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		<title>Chimpanzees learn to mop cage from keepers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Moscow, Feb 10  (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chimpanzees in a Russian zoo have learned to clean their cages by watching zookeepers.
A pair of chimpanzees, Yasha and Jessica, grabbed mops, rags and trash bags in order to clean up their two-floor cage on a regular basis, the Udmurtia zoo&#8217;s press service said.
Yasha was the first to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cox ready to move on after marriage split</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ London, Feb 10  (IANS) Actress Courteney Cox, who split from husband David Arquette in 2010, feels it&#8217;s time for her to move on and start dating again.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve not had a man since David&#8230; No guy&#8217;s asked me out. I&#8217;m not saying I&#8217;m not ready to have a make-out session, it just makes me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug reverses Alzheimer&#8217;s symptoms in mice: Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Washington, Feb 10  (IANS) Use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pathological, cognitive and memory deficits caused by the onset of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, according to a study.
The results point to the significant potential that the medication, bexarotene, has to help the roughly 5.4 million Americans suffering from the progressive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/drug-reverses-alzheimers-symptoms-in-mice-study_100596726.html</link>
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		<title>US allows women to serve closer to battlefield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Washington, Feb 10  (IANS) US Defence Department Thursday announced it will open up over 14,000 positions to women, including those in direct ground combat units.
In a notification to Congress, the Pentagon said it intends to change a 1994 rule that prohibits women from direct ground combat positions, Xinhua reported. 
It said because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Maldives government legitimate, says US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Washington, Feb 10  (IANS) The US said Thursday that it considered the new government in the Maldives as legitimate, calling for a peaceful settlement to the ongoing political unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation.
&#8220;We do,&#8221; State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at a regular briefing, when asked if the US considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US stocks edge higher amid Greek hope (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New York, Feb 10  (IANS) US stocks edged higher Thursday amid Greek&#8217;s long-awaited austerity deal and better-than-expected jobless claims.
Greek political leaders Thursday reached a deal over austerity measures in order to prevent debt default, Xinhua reported. 
Finance ministers from the euro zone countries were expected to meet later Thursday to discuss the plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/us-stocks-edge-higher-amid-greek-hope-lead_100596723.html</link>
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		<title>World&#8217;s biggest offshore windfarm opens in Britain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ London, Feb 10  (IANS) The world&#8217;s largest offshore windfarm opened off the coast of Cumbria in Britain Thursday.
With 102 turbines and a total capacity of 367.2 MW, the windfarm could provide enough power for 320,000 households.
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey opened the windfarm near Walney in Cumbria Xinhua [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/worlds-biggest-offshore-windfarm-opens-in-britain_100596722.html</link>
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		<title>Only man in my life is my son: Bullock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  London, Feb 10  (IANS) Actress Sandra Bullock  has denied reports she&#8217;s dating producer Jonathon Komack Martin, insisting the only man in her life is her son.
The 31-year-old has been romantically linked to Martin who is also the best friend of  actor Ryan Reynolds. But the actress insists Martin is actually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/only-man-in-my-life-is-my-son-bullock_100596721.html</link>
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		<title>Three Germans drown in submarine accident</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cairo, Feb 10  (IANS) Three German tourists drowned Thursday when their submarine sank in the Red Sea off the Egyptian coast.
The victims are from the same family, and have been identified as Divaow Dinelkes, nine years old, Eleksia Daniel, 53, and Marie Anderial, 45.
Thirteen other tourists of various nationalities in the submarine survived, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/three-germans-drown-in-submarine-accident_100596720.html</link>
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		<title>China probes chemical spill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Beijing, Feb 10  (IANS) China is probing a chemical spill from a South Korean cargo ship that partially contaminated the drinking water source of a city in eastern part of the country.
The spill caused tap water in some parts of Zhenjiang city to emit a pungent smell, sending panicked residents to stockpile bottled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/china-probes-chemical-spill_100596719.html</link>
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		<title>US stocks little changed after Greece deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New York, Feb 10  (IANS) US stocks traded in a very narrow range around the breakeven line Thursday as investors felt little thrilled after Greek political leaders had agreed on austerity cuts after a dangerous deadlock.
