Solidarity, Supreme Court, TADA Court

May 18, 2013

The Bollywood star is being held in a cell designed for militants where he cannot see the light of day. Dutt surrendered on Thursday and is serving time for connections to the 1993 Mumbai bombing.

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is pictured in Mumbai on May 5, 2013

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Obama administration knew about IRS scrutinizing conservative groups in June: inspector general

Tag: Inspector General Russell George, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Obama Administration, Politics, Tax-exempt status, Treasury Department, US Politics, US Treasury

May 18, 2013

Even when President Obama was on the campaign trail last year, his administration knew the IRS was targeting conservative group, a witness testified Friday.

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Eighty years old Japanese mountaineer, starts Everest ascent

Tag: Adventure, Everest Base Camp, Health, Himalayas, Japanese, Mount Everest, Mountain Climber, World News, Yuichiro Miura

May 18, 2013

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach highest peak in the world. Yuichiro Miura came to worldwide attention in 1970 when he became the first person to ski down Everest.

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Social mobilisation key to polio eradication in India: Bill Gates

Tag: Bill Gates, Child, Children, Eradicate Polio, Health, Health Services, India, Polio, Polio Workers, United Nations, Vaccination, WHO, World Health Organization

May 18, 2013

Washington — Expected to be the hardest, polio eradication was made possible in India thanks to social mobilization and mapping of houses refusing the vaccine, according to Microsoft's Bill Gates.

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Indian sentenced to three years for human trafficking

Tag: Caribbean, Department of Justice, Human Trafficking, illegal entry into the US, Illegal Residents, Mexico, South America, USA, World News

May 18, 2013

WASHINGTON: An Indian has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, the department of justice said.

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Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

Tag: Earth-moon system, Lunar Surface, Meteorite, Moon, NASA, Scientist, Space, World News

May 18, 2013

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.

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