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  <title><![CDATA[In PHOTOS: The region India can no longer IGNORE]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-region-india-can-no-longer-ignore/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[India must sit up and take notice of the activities going on in Gilgit-Baltistan due to the immense strategic importance of the region, according to G Parthasarathi, former ambassador to Pakistan.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:49:05 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Swamy moves SC against trial court order on Chidambaram]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/swamy-moves-sc-against-trial-court-order-on-chidambaram/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the trial court order which had held that Home Minister P Chidmbaram did not indulge in any criminal conspiracy in the 2G case and refused to make him an accused in it. Swamy has alleged that Chidambaram as culpable as former telecom minister A Raja as he also had a role in deciding the spectrum pricing and allowing telecom companies to off-load shares to foreign firms.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:47:13 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Thousands attend funeral procession of slain CPM MLA]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/thousands-attend-funeral-procession-of-slain-cpm-mla/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Left Front workers on Thursday joined the funeral procession of former Communist Party of India - Marxist member of Legislative Assembly Pradip Tah, who was killed in an attack in Burdwan town of West Bengal.     Tah's body, brought to the city from Burdwan on Wednesday night, was taken to the CPI-M headquarters in the city where former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Left Front chairman Biman Bose, Communist Party of India state secretary Manju Majumdar.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:33:44 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italy minister meets arrested naval guards in Kerala]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/italy-minister-meets-arrested-naval-guards-in-kerala/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Stefan de Mistura on Thursday met the two arrested naval guards, charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, at nearby Wellington Island. He was accompanied by Italian Ambassador Giacomo Sanfelice, Consul General in Mumbai Giampaolo Cuttillo and the ship's captain. Mistura's meeting on Wednesday night with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at Kottayam had failed to end the stand-off over the issue.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:23:07 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cherie Blair sues Murdoch's company over phone hacking]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/cherie-blair-sues-murdochs-company-over-phone-hacking/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Cherie Blair, barrister and wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, has sued the now-defunct News of the World over hacking of her phone, joining a host of celebrities and others who have initiated legal proceedings against media baron Rupert Murdoch's company. Cherie's solicitor Graham Atkins confirmed that a claim had been made "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails" against News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:30:14 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[5 suspected bank robbers shot dead in Chennai encounter]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/five-suspected-bank-robbers-shot-dead-in-chennai-encounter/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Five persons were on Thursday shot dead in an encounter for their alleged involvement in a bank robbery case in Chennai, said the police. "Five persons were shot dead around 1 am in connection with the bank robbery case," said Commissioner of Police J K Tripathy. Acting on a tip-off, a police team surrounded a house in Vandikaran Street in Velachery around 1 am and asked the suspects to come out, another police officer said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:21:10 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/five-suspected-bank-robbers-shot-dead-in-chennai-encounter/20120223.htm</guid>
  <atom:published xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-02-23T12:21:10+0530</atom:published>
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  <title><![CDATA['Cong to seek Prez rule if it doesn't get majority in UP']]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-cong-to-seek-prez-rule-in-up-if-it-doesnt-get-majority-jaiswal/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Congress leader Sriprakash Jaiswal on Thursday said if his party fails to get a majority in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, it will seek imposition of President's Rule in the state, a remark that drew a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:03:22 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-cong-to-seek-prez-rule-in-up-if-it-doesnt-get-majority-jaiswal/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Brisk polling in round 5 of UP polls]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-up-fifth-phase-polling-begins-uma-kalyan-singh-in-fray/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Polling for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts is being held on Thursday that would decide the fate of several stalwarts, including firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharati.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:01:04 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-up-fifth-phase-polling-begins-uma-kalyan-singh-in-fray/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[IN PHOTOS: The Rafale's long flight to India]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-in-photos-the-rafales-long-flight-to-india/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The selection of Dassault's Rafale as India's new MMRCA fighter was only the latest step in the Air Force's long and painstaking process to pick itself a winner, writes Ajai Shukla.]]></description>
  <image>http://im.rediff.com/news/2012/feb/20rafale1.jpg</image>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:44:37 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-in-photos-the-rafales-long-flight-to-india/20120223.htm</guid>
  <atom:published xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-02-23T11:44:37+0530</atom:published>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why the UPA will get more fragile after the UP election]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-the-upa-will-get-more-fragile-after-the-up-election/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The Uttar Pradesh election has become like a proverbial elephant. The political parties are looking at it from different angles and their assessments are quite contrary to each other, but not necessarily incorrect. Sheela Bhatt shares the prevailing excitement about the UP election and the best case scenario that the Bharatiya Janata Party is looking forward to on March 6, when the results will be declared.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:17:46 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-the-upa-will-get-more-fragile-after-the-up-election/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Maoists spreading to North-East, warns home ministry]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/home-ministrys-latest-worry-maoist-influx-into-north-east/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has in fact gone to the extent of claiming that Pakistan's external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, was helping Maoists in the state. "The Maoists are spreading in Assam. The ISI has also joined hands with them," Gogoi told journalists after a meeting with Home Minister P Chidambaram earlier this week.