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Suu Kyi and Rahul Gandhi's common link at Congress HQ

For two years beginning 1961, the Congress party's headquarters in New Delhi played host to Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in......

'Obama administration jeopardised national security'

A powerful House committee chairman has accused the Obama administration of jeopardising national security by providing classified information to two filmmakers producing a movie on the raid by......

No poll promises for these forgotten villages

As West Bengal readies for its sixth and final phase of the assembly election, rediff.com's Sanchari Bhattacharya visits the Maoist-affected districts West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia, to find......

How India is flexing its muscles at the UN

India's entry into the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member has kicked off a flurry of consultations with the world powers over issues related to the powerful world body,......

When India and Pakistan almost resolved Kashmir

An agreement on Kashmir is coming sooner than anyone might think, an optimistic Pervez Musharraf had told top US Congressional leaders in 2007, informing them that India and Pakistan were on verge......

The world's best nations to do business in

East Asian economies Singapore and Hong Kong continue to top the World Economic Forum's 'Global Enabling Trade' rankings, by the World Economic Forum. India ranks low in the index at 84 with a......

Infographics: The rising Indian economy

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

The world's busiest airports

It was once observed that the economic health of New York could be accurately traced by the number of restaurant table napkins being laundered. Airport activity is an equally precise economic......

Indra Nooyi, world's 4th most powerful woman

Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia are among the 100 most powerful women in the world.India-born......

50 pieces of silver: The Gospel according to Tarantino

As Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino turns 50, Raja Sen comes up with a light-hearted write-up on what would happen if the director decided to make the Bible no less.I always picture Quentin......

Fabulous films coming up at a Mumbai theatre near you!

The Mumbai Film Festival-- held from October 18 to 25 -- aims to be less of a niche event and more a genuine melting-pot.First things first: whoever curated the line-up of the Mumbai Film Festival......

Look who's turning 30

Guess what Natalie Portman, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears have in common? Well, they were all born in 1981, which makes them 30 this year. Here's a look at the others who touch the 30......

Aishwarya bats for Shankar

This was one audio launch the Tamil film industry was not going to forget very soon. After all, it's not everyday that you get Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to release an audio album. The actress was in......

Queen Latifah doesn't bring down the house

The rising fortunes of the affable Queen Latifah get rudely derailed as Taxi, her first film with top billing, takes too many wrong turns. The mirthless crime comedy that opened to mostly negative......

Images: Liverpool continue to slide, Chelsea held

Liverpool's new owners watched their team slump to a comprehensive 2-0 defeat at Merseyside rivals Everton which sent them second bottom of the Premier League on Sunday. Manchester City won 3-2 at......

Form book is against United in Spain: Ferguson

Manchester United will have to rip up the form book if they are to claim victory at Valencia in Champions League Group C on Wednesday, according to the English club's manager, Alex Ferguson.......

World Cup chiefs won't ban vuvuzelas

Vuvuzela trumpets will not be banned from the World Cup, organisers say, despite complaints from teams over the cacophony and a run on earplugs as South Africans fret about their hearing. The......

WADA's decade of hope against dope

The following are 10 significant events that have helped to shape the fight against the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport in the decade since the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was......

Crashes, upsets mark BMX Olympic debut

Anne-Caroline Chausson of France and Latvian Maris Strombergs won gold medals in the debut Olympic finals of BMX on Friday after crash-filled runs that showed the extreme edge of the rough and......

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Pfizer takes shot at vaccine for superbug

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the... ...

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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama

By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has... ...

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UK teen comes back from dead

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