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Pak still believes India poses threat to it: Dempsey

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Pakistan still believes that India poses 'existential threat' to them, even as the US has been pulling them closer to the view that the terrorism is the greater danger to it, a top American commander

Jilted male flies too drown ‘sorrow’ in alcohol

Male fruit flies too drown their “sorrow” in excessive alcohol consumption, like huma-ns, when females reject their sexual advances.

American economist Jeffrey Sachs says nominated for World Bank president

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American economist Jeffrey Sachs said on Friday he has been officially nominated to head the World Bank by at least one of the countries that has publicly supported him.

Sachs, speaking to AFP one we

Actor George Clooney, father arrested for Sudan protest

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Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.

The protesters accuse Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, of provoking a humanitarian cr

USD 25 million for internet freedom in Middle East

US this year anticipated USD 25 million towards internet freedom programming efforts in the Middle East and spent USD 76 million from 2008 to 2011.

"Through these programmes, we provide training and

US threatens sanctions against India over Iran oil?

The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on India if it fails to reduce its purchases of Iranian oil, according to a media report citing unnamed Obama administration officials.

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Reports on threat of sanctions on India highly speculative: US

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Amid reports claiming America has threatened India with sanctions if it does not reduce its Iranian oil imports by June end, US officials on Friday said Washington and New Delhi are having 'product

India showed strong growth amid global slowdown: IMF

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Even as overall growth in the G20 slowed in the fourth quarter of 2011, growth increased strongly in India and Indonesia, modestly in the United States, but slowed somewhat in China, according to the

World Bank approves USD 4.3 billion aid to India

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The World Bank has announced USD 4.3 billion financial aid to India through a new innovative and flexible financing arrangement to help the country fight poverty.

This arrangement, while facili

US expert advocates destruction of Lashkar-e-Taiba

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Describing Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as the most dangerous terrorist group operating in South Asia after Al Qaeda, a US expert has advocated its destruction by the US with or without Pakist

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