| Modi
Govt brought 'disrepute' to Gujarat: INOC
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New
York, Dec 11:
Even as many NRIs line up to back Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra
Modi for assembly elections, a Congress-linked group in US has
flayed the BJP regime saying it had brought "disrepute"
to the state in the international arena.
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| 40
person dead in Congo boat disaster
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Kinshasa,
Dec 11:
At least 40 people died and several are missing in the Democratic
Republic of Congo after their boat capsized at the weekend on
the River Congo, an interior ministry delegate said on Monday.
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| Australia
to have first woman acting PM
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Sydney,
Dec 11:
Australia's deputy PM Julia Gillard will strike a blow against
Australia's macho male culture Tuesday when she becomes the
first "Sheila" to take over the top job.
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| Israeli
tanks and bulldozers move into southern Gaza
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Gaza
City, Dec 11:
About 30 Israeli tanks and bulldozers moved into the southern
Gaza Strip around dawn on Tuesday, with soldiers taking over
the rooftops of several homes and conducting house-to-house
searches, said residents and security forces affiliated with
the territory's ruling Hamas group.
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| Malaysia
briefly detains Anwar amid crackdown
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Kuala
Lumpur, Dec 11:
Malaysia briefly detained de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim
on Tuesday and arrested about a dozen other opposition leaders
amid the state's biggest crackdown on anti-government activists
in a decade.
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