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Sheila Dikshit arrives to address a press conference in New Delhi, India, on Sunday (AP)

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Ben Stokes reacts while bowling during the second Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia, in Adelaide (AP)

Flowers left by mourners surround a portrait of Nelson Mandela in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday.

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi waits in a queue at a Aurangzeb Lane polling booth in New Delhi on Wednes-day to cast his v

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Poll effect: Cong pledges introspection, transformation

Dec 08, 2013 - New Delhi | PTI

Stunned by the drubbing in assembly polls, top leadership of the Congress on Sunday pledged “deep introspection” with a view to “transform” the party to rectify its mistakes ahead of 2014 Lok...
Kejriwal, the giant killer who swept Dikshit out of power

Dec 08, 2013 - New Delhi | PTI

Dismissed as a political greenhorn, engineer—turned—civil servant Arvind Kejriwal has cemented his place in politics with a stunning political debut for his nascent AAP and emerged as a giant...

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Thai PM offers to hold fresh polls, opposition MPs to resign

Dec 08, 2013 - PTI

Thailand’s embattled premier Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday offered to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections within 60 days, even as opposition MPs decided to resign en masse and join the anti-government protests ahead of Sunday’s “D-Day” rally to oust her.

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Gold imports may fall to 500 tonne in 2014: Traders

Dec 08, 2013 - PTI

Gold imports are likely to fall steeply next year to around 500 tonne due to rising prices following higher taxes and falling stocks that have put off retail demand, traders said.

India

AIADMK hands out ignominious defeat to DMK in Yercaud

Dec 08, 2013 - PTI

Continuing its winning streak, the ruling AIADMK on Sunday retained the Yercaud (ST) Assembly constituency, with party nominee P Saroja romping home with a massive margin of 78,116 votes against her DMK rival V Maran.

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BJP open to tieup with AAP, says Goel

Dec 07, 2013 - Age Correspondent

The BJP has admitted that if it was unable to get a majority in the Delhi Assembly elections, it would not hesitate to seek support from other parties, including the AAP, to form the government.

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Skeleton of 1.34m-yr-old man ancestor discovered

Dec 07, 2013 - PTI

Scientists have discovered the skeleton of a human ancestor, dating back 1.34 million years — characterised by a “robust” jaw and skull bones and a gorilla-like upper body.

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Double ton for Takawale on Day 2

Dec 08, 2013 - Age Corespondent With agency inputs

Tripura skipper Yogesh Takawale struck a double hundred while two others notched up centuries as Hyderabad bowlers were taken to task in their Ranji Trophy Group C match at the Rajiv Gandhi Internatio

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Bill sans teeth is an exercise in futility

Dec 08, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that in a democracy the Opposition could always disrupt the ship of state and he was not one who would permit an attitude of complacency to trump the build

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Poll effect: Cong pledges introspection, transformation

Kejriwal, the giant killer who swept Dikshit out of power

International

Thai PM offers to hold fresh polls, opposition MPs to resign

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Gold imports may fall to 500 tonne in 2014: Traders

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AIADMK hands out ignominious defeat to DMK in Yercaud

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BJP open to tieup with AAP, says Goel

Newsmakers

Skeleton of 1.34m-yr-old man ancestor discovered

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Double ton for Takawale on Day 2

Writer's Block

Editorial

Bill sans teeth is an exercise in futility

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