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World's top guns compete in counterterrorism Olympics

A New York Times report reveals what went down as the Special Forces of 18 countries faced off in mock battle. It’s the sort of scenario you see in Hollywood movies about the shadowy world of......

Rushdie divides British cabinet

As anger mounts across the Muslim world over the naming of author Salman Rushdie in the Queen's latest birthday honors list, the British cabinet finds itself divided on the issue. The Daily......

Kiran Desai shortlisted for Booker Prize

Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss is among the six novels shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize, the most important British award for literature. Kate Grenville's The Secret River, M J......

Just who is Mirwaiz Umer Farooq?

All-Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is in the thick of it all, because of the Hurriyat's talks with Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. Here's a quick guide to the Kashmiri......

5 innovations that will change our lives!

International Business Machines, the multinational computer technology giant, on Monday unveiled the 'IBM Next Five in Five' study, which is its view on five innovations that have the potential of......

Market will rebound once govt is formed

"There is no need to panic. Remember, the Chinese word for crisis and opportunity is same. History shows that the best time to buy is in a crisis," says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.ATAENOOR:SIR, WHAT......

'Soft interest rate likely to continue'

'Changes in the administered rate of interest, RBI's move to reduce the repo and RBI relief bond rates will sustain the low interest rates,' says A Balasubramanian, Head (income funds), Birla......

'Opportunity to kickstart the economy is lost'

'This is a budget with no vision, no strategy and no road map. I do not think that growth rate will go beyond 4 to 5 per cent that we have seen in the past few years,' says Prithviraj......

Jay Leno gets himself a Nano!

It looks like chat show host Jay Leno has added to his famous car collection by getting himself a Tata Nano!Leno marked the occasion by wearing matching traditional Indian wear, and getting dancers......

How RGV became a director!

We have seen Ram Gopal Varma's films, and know of his talent. But how many of us actually know how he became a director? Did you know, for example, that RGV was an engineer before he became a......

Kajol's trade secrets, Aamir's apprehension!

Surprisingly, Yash Chopra's Fanaa has not been promoted in regular Bollywood style. There have been no interviews of the leading cast -- Aamir Khan, Kajol and Tabu -- or the director, Kunal......

Mallika Sherawat hits CNN

If you tune in to the news channel's Talk Asia this week, you will find Lorraine Hahn chatting with the Bollywood bombshell currently in the news for her role in Jackie Chan's The Myth.Mallika......

When Salman met Fidel Castro

Diana Hayden has spent a month introducing us to famous historical figures on Biography. And now it's time for the first phase to end.All of May, we were acquainted with icons from world politics,......

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