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INDIAN HEADLINES - 01/02/07-PRESENT

Indian refining`s opportunities
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
The 9 million ton, $3.78 billion refinery is likely to be commissioned by 2010 and is to be located in Bhatinda, in the Indian state of Punjab. ...
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Dawnay Day to invest $1.5 bn in Indian realty
Rediff - India
Dawnay Day International, the $10 billion UK-based investment company, is planning to invest $1.5 billion in the booming Indian real estate sector in the ...

Indian, Pakistan pledge to fight terrorism in wake of train bombing
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said whoever was behind the “heinous crime” would be brought to justice, but added that “the investigation has to ...

Indian, Lady Indian Basketball Teams Face Possible First Round ...
ASU Indians - Jonesboro,AR,USA
The Indian Club has also announced that in the case of a Feb. 28 doubleheader, it will honor the parking procedures for a men's basketball game. ...

Trust keeps Indian Hill green
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
INDIAN HILL – The curves and dips of Indian Hill roads are lined with tall, thick trees and for decades, residents have made sure it will stay that way by ...

Indian players stripped of new uniforms
The News - International - Pakistan
The International Cricket Council (ICC) informed the Indian board that only uniforms approved and supplied by the sport’s world governing body can be worn ...
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Sailing a passion for Indian Olympian
Hindu - Chennai,India
(PTI): Sailing since age 11, Indian Olympian Malav Shroff lives and floats in a different world, quite literally in another ocean in the realm of high-end ...

Indian families at financial risk
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Though 96 out of every 100 Indian family may be in dire straits on losing its breadwinner, a whopping 69 of them are confident about their financial ...
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Indian Americans hold key positions in US universities
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Over 8000 Indian professors are enriching university campuses all across the United States with many holding top positions in their ...
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Indian police release sketches of bomb suspects
Reuters - USA
"It is an act of terror designed to interfere and disrupt the peace process between India and Pakistan," said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he ...

Train blasts expose Indian railways woes
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
With some 9000 trains carrying 15 million passengers through 7000 stations every day, protecting the Indian railway network is a security agency’s nightmare ...
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For UK couple, this trip could get them their second Indian baby
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
After being doting parents to a beautiful, healthy Indian baby for the last year and half, the Duncans are ready for their second baby. ...

Indian Bank opens branch in Dharavi slum
Hindu - Chennai,India
Indian Bank launched the financial inclusion project in December 2005 first in the Union Territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry) with a view to providing ...
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Vero will discuss buying Indian River Marina for $4.6 million
Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription) - Fort Pierce,FL,USA
VERO BEACH — The City Council tonight will discuss buying the half-acre Indian River Marina from Lost Tree Village Corp. for $4.6 million. ...

Indian drug giant seeks Merck generic biz
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Also in the race are Indian rival Dr. Reddy`s Laboratories, Israel`s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Switzerland`s Novartis AG Sandoz generics unit and ...
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Mittal buys 49% stake in Indian refinery
Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
NEW DELHI: The Mittal group, controlled by steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, has acquired a 49% stake in an Indian refinery being built by a leading state-run ...
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Check in the i-way to Indian
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
T'PURAM: Indian airlines is planning to introduce online check-in facility at the international airport here within a month. ...
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Indian firms IT budget rising at 16.2%: Study
Business Standard - India
The IT budgets of Indian companies in 2007 is expected to increase by 16.2 per cent whereas the IT spends of global companies will average just about 3.2 ...
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Nepali Maoist Arrested Has Links With Laskar -E-Toiba, Says Indian ...
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
The Indian Army has claimed that a Nepali national, believed to be a Maoist leader, was arrested while purchasing weapons from the terrorist outfit ...
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Spitzer Approves Plan for Indian Casino in Catskills
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
And the project still needs final approval by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, the former governor of Idaho, who opposes Indian casinos on ...

Cheap Indian cotton available, but for how long
The News - International - Pakistan
Economic experts have expressed surprise at spinners’ demand for clearance of Indian cotton through Wagha custom post that lacks infra-structure to handle ...

Cradles to save Indian girls
CathNews - Australia
Mumbai Archbishop Oswald Gracias has welcomed a "cradle scheme" launched by the Indian government to encourage parents to adopt out and not abort their ...

Indian firms set to grab aerospace share
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
BANGALORE: Indian software firms say they are well placed to grab a bigger share of the aerospace market as airplane makers and defence companies look to ...

