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US auto parts retailer settles lawsuit with Sikh employee

US national auto parts retailer AutoZone has agreed to pay $75,000 to a Sikh convert to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit alleging he was not allowed to wear a turban and kara (bracelet).

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IMF approves $987 million assistance for Bangladesh

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board has approved financial assistance of USD 987 million for Bangladesh, with immediate disbursement of USD 141 million.

The financial assistance und

US sues Apple over e-book price fixing scheme

Apple and five of the publishing industry's top firms have been accused of conspiring to raise prices and block Amazon.com from selling e-books at $9.99 in a US Justice Department suit.

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UP CM Akhilesh Yadav impresses Corporate America

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Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav seems to have highly impressed leaders of Corporate America who think he represents the young population of India who want change and progress.

Indo-US economic ties top priority for Powell

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Headed for New Delhi next week, new US Ambassador to India Nancy J. Powell has said realising the true potential of economic relationship between India and the US would be her top priority.

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‘Child pornographer’ replaces Osama as FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Fugitive’

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Eric Justin Toth, a suspected child pornographer, has replaced Osama bin Laden on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list after the al-Qaeda leader was killed in Abbottabad last year.

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Rick Santorum suspends US presidential campaign

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Rick Santorum, the Republican whose longshot presidential bid last year turned into a surprisingly strong challenge to frontrunner Mitt Romney, is suspending his campaign, US media reported on Tuesday

'Texts from Hillary' creators meet Clinton

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The creators of 'Texts from Hillary', a spoof blog featuring photos of a sunglasses-sporting Hillary Clinton that quickly went viral, met the US secretary of state on Tuesday.

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Suspicious object found at Indian chancery; call traced to Utah

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A small suspicious object was found inside the premises of the Indian chancery here by the security agencies after the Indian embassy, a few blocks away, received a call that a bomb was placed inside

Short on tools, central banks left with words

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Some of the world's most prominent central bankers may have to hope the pen is as mighty as the sword.

With the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and other authorities in industrialised coun

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.