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    Controversial Arizona Sees Surge Of Asylum Seekers From India (& Video)

    Arizona Sees Surge of Asylum Seekers from India http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/08/ariz-sees-surge-of-asylum-seekers-from-india/2781025/ PHOENIX -- On a recent Friday night in Phoenix, an unmarked white Department of Homeland Security bus pulls up to a curb near the...
  2. aristotle

    India Zubin Mehta's Concert Hits A Controversial Note In Kashmir

    The venue of Zubin Mehta's Saturday concert is the spectacular 15th Century Shalimar Gardens, which has the Himalayan mountains as its backdrop. The garden has not looked so glorious in recent years - huge yellow marigolds, chrysanthemums, dahlias and other flowers line the pathways on which the...
  3. Archived_Member16

    India Half Of The Missing Children In 2013 Remain Untraced In India

    Monday, September 02, 2013 Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, September 02, 2013 Half of the missing children in 2013 remain untraced in India In a disturbing trend the number of missing children remaining untraced in India is increasing. More girls...
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    India Experts Say India's Rapid Social Change Plays Role In Gang Rapes, And Nation's Fury Over Them

    Experts say India's rapid social change plays role in gang rapes, and nation's fury over them By Katy Daigle, The Associated PressSeptember 2, 2013 7:00 AM FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 23, 2013 file photo, protesters shield themselves as Indian police beat them with sticks during a...
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    India India Gang Rape Teen Suspect Found Guilty Of Rape, Murder

    India gang rape teen suspect found guilty of rape, murder Juvenile court sentenced teen to three years in a reform home The Associated Press Posted: Aug 31, 2013 6:56 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 31, 2013 7:43 AM ET An Indian juvenile court convicted a teenager of rape and murder...
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    India Sikhs Of Northeast, South India Don't Flaunt Surnames: Study

    Sikhs of north-east, south India don't flaunt surnames: Study Amaninder Pal Sharma http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Sikhs-of-north-east-south-India-dont-flaunt-surnames-Study/articleshow/22131981.cms PATIALA: Contrary to Punjab, where nearly every youth has started...
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    India Sikhs, The Biggest Spenders In India: Survey

    Sikhs, the Biggest Spenders in India: Survey Bangalore: India, the second most populous country and also the most populous democracy in the world is home to over 1.2 billion people belonging to multi-ethnic groups and a multilingual society. Sikh community is one such major community...
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    Milkha Singh Says India Needs To Tap Into Rural Talent For Athletics

    Milkha Singh says India needs to tap into rural talent for athletics http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/athletics/211207-milkha-singh-says-india-needs-to-tap-into-rural-talent-for-athletics Hailed as the 'Flying Sikh' for his legendary prowess on the track field, Singh says he used to run...
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    India India Sitting On A Tinder-box Of Tragedies, Guilty Must Be Punished

    'India sitting on a tinder-box of tragedies; guilty must be punished' Sunday, July,21 2013 - 12:18 NEW DELHI: Is India sitting on a "tinder box" of tragedies, waiting for accidents to happen that jolt the country's conscience for a while, before warnings go unheeded in the build-up to...
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    India Corruption Rate In India Is Double Of Global Average

    Corruption rate in India is double of global average Kounteya Sinha, TNN - Jul 9, 2013, 05.22 PM IST LONDON: Corruption in India has reached an all-time high with rates being exactly double of the global prevalence. Globally, 27% people say they paid bribe when accessing public...
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    Buddhism Indian Buddhist Sites Hit By Blasts

    Indian Buddhist Sites Hit By Blasts By INDRAJIT SINGH 07/07/13 12:23 PM ET EDT PATNA, India — A series of blasts hit three Buddhist sites in eastern India early Sunday, injuring at least two people and drawing condemnation from the prime minister. Senior police officer S.K. Bhardwaj...
  12. Tejwant Singh

    SciTech Stem-cell Therapy Wipes Out HIV In Two Patients

    Stem-cell therapy wipes out HIV in two patients By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Two men with HIV have been off AIDS drugs for several months after receiving stem-cell transplants for cancer that appear to have cleared the virus from their bodies, researchers reported on Wednesday...
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    India India Floods: 'Thousands Still Missing' In Uttarakhand

    India floods: 'Thousands still missing' in Uttarakhand http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23123795 Nearly 3,000 people are still missing following floods and landslides which hit India's Uttarakhand state a fortnight ago, the chief minister of the state has said. More than 800...
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    India Caste, Class And India's Growing Middle Class

    Caste or Class? Yogita Limaye http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23003532 2027, India is projected to have the biggest middle class population in the world. In a society fragmented by caste, there has been much debate about whether recent economic growth has reached the country's most...
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    Canada Revisiting The Air India Tragedy From A Ghadar Perspective

    Revisiting the Air India tragedy from a Ghadar perspective by Gurpreet Singh on Jun 23, 2013 at 2:24 pm On the centenary of the Ghadar Party—which formed in North American to fight colonialism in British-controlled India—it's time to revisit the Air India to analyze political factors that...
  16. Tejwant Singh

    General Brasil & India- Interesting Similarities

    Brasil & India- Interesting Similarities INDIAN Benefit Yourself & Fight To Change Your Attitude... Stop cutting into a queue... Stop parking your vehicle under NO PARKING sign..... Stop making double queue... Let the elderly go in front of you.... Do not litter the streets... Do not...
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    India India Sets Up Elaborate System To Tap Phone Calls, E-mail

    Reuters New Delhi, June 20, 2013 First Published: 11:59 IST(20/6/2013) Last Updated: 12:06 IST(20/6/2013) India sets up elaborate system to tap phone calls, e-mail India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance programme that will give its security agencies and even income tax...
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    India Out Of India's Trash Heaps, More Than A Shred Of Dignity

    Out of India's Trash Heaps, More than a Shred of Dignity by Sharika Bonsal http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/out-of-indias-trash-heaps-more-than-a-shred-of-dignity/ PUNE, India — “Trash! Trash!” yelled Chandani Nagtilak as she pushed her cart through a residential...
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    Legal US Spy Chief Defends PRISM & Phone Surveillance (No Protections In India)

    US spy chief Clapper defends Prism and phone surveillance http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22809541 US spy chief James Clapper has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of phone records being collected and internet servers being tapped. He said...
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    Leisure Appropriate To Send Flowers To A Friend's Ill Mother In India?

    A very close friend, his elder Mother (mid 70's) had a serious fall yesterday and I want to send something for my get well soon wishes. I was thinking of sending flowers, and they come with kaju barfi (I know it's sweet but not sure exactly what it is) Would this be appropriate? I am assuming...
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