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Aus: Man jailed for 3 months for abusing Indian

An Australian court has sentenced Paul John Brogden of Ballarat in Western Victoria to serve three months in jail after he threatened to kill an Indian taxi driver. Brogden, 48, pleaded guilty in......

We are going to recover people's trust: McCain

US Republican presidential candidateSenator John McCain's speech delivered at the Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday at 10 pm was preceded by a video displaying......

Cardinals Conclave: What you must know

The Conclave of Cardinals to elect the successor to Pope John Paul II begins on Monday with a Votive Mass at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.How is the conclave held?A ready reckoner on the......

Rome prepares to bury John Paul II

US president George Bush and United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan will be among the world leaders attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2.The Pontiff passes onThe......

Pope considered resigning in 2000

Pope John Paul II was contemplating resigning from Papacy in 2000, his testament released on Thursday revealed.The Pope passed away on April 2. He was suffering from Parkinson's disease and some......

Outsourcing is an overused term: Paul Coby

Paul Coby, director of information technology at John Lewis, was one of the early members of British Airway's, IT team that saw its captive unit in India grow. He believes the outsourcing model of......

RIM faces its day of reckoning with BlackBerry 10 launch

The innovative line of BlackBerry smartphones that Research In Motion Ltd will formally unveil on Wednesday has already succeeded on one crucial count - getting RIM back in the conversation.The new......

'Individuals cannot fight corruption'

Avinash Dixit, John J F Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics, Princeton University, is a pioneer of the game theory and a major influence on Nobel laureate Paul Krugman's acclaimed work......

US national debt crosses $16 trillion

The US national debt crossed all time high of $16 trillion on the day the Democratic Party kicked off its three-day convention, during which President Barack Obama would accept nomination to seek......

Sir Paul McCartney: John and I weren't rivals

In their heyday, Sir Paul McCartney and hisThe Beatles co-member John Lennon were the most successful songwriting duo ever to grace popular music. But perhaps as famous are the stories of their......

Bachchan honoured in Deauville

Amitabh Bachchan follows Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Pope John Paul IV as honorary citizen of Deauville, a small scenic town 200 kilometres from Paris. He was......

Argo, Life of Pi win at Oscars 2013

The 85th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les......

Ten GREAT Performances Overlooked By The Oscars

We might all fight about which nominee should win or who didn't deserve her prize, but there are times when Uncle Oscar goofs up royally even before the envelope is opened.Here are 10 performances......

Grammies 2013: Winners at a Glance

The 55th annual Grammy Awards ceremony saw some great wins, and some interesting performances by Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Sting and Bruno Mars.Here's a quick glance at the winners: Album......

Paul Close appointed Team India physio

Team India has found a replacement for John Gloster, albeit a temporary one.Paul Close, the physio at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore and an integral part of director Dav Whatmore's......

Spotted: Waqar Younis in Sydney

ReaderLeo John Paul sent us this picture from Sydney.'I met Waqar Younis, the sultan of reverse swing, in a shopping center in Sydney. He immediately accepted my request for a snap,' writes......

Ferrari race in mourning for Pope

Formula One champions Ferrari raced in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix with a black mark of mourning for Pope John Paul on the nose of their cars.The Polish-born Pope, who visited Ferrari's Maranello......

Driver dies on Phillip Island track

August 9, 2003 | 20:50 ISTDriver dies on Phillip Island track John Bowe and Paul Stokell will start from the front row in round six of the Australian Nations Cup Championship after qualifying in......

Reaction to England soccer hero Beckham's retirement

Reaction to former England captain David Beckham's announcement on Thursday that he is retiring at the end of the French league season: Sepp Blatter (FIFA president) "David Beckham, one of the most......

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Q. how do we better Karol Jozef Wojtyla, son of a polish army captain - Karol Vojtyla ?
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Q. john paul I who was a pope for a short period of one month was the first pope to be born and the last pope to die in the 20th century. He is also rememberd for adopting an interesting naming convention. what ?
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Q. how are popes elected and how did this tradition start ?
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Q. the 2005 documentary Magnificent Desolation was narrated by Tom Hanks, and a oice starcast including Morgan Freeman John travolta and Paul Newman . Its title comes from someone's awestruck two word description of a famous landscape Years later, he would use the same for the title of his autobiography. Identify the personality ?
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Parents withdraw from inquiry into death of US engineer Shane Todd

By Kevin Lim and Pedja Stanisic SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The parents of an American engineer found dead in Singapore last year said on Wednesday they... ...

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Silver coffee pot could set $6 million record at auction

LONDON (Reuters) - An 18th century silver Rococo coffee pot is expected to become the most valuable piece of English silver ever sold at auction... ...

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Pop songwriters find excitement in stage musicals

There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding... ...

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The Vatican Denies Pope Francis Performed an Exorcism

We know. Your first reaction may have been 'What the hell?". But leaving aside discussions of heaven and hell to the men of Gods isn't sufficient... ...

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Apple CEO defies Senate, refuses to repatriate $100 bn

Apple has called for US corporate tax rates to be reduced to "single digits" after it admitted sheltering at least $30bn of international profits... ...

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