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American elections set to be most expensive in history

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Election 2012 is set to be the most expensive in US history costing a whopping $6 billion with President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney's campaigns alone spending $2.6 billion.

That tops the

Are you Indian? Biden asks on campaign trail in Florida

US Vice-President Joe Biden on a campaign trail in Florida mixed with people in a restaurant to win them over and even asked a man if he was Indian.

Biden, wearing his trademark aviators and a blue b

US: Pirates expand ops till India’s west coast

Somali pirates now have expanded their operations to the West Coast of India, a senior US official has said, adding, the issue of piracy has become a regular part of America’s diplomatic engagements w

World Bank steps up support for reforms in Myanmar

The World Bank has announced an 18-month work plan to bolster reforms in Myanmar, which will focus on budget, regulatory and private sector.

The strategy, endorsed by the bank's board of directors, w

‘Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney’ make little girl cry

A four-year-old girl caught on camera crying her eyes out in frustration at ‘Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney’ has hit a chord with millions of election-weary Americans.

US poll can't be postponed, despite Sandy havoc

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Next Tuesday's US presidential election apparently cannot be postponed despite the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy that has flooded towns and cities up and down US East Coast and left millions without

Insurers ask Armstrong to repay bonuses

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Dallas insurance company SCA Promotions confirmed on Wednesday that it has sent Lance Armstrong a letter demanding the return of USD 12 million in bonuses and warned that it might take legal action.

Obama vows immediate help for hurricane victims

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US President Barack Obama on Wednesday promised quick and continued federal help for Americans affected by Hurricane Sandy, as he toured New Jersey state to inspect the damage caused by the superstorm

Wives now better educated than hubbies

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The number of couples in which the woman has a higher level of university studies than her male partner is growing steadily and in many countries this trend surpasses the opposite situation, which his

US dismisses aid offer from Hafiz Saeed as ‘hollow’

The US today dismissed as “hollow” the offer of humanitarian aid for Hurricane Sandy victims from Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and for whom the US has offered a bounty of USD 10 million.

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