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• US influence is not a function of military force alone: Obama
• Blood of murdered Israelis will not go unpunished: Netanyahu
• Australian PM Julia Gillard wins Greens support in govt bid
• 'Al-Qaida leadership remains anchored in AfPak border region'
• 'Flawed' liability bill threatens Indo-US nuclear deal, says expert
• Chile mine owners beg forgiveness for miners' plight
• NASA tests most powerful rocket engine ever
• Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks in Washington
• PM Nouri al-Maliki says Iraq independent after US combat role ends
• 6 convicted, 27 acquitted in Kandhamal riot cases
• 71% New Yorkers oppose mosque near 9/11 Ground Zero site
• WikiLeaks founder Assange applies to work, live in Sweden
• Palestinian teens charged with killing US Jew for cigarettes
• Orissa rejects church's allegation on Kandhamal riot victims
• HDFC raises lending rate by 50 basis points on home loans

US influence is not a function of military force alone: Obama Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:03 PM PDT President Barack Obama asserted that the United States must use all elements of its power including its diplomacy and economic strength to secure its strength and stand by its allies.

Blood of murdered Israelis will not go unpunished: Netanyahu Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:26 PM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the "blood of Israeli civilians" would not go unpunished as he vowed to hunt the killers of four Israelis near a Jewish West Bank settlement.

Australian PM Julia Gillard wins Greens support in govt bid Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:29 PM PDT Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won backing from the influential Greens party on Wednesday, lifting her lawmaker tally by one as she tries to form a minority Labor government after inconclusive elections.

'Al-Qaida leadership remains anchored in AfPak border region' Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:26 PM PDT As the United States approaches into the 10th year of its combat operation in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said that the leadership of Al-Qaida remains anchored in the border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

'Flawed' liability bill threatens Indo-US nuclear deal, says expert Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:55 PM PDT An eminent American expert on South Asian affairs has said the US policy makers and industrial leaders have been taken off guard by the Bill and it threatens to cast a pall over the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.

Chile mine owners beg forgiveness for miners' plight Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:42 PM PDT The owners of a Chilean mine which collapsed early this month, trapping 33 men underground, asked forgiveness on Tuesday for the accident, as a giant drill slowly bored through the earth to rescue the miners.

NASA tests most powerful rocket engine ever Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:06 PM PDT NASA and aerospace company ATK Aerospace Systems successfully tested on Tuesday the most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine ever, even though its future in the space program remains in doubt.

Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks in Washington Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:32 PM PDT Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington.

PM Nouri al-Maliki says Iraq independent after US combat role ends Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:26 AM PDT Iraq's prime minister hailed the end of American combat operations on Tuesday, saying Iraq is now an independent, sovereign country on equal footing with the US.

6 convicted, 27 acquitted in Kandhamal riot cases Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:51 AM PDT Six persons were convicted and 27 others acquitted on Tuesday in four separate cases of arson during the communal violence of 2008 in Orissa's Kandhamal district.

71% New Yorkers oppose mosque near 9/11 Ground Zero site Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT The Quinnipiac University poll said that 54 per cent of those interviewed recognised that "because of American freedom of religion, Muslims have the right to build the mosque near Ground Zero".

WikiLeaks founder Assange applies to work, live in Sweden Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:22 AM PDT WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied to the Swedish Migration Board for a permit to stay and work in the country, a spokesman for the agency said on Tuesday.

Palestinian teens charged with killing US Jew for cigarettes Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:58 AM PDT Two Palestinian teenagers were charged with murder on Tuesday for killing an American Jew by smashing him on the head with a plank after he refused to give them cigarettes, Israeli police said.

Orissa rejects church's allegation on Kandhamal riot victims Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:40 AM PDT Rejecting allegations made by church leaders on inadequate assistance to the victims of communal riot in Kandhamal, Orissa government on Tuesday claimed above 80 per cent of houses damaged during the violence were completely built in two years time.

HDFC raises lending rate by 50 basis points on home loans Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:54 AM PDT Leading housing finance firm HDFC on Tuesday raised its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 14.25 per cent, a move that will make home loans costlier.

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