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		<title>Bombs hurled at office of Malaysian Indian-led party</title>
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Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (IANS) The Perak state headquarters in Ipoh of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) led by Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh was attacked by two people with Molotov cocktails in what media reports termed an attempt to burn down the building. Senior Assistant Commissioner (II) Ismail Yatim, the Perak Criminal Investigation Department [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/bombs-hurled-at-office-of-malaysian-indian-led-party_10049329.html</link>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS: Huge blast in the heart of Colombo</title>
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		<title>Karunanidhi hospitalised following neck pain</title>
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Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Karunanidhi was Friday hospitalised after he complained of acute neck pain. The DMK leader is 83 years old.
&#8220;There was some pain in his neck and keeping his age in mind no chances were taken. He is not in any danger and may be discharged after a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/karunanidhi-hospitalised-following-neck-pain_10049327.html</link>
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		<title>Having less power impairs a persons ability to get ahead</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Being put in a low-power role may damage a persons central cognitive functioning and hence, their ability to get ahead.
In their article, Pamela Smith of Radboud University Nijmegen, and colleagues Nils B. Jostmann of VU University Amsterdam, Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and Wilco W. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/having-less-power-impairs-a-persons-ability-to-get-ahead_10049326.html</link>
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		<title>Russia celebrates Zenit&#8217;s UEFA triumph</title>
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Moscow, May 16 (DPA) Russian politicians stumbled over themselves to exalt St Petersburg club Zenit Thursday on their 2-0 UEFA cup victory over the Rangers in Manchester. Former president Vladimir Putin, who filled Moscow&#8217;s government with allies from his native St Petersburg, was the first to offer praises on phone to Dutch coach Dick Advocaat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/russia-celebrates-zenits-uefa-triumph_10049325.html</link>
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		<title>Now, Oz bosses take to lie detectors to catch employees who pull sickies!</title>
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Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): Aussie employees better start looking for some reasons other than a sudden sickness to take a day off work, for lie detectors with a new generation of voice analysis systems used in the UK are all set to enter Down Under.
The technology means someone phoning in for a sickie will speak [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/now-oz-bosses-take-to-lie-detectors-to-catch-employees-who-pull-sickies_10049324.html</link>
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		<title>Profit-boosting approach can save energy too, says Indian scientist</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): A profit-boosting business practice can be used to help turn companies green by reducing their energy use, says a team led by mechanical engineer Prabhakar Kaushik of NC College of Engineering in Haryana, India.
According to the scientists, energy conservation should be at the forefront of company efforts. 
In a global economy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/profit-boosting-approach-can-save-energy-too-says-indian-scientist_10049323.html</link>
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		<title>Global biodiversity has fallen by one-third in last 35 years</title>
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 London, May 16 (ANI): The latest data on the global biodiversity of vertebrates shows that it has fallen by almost one-third in the last 35 years.
According to a report in New Scientist, the data, known as Living Planet Index (LPI), is based on a wide range of population datasets, such as commercial data on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/global-biodiversity-has-fallen-by-one-third-in-last-35-years_10049322.html</link>
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		<title>MIT engineers create bacteria-resistant films</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): A research team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has reported the development of bacteria-resistant films applied to medical devices and other surfaces to ward off microbial accumulation. 
They claim to have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/mit-engineers-create-bacteria-resistant-films_10049321.html</link>
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		<title>Inflation climbs to new high</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Inflation climbed to a new high of 7.83 percent for the week ending May 3, according to government data released Friday. The new inflation rate eclipsed the previous record of 7.61 percent for the week ending April 26.
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		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/inflation-climbs-to-new-high_10049320.html</link>
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		<title>Cherie Blair should quit bench over disgraceful memoirs, says ex-judge</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Cherie Blair should be sacked as a judge over her disgraceful memoirs that demean the legal profession, a leading lawyer said on May 15.
Gerald Butler QC claimed Cherie lacked decency and was guilty of demeaning the legal profession. 
Cherie has been accused of causing embarrassment by revealing intimate details such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/cherie-blair-should-quit-bench-over-disgraceful-memoirs-says-ex-judge_10049319.html</link>
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		<title>The 1930s guide to being the perfect husband</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Does your husband leave his razor lying around the bathroom? Or, for that matter, is he critical of the way you drive? Well, in that case, you didnt really make a smart choice in choosing your better half, at least thats what the 1930s Marital Ratings Scale suggests.
On May 15, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-husband_10049318.html</link>
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		<title>50 % more efficient fuel cell may revolutionise portable electronics</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): MIT researchers claim they have boosted the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much wider market, especially in portable electronics.
