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Indian Policemen stand guard near razore wire During a curfew in Srinagar on 23, July 2010. Authorities again imposed restrictions in Srinagar and other places in the Kashmir Valley Friday to scuttle a separatist march and protests called against alleged human rights violations by security forces.

Srinagar People Photos Unrest Wikipedia: Kashmir

Deccan Herald
Kashmir on the boil again
Sat 31 Jul 2010
Srinagar, July 31DH News Service: The Kashmir Valley returned to another spell of strife on Saturday as the hard-line Hurriyat faction, led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, which has been spearheading the... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)

Cow - Cattle - Livestock

India Legal Photos Politics Wikipedia: Cattle

Deccan Herald
Beef ban: Caught in the lingo of Indian politics
Sat 31 Jul 2010
Salil Misra Should the question of cow slaughter be settled through legal and constitutional enforcement? Or should it be resolved through mutual accommodation? On this and many other such sensitive... (photo: WN / Trigedia)

Heavy rains lash North India, three die in UP

Zeenews Sat 31 Jul 2010
Heavy rains lash North India, three die in UP
New Delhi: Heavy rains occurred across North India Saturday claiming three more lives in Uttar Pradesh where flood-like situation prevailed in many districts with major rivers rising further while a... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi Flood India Photos Uttar

kashmiri protestors throw stone towards indian police After a teenager was critically injured when security forces fired at a protesting mob that defied curfew restrictions in the summer capital Srinagar Friday 30, July 2010.

The Times of India Sat 31 Jul 2010
2 killed, 40 injured in fresh violence in Kashmir Valley
SRINAGAR: Two civilians were killed today and 40 people, including 30 policemen, as widespread clashes between protesters and security forces erupted in the Kashmir Valley today as indefinite curfew... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir Photos Protest S Asia Wikipedia: Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar runs between the wickets during the third day of the second test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Prolific batsman Tendulkar has scored his 48th test century and shared an unbroken 141-run partnership for the fifth wicket with debutant Suresh Raina to lead India's fightback in the second cricket test against Sri Lanka.

Sky Sports Sat 31 Jul 2010
India to rest Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is to be rested for next month's triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka between the hosts, India and New Zealand. India's cricket selectors have recalled... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
Cricket India Photos Sport Wikipedia: Sachin Tendulkar

Kashmiri mourners argue indian police officer during his funeral in Srinagar July 6, 2010. The mourners said Fayaz Ahmad Wania and Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat were killed when police took action to stop anti-India demonstrations. India placed restrictions in parts of its controlled Kashmir on Tuesday and deployed thousands of troops to stop anti-India demonstrations.

Breitbart Sat 31 Jul 2010
Official: More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods
A woman sits outside her house flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar,... An exhausted boy is seen in a reflection as he has a nap in his house flooded... A Pakistan... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Pakistani People Photos Politics Wikipedia:Pakistani

A Japanese approach to serving healthful lunches

The Examiner Sat 31 Jul 2010
Bentos: A Japanese approach to serving healthful lunches
A style of lunch box called a bento. Kanko (Wikimedia) If you like this ... Cookware options: Research carefully before buying expensive items Home canning: Resources for... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Home Japanese Photos Research Wikipedia: Healthful

Two gunmen near a vehicle, background, in Lahore, Pakistan Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in this image taken from a television. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked a vehicle carrying members of Sri Lanka's national cricket team Tuesday, wounding at least two players and killing five police officers, officials

Deccan Herald Sat 31 Jul 2010
Pak Judge blames 'lax' Security for attack on SL cricket team
Karachi, Jul 31 (PTI) Lahore High Court judge Shabbar Raza Rizvi, who headed an inquiry into last year's terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, has lambasted... (photo: AP / AAJ via APTN)
Attack Cricket Pakistan Photos Security Wikipedia: Cricket

Indian cricket team member Sachin Tendulkar arrives at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Orange News Sat 31 Jul 2010
Tendulkar rested for Dambulla tri-series
Sachin Tendulkar is to be rested for next month's triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka between the hosts, India and New Zealand. India's cricket selectors have recalled... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade)
Cricket India Photos Sport Wikipedia: Sachin Tendulkar

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The Providence Journal Sat 31 Jul 2010
Honda can go big, too
Honda is well known for its fuel-efficient cars. But the Japan-based automaker also sells America's second most popular sport-utility vehicle that can accommodate at... (photo: Public Domain / Su2365)
Auto Japan Market Photos Wikipedia: Honda

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	The politics of Taliban reconciliation The Hindu
	PM's attack on Pakistan will fuel extremism, warns Imran Khan London Evening Standard
	Mullen asks ISI to shift its strategic focus The Times of India
	British PM agrees with India's line on terror The Times of India

Life in Asia

	A Yoga mogul who sells an American cocktail of spirituality and exercise Deccan Herald
	India develops world's cheapest "laptop" The Independent
	A passion for pickles Mumbai Mirror
	Dollar falls on economy concerns Irish Times

Media

	U.S. fears more Afghan document leaks Canoe
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ICICI Bank profit up 17 percent on better loans

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Union Bank hikes deposit rates by up to 1%; BPLR up 0.5%

Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 ready to take off at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in September 2009.