Investors were taking a close watch on Greece as the nation&#8217;s prime minister went to Brussels to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple to introduce iPad 3 in March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ San Francisco, Feb 10  (IANS) Apple will introduce its latest iPad 3 here next month, media reports said Thursday.
The next generation iPad will have faster chips and better graphics, Xinhua reported quoting the technology news site AllThingsD. 
It did not say when it will hit stores. 
The new tablet, which will probably be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/apple-to-introduce-ipad-3-in-march_100596717.html</link>
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		<title>No Valentine plans for Zac Efron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  London, Feb 10  (IANS) Actor Zac Efron says he is a &#8220;romantic&#8221; at heart but admits he&#8217;s going to be alone on Valentine&#8217;s Day.
The 24-year-old, who has previously dated actress Vanessa Hudgens,  is reportedly involved with actress Lily Collins.
&#8220;I am a bit of a romantic,  like writing songs or painting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/no-valentine-plans-for-zac-efron_100596716.html</link>
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		<title>Rajasthan cricket association owes Rs.4.5 crore to police</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 10  (IANS) The Rajasthan Cricket Association owes the state government   Rs 4.5 crore as security charges for different matches organised by it, an RTI reply has revealed.
In a Right to Information (RTI) reply to activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, the  additional deputy commissioner of police (Information) of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/rajasthan-cricket-association-owes-rs45-crore-to-police_100596715.html</link>
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		<title>BSP&#8217;s Satish Misra charged with poll code violation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Lucknow, Feb 10  (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday charged Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Satish Misra of violating the model code of conduct.
A show cause notice was issued to Misra late Thursday evening, asking him to explain his conduct during a public rally at Chandauli district on Feb 5, when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/bsps-satish-misra-charged-with-poll-code-violation_100596714.html</link>
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		<title>Britain jails nine for bomb plot, terror camp in PoK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ London, Feb 9  (IANS) A British court Thursday sentenced nine people, including one of Pakistani origin, for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
Three of the men, who were all members of an Al Qaeda-inspired terror group, received indeterminate sentences for public protection at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/britain-jails-nine-for-bomb-plot-terror-camp-in-pok_100596713.html</link>
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		<title>Ministry withdraws press release about hiked amount to SC victims (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) Within hours of its release, the Ministry of Social Justice Thursday withdrew a press release from the government&#8217;s official website about its decision to increase the minimum amount payable to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe victims of atrocities by 150 percent, apparently due to the code of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/ministry-withdraws-press-release-about-hiked-amount-to-sc-victims-lead_100596712.html</link>
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		<title>NourishCo hopes for Rs.700 crore business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Chennai, Feb 9  (IANS) NourishCo Beverages Ltd, an equal joint venture between Tata Beverages and PepsiCo, is looking at a business of Rs.700 crore over the next five years by expanding its product portfolio, said a Tata group official.
Launching the nutrient-based packaged water Tata Water Plus here Thursday, Tata Beverages vice chairman R.K.Krishnakumar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindi films are not made for critics: Sajid Khan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mumbai, Feb 9  (IANS) Filmmaker Sajid Khan, who is two films old in the industry, is gearing up for his latest film which is a sequel to &#8220;Housefull&#8221;.
Sajid Khan&#8217;s both films &#8220;Hey Baby&#8221; and &#8220;Housefull&#8221; garnered good business at the box office. But he feels that Hindi films are not for the critics.
Sajid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/hindi-films-are-not-made-for-critics-sajid-khan_100596710.html</link>
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		<title>Now &#8216;etiquette&#8217; course for modern ladies in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Beijing, Feb 9  (IANS) A Chinese university has left many people with raised eyebrows by offering lessons for &#8220;modern ladies&#8221; in etiquette learning that will cost 48,000 yuan (over $7,600) for a year.
