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New MSU program targets worldwide counterfeiting (22 March 12:44) |
| The fight against fake products has found a home at Michigan State University with the launch of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Program. |
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Violence breaks out in Nepal after cop rapes Indian woman (22 March 12:44) |
| Kathmandu: A police post was attacked by enraged crowds in southern Nepal for two consecutive days after an Indian teenager, belonging to a minority community, was allegedly raped by a |
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Michelle Obama dodges health debate by taking daughters to Broadway show (22 March 12:44) |
| Michelle Obama took her daughters for a Broadway show in New York while her husband continued to battle the health care debate in Washington. |
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Enviros growers agree on farmland reuse for solar (22 March 12:44) |
| Cash-strapped farmers in California's agricultural heartland and environmentalists at odds over water rights and wildlife protections finally agree on something: that thousands of acres of |
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Doublesex gene determines fruit fly gender (22 March 12:44) |
| 'Doublesex' (dsx) gene in fruit fly, not only determines the shape and structure of the male and female body, but also moulds the architecture of their brain and nervous system, result... |
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Internet emerges as one of the biggest threats to endangered species (22 March 12:44) |
| Conservationists have warned that the Internet has emerged as one of the biggest threats to endangered species. |
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Dark coffee good for your tummy (22 March 12:44) |
| Espresso, French roast, and other dark-roasted coffee are not harmful for the tummy as was previously believed because these roasts contain a substance that tells the stomach t... |
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Rajnath Singh meets Nepalese PM (22 March 12:44) |
| Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh, who had come to Nepal to attend the funeral of ex- Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, met Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal here th... |
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Sacha Baron Cohen marries actress Isla Fisher
(22 March 12:44) |
| Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and actress Isla Fisher got married in a small private ceremony in Paris. |
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Dr Death jury asked whether prejudiced by prior knowledge of doctors publicity (22 March 12:44) |
| Brisbane Supreme Court Justice John Byrne today asked on the first day of the trial the 12 jury members to consider whether they may have been prejudiced by any exposure to pre-t... |
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Two novel ways to kill TB discovered (22 March 12:44) |
| Scientists have discovered two novel ways of killing the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). |
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Gene linked to lung cancer in non-smokers identified (22 March 12:44) |
| Scientists have identified a gene that is specifically associated with lung cancer in people who have never smoked. |
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Nikki Reed struggled to shoot stunts for Eclipse
(22 March 12:44) |
| Actress Nikki Reed says filming the gruelling stunts for 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' made her 'want to die'. |
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West Nepal shut down by group seeking Hindu state
(22 March 12:44) |
| Violence erupted in western Nepal Monday as a Hindu group clamped a shutdown demanding the restoration of a Hindu state ahead of the promulgation of a new constitution in May. |
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Frustrations await Bush Clinton visit to Haiti (22 March 12:44) |
| -AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Mon... |
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Donors conference raises $850 million for Darfur (22 March 12:44) |
| An international donors conference on Sunday raised $850 million for projects intended to ensure the safe return of nearly 3 million people displaced during the war in Darfur. |
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Snowmobiles ATVs lobster boats used for census (22 March 12:44) |
| Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles — even lobster boats — to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's popu... |
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A historical look at health care legislation (22 March 06:49) |
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Nepalese doc is God of Sight to poor (22 March 06:49) |
| Raj Kaliya Dhanuk sits on a wooden bench, barefoot, with a tattered sari covering thin arms as rough as bark. Thick clear tears bleed from her eyes, milky saucers that stare at nothing. |
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Muslim-Jewish tensions roil a Swedish city (22 March 06:49) |
| Marcus Eilenberg is a Swedish Jew whose family roots in Malmo go back to the 19th century. His paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors who found shelter in this southern Swedish city... |
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Pakistans poverty pushes its children to work (22 March 06:49) |
| Abbas Sajeet is 11 years old, but he doesn't go to school. Instead, he earns 2,500 rupees ($30) a month as an auto mechanic in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. |
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Israel to delay new east Jerusalem construction (22 March 06:49) |
| Cabinet ministers say Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised the U.S. his government will delay new building plans in east Jerusalem and free Palestinian prisoners in an ef... |
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Iceland fears 2nd even larger volcanic eruption (22 March 06:49) |
| A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volca... |
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Obama Democrats show command of health care votes (22 March 06:49) |
| Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a |
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Clinton pokes fun at Dems GOP and himself (22 March 06:49) |
| Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there becaus... |
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Israel No building restrictions in east Jerusalem (22 March 06:49) |
| Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop a... |