JAL to spend $2.8 bn to procure 65 aircraft: Report

Tuna meltdown: is there an alternative? The Observer
Cameron & Co woo India as demand for retail goods rockets The Independent
Bank of India net up 24 per cent The Hindu
IOB reports lower profit in first quarter The Hindu
Apollo's Chennai plant to be a benchmark The Hindu
Singapore Airlines business class travel to get classier The Hindu
'Keep 10 per cent of Games budget for poor' The Hindu
From Russia with love The Hindu
Economic recovery in Asia far from being robust: Rajat M Nag The Times of India
New toy rule takes effect, companies issued approval certs The Star
Roads cave in, traffic halts: It's business as usual after r Indian Express
Teenage robber produced in Mohali court Indian Express
Strategy shifting in fight against Taliban Star Tribune
Money for nothing Mumbai Mirror
Japanese user claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet Herald Tribune
'India has more rich people than poor now' The Times of India
'The barrage might come back': Twitter's 20 billionth tweet Star Tribune
Sharjah tells private sector to strengthen China trade ties Gulf News
China's Influence Grows With Its Economy Wall Street Journal
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's The Wichita Eagle

A man sitting on the motorcycle and talking on mobile phone, Pune, India

Setting the mobile juggernaut in motion

Symbol of Maruti Suzuki Company at Kolkata on Thursday in Eastern India City, June 18, 2009 ---- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK

Maruti to launch five CNG cars in a single day

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines to introduce electronic magazines

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning: Facebook page military ra The Examiner
WikiLeaks to post more US military documents on internal abu The Examiner
India's largest IT park in Kerala marks second decade Gulf News
Google, China and the Demands of Real-Time News Gigaom
Google attempts next wave of Internet users be from Indic we The Times of India
Japan User Marks Twitter's 20 Billionth 'Tweet' The New York Times
BBC News - Flood deaths pass 400 in Pakistan and Afghanistan Newsvine
From OpenWebAsia In Kuala Lumpur: South East Asia's Web Unde techcrunch
Despite problems, Google on hiring spree in China The Times of India
Monkeys go bananas at the sight of flying squirrels Newstrack India
Reading terrorists minds about attacks Zeenews
Rescue Robot Invented In Japan redOrbit
Trojan asteroids around Neptune could hit Earth Zeenews
Trojan asteroids around Neptune could turn into comets that Newstrack India
Google not sure if China behind service disruption Inquirer
Malaysia And New Zealand Strengthen Ties Scoop
On Our Radar: Oil Spill Larger Than China Admits The New York Times
Monkeys hate flying squirrels, report monkey-annoyance exper The Christian Science Monitor
Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations Newsfactor
Whistleblower site's greatest hits NZ Herald

Devotees being carried on ponies to the shrine of Hindu God 'Shiva' during the annual Amarnath Yatra (Pilgrimage), some 14 Km from Baltal in Indian-administered Kashmir on June 16, 2009,Some 600,000 pilgrims are expected to visit the holy Amarnath Cave this season where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a fallus and symbolising the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. The Lingam which forms naturally every year in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, measures 12 feet in height, the Shrine Board authorities said.

Batch of 2,589 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

Gender equality- will the dream become reality in India?

Gender war, yet to be won

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Aishwarya Rai in town today

The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre by Michael H Fi The Observer
The Karate Kid The Observer
Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intell The Observer
Singapore's reputation on the line as British author fights The Observer
Bradford City's Zesh Rehman the flag-bearer for purposeful P The Observer
Microblogging milestone as user posts 20 billionth tweet The Daily Telegraph Australia
Social Circus Indian Express
Law Change Can Protect Kiwis From Private Spies Scoop
Greens Prepare To Save Mokihinui And Other Rivers Scoop
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Little Says No To Goff On Cashing In 4 Weeks Leave Scoop
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In Pakistan, Echoes of American Betrayal The New York Times
An attack on Gujarat judiciary: Modi The Hindu
'Include Kunnamangalam in master plan' The Hindu
Unravelling Nature's tangles The Hindu
Pahari journeys The Hindu
Workers in a 'world-class' city The Hindu
Negative publicity The Hindu

Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, left, and Aamir Khan display Bachchanalia, a book based on Bachchan's film carrier

'Peepli Live', a thoughtful and comic look at Indian society: Aamir

In this undated handout photo released by Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is seen during the making of "The Rising" in India. Khan plays the lead role in the movie set in 1857 about a failed uprising against the British, which opened the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Aug.3 and releases worldwide next week. In an industry where actors often straddle more than four films a year, commonly jumping between sets in a single day, Khan acts in one film at a time and his last movie was four years ago.

