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Queen's Baton.
Andhra Pradesh   Commonwealth Games   India   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games  
 The Hindu 
Queen's Baton for city on August 14
| V.V. Subrahmanyam | Governor or Chief Minister to flag off Baton from Charminar | Efforts are on to rope in champion shuttler Saina Nehwal, nominee for the Rajiv Khel Ratna Award | The Baton will le... (photo: PIB of India)
Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron
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 The Telegraph India 
Hit for six: Kapil and Pakistan
New Delhi, July 29: British Prime Minister David Cameron hit Kapil Dev for a tennis-ball six, Pakistan for another hard-ball six and generally acquitted himself well by telling the hosts what they wan... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of I & B, Govt. of India)
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill inaugurating the Remodeled & Reconstructed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on July 27, 2010.The Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit is also seen.  The Times Of India 
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium inaugurated for Commonwealth Games
NEW DELHI: The remodelled, 60,000 capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, showpiece venue for October's Commonwealth Games, was finally inaugurated on Tuesday after several missed deadlines. | The venue, o... (photo: NASA / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India.)
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Suresh Kalmadi- india-Politics-am1  The Times Of India 
No beef on menu during Commonwealth Games: Kalmadi
NEW DELHI: Laying all speculations to rest, the Organising Committee on Wednesday clarified that beef will not be served during the Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held from October 3-14. | "We mad... (photo: WN)
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Sri Lanka: Supreme Court must use its authority
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:44 pm | Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission | Sri Lanka: The Supreme Court must use its authority to expedite the passing of a law on co... (photo: Creative Commons / Rehman)
Asian   Authority   Court   Photos   Wikipedia: Lanka  
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Iraq: Trade Union Banned in the Electricity Sector
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:42 pm | Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation | Iraq: Trade Unions Banned in the Electricity Sector | Brussels, 26 July 2010 (IT... (photo: Public Domain / High Contrast)
Iraq   Online   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Electricity  
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Solomon Islands National Parliamentary elections
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:40 pm | Press Release: Commonwealth Secretariat | Commonwealth announces Group to observe Solomon Islands National Parliamentary elections | Form... (photo: Public Domain / Bradipus)
Commonwealth   Elections   Islands   Photos   Wikipedia: Solomon  
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Government Moves on Media Ethics in Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:33 pm | Press Release: International Federation of Journalists | IFJ Questions Government Moves on Media Ethics in Sri Lanka | The International ... (photo: Creative Commons / Charlesy)
Ethics   Journalists   Lanka   Photos   Wikipedia: Srilanka  
David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative party, delivers his keynote speech during the party's annual spring conference, in the southern coastal city of Brighton The New York Times
In India, British Leader to Focus on Business
| NEW DELHI — British Prime Minister David Cameron has quickly earned a reputation as a relentless cost-cutter. So maybe it should not be surprising that his next o... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
British   Business   Cameron   India   Photos  
An Iranian worker walks in the partially constructed site which is part of South Pars gas field, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf, in Assalouyeh, Iran, Monday, July 19, 2010. Asia Times
Moscow prepares sanctions workaround
|      Jul 23, 2010 Moscow prepares sanctions workaround | By Vladimir Socor | On July 14 in Moscow, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Irania... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran   Photos   Russia   Sanctions   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Metro Manila water supply is worsening due to the long dry spell Inquirer
Water crisis may worsen
| MANILA, Philippines—Water supply in Metro Manila may worsen and could leave half of Maynilad Water Services Inc.'s customers with only six hours of service daily should... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Manila   Philippines   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Drought  
World Politics Europen Union
- PM needs to exercise his prime ministerial authority
- Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Vanuatu
- Stop saying sorry for our history: For too long our leaders
- Major scam hits Commonwealth Games
Queen's Baton.
Queen's Baton for city on August 14
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- Air Seychelles prepares for EU carbon emissions scheme
- EU accused of ignoring abuse of Roma
- Serbia in UN bid to ward off Kosovo's secession
- Supreme Court refers issue on custody rights of unmarried fa
Air Seychelles Boeing 767-200
Air Seychelles prepares for EU carbon emissions scheme
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Human Rights Aid Agency
- Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
- Russian human rights adviser resigns
- Hindus laud United Nations for declaring safe drinking water
- US church to burn Quran on Sep 11
Gender equality- will the dream become reality in India?
Gender war, yet to be won
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- 'Many of India's billionaires have made money by the
- Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
- Hanged serial killer leaves legacy so others can learn from
- Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
Pakistani villagers collect fixtures off their wall which collapsed due to heavy flood in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010.
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
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Refugees Social Issues
- Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker
- Russia Begins to Localize Fires, Others Rage
- Officials: NJ immigrant death was botched robbery
- Immigration to blame for social ills, Sarkozy says
  Two men, waiting to cross illegally into the U.S., watch from the Mexican side of the border wall in Tijuana, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, as Thad Christopher, back right, and Lynn Gilbert, back left, return to San Diego after a beach-side walk to Tijuan
Leading article: A country of immigrants turns upon itself
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- 15 treated in club illness outbreak
- Stanford: Good Social Currency CrunchUp; SF Downtown: Social
- Heavy rains disrupt normal life in Delhi, NCR
- English council bans mini-skirts in office
Devotees being carried on ponies to the shrine of Hindu God 'Shiva' during the annual Amarnath Yatra (Pilgrimage), some 14 Km from Baltal in Indian-administered Kashmir on June 16, 2009,Some 600,000 pilgrims are expected to visit the holy Amarnath Cave this season where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a fallus and symbolising the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. The Lingam which forms naturally every year in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, measures 12 feet in height, the Shrine Board authorities said.
Batch of 2,589 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
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