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• Obama India visit: Indian jet deal may create 27,000 jobs in US
• Harry Potter's favourite game a hit in UK, US varsities
• Households expect inflation at 11.9% by June: RBI survey
• Israeli envoy says only peace can halt settlements
• France pitches for India to join military operations overseas
• China battles to save 11 trapped miners as Chile offers help
• Actress Audrey Hepburn stamps fetch $606,000 for charity
• Thousands of Jewish and Arab Israelis protest against citizenship bill
• 14 killed, 40 injured in Karachi by-election violence
• German multiculturalism has failed, says Chancellor Angela Merkel
• Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, father of fractal geometry, dies
• Sainthood for John Paul II 'speeded up': Polish President
• Britain must ban burqa to beat terrorism, says Sarkozy's ally
• US hopes for more action from China on currency correction
• International community nowhere near goal of N-weapon free world: India

Obama India visit: Indian jet deal may create 27,000 jobs in US Posted: 16 Oct 2010 11:41 PM PDT The Obama Administration is eyeing on the lucrative multi-billion dollar tender for medium multi-role combat aircraft of Indian Air Force as this has the potential to create a whooping 27,000 jobs in the US.

Harry Potter's favourite game a hit in UK, US varsities Posted: 16 Oct 2010 11:27 PM PDT Believe it or not, child wizard Harry Potter's favourite game, Quidditch, is now a hit in British and American universities.

Households expect inflation at 11.9% by June: RBI survey Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:31 PM PDT Although the government expects inflation to moderate to about 5.5% by March 2010, a survey by the Reserve Bank has found that households expect it to rise to almost 12% by next June.

Israeli envoy says only peace can halt settlements Posted: 16 Oct 2010 09:33 PM PDT Israel will only stop its disputed settlement building when the Palestinians make a peace agreement, its UN ambassador said ahead of new Security Council talks Monday on the Middle East conflict.

France pitches for India to join military operations overseas Posted: 16 Oct 2010 09:25 PM PDT Ahead of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to India in December, France has made a pitch for the two nations to cooperate in operations where their armed forces are deployed, including in the anti-piracy efforts in Gulf of Aden.

China battles to save 11 trapped miners as Chile offers help Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:50 PM PDT Dozens of rescuers battled thick dust Sunday as they tried to reach 11 coal miners trapped underground after a gas leak killed 26 of their colleagues, as Chile offered help in the salvage operation.

Actress Audrey Hepburn stamps fetch $606,000 for charity Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:54 PM PDT A rare sheet of 10 stamps depicting Audrey Hepburn fetched $606,000 at a charity auction in Berlin, two-thirds of which will go to help educate children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Thousands of Jewish and Arab Israelis protest against citizenship bill Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT Several thousand Jewish and Arab Israelis protested peacefully on Saturday against a bill requiring non-Jewish new citizens to swear allegiance to the country as a Jewish state.

14 killed, 40 injured in Karachi by-election violence Posted: 16 Oct 2010 03:10 PM PDT At least 14 people were killed and 40 others injured on Saturday as violence flared up in Pakistan's commercial capital in the run-up to a tense by-election in one of the most sensitive and ethnically divided areas of the city.

German multiculturalism has failed, says Chancellor Angela Merkel Posted: 16 Oct 2010 02:03 PM PDT Germany's attempt to create a multicultural society has "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, adding fuel to a debate over immigration and Islam polarising her conservative camp.

Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, father of fractal geometry, dies Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:20 PM PDT The French-American mathematician who explored a new class of mathematical shapes known as "fractals," has died at age 85 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Sainthood for John Paul II 'speeded up': Polish President Posted: 16 Oct 2010 09:04 AM PDT process leading to sainthood for late Polish pope John Paul II has recently been accelerated, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Saturday after talks with Pope Benedict XVI.

Britain must ban burqa to beat terrorism, says Sarkozy's ally Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:47 AM PDT Britain must ban the burqa if it wants to win the battle against Islamic extremism, an ally of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.

US hopes for more action from China on currency correction Posted: 16 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT The US administration has delayed its report on Yuan to Congress, holding back possible punitive action against China in recognition of steps to accelerate the Chinese currency appreciation, to the advantage of the American economy.

International community nowhere near goal of N-weapon free world: India Posted: 16 Oct 2010 01:50 AM PDT India has asserted that the international community is nowhere close to the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons by the year 2010 under an action plan presented by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to the United Nations over two decades ago.

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