Tsinghua University, one of China&#8217;s top universities, has sparked an online storm by offering lessons for &#8220;modern ladies&#8221;, the China Daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/now-etiquette-course-for-modern-ladies-in-china_100596709.html</link>
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		<title>Russia to fulfill arms obligations to Syria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Moscow, Feb 9  (IANS) Russia said Thursday that it would continue to implement all of its obligations concerning arms supplies to Damascus and rejected setting up a &#8220;group of friends&#8221; for Syria.
&#8220;We implement our deals with Syria and other countries in the frames of international agreements, not violating international rules and obligations. Syria [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/russia-to-fulfill-arms-obligations-to-syria_100596708.html</link>
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		<title>China to increase mineral exploration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Beijing, Feb 9  (IANS) China is going to increase mineral exploration and development within a decade to keep up with its rapidly growing demand, as it believes dependency on foreign sources for energy and minerals can threaten its security.
Addressing a national videoconference in Beijing, Xu Shaoshi, minister of land and resources, said China [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/china-to-increase-mineral-exploration_100596707.html</link>
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		<title>Dubai, Sudan police sign cooperation protocol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Khartoum, Feb 9  (IANS/WAM) Police of Dubai and Sudan have signed a protocol for extending cooperation in the technological, technical, training and information exchange areas.
The deal was signed between Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, commander of Dubai police and General Hashim Osman Al Hussein, director general of the Sudanese police.
The Dubai police chief, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/dubai-sudan-police-sign-cooperation-protocol_100596706.html</link>
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		<title>Dubai to carry out beach cleaning drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dubai, Feb 9  (IANS/WAM) Dubai municipality authorities will hold a massive cleaning drive at Al Mamzar beach Friday in a bid to collect garbage from the beachside and sea along the coast.
The drive will be held between 9.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. 
According to the environmental emergency office chief Khalid Salem Sulaiteen, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/dubai-to-carry-out-beach-cleaning-drive_100596705.html</link>
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		<title>Maldives&#8217; ousted president seeks global intervention (Third Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Maldives&#8217; ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by a small group of police officers and that police and the military were brutally suppressing people.
Nasheed resigned Tuesday amid protests over detention of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/maldives-ousted-president-seeks-global-intervention-third-lead_100596704.html</link>
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		<title>Ayurveda, unani to be promoted through rural health scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Bangalore, Feb 9  (IANS) The government will promote Indian systems of medicine, including ayurveda, siddha and unani, and therapies like yoga and naturopathy through its National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
&#8220;The government will give impetus to yoga and naturopathy through the Indian system of medicine to prevent and cure various forms of ailments under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/ayurveda-unani-to-be-promoted-through-rural-health-scheme_100596703.html</link>
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		<title>Karunanidhi slams BJP on resignation of Acharya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Chennai, Feb 9  (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday slammed BJP for trying to &#8220;help&#8221; Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to come out of the disproportionate wealth case being heard in a Bangalore court by exerting pressure on Karnataka&#8217;s Advocate General and the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) B.V.Acharya.
In a statement issued here, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/karunanidhi-slams-bjp-on-resignation-of-acharya_100596702.html</link>
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		<title>Lokmat&#8217;s record news spread of a world record (With Image)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mumbai, Feb 9  (IANS) In what is claimed to be an unprecedented innovation by a broadsheet, an English daily recently produced a full-colour picture and story spread over 16 columns across the front and  back pages to commemorate a Guinness World Record event in Maharashtra&#8217;s Aurangabad district, an official said here Thursday.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/lokmats-record-news-spread-of-a-world-record-with-image_100596701.html</link>
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		<title>India Factoring and Financial plans Rs.5 bn equity infusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Kolkata, Feb 9  (IANS) India Factoring and Financial Solutions, a joint venture between Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Malta-based FIMBank, is planning to receive Rs.5 billion equity infusion from its promoters by March 2014.
