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Toddler rides scooter through intersection in China

A three-year-old toddler drove through a busy intersection in China on his toy scooter. He was captured by a traffic video camera crossing the intersection.

The traffic police immediately spotted th

Indian man sentenced by US court for treating wife as slave

An Indian man, who had been convicted of sexually abusing his wife and treating her like a slave, will not go to prison for his crimes but has been sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to d

The government on Thursday approved starting a passenger bus service to Myanmar and increasing the number of flights to the neighbouring country.

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The government on Thursday approved starting a passenger bus service to Myanmar and increasing the number of flights to the neighbouring country.

"The Cabinet has approved the proposal for introducti

China manufacturing slows: HSBC study

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Chinese manufacturing contracted in May for the seventh consecutive month as exports deteriorated, British banking giant HSBC said Thursday, arguing the data showed the need for more policy easing.

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American psephologist will try predicting Indian poll winners

American political analyst Allan Jay Lichtman, who claims to have correctly predicted result of each US presidential election since 1984, will now try his hand at predicting winners of Indian parliame

Jagan writes to PM on 'conspiracy' against him

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YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging that the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh in collusion with opposition Telugu Desam Part

World Bank cuts China forecast, urges measured policy

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The World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for China in 2012 to 8.2 per cent on Wednesday and urged the country to rely on easier fiscal policy that boosts consumption rather than state investmen

Beijing enforces 'two flies' rule in public toilets

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The Chinese city of Beijing has now set in place a 'two fly' rule as part of guidelines for public toilets, the BBC quoted Beijing Times in a report.

The rule means no more than two flies should be f

It's India vs Holland in Olympic hockey opener

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India will open their campaign in the 2012 Olympics hockey competition in London with a game against the Netherlands July 30, according to the schedule released by the International Hockey Federation

Mamata not to attend PM's dinner on Tuesday

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will not attend the dinner on Tuesday to be hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for UPA-II MPs and leaders to mark the coalition's three year in office at

There are certain immutable laws of military history that repeated attempts at disproving them only end up confirming their veracity.

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.