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:17:33 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/home-ministrys-latest-worry-maoist-influx-into-north-east/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[NCTC: A good idea handled badly]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/column/nctc-a-good-idea-handled-badly/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The proposed agency to counter terrorism will be preoccupied defending its arrests before the courts and against allegations of human rights violations, points out B Raman]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:44:11 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/column/nctc-a-good-idea-handled-badly/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Avalanches hit army posts in JK, 11 troopers killed]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/avalanches-hit-army-posts-in-jk-20-feared-killed/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Twenty soldiers were feared killed when two avalanches hit army posts in Sonmarg and Gurerz in Jammu and Kashmir early on Thursday morning. According to media reports, six bodies have been recovered so far. Rescue operations have been hit by bad weather.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/avalanches-hit-army-posts-in-jk-20-feared-killed/20120223.htm</guid>
  <atom:published xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-02-23T10:00:02+0530</atom:published>
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  <title><![CDATA[MUST SEE: Uddhav Thackeray's pics of Maharashtra forts]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-must-see-uddhav-thackerays-pixs-of-maharashtra-forts/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Days after we introduced you to the other side of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's, now its time to feast your eyes on photographs clicked by his cousin and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.]]></description>
  <image>http://im.rediff.com/news/2012/feb/22uddhav01.jpg</image>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:33:20 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-must-see-uddhav-thackerays-pixs-of-maharashtra-forts/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italian deputy foreign minister meets Kerala CM]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/italian-deputy-foreign-minister-meets-kerala-cm/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[In the midst of the diplomatic row between New Delhi and Rome over the killing of Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura on Wednesday met Chief Minister Oomen Chandy in Kottayam.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:13:41 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/italian-deputy-foreign-minister-meets-kerala-cm/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group suspends Maldives]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-suspends-maldives/20120223.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Maldives was on Wednesday suspended from the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group -- the most powerful panel of the Commonwealth body -- following the recent developments in the country including the ousting of its democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:35:42 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-suspends-maldives/20120223.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Top Pentagon official apologises for Quran burning]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/top-pentagon-official-apologises-for-quran-burning/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[A high-ranking Pentagon official on apologised to the Afghan leadership for the burning of the Quran by United States military personnel and also discussed the reconciliation process in the war-torn country.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:30:55 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/top-pentagon-official-apologises-for-quran-burning/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Maya stokes Jat reservation fire in West UP]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/maya-stokes-jat-reservation-fire-in-west-up/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Virtually stroking the fire on the suddenly hyped issue of reservation to the Jat community, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday blamed the Congress-led central government for its continued dilly-dallying.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:21:14 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/maya-stokes-jat-reservation-fire-in-west-up/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rahul is too busy now to worry about India's future]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/column/rahul-is-too-busy-now-to-worry-about-indias-future/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Rahul Gandhi can force the Congress to get rid of its old socialist baggage and become a truly secular and forward looking political formation. Instead, he has confused minority communalism with secularism and entitlements with development. This 'youth icon' is too busy fighting 20th century wars to worry about India's future, says Rohit Pradhan.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:08:12 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/column/rahul-is-too-busy-now-to-worry-about-indias-future/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Man shoots four, self at Korean spa in US]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/man-shoots-four-self-at-korean-spa-in-us/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Five people, including two women, were killed in a shooting incident at a Korean spa outside Atlanta, police said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:37:10 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/man-shoots-four-self-at-korean-spa-in-us/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ijaz submits his BlackBerry and 'other evidences']]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ijaz-submits-his-blackberry-and-other-evidences/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on Wednesday submitted his BlackBerry phone and "other evidences" to a Pakistan judicial commission probing the memo scandal that shook the country's powerful military as well as political establishments.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:13:03 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ijaz-submits-his-blackberry-and-other-evidences/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[4 Babbar Khalsa Int men plead guilty in court]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/four-babbar-khalsa-int-men-plead-guilty-in-court/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Four modules of Sikh separatist group Babbar Khalsa International, arrested for planning to target religious figures, were on Wednesday sentenced to imprisonment already undergone after they pleaded guilty for being member of the banned outfit.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:11:04 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/four-babbar-khalsa-int-men-plead-guilty-in-court/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Maldives' new govt appoints panel to probe coup charges]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/maldives-new-govt-appoints-panel-to-probe-coup-charges/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Maldives' new regime has appointed a commission to probe allegations of coup against it following President Mohammed Nasheed's ouster, Male's envoy said on Wednesday, while accusing the toppled leader's Maldivian Democratic Party of reneging on an India-brokered deal to resolve the political impasse.