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IndiaGazette.com Friday 12th March 2010 Issue 071/2010
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Talks with Taliban bolstered by Pakistan supportTalks with Taliban bolstered by Pakistan support
Afghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the...


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Gates says Gulf countries are worried about IranGates says Gulf countries are worried about Iran
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against...
Christian and Muslim sites being ignored by Israel, says U.S. State DepartmentChristian and Muslim sites being ignored by Israel, says U.S. State Department
The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy...
CIA allegedly engaged in LSD experiment in FranceCIA allegedly engaged in LSD experiment in France
The UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in...
New Chile president takes office as earth continues to shakeNew Chile president takes office as earth continues to shake
Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive...
Indians get a taste of U.S. agriculture productsIndians get a taste of U.S. agriculture products
The US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Thursday inaugurated an annual international food festival 'Aahar-2010' in the national...
Robbie Williams offers Mark Owen his house as getaway
Singer Robbie Williams has come forward to help former 'Take That' bandmate Mark Owen who is going through marriage...
British Airways cabin crews to begin strike next week
British Airways (BA) said Friday it feared 'massive disruption' from threatened strikes by cabin crews later this month as Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a last-ditch negotiated settlement between the airline and trade...
Manmohan Singh to get World Statesman award
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be presented the Appeal of Conscience Foundation 2010 World Statesman Award in September in New...
Hoffman to don director's hat for comedy
Actor Dustin Hoffman is said to be in final talks to direct 'Quartet', a comedy that will star Maggie Smith, Albert Finney and Tom...
Pakistan announce Twenty20 squad, captain to be named later
Holders Pakistan Friday announced their final 15-man squad, without naming the captain, for the World Twenty20 championship in the West...
Stolen remains of Cyprus ex-president reburied
The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen from his grave three months back, has been finally laid to rest in the capital Nicosia, local TV said...
Manmohan Singh to get World Statesman 2010 award
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been declared World Statesman of the year 2010 by the Appeal of Conscience...
Release of 'Wall Street' sequel delayed
The release date of director Oliver Stone's 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleep', which is a sequel to the film released in 1987, has been pushed back from April to...
Nepal Army kills three Dalit women
Only 48 hours after Nepal's communist-led government declared International Women's Day a national public holiday, soldiers shot dead three Dalit women, including a 12-year-old girl, while the authorities tried to hush it up by alleging it to be a...
Young golfer Rory McIlroy happy to be snapped with Tiger Woods
Young golfer Rory McIlroy, who features alongside Tiger Woods on the cover of his latest video game, has broken ranks with many players by saying that he would have no qualms about being pictured with the World...
Britain 'one of world's worst places to raise kids'
Planning to shift to Britian with your entire family? Well, then please take note: The United Kingdom is one of the worst places in the world to raise a...
Joggers have active sex lives
Want to pep up your sex life? Then start jogging, as a new study says joggers have more active sex lives than those who don't...
Pattinson keen to cut an album, may take a break from movies
Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson is keen to venture into the music world, but says he will have to take a break from acting to pursue that because he can't do...
Rakesh Mohan joins Yale faculty
Former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been appointed professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance in the Yale School of Management from July...
UN demands war crime investigation against Burma's military junta
Ahead of this year's controversial Burmese elections, a senior UN official has called for an inquiry against the country's military rulers into allegations of war crimes perpetrated against Burmese...
Rooney felt "weird" to be near World Cup trophy
Ace striker Wayne Rooney, whose form has made England believe that he can bring the World Cup home from South Africa, felt "weird" to be near the trophy he dreams of lifting in triumph...
Ex-Pak hockey greats blasts players, team management for pathetic World Cup show
Former Pakistan hockey players have blasted the current bunch of players and the team management for the deplorable show in ongoing Hockey World Cup in New...
Sharad Pawar to skip IPL-3 opening ceremony
Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sharad Pawar will not attend the opening ceremony of the third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament that kicks off on Friday evening at the D Y Patil Stadium...
