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India objects to Leno's remark on Golden Temple
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India objects to Leno's remark on Golden Temple
Washington: India has strongly "objected" to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it "quite unfortunate". Leno, the host of the popular "The Tonight Show" on... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
Sir Salman Rushdie With Students
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Rushdie: India authorities gave 'false intelligence'
Author Salman Rushdie has accused authorities in the Indian state of Rajasthan of giving "false intelligence information" of a threat to his life. Mr Rushdie withdrew from the Jaipur literature... (photo: Creative Commons)
A demonstrator shouts anti government slogans in Thessaloniki, Greece  Friday Sept. 10, 2010. Unions are staging protests in Thessaloniki ahead of an annual weekend speech on the state of the economy by Prime Minister George Papandreou. Unions are angry at plans by Papandreou's Socialist government to sell-off and reform loss-making state enterprises and relax labor rules as part of an effort deal with Greece's acute debt crisis.  BBC News 
Trust in government has 'suffered a severe breakdown'
Public trust in government has suffered a severe breakdown across the world, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer. Governments have been blamed for the financial and political chaos of 2011. In 17... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis)
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The political leader of Tibet, Dr. Lobsang Sangay during the 63rd Anniversary of International Human Rights Day, Dharamshala, H.P, India, 10th December 2011.  The Examiner 
Dr Lobsang Sangay urges China to stay out of Indo-Tibetan matters
The Tibetan government in exile has been fortunate to have found a home in India where democratic traditions favor the Tibetan cause. A desire by Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay to have China... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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Iranian rescuers scour the waters for victims of a capsized boat, at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, some 1300 miles (2100 kilometers) south east of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. The boat sank Saturday evening while sailing between Hormuz Island and the port city of Bandar Abbas on the mainland. (AP Photo/Sami Hozni) Al Jazeera
Many drown in Iran boat accident
At least 16 people have died after a passenger boat sank off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency has reported. The boat sank on Saturday... (photo: AP / Sami Hozni)
Accident   Iran   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran
President Barack Obama holds conference call on Hurricane Irene with FEMA Director Craig Fugate, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, and John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, in Chilmark, Massachusetts, August 25, 2011. Tulsa World
Eye on State of the Union, Obama promotes tourism
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is citing his work to bolster tourism and aid the economy as he readies to outline his election-year priorities. Obama used his... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Economy   Photos   Tourism   Washington   Wikipedia: Tourism in the United States
Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Al Jazeera
Arab League to decide on Syria mission's fate
Arab League foreign ministers are due to meet in Cairo to discuss the future of an observer mission in Syria that critics say has failed to halt the... (photo: AP)
Arab World   Peace   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the 54th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the United Nations Monday, Sept. 20, 1999. The New York Times
Bangladesh: 5 Islamists Arrested in Coup Attempt, Military Says
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Bangladeshi special forces arrested five members of a banned Islamic group... (photo: AP / Stuart Ramson)
Bangladesh   Islamists   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Bangladesh
Eurotel Hotel in Makati City, Philippines Sun Star
Services sector to banner job opportunities from 2012-2020
MANILA—The services sector, which includes supermarkets, banks, hotels and restaurants and logistics, will be the main creators of jobs between the years 2012 and 2020,... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Banks   Hotels   Manila   Photos   Services   Wikipedia: Manila
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, top left, dips below 10,000 as shown on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, in New York. Palm Beach Post
With Nasdaq soaring, is 2012 tech's breakout year?
WASHINGTON — The stock market has had an impressive January. The staid companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average have gained 4 percent in three weeks,... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
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