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• Indian-origin woman teacher admits having sex with two teens
• BJP leaders to meet PM for recall of Karnataka governor
• Plea to make Urdu Pakistan's official language dismissed
• Spanish third most-used internet language
• Australian politician John Brumby gets Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award
• More Taliban militants could be removed from UN blacklist: US
• Judge orders US military to stop gay service ban
• India gets highest number of votes for UNSC seats in 5 years
• Al-Qaida magazine offers terror tips, suggests crashing trucks into crowds
• British author Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize
• China cancels Norwegian meetings, musical over Liu's Nobel
• One Indian among 8 dead in cargo plane crash near Kabul: Officials
• Nicolas Sarkozy in pension showdown as street protests escalate
• US lifts Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling ban
• First trapped miner to surface on Tuesday: Chile official

Indian-origin woman teacher admits having sex with two teens Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:51 PM PDT An Indian-origin woman teacher in Britain has admitted having sex with two 15-year-old male students, a media report said.

BJP leaders to meet PM for recall of Karnataka governor Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:32 PM PDT The central leadership of the party, including Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu, will meet the prime minister to "impress upon" him that H R Bhardwaj is acting like an opposition leader in Karnataka.

Plea to make Urdu Pakistan's official language dismissed Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:12 PM PDT A petition seeking to direct the government to make Urdu the official language of Pakistan has been dismissed by the Lahore High Court.

Spanish third most-used internet language Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:53 PM PDT Spanish is the third most-used language on the internet, after English and Chinese, according to a report.

Australian politician John Brumby gets Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:48 PM PDT Victorian Premier John Brumby has been presented with the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award by Hindu Foundation of Australia for bringing the Parliament of the World's Religions to Melbourne in 2009.

More Taliban militants could be removed from UN blacklist: US Posted: 12 Oct 2010 06:04 PM PDT The United States has indicated that it was open to the removal of more Taliban militants from a UN sanctions list in order to facilitate peace talks in Afghanistan.

Judge orders US military to stop gay service ban Posted: 12 Oct 2010 04:59 PM PDT A US judge on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to stop banning openly gay men and women from serving in the military after ruling last month that the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was unconstitutional.

India gets highest number of votes for UNSC seats in 5 years Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:17 PM PDT With 187 votes in its bag, India has received the highest number of votes for getting into the United Nations Security Council in the past five years.

Al-Qaida magazine offers terror tips, suggests crashing trucks into crowds Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:46 PM PDT Al-Qaida urged Muslims in western countries to weld steel blades to heavy SUV vehicles and plough then into civilian crowds, in the second edition of the group's online English-language magazine.

British author Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT British author Howard Jacobson was Tuesday picked as the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel "The Finkler Question".

China cancels Norwegian meetings, musical over Liu's Nobel Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:05 PM PDT Norway felt the full force of China's anger on Tuesday over the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to a jailed dissident as Beijing scrapped a ministerial meeting and forced a touring musical off stage.

One Indian among 8 dead in cargo plane crash near Kabul: Officials Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:32 PM PDT A cargo plane operating on behalf of a US-based company crashed into mountains and burst into flames near the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing all eight crew on board, officials said.

Nicolas Sarkozy in pension showdown as street protests escalate Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:35 AM PDT French students joined more than a million striking workers Tuesday in the biggest protests so far against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to hike the retirement age to 62.

US lifts Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling ban Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:31 AM PDT The United States on Tuesday lifted a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico imposed after the BP oil spill and set tough new safety conditions, officials said.

First trapped miner to surface on Tuesday: Chile official Posted: 12 Oct 2010 08:50 AM PDT The first of 33 trapped miners is expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after miraculously surviving more than two months below ground, Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne.

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