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   Not just a flight of fancy

   'Make that supreme
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   America embraces the
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   Lara Dutta to move
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   'The Hindus of Jammu
   won't migrate'

   'Yeah, it's 'Dunlop'    speaking'

   The door to Nirvana

   Barber the great

   On the run, with
   Veerappan

   Death of the
   'Bandit Queen'

   Phoolan deserved a
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   Phoolan knew her
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   'PM must be practical'

   'These are bleeding
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   'Pak thought our
    back was broken'

   'Crossing LoC would
   have had repercussions'

   'Atalji was on
   the offensive'

   'It is a lose-lose situation
   if India-Pakistan do
   not resolve their disputes'

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  'The Indian team does
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Aamir Khan
TOP REPORTS
Preserving Sikh culture at Smithsonian
A gala event celebrating the Sikh culture will be held at the Smithsonian Institute on August 11. 2001. The event will feature a dinner, lectures and entertainment.

Save bull, Maneka urges Spain's king
The minister was dismayed to learn that director Salvador Tavora has been given permission to have a bull tortured and slaughtered as part of his presentation of the opera Carmen on August 11 during the International Festival of Santander.

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  Breaking News
 Cong demands Advani's
 resignation

 Firing, curfew in Jammu

 Red Fort out of bounds
 for general public

 SC refuses to allow all three
 Hindujas to go abroad

 BJP to end confrontation
 with Shiv Sena

 Indian to command UN
 interim force in Lebanon

 NSCN (I-M) helping rebel
 groups in Arunachal

 'Mail Runners' Going strong
 even in Information Age

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Patriarchal societies feel the need to control women SubramanyamThe more things change.....
  Mom, I need
your time
please

Pamela Singh's new passion
Photographer and former Miss India Pamela Singh took the perilous leap from photo-documentarian to photo-artist with the reckless courage that has characterised most of her public ventures. An interview.

Lawmaker held for beating up school owner
The issue was that of three African-American teachers who were being replaced and Garnet Coleman, who has made a career out of race related issues, wanted the teachers to stay, Harsh Kumar explained.

Opposition to Gandhi statue dropped
Riverside Muslims had opposed the plan to set up a Gandhi statue in their city. But after months of negotiation, a compromise, perhaps a sister-city relationship with a Pakistani city, has been worked out.

COLUMN
The end of tradition
'The new policy of replacing the ensign appears to be the navy's effort to get on the swadeshi bandwagon. Will we also now obliterate the names of the navy's first four chiefs and remove their portraits from South Block?' says Admiral (retd) J G Nadkarni .

MONEY
$540-mn US pref trade access to India
'This gives us a tangible aspect of trying to improve an important trading relationship,' US Trade Representative Robert B Zoellick told reporters in Delhi.

MOVIES
That brooding intensity
Ajay Devgan promises to sear in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke.

'Sameer's closest to me'
Saif Ali Khan on his role in Dil Chahta Hai

CRICKET
Vandort slams 116 as Indians toil
The young opener rescued Sri Lanka Board President's XI after they were reduced to 45 for 3 within the first 10 overs.

Zaheer Khan cleared to play in Lanka
"The injury is...more to do with the muscle. Nothing to do with the bone," said National selector T A Sekar.

SPORTS
India score over England
Deepak Thakur's late goal gave India their first victory in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.

Paes-Bhupathi beat Jensens
The ace Indian pair entered the second round of the Masters Series doubles tournament at Cincinnati.

Gopichand wins Grand Prix opener
The Indian ace dropped the first game but won comfortably.

GUIDE TO THE NET
Wanna bet?
Lawyer Anubha Charan thumbs her books to see what chances online gambling has.

Man rescued after falling into erupting volcano
A man has been rescued after falling 85 feet into the summit crater of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano while trying to retrieve his baseball cap.

Can I access my office mail from home?
Dr Know knows how.

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 Yashwant Sinha unfazed
 by S&P downgrade

 Jalan says GDP to grow
 6-6.5% in 2001-02

 Hiten Dalal surrenders
 before Bombay court

 Taureans most likely
 to buy online: survey

 Intel to strengthen ties
 with India's Sasken

 Latest corporate headlines

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 Javed Miandad to train
 Bangladeshi cricketers

 Bacher wants to market
 South Africa

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 Jhadhav's family basks
 in Arjuna glory

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 Arvind Lavakare on the
 Sena-Vajpayee showdown

 Anil Athale's reality check on the Agra summit

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