&#8220;We have just received a Rs.50 crore capital infusion and estimations say we would require around Rs.500 crore by March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/india-factoring-and-financial-plans-rs5-bn-equity-infusion_100596700.html</link>
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		<title>BJP defends Modi, questions timing of SIT report (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday questioned the timing of the special investigation team (SIT) on Gujarat riots, even as senior leaders advocated a clean chit for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots.
Speaking to reporters in the national capital, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/bjp-defends-modi-questions-timing-of-sit-report-lead_100596699.html</link>
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		<title>Maldives&#8217; ousted president seeks global intervention (Second Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Maldives&#8217; ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by a small group of police officers and police and the military were brutally suppressing people.
Nasheed resigned Tuesday amid protests over detention of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/maldives-ousted-president-seeks-global-intervention-second-lead_100596698.html</link>
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		<title>Chinese youth rapes, robs, kills 91-year-old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Beijing, Feb 9  (IANS) A 19-year-old youth in a Chinese city has been detained for allegedly raping, robbing and killing a 91-year-old woman.
The elderly lady surnamed Wei lived alone in Guangdong province&#8217;s Heyuan city. She was found dead in her house last Thursday. Police confirmed that the woman had been raped before being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/chinese-youth-rapes-robs-kills-91-year-old_100596697.html</link>
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		<title>Four state-owned Delhi hospitals get accreditation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) Four Delhi government hospitals have been granted accreditation by the National Accreditation Board on Health (NABH), Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia said Thursday.
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, and Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences were granted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British girl has contraceptive implant at school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ London, Feb 9  (IANS) A 13-year-old girl in Britain had a contraceptive implant fitted at her school since she felt &#8220;like having sex&#8221; with her boyfriend.
The girl&#8217;s mother said she was &#8220;proud&#8221; of her young daughter. She, however, accused the school authorities of being &#8220;morally wrong&#8221; in carrying out the procedure without parental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/british-girl-has-contraceptive-implant-at-school_100596695.html</link>
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		<title>Village headman shot dead in Kashmir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Srinagar, Feb 9  (IANS) Separatist guerrillas shot and killed a sarpanch (village headman) in south Kashmir&#8217;s Kulgam district Thursday evening, police said.
&#8220;Gulzar Ahmad Dar, 60, sarpanch of village Hawoora (Mishipora), was shot at from close range by militants after he came out of the local mosque after offering the evening prayers today (Thursday),&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/village-headman-shot-dead-in-kashmir_100596694.html</link>
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		<title>Man gets life term for killing boy over loan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a man for killing a young boy in east Delhi for not repaying a petty  loan of Rs.2,000.
Additional Sessions Judge S.S. Rathi awarded life term to Mukesh and imposed a fine of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman dumps new-born girl from moving vehicle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dungarpur (Rajasthan), Feb 9  (IANS) Upset over the birth of a girl, a woman flung the baby out of an ambulance in Rajasthan when she was being taken to her house from a health centre after delivery, police said Thursday. The baby survived and is stable.
The woman, identified as Madhu,  delivered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement (Second Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) In an embarrassment to the Congress during the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission Thursday censured Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his nine percent job quota promise to minorities and said that as a minister he had the responsibility of ensuring the model code of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/poll-panel-censures-khurshid-for-quota-announcement-second-lead_100596691.html</link>
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		<title>Smuggled liquor seized in Ghaziabad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ghaziabad, Feb 9  (IANS) A large stock of liquor, intended to be used to woo voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, was seized in Ghaziabad and two people were held, police said Thursday.
Checking vehicles, the Kavinagar police noticed a truck going towards Hapur and stopped it on suspicion. On checking it, police found 150 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan denies Gilani meeting with Taliban in Qatar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Islamabad, Feb 9  (IANS) Pakistan Thursday refuted   media reports suggesting a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan Taliban representatives had been planned in Qatar during his three-day visit which concluded a day ago.
According to Pakistan&#8217;s foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit, the visit only focused on bilateral relations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/pakistan-denies-gilani-meeting-with-taliban-in-qatar_100596689.html</link>
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		<title>Is Apple going to announce the release date of iPad 3 soon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is a lot of speculation always about upcoming Apple products and the latest product that is on everyone’s mind is the iPad 3. Some sources say that the launch of the successor to the iPad 2 is imminent and it could happen as early as March 2012.
