Islamabad, Feb. 5 : Pakistani security officials are investigating the role of suspected insiders in the devastating bomb blast in Lower Dir in which three US soldiers were killed along with nine others, including four girl students.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 : Equipped with water tanks, chain saws, tree pruners, sprayers and ladders -- an ambulance for trees set out Friday to protect the green cover in parts of the national capital.

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Lucknow, Feb 5 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi will flag off 12 new trains, including the Kanpur-Delhi Shatabdi Express, Sunday from the Kanpur Railway Central Station in Uttar Pradesh, a party spokesperson said Friday.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 : Director General of Police Jacob Punnoose Friday said cyber crimes have been steadily on the rise in Kerala and the numbers may cross 50,000 this year.

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Hyderabad, Feb 5 : At least three people were injured and 10 were feared to be trapped in the debris of an under-construction building, which collapsed here Friday, police said.

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Kathmandu, Feb 5 - When Britain's Prince Harry served in Afghanistan last year, his royal skin was protected by Gurkha bodyguards, the valiant and fiercely loyal mountain warriors from Nepal.

Hollywood celebrities, who are the new royalty of the US, are also known to seek Gurkha bodyguards and watchmen to keep stalkers and other perils at bay.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 : The Medical Council of India (MCI) Friday proposed setting up of 300 medical colleges to provide education to rural students and deploy them there to provide basic healthcare facilities to villagers.

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Quetta, Feb 5 : Three people, including two policemen, were injured in a blast in this Balochistan capital Friday, police said.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 - A Kingfisher Airlines flight to Kullu with 35 passengers on board landed soon after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here Friday after the pilot suspected a snag.

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Cairo, Feb 5 - A top Egyptian cleric has issued a fatwa forbidding the use of the popular social networking site Facebook, saying Muslims using such sites must be considered "sinners".

Statistics show that divorce rates have rise since the advent of Facebook and it has sharply increased marital infidelity, Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-Atras said.

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New York, Feb 5 : Beer companies are engaged in a battle to offer costumers ‘healthier’ drinks and the latest move comes from Budweiser, which has come up with "the lightest beer in the world," that claims to have only 55 calories per 12-ounce serving.

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New Delhi, Feb 5 : The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the bail application of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer M N Dinesh, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Dinesh is a Rajasthan cadre officer.

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Port Blair, Feb 5 - Thirteen navies, from India to Australia, gathered here Friday to participate in the largest regional exercise that underlines India's growing reputation as a blue-water maritime power even as Indian Navy chief Admir

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Jakarta, Feb 5 : Indonesian authorities said Friday that a statue of US President Barack Obama as a boy would be moved to a Jakarta elementary school he once attended after public protests.

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Agartala, Feb 5 - Surajit Dutta, former minister and senior Congress legislator, has been appointed as Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee chief by party president Sonia Gandhi, a party spokesman said Friday.

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