| Political
crisis hits Pak's budgetary exercise |
Islamabad,
May 14:
The political crisis caused by the collapse of Pakistan's ruling
coalition is impacting on the country's budget making exercise,
with bureaucrats apprehending they would not be able to complete
the task by the...
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| Quit
palace by May 27, Maoists tell King |
Kathmandu,
May 14:
Nepal's Maoist chief Prachanda revealed that a message has been
passed on to King Gyanendra, suggesting that he leave the Narayanhiti
Palace by May 27.
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| US
paid 5 lakh dlrs to Pak to arrest terror suspect
|
Washington,
May 14:
Papers filed in a Canadian court last year disclosed that a
US intelligence agency paid a bounty of 500,000 dollars to Pakistan
military for the arrest of Abdullah Khadr, the Canadian son
of a suspected...
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| 26
Indian artworks to be featured at Christie's auction
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New
York, May 14:
In a sign of the increasing recognition of the Indian art on
world canvas, 26 works from contemporary Indian artists would
go under the hammer at the International auction house Christie's
Spring 2008 sales of...
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| Biopirates
hijacking traditional knowledge |
Hamburg,
May 14:
Business concerns in the West often make money by patenting
their own medicines and agricultural products based on the traditional
knowledge of indigenous peoples.
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