The new material key to the work is also considerably less costly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/50-more-efficient-fuel-cell-may-revolutionise-portable-electronics_10049317.html</link>
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		<title>Stoic Jaipur warily walks the path to normalcy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sahil Makkar and Kavita-Bajeli Datt
Jaipur, May 16 (IANS) Ripped apart by blasts just three days ago, it seemed business as usual in the walled city Friday with people venturing out of their homes, shops and offices opening up, and devotees thronging the Hanuman temple &#8212; cautious but determined to put the images of terror [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/stoic-jaipur-warily-walks-the-path-to-normalcy_10049316.html</link>
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		<title>Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson break up again</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): After rekindling their romance in Miami, Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson have reportedly called off their relationship.
According to Wilsons friend, the two actors have again ended their relationship.
&#8220;It was a pretty bad break-up,&#8221; People quoted the friend as saying. 
&#8220;Owen said it was a tough one. He definitely doesn&#8217;t want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/kate-hudson-and-owen-wilson-break-up-again_10049315.html</link>
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		<title>Obese people consume 18% more food energy than leaner counterparts</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Researchers from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have revealed that obese people consume 18 percent more food energy than their leaner counterparts.
For the study, Phil Edwards and colleague Phil Roberts estimated the hypothetical difference in food consumption of 1 billion obese and 1 billion lean people.
The pair calculated the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/obese-people-consume-18-more-food-energy-than-leaner-counterparts_10049314.html</link>
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		<title>US toughens stance on Pakistan&#8217;s talks with militants</title>
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 Washington, May 15 (ANI): The United States has toughened its stance on a proposed agreement with the militants in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas, saying that &#8220;any deal Pakistan reaches with them should be worth more than the paper it is written on&#8221;.
According to the Dawn, the US was refusing to comment on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/us-toughens-stance-on-pakistans-talks-with-militants_10049313.html</link>
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		<title>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaches Bhutan</title>
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Thimphu, May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today arrived in Bhutan on a two-day official visit.
Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigme Thinley received Dr. Singh at the Paro Airport . He will be staying at the Taj Tashi Hotel.
In the afternoon, Dr. Manmohan Singh will inspect the guard of honour at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/prime-minister-manmohan-singh-reaches-bhutan_10049312.html</link>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS: Inflation climbs to new high of 7.83 percent for week ending May 3</title>
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		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/breaking-news-inflation-climbs-to-new-high-of-783-percent-for-week-ending-may-3_10049311.html</link>
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		<title>Surjeet is &#8217;stable&#8217; in hospital</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet was stable Friday after being admitted to a hospital with severe respiratory problems, his party said. &#8220;His condition is stable,&#8221; said a CPI-M functionary at the party headquarters here. His daughter-in-law Manjeet told IANS: &#8220;He was admitted to Noida&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/surjeet-is-stable-in-hospital_10049310.html</link>
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		<title>Universe is twice as bright as previously thought</title>
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 London, May 16 (ANI): Astronomers from UK Universities working with colleagues from Germany and Australia have calculated that the Universe is actually twice as bright as previously thought.
The team of astronomers has come up with this theory after finding how dust is obscuring approximately half of the light that the Universe is currently generating.
For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/universe-is-twice-as-bright-as-previously-thought_10049309.html</link>
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		<title>Clooney to star in Men Who Stare at Goats</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): George Clooney has signed on to star in Men Who Stare at Goats.
Clooneys Smoke House partner Grant Heslov will helm the movie, an adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronsons book about the U.S. Armys First Earth Battalion that tried to use paranormal powers.
The title of the movie refers to the notion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/clooney-to-star-in-men-who-stare-at-goats_10049308.html</link>
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		<title>Researchers reveal link between vitamin D status and breast cancer</title>
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Washington , May 16 (ANI): A new research has found that lack of exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), is clearly linked to breast cancer.
Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California , San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have analysed recently available worldwide data and shown [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/researchers-reveal-link-between-vitamin-d-status-and-breast-cancer_10049307.html</link>
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		<title>For smaller primates climbing is as easy as walking</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Duke University researchers have found in a study that smaller primates do not have to invest more energy in climbing than in walking. 
Jandy Hanna, a faculty member at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg who was a Duke graduate student at the time of the study, has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/for-smaller-primates-climbing-is-as-easy-as-walking_10049306.html</link>
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		<title>My real life imitates Samantha: Kim Cattrall</title>
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London, May 16 (IANS) &#8220;Sex and the City&#8221; star Kim Cattrall says that her life is similar to her character Samantha Jones in the show and that she would be attracted to men all her life. Thesun.co.uk reports that just like her character Samantha, who is having an affair with a much younger man, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/my-real-life-imitates-samantha-kim-cattrall_10049305.html</link>
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		<title>Is Britney Spears pregnant again?</title>
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London, May 16 (IANS) Troubled pop star Britney Spears has fuelled speculation she is pregnant again, after sneaking into a clinic for a health check up. She went to the clinic before actor Mel Gibson, 52, took her on holiday to Costa Rica, reports thesun.co.uk.
