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TEXT: US President Obama's State of the Union address

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency.Here's the verbatim text of his......

Ice and thick fog descends on UK, flights cancelled

Airports across United Kingdom including Europe's busiest, Heathrow, have been forced to cancel dozens of flights as ice and thick fog descended on the country overnight. Heathrow Airport had......

Earth-like planet found in Alpha Centauri system

Astronomers have discovered a new intriguing exoplanet about the mass of the earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri star system -- the nearest to our planet. It is also the lightest exoplanet......

'Detention of marines hurting anti-piracy efforts'

Amid the continued row over the detention of two Italian marines by India, Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said he expects New Delhi will arrive at a "quick" solution on the issue, which is......

EU forces strike at Somali pirates land bases

Deploying helicopter gunships and airborne troops, the European Union on Tuesday for the first time struck land bases of Somali pirates, sinking five fast patrol boats of the sea-bandits, who have......

Europe's snowfall sends tourists Down Under

With heavy snowfall in Europe, outbound tourists this season have been forced to turn to warmer climes in the southern hemisphere. And countries like Australia and New Zealand are literally......

'Malta offers great opportunity to Indian firms'

The southern European island nation of Malta is keen on expanding business ties with India. Finance Minister of Malta, Tonio Finech, will lead a high level delegation to India in the last week of......

Indonesia overtakes India as the most optimistic market

Indonesia overtook India as the most optimistic consumer market globally, according to a survey by global information and insights company Nielsen. Japan, where the central bank has aggressively......

COLUMN: Legitimising myths about gold imports

The massive buyers of gold in the past two years have not been distressed farmers or manual scavengers, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. When an economic crisis hits, everyone goes looking for someone to......

Markets end lower amid weak global cues

Markets ended lower on Monday, amid weak global cues, weighed down by selling pressure in rate sensitive shares as investors turned cautious ahead of the RBI policy on Tuesday.The 30-share Sensex......

Oscar buzz for Spielberg-Reliance combo The Help

Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks -- with funding from Indian media conglomerate Reliance -- continues to enjoy a solid run across North America with the civil rights drama The Help. This is the first......

'Aamir thought Peepli Live! was a big joke'

Anusha Rizvi is a former NDTV producer. In her first feature film Peepli Live -- produced by Aamir Khan, two poor, broken down farmers and brothers (Budhia and Natha) are about to lose their family......

Pix: Bollywood ushers in IPL-3

Bollywood was on hand to usher in the third season of the cricket extravaganza known as the Indian Premier League at a pre-IPL launch party in Mumbai on Thursday. The third season kicks of today.......

Farhan and Hrithik's birthday bash

It was a birthday unlike others. Close friends Farhan Akhtar and Hrithik Roshan decided to celebrate their 36th birthday together at a posh lounge in Mumbai's Juhu suburb.......

'It's been an incredible journey'

Sound design in the movies is a blind spot for many of us -- often times, we don't realise how well sounds enhances a film. Not surprisingly, sound technicians often feel left out, as they do not......

So far so good for Klinsmann

It is a long way from northern Europe's frozen soccer pitches to southern California's surfer-filled beaches but Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann stays tuned to his homeland from half a world......

Race calendar keeps Formula One fans guessing

For a sport timed down to the thousandth of a second and measured in millimetres, Formula One seems to be finding it surprisingly difficult to get to grips with a calendar. With little more than......

Lazio fined for racist chanting at Europa game

Lazio have been fined 40,000 euros for racist behaviour by their fans during the Europa League tie at Tottenham Hotspur last month, UEFA said on Thursday. According to media reports Spurs striker......

England U-21 players attacked by Serbia opponents

England players and officials were attacked by their Serbian opponents and racially abused by home fans moments after a 1-0 win over Serbia in a European Under-21 playoff on Tuesday. England,......

Win or bust for Poland and Greece at Euro

Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland and Greece face win or bust situations on Saturday as Group A goes down to the wire with simultaneous kick-offs for the first time since the tournament began. Poland,......

People speak for southern european

QNA

Q. TRUE OR FALSESouthern European women hugely outnumber their menfolk amongst the unemployed
Rajan: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/true-or-falsesouthern-european-women-hugely-outnumber-their-/25113661/answers/

Q. Who actually discovered America ?
Truth Exposed: A. TRUE more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-actually-discovered-america-/22143715/answers/25113692

Q. riddling master riddles - Where did the name Santa Claus originate from? "Sinterklaas", from the Dutch "Santa Claws", from the colonial British bedtime story "Santaclause", from the German "Siintaklass", which means "Christmas" in Finnish
Rising Sun: A. According to a british historian, it can be proved with much evidence that Zheng He had discovered most parts of the world in the middle of the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/riddling-master-riddles---where-did-the-name-santa-claus-ori/21531554/answers/22143724

Q. WHO is considered the founding father of secular thought, becoming known as "The Commentator" in the western world ?
Khabardar: A. The city of Bari in southern Italy claims to be the spiritual home of Santa Claus, the City boasts, the final resting place of St. Nicholas, the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-is-considered-the-founding-father-of-secular-thought-bec/21402559/answers/21531571

Q. Amrood kitne prakaar ke hote hain ?
Nauty: A. Averros (AKA Ibn Rushd or Ibn Roschd or, in full, Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) (1126 - 1198) was a Spanish-Arabic philosopher,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/amrood-kitne-prakaar-ke-hote-hain-/21204324/answers/21402591

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Vodafone Misses Earnings and Rev - Analyst Blog

VODAFONE GROUP PLC (VOD) reported its financial results for the year ending Mar 31, 2013. The company reported earnings per share of 15.65 pence... ...

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Riverwood Solutions Announces New Office Opening in China

Riverwood Solutions, the innovator in managed supply chain services and operations consulting, today announced the opening of its newest office in... ...

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Indian imams to visit Auschwitz for Holocaust awareness

A delegation of 22 Muslim clerics, including from India, would visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland this week as part of a... ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/restofasia/Indian-imams-to-visit-Auschwitz-for-Holocaust-awareness/Article1-1064189.aspx

Apple CEO Tim Cook unapologetic for company's tax strategy

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found that Apple in 2012 alone avoided paying $9 billion in US taxes, using a strategy... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/tech/apple-ceo-tim-cook-unapologetic-for-companys-tax-strategy-805095.html

Vodafone profit plunges by 90 percent on euro zone crisis

London: British mobile phone giant Vodafone on Tuesday reported a 90-percent plunge in annual net profit after taking a vast impairment charge... ...

http://post.jagran.com/vodafone-profit-plunges-by-90-percent-on-euro-zone-crisis-1369203913

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