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Obama leads Romney in projected electoral vote totals

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The United States President Barack Obama is leading the likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by a significant margin in various US states.

The GOP had 188 electorate votes that were ei

India-U.S. pol-mil talks after 6 years

After a gap of nearly six years, the US and India would hold their first political-military dialogue in New Delhi next week during which the two countries are expected to discuss a wide range of bilat

2 drugs may have sexual side-effects

Two Merck drugs for treating male baldness and enlarged prostate will now carry extended labels to add more possible sexual side effects, US regulators said on Friday.

Two vie to lead World Bank after Colombian Ocampo pullout

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Colombia's Jose Antonio Ocampo withdrew from the race to lead the World Bank, endorsing Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's challenge against the favored US candidate, Colombian media reported.

But that

IMF funds drive caught in global power shift

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Tensions among some of the world's leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the eurozone debt crisis, and a quest by emerging

US, India setting up $125 million clean energy centre

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In a significant development in the quest for clean energy, three top research institutions each in India and the United States have joined hands to form three consortia that will make up the $125 mil

20-year-old Indian-American shot dead in US

A 20-year-old Indian-American has been shot dead in Fremont, California, sending shock waves in the community.

Rohit Sharma, who migrated to the US from Jalandhar along with his parents some seven y

'Mumbai attackers were trained in paramilitary courses'

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The 26/11 Mumbai attack was carried out by highly trained terrorists who were given training into paramilitary courses by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a US attorney has said.

"This (Mumbai attack) was

Obama urges Congress to pass 'Buffett Rule'

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US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to pass the so-called 'Buffett Rule,' which calls for increasing the tax rate on Americans making more than $1 million a year.

"Most Americans su

Pakistan national sentenced to 12 years for supporting LeT

A 24-year-old Pakistani national has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a US court for providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba by making a propaganda video for the terror group, helping it

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