&#8220;The 26-year-old was spotted with an apparent bump recently and spent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/is-britney-spears-pregnant-again_10049304.html</link>
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		<title>Simple blood test may improve treatment response in breast cancer patients</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Doctors dependence on radiology studies such as CT scans and ultrasound for breast cancer therapy could soon become passe, thanks to researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center, who have developed a simple blood test to reliably assess treatment response in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
The researchers conducted the study with aim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/simple-blood-test-may-improve-treatment-response-in-breast-cancer-patients_10049303.html</link>
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		<title>Veteran Deco to leave Barcelona</title>
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Madrid, May 16 (DPA) Portugal midfielder Deco has announced his intention to leave troubled Spanish giants Barcelona. The veteran playmaker said Thursday evening that Barca had told his agent to start looking for a new club for next season.
&#8220;I will go to England or Italy, for sure,&#8221; the 30 year-old said. &#8220;I will not stay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/veteran-deco-to-leave-barcelona_10049302.html</link>
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		<title>Nirmala Deshpandes ashes to be immersed near Sukkur</title>
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 Karachi, May 15 (ANI): The ashes of Indian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande will be immersed in the Indus River near Sukkur on Saturday.
According to the Dawn, a Pakistan peace coalition delegation carrying the ashes will leave Karachi on Saturday morning for Sadhu Belo in Sukkur where the ashes will be immersed at 7pm.
The Gandhian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/nirmala-deshpandes-ashes-to-be-immersed-near-sukkur_10049301.html</link>
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		<title>Scientists identify hundreds of genes involved in cancer development</title>
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Washington , May 16 (ANI): In a new study on mice, genetic researchers have pinpointed hundreds of genes that may have a major role to play in the development of cancer.
The study team led by researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute analysed the DNA of more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/scientists-identify-hundreds-of-genes-involved-in-cancer-development_10049300.html</link>
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		<title>Adriano returns to Brazil squad for World Cup qualifiers</title>
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 Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (DPA) Inter Milan&#8217;s Brazilian striker Adriano, currently on loan at Sao Paulo, is set to return to the Brazilian national squad following a severe slump in his form and a subsequent recovery. National coach Carlos Dunga Thursday selected Adriano alongside Kaka, Robinho, the young Alexandre Pato and others, for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/adriano-returns-to-brazil-squad-for-world-cup-qualifiers_10049299.html</link>
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		<title>Weakness in Oz police case to keep Haneef in detention exposed</title>
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Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): Australian Federal Police (AFP) considered placing Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef on a control order or in preventative detention just three days after he was arrested, but were advised there was insufficient information to support their move.
Documents obtained by the Indian-born doctors legal team under freedom of information laws show that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/weakness-in-oz-police-case-to-keep-haneef-in-detention-exposed_10049298.html</link>
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		<title>Jailer, guards suspended after Chhattisgarh prison outbreak</title>
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Raipur, May 16 (IANS) A jailer and two guards were suspended in Chhattisgarh Friday, hours after 11 murder convicts escaped from a jail in Jashpur district. The prisoners escaped late Thursday from the district jail in Jashpur, about 450 km from the state capital here.
Santkumar Paswan, director general of police (jails), said jail-in-charge A.K. Kujur [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/jailer-guards-suspended-after-chhattisgarh-prison-outbreak_10049297.html</link>
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		<title>Only peeing or having sex stop Harrison Ford from signing autographs!</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Harrison Ford insists that he is the best autograph signer in tinsel town, for the only time he ever turns down fans requests for his signature is when hes peeing or indulging in sex.
The actor has a huge fan following thanks to his role in two iconic movies Star Wars and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/only-peeing-or-having-sex-stop-harrison-ford-from-signing-autographs_10049296.html</link>
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		<title>Backstreet Boys return with a bang</title>
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London, May 16 (IANS) The US band Backstreet Boys performed in London recently with just four members. Kevin Richardson was missing, but the show brought back that old 90s boy band hysteria. Thesun.co.uk reports that they opened the show with a blast of pyrotechnics in a boxing ring as they sang their hit &#8220;Larger than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No minor quakes before devastating tremor in China</title>
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Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) There had been no minor quakes in the area around the epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in China&#8217;s southwestern province of Sichuan May 12, the provincial seismological bureau said Friday. Therefore, the earthquake could not be forecast, a senior official of the bureau said. 
