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Mandela's daughter, grandchildren attacked after his birthday party

A daughter and some of the grandchildren of former South African president, Mr Nelson Mandela, were attacked by gunmen in Johannesburg as they returned home from a weekend birthday party for the 92-ye

Bharti promises more than just telecom services to Tanzania

New Delhi, July 22: India's Bharti Airtel, which acquired the African telecom assets of Kuwait's Zain recently, has committed itself to bringing affordable phone services to Tanzania and becoming a pr

Sensex closes highest in over 2 years

Mumbai, July 22: A benchmark index for Indian equities closed at its highest level since February 2008 Thursday helped by a late surge in buying.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay S

NRI’s eyes gouged out in racial abuse

New York/Melbourne, July 20: In a bizarre hate-crime, a man has gouged out his roommate’s eyes in New York and threatened to kill him saying I hate Indian people.

Latchman Ramnarine, a Queensman who

Woods uses expletives on live television

Wellington, July 20: Tiger Woods is once again making headlines for using expletives on live television during the British Open at St Andrews.

Woods has been working hard on improving his public imag

Google shuts two online services in China

Beijing, July 21: Internet search engine giant Google will shut down its two China-based online services and stop providing technical support to a Chinese-language website.

The company announced this

Dhaka, Delhi finalise 14 projects worth $1 bn

Dhaka, July 21: Dhaka and New Delhi have finalised 14 development projects to be implemented with an Indian loan of $1 billion.

Both the countries will be directly benefited as some of the projects a

AgustaWestland unveils new-generation chopper at Farnborough

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Farnborough, July 21: AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has unveiled a new generation multi-purpose twin-engine light transport helicopter that it says be used in India's homeland security.

"We

Muralitharan edges closer to 800 Test wickets as India struggle

Galle (Sri Lanka), July 21: Muttiah Muralitharan picked up three wickets to move closer to becoming the first bowler to get 800 Test wickets as India slumped to 260 for eight in their first innings at

India to host 2011 Champions Trophy

Chennai, July 21: The 2011 Champions Trophy for men has been allotted to India, while the Netherlands will host the women’s event.

The commercial success of the Hero Honda World Cup in Delhi earlier

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