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December 18 NEWS N-Ban on 51 Indian Organizations Removed It actually worked against US interests, say the Pentagon and some leaders in Congress. NEWS Prison For Sex-Offenders Halted Judge Robert Longhi says he will review documents that Woodbridge officials want released to them in their battle to keep the prison out of town. BUSINESS Online Indian Grocer Gets Money Backing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Benchmark Capital invest $ 12 million in EthnicGrocer.com. ACHIEVER Marshall Scholar Wants To Study Racial Issues So 'progressive' editor Sujit Mundayat Raman chose Bristol university over Oxford. December 17 MOVIES Of Mice, Men And Manoj Shyamalan The hit director of The Sixth Sense opts for a heartwarming cat and mouse story this time. NEWS Emergency! Docs Wanted But despite a severe shortage of medical doctors in Canada, red tape and reputation collude to make things difficult for Indian doctors. OPINION It's One Hell Of A Life Medicine is a wonderful field, but it asks, it demands, much of anyone who enters it, says Dr Balamurali K Ambati, and Dr Jayakrishna Ambati. HUMOR Staying Home For The Holidays 'We were advised to avoid discussions of religion and politics at holiday dinners unless our hosts requested our views. The advice was useless. We received no invitations.' NEWS Indian Rivals Won't Join Battle Moe Sihota says he won't run for premiership of British Columbia. December 16 MOVIES Cold Turkeys at Desi Box Office Exhibitors on both sides of the Atlantic pray for a Christmas miracle as 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain' and 'Thakshak' fail to draw the crowds. OPINION Feeling Good About Being South Asian NRI professor Amitava Kumar reflects on his recent visit to India. NEWS Calcutta-Born Professor Trains Wheel Warriors As many as 800 lives and $ 3 billion could be saved if every driver followed some basic rules for just one week, says Dr Sheila Sarkar. FAITH NY Ranganatha Temple Nears Completion But it is still short of the $ 1 million required to provide the finishing touches. December 15 MOVIES A Global Success Story Pentafour's Sinbad is the first-ever feature-length film fully animated using motion capture. NEWS Chicago Joins the War On Bidis The city council voted unanimously for a ban on bidis to somehow contain the teenage fascination for them. NEWS Professor Wins $ 200,000, Drops Suit Mahabir had alleged that department chairman Cobie Harris, who is black, did not want a non-African American to teach black studies. HUMOR The Beauty Raj The last century had begun with the British Raj consolidating its hold. This coming century will give way to the reign of new rulers, the beauty queens. Archives |
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