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• Punjab Assembly Speaker gets anticipatory bail in graft case
• US President Barack Obama's job approval rating dips to 44%
• Japan pledges 10 million dollars in flood aid to Pakistan
• Ship hits coral reef off Lakshadweep; Coast Guard warns of another spill
• UN alarmed by mistreatment of staff, aid workers in Darfur
• Israel rejects 'preconditions' for direct peace talks with Palestine
• Govt to file curative petition in SC on Bhopal gas tragedy
• Canada investigates who paid for Tamil refugees' travel
• US stocks fluctuate amid new recovery concerns
• Nothing wrong in Raj Thackeray's pro-Marathi stand: Amar Singh
• Lightning crashes Colombian plane, one dead, 120 injured
• Government panel says no to Vedanta's Orissa project
• RJD, LJP reach alliance for Bihar poll, Lalu CM candidate
• GJM member held for Gorkha league chief's murder
• Amarnath yatra resumes after two days suspension

Punjab Assembly Speaker gets anticipatory bail in graft case Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT Punjab Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon was today granted anticipatory bail by a local CBI court in a graft case registered against him and 13 others.

US President Barack Obama's job approval rating dips to 44% Posted: 16 Aug 2010 09:55 PM PDT The job approval rating of US President Barack Obama has dipped further to a new low of 44% for the week of August 9 to 15, the latest Gallup poll has said.

Japan pledges 10 million dollars in flood aid to Pakistan Posted: 16 Aug 2010 08:49 PM PDT Japan has pledged an additional sum of up to 10 million dollars in emergency aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan, the government said on Tuesday, following pleas for help from Islamabad and the United Nations.

Ship hits coral reef off Lakshadweep; Coast Guard warns of another spill Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:23 PM PDT A cargo ship ran into a coral reef off the Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep, damaging around 400 square metres of the pristine reef that's home to thousands of marine species.

UN alarmed by mistreatment of staff, aid workers in Darfur Posted: 16 Aug 2010 01:51 PM PDT Ban Ki-moon expressed concern on Monday about continued abductions and mistreatment of UN staff and aid workers in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region.

Israel rejects 'preconditions' for direct peace talks with Palestine Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ruled out any "preconditions" ahead of an expected invitation to direct peace talks with the Palestinians that may be based on a complete settlement halt.

Govt to file curative petition in SC on Bhopal gas tragedy Posted: 16 Aug 2010 10:31 AM PDT The government will soon file a curative petition in the apex court seeking enhancement of the compensation paid by Dow Chemicals and its subsidiary Union Carbide to victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy by Rs 1,500 crore.

Canada investigates who paid for Tamil refugees' travel Posted: 16 Aug 2010 09:37 AM PDT Canadian authorities are investigating if Sri Lankan rebels financed the passage of some 500 Tamil refugees to Canada last week, officials said on Monday before the start of detention hearings.

US stocks fluctuate amid new recovery concerns Posted: 16 Aug 2010 08:38 AM PDT US stocks were mixed Monday as a slowdown in Japan's economic growth and tepid local manufacturing figures revived doubts about the global economic recovery.

Nothing wrong in Raj Thackeray's pro-Marathi stand: Amar Singh Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:52 AM PDT Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said he saw nothing wrong in Raj Thackeray's pro-Marathi stand, but maintained that it should not be at the cost of other regional languages like Hindi and Bhojpuri.

Lightning crashes Colombian plane, one dead, 120 injured Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:39 AM PDT At least one person was killed and 120 injured today when a plane crash-landed after being struck by lightning at an airport on the Colombian island of San Andres, aviation officials said.

Government panel says no to Vedanta's Orissa project Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:18 AM PDT A government panel on Monday said Vedanta Resources' bauxite mining in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills could not be allowed unless the local tribal communities give their consent and village councils agree to the use of forest land for the project.

RJD, LJP reach alliance for Bihar poll, Lalu CM candidate Posted: 16 Aug 2010 04:34 AM PDT Overcoming last-minute hiccups, Lalu Prasad-led RJD and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP on Monday clinched an alliance for coming assembly elections in Bihar in which they will get 168 and 75 seats respectively.

GJM member held for Gorkha league chief's murder Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:39 AM PDT Nicol Tamang, a central committee member of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, was arrested in this West Bengal hill town for the murder of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League president Madan Tamang May 21, police said Monday.

Amarnath yatra resumes after two days suspension Posted: 16 Aug 2010 01:52 AM PDT After remaining suspended for two days due to security reasons and bad weather conditions, the annual Amarnath yatra today resumed from here with a new batch leaving for the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.

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