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| 581. |
 | Rocket & Anticraft gun fired Musharraf’s plane- President safe
MIL/Agencies/Zee News Jul 6, 2007 Author:
Islamabad: July 06, 2007 (Friday) – Hardliners connected with crackdown on the radical Lal Masjid are doubted to have fired at the plane of President Pervez Musharraf while his plane was in air. The rocket and anti-aircraft guns were fired from a Rawalpindi house close to the runaway of the military airbase used by the airbase used by Pakistan President. The military spokesman said, "The President is safe, he is now in Turbat,"
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| 582. |
US cannot sacrifice their troops indefinitely in Iraq - Domenici
MIL/NYT Jul 6, 2007 Author: IRS/Carl Hulse
Washington: July 06, 2007 (Friday) - Senior lawmaker, Six-term Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico disagreed with the policy of Iraq on Thursday. He is not prepared to support President Bush's Iraq’s policy of keeping troops there. He said, “We cannot continue asking our troops to sacrifice indefinitely while the Iraqi government is not making measurable progress.”
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| 583. |
 | Governor Arnold’s reputation may have taken a dent?
MIL/NYT Jul 6, 2007 Author: IRS/Jesse McKinley
San Francisco, July 06, 2007 (Friday) - In the last year or so, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — he of the incredible orange perma-tan — has had a remarkably green tint. In September, Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, signed into law a landmark emissions-reduction measure and then drove a green bus during his easy, breezy re-election campaign.
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| 584. |
 | AFP questions 5 more Indian doctors in UK Bomb Plot
MIL/Agencies Jul 6, 2007 Author:
Sydney: July 6, 2007 (Friday) - As per new media reports, the investigations carried out by the Australia Federal Police (AFP), they have linked terrorism with the foiled UK bomb plot and have questioned five more Indian doctors - four in Western Australia and one in Sydney. Four of the doctors were later allowed to go free.
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| 585. |
Tata Tea 'grabbed' Munnar forest land: Kerala Govt.
MIL/Agencies Jul 5, 2007 Author:
Kochi: July 05, 2007 (Thursday) – As per the Land Board Award of 29 March, 1974, about 57,359.14 acres of land was given to Tata Tea on lease. But the Kerala government has taken a different stand.
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| 586. |
USS Nimitz leaves Chennai port, Left political parties feel happy
MIL/Agencies Jul 5, 2007 Author:
Chennai: July 05, 2007 (Thursday) – As per schedule, the USS Nimitz has left Chennai at 10:00 am today lifting its anchor. The left Party and other political leaders who had raised serious objections on Nimitz felt relieved when it departed from the Indian shores.
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| 587. |
 | Rush Seen in Applications for US Citizenship
MIL/NYT Jul 5, 2007 Author: Julia Preston
Washington, July 05, 2007 (Thursday) - The number of legal immigrants seeking to become United States citizens is surging, officials say, prompted by imminent increases in fees to process naturalization applications, citizenship drives across the country and new feelings of insecurity among immigrants.
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| 588. |
Patil and Shekhawat in straight fight for President’s Post
MIL/Agencies Jul 4, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: July 04, 2007 (Wednesday) – After passing through serious controversies and withdrawals of other candidates, the direct passage is cleared for a straight fight between UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil and NDA-backed Independent Bhairon Singh Shekhawat for the post of office of the President.
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| 589. |
Nuclear-powered American aircraft USS Nimitz docks in India
MIL/Agencies Jul 3, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: July 03, 2007 - Nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docked near India's Chennai this morning, a top port official said.
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| 590. |
Another soldier commits suicide in J&K
MIL/Agencies Jul 3, 2007 Author:
Jammu: July 03, 2007 - In yet another suicide by an army personnel, rifleman Vishnu Pratap Singh shot himself dead with his service rifle at Ratnuchak in Jammu last night.
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| 591. |
Mahatma Gandhi article to be sold to India
MIL/Agencies Jul 3, 2007 Author:
London: July 03, 2007 - The draft of an article penned by Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi days before his 1948 assassination has been withdrawn from auction and will be sold to the Indian government, Christie's auctioneers said on Monday.
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| 592. |
Swollen rivers cause concern in North Karnataka
MIL/Agencies Jul 3, 2007 Author:
Bangalore: July 03, 2007 - The swollen Krishna river in spate following heavy discharge from rain battered Maharashtra, caused concern in North Karnataka districts of Belgaum, Bijapur and Bagalkot even as 2.12 lakh cusecs of water was let out from Alamatti Dam.
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| 593. |
 | USS Nimitz touches Chennai port despite protests
MIL/NDTV Jul 2, 2007 Author:
Chennai: July 02, 2007 (Monday) – Despite protests by the opposition, political parties, including the Left and environmentalists, the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, the world's largest nuclear powered aircraft carrier, has docked two miles off from here at 6 A.M. today.
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| 594. |
 | Sushma reveals new facts as personal spokesperson for Shekhawat
MIL/Hindu Jun 30, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: June 30, 2007 (Saturday) - Sushma Swaraj has taken upon herself the special job of personal spokesperson for Mr. Shekhawat and is pleading him on the factual grounds. She is making special efforts that only a good personality fit for the highest constitutional position of the country, should be installed as President of India; these are her personal views that she also carries as personal spokesperson for Mr. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
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| 595. |
 | London on alert after discovery of explosives
MIL/CNN Jun 30, 2007 Author:
London: June 30, 2007 (Saturday) -Security across London has been increased after the police discovered on Friday that two cars had filled with explosives which would have killed hundreds of people if it the device had exploded. Scotland Yard authorities believe that both incidents are interconnected connected.
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| 596. |
London alert (updated)- Cop risked life to defuse bomb
MIL/MEN Jun 30, 2007 Author:
London: June 30, 2007 (Satuday) – A sharp minded policeman not caring for his life defused the London car bomb which could have killed hundreds of people and that would have been one of the worst terrorist attacks. Even though the bomb was found by chance, the alert cop immediately disconnected the mobile intended to trigger the device kept outside a nightclub and Scotland Yard has confirmed it.
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| 597. |
Govt likly to double salary of President and VP
MIL/Agencies Jun 28, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: June 28, 2007 - Ahead of the Presidential polls next month, the Union Cabinet is likely to consider a proposal to double the salary of the first citizen to Rs one lakh per month and enhance post-retirement benefits.
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| 598. |
Blair set for Mideast peace role
MIL/CNN Jun 27, 2007 Author:
London, England: June 27, 2007 - Tony Blair will become an envoy for Mideast peace, U.S. officials said Tuesday, Blair's last full day as Britain's prime minister.
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| 599. |
USS Carrier Docks Near Persian Gulf
MIL/Agenices Jun 27, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: June 25, 2007 -The Indian government would allow the nuclear-powered United States super carrier Nimitz, one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, to dock at south Indian city Chennai early next month, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported here Monday.
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| 600. |
Convict absconds, sentence in Bhagalpur riot case on July 7
MIL/Agencies Jun 27, 2007 Author:
Bhagalpur: June 27, 2007 - The announcement of quantum of punishment to 14 convicts of massacre of 116 people during the Bhagalpur riots in 1989 was today deferred till July seven as one of the convicts continued to abscond, ten days after being pronounced guilty.
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