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SOUTH ASIAN NEWS -MOST CURRENT September
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US East Coast braces for Hurricane Earl
Washington, Sep 3 Hurricane Earl threatened to bring a violent end to the summer
high season on the US Atlantic coast as tourists evacuated beach resorts in
North Carolina and storm preparations were underway Thursday along most of the
Eastern seaboard.
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25 killed
in Mexico clash
Monterrey (Mexico), Sep 3 At least 25 people died Thursday in a clash between
Mexican soldiers and gunmen in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, a military
spokesman said.
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Canadian honour for M.S. Swaminathan
By Gurmukh Singh
Vancouver, Sep 3 M.S. Swaminathan, one of the pioneers of
the Green Revolution in India, will receive an honorary
doctorate from Canada's University of Alberta for his
contribution to food security in the world.
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Mistaken alcohol use kills baby during surgery
New York, Sep 3 A seven-month-old baby died after doctors
at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol
instead of saline solution during a heart surgery.
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India-South America trade deal to be expanded
Brasilia, Sep 3 India's Minister of State for Commerce and
Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India
and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to
expand a trade agreement.
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India needs to shift from coal to other sources of energy
New Delhi, Sep 3 India will need investment of $4.5 trillion
in the energy sector to cut carbon emissions as part of a
global initiative to reduce global warming by 2050, the
International Energy Agency Executive Director, Nobuo
Tanaka, said here Friday.
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Now zoom into universe through Windows
Bangalore, Sep 3 Global software major Microsoft has
designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the
universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows.
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Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A.Q. Khan
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Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 3 Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war
with India and made the "nation walk with heads held high", boasts notorious
Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine
nuclear weapons programme.
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Economic recovery in N.America slipping: Bank
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Sep 3 Despite reports from the US Thursday that initial
jobless claims fell to 472,000 last week and pending home resales
were up 5.2 per cent in July, Canada's top Toronto Dominion (TD)
Bank said the economic recovery in North America is slipping after
positive hints four months ago.
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Fidel Castro to deliver first public speech since 2006
Havana, Sep 3 Cuban leader Fidel Castro will deliver Friday his first public
speech since 2006, during a meeting with students of the Havana University.
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Most New Yorkers don't want Islamic centre near Ground
Zero
New York, Sep 3 Two-thirds of New York City residents
want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque
to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11
terrorist attack, according to a New York Times poll.
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Over 110,000 firms shut down in Spain
Madrid, Sep 3 The economic recession forced a total of 110,058 Spanish companies
to go out of business, the ministry of labour and immigration has said.
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US Open results Thursday
New York, Sep 3 Results Thursday at the
23-million-dollar US Open(x indicates new result).
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Malaysian Indian party seeks to join ruling coalition
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 3 the Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP)
is pressing for full membership of the Barisan Nasional
(BN), the ruling coalition, a party official has said.
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'Impact of nuclear liability bill unknown'
New Delhi, Sep 3 India's move to bring in supplier
liability could have an impact on its nuclear programme
but the actual outcome is still unknown, an official of
the International Energy Agency (IEA) said here Friday.
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