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Fourteen years after Nelson Mandela became South African president after its first democratic elections in 1994, the US House of Representatives has passed a bill to remove his name from its lists of terrorists.
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray gets police notice

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Ranthambore tigers may be flown to Sariska

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Dalits fear backlash in TN

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Nandigram villagers attacked

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US asks India to open markets ahead of talks with Kamal Nath

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The US wants advanced developing countries like India, China and Brazil to open their markets to finish the Doha round of world trade talks before President George Bush leaves office in January,2009.
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Bengal Governor observes 'power cut' amid criticism

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West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Wednesday observed a voluntary two-hour power cut in his bid to share the inconvenience faced by Kolkata residents due to daily load shedding
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Bhopal kids drinking poison water: Dominique Lapierre

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Expressing solidarity with the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, French author and activist Dominique Lapierre has said the children growing up in the affected area are drinking “poisoned water”.
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IIT in Andhra Pradesh to begin classes this year

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The new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Andhra Pradesh will commence classes from this academic year (2008-09) at a makeshift campus in Medak district, the state government announced on Monday.
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Man sets afire friend’s wife

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Sirsa, May 8: A man allegedly set his estranged friend’s wife on fire here to wreak vengeance on him, the police said here on Thursday. Mahesh
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Anbumani Ramadoss refuses to step down

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Supreme Court order declaring the AIIMS Amendment Act 'unconstitutional' and asked to reinstate P Venugopal as director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
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Dasmunshi thunders on Left's advocacy for third front

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's proposal of an 'alternative alliance'or third front at centre, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi on Thursday said, “It may be one of their calculated speculation for which we are not at all concerned.”

F/A-18 Fighter is IAF's best bet: US Neavy

The race for a $10 billion Indian order for 126 fighters just got hotter with the US Navy enthusiastically batting for the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet

Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers by five runs

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by five runs in a rain-curtailed thrilling encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
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