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Obama's top economic advisor to step down
Ms Christina Romer, who chairs the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), will step down next month, Xinhua reported.
After her resignation, effective September 3, Romer will resume her posi
Plane diverted after passenger found smoking
An American Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque, after a passenger was found smoking in a lavatory, airport authorities said.
Passengers on board Flight 117 said
Measles outbreak kills 110 in Zambia
An outbreak of measles in Zambia has affected over 6,200 people and claimed at least 110 lives, the Zambian health ministry has said.
Currently, the total number of people affected by the disease in
Former general in Army custody for court martial
Army authorities at the 11 Corps here on Friday took a top retired army officer in custody ahead of his court martial over corruption charges in a ration scam.
Lt. Gen. Surendra K. Sahni, who retired
IAF flights from Chandigarh to Ladakh hit
The Indian Air Force (IAF) suspended flights to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after the Leh runway was inundated by floodwaters following a massive cloudburst, defence officials said here.
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Civilian succumbs to bullet injury, Kashmir toll rises to 47
The violence in Kashmir Valley claimed its 47th victim since June 11 when a civilian on Thursday succumbed to a bullet injury he received during protests here a day earlier.
Fifty-year-old Gulam Muha
34 fall ill in China gas leak
At least 34 people were hospitalised after poisonous gas leaked from a chemical plant in China, authorities said on Thursday. Titanium tetrachloride, a gas with pungent odour, leaked from the plant in south China on Tuesday night when workers were cleaning it.
UK secret file says massive UFO spotted
A spaceship that was "20 times the size of a football field" was spotted hovering over Britain's Manchester airport nearly 15 years back, says a secret defence ministry file that was released on Thurs
White House gatecrasher to auction red sari
The vibrant red sari that a White House gate crasher wore to the President, Mr Barack Obama's first state Dinner for Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, last November is being put on the auction block.
Neil Armstrong turns 80
In the four decades since the world watched his "one giant leap for mankind", Neil Armstrong hasn't had much use for the limelight.
So as, the first man on the moon celebrates his 80th birthday on Th
