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• Pak seeks people's coop to enforce blackout of Indian channels
• Japanese patrol boat, Chinese trawler in minor collision
• US: Plane crash on Nevada street kills 1, injures 3
• Quota for poor kids in private schools mandatory: Sibal
• Australia 'kingmaker' independents to decide on govt formation today
• Iran pushing nuke programme ahead, hampering probe, says IAEA
• Hurricane alert in Mexico, Texas as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthens
• Barack Obama to announce $50 billion infrastructure job plan
• Pakistan races to protect two towns from surging floods
• US investors seek pay for pre-World War II German bonds
• French unions launch strike over pension overhaul
• Vedanta bids for 5 lakh metric tonnes of bauxite from GMDC
• Barack Obama to announce $50bn infrastructure job plan
• Hooch toll rises to 14 in Kerala, judicial probe ordered
• TV cameraman injured in Quetta bomb attack dies, toll over 60

Pak seeks people's coop to enforce blackout of Indian channels Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:14 AM PDT Pakistan's electronic media watchdog has sought the people's cooperation to blackout Indian television channels on domestic cable networks, conceding that some of them had resurfaced after recently being taken off the airwaves.

Japanese patrol boat, Chinese trawler in minor collision Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:34 PM PDT The Japanese coastguard said on Tuesday that one of its 1,300-ton patrol vessels had a minor collision with a Chinese trawler near a disputed group of islands in the East China Sea.

US: Plane crash on Nevada street kills 1, injures 3 Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:34 PM PDT A small plane crashed and burst into flames on a street in a southern Nevada residential neighbourhood, killing one person and badly injuring three others, authorities said.

Quota for poor kids in private schools mandatory: Sibal Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:57 PM PDT Reserving 25 per cent of seats for children of poor families in private schools would be mandatory and its violation would be punishable, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday.

Australia 'kingmaker' independents to decide on govt formation today Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:29 PM PDT MP Tony Windsor said he and two other independents holding the balance of power would probably decide on whether to support a Labor or a conservative government by early afternoon on Tuesday.

Iran pushing nuke programme ahead, hampering probe, says IAEA Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:59 PM PDT Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear programme in defiance of tougher sanctions and is hampering the UN atom watchdog's work by barring some inspectors, the IAEA says in a new report.

Hurricane alert in Mexico, Texas as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthens Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:28 PM PDT Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Hermine strengthened and headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday.

Barack Obama to announce $50 billion infrastructure job plan Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:47 PM PDT The US President will announce on Monday a six-year infrastructure revamp plan with an initial investment of $50 billion to jump-start job creation, a White House official said.

Pakistan races to protect two towns from surging floods Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:25 PM PDT Pakistani authorities were on Monday racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in living memory.

US investors seek pay for pre-World War II German bonds Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:36 AM PDT A half a dozen US bondholders are turning to federal courts in an effort to force Germany to make good on its promise to repay the debts, which today could be worth hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars.

French unions launch strike over pension overhaul Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:03 AM PDT Travellers in France face disruptions starting Monday night as unions launch a massive strike over President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

Vedanta bids for 5 lakh metric tonnes of bauxite from GMDC Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT Anil Agarwal led Vedanta Resources, which was denied mining rights in Niyamgiri in Orissa, has bid for procurement of five lakh metric tonnes of bauxite from state-owned GMDC, a top official said here today.

Barack Obama to announce $50bn infrastructure job plan Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT President Barack Obama will announce on Monday a six-year plan to revamp the United States' aging roads, railways and runways with a $50 billion up-front investment to jump-start job creation.

Hooch toll rises to 14 in Kerala, judicial probe ordered Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:18 AM PDT Fourteen people died after consuming spurious liquor from toddy shops in Malappuram district on Monday, police said.

TV cameraman injured in Quetta bomb attack dies, toll over 60 Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:37 AM PDT A TV cameraman injured in the devastating suicide bombing at a Shia procession in Quetta city in southwest Pakistan died in hospital today, taking the death toll in the terrorist attack to over 60.

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