He said no typical earthquake precursors were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/no-minor-quakes-before-devastating-tremor-in-china_10049294.html</link>
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		<title>IPL match host wants betting legalised</title>
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Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Sameer Kochhar, TV anchor turned actor and host for IPL tournaments, says betting in cricket matches should be legalised. Sameer, who plays a cop in &#8220;Jannat&#8221;, Mahesh Bhatt&#8217;s film on match fixing, said there is nothing wrong in betting if it does not lead to match fixing.
&#8220;Betting is prevalent in many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Terrorist threats to Euro 2008 on Internet just propaganda&#8217;</title>
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Bern, May 16 (DPA) Internet sites urging Al Qaeda-style attacks targeting Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria were dismissed by police Thursday as nothing more than &#8220;propaganda&#8221; and &#8220;fantasies&#8221;. Federal Police Office spokesman Guido Balmer said according to their intelligence analysis there was no evidence of a &#8220;concrete plan&#8221;.
He said the Internet had become increasingly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/terrorist-threats-to-euro-2008-on-internet-just-propaganda_10049292.html</link>
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		<title>Hilton ignored for Beckham in London</title>
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London, May 16 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton was shocked recently when very few photographers waited for her at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Most of them went to see the launch of Victoria Beckham&#8217;s denim range at Harrods. Hilton, who is romantically involved with rocker boyfriend Benji Madden, was accompanying his band Good Charlotte on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jolie considering France for twins birth in August</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be welcoming their twins into the world on August 19 this year, and the couple are seriously considering having their babies in France, the native place of the actress beloved late mother.
The news about when Jolie would be giving birth was let slip by actor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/jolie-considering-france-for-twins-birth-in-august_10049290.html</link>
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		<title>International aid pour in China:Refuse Australia, South Korea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Hua today reached at the epicentre quake towns to give solace to peoples.
China in midst of its worst natural catastrophe in which tens of thousands people have died,or missing or still buried.
The Chinese Prime Minister Wen from the town of epicentre make an appeal to the Nation to make all efforts in rescue operations.
China [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/international-aid-pour-in-chinarefuse-australia-south-korea_10049289.html</link>
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		<title>High-salt diets may not increase risk of death</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have challenged the long-held assumptions about high salt intake, by finding that high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death.
The researchers reached their conclusion after examining dietary intake among a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S. 
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		<title>China to investigate school buildings&#8217; collapse in quake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Xinhua
Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China&#8217;s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered the local authorities to investigate the reasons why school buildings collapsed in Monday&#8217;s earthquake, an official said. &#8220;If quality problems exist in the school buildings, we will deal with the people responsible for this and give the public a satisfying answer,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kanpur land-sharks intimidating RTI activist by fabricating false charges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bobby Ramakant
Land-mafia in Kanpur in connivance with officials of Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) have slapped false fabricated charges against an Right-to-Information (RTI) campaign leader - Roby Sharma.
Roby has been spearheading the RTI campaign in Kanpur since past two years now, exposing corruption and championing people&#8217;s causes across the city.
Roby had filed a RTI application [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india/kanpur-land-sharks-intimidating-rti-activist-by-fabricating-false-charges_10049285.html</link>
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		<title>Ronaldo hints at Real Madrid move</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Ace Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he would consider his future at the club after next weeks Champions League final.
Confusion surrounds Ronaldo&#8217;s true intentions, as last week he stressed his commitment to Manchester United and his contract does not expire until 2012.
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		<title>PM arrives in Bhutan (Lead)</title>
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Thimphu, May 16 (IANS) Manmohan Singh arrived in Bhutan on a two-day visit Friday, the first trip by an Indian prime minister after the Himalayan nation became the youngest democracy in South Asia. He was received by his Bhutanese counterpart Jigne Thinley at the airport. While leaving New Delhi, Manmohan Singh had described India&#8217;s ties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assam governor under fire for awarding officials</title>
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Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) Assam Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh finds himself in a blazing controversy over awarding police and civil officials of the state&#8217;s Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts with medals for excellence in service. The awards ceremony came at a time when both the districts have been rocked by violence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah and her dogs immortalised in gold-painted bust</title>
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New York, May 16 (ANI): Controversial artist Daniel Edwards, the man behind Britney-giving-birth-on-a-bearskin-rug and Paris Hilton Autopsy, has created a new piece this time a gold-painted bust of Oprah Winfrey with her much-loved late cocker spaniel, Sophie, and golden Lab, Gracie, placed on her mane. 
Edwards says that &#8220;Memories of Sophie and Gracie: A Puppies&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/oprah-and-her-dogs-immortalised-in-gold-painted-bust_10049281.html</link>
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		<title>Grant, Hurley and Nayar win lawsuit over holiday pics</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): British beauty Elizabeth Hurley, hubby Arun Nayar and ex beau Hugh Grant have won a lawsuit over photographs taken of them on holiday last year.
