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Rio de Janeiro: World No 1 doubles player Sania Mirza's campaign in the women's event came to an end as she and her partner Prarthana Thombare lost their first round match against the Chinese pair of Shuai Zhang and Shuai Peng. Zhang and…
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Los Angeles: Singer Taylor Swift's brother Austin is making his acting debut with upcoming thriller "I.T". The film also stars Pierce Brosnan, reported ET online. The movie centers on an I.T. consultant-turned-hacker (James Frecheville)…
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Beijing: China's foreign exchange reserves, the highest in the world, dropped to USD 3.201 trillion at the end of last month, down from June's USD 3.205 trillion amid concerns over capital outflows. The data announced by central bank, the…
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Hill Air Force Base (US): An ancient tribal fire pit with tools, a spear tip and tobacco seeds that archaeologists say dates back 12,300 years was recently discovered on a military testing range in northern Utah. An archaeological team…
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Hamilton (Canada): Fire officials in Canada say three people are dead after an overnight fire in a city west of Toronto that began in one house and spread to another. Hamilton Fire Department spokesman Claudio Mostacci says firefighters…
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Lisbon: More than 2,000 firefighters were battling scores of forest fires throughout northern Portugal. One of most devastating of the 79 blazes consumed an area of forest yesterday around the town of Melres e Medas, less than 20…
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Bangkok: Thais voted today in a referendum on a new constitution that critics say is tailor-made for the military government to stay in control for several years and entrench a new, quasi-democratic system that gives vast powers to…
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New Delhi: Wrapped in sky blue vinyl sheets with earthy red border, the first coaches of Humsafar train equipped with CCTV and fire safety devices will roll out next month. The train will also have integrated Braille displays, GPS-based…
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Srinagar: Curfew in many parts and separatist-sponsored strike disrupted normal life for the 30th straight day today in Kashmir Valley where violence has so far left 54 persons dead and more than 6000 others injured. The violence in the…
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New Delhi: Armed with origami paper cranes, a bunch of slum children from the city are telling the story of Sadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who lost her life to radiation caused by the Nagasaki-Hiroshima bombing. A range of paintings…
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