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Sukinda Valley, estimated to contain 97% of India's chromite ore deposits and one of the worlds largest open cast chromite ore mines is seen in the Jajpur district in Orissa, India
India   Mining   Orissa   Photos   Railway		  Zeenews 
Indian Railway part of mining scam in Orissa: Opposition
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railway was on Tuesday dragged into the controversy relating to the multi-crore mining scam in Orissa with opposition Congress and BJP demanding a CBI probe to expose alleged... (photo: AP / Biswaranjan Rout)
Union Renewable and energy Minister Dr, Farooq Abdullah inaugurates the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute at Pampore in Srinagar on 14, October 2009.
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Farooq Abdullah welcomes passing of women's bill in Rajya Sabha
Tue 9 Mar 2010
New Delhi: Union minister and UPA ally National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today welcomed passing of Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, calling it a... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
England's Kevin Pietersen bats in the nets during a training session in St. John's, Antigua, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. The third cricket test between the West Indies and England will start on Sunday at the Recreation Ground after being moved from the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium where play was abandoned after 10 deliveries because of a dangerous outfield.  Independent online (SA)  Tue 9 Mar 2010
 Pietersen flops again in Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh - England batsman Kevin Pietersen failed to find form ahead of a two-Test series against Bangladesh, scoring only 20 in a drawn warm-up match on Tuesday. Pietersen, who... (photo: AP / Andres Leighton)
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An evacuated Parliament House complex is seen in New Delhi, India, Thursday Dec. 13, 2001. Gunfire and explosions erupted at Indias Parliament House as half a dozen armed men stormed the complex  The New York Times  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
NEW DELHI — The upper house of India’s Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of the seats in India’s national and state legislatures... (photo: AP / Ajit Kumar)
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Kashmiri women cry during the funeral of Shabir Ahmad Mir, one of the four militants killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces, in a village in Pastuna, 50 km (32 miles) south of Srinagar March 5, 2010. Thousands participated in the funeral processions of four militants belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Kashmir's frontline militant group after they were killed on Thursday by Indian security forces during a two-day-long gun battle in the village of Dadsar in south Kashmir. One Indian army officer was also killed in the gun battle and four residential houses were completely destroyed in the process, police said. Kashmir Observer Tue 9 Mar 2010
At Least 15,000 Conflict Widows In Kashmir: MKM
Srinagar, Mar 08: (KONS) The International Women's Day brought forth a horrific picture of the fair gender in Kashmir where at least 15,000 women were said to have been... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Gender   India   Kashmir   Photos   Women
Sony Bravia Televisions - LCD TVs Wall Street Journal Tue 9 Mar 2010
Sony Plans TV, 3-D Push
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI TOKYO—Sony Corp. said on Tuesday that its television business will shift to "attack" mode in the coming fiscal year by ramping up TV... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Electronics   Photos   Sony   Television   Tokyo
Kangaroo in Motion taken in South West Rocks in Australia in February 2007, Nina May The Daily Telegraph Australia Tue 9 Mar 2010
Mystery kangaroo in Japanese mountains
PEOPLE in a Japanese mountain region reported a number of kangaroo sightings, leading journalists to attempt to stalk the marsupials, AFP reports. The descriptions given... (photo: Creative Commons / Nina98097024)
Animal   Environment   Japan   Photos   Wildlife
A wooden boat carrying Sri Lankans migrants is seen docked next to an Indonesian Navy ship at a port in Cilegon, banten province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. The Daily Telegraph Australia Tue 9 Mar 2010
Kevin Rudd and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to stop people smuggling
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will formalise an agreement to combat people smuggling today. Dr Yudhoyono will make history... (photo: AP / Irwin Fedriansyah)
Australia   Immigration   Indonesia   Photos   Politics
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. BBC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there.... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at Moscow's President Hotel, Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday's conference on coordination of global efforts to combat terrorism and drug-trafficking in Afghanistan, whose participants include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekista Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April Star Tribune
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Bangles Necklace - Gold Ornaments - India Gold buying cools off after pick-up The Times of India
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s. US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise Asia Times
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February The Boston Globe
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan Star Tribune
Democratic presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks at the "Take Back America" political conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (js1) Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan Merinews
Indonesian police officers check a car during a search for militants in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects The New York Times
Indian Paramilitary troopers stand guard during an undeclared cufew in Srinagar on February 4, 2010. Indian authorities deployed thousands of police and detained top separatists in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar to halt protests over the death of a Muslim boy. The 14-year-old child was struck by a teargas shell fired by police during a separatist demonstration, and his death sparked days of angry protests against New Delhi's rule over the region. About 100 protesters and policemen have been injured in clashes. In 20 years, J&K witnesses 820 group clashes The Times of India
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