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:02:27 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/maldives-new-govt-appoints-panel-to-probe-coup-charges/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Govt likely to withdraw TADA charges against Abu Salem]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/govt-likely-to-withdraw-tada-charges-against-abu-salem/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The government is likely to withdraw all additional charges against underworld don Abu  Salem and inform Portuguese authorities about the same, official sources said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:56:54 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/govt-likely-to-withdraw-tada-charges-against-abu-salem/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[23 per cent candidates in Goa polls have criminal records]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/twenty-three-per-cent-candidates-in-goa-polls-have-criminal-records/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Out of the 129 candidates contesting the Goa assembly elections, 30 candidates or 23 per cent declared criminal cases. Vicky Nanjappa reports.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:48:22 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/twenty-three-per-cent-candidates-in-goa-polls-have-criminal-records/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[UP polls phase 5: Acid test for Mulayam, Uma Bharti]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-up-polls-phase-5-acid-test-for-mulayam-uma-bharti/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The prestige of Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and that of Bhartiya Janata Party star campaigner Uma Bharti will be at stake during the fifth round of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections on Thursday. Sharat Pradhan reports.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:43:33 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UP results may surprise everyone: Sudheendra Kulkarni]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-up-results-may-surprise-everyone-sudheendra-kulkarni/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[In an exclusive conversation with rediff.com's Onkar Singh, Kulkarni, who was recently in the news for being jailed for allegedly masterminding a sting operation in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam that rocked the UPA government, said that the people would give a clear mandate to one party to form the government.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:33:43 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian kids in foster care are not stateless: India warns Norway]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/two-indian-indian-kids-in-foster-care-are-not-stateless-india-warns-norway/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Reacting strongly to attempts by Norwegian authorities to extend the Residence Permits of two Indian children in foster care there, India today told Norway that they are neither orphans nor stateless persons, and enjoy the protection of the Indian State.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:22:19 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kripashankar Singh resigns as Mumbai Cong chief]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/hc-asks-police-to-prosecute-mumbai-cong-chief/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Kripashankar Singh, Mumbai Pradesh Congress Chief, has resigned from the post in the wake of party's poor showing in the civic elections last week.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:20:17 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[By 2015, China will DOUBLE its military budget]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-is-china-building-a-mightier-more-lethal-defence/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Reports claim that the country's defence spending is set to double by 2015]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:04:56 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ex-Aus PM Rudd quits as FM; slams Gillard]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ex-aus-pm-rudd-quits-as-fm-slams-gillard/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[In a dramatic move, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday saying he could no longer work without the support of Prime Minister Julia Gillard, amid speculation that he may pose a bitter challenge to her leadership.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:41:23 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA['MNS is not against any community']]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-mns-leader-nitin-sardesai-on-bmc-election-results/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has been in the news for its aggressive stance against 'outsiders,' who the MNS says, deny employment opportunities to Maharashtrians. &quot;We are not opposed to other communities, this is a wrong perception about us,&quot; MNS leader Nitin Sardesai insists in an exclusive interview with Rediff.com]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:11 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Anti-US stir in Afghan over Quran burning turns violent]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-afghan-quran-burning-us-apologies-for-horrific-incident/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Led by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, the United States has apologised to the people of Afghanistan on the &quot;inappropriate treatment&quot; of the holy Quran by American soldiers at the Bagram Airbase in a central Afghan province.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:37 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italy moves HC seeking quashing of charges against marines]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fishermen-deaths-italy-deputy-foreign-minister-meets-counterpart-in-delhi/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[As the two countries differed on the issue of arrest of two Italian marines for killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura on Wednesday met Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur in New Delhi to discuss the matter.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:15:43 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA['No Trinamool link to killing of 2 CPI-M leaders']]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/no-trinamool-link-to-killing-of-2-cpim-leaders/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday denied involvement in the killing of two senior Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders in Burdwan town, claiming the two were victims of  "mob fury".]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:03:05 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why India needs the National Counter Terrorism Centre]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-upa-government-gets-stumped-again/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The prime minister should perhaps drop the police role of the NCTC, leaving it free to focus its energies on intelligence gathering, coordination and operations, says a former home ministry official.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:58:04 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Strategic gurus to headline CPR event in New Delhi]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/strategic-gurus-to-headline-cpr-event-in-new-delhi/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[In a rare initiative, the Centre for Policy Research will launch an event -- NonAlignment 2.0: A Foreign and Strategic Policy for India in the Twenty First Century on February 28 in New Delhi, which will focus on India's strategic affairs.