Brian Lara lauds Sachin Tendulkar
Ace West Indies cricketer Brian Lara has applauded Sachin Tendulkar's double-century in One-Day International cricket, and says if he has a son then he would like him to bat like...
Rapper Common to marry Serena Williams?
Rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn, better known as Common, has fuelled rumours that he will marry Serena Williams by going public with his love for the tennis...
ICC rejects PCB's appeal against IPL's snubbing of Pak cricketers
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) application against the Indian Premier League (IPL) for snubbing Pakistani cricketers, saying it can not take action against any domestic...
'Aggressive' LA paparazzi disturbs Lohan's social life
Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan says her social life has been wrecked by the 'aggressive' paparazzi of Los Angeles and as a result, she now ends up clubbing at...
Woman travels 14 miles by bus - to cross the road
An 89-year-old British woman travels 14 miles to reach a post office located opposite her home as there is no pedestrian crossing on the main road, a media report Friday...
Now, fresh air bottled in Britain
Fresh air has now been bottled by Britain's National Trust so that it can be given to stressed city workers, a media report said...
Do you work at strip club, Prince Philip asks cadet
Prince Philip, known for his gaffe-prone remarks, asked a sea cadet whether she works at a strip club, a media report said...
`Princess Diana died as attempt to scare her went wrong'
Princess Diana died as an attempt to scare her to leave her lover Dodi Fayed went terribly wrong, a lawyer has...
Himalaya International Ltd. enters nutraceuticals and dietary supplements market
The Himalaya International Limited, India's first frozen food company, has entered the rapidly expanding nutraceuticals and dietary supplements market with the launch of its product under the brand name-'1...
Good wins for Juventus, Hamburg and Liege, Liverpool lose
Juventus, Standard Liege and SV Hamburg were the only sides to record clear wins in their first leg matches of the round of 16 in the Europa League...
Ban calls for more protection for women
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on UN members to offer more protections for women who are victims of violence and other...
Renee Zellweger gifts $100 coffee voucher to paparazzo
Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger gifted a photographer a $100 coffee voucher after he saved her from getting a parking...
Scorsese named top director
The Oscar-winning 'Shutter Island' director Martin Scorsese has been named the best living director in a new US magazine...
Stewart banned from groping Fanning during kiss
'Twilight' star Kristen Stewart was banned from 'groping' Dakota Fanning during their onscreen kiss for new movie 'The Runaways' because her co-star was just 15 when they shot the steamy...
Ashley Tisdale gets piggyback ride from boyfriend
'High School Musical' star Ashley Tisdale and her boyfriend appeared to be a happy-go lucky couple as they took a romantic stroll to her parents' house...
Mark Owen apologises for affairs
Singer Mark Owen has apologised after admitting he cheated on his partner of five years, before they married in...
Sarkozy tells Carla to end holiday with lover
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked his wife Carla Bruni to end a holiday with her lover in Thailand and return home, a news report said. Sarkozy is also travelling to Britain on Friday without his...
Madonna to brand fashion linesMadonna to brand fashion lines
Pop diva Madonna has announced to launch a range of...
Thurman's US flop gets only one viewer in London!
Uma Thurman might not have imagined such a reaction from the audiences. Her latest movie 'Motherhood,' which flopped in the US, fetched only one viewer in...
Pattinson to auction movie costumes for charity
'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson is auctioning some of his movie costumes for...
Anna Nicole Smith's life now in an opera!
Late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's life story is being made into an...
Germany beat England to enter Hockey World Cup final
Two-time defending champion Germany on Thursday defeated England 4-1 in the men's Hockey World Cup semi-finals to stay in the hunt for a third straight...
Proposal to outlaw salt in New York eateriesProposal to outlaw salt in New York eateries
A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant...
Ahmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interferenceAhmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interference
With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...
Philippines police raid kidnappers den and released kidnapped Indian manPhilippines police raid kidnappers den and released kidnapped Indian man
Police officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said...
Some US schools closed down after threat receivedSome US schools closed down after threat received
A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking...