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Breaking News Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Ducks - Avian Flu - Bird Flu
Disease   Health   News   Photos   Wikipedia: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1  
 Sydney Morning Herald 
Bird flu detected in Victoria
| AAP | At least 10,000 ducks will have to be destroyed to contain an outbreak of bird flu at two Victorian farms. | The virus found in birds on the two properties is a low pathogenic avian influenza ... (photo: WN / hend)
boy -child - kid - India
Child Rights   India   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Children's rights  
 DNA India 
India sends exaggerated reports to UN on child rights
| India's report on children to the United Nations (UN), "Convention on rights of children report", is stated to be far from reality. Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) working on pro-child rights ha... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
CRPF 's Naxalite hunt- India- Terrorism  The Siasat Daily 
Become ‘junglee’ to take on Reds: CRPF DG
| New Delhi, January 27: Giving a new mantra to over 70,000 CRPF troops engaged in anti-Naxal operations, its chief K Vijay Kumar has asked them to turn 'junglee' (inhabitants of forests) and hit the ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi   India   Photos   Police   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Central Reserve Police Force  
Victims of fire at AMRI, Kolkata - India  The Siasat Daily 
West Bengal: 2 Doctors Arrested in Connection with AMRI Hospital Fire
| Kokata, January 27: senior doctors of AMRI Hospital, Dr. Mani Chettri and Dr. Pranab Dasgupta have been taken into custody today in connection with the death of 93 people. They are members of the ho... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Amri   Bengal   Doctors   Hospital   Photos   Wikipedia: Kolkata  
Top Stories
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra  - India- Politics Kashmir Observer
Vohra Calls for Vigil on Frontiers
| Jammu, Jan 27: Jammu and Kashmir Governor, N. N. Vohra, Thursday said that “adversary elements” operating from across the borders had not given up their “maliciou... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Jammu   Kashmir   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Kashmir  
Apple Inc. Mosaic The Guardian
Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple
By Harichandan Arakali and Farah Master BANGALORE/HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate ... (photo: Creative Commons / Mono)
Apple   Asia   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Apple Inc.  
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55. The Independent
The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
| Variously described as a conman, a fantasist, a sociopath, and a super-patriot, Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema died alone on Saturday of complications relating t... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
Afghanistan   Crime   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jonathan Idema  
 KLdy1 - Cathay Pacific Airline - Cathay Pacific Airlines - Asia´s second most-profitable carrier - Hong Kong. (dy1) m&c
Asia Pacific airline passenger numbers rose by 3.5 per cent in 2011
| Kuala Lumpur - The number of airline passengers in the Asia Pacific region rose by 3.5 per cent in 2011, thanks to the region's sustained economic growth, a regional av... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Airlines   Asia   Pacific   Photos   Wikipedia: Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG)  
Tea garden in Sri Lanka. Cricket Country
Sri Lanka plan to use T20 World Cup to promote investment and tourism
|   | Colombo, Jan 26 (PTI) |   | Sri Lankan government is willing to make use of the T20 Cricket World Cup, to be hosted by the island nation in September, to ... (photo: Creative Commons / Anjadora)
Investment   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Sri Lanka  
India Village Woman making food on the roadside at Kolkata in Eastern India City Al Jazeera
Will India's poor remain hungry?
| - As India's proposed new Food Security Act hovers in political limbo, the nation remains hungry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made headlines in early January when he ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
India   Photos   Politics   Poverty   Wikipedia: Poverty in India  
Chairman of All Partie Hurriyat conference Syed Ali Geelani shake hands with Former 'Prime Minister'  of Pakistan occupied kashmir (POK) Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary During a meeting in Srinagar on 20, September 2011. The Siasat Daily
India has no right to celebrate its Republic Day in Kashmir: Gilani
| Srinagar, January 26: The veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that India has no right to celebrate the Republic Day in occupied until it gives ri... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Asia   India   Kashmir   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Syed Ali Shah Geelani  
Rescue worker remove a car after a building collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012. France24
Search for survivors, answers after Rio building collapse
| AP - A multistory building collapsed in Rio’s center Wednesday evening, leaving rubble strewn over a wide area but confusion about the number of possible victims ... (photo: AP / Felipe Dana)
Brazil   Construction   Photos   S America   Wikipedia: Rio de Janeiro  
Business & Economy Terrorism
- Health Ministry Has Temporarily Suspended The Using And Se
- Uttar Pradesh Could Pioneer The End Of The Upa2 Sonia Congre
- IMF, Sri Lanka in rupee standoff
- NTPC’s overseas foray to begin from May
Hotels - Entrance - Lobby - Lights
ITC plans to set up luxury hotel in Sri Lanka
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- ‘Illicit money funds terrorist activities in Pak’
- Everyone wants democracy in Pakistan: Gilani
- US still has complicated ties with Pak: Donilon
- Nine rockets hit Pak academy near Osama home
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55.
The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
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Politics Health
- Maldives asks UN help to resolve "judicial crisis"
- Maldives vice president joins calls to free judge
- Maldives journalists say gov't intimidating them
- Maldives journalists say gov't intimidating them
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- West Bengal: 2 Doctors Arrested in Connection with AMRI Hosp
- Rise in Pakistan drug contamination deaths
- The gift of sight: How Sri Lanka is helping the world to see
- Pushing nuclear exports after Fukushima
Victims of fire at AMRI, Kolkata - India
West Bengal: 2 Doctors Arrested in Connection with AMRI Hospital Fire
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Environment & Nature Sport
- How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory
- Over 1.20 lakh migratory birds descend on Pong Dam
- Severe cold abets poaching
- Pigeon, get me a trophy
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How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory
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- Sri Lankan cricket will benefit from recent changes: SLC chi
- Statistical highlights: Ind vs Aus, Fourth Test, Day 4
- Australia vs India stats review: Fourth Test, Day four
- SL chief defends Marsh sacking
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene raises his bat and helmet to celebrate scoring a century during the Cricket World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 2 , 2011.
Sri Lanka not complacent about India in tri-series
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Science & Technology Society & Culture
- India, Lanka may sign water MoU
- Asia stocks rise as Apple result lifts technology shares
- Over 1.20 lakh migratory birds descend on Pong Dam
- Govt studying SC verdict in Rs 11k cr Vodafone case: Pranab
Mitsubishi Motors - Citimotors Alabang
Asia stocks rise as Apple result lifts technology shares
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- Sri Lanka has eyes for the world
- Sri Lanka: Campaign Against Journalist Attacks
- Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson invited to sample delights of
- Eye donations part of Sri Lankan society
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