Aamir denies role in forming cartel

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Why we don't hear about SRK-Gauri's domestic discord

Pop phenomenon The Star
School of K-pop The Star
More K-pop acts coming to Malaysia The Star
Record success The Star
Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity, By Sam Miller The Independent
The Karate Kid, Harald Zwart, 140 mins (PG)The A-Team, Joe C The Independent
Underground Soundsystem listings Skiddle
Mirchi Music Awards: Catch the action The Times of India
Death toll surges to 800 as 30,000 Pakistani army troops res The Examiner
Bollywood gets real with rural India Gulf News
Military airstrike video leak suspect in solitary confinemen CNN
Khatta Meetha goes Oscar library! The Times of India
There comes a time to move on: Emraan The Times of India
Omi: Not keen on relocating to India The Times of India
No masala, no link-ups: Amrita The Times of India
Twilight Saga Eclipse Premiere in India: 'Bollywood' actors The Examiner
[VIDEO] Over 900 dead as floods sweep Asia Independent online (SA)
Indian High Commission denies Kalmadi's claims on AM films r Newstrack India
'We have not recommended A M Films to CG': Indian mission Deccan Herald
Flooding devastates Pakistan and kills over 800 people; UN a The Examiner

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a national town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md.

Obama envoy to visit India to engage with Muslims

Palestinian men read the Koran a book of God before prayer at a mosque in Rafah

Malaysia to pick top young Imam as talent show enters finals

Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter.

Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris

Record rains - but Pakistan is dying for water The Independent
Medical ethics violation to be made punishable offence The Hindu
No soft options at China's "fat camps" The Hindu
Federation seeks health insurance for all employees and pens The Hindu
Let's honour the war dead - by bringing their comrades home The Daily Mail
Have organ, will travel The Star
Facts on transplant tourism The Star
Special team to put bacteria to the test The Star
In brief Indian Express
The age of the bicycle The Independent
City doctors pull off another feat The Times of India
Mother's poor health puts Sonia in a difficult spot Gulf News
UP dist is 'baby-friendly' mascot The Times of India
Ostrich-like, govt denies dengue is here Deccan Herald
Teacher succumbs to suicide attempt Deccan Herald
Health ministry to pull up negligent doctors Deccan Herald
Games: Jabs and door knobs all part of the Games NZ Herald
Rains kill 800 in Pakistan NZ Herald
666 schools to be covered under Suvarna Arogya Chaithanya sc Deccan Herald
Military Keeps Distressed Soldiers at Combat Site The New York Times

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, students walk out of an exam venue after Thursday morning's national college entrance exam in Anxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, July 3, 2008. More than 120,000 students whose university entrance exams were delayed by the massive Chinese earthquake in May finally sat down Thursday to take the tests that will dictate their future.

Backgrounder: China's 10-year national education plan

Samsung - Cellphones - Mobile Phone - Handset - Electronics - Devices - Gadgets

Samsung's 2Q net profit surges 83 percent

Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.

Gaming gamble for Google

Sibal wants 30% students to reach varsity level Indian Express
Madras High Court sets aside MCI's rejection of approval for The Hindu
Chennai Cyber Lab to train police personnel in combating cri The Hindu
R.K.M. Sarada Vidyalaya gets Green School Initiative award The Hindu
JNU, other universities take measures to curb ragging The Hindu
Number of CS students on the rise The Times of India
Close call for students as old school's library roof caves i The Star
Lam Thye: Nip student gangsterism and crime in the bud The Star
La Marts not to sack principal, middle school head Indian Express
Gujarat bans cellphones in schools, colleges Indian Express
RTE fine, but not all clauses: Schools The Times of India
MBA student found murdered The Times of India
AU teacher suspended for sexually harassing students The Times of India
ICSE schools try to rope in parents now The Times of India
School goes easy on torture action The Telegraph India
Girl made to wash school toilet ends life The Times of India
Bangalore teenager designs cyber safety curriculum The Times of India
Student ‘sacrifices’ life over TRS win The Times of India
Diploma students seek hike in engg seat quota Deccan Herald
Talent search examinations for students Deccan Herald

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