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- Gujjars block rail, road routes for fourth day; all highways open
- Nobel winners Coetzee, Orhan Pamuk at Jaipur Literature Festival
- US drags China to WTO over wind power equipment subsidies
- Strong 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits Japanese islands: USGS
- Live streaming for Pope's Christmas mass
- WikiLeaks' Julian Assange is Le Monde 'Man of the Year'
- Hillary Clinton calls up Krishna, talks Afghanistan, bilateral issues
- Barack Obama signs repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
- Barack Obama signs repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
- Hindu Mahasabha moves SC on Ayodhya title suit
- Will quit if I fail to prove CPM misusing forces: Mamata Banerjee
- J&K govt lifts ban on SMS on post-paid mobiles
- Two top Pak police officers arrested in Benazir killing case
- South Korea readies major military drill near tense border
- Indian lady doctor cleared of murder of husband in Saudi Arabia, returns home
- UN chief warns that Ivory Coast risks civil war
- UN General Assembly declares June 23 as International Widows Day
| Gujjars block rail, road routes for fourth day; all highways open Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:26 PM PST Gujjars demanding reservation in government jobs on Thursday blocked rail and road routes for the fourth day, leading to the disruption of 19 trains after the Rajasthan HC on Wednesday stayed the operation of an Act granting 5% reservation to Gujjars. 
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| Nobel winners Coetzee, Orhan Pamuk at Jaipur Literature Festival Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:08 PM PST The annual mega literary extravaganza in Jaipur is set to celebrate its sixth edition in January 2011 in the company of Nobel laureates J M Coetzee and Orhan Pamuk as well as seven Booker Prize winners. 
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| US drags China to WTO over wind power equipment subsidies Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:49 PM PST The United States on Wednesday filed a case against China with the World Trade Organisation, alleging that the Asian powerhouse was illegally subsidising the production of wind power equipment. 
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| Strong 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits Japanese islands: USGS Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:10 PM PST A strong 6.3-magnitude aftershock struck off Japan's southern Bonin Islands today, the US Geological Survey said, a day after the region was rocked by a major earthquake. 
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| Live streaming for Pope's Christmas mass Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:08 PM PST Pope Benedict XVI's traditional Christmas Eve mass will be streamed live on the Internet in six languages and available on iPhones around the world, the Vatican said today. 
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| WikiLeaks' Julian Assange is Le Monde 'Man of the Year' Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:04 PM PST WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been named "Man of the Year" by France's Le Monde newspaper, one of the five publications to cooperate with the whistleblowing website on its its latest release of leaked documents. 
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| Hillary Clinton calls up Krishna, talks Afghanistan, bilateral issues Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:32 AM PST India and the US discussed the status of various initiatives announced during the visit of President Barack Obama a month ago, apart from deliberating on the situation in Afghanistan. 
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| Barack Obama signs repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy Posted: 22 Dec 2010 07:58 AM PST Declaring that members of the US military will no longer be asked to lie, President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise Wednesday and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services. 
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| Barack Obama signs repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy Posted: 22 Dec 2010 07:58 AM PST Declaring that members of the US military will no longer be asked to lie, President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise Wednesday and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services. 
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| Hindu Mahasabha moves SC on Ayodhya title suit Posted: 22 Dec 2010 07:16 AM PST Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has moved the Supreme Court challenging the part of Allahabad High Court's September 30 ruling on Ayodhya title suit which has given one third of the disputed land to Muslims. 
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| Will quit if I fail to prove CPM misusing forces: Mamata Banerjee Posted: 22 Dec 2010 06:54 AM PST "Central forces are being used to kill Trinamool workers in West Bengal. 2,000 workers and supporters have been killed since LS polls," Mamata Banerjee said. 
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| J&K govt lifts ban on SMS on post-paid mobiles Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:50 AM PST In a new year gift to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the state government on Wednesday withdrew the ban on short messaging services (SMS) using post-paid mobile phone but the ban on sending of bulk messages remained in force. 
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| Two top Pak police officers arrested in Benazir killing case Posted: 22 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST Two top Pakistani police officials were on Wednesday arrested in a courtroom on the orders of an anti-terrorism judge conducting the trial of suspects accused of involvement in the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto. 
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| South Korea readies major military drill near tense border Posted: 22 Dec 2010 04:23 AM PST South Korea on Wednesday prepared for a major show of military strength involving fighter jets and tanks near the tense North Korean border as Washington ruled out "feel-good" talks with Pyongyang. 
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| Indian lady doctor cleared of murder of husband in Saudi Arabia, returns home Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:39 AM PST An Indian lady doctor, accused of poisoning to death her husband in Saudi Arabia after he reportedly converted to Islam, has been absolved of the charges after 10 months of detention which she described as a "nightmare". 
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| UN chief warns that Ivory Coast risks civil war Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:23 AM PST UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that the Ivory Coast faces "a real risk" of return to civil war with mercenaries being recruited from neighboring countries. 
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| UN General Assembly declares June 23 as International Widows Day Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:10 AM PST In order to address the plight of widows worldwide, the UN General Assembly has declared June 23 as International Widows Day. 
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