The trio were holidaying at a private resort in the Maldives when pictures of them were snapped. These were later sold to celebs magazines in October 2007.
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		<title>Birds gravity-defying beak eating mystery unravelled</title>
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has solved the gravity-defying mystery behind a birds beak, by finding that certain types of shorebirds defy gravity to get morsels of food up their long, thin beaks into their mouths.
The researchers found that the birds, called phalaropes, make use of the same principle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/birds-gravity-defying-beak-eating-mystery-unravelled_10049279.html</link>
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		<title>Ogling man&#8217;s chest is legal, but not womans boobs, rule judges</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Ogling at 007s chest is perfectly fine but dare not leer at any of his girls, well that is not only the warning of James Bond but also the ruling on what constitutes voyeurism by a panel of leading judges at the Court of Appeal on May 15.
Only women&#8217;s breasts can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/ogling-mans-chest-is-legal-but-not-womans-boobs-rule-judges_10049278.html</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention editors: Sports schedule for May 16, 2008
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The following is the sports schedule for May 16, 2008: Cricket: Indian Premier League: Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata Knight Riders (D.Y. Patil Stadium, Mumbai); Previews of Delhi Daredevils vs. Kings XI Punjab (Feroze Shah Kotla, Delhi) and Rajasthan Royals vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/49277_10049277.html</link>
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		<title>Dungeon dads threats to gas cellar family were a bluff: Police</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzls threats to his cellar family that he would gas them to death if they tried to escape their underground dungeon were a mere bluff, cops have revealed. 
The 73-year-old electrical engineer, who kept his daughter Elisabeth, 42, as a personal sex slave in a concrete bunker [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/dungeon-dads-threats-to-gas-cellar-family-were-a-bluff-police_10049276.html</link>
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		<title>Water, possible life, might be located deeper on Mars than previously believed</title>
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 Washington, May 16 (ANI): New observations from NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest that any liquid water that might exist below the planets surface, and any possible organisms living in that water, would be located deeper than scientists had suspected.
Scientists came forward with this hypothesis after the Mars probe observed that the crust and upper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian mans three wives happy to see him get fourth!</title>
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Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (ANI): Having two wives at the same time is certainly not the best idea for any man, considering all the bickering and vying for hubbys attention but with Mohamed Nor Awang, an odd-job worker, the case is bit different.
The 51-year-old Malaysian has three wives and all them are supporting him in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/malaysian-mans-three-wives-happy-to-see-him-get-fourth_10049274.html</link>
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		<title>US spacecraft finds Mars colder than expected</title>
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Washington, May 16 (Xinhua) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. The new observations from its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest any liquid water that might exist below the planet&#8217;s surface and any possible organisms living in that water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka court orders arrest of 12 former ministers</title>
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Dhaka, May 16 (IANS) A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against a dozen former ministers, some of whom it declared absconding, in a corruption case filed against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her associates. Thursday&#8217;s action, another first in Bangladesh&#8217;s military-backed caretaker government&#8217;s drive against corruption, prompted some of those charged to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China quake deaths minimised by quick response: premier</title>
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Chengdu (China), May 16 (Xinhua) Premier Wen Jiabao Friday said China has reduced the toll from Monday&#8217;s earthquake to the greatest extent possible with speedy relief efforts. &#8220;It is still within the critical period for saving lives, and we won&#8217;t give up if there is even the slightest hope of finding more survivors,&#8221; he said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/china-quake-deaths-minimised-by-quick-response-premier_10049271.html</link>
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		<title>MIC wants more scholarships for Indian students</title>
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Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is unhappy with the low percentage of Public Service Department overseas scholarships allocated to Indian students. 
MIC president Seri S. Samy Vellu said that only 34 Indian students were successful in their application last year.
The party received 194 appeals from students, some of whom obtained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western experts looking for signs of damage in Chinese N-sites in earthquake</title>
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New York, May 16 (ANI): Chinas main centres for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, and leading Western experts are looking for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape. 
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior US official said that the US was using spy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensex goes down after positive opening (Lead)</title>
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Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Major Indian equities markets went down Friday soon after opening in the green, despite strong initial buying interest in power, banking, capital goods, automobiles and IT stocks. The 30-share benchmark sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, opened with a gain of 122.87 points at 17,476.41. But by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka navy arrests 19 Indian fishermen</title>
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Colombo, May 16 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 19 Indian fishermen on charges of poaching in Sri Lanka&#8217;s territorial waters. The authorities here suspect the fishermen have also &#8220;smuggled in something&#8221; for the Tamil Tigers, a military spokesperson said. &#8220;We have arrested 19 Indian fishermen with three dhows off Thalaimannar on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan to clinch all issues with India in Islamabad on May 20</title>
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 New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): Rebutting the speculations about split between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that both the parties will clinch all issues with India in the forthcoming meeting in Islamabad on May 20. 
