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Lebanon on the boil
Sectarian tensions spiral

Suu Kyi’s house damaged
Bangkok: The roof of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house was blown off in the cyclone, and she is living in virtual darkness, said a neighbour. It was not clear if Ms. Suu Kyi was injured and whether ...

A battle-scarred town goes to polls
Calm prevails in Batticaloa

Olympic flame summits Everest
Event sets the tone for China achieving its ambitions for the Olympics

In trouble again
LONDON: Singer Amy Winehouse was arrested in connection with a January video, which allegedly shows her taking drugs at a party at her north London home. London’s Metropolitan Police said the Grammy winner had been released ...

From professor to President, Dmitry Medvedev’s impressive career
MOSCOW: At 42, Dmitry Medvedev is Russia’s youngest leader since Nicholas II was crowned tsar in 1894. Like outgoing President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Medvedev was born and grew up in St. Petersburg, then known as Leningrad. Both men ...

Putin confirmed Prime Minister
He has turned Russia around: Medvedev

Amazon origin confirmed
LIMA: A stream of the Apacheta River in the Arequipa Region in southern Peru has been found to be the origin of the Amazon River, according to research . The finding by Polish scientist Jacek Palkiewicz after 12 years of research has ...

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Rio’s attraction: gangsters and drugs

Rocket science fuels torch

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Jyothirmayi murder: man arrested
LONDON: A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 23-year-old Indian student, Vempala Samrajya Jyothirmayi of the University of Wolverhampton, on Tuesday. She was found dead at a house in Handsworth, Birmingham. Police ...

After Saudi trip, Pranab set on UAE mission
To add momentum to growing ties with resource-rich Gulf

Indians are world’s greenest consumers
Washington: Consumers in India care the most for the environment in terms of their day-to-day behaviour with those in the U.S. coming at the bottom, according to National Geographic. As per a study of 14 countries conducted by National ...

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Man arrested for Indian student’s death in Birmingham

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