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HSBC Bank probed for money laundering: Report

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US prosecutors are looking into whether British bank HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi Arabian banks with ties to terrorists, The New York Times

China develops new generation ICBMs and submarine missiles

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China has developed a new generation of inter-continental and submarine launched missiles capable of carrying as many as 10 nuclear warheads, increasing its ability to reach US and to overwhelm missil

Elderly Sikh man beaten up in US, arrested for keeping Kripan

An elderly Sikh man, in his early 70s, was allegedly beaten up by his neighbour in New Jersey following an altercation and was later arrested by the police because of keeping 'Kirpan', a Sikh article

Need to crack down on cheater China: Romney

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Seeking expansion of the US trade overseas, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has stressed on the need to crack down on what he called China's unfair trade practices.

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US clears Facebook deal for Instagram

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US regulators said on Wednesday they closed an investigation into Facebook's billion-dollar deal to buy the startup behind photo-sharing smartphone application Instagram, taking no action.

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Fed looks set to ease fairly soon barring swift rebound

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The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver another round of monetary stimulus 'fairly soon' unless the economy improves considerably, minutes from the U.S. central bank's latest meeting suggested.

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Todd Akin refuses to quit Senate race over rape comments

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U.S. Representative Todd Akin, under fire for controversial remarks on abortion and rape, insisted on Tuesday he would not leave the Missouri Senate race, despite pressure from fellow Republicans and

Facebook to remove content that incite violence

In the backdrop of appeals by India to remove hate posts, the world’s largest social networking website, Facebook, today said it will remove content, block pages or even disable accounts of those users who upload content that incite violence or perpetuate hate speech.

Laden’s hideout carved out of Pak military academy: book

In a fresh damning disclosure, a new book has claimed that the Abbottabad house where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lived was “carved out” from Pakistan Military Academy compound and its powerful Army Chief may have been briefed beforehand on the “kill Osama mission”.

Osama's hideout carved out of Pak military academy: Book

In a fresh damning disclosure, a new book has claimed that Abbottabad house where al-Qaeda chief lived was 'carved out' from Pakistan Military Academy compound and its powerful army chief may have bee

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