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Obamas let the Easter Egg Roll @ White House

The Obamas on Monday welcomed thousands of people in the White House lawns for the annual Easter Egg Roll.The 135th annual White House Easter Egg Roll saw more than 30,000 people visiting the South......

'Musharraf unlikely to have much impact on Pak elections'

The White House has said the return of Pervez Musharraf, the former dictator of Pakistan, is an "internal matter" of the country, even as a top United States diplomat in Islamabad said that the......

Going to Iraq was not right decision: White House

President Barack Obama continues to believe that going to Iraq was not a wise decision, although he agrees Iraq is a better place today as a result of sacrifice made by the US military, 10 years......

Will not accept N Korea as a nuclear state: White House

The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear power, the White House has asserted, as the Pentagon took steps along with its regional allies to thwart off any misadventure from......

Pix: Heavy snow brings Kashmir to halt, power supply cut

Residents of Kashmir Valley woke up to a white blanket of snow outside their houses on Saturday morning. True to MET office forecast, the higher reaches of the valley on Friday received heavy......

Obama to contribute 5% of his salary to Treasury

At a time when US is facing economic strain and automatic budgetary cuts is in place, President Barack Obama will return five per cent of his salary amounting to $20,000 to the Department of......

America Inc all set to torpedo H-1B visa programme

America Inc, is poised to begin a major lobbying effort to counter efforts by some lawmakers like Senator Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, labour unions, and some organisations like the Institute......

America Inc moves against plan to kill H-1B program

America Inc. is poised to begin a major lobbying effort to counter efforts by some lawmakers like Senator Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, labour unions, and some organisations like the Institute......

Obama's $100 mn BRAIN project to beat India, China

Pushing for job-creating discoveries to happen in the US rather than in India or China, President Barack Obama has unveiled an ambitious $100 million project to unlock the "enormous mystery" of the......

H-1B visas could double under Senate plan

The number of H-1B visas issued by the US could double under a proposed Senate immigration plan which would also remove the cap on the green card, a move likely to benefit Indian-American......

Review: Olympus Has Fallen is ambitious but banal

Olympus Has Fallen could do with better writing, writes Aknur Pathak.As America’s geo-political relationship with other countries changes, so does the nationality of the villain in Hollywood.......

Contest: Win EXCITING prizes of Olympus Has Fallen!

Gerald Butler will be seen next in an action thriller called Olympus Has Fallen, releasing on March 22. Butler plays a secret service agent, who rescues the President of America and the White......

Chaudhvin Ka Chand: An ode to Waheeda Rehman's beauty

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman's 1960 film Chaudhvin Ka Chand. Did my heart love till now? forswear it,......

Review: The Attacks of 26/11 gave me a headache

Mr Varma, you were not making a horror film; you were making a film about real lives. Could you not have done it more sensitively, asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, who extensively reported for......

PIX: Looking at Salman, Sussanne, Twinkle's famous stores

Salman Khan, who's on a dream run at the box office at present, has long been known to spread the goodwill and fortune around. While he spearheaded the Being Human charity a while ago, the first......

News media relations with Obama hit low ebb over golf weekend

Relations between the White House and the correspondents who cover it, always edgy and adversarial, have hit a low ebb in a dispute over whether the press should have access to the president during......

Advani eyes corporate lift to continue pro circuit journey

When Pankaj Advani was rewriting history books on the professional circuit, he had hoped that corporate sponsorship would come in good measure but that was not to be. The eight-time world champion......

Pistorius's brother faces trial in woman's road death

Oscar Pistorius's elder brother faces trial for killing a woman in a traffic incident five years ago, the family said on Sunday, confirming a report that dominated South African media two days......

US government sues Armstrong for sponsor money

The United States accused cyclist Lance Armstrong on Friday of defrauding the US Postal Service by taking its sponsorship money at the same time he was doping and using performance-enhancing drugs......

In a first, Obama playing golf with Tiger Woods

President Barack Obama had an intimidating partner for a round of golf on Sunday -- Tiger Woods, the World's No. 2 ranked player, according to a report. Tim Rosaforte, a well-regarded Golf Channel......

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Q. Where does President Obama live ?
Joseph Chacko: A. Casablanca (lit. the White House), original name in Berber) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region. more

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Q. how is ur dream house??
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The Big Brothers are watching

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