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Three Indians on Forbes powerful women list
Business Standard
Three Indian women — all from the corporate sector — find a spot on the Forbes list of 100 most powerful women in the world, topped by US First Lady Michelle Obama. Chennai-born PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi came in at No 6, while Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma ...
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Netanyahu: Israel protects the rights of all citizens, Jews and non-Jews
Ha'aretz
Speaking at the memorial for rightist leader Rehavam Ze'evi assassinated in 2001, PM stresses Jewish People's deep connection to the land of Israel. By Barak Ravid Tags: Israel news Benjamin Netanyahu Israel is a Jewish and democratic state that ...
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Ha'aretz
Vargas Llosa surprise Nobel Literature winner
Economic Times
MUMBAI: One of the most interesting aspects to this year's award of the Nobel Prize in Literature to the Peruvian writer , Mario Vargas Llosa , is not his suitability to receive it. Anyone who has read his novels, such as his best known one, ...
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Seven killed in two suicide blasts at Karachi shrine
Sify
Karachi/Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Around seven people were killed and over 60 injured Thursday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance of an 8th century Sufi shrine in Karachi, authorities said. The twin blasts occurred within an ...
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Chechen youth sets up Putin patriotic club
RIA Novosti
GROZNY, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen youth activists have set up a patriotic club in honor of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who turned 58 years old on Thursday. "When the Chechen people faced hard times, Vladimir Putin extended a helping ...
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Iranian and Hezbollah leaders to appear together at rally
AFP
BEIRUT — The Iranian and Hezbollah leaders are set to appear together next week at a rally organised by the Shiite militant group for the Iranian leader's visit to Lebanon, a Hezbollah official said on Thursday. "We are organising a rally in honour of ...
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AFP
Obama's enthusiasm for drone strikes takes heavy toll on Pakistan's tribesmen
The Guardian
The Pashtun tribesmen have several nicknames for the drones that endlessly circle over their mud-walled mountain villages. Some call them "wasps" or "mosquitoes", after the low buzz emitted by the pilotless aircraft's small engines. ...
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The Guardian
Norwegian media tips Chinese dissident for Peace Prize
AFP
OSLO — A Norwegian television station predicted on Thursday night that the Nobel Peace Prize would most likely go to a Chinese dissident. Norwegian commercial television Channel 2, which correctly predicted the long-shot award to US President Barack ...
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AFP
Detained passenger wanted upgrade
Sydney Morning Herald
An Israeli man who threatened to kill everyone on board a Qantas flight reportedly did so because he was unhappy with his economy seat. Passenger David Peace has told News Limited the man requested to be moved to business class because he didn't want ...
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Nepal parliament fails to elect new leader in eleventh vote
AFP
KATHMANDU — Nepal's parliament failed for the eleventh time to elect a new prime minister on Thursday in the latest attempt to choose a figure to fill a three-month leadership void. The sole candidate, Ram Chandra Poudel, leader of the second-largest ...
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AFP
PBOC: Yuan Exchange Rate Reform Has To Be Gradual
Wall Street Journal
(Updates to include more comments from Yi, comments on yuan issue by Geithner, Wen from Wednesday.) By Joy C. Shaw Of Dow Jones Newswires WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--China is committed to moving toward a flexible exchange rate regime but the pace of its ...
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Sri Lanka's Buddhist monks seek release of ex-army chief
Sify
Colombo, Oct 7 (DPA) Hundreds of Buddhist monks held a prayer meeting in Sri Lanka Thursday to call for the release of the country's ex-army chief and presidential candidate who was jailed last week. An estimated 1000 monks plus members of the public ...
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Russia's Bulava missile hits target in test
RIA Novosti
A test warhead from a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile successfully hit its target on the Kura test range in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The missile was fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine ...
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RIA Novosti
Two Germans killed in Vietnam fireworks blast
AFP
HANOI — Two Germans were among four people killed when fireworks being prepared for Hanoi's millennium celebrations exploded, the foreign ministry in Berlin said Thursday. The two men, who were not named, were in their 50s and belonged to a group of 15 ...
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AFP
Tribute paid to women entrepreneurs
The Hindu
AP Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the "Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit," on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, in Washington. Photo: AP Photo As one of the few men at an event showcasing the power and influence of women in a 21st century, ...
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The Hindu
Federal Cabinet approves ATTA
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet which met here Wednesday with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the chair reviewed the second phase of rehabilitation of floods affectees, implementation of its decisions and approved the Afghan Transit Trade ...
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Now, Tipu Sultan's gold finial fetches £ 434400 in UK sale
Deccan Herald
A gem-encrusted gold finial from the golden throne of Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan went under the hammer here today for 434400 pounds, a day after a collection of paintings depicting his win over the British in the famous battle of Pollilur sold for 769250 ...
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EU Textile Companies Protest Pakistan Deal
Wall Street Journal
European Union trade concessions for flood-ravaged Pakistan have triggered a backlash among European manufacturers, led by an EU textile sector already imperiled by Chinese imports. The tensions show how the economic downturn is increasing anxieties ...
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