India and Pakistan should take the advantage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Suppliers Group unlikely to discuss India next week</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Berlin next Monday is unlikely to take up the issue of amending its guidelines for India as the leadership in New Delhi has not yet taken the decision to sign the safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer meet for victims of Jaipur blasts, Myanmar cyclone, Chinese quake</title>
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 New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): People of all religious groups organised a prayer meet, seeking solace for the victims who died in Myanmar cyclone, in Chinese earthquake and in Jaipur serial blasts.
The prayer meet in honour of the victims was organised by the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese and members of all religious faiths on Thursday.
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		<title>After US tests, India to get first e-passport in June</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India&#8217;s first e-passport, which will make travel easy, is expected to be issued next month. It will be issued to diplomats and officials first. Others may have to wait for about 10 months &#8212; or even more.
If all goes well, the first e-passport will be issued around June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer meet for victims of Jaipur blasts, Myanmar cyclone, Chinese quake</title>
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 New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): People of all religious groups organised a prayer meet, seeking solace for the victims who died in Myanmar cyclone, in Chinese earthquake and in Jaipur serial blasts.
The prayer meet in honour of the victims was organised by the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese and members of all religious faiths on Thursday.
&#8220;Many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/prayer-meet-for-victims-of-jaipur-blasts-myanmar-cyclone-chinese-quake_10049262.html</link>
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		<title>Sea bridge in Mumbai to reduce time travel from one hour to seven minutes</title>
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 Mumbai, May 16 (ANI): An eight-lane sea link with a twin carriageway and having a cable-stayed bridge design to be commissioned by January 2009 is poised to make for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli suburbs of Mumbai.
Authorities here said that the 5.6-kilometer long Bandra-Worli sea link expected to be commissioned by January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Red Cross donates $10 mn for China quake victims</title>
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Washington, May 16 (Xinhua) The American Red Cross (ARC) has donated $10 million for disaster relief work in China&#8217;s earthquake-hit southwestern province of Sichuan, the organisation said. In a statement, the ARC said the contribution would assist the Red Cross Society of China, whose employees and volunteers have been helping survivors since the earthquake struck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists detect key molecule in atmosphere of Venus</title>
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 Paris, May 16 (ANI): Scientists have detected a key molecule in the atmosphere of Venus, a detection that gives them an important new tool to unlock the workings of the planets dense atmosphere.
Hydroxyl, the molecule that was detected by the Venus Express, is an important but difficult-to-detect molecule.
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		<title>Indian equities markets open with an upswing</title>
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Mumbai May 16 (IANS) Indian equities markets opened in the green zone Friday, taking off from the positive close overnight and mirroring strong cues from global markets. The 30-share benchmark sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, opened with a gain of 122.87 points at 17,476.41.
All sectoral indices on the BSE barring FMCG [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators flounder as terrorists strike at will</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Nearly 500 people have been killed in nine well-coordinated terrorist attacks across India since the Diwali-eve bombings here in 2005, but no case has been resolved and not one terrorist arrested. Although the authorities admit that the terrorists are getting increasingly sophisticated and appear linked to one another, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pak Presidency set to restore judges minus Iftikhar Chaudhry</title>
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 Lahore, May 16 (ANI): Pakistan Presidency has finalised its proposals for the re-appointment of all sacked judges minus former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.
According to the Daily Times, President Pervez Musharraf had finalised the proposals in consultations with Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokar, senior lawyer Sharifuddin Pirzada and Attorney General Malik [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US encourages discussion to resolve J-K issue</title>
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 Washington, May 16 (ANI): The United States has reiterated its support for the peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir issue, saying it would continue encouraging discussion among parties to resolve the dispute.
The Daily Times quoted US State Department Deputy spokesman Tom Casey as saying that Pakistan and India should resolve differences over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dungeon dad smuggled daughter to hospital while wife was on holiday</title>
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London, May 16 (ANI): Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl took his sick girl, Kerstin to hospital while his wife was on holiday, it has emerged.
The 73-year-old sex beast wasted vital time waiting for Rosemarie, 69, to leave before carrying 19-year-old Kerstin from her dungeon home for the first time. 
Rosemarie, who was completely unaware of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comics on Jharkhand freedom fighters soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi, May 16 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has come out with an innovative idea to educate children about the contribution and valour of the state&#8217;s freedom fighters. The home department is getting comics published that are based on the lives of freedom fighters including Birsa Munda, Siddho and Kanhu and Jatara Bhagat.
