Washington: The outgoing head of the US Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
But during the first hearing into a growing IRS scandal that could preoccupy Washington for months, Republicans did learn that a [...]
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London: Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. [...]
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There hAs been this allegation that K. Chandrasekhar Rao started Telangana Rashtra Samithi with vested interests and the political party has not its sole aim as achieving separate Telangana State. This was hanging in the air ever since KCR quit Telugu Desam Party in a huff after he was denied Cabinet berth by the then [...]
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Washington: The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds of over 2,000 km per second.
Solar flares are powerful bursts that send light and radiation into space, while coronal mass ejections (CME) [...]
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Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to try to end Syria’s civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the talks.
Conflicting comments from Russia and the West over Iran’s role in the possible meeting have added [...]
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After match-fixing which rocked the cricket world over a decade ago, it is spot-fixing now that has really put in a spot of bother, particularly the Indian arena. Though not of the same magnitude as match-fixing which had tonnes of money at stake, spot fixing now in spotlight has shown how cricketers can stoop so [...]
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Washington: A team of scientists from UK and Canada has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life.
This water could be some of the oldest on the planet and may even contain life.
Not just that, but the similarity between the [...]
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New York: Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law has hired a new lawyer to defend him in the trial he faces in the United States, and the appointment stirred some controversy in the court on Wednesday.
Suleiman Abu Ghaith, who appeared in a video September 12, 2001 with the Al Qaeda leader claiming responsibility for the deadly 9/11 [...]
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Cape Canaveral (Florida): NASA announced on Wednesday that Kepler spacecraft, which was dispatched to hunt for Earth-like planets that may support life elsewhere in the universe, has been shut down due to the failure of one of the reaction wheels that keep it pointed.
NASA administrator John Grunsfeld was quoted as saying to a news agency: [...]
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London: Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care – the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.
The new virus, known as novel coronavirus, or nCoV, is from the same family of viruses [...]
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With less than a year for general elections, the political parties in Andhra Pradesh have already begun their campaign. Sharmila of YSR Congress Party and N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Telugu Desam Party president have toured the State extensively while the ruling Congress is coming out with several populist schemes only with an eye on the [...]
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Moscow: Russia on Wednesday ordered an American diplomat, who was allegedly trying to recruit a Russian officer as spy, to leave the country.
The diplomat is said to be named as CIA agent Ryan Fogle. He was held overnight by Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, and then released to US officials. Also the US ambassador to [...]
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Washington: Arguing that alleged secret payments made to Afghan President Hamid Karzai by the CIA not only lacks accountability but also encourages corruption, a top US Senator has sought an explanation from President Barack Obama on reports in this regard.
Karzai has already acknowledged having received such payments from CIA, but neither the agency nor the [...]
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Rumour mill is working overtime talking about the non-existing rift between All India Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh so much so the party is forced to publicly deny there was any differences between the duo. The base for the rumour is the axing of the Railway Minister Bansal and Law Minister [...]
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Islamabad: Attacks targeting Pakistan’s landmark elections killed 10 people on the eve of the vote as the Taliban stepped up threats on Friday, warning voters to boycott polling stations to save their lives.
Polls open at 8:00 am (0300 GMT) and close at 5:00 pm, allowing an electorate of more than 86 million to vote for [...]
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