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World lucky to have Manmohan Singh as Indian PM: former Obama aide

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The world, the United States in particular, is lucky to have Manmohan Singh as Indian Prime Minister who has taken personal risk to avoid confrontation along the western border despite provocations, b

Clinton to travel to Pakistan soon

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will soon visit Pakistan to have a 'strategic in-depth discussions' with the country's leadership and send her Special Representative Mark Grossman to prepare the

US judge rules against Toyota over alleged defect

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A US judge has ruled that plaintiffs alleging an acceleration defect in Toyota vehicles can proceed with cases against the Japanese automaker, the plaintiffs said on Monday.

US District Judge James S

Operation Donkey brings Iraqi equine to US

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It took 37 days and a group of determined animal lovers, but a donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident.

Smoke The Donkey, who became a friend and mascot to a group of U.S. Marines living in Iraq's An

Astronomers launch search for alien life on 86 planets

A massive radio telescope in rural West Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 possible earth-like planets, US astronomers said.
The giant dish began this week pointing toward each of the 86 planets — culled from a list of 1,235 possible planets identified by Nasa’s Kepler space telescope — and will gather 24 hours of data on each one.

America shows off warship that buried Bin Laden

US officials on Sunday welcomed visitors to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea, but did not discuss the ultra-secretive attack that killed him, reflecting America's concern over possible retaliation.

Jupiter moon has ‘ocean’ of molten rock

A moon of Jupiter is the only place other than Earth in our solar system where volcanoes occur, and scientists have found an ocean of magma beneath its surface that feed its potent eruptions.

Some planets spin in opposite direction to stars they orbit

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Some planets are just flipping backward.

Investigations hint at bin Laden’s support network in Pak

Investigations into materials seized from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout is increasingly throwing up evidence that the Al Qaeda chief had a "support network" in Pakistan, which made him so confident that he did not have an escape plan, media reports said on Friday.

How Bin Laden emailed without being detected by US

Using intermediaries and inexpensive computer discs, Osama bin Laden managed to send emails while in hiding, without leaving a digital fingerprint for United States eavesdroppers to find.

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