US suspends military course teaching 'Islam is the enemy'
A controversial US military course that taught officers to prepare for a 'total war' against Islam using 'Hiroshima-style' tactics has been suspended by the Pentagon following an uproar.
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Obama voices his support for gay marriage
Ending months of equivocation, U.S. President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue int
US lawmakers alarmed over leaks on Qaeda plot
US lawmakers have denounced leaks to media organisations that revealed how the CIA disrupted an al-Qaeda plot through a spy who had infiltrated the terror group, saying the release of such details cou
Russian President Putin not to attend G8 Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his US counterpart Barack Obama over phone that he would not be able to attend the G8 summit at Camp David, a White House statement said.
"Noting his respons
US says it backs visas to qualified Indians
As India announced plans to take the issue of 'discriminatory' increase in US visa fees to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Washington assured it continued to fully support the admission of qualifi
Soon, air-powered cars to debut in India
India-based Tata Motors has said that it has tested two cars that can run on compressed air, and that the next step is setting up the manufacturing plants to actually build them.
In 2007, Tata Motors
'The God Of Big Things' Sachin on TIME cover
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been featured on the cover of the upcoming South Pacific edition of TIME magazine with the inevitable question: What would 'The God Of Big Things' do next.
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US bill prohibits aid to Pak till it cooperates on terror war
A Congressional Committee in its budgetary proposals for the year 2013 has prohibited economic and security assistance to Pakistan till it co-operates with the US in the fight against terrorism and ta
US sending envoy to help India cut Iran oil imports
The United States is sending a team of energy experts to help India reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, while acknowledging that New Delhi has cut back its oil imports from Tehran.
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Indra Nooyi among 18 women leading Fortune 500
Soft drink major Pepsico's Indian born CEO Indra Nooyi is one of the 18 women who have shattered the glass ceiling to lead America's 500 largest corporations, according to Fortune magazine's latest ra