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:16:11 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Zardari knows who killed Bhutto, says Musharraf]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/zardari-knows-who-killed-bhutto-says-musharraf/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has denied allegations about his involvement in the assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, saying President Asif Ali Zardari knows who killed her. Reacting to remarks made by Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday during a briefing on the assassination in the Sindh Assembly, Musharraf told TV news channels that the security of political leaders was the responsibility of provincial governments and not the federal government.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:10:28 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[PIX: In chaste Urdu, Meira Kumar wins hearts in Pak]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-pix-in-chaste-urdu-meira-kumar-wins-hearts-in-pakistan/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has floored an audience that included her Pakistani counterpart, senior ministers and parliamentarians by delivering a speech in flawless Urdu laced with couplets from Firaq Gorkhpuri, Majrooh Sultanpuri and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:06:30 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-pix-in-chaste-urdu-meira-kumar-wins-hearts-in-pakistan/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian-American docs win racial discrimination case in US]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/indian-american-doctors-win-racial-discrimination-case-in-us/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Three Indian-American doctors, who were derogatorily called "the Indians" and treated as "second-class citizens" by the chief executive officer of a medical center in the United States, have won a racial discrimination case in a Texas court.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:33 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/indian-american-doctors-win-racial-discrimination-case-in-us/20120222.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[44 IAS officers of 92 batch empanelled as joint secretaries]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/forty-four-ias-officers-of-92-batch-empanelled-as-joint-secretaries/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Goa Governor's secretary Rajeev Verma, Rajasthan chief minister's secretary Rajat Kumar Mishra and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's private secretary Vimlendra Sharan are among 44 lucky Inidian Administrative Service officers of the 1992 batch empanelled for appointment as joint secretaries or equivalent posts at the Centre.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:42:52 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NOT blocking key Taliban figures from flying to Qatar: Pak]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/not-blocking-key-taliban-figures-from-flying-to-qatar-pak/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Pakistan has said it would not hinder the proposed United States-driven initiative to open peace talks with Taliban in Qatar, refuting reports that it had blocked some key Taliban figures from flying to Doha to participate in the process.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:28:40 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pak SC adjourns contempt hearing against Gilani]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pak-sc-adjourns-contempt-hearing-against-gilani/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani till February 28 after admitting evidence and recording the statement of the prosecutor.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:21:13 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Malegaon blast: 'Harassed' M'lore youth to sue NIA]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/malegaon-blast-harassed-mangalore-youth-to-sue-nia/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The two youth from Belthangady in Mangalore who were questioned by the National Investigating Agency over their alleged involvement in the Malegaon blast, have decided to move the state human rights commission alleging harassment -- both physical and mental.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:57:08 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[It's shishya vs guru in Bengaluru over Lingayat vote]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/its-shishya-vs-guru-in-bengaluru-over-lingayat-vote/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The war of words between the 'guru' and 'shishya' never seem to end. Sadananda Gowda, who became the chief minister of Karnataka with the blessings of B S Yeddyurappa, appears to have fallen out with his mentor.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:04:46 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aseemanand says he never met 'Samjhauta bomber']]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/aseemanand-says-he-never-met-samjhauta-bomber/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Samjhauta blast accused Swami Aseemanand on Wednesday denied in court that he had ever met with Kamal Chauhan, who has accepted that he bombed the train that left 68 dead in February 2007.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:03:01 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[26/11: SC to hear intercepted talks among Kasab, handlers]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/sc-to-hear-intercepted-talks-among-kasab-handlers/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The intercepted conversation between the executors of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and their Pakistani handlers during the carnage will be played in the Supreme Court on Thursday after the prosecution said it was an important evidence showing the strikes were "pre-planned".]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:29:19 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Jaipur boy whom India chose to honour]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-arvind-panagariya-the-jaipur-boy-whom-india-chose-to-honour/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[For his distinguished academic accomplishments, Arvind Panagariya was among the Indian Americans awarded with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India this Republic Day. Arthur J Pais spoke to the economist about his amazing life story --from improverished childhood in Jaipur to the hallowed portals of Columbia University in New York.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:22:24 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Adarsh scam: Maha seeks interim report from inquiry panel]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/report/adarsh-scam-maha-govt-seeks-interim-report-from-inquiry-panel/20120222.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[A year after an inquiry commission was set up to probe the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society, the Maharashtra government has sought an interim report from the panel. The state government has filed an application before the two-member inquiry commission, seeking an interim report on two of the 13 issues being looked into by the judicial panel.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:05:38 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Campaigning with Priyanka: Problems in the family borough]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-priyankas-campaign-trail-problems-in-the-family-borough/20120214.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Sheela Bhatt travels with Priyanka Gandhi deep into the villages of Amethi and Rae Bareli and discovers that all is not well in the pocket borough of the Congress First Family.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:09:55 +0530</pubDate>
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