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Breaking News Mon, 28 Jan 2013
Indian Hindu Pilgrims take the holy dip  at Gangasagar Island, some 150 kms south of Kolkata, on the occasion of Makarsankranti festival in Kolkata on Sunday, 13 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology, Eastern India
Hindu   India   Photos   Religion   Wikipedia: Kumbh Mela  
Kumbh Mela: India's Hindu Naga nuns get their own space
For the first time, women ascetics from the elite Hindu Naga - meaning naked - holy order have won the right to have their own separate camp at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering, in A... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) BBC News
Shri Amitabh Bachchan.
Bollywood   Celebrities   Entertainment   Photos  
Big B named 'India's prime Icon'
| Amitabh Bachchan received 'India's Prime Icon' award by Big CBS channel in Mumbai, recently. | The 70-year-old superstar, who is still giving tough competition to other Bollywood bigwigs like Aamir ... (photo: PIB of India) Deccan Chronicle
Indian women given kitchen knives and chilli powder to protect against rape Indian women given kitchen knives and chilli powder to protect against rape
A political party in India is handing out kitchen knives and chilli powder to women following a gang rape in the capital New Delhi that ignited a national debate on the best way to tackle sex crimes. ... (photo: WN / Agnieszka Dziubiska) The Daily Telegraph
Asia   India   Photos   Wikipedia: India   Women  
Cold, clear morning in Delhi Cold, clear morning in Delhi
| Tweet | New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Delhi experienced a cold, sunny morning Friday as the minimum temperature settled two notches below average at 5.6 degrees Celsius. The Met office has forecast a cle... (photo: WN / Geeta) Newstrack India
Delhi   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Delhi   Winter  
Top Stories
File - A checkpoint at the Demilitiarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea. Why sticks don't work with North Korea
| By Charles Armstrong, Special to CNN | Editor’s note: Charles Armstrong is the director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. The views expressed ... (photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson) CNN
N Korea   Nuclear   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction  
humanitarian news and analysis humanitarian news and analysis
a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |        - Select a country - Afghanistan Angola Bangladesh Ben... (photo: UN / Rick Bajorna) IRINnews
Afghanistan   Burundi   Humanitarian   Photos   Wikipedia: Burundi  
Indian women given kitchen knives and chilli powder to protect against rape Indian women given kitchen knives and chilli powder to protect against rape
A political party in India is handing out kitchen knives and chilli powder to women following a gang rape in the capital New Delhi that ignited a national debate on the b... (photo: WN / Agnieszka Dziubiska) The Daily Telegraph
Asia   India   Photos   Wikipedia: India   Women  
Cold, clear morning in Delhi Cold, clear morning in Delhi
| Tweet | New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Delhi experienced a cold, sunny morning Friday as the minimum temperature settled two notches below average at 5.6 degrees Celsius. The... (photo: WN / Geeta) Newstrack India
Delhi   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Delhi   Winter  
Cordial relations between India and China essential: Dalai Lama Cordial relations between India and China essential: Dalai Lama
| Tweet | Jaipur, Jan 25 (ANI): Revered spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that cordial relations between India and China were essential to maintain a genuine frien... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Newstrack India
China   Dalai Lama   India   Photos   Wikipedia: 14th Dalai Lama  
US lifts ban on women in frontline combat US lifts ban on women in frontline combat
| US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has lifted a ban on women serving in ground combat, saying female troops had proven their courage in a decade of war. | The decision r... (photo: US DoD / A. Kirk-Cuomo) Al Jazeera
Combat   Defence   Photos   Women  
Internet Women
In Asia’s trend-setting cities, iPhone fatigue sets in
Chinese Communist Party Publication Says Capitalism Is Appro
Stop using pirated software: US to Indian exporters
Hundreds of thousands in communication blackout as Telstra o
The website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), warning on the dangers of Internet Fraud as seen on this November 19, 2009 photo.
Hackers take over US sentencing commission website
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Suu Kyi to meet South Korea's first female leader
Suu Kyi to meet South Korea's first female leader
Boeing 787 probe shifts to monitoring system maker
Suu Kyi to meet South Korea's first female leader
A Direct North General View of Sydney Cove, painted by convict and artist Thomas Watling in 1794. In 1770, British sea Captain Lieutenant James Cook landed in Botany Bay on the Kurnell Peninsula.
Scientists say Asians got to Australia long before Captain Cook
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Entertainment Culture
Thanks to Psy, S. Korea dreams of conquering music world
After Psy, S. Korea dreams of conquering music world
Ranbir Kapoor to strike against film ban
Toa Fraser: Finding the real Auckland
Shri Amitabh Bachchan.
Big B named 'India's prime Icon'
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We have no literary culture in India: Jeet Thayil
Ranbir Kapoor to strike against film ban
Pakistanis allege harassment at foreigners registration offi
China artists work up-close with old masters in Madrid
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, meets with Togo President Faure Gnassingbe, center, and Gilchrist Olympio, President of the Union of Forces for Change, the country's main opposition party and the son of Togo's first elected president, at the Presidential Palace in Lome, Togo, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week is taking stock of democratic advances in West Africa after an intense year of diplomacy preoccupied by the Arab Spring. The region's improvements in multiparty governance and the rule of law have come in fits and starts, and often on the back of political violence.
President Hillary Clinton? If she wants it
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Radio & TV Society
South Asia Media Solidarity Network e-Bulletin, January 2013
Auckland Anniversary Day gift to the people of Auckland
  Japan To Lau
Media fraternity's call
Facebook website - Social network
Facebook unveils social search feature
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Boeing 787 probe shifts to monitoring system maker
North Korea fuels speculation of nuclear device explosion
National scene: Jamsostek has new details on social security
Greater Jakarta: Woman loses Rp 31 million in online scam
Asian Development Bank - ADB  Headquarters, Manila
ADB, World Bank to step up work in Myanmar after arrears paid
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Sports Health & Lifestyle
World Baseball Classic draws little interest in U.S.
Japanese philanderers still faithful to discreet flip phone
Two new faces for New Zealand
Follow all the action from Australia's T20 clash with S
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his win over Britain's Andy Murray in the men's final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia
Djokovic beats Murray for 3rd straight Australian title
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Boeing 787 probe shifts to monitoring system maker
Deal signed to clear Myanmar debt, allow new loans
Charity walkers head for Parliament
Bangladesh probing if factory's 1 exit was locked
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his win over Britain's Andy Murray in the men's final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia
Djokovic beats Murray for 3rd straight Australian title
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