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Record arms haul in Sri Lanka
One killed, six wounded in mine blast

Tensions run high in Iranian city
Tehran says U.S., U.K. behind violence in ethnically sensitive province

`Bionic' implant restores partial vision
SAN FRANCISCO: Six visually challenged persons have had their sight partially restored by a "bionic eye" surgically implanted on to their retina. Although it restores only very rudimentary vision, the device has proved so successful that its ...

A grateful nation remembers Deng
The architect of China's economic reform and socialist modernisation

China rings in `Year of the Pig'
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Inventor of television remote control dies
The man who created the couch potato, the co-inventor of the T.V. remote control, has died at the age of 93. Robert Adler, an inventor who registered more than 180 U.S. patents during a lifetime of dreaming and tinkering, won an Emmy Award in ...

Ray Evans dead
LOS ANGELES: : Oscar-winning songwriter Ray Evans, whose long ollaboration with partner Jay Livingston produced such enduring standards as ``Mona Lisa,'' ``Buttons and Bows,'' ``Silver Bells'' and ``Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),'' ...

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NRI appointed to House of Lords
LONDON: Lucknow-born Khalid Hameed, a prominent hospital management expert, has been appointed to Britain's Upper House in recognition of his contribution to promotion of international understanding and development of young people. "One is ...

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