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Militants may recurit kids hit by floods

Islamabad, Aug. 20: Pakistan President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, and a top US senator have warned that militants may exploit orphans and children of flood-affected people for their terror activities.

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Swimmer Stephanie out of CWG with an injury

Melbourne, Aug. 20: Pull-outs from the Commonwealth Games have continued, the latest being Australia’s triple Olympic gold medallist swimmer Stephanie Rice. She decided to skip the October 3-14 Games

Orissa to move apex court over Posco project

Orissa will move the Supreme Court against a high court order disapproving its grant of permission to South Korean steel major Posco to prospect for iron ore in Sundergarh district, an official said o

Girl gets 175 stitches after being mauled by dog

An eight-year-old girl who wanted to pet a Japanese Akita received 175 stitches in her face and head after she was mauled by the dog in West Yorkshire, a media report said.

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Prannoy provides the silver lining

Aug. 19: Shuttler Hasina Sunilkumar Prannoy became the second Indian to win a silver at the Youth Olympics while Yuki Bhambri reached the boys singles tennis final here Thursday.
Prannoy’s dream run

Sania to lead Indian side

Aug. 19: Former India No.1 Nirupama Sanjeev Thursday made the cut for the women’s tennis team for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. Nirupama, who became the first Indian woman to win a round in a Grand

Ditch the queen: UK public's wild ideas for cuts

Sell off the Queen's swans. Make lawmakers work for free. Force prison inmates to generate cheap power on the treadmill.

As Britain's government decides how to make the toughest spending cuts in dec

Manmohan, Sonia pay tribute to Rajiv Gandhi

President, Ms Pratibha Patil, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi and other senior leaders paid tribute to former prime Rajiv Gandhi on his 66th birth annive

Committed to safety of Sikhs in Kashmir: Pranab

The government on Friday said it was committed to the safety of minority Sikh community in the troubled Kashmir Valley where some Sikh families have reportedly received anonymous letters from extremis

Sea trials of n-sub for India begin in Russia

The sea trials of a nuclear-powered submarine that Russia is leasing to India for 10 years, as also the training of an Indian crew, have begun ahead of the vessel's delivery in October-November, sourc

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