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Deal to procure VVIP choppers for IAF under scanner

The deal to procure 12 VVIP choppers for the IAF is under scanner as an American-Italian person is being investigated for allegedly paying kickbacks for securing the deal for Agusta Westland.......

US student Amanda Knox acquitted of murdering British roommate

American student Amanda Knox has been freed from an Italian prison after winning an appeal against her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007. A jury decided that......

Italian court convicts Mumbai-born CIA spy

Among the 23 American CIA officers convicted by an Italian court on Wednesday for their role in the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in 2003, is the Mumbai-born Sabrina de Sousa. Abu Omar was......

Abu Abbas, hijacker of Achille Lauro, dead

Abu Abbas, mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of an Italian passenger ship in which an American tourist was killed, has died in US custody in Iraq, CNN reports quoting Palestinian officials.Abbas was......

Italy pardons US officer, hopes clemency for marines

Italy, which has pardoned a United States air force officer, convicted in absentia last year for his role in the Central Investigation Agency abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect, hoped that......

Diesel eyes repeating US success story in India

Italian premium brand Diesel wants to replicate its American success story in India. The company, which draws $200 million (around Rs 920 crore) in sales in the US markets, sees a similar potential......

General Motors looking for stake in Fiat

Beleaguered General Motors is looking for a stake in Italian car maker Fiat in exchange for the auto giant's Latin American and European operations, says a media report.'Four years after paying $2......

Fiat likely to buy stake in Chrysler

Italian car maker Fiat is in talks to acquire 35 per cent stake in ailing American auto major Chrysler, says a media report. "In an attempt to revive two of the world's storied auto makers, Italy's......

Ford India apologises for indecent ads

Ford India on Monday apologised over advertisements that portrayed women in a derogatory manner, including one in which former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been shown carrying three......

Single-brand retail chains step up India entry pace

After a slow start, action has picked up in the single-brand space in the past month. At least three international companies -- Italy's Officina Farmaceutica Italiana, Thailand's Lotus Arts de......

Patang beats Kahaani, Vicky Donor in New York

A stirring film about reconciliation and healing set amidst India's biggest kite festival in Ahmedabad, Patang was declared the Best Film at the South Asian Rising Stars Awards in New York. It beat......

Del Piero-Dempsey to launch motor racing team

Italian World Cup-winning striker Alessandro Del Piero has joined forces with American actor Patrick Dempsey to launch a new motor racing team which the duo hope to enter in the prestigious Le Mans......

Club America sink AC Milan 2-1

Mexico's Club America notched their second victory over Italian opposition in pre-season action with a 2-1 win against AC Milan in the United States on Wednesday. A fine glancing header from Daniel......

Serena felled by Schnyder in Italian opener

Serena Williams' bid for the Italian Open was squashed in her first match on Tuesday when the American second seed lost 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to Swiss Patty Schnyder.Williams appeared out of sorts from the......

Wiiliams sisters bow out of Italian Open

American Venus Williams lost 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 to Serb title holder Jelena Jankovic in the Italian Open quarter-finals on Friday while her sister Serena pulled out at the same stage of the tournament......

Sania-Bethanie advance to Rome quarters

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands scored a straight set win over Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur to move to the quarter-finals of the WTA Premier event in Rome. The......

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Q. When was the first Ice Cream made?
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Q. what the story about the film Five Miles to Midnight ?
Jameel Ahmed: A. he origins of ice cream can be traced back to at least the 4th century B.C. Early references include the Roman emperor Nero (A.D. 37-68) who...... more

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Q. Actually we are richer then even Americans! Proof President Obama has rejected the helicopter manufactured by Italian firm Finmeccanica's subsidiary Agusta Westland as toooo costly, still we poor country went ahead and purchased the same choppers!!!
SREENIVAS: A. Lisa Macklin, an Italian woman, has a fight with her American husband Robert in a Paris night club. He leaves the next day for a business trip and...... more

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Q. who are the big 5 familes of new york?
Bunty Singh: A. yup ryt more

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Q. if women are very intelligent, then why there are very few women scientist name in physics, chemistry, maths and botany, zoology. I know only madame curie. do you know anybody else. in india they were suppressed but in europe they were given full freedom. they can obtain B.Tech. M.Tech. PhD but why not scientist.
Rajesh: A. The Five Families are the five original Italian American Mafia crime families which have dominated organized crime in the United States since 1931....... more

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It's a quirky world

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Golf-An inconvenience for Colsaerts as he loses to McDowell

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Serena books final berth

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Novelis extends Italian operations

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