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India developing tech to launch 6-tonne satellite

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Security breach at PM-Obama dinner!

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There were uninvited guests at the White House State where Manmohan-Obama dined on Tuesday.
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Obama to Announce Afghanistan Plan Tues.
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President Obama will lay out his strategy on Afghanistan Tuesday in an address to the nation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the White House said Wednesday. While still mum on the details --spokesman Robert Gibbs said Mr. Obama hasn't even told him whether a final decision has been reached --the White House said the president will tell Americans what's at stake. "We're in the ninth year of our efforts in Afghanistan. The American people are going to want to know why we're here, they're going to want to know what our interests are," Mr. Gibbs said. "The ... Email

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