Generally Apple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/tech-news/is-apple-going-to-announce-the-release-date-of-ipad-3-soon_100596687.html</link>
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		<title>Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mumbai, Feb 9  (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by a second class air-conditioned coach for a court hearing there March 13, her lawyer said. She is currently lodged in a Mumbai jail.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tata Steel posts Rs.6 billion Q3 net loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Kolkata, Feb 9  (IANS) India&#8217;s biggest steel maker Tata Steel Thursday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 6.03 billion for the quarter ended December 2011, against a net profit of Rs.10 billion in the same period a year ago.
The loss was mainly due to soaring raw material costs and cut in demand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy dies imitating TV suicide scene (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) A 12-year-old boy died here when he reportedly tried to imitate a suicide scene he had seen in a movie, police said Thursday.
The Class 5 student of a Sarvodaya school, Suhail, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Jafrabad home in east Delhi Tuesday. His mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO supplies continue via Pakistan air space: US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Islamabad, Feb 9  (IANS) US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter Thursday that the supplies to NATO-led forces in Afghanistan are being airlifted through Pakistani air space, Xinhua reported.
Pakistan closed NATO supply route through its territory to protest a cross-border air strike by US helicopters on two Pakistani checkpoints that killed 24 soldiers in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CWG case: Lawyer doubts fair trial, judge defers hearing (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) A special CBI court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games Thursday put off the proceedings till an order from the district judge after lawyer for an accused doubted he would get fair trial.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh adjourned the hearing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/cwg-case-lawyer-doubts-fair-trial-judge-defers-hearing-lead_100596683.html</link>
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		<title>Naga women&#8217;s body agitates in Manipur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Imphal, Feb 9  (IANS) The Naga Women&#8217;s Union (NWU), Manipur, Thursday held a &#8220;public curfew&#8221; programme in all the four Naga dominated districts of Manipur demanding unconditional release of a top member of the NSCN-IM.
 They are demanding the release of Anthony Shimray, the head of foreign affairs of Naga ceasefire group National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antrix case against Devas&#8217; arbitration adjourned (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Bangalore, Feb 9  (IANS) A local court Thursday adjourned the case of the Indian space agency&#8217;s commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, seeking injunction against Devas Multimedia Services Ltd.  proceeding in the International Court of Arbitration over its annulled S-band spectrum deal.
When the case came up for hearing in the additional city civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old court documents reveal that Josh Powell had threatened his mother with a knife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Utah, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Josh Powell, who murdered his two sons recently and then also killed himself was in reality a very disturbed person. ABC News has revealed that he had little regard for his mother – Terrica Powell and had even threatened his mother with a butcher knife.
This disturbing fact came to light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/old-court-documents-reveal-that-josh-powell-had-threatened-his-mother-with-a-knife_100596680.html</link>
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		<title>Tripura Congress holds sit-in fast to press demands (Lead, superseding earlier story)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Agartala, Feb 9  (IANS) Tripura Congress leaders, led by opposition leader Ratan Lal Nath, Thursday began a fast for 30 hours to press for their 15-point demands, including a high level probe into various alleged scams and murders.
The Congress&#8217; demands also include a CBI inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of Aadhaar funds, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/tripura-congress-holds-sit-in-fast-to-press-demands-lead-superseding-earlier-story_100596679.html</link>
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		<title>First joint trade chamber for divided Kashmir chooses chief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Srinagar, Feb 9  (IANS) As part of the cross Line of Control (LoC) initiatives between two parts of Kashmir, a Srinagar-based businessman was Thursday elected to head a business interests body representing both sides.
Mubeen Shah takes over as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JK-JCCI).