Cotton prices wrecking Indian farmers
The Japan Times - Japan
MADRAS, India -- The western Indian state of Maharashtra, whose capital is the nation's financial capital Bombay, has made great strides in lifting cotton ...

Indian steel firms eye more foreign buys
Business Times - Malaysia - Malaysia
The Indian firm has spent more than US$400 million in recent years to buy Singapore's NatSteel and Thailand's Millennium Steel, and other Tata companies ...
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Legal aid for deserted Indian wives
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
THE Indian government is to provide legal aid to women deserted by overseas Indian spouses in Bahrain and other countries, it was announced in New Delhi ...

Indian taste for NZ wines opens export opportunity
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
"The [Indian] market's looking for elegance, delicacy and flavour, so New Zealand is well positioned," said Clark. "They like the varieties New Zealand's ...

Peace train attack "inhuman": Indian Cardinal
CathNews - Australia
The Indian Church has condemned an attack on the "peace train" linking India and Pakistan that killed at least 66 people as an "inhuman" tragedy caused by ...
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Monday 5th February 2007

Ratan Tata slams India Inc
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
Indicating that even post-license raj businessmen in India still believe that they can cut corners in getting ahead and influencing politicians he says, ...
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India test-fires Supersonic Brahmos missile
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
In November, India test-fired the indigenously built Prithvi II short-range, nuclear-capable missile and also successfully collided two Prithvi II missiles ...
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China's anti-satellite test worries India
Times of India - New Delhi,India
NEW DELHI: India for the first time on Sunday expressed its deep disquiet about last month's ASAT (anti-satellite) test when China destroyed an aging ...
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Sehwag back in Team India :
konkaniworld - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The nawab of Najafgarh Virender Sehwag makes a comeback to Team India after being rested for the entire series against Brian Lara's men. ...
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Corus buyout shows India Inc has arrived!
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Fortunately the former India is in the forefront as evidenced by the upgrade, after 15 years, of India to investment grade status by Standard & Poor. ...
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India, Croatia pledge 1 mn euros for scientific research
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) India and Croatia have pledged a total of 1 million euros (Rs.57 million) for ramping up their scientific cooperation, ...
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Chinese politcal advisor accuses India of triggering 1962 war
Zee News - Noida,India
Beijing, Feb 04: Ahead of Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing's visit, a Chinese political advisor has accused India of triggering the 1962 Sino-Indian war ...
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India asked to stop killings of innocent Kashmiris
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
The AJK Prime Minister in a message on Kashmir Solidarity Day said that India must not be given membership of Security Council because a usurper can never ...
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Aero India 2007 will be India's biggest ever air show
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By IANS, [RxPG] Bangalore, Feb 4 - The stage is set for the inaugural here Wednesday of India's biggest international air show that will see the ...
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Pakistani President on dialogue with India on Kashmir settlement
Xinhua - Beijing,China
4 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday expressed the hope that the on-going dialogue process with India would lead to the ...
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Sunday 4th February 2007

Building collapse kills 19 in India
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Nineteen people were killed when a wall of a warehouse under construction collapsed near India's financial capital Mumbai, police said. ...
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India recall Sehwag, Munaf for SL one-dayers
The News - International - Pakistan
The four-match series against Sri Lanka is India's last before the World Cup tournament starts in the Caribbean in March. Fast bowler Munaf Patel was also ...
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Private jet traffic to India surges
Central Chronicle - Bhopal,India
New Delhi, Feb 3: Corporate honchos flying into India in their private jets are set to almost triple in the next couple of years as the country emerges as a ...
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India, Yemen cement energy partnership
Hindu - Chennai,India
DUBAI: India and Yemen have cemented their energy partnership by signing a protocol, which would allow Indian investments in all aspects of Yemen's oil and ...
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Building collapses in India, killing 19
Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
MUMBAI, India (AP): The wall of a warehouse under construction collapsed in western India on Saturday, killing at least 19 laborers and injuring six others, ...
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Kashmir leader vows to continue talks with India, Pak
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
"Holding talks with India was called treason. Going to Pakistan was branded the same. I want to ask these leaders who should we talk to if not India and ...
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India, China to set up hotline
Hindu - Chennai,India
4 (PTI): India and China will set up a hotline between their Foreign Ministers next week when Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing undertakes a visit here ...
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Musharraf urges both Pakistan & India to stay firm on peace
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday Pakistan and India should stay steadfast against hardliners and militants opposed to a peace process ...
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India's economy overheating
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
At some point this year, India's growth rate could even outpace China's; and if you measure things by purchasing power parity, India should soon overtake ...
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India, Sweden to act together on climate change
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
"India and Sweden should strengthen cooperation on environment and environment technology and act together for global action on climate change," said Maud ...
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Saturday 2nd February 2007

