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• Winter session of Parliament begins amid corruption charges
• Female activists held for near-naked protest near G20 venue
• Monica Bedi's conviction upheld, sentence reduced
• Myanmar army-backed party wins 80% seats
• Lawyer linked to Nobel winner stopped from leaving China
• US lawmakers welcome Obama endorsing India's bid in UNSC
• Libya arrests ally of reformist Gaddafi son: Report
• Ex-CIA officer admits spying for Russia... from jail
• Gay Brazilian married in US may face deportation
• Bush is back, and eager to help history judge him
• US expands cargo security ban in wake of package bomb plot
• UN to assist voluntary returns to Darfur: Aid chief
• Israel okays 1,300 new east Jerusalem homes: Watchdog
• Police reform: SC summons four states' chief secretaries
• Yemen cleric calls for killing Americans 'without hesitation'

Winter session of Parliament begins amid corruption charges Posted: 09 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST Amid charges of corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects and Adarsh housing society scam, the Winter Session of Parliament began on Tuesday with Opposition seeking to raise the issue in the Lok Sabha but with little success.

Female activists held for near-naked protest near G20 venue Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:37 PM PST Two female animal rights activists were detained on Tuesday for staging a near-naked protest near the heavily-guarded venue of this week's G20 summit, South Korean police said.

Monica Bedi's conviction upheld, sentence reduced Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:52 PM PST The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Bollywood actress Monica Bedi in a passport forgery case, but reduced the sentence to the imprisonment already undergone.

Myanmar army-backed party wins 80% seats Posted: 08 Nov 2010 10:21 PM PST The Myanmar military's political proxy has won about 80 percent of the seats in the country's first election in 20 years, a senior party member said on Tuesday.

Lawyer linked to Nobel winner stopped from leaving China Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:26 PM PST A rights lawyer whose firm represents jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said he was stopped from leaving China on Tuesday amid reports Beijing wants to block people attending the Oslo prize ceremony.

US lawmakers welcome Obama endorsing India's bid in UNSC Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:40 PM PST Influential American lawmakers have welcomed US President Barack Obama's endorsement to India's bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, saying that the world body should reflect the realities of the 21st century.

Libya arrests ally of reformist Gaddafi son: Report Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:46 PM PST The deputy head of a media group founded by a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been arrested, local media said on Monday, in an apparent escalation of a power struggle inside the country's ruling elite.

Ex-CIA officer admits spying for Russia... from jail Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:07 PM PST One of the highest-ranking CIA officers ever convicted of espionage has pleaded guilty to fresh charges of spying for Russia from his jail cell after employing his son to do his dirty work.

Gay Brazilian married in US may face deportation Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:09 PM PST A Brazilian man who was recently reunited with his Massachusetts husband when federal officials temporarily allowed him into the US said he could face deportation because the attorney general won't reverse the immigration ruling that initially separated the couple.

Bush is back, and eager to help history judge him Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST George W. Bush knows that history will shape his legacy more than anything he can say. But that is not going to stop a guy from trying.

US expands cargo security ban in wake of package bomb plot Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PST The United States expanded its ban on cargo shipments from Somalia in the wake of the package bomb plot originating from Yemen, US homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano said on Monday.

UN to assist voluntary returns to Darfur: Aid chief Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST The United Nations is to assist the voluntary return of people displaced by the conflict in Darfur, UN aid chief Valerie Amos said on Monday while visiting a camp for the displaced.

Israel okays 1,300 new east Jerusalem homes: Watchdog Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:13 AM PST Israel has approved more than 1,300 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem, settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Monday, in what a spokeswoman described as "a big provocation."

Police reform: SC summons four states' chief secretaries Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:01 AM PST The Supreme Court on Monday ordered chief secretaries of four states to personally appear before it on December 6 and explain their respective states' failure in implementing its September 2006 ruling on police reforms.

Yemen cleric calls for killing Americans 'without hesitation' Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:31 AM PST US-Yemeni radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi has called for the killing of Americans "without hesitation," in a video message posted on jihadist websites, US monitoring group SITE said on monday.

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