&#8220;The process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/first-joint-trade-chamber-for-divided-kashmir-chooses-chief_100596678.html</link>
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		<title>Two Chhattisgarh cops killed in Maoist ambush (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Raipur, Feb 9  (IANS) Two policemen were killed and two, including an Additional Superintendent of Police, seriously injured when Maoists ambushed a jeep carrying six personnel in Bastar region Thursday, an official said.
The police team came under attack in a forest in Pollampalli area of Sukma district, some 500 km south of Raipur.
&#8220;It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog kills woman who saves children from attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ London, Feb 9  (IANS) A middle-aged woman in Britain was killed before her five children while trying to prevent the family dog from attacking them.
Petite Cassandra Smith, 49, of Warwickshire leapt in to fight off the frenzied Alsatian when it went for daughters Charlotte, 28, and Annette, 26. But the dog flew at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court reserves order on dropping charges against Salem (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against don Abu Salem in a 2002 extortion case here.
Salem, extradited from Portugal in 2005, was booked under the act for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/court-reserves-order-on-dropping-charges-against-salem-lead_100596675.html</link>
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		<title>Five held with tiger, leopard skins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) Five men involved in an international wildlife racket were arrested with one tiger and four leopard skins from Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Thursday.
Based on specific information, a joint operation was carried out by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and state police.  
&#8220;We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relief for scheduled caste/tribe victims up 150 percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has increased the minimum amount payable to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe victims of atrocities by 150 percent, it was announced Thursday.
An official release said that amendments made to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/relief-for-scheduled-castetribe-victims-up-150-percent_100596673.html</link>
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		<title>26/11 was attack on India&#8217;s sovereignty, says apex court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said that the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack was worse than waging a war against the Indian government, as it was targeted at the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of the country.
&#8220;To make India a better place, people could wage a war against the government of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents (Second Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Chennai, Feb 9  (IANS) A Class 9 student of a reputed public school here Thursday stabbed to death his teacher for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.
The 13-year-old student of St. Mary&#8217;s Anglo-Indian School killed Uma Maheswari, who taught Hindi and Science, in the classroom.
Maheswari, a mother of two, raised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/chennai-student-kills-teacher-for-complaining-to-parents-second-lead_100596671.html</link>
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		<title>Chinese city wants long speeches cut short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Beijing, Feb 9  (IANS) Authorities in a Chinese city are planning to cut long speeches of officials that often leave issues at hand undecided and others at meetings quite bored.
The proposal is being discussed at the 12th plenary session of the  municipal committee of Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of China&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/chinese-city-wants-long-speeches-cut-short_100596670.html</link>
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		<title>Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The poll panel Thursday censured Congress leader Salman Khurshid for his nine percent job quota announcement for minorities in Uttar Pradesh, and said that as law minister he has the responsibility of ensuring the model code of conduct is observed in &#8220;letter and spirit&#8221;.
&#8220;As a union minister for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norwegian tourist found dead in Jaipur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jaipur, Feb 9  (IANS) A 35-year-old Norwegian tourist was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hotel room here Thursday, police said.
Oystain Hodne was staying in a hotel on Sikar Road here along with his Indian wife Jasvindar and three children. &#8220;He had come to Jaipur from Norway a few days ago. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2G: Supreme Court to hear Essar Tech&#8217;s plea Feb 17 (Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said it will hear Feb 17 Essar Technologies Ltd&#8217;s plea that the cheating case against the company in the 2G scam be heard by a magistrate and not the Special CBI court judge dealing with other corruption matters related to the scam.
The company said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/2g-supreme-court-to-hear-essar-techs-plea-feb-17-lead_100596667.html</link>
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		<title>PVR sets foot in eastern India, opens multiplex in Howrah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Howrah, Feb 9  (IANS) Priya Village Roadshow (PVR) Cinemas, which is now eyeing eastern India, Thursday launched its first multiplex here and Sanjeev Bijli said that the company planned to open 70 more screens and invest Rs.120 crore.