Birsa Munda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 of 23 major cyclones worldwide in Indian region</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Twenty-one of the 23 most devastating cyclones worldwide during the last 200 years occurred in the northern Indian Ocean zone popularly know as the Indian region. &#8220;Though the Indian region faces only five to six percent of the total number of cyclones erupt every year, the magnitude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adieu to another book lover&#8217;s haunt in Delhi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Monobina Gupta
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The quintessential bookshop jammed from the ceiling to the floor with books - the last refuge of a loner and a book junkie - is a genre fast dying out in the capital. The Bookworm, a haunt for all those who wear with élan the tag of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kidney stones? Blame global warming</title>
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Washington, May 16 (IANS) Latest research indicates that global warming could have another unwanted spin-off - it may spur the formation of kidney stones. Dehydration, particularly in warmer climes and higher temperatures, will only exacerbate this effect. Consequently, the prevalence of stone disease may increase, along with the costs of treatment. 
Using published data bearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery of weird stellar pair leaves astronomers puzzled</title>
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 Washington, May 16 (ANI): Astronomers have been left puzzled after they discovery of a stellar pair - a speedy spinning pulsar in an elongated orbit around an apparent Sun-like star, a combination never seen before.
Astronomers first detected the pulsar, called J1903+0327, as part of a long-term survey using the National Science Foundations Arecibo radio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China eyes stake in world&#8217;s largest mining firm</title>
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Sydney, May 16 (DPA) China has approached Australian companies to team up for a billion-dollar share raid on giant miner BHP Billiton, news reports said Friday. A tilt at the world&#8217;s biggest miner and Australia&#8217;s largest company would alarm the Canberra government, which earlier this year toughened restrictions on government-owned companies taking strategic stakes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puri revisits traditional art forms with Folk Fair 2008  (Re-issue)</title>
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Puri, May 16 (ANI): A five-day folk fair organized to promote various facets of the art and culture, which are facing extinction with the growing influence of modernism, captivated a huge number of people here recently.
The main objective of the annual fair was to promote and preserve art and culture of tribal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icahn fights Yahoo board to spur Microsoft deal</title>
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San Francisco, May 16 (DPA) Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched a proxy fight to oust the Yahoo board in a bid to revive Microsoft&#8217;s spurned deal for the Internet powerhouse. &#8220;It is quite obvious that Microsoft&#8217;s bid of $33 per share is a superior alternative to Yahoo&#8217;s prospects on a standalone basis,&#8221; Icahn wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kinnauri cuisine, a major hit at the tourism festival in Himachal (Re-issue)</title>
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Sangla (Kinnaur) Himachal Pradesh, May 16 (ANI): Popularity of the traditional Kinnauri cuisine of Himachal gained a new high, when it attracted a lot of tourists and residents during the recently held tourism festival.
A variety of most popular local items served during the two-day festival won admiration of hundreds of the visiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilani, Zardari decide not to bring new ministers in place of PML-N ministries</title>
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 Islamabad, May 16 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari have decided that PPP will not bring new ministers in place of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ministers, who resigned due to differences over the framework of the restoration of the sacked judges.
I will speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian art attracts over $1.7 mn in Sotheby&#8217;s spring auctions (Lead)</title>
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New York, May 16 (IANS) Works by Indian artists Subodh Gupta, Anish Kapoor, T.V. Santosh, Chintan Upadhyay, Riyas Komu, Raqib Shaw and Bose Krishnamachari attracted high prices at Sotheby&#8217;s spring series of contemporary art auctions here, exceeding expectations with the total sale amounting to $1,748,500. The highlight of the May 14-15 auctions was a work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two American tourists reach out to Jaipur blast victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
Jaipur, May 16 (IANS) They came to see the sights and colours of India, but found themselves in the middle of a tragedy. However, instead of hiding in their hotel, two American tourists went to donate blood to those injured in Tuesday&#8217;s serial bomb blasts here. Unhappy when they were told the hospital [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/two-american-tourists-reach-out-to-jaipur-blast-victims_10049242.html</link>
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		<title>Dip in industrial growth: time to change gears(Commentary)</title>
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By Sushma Ramachandran
It&#8217;s more bad news for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on the economic front, even as it looks forward to the general election in 2009. Industrial growth has dipped to a six-year-low of three percent in March this year. Coupled with raging inflation, the economic outlook is far from satisfactory at a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/dip-in-industrial-growth-time-to-change-gearscommentary_10049241.html</link>
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		<title>Why Chandigarh hotels just love cricket!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) Top-end hotels in Chandigarh just love the new T20 format of cricket. Be it the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) or the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), it has meant a windfall for these hotels. While none of the IPL or ICL matches is being played in Chandigarh city [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/why-chandigarh-hotels-just-love-cricket_10049240.html</link>
