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  • Indian appointed adviser to Harvard University President

    New York: Indian academician Krishna Palepu has been appointed as senior adviser to President of Harvard University to help guide the prestigious institution's international strategy.

    Harvard President Drew Faust announced that Palepu, who has taught at the Harvard Business School (HBS) for almost three decades, will assume his new position of senior adviser for global strategy immediately.....

    New York: Indian academician Krishna Palepu has been appointed as senior adviser to President of Harvard University to help guide the prestigious institution's international strategy.

    Harvard President Drew Faust announced that Palepu, who has taught at the Harvard Business School (HBS) for almost three decades, will assume his new position of senior adviser for global strategy immediately.....

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  • Musharraf Will Be Sent To Jail On Arrival In Pak: Minister

    Islamabad, Jan 10 : Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf will be arrested and sent to jail as soon as he arrives in Pakistan as he has been declared a fugitives in cases related to the killing of Benazir Bhutto and Akbar Bugti, a provincial minister said today. ...

    Islamabad, Jan 10 : Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf will be arrested and sent to jail as soon as he arrives in Pakistan as he has been declared a fugitives in cases related to the killing of Benazir Bhutto and Akbar Bugti, a provincial minister said today. ...

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  • 17 Killed In Bomb Blasts In Iraq, 15 Afghan Pilgrims Wounded

    Baghdad, Jan 10 : Attacks across Iraq on Monday, many of which targetted Shiites, killed 17 people and wounded dozens, including 15 Afghans visiting the country for religious commemorations, officials said....

    Baghdad, Jan 10 : Attacks across Iraq on Monday, many of which targetted Shiites, killed 17 people and wounded dozens, including 15 Afghans visiting the country for religious commemorations, officials said....

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  • Iran imposes death sentence on US man for spying

    Tehran: A former US Marine interpreter arrested while on a trip to visit his Iranian grandmothers has been sentenced to death as a CIA spy, state radio reported on Monday, in a case likely to become a new flashpoint in the escalating tensions between Tehran's defiance over its nuclear program and Washington's efforts to impose more crippling sanctions.....

    Tehran: A former US Marine interpreter arrested while on a trip to visit his Iranian grandmothers has been sentenced to death as a CIA spy, state radio reported on Monday, in a case likely to become a new flashpoint in the escalating tensions between Tehran's defiance over its nuclear program and Washington's efforts to impose more crippling sanctions.....

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  • 'Iran begins N-activity underground'

    TEHRAN: Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported on Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program....

    TEHRAN: Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported on Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program....

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  • Taxi driver holds vital clues about missing NRI: UK police

    London: The Greater Manchester Police looking for a 20-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been missing since January 2, on Monday said that a taxi driver may hold vital information about him....

    London: The Greater Manchester Police looking for a 20-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been missing since January 2, on Monday said that a taxi driver may hold vital information about him....

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  • Qantas plane hits turbulence over India, 7 injured

    Melbourne: In yet another mid air incident, seven passengers of a Sydney-bound Qantas airlines, from London, reportedly suffered injuries after it was hit by severe turbulence.

    Qantas flight (QF32) departed London on Friday night and was three hours out of Singapore on Saturday morning when it was hit by turbulence caused by bad storms in the Indian airspace, a Qantas spokeswoman was quoted as saying in media reports in Melbourne......

    Melbourne: In yet another mid air incident, seven passengers of a Sydney-bound Qantas airlines, from London, reportedly suffered injuries after it was hit by severe turbulence.

    Qantas flight (QF32) departed London on Friday night and was three hours out of Singapore on Saturday morning when it was hit by turbulence caused by bad storms in the Indian airspace, a Qantas spokeswoman was quoted as saying in media reports in Melbourne......

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  • Suicide bomb kills 26 in Syria: interior minister

    Beirut: A suicide bomber killed 26 people and wounded 63 in Damascus on Friday, Syria's interior minister said, vowing an "iron fist" response to the carnage in the heart of the Syrian capital after similar attacks two weeks ago.

    The blast came two days before an Arab League committee was due to discuss an initial report by Arab observers who are checking Syria's compliance with an Arab plan to halt President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on nearly 10 months of unrest....

    Beirut: A suicide bomber killed 26 people and wounded 63 in Damascus on Friday, Syria's interior minister said, vowing an "iron fist" response to the carnage in the heart of the Syrian capital after similar attacks two weeks ago.

    The blast came two days before an Arab League committee was due to discuss an initial report by Arab observers who are checking Syria's compliance with an Arab plan to halt President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on nearly 10 months of unrest....

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  • Taliban chief Mullah Omar talking peace with US

    Kabul: The elusive Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who had called on his warriors last November to continue the war against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, has now confirmed having opened peace talks with the US authorities, Geo News reported.....

    Kabul: The elusive Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who had called on his warriors last November to continue the war against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, has now confirmed having opened peace talks with the US authorities, Geo News reported.....

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  • Iran to hold biggest naval war games

    MOSCOW: Iran plans to hold new and "massive" naval exercises near the strategic Strait of Hormuz within the next few weeks, Fars news agency reported on Friday.

    The report came as Tehran's tensions with the West continue to escalate following threats of new sanctions against the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear programme....

    MOSCOW: Iran plans to hold new and "massive" naval exercises near the strategic Strait of Hormuz within the next few weeks, Fars news agency reported on Friday.

    The report came as Tehran's tensions with the West continue to escalate following threats of new sanctions against the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear programme....

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