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British troops ran secret torture cell in Iraq Report (22 March 02:36) |
| London: Britain's military intelligence carried out a secret operation in Iraq under which its troops were authorised to torture prisoners, a media report said on Sunday. Fresh evidence ha... |
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Three militants killed in US drone attack (22 March 02:36) |
| Peshawar: At least three suspected militants were killed in a US drone attack in the restive North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, official sources said. The dro... |
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Student leader shot dead in Agra
(22 March 02:36) |
| A university student's union leader and a member of the Samajwadi Party was Sunday afternoon shot dead by unidentified assailants here, police said. |
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South Africa marks 50th anniversary of massacre (22 March 02:36) |
| A half century ago, police officers massacred 69 black South Africans in the township of Sharpeville, where protesters had burned the passbooks that the white-led apartheid government requi... |
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Irans supreme leader cold to Obama overture (22 March 02:36) |
| Tehran: Iran's supreme leader sharply denounced the United States on Sunday, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President... |
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Bulgaria to introduce luxury tax to fight crisis (22 March 02:36) |
| Bulgaria plans to introduce a tax on the rich and put a limit on public salaries as it battles a deepening recession and tries to keep down its fiscal deficit, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov ... |
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Suspected US drone strikes kill eight in Pakistan (22 March 02:36) |
| Islamabad : At least eight people were killed and four injured in two suspected US drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district of North Waziristan on Sunday, security officials ... |
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US drone strike kills five in NW Pakistan security officials (22 March 02:36) |
| Missiles fired from US drones Sunday killed at least five militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said. |
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Obama not trustworthy despite new year message Khamenei
(22 March 02:36) |
| Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that US President Barack Obama was not trustworthy despite his message to Iran on the occasion of the new Persian year, state media reported. |
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Maoists say their spokesman is safe and alive
(21 March 10:59) |
| The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) said Sunday that its spokesman who it claimed was missing and may have been killed was safe after all. |
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Conservative Party backs ex-Rep Lazio for NY gov (21 March 10:59) |
| Leaders of the state Conservative Party are giving their critical backing for governor to former Rep. Rick Lazio (LA'-zee-oh). |
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British troops ran secret torture cell in Iraq Report
(21 March 10:59) |
| Britain's military intelligence carried out a secret operation in Iraq under which its troops were authorised to torture prisoners, a media report said Sunday. |
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Major fire breaks out in Bangladeshs Sunderbans (21 March 10:59) |
| Dhaka : A major blaze has broken out in parts of Bangladesh's southwestern Sundarbans, a World Heritage site, ravaging trees in the world's largest mangrove forest, officials said on Sunday. |
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Colorado skunks head freed from peanut butter jar (21 March 10:59) |
| It was a sticky — and potentially stinky — rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction. |
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Modi does not appear before SIT Sunday
(21 March 10:59) |
| Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to depose Sunday, on accusations made by Zakia Jaffri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffr... |
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Raucous ugly buildup to House health care vote (21 March 10:59) |
| House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, includi... |
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US drone strike kills four in NW Pakistan security officials (21 March 10:59) |
| Missiles fired from US drones Sunday killed at least four militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said. |
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Thousands mourn architect of Nepals peace (21 March 08:38) |
| Tens of thousands of people gathered in Kathmandu on Sunday to pay their last respects to Girija Prasad Koirala, the former Nepalese leader who helped bring a decade-long civil war to an en... |
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New footprint for Bangladeshs Grameen Adidas shoes
(21 March 08:38) |
| Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is to step into Adidas shoes...literally. His Grameen Group, which is mainly into rural credit, is planning a joint venture with the German sports ... |
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Top British civil servant holds hung parliament talks
(21 March 08:38) |
| A leading member of Britain's third largest political party has met a top civil servant for 'unprecedented talks' and offered to be finance minister if the next general election returns a hu... |
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Lady Gaga hits back at lawsuit filed by ex-mentor
(21 March 08:38) |
| Pop singer Lady Gaga has hit back at the lawsuit filed by her former mentor, insisting the business agreement between them was 'unlawful'. |
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Black support high for Obamas race-neutral stance (21 March 08:38) |
| In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrate... |
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UKs Darling no pre-election giveaways in budget (21 March 08:38) |
| There will be no pre-election giveaways in Wednesday's budget, British finance minister Alistair Darling said on Sunday, promising instead a "sensible, workmanlike" economic plan to support... |
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Gulf Film Festival gets 1300 submissions from 77 nations
(21 March 08:38) |
| The Gulf Film Festival (GFF) received over 1,300 submissions from 77 countries, including India, seeking entry into various categories at the annual event to be held in Dubai next month. |
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