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Drones have saved lives in a 'just war' against terror: Obama

United States President Barack Obama Thursday defended the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against terrorists as he outlined the future of his counter-terrorism policies. Read Obama's......

US lawmakers back Srinivasan's confirmation as top court judge

Twenty-one United States lawmakers have sent a letter to the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in support of Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth Srinivasan's nomination to the DC circuit court.......

Support family reunification, activists tell Obama

A coalition of Asian-American groups led by activist Deepa Iyer recently met United States President Barack Obama to urge him to support family reunification in the new comprehensive immigration......

US panel wants Modi included on lookout list besides visa ban

Katrina Lantos Swett, chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, tells Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa that the USCIRF will be uncompromising about denying Gujarat Chief......

Million dollar reward announced for Sajjan's conviction

A United States-based Sikh rights group has announced an award of USD 1 million to any individual, whose testimony and evidence may result in conviction of Sajjan Kumar, the senior Congress leader......

US could save $2 trillion on health costs

The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the US government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with......

Six odd things US Congress just passed

The United States averted economic calamity when lawmakers approved a deal preventing huge tax hikes and spending cuts that would have pushed the world's largest economy off the "fiscal cliff" into......

US Congress resolves 'fiscal cliff' drama

LPG cap in Cong-ruled states to be raised

Congress president and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has directed all party-ruled states to subsidise three additional cylinders a year for domestic liquefied petroleum gas,......

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QNA

Q. What are the similarities between john F kennedy And Abraham Lincoln?
Pawan Gupta: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-similarities-between-john-f-kennedy-and-abraham/25614025/answers/

Q. What was the truman doctrine?
Sonal: A. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-was-the-truman-doctrine/24643664/answers/25614046

Q. why is Mamta so adamant about no confidence motion ?
Angel: A. The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March TWELVE NINETEEN FORTY SEVEN stating that the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-is-mamta-so-adamant-about-no-confidence-motion-/24512706/answers/24643696

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MLA seeks CBI probe on MySugar

Alleging that the funds released by the State Government for Mysore Sugar Company (MySugar) in the city over the past five years, has been misused,... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334306/mla-seeks-cbi-probe-mysugar.html

Obama

United States President Barack Obama Thursday defended the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against terrorists as he outlined the... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/drones-have-saved-lives-in-a-just-war-against-terror-obama/20130524.htm

BJP

Countering the government's and Congress' allegations that the National Democratic Alliance has been an irresponsible and disruptive opposition,... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/upa-not-keen-on-passing-food-land-bills-says-bjp/20130523.htm

Central intervention likely as feud in Kerala Cong flares up

As the rift between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and KPCC chief Ramesh Chennithala snowballed into a crisis in Congress, the high commands... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334145/central-intervention-likely-feud-kerala.html

Four Americans killed in drone strikes, admits US

In a shift from its long-held policy, the Obama administration has admitted for the first time that four American nationals have been killed in the... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/four-americans-killed-in-drone-strikes-admits-us/20130523.htm

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