Mulayam warns SP workers not to use his photographs in posters

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party supremoMulayam Singh Yadav today warned party workers not to use his photograph in banners and posters without party's permission otherwise strict disciplinary action will be taken against them. "You all should remain disciplined. Those using my photographs in banners and posters should immediately stop the practise or strict disciplinary action will be taken against them....

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Wounded soldier gets double-arm transplant in Md.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A soldier who lost all four limbs in a roadside bomb attack in 2009 in Iraq has received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore.Johns Hopkins Hospital surgeons plan to discuss the transplant Tuesday at a news conference with the infantryman.Johns Hopkins says the soldier is one of seven in the United States who have undergone successful double-arm transplants.Hospital officials say...

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Grand Jury Wanted to Indict JonBenet's Parents

A grand jury believed there was enough evidence in 1999 to indict John and Patsy Ramsey on charges relating to the still-unsolved killing of their beauty queen daughter JonBenet Ramsey, ABC News sources say.Six-year-old JonBenet was found dead in the basement of her family's upscale Boulder, Colo., home Christmas Day 1996. Suspicion fell on her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey,...

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Violence flares in Egypt after emergency law imposed

CAIRO (Reuters) - A man was shot dead on Monday in a fifth day of violence in Egypt that has killed 50 people and prompted the Islamist president to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to end a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world's biggest nation. Emergency rule announced by President Mohamed Mursi on Sunday covers the cities of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez. The army has already been...

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Iran sends monkey into space

TEHRAN: Iran on Monday successfully sent a monkey into orbit, paving the way for a manned space flight, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state television.Arabic-language channel Al-Alam and other Iranian news agencies said the monkey returned alive after travelling in a capsule to an altitude of 120 kilometres (75 miles) for a sub-orbital flight."This success is the first step towards...

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Mob lynches two suspected Garo militants

SHILLONG: In a case of vigilante justice, two persons, believed to be cadre of Garo National Liberation Army outfit, were lynched by a mob in retaliation against their extortion attempt in south west Khasi hills district, police said on Sunday. The two had come to the area apparently to extort from coal labourers at Tyrah coal quarry near Nonghyllam village in the district, a police officer said....

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CDC: Flu seems to level off except in the West

New government figures show that flu cases seem to be leveling off nationwide. Flu activity is declining in most regions although still rising in the West.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitalizations and deaths spiked again last week, especially among the elderly. The CDC says quick treatment with antiviral medicines is important, in particular for the very...

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Authorities: 245 Dead in Brazil Nightclub Fire

A deadly fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people attending a university party and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said. It appeared to be the deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.Witnesses said that a flare or firework lit by band members may have started the fire.Police Maj. Cleberson...

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Nightclub fire kills 245 in southern Brazil

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - A fire in a nightclub killed at least 245 people in southern Brazil on Sunday when a band's pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing patrons were unable to find the emergency exits in the ensuing panic, officials said. The blaze in the southern city of Santa Maria was started when a band member or someone from its production team ignited a...

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Caterpillar's China woes warn foreign investors

SHANGHAI: Caterpillar's revelation it found fake accounts at a just-acquired Chinese firm which will cost it hundreds of millions of dollars is a cautionary tale for those looking to enter the hugely promising market.The US equipment giant said this month it would take a $580 million charge after uncovering "accounting misconduct" at Siwei Mechanical and Electrical Manufacturing Co., which...

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