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Chinese gave nuke missiles to Saudis?

China supplied nuclear missiles to Saudi Arabia during the Bush administration years (2000-2008), a former CIA officer who managed intelligence reports on Riyadh has claimed in an uncleared manuscript

Top US reporter exits amid ‘Palestine’ row

Helen Thomas, the opinionated White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 Presidents and often exasperate them, lost her storied perch on Monday in a flap over

‘US secretly deploys special forces across world’

Behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy, US President Barack Obama has secretly sanctioned the deployment of US special forces to 75 countries as part of a largely “secret war” against Al Qaeda and other radical groups, a news report said on Sunday.

‘India given access to Headley’

India has been given access to David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American LeT operative who has confessed his role in the Mumbai attacks, US national security adviser James Jones said on Saturday.

US NSA says India granted access to Headley

India has been given access to David Coleman Headley, Pakistani-American LeT operative who has confessed to his role in the Mumbai attacks, US national security adviser James Jones said on Saturday.

US legislator under fire for racist slur

A South Carolina legislator faced calls to resign on Friday after using a racial slur against President Barack Obama and an Indian-American candidate for governor.
“We already got one raghead in the White House. We don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion,” Republican state senator Jake Knotts said on Thursday on a talk show, according to local media.

Brain’s tiny blood vessels spit debris for survival

Capillaries have a unique method of ejecting debris, such as blood clots, cholesterol or calcium plaque, that blocks supply of vital nutrients to brain cells. The facts have been revealed by a new study at Northwestern University’s (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM).

US Indian teen wins Spelling Bee crown

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SPELLING “JUVIA” and “stromuhr” correctly, Indian American Anamika Veeramani has won the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown to retain the honour for the “desis” for the third year in a row.

Obama, too, would like a flatter-platter

Bilateral deals and international issues apart, US President Barack Obama will have an important culinary agenda when he travels to India in November 2010.
He is not only eager to savour the “Hillary Platter” — the dish Bukhara restaurant at ITC’s Maurya hotel in New Delhi created for the secretary of state — he also wants an “Obama Platter” named after him.

Obama platter on menu

Bilateral deals and international issues apart, US President Barack Obama will have an important culinary agenda when he travels to India in November this year.
He is not only eager to savour the “Hillary Platter” — the dish Bukhara restaurant at ITC’s Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi created for the Secretary of State — he also wants an “Obama Platter” named after him.

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