&#8220;The company has plans to set up 70 more screens across the country by next financial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/pvr-sets-foot-in-eastern-india-opens-multiplex-in-howrah_100596666.html</link>
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		<title>Gender bender model Andrej Pejic takes modeling to a new dimension</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York City, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Gender bender male model Andrej Pejic is taking fashion modeling on a new dimension altogether. He is sometimes a pretty blonde and sometimes he walks the fashion ramp as a male model too. He is using his unisex beauty to a new level and the fashion designers are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/gender-bender-model-andrej-pejic-takes-modeling-to-a-new-dimension_100596664.html</link>
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		<title>Narendra Modi among BJP&#8217;s PM candidates: Gadkari</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Thursday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was one of the party&#8217;s contenders for prime minister.
On a day when the special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2002 Gujarat riots filed a report on the carnage, Gadkari in an interview to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uttar Pradesh second phase - Facts at a glance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The second phase of Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s staggered polls is to be held Saturday.
Following are the facts - 
Number of assembly seats - 59
Total voters - 1,94,93,520 (men 1,07,44,960, women 87,47,383 and other 1,177)
Total number of candidates - 1,098
Total numbers of women candidates - 76
Assembly constituency with maximum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress MP quizzed in missing nurse case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jodhpur, Feb 9  (IANS) Congress MP Badri Jakhar Thursday appeared before the  Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the case of missing Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, official sources said.
Jakhar, the MP from Pali, is a prominent Jat community leader in the state. 
&#8220;Badri Jakhar came to the Circuit House in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/congress-mp-quizzed-in-missing-nurse-case_100596662.html</link>
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		<title>CWG case: Lawyer doubts fair trial, judge defers hearing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) A special CBI court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games Thursday put off the proceedings till an order from the district judge after lawyer for an accused doubted  he  would  get  fair trial.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court reserves order on charges against Salem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against don Abu Salem in a 2002 extortion case here.
Salem, extradited from Portugal in 2005, was booked under the act for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/court-reserves-order-on-charges-against-salem_100596660.html</link>
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		<title>CJI to decide bench for hearing death row convict&#8217;s plea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday asked Chief Justice S.H.Kapadia to decide which bench will hear the petition by a death row convict seeking the commutation of his  sentence to life imprisonment due to the long delay in deciding his mercy petition.
Mahindra Nath Das&#8217;s petition has also sought quashing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/cji-to-decide-bench-for-hearing-death-row-convicts-plea_100596659.html</link>
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		<title>CPI-M denies attack on Achuthanandan at party meet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9  (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Thursday denied media reports that party delegates launched an attack on veteran comrade and former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan at the ongoing state party conference here.
On the sidelines of the conference,  Balakrishnan, home minister in the Achuthanandan government (2006-11), told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coldest Feb 9 in five years, chill to continue Friday (Second Lead)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The winter sun failed to provide any warmth as icy winds blew through the day as Delhiites were caught by surprise Thursday, the coldest Feb 9 in the last five years.
The minimum temperature dipped five notches below average to 4 degrees while the maximum temperature was three notches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/coldest-feb-9-in-five-years-chill-to-continue-friday-second-lead_100596657.html</link>
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		<title>Pakistan, Bangladesh stay off SAARC anti-terror meet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) Pakistan and Bangladesh have stayed away, for unspecified reasons, from attending a two-day SAARC  anti-terror meeting that began in the capital Thursday.
Official sources said the meeting of eminent experts from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries was attended by delegates from Bhutan, India, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/pakistan-bangladesh-stay-off-saarc-anti-terror-meet_100596656.html</link>
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		<title>Virgin Trent Arsenault fathers 15 kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 35-year-old man has not slept with a woman in his life but is father to 15 children. Trent Arsenault donates sperms to desperate women.
The Food and Drugs Administration has commenced investigation into the action of Arsenault. Reports say several couples have turned to the services that he offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi, Feb 9  (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday censured Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his announcement that  if the Congress came to power in Uttar Pradesh it would  provide nine percent job quota to minorities.
In its order issued Thursday, the poll panel said: &#8220;.. the commission hereby censures Salman Khurshid [...]]]></description>
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