$4.3-bn World Bank loan for India to finance infrastructure projects
Obama determined to continue with Middle East peace efforts
Indian and British skydivers jump over Mount Everest
World’s Oldest Man celebrates 113th b’day
Al-Qaeda warns of more terror attacks on Saudi Arabia
Manmohan Singh leaves for US to attend G-20 Summit
PSLV places seven satellites including Oceansat 2 in the orbit
G20 leaders face long to-do list to bolster shaken global economy, promote sustained rebound
Democrats juggle competing priorities as Senate committee pushes forward on health care billDemocrats try to move on health bill; GOP objects WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus heard some encouraging words Wednesday from a key centrist Democrat as he opened the second day of a committee meeting to debate and vote on his sweeping health overhaul bill. Six Flags Under Water, 8 dead, many missing
Mother jailed for 33 years for killing her two teen daughters
Bill Clinton promises to secure investments for Pakistan
Private firms gear up for Moon flights
Obama breaks talk show record
Recession to bring biggest annual fall in CO2 emissions in 40 years
Lesbian UK teacher jailed for sex with 15 year old pupil
Obama plays Diplomatically in Israeli Palestinian Meeting and China Talks
More US troops is `right approach’ says Afghan President
Vietnam puts 16 people on trial for selling babies for foreign adoption
UN climate summit of 100 world leaders puts spotlight on China and India
Parachute fails to open, killing instructor and his student at Ohio skydiving center
UN agency: poor crop prospects in Eastern Africa may push more into hunger
Housekeeping manager at luxury NYC hotel is charged in woman’s strangulation death
Report: North Korea shuts down biggest wholesale market
Quake jolts Assam, other northeast states
World’s most over-rated tourist sites
ISRO begins countdown for PSLV C-14 launch at Sriharikota
Kashmir celebrates Eid with prayer for peace
Devotees denied access to Temple used for shooting Julia Roberts film
Space shuttle Discovery refuels in Texas on daylong cross-country flight from Calif. to Fla.
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NEW DELHI - The World Bank has approved $4.3 billion in loans for India to help finance infrastructure projects and support its economic stimulus programme.
NEW YORK - United States President Barack Obama has said that he would continue with his administration’s diplomatic efforts for Middle East peace until negotiations are relaunched between Israel and Palestine.
LONDON - An Indian, along with two British skydivers, jumped from an altitude of 20,000 ft to land at the world’s highest drop zone, near Mount Everest.
LONDON - World’s oldest man Walter Breuning celebrated his 113th birthday on September 21.
DUBAI - After a failed suicide bomb attack targeted Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef last month, the Al-Qaeda has warned of more such attacks in that country.
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today left for USA to attend Summit of G-20 leaders.
SRIHARIKOTA - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched seven satellites in 1,200 seconds with the help of its most trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV- C-14) from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh coast.
Six Flags is under water, following heavy rain over last several days which 
LONDON - An Indian-origin woman was Tuesday jailed for at least 33 years - one of the longest prison sentences ever handed to a woman in Britain - for killing her two teenage daughters in a frenzied knife attack two years ago.
NEW YORK - Former US president Bill Clinton has promised to help Pakistan secure much-needed foreign investment for its economic growth and the well-being of its people.
WASHINGTON - If a NASA based competition is anything to go by, then private firms seem all eager to conceptualize flights to the Moon.
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has become the first US President to appear on five talk shows in one day.
LONDON - The worldwide recession might have sent the financial markets in a tizzy, but reports indicate that it is also likely to bring the biggest annual fall in the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 40 years.
LONDON - A British lesbian teacher has been sent behind bars after she admitted her affair with a 15-year-old girl pupil.
WASHINGTON - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has endorsed a US military call for more troops in the conflict-torn country, calling it “the right approach”.
GUWAHATI - An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked parts of Assam and other northeastern states of India Monday afternoon.
SYDNEY - A book, titled, “The Road Less Travelled: 1,000 Amazing Places Off the Tourist Trail”, has outlined the world’s most over-rated tourist sites.
SRIHARIKOTA - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started the countdown for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday.
SRINAGAR - Thousands of Muslims gathered at various prayer grounds and mosques across Kashmir Valley Monday to offer Eid-ul-Fitr prayers.
Access to Hindu temple in the India ashram (hermitage) has been denied to area villagers who regularly came there to pray to give way to Oscar winner Julia Roberts’ (Pretty Woman) shooting, according to reports.
