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| 721. |
Fire in Hindustan Times building
MIL/Agencies May 1, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, May 01, 2007 - A fire broke out in the 18-storey Hindustan Times building in the capital's central business district here Tuesday. The incident was reported at 6.05 p.m, fire officials said.
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| 722. |
Tibatan Boy raises banner of revolt against China
MIL/Agencies/IANS Apr 30, 2007 Author:
Kathmandu, April 30 : A 27-year-old born and brought up in India's Manali town became the first known exiled Tibetan to return to Tibet to raise the banner of revolt against China on April 28th and the International Olympic Committee's decision to allow Beijing to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
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| 723. |
Bangkok meet to save planet from global warming
MIL/Agencies Apr 30, 2007 Author:
Bangkok, April 30, 2007 - The world's leading climate change experts assembled in Bangkok on Monday to consider how to save the planet from the worst effects of the global warming from the lower greenhouse gas emissions.
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| 724. |
Talks with US hailed, it’s a leap forward
MIL/Agencies/Guardian Apr 30, 2007 Author: Ian Black, Middle East editor
April 30, 2007 - Washington and Tehran are reported to have poised for their highest-level talks for years later this week, following Iran's agreement to attend a key international conference on the future of Iraq.
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| 725. |
Protest over tricolor on Mandira’s sari
MIL/Agencies Apr 30, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, April 30, 2007 - A sari worn by TV anchor Mandira Bedi on which the Indian flag was printed sparked protests on Sunday though she had apologized for her "inadvertent" mistake.
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| 726. |
American projects fail in Iraq ?
MIL/NYT Apr 30, 2007 Author: James Glanz
April 30, 2007 - In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes; seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing and electrical failures, lack of proper maintenance, apparent looting and expensive equipment that lay idle.
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| 727. |
Both houses pass Democratic bill on Iraq
MIL/Agencies Apr 28, 2007 Author:
Washington, April 28, 2007 - The Democrat-controlled US Congress is reported to have defiantly passed a bill demanding a recall of American troops from Iraq and it has been tipped that President Bush will veto the Bill.
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| 728. |
Chemical weapons still causing concern
MIL/NewScientist.com Apr 28, 2007 Author: Debora Mackenzie
April 28, 2007 - In 1915, clouds of German chlorine gas killed thousands of allied troops near Ypres, Belgium, in the world's first chemical attack. In the coming week the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) will celebrate its 10th birthday by declaring, with some justification, that it has ended the risk of another Ypres.
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| 729. |
 | The White House Scales Back Talk of Iraq Progress
MIL/NYT Apr 28, 2007 Author:
Washington April 27 — The Bush administration will not try to assess whether the troop increase in Iraq is producing signs of political progress or greater security until September, and many of Mr. Bush’s top advisers now anticipate that any gains by then will be limited, according to senior administration officials.
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| 730. |
Delhi & Mumbai to be smoke free by 2009
MIL/Agencies Apr 27, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, April 27, 2007 - Union Health Ministry is reported to have decided to to turn Delhi and Mumbai smoke free. The govt. is strict to apply the ban by 2009.
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| 731. |
 | Bush decides to veto Democrat bill that calls for Iraq pull-out
MIL/Agencies Apr 27, 2007 Author:
Washington, April 27, 2007 - President George Bush has decided to veto a bill that may require the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by next spring, after the powerfully symbolic measure was passed yesterday by the Democrat-controlled Congress.
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| 732. |
3 Terrorists arrested, Delhi put on alert
MIL/Agencies Apr 27, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, April 27, 2007 - The police here claim to have foiled a major terror plot after the arrest of three suspected terrorists at Dilli Haat, a popular cultural complex in south Delhi on Thursday evening. It is further claimed that the suspects are members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba and one of them - Abu Kasim - is a Pakistani national.
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| 733. |
12 French Candidates for new President
MIL/Agencies Apr 21, 2007 Author:
April 21, 2007 - French politics is likely to bring a big change since the voters have started electing their new president. There are 12 candidates contesting the first round of the two-stage election but the top two would get the privilege of the second round.
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| 734. |
Tough stand by BEST forces strike to call off
MIL/Hindu Apr 21, 2007 Author:
Mumbai, April 21, 2007 - The strong stand taken by Mumbai's city bus undertaking has forced its trade union members to call off strike. About 30,000 employees have ended the strike. The management has, however, not terminated the services of rest of 5,000 employees, mostly drivers and conductors.
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| 735. |
BEST strike enters second day today
MIL/Agencies Apr 20, 2007 Author:
Mumbai, April 20, 2007 – Employees of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) has called for a 72 hour strike since their demands for pay revision and increase in dearness allowance were turned down by their employers. The strike has entered second day today putting lot of inconvenience to about 30 lakh commuters who travel daily.
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| 736. |
French candidates round up campaigns
MIL/Agencies/Reuters Apr 20, 2007 Author:
Paris, April 20, 2007 - France is going to the polls on Sunday but most of the voters have not yet made their mind whether to vote or not and if to vote whom to vote even on the final day of campaign.
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| 737. |
 | Deadliest day in Baghdad, more than 171 killed in bomb attacks
MIL/NYT Apr 19, 2007 Author:
Baghdad , April 19, 2007 - Bombs ravaged Baghdad in five horrific explosions aimed mainly at Shiite crowds on Wednesday, killing at least 171 people in the deadliest day in the capital, compelling the govt. to take full control of security from the American-led forces.
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| 738. |
BJP MP arrested for sneaking a woman on wife's passport
MIL/CNN-IBN/Agencies Apr 18, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, April 18, 2007 - The Gujarat MP Babubhai Katara of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be suspended from the BJP, after his being arrested for trying to take another woman named Paramjit on the passport of his wife Shardaben Katara to Toronto. The BJP has taken a serious note of this incident and feel that such incidents spoil the image of the party.
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| 739. |
Shooting Rekindles Issues of Gun Rights and Restrictions
MIL/NYT Apr 18, 2007 Author:
Washington, April 18, 2007 - Five weeks ago, a Virginia Tech student had walked into a nondescript gun store next to a pawn shop in Roanoke, Va., and paid $571 for a Glock 9-millimeter handgun and a box of ammunition. On Monday, the student, Cho Seung-Hui, made a horrible kind of history by using that gun and another pistol to go on a murder
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| 740. |
Black Flags greeted Arjan Singh, Union Minister in Ranchi
MIL/Agencies Apr 18, 2007 Author:
Ranchi, April 18, 2007 - Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Pariashad activists showed black flags to Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh while he was delivering a convocation speech at Ranchi University on Wednesday.
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