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Jayanthi Natarajan
The Niketa Mehta case, and the subsequent judgment pronounced by the Bombay high court, have suddenly brought into national focus the important issue of abortion, and the |
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Abortion issue reflects ironies of modern living in India
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Jayanthi Natarajan
The Niketa Mehta case, and the subsequent judgment pronounced by the Bombay high court, have suddenly brought into national focus the important issue of abortion, and the |
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Ex-Bangladesh prime minister charged over defence deal
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DHAKA: Prosecutors formally lodged new charges on Wednesday against former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed over her alleged role in a 130-million-dollar defence deal with Russia. |
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Kashmir violence may force people to take up arms
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By Emily Wax
NEW DELHI: On a recent four-month trek through hundreds of Kashmiri villages, separatist leader Yasin Malik called on people to a |
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Floods force thousands to flee homes in India, Nepal
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GUWAHATI (India): Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left some 50,000 people homeless in India’s remote northeast, officials said on Wednesday, warning of more rains in one of the country’s mos |
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Sarkozy says troops must stay in Afghanistan
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By Elizabeth Pineau
KABUL / PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that French troops must stay in Afghanistan to fight terrorism, |
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Taliban fill power void in Kabul?
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By Anand Gopal
KABUL: The ambush that killed 10 NATO soldiers outside of Kabul on Tuesday, the worst battlefield loss for western forces since |
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Syria to expand military ties with Russia
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MOSCOW, Aug 20: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday he would use this week’s visit to Russia to expand military ties with Moscow whose arms sales to the Middle Eastern state have ange |
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World must stand with
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Georgia: Bush
ORLANDO (Florida): US President George Bush said on Wednesday that Russia must withdraw its forces from Georgia and that “the world must stand for freedom” in the former Sovie |
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Military trucks return
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VERKHNY ZARAMAG (Russia): Russian military trucks trickled from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday but no armoured vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pull |