Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Australia: New system to check low quality overseas students

Australia: New system to check low quality overseas students

Australia: New system to check low quality overseas students

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Australia is set to announce the amended point system that would focus on high skill levels and employee sponsorship in a bid to toughen the rules of gaining permanent residency for overseas students with low quality qualifications.


Pakistan wicketkeeper seeks asylum in UK

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Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has confirmed that he had sought asylum in the UK after fleeing from the Pakistan team hotel in Dubai following threats from match-fixers. The 24-year old cricketer also said that he did not inform his team management or fellow cricketers about the issue as he did not want to put them at a risk.


RSS to hold nationwide protests today

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The row over the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) link to the Ajmer blast is set to escalate as senior leader Indresh Kumar's name was included in the chargesheet linking him to the Ajmer blast. The RSS has termed it as a 'conspiracy' and have decided to stage country-wide protests against Congress party.


Satyam scam: Ramalinga Raju to surrender today

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Satyam scam - Former Satyam Chairman B Ramalinga Raju is expected surrender today after the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his plea seeking more time to surrender.


Prithviraj Chavan is the new Maharashtra Chief Minister

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Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan has been named the next Maharashtra Chief Minister. Chavan's name was formally announced on Wednesday morning after he met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence. Senior leaders Pranab Mukhejee and AK Antony joined them.


DSP fired upon by gunmen

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Patna's Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Traffic, Sashi Bhushan Sharma, was shot at and critically injured by unknown gunmen at posh Chajjubagh locality in the heart of the town on Tuesday night, ADGP P K Thakur said.


Opposition parties concede defeat in Myanmar

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The main military-backed party won an overwhelming victory in the first election in 20 years in Myanmar, according to international news agency reports from inside the country, in a vote that was carefully engineered by the military to assure its continued grip on power.


China ups ante for Indonesia on eve of Obama's arrival

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Less than a day before President Obama touched down in Jakarta on Tuesday, a high-level Chinese delegation wrapped up a three-day official visit here by announcing that Beijing would invest $6.6 billion in desperately needed infrastructure improvements. The announcement's emphasis on roads, bridges and canals — not to mention its timing — laid down a not-so-subtle challenge to Mr. Obama: show your Indonesian hosts the money.


For Indonesia and Obama, fourth time's the charm

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The last time President Obama was in this nation of islands, in 1992, he holed up in a rented beachside hut in Bali, where he swam each morning and spent afternoons writing "Dreams From My Father," the memoir that later became a best-seller. In it, he shared memories of his life here as a boy, "running barefoot along a paddy field, with my feet sinking into the cool, wet mud, part of a chain of other brown boys chasing after a tattered kite."


Win for Sarkozy: French Constitutional Council okays retirement bill

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In a political victory for President Nicolas Sarkozy, France's constitutional watchdog ruled on Tuesday that the bill raising the minimum retirement age to 62 is perfectly legal.


After Chavan, who? Congress MLAs want Sonia to decide

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The Congress Legislative Party met this evening to choose a leader, and the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra. After a meeting that lasted almost an hour, the MLAs left the decision to party president Sonia Gandhi.


Chavan, Kalmadi out, A Raja next?

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There's a next big target - telecom minister A Raja - who is accused of a telecom scam hitting tens of thousands of crores. The Opposition says Raja must go too.


Air India to operate all flights from Terminal-3

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India's national carrier, Air India, has said that it is going to operate all its flights from Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi.


Dating services for the modern Muslim

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Muhammad and Catherine who got married recently, met on the Internet on Singlemuslim.com. Launched 10 years ago, the site claims to be the world's leading Muslim introduction agency. It has half a million members and claims to have brought about 10-thousand marriages.


No change in stand on Iran, Burma: Sources

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A day after US President Barack Obama in his address to joint session of Parliament made references to Iran and Burma, government sources have said that there can be no bargaining game on Iran and Burma issues.


Bihar elections: 50% turnout in phase 5

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Thirteen of the 35 Assembly constituencies in Central Bihar went to polls in the fifth phase of the Assembly elections on Tuesday. These constituencies have a heavy Naxal presence. Yet, the voters seemed undeterred. The total voter turnout for this phase was 50 percent.


Rahul calls on Advani to wish him Happy Birthday

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In a special gesture, Rahul Gandhi today met opposition BJP leader L K Advani in his Parliament office to wish him on his birthday on behalf of his mother and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.


Four-year-old girl dies after falling off terrace

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A four-year-old girl who had come from Nashik to her maternal uncle's home to celebrate Diwali died on Sunday evening after she fell from the terrace of the five-storied building in Tardeo.


David Headley plotted attacks in Copenhagen?

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David Headley, who helped plan the 2008 Mumbai attacks, had been preparing several attacks in the Danish capital in cooperation with an Al-Qaida-linked group, a Danish newspaper reported today.


Mumbai builder held for call centre man's murder

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The Malad police on Monday arrested a private builder in connection with the murder of a 32-year-old call centre employee, Devang Upadhyay.


Obama misses out on Bangalorean's exquisite gift

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US president Barack Obama's whirlwind tour of India ended on Tuesday. But 69-year-old weaver Narayanappa R from Bangalore is an embittered man because all his efforts to personally meet Obama and gift him a three feet by three feet silk stole that he and his wife had hand woven and could be folded and fit into a match box came to a nought.


US couple has 18 kids, pray for 'many more'

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Kelly Bates has been married 23 years and been pregnant for almost every year. The Bates couple has 18 children, with the latest entrant just a month old, and would love to have "many more children if god allows it".


2G Scam: Comptroller and Auditor General Report (CAG) in 10 days

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Sources tell NDTV that the government's auditor - the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) - has submitted a report on the alleged 2G scam to the Finance Ministry and the President. The report is expected to be tabled in parliament within the next 10 days.


Glad to meet an Indian Communist, said Obama

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The Left may have staged protests during his visit but US President Barack Obama was "glad" to meet an Indian communist leader last evening.


World War 2 bomb found at Warsaw Airport

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An airport official says a bomb dating back to World War II has been discovered at Warsaw's international airport during construction work. Airport spokesman Przemyslaw Przybylski said the bomb was found on Tuesday 500 yards (metres) from the main terminal. It was discovered during work for a planned train station that will link the airport to the city.


Air India statement on operating all flights from T3

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Air India has said that it is going to operate all its flights from Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi.


Germany, Japan ask why just India and not us?

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One of the biggest news points of his India visit was US President Barack Obama's endorsement of India's bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The comment has rhetorical value, stress US government sources, but it is inviting criticism from other countries.


Political storm in Chennai over child rapist's death

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Opposition AIADMK and MDMK today staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly after Speaker R Avudaiyappan denied permission to raise an issue on the alleged encounter killing of a key accused in the kidnap and murder of two school children in Coimbatore.


Action against Adarsh this week, says Jairam

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Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said action against Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for violation of green norms will be taken in the next two-three days.


Sex, drugs more common among teens who text a lot

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Teens who text 120 times a day or more — and there seems to be a lot of them — are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.


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