Fiennes moved by strength of AIDS patients in India rejected by ...
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
MUMBAI, India — Ralph Fiennes, who’s spent the last five days travelling to villages in western India as a UNICEF ambassador, said Wednesday that he was ...
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India to Step Up Surveillance Where Tamil Tigers Roam
ToTheCenter.com - Malverne,NY,USA
Sri Lanka government’s Media Center for National Security, quoting the country’s Foreign Minister, said India has agreed to step up its naval surveillance ...
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Sri Lanka look for revenge in India
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka hope to avenge an embarrassing thrashing by India 15 months ago when they play a four-match series from next week in the build-up to the ...
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Why India’s biggest steel maker can’t shop big overseas
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 2: Tata Steel may have pulled off the biggest deal of the year, but country’s biggest steel producer, Steel Authority of India Ltd ...
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India, Japan CEPA: Tokyo all set for talks in April
Financial Express - Bombay,India
NEW DELHI, FEB 2: The first round of negotiations on India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) concluded here on Friday with both ...
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India drop Sachin Tendulkar? Don't make me laugh
Sportingo - Tel-Aviv,Center,Israel
It's time to face reality; India cannot afford to leave them out. I have seen some interesting posts in various media outlets in the last few weeks relating ...
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Pakistan-India relations have never been better
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that relations have never been better between Pakistan and archrival India, which have fought three wars since their ...
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Fiennes Visits India HIV Patients
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
MUMBAI, India -- Ralph Fiennes, who's spent the last five days traveling to villages in western India as a UNICEF ambassador, said Wednesday that he was ...
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GlaxoSmithKline suing India's Ranbaxy Laboratories for patent ...
International Herald Tribune - France
NEW YORK: Drug developer GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday it is suing India-based generic drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. over patents covering the ...
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India's key interest rate hiked to ease inflation
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By IANS, [RxPG] Mumbai, Jan 31 - Interest rates are set to rise in India with the Reserve Bank of India - Wednesday hiking its repurchase - rate, ...
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India Inc hails Tata's Corus acquisition
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: India Inc on Wednesday hailed the Tata Steel's acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus as a positive and proud development. ...
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India clinches Pepsi Cup in style
Hindu - Chennai,India
INDIA SHINING: The Men in Blue after bagging the Pepsi Cup series against the West Indies. — PHOTO: AP STAR TURN: Sachin Tendulkar composed an unbeaten, ...
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Carrefour to enter India soon
domain-B - India
The deal would give Carrefour a foothold in India after Wal-Mart secured a retail venture with Bharti late last year. A Carrefour spokeswoman said the group ...
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Researchers stop studies in Africa and India after vaginal gels ...
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
Researchers have halted two studies of an anti-AIDS vaginal gel in Africa and India after early results suggested it might raise the risk of HIV infection ...
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India loses Uthappa
Sahara Samay - Noida,India
Vadodara, Jan 31: India have scored 52 runs for the loss of Robin Uthappa's wicket in 8 overs in the fourth and final ODI against West Indies here today, ...
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Seller timetable frustrates Vodafone in India
CityWire.co.uk - London,England,UK
Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin is frustrated about the lack of progress being made on the mobile telephone group's ambitions in India. ...
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Novartis' victory in changing India's patent laws to affect ...
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Novartis is challenging a specific provision of India's patent law, which, if overturned, would see patents being granted far more widely, ...
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India's Shetty to meet UK queen after race row-paper
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who won the British reality television show at the heart of a racist bullying row, looks set to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth ...
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Sony Ericsson to make mobile phones in India
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications will get its GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) mobile phones made in India by contract manufacturers, ...
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Sony Ericsson launches cell phone production in India
Heise Online - Hannover,Germany
The world's fourth-largest cellphone manufacturer, Sony Ericsson, will be having some of its mobile telephones produced in India in order to profit from the ...
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Mirwaiz asks India to consider Musharraf proposals
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
Addressing a massive rally in Srinagar that greeted his arrival from a nine-day visit to Pakistan, the Mirwaiz called upon India to start a `serious’ ...
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India gear up for World Cup
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
It was a perfect end to what has been a perfect series for India. Coach Greg Chappell is relieved and so is Indian skipper Rahul Dravid who seems to have a ...
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Size does not matter for India Inc
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
They, nevertheless, do believe t