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India, 6 other largest economies to come under G-20 scanner

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Seven of the world's largest economies including India would face a new surveillance system aimed at highlighting and rectifying flaws before they imperil growth under a deal agreed by Group of 20 fin

CIA established spy network in Pak, doesn't need ISI anymore

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The Central Investigation Agency (CIA) has established its own spy network in Pakistan, a US newspaper has quoted an official, as saying.

According to the US official, the CIA established its spy net

Ford recalls 1.19 mn pick-ups

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Ford has informed the US government that it will recall about 1.19 million F-150 pick-up trucks produced from 2004 through 2006 as well as Lincoln Mark LT 2006 models for a defect that can cause accid

US expands search for WMDs to E Africa: Report

The US is expanding its 20-year-old search programme for weapons of mass destruction to East Africa in a bid to thwart the threat of bioterrorism emancipating from the region, a media report said.

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Pak has 'special responsibilty' in 26/11: US

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The United States has asked Pakistan to 'transparently and urgently' bring the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks to justice, saying it has a 'special responsibility' to do so.

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Pakistan-based militant group expanding, India still main target

A top U.S. general expressed concern to Congress on Tuesday about the expanding reach of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, warning it was no longer solely focused on India or even Sou

Clinton urges Arab leaders to move faster on reform

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US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pushed for Arab leaders to embrace a "spirit of reform" that has swept the region and move swiftly to respond to the growing demands of their citizens.

Solar system’s early rocks ‘looked like candy floss’

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Planetary scientists claim to have discovered evidence that the earliest rocks in the solar system were fragile and akin to candy floss rather than the hard rock as people know today.

Relations with ISI on solid footing: CIA

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Tuesday said it would continue to work closely with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) following a meeting between its Director Leon Panetta and Pakistani spy c

World's smallest wedding rings from DNA created

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A just-married German researcher has created the world's smallest wedding rings from DNA strands.

Prof Alexander Heckel and his doctoral student Thorsten Schmidt from the Goethe University interlocke

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