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The Times Of India
Brands pin hopes on young heroes of India
| NEW DELHI: Indian cricket is on a Twenty20 high and suddenly a bevy of brands, some first-timers to cricket, are discovering virtues of signing cricketers as brand endorsers. The troika of Indian cr… (photo: wn/ aruna)
The Times Of India
Diesel’s European roadmap in india
| As diesel vehicles hit top gear in India, its tech suppliers are also betting big on this market. Like CRDi maker Bosch, Honeywell Turbo Technologies is also stepping on the gas in India. In a chat … (photo: wn/aruna)
The Independent
Will a billionaire philanthropist’s new American-style university stem the flow of Indian undergraduates heading West?
| British universities which assume there will be an unending stream of students coming from India in search of a quality higher education may be in for a shock in a few years. Indians are beginning t… (photo: wn/aruna)
America Education India Photos StudentsThe Manila Times
GMA: Political noise should not affect progress
By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter | Excessive politicking could not derail the government’s implementation of major economic reforms and its quest for political stability, President Arroyo said on Wednesd… (photo: RONALD NAVARRO/PCPO)
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The Australian
Caught in the crossfire
| THE near unanimous re-election of Pakistan’s military dictator Pervez Musharraf as President, and the tragic death of Australian soldier David Pearce in Afghanistan, po… (photo: AP/Shakil Adil)
Elections Military Pakistan Photos TerrorismLas Vegas Sun
Russian Rocket Heads to Space Station
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) – | 1010dv-kazakhstan-launch A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a M… (photo: AP/NASA TV)
Kazakhstan Photos Russian Space TechnologyThe Times
UK and Singapore sign open skies deal
| Singapore Airlines will be able to launch transatlantic services from Heathrow after the UK and Singapore signed an open skies deal which will liberalise air traffic be… (photo: WN/sa1)
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IAEA urges India to begin talks on N-pact: ElBaradei meets scientists in Mumbai
| By Jawed Naqvi | NEW DELHI, Oct 9: International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said in Mumbai on Tuesday that the global nuclear watchdog was ready for fo… (photo: AP/Hans Punz)
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A role for Japan in Myanmar
| HONG KONG — If any good is to come from the murder of cameraman Kenji Nagai on the streets of Yangon, it must be that Japan recovers its moral voice. So far there… (photo: AP/Democratic Voice of Burma)
Japan Journalist Military Myanmar PhotosCanberra Times
Letters to the Editor
| Call for PM to explain ‘just cause’ in Afghanistan | Would Prime Minister John Howard please explain precisely what this “just cause” is for which our soldiers are figh… (photo: AP/Tracey Nearmy, Pool)
Afghanistan Howard Photos Politics WarThe Australian
Aid for Burmese ‘benefits regime’
| AUSTRALIAN aid to Burma is helping to prop up the country’s brutal military while supporting a highly dubious UN-backed drug eradication program, a coalition of ethnic … (photo: AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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