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		<title>Humans responsible for third of nitrogen in oceans</title>
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London, May 16 (IANS) Human activity is responsible for a lot of the nitrogen finding its way into the sea from the atmosphere and influencing the nitrogen cycle, according to the latest findings by an international team of scientists. The presence of nitrogen in the sea influences global climate as it increases marine biological activity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/humans-responsible-for-third-of-nitrogen-in-oceans_10049239.html</link>
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		<title>Morning-after pill allowed freely in Canada</title>
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Toronto, May 16 (IANS) Canada has joined India, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands in making the morning-after pill freely available over the counter. Till now, the pill, also known as Plan B or Levonorgestrel, had been a prescription-only drug here, making it mandatory for a woman to have medical consultation before being allowed to buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/morning-after-pill-allowed-freely-in-canada_10049238.html</link>
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		<title>Hoshiarpur-born doctor is head of US cardiology body</title>
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New York, May 16 (IANS) An Indian American has taken over as president of the American Society of Geriatric Cardiology, becoming the first Asian to head the 22-year-old organisation based in Washington DC. Navin C. Nanda, 65, professor of medicine and director of the Heart Station / Echocardiography Laboratories at the University of Alabama in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/hoshiarpur-born-doctor-is-head-of-us-cardiology-body_10049237.html</link>
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		<title>PM leaves on Bhutan visit</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here Friday on a two-day visit to Bhutan, the first by an Indian prime minister after the Himalayan nation became the youngest democracy in South Asia. In his departure statement, Manmohan Singh described India&#8217;s ties with Bhutan as a &#8220;model of inter-state relations&#8221; and said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/pm-leaves-on-bhutan-visit_10049236.html</link>
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		<title>I wasn&#8217;t aware of Rajiv Khandelwal&#8217;s star status: director</title>
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Debutant director Rajkumar Gupta is all praise for Rajiv Khandelwal who stars in his upcoming thriller &#8220;Aamir&#8221;, but says he wasn&#8217;t aware of the TV actor&#8217;s star status when they met for the first time. &#8220;I was not much of a TV buff and so I was not aware of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/i-wasnt-aware-of-rajiv-khandelwals-star-status-director_10049235.html</link>
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		<title>A little matter of lawyers and their black robes</title>
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Pune, May 16 (IANS) Black may be chic, but many lawyers here don&#8217;t like the black robe they have to wear as part of their profession, saying it is unsuitable for the Indian climate. A group of lawyers led by rights activist Asim Sarode conducted a survey this month among advocates at the district court [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/a-little-matter-of-lawyers-and-their-black-robes_10049234.html</link>
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		<title>Yahoo! India&#8217;s Glue Pages bring new search experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Frederick Noronha
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Searching the net might become quite a different experience thanks to an experiment from Yahoo! India called Glue that yields results with visual information. Search in.glue.yahoo.com for the term &#8216;India&#8217;, for example, and what you find is news, images, links, maps, and even sponsored ads &#8212; all related to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/yahoo-indias-glue-pages-bring-new-search-experience_10049233.html</link>
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		<title>Nuclear companies jostle for Vietnamese reactor business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Steinglass
Hanoi, May 16 (DPA) A French nuclear power export consortium has made its case for Vietnam to turn to France for the two nuclear power plants it plans to build in the next decade as firms from five countries gathered at a nuclear power trade fair in Hanoi to promote their wares. &#8220;In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/nuclear-companies-jostle-for-vietnamese-reactor-business_10049232.html</link>
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		<title>Bachchan and media trapped in jaded, dull matrimony(Commentary)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mayank Chhaya
The media in India ought to impose a pretty long moratorium on Amitabh Bachchan interviews. The media bakes the same old banalities and garnishes them as profound questions. And Bachchan, with no other option left, responds in a mockingly serious tone. Like a jaded couple trapped in a dull matrimony both the media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/bachchan-and-media-trapped-in-jaded-dull-matrimonycommentary_10049231.html</link>
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		<title>Bush stirs hornet&#8217;s nest in US presidential race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 16 (IANS) President George Bush has stirred a hornet&#8217;s nest in the US presidential race with his perceived criticism of Barack Obama&#8217;s foreign policy stance, sending Democratic leaders to rally round the party frontrunner. At issue are Bush&#8217;s remarks Thursday, deliberate or not, that it is a &#8220;foolish delusion&#8221; to think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/bush-stirs-hornets-nest-in-us-presidential-race_10049230.html</link>
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		<title>World Bank provides $600 million for India&#8217;s elementary education plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 16 (IANS) The World Bank has approved a $600 million credit to support to India&#8217;s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a nationwide centrally sponsored programme designed to provide education to all children aged 6 to 14. The credit to finance the Second Elementary Education Project (SSA II) approved Thursday will be provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/world-bank-provides-600-million-for-indias-elementary-education-plan_10049229.html</link>
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