| Hindu
temple gets UNESCO World Heritage Site status
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Quebec
City, July 8:
A Hindu temple in Cambodia, two historic Malaysian trading towns
and an early agricultural site from Papua New Guinea were added
to UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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| Chennai
students bag 2nd prize in NASA's competition
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New
York, July 8:
Two Indian students have won the second place for their Design
of Transport Aircraft for the Future sponsored by American space
agency NASA. R Anusha and S Srinath from College of Engineering
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| Laloo
- a hit on YouTube
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London,
July 8:
A clip showing Union Railways Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav translating
a Hindi poem into English while presenting the railway budget
in February has become a huge hit on YouTube.
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| UAE
arrests 3,000 Indian workers for rioting
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Abu
Dhabi, July 8:
Nearly 3,000 Indian workers have been detained at an undisclosed
location on the outskirts of the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, on
charges of rioting.
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| Muslim
nations warn of disaster from food, fuel crisis
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Kuala
Lumpur, July 8:
Warning that escalating food and fuel prices could lead to disaster,
a group of developing Muslim nations called on Tuesday for urgent
measures to lift food and oil output and a rethink on bio-fuels.
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