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Nearly 11 mn illegal migrantsin US; India major source

The US had around 11 million illegal immigrants in January 2010 and India was a major 'source country' for them, according to an official report.

'TVU students would be given fair treatment'

The US has assured India that hundreds of Indian students affected by the closure of a California-based 'sham' university would be given 'fair and appropriate' treatment and their interests would be carefully considered.

Court case against Infosys accusing it of visa fraud

An American employee of Infosys has filed a case against the company accusing it of visa and tax fraud.

‘75% of world coral reefs under threat’

About 75 per cent of the world’s coral reefs are threatened by overfishing, coastal development, pollution, rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification, a report said.

Saudi charged in US bomb plot, Bush possible target

A 20-year-old Saudi student has been arrested in Texas in a bomb plot that may have targeted former President George W. Bush, nuclear plants and dams, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.

Outraged Obama calls for unified world response on Libya

US President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed outrage over the bloodshed in Libya and asked the world to speak in one voice against violence by the Gaddafi-regime, as his administration evaluated a 'range of options' to respond to the crisis.

Scientists create plastic that conducts electricity

Plastics usually conduct electricity so poorly that they are used to insulate electric cables. But, now scientists claim to have created a new array of plastics that can conduct electricity just like metal does.

Universal synthetic vaccine to beat flu?

Scientists have developed a nasal spray which they claim could be a synthetic universal vaccine for flu, using a genetic region that is common to all strains of the virus.

Solar flare can wreak havoc in gadget-driven world

A GEOMAGNETIC space storm sparked by a solar eruption like the one that flared toward the earth on Tuesday is bound to strike again and could wreak havoc across the gadget-happy moder

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Actors Michael Douglas (from left), his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rene Russo at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York

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