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US tightens drone strikes in Pakistan: Report

In secret concessions to Pakistan, the US has tightened rules on drone strikes inside the country, apparently making them more selective as part of efforts to shore up its fragile relationship with Is

Chinese Christians give Bush handwritten Bible

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Chinese Christians said they presented former US president George W Bush with a Bible handwritten at a labor camp in a bid to highlight concerns about a lack of religious freedom.

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Sonia, Manmohan among 20 most powerful in world: Forbes

India's Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh figured among Forbes' list of world's 70 most powerful people in 2011 as US Barack Obama regained his position at the to

US offers India deal in fighter jet development

The US on Wednesday offered India partnership in the development of the world’s most advanced flying machine, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, months after losing the lucrative $10 billion contract for

Fed lowers GDP forecast, mulls more action

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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed its forecast for growth, raised projections for unemployment and said it was mulling the possibility of buying more mortgage debt to spur a struggling recovery

US open to selling F-35 jet fighters to India

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The United States expressed interest on Wednesday in selling its most sophisticated fighter to India, just six months after New Delhi rejected two older US warplanes in a competition for an $11 billion contract.

Pentagon for strengthening defence relationship with India

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Saying that India's importance for the US would grow in the long-run, a Pentagon report has favoured a mutually beneficial defence relationship between the two countries.

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Obama nominates Indian-American to key post

US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Ajit Varadaraj Pai as Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, the White House said.

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American soldier admits taking war trophies, denies Afghanistan murder

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An Army staff sergeant described by a comrade as 'evil incarnate' cut fingers off the corpses of three Afghan civilians — but he had nothing to do with any plot to slaughter those unarmed men for spor

Bill Gates unfussed by Steve Jobs' jab

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates coolly parried some harsh criticism from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in an interview with ABC television Sunday, saying their professional rivalry was positive.

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