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John Kerry criticized for McCain adult diapers joke

John Kerry criticized for McCain adult diapers jokeNew York, Oct. 22 : Massachusetts Democrat Senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry has been roundly criticized for implying that Republican presidential candidate John McCain wears adult diapers.

The one-liner came during a speech at a business summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Monday, when Kerry railed on the media for its election coverage.

No IT job cuts or bank lendings in India: Business honchos

Tokyo, Oct 22: The recent lay offs in the aviation sector and the buzz of a slump in the IT sector, have sent shivers down the backs of the working class, but Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman and co-founder of the Bangalore-based Infosys Ltd. told ANI there is no need to worry.

"We have already said the growth will be lowered at Infosys. We have lowered the guidance of the year of 13 to 15 per cent, but part of that is cross currency. But fundamentally, I think, there is growth and there will be jobs in the industry," Nandan said.

Santander chief Botin rides high on the crisis

Madrid - While world leaders have fretted over a financial crisis that seemed to bring the global economy to the verge of collapse, Emilio Botin has kept his calm.

"Crisis? Who is in crisis?" the president of the Spanish banking giant Santander, whose capacity to weather the turmoil has impressed the world, asked in July.

"Not Santander," Botin answered his own question. "The crisis is like a child's fever. It starts very strong, then goes down."

Last week, the 74-year-old veteran banker spoke about the crisis with more concern, but dismissed talk of it originating in the United States or in subprime mortgages.

J-K DGP says extra forces to be deployed during Assembly polls

Srinagar, Oct 22 : Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda has said that extra security would be deployed for the seven-phase polls in the state beginning November 17.

"We are expected to get the required forces in time. They will be deployed as per the requirement. Different strength of forces will be required in different phases," said Kuldeep Khuda, Director General of Police.

Separatist leaders have threatened to boycott any state election and plan to hold protests during the elections.

Khuda said that strict actions would be taken against anybody who tried to disrupt the elections. "Anybody who violated law of land, action will be followed," he added.

Nosheen To Represent Pakistan In ‘Miss Earth Pageant 2008’

Nosheen To Represent Pakistan In ‘Miss Earth Pageant 2008’Nosheen Idrees, the 22 year old from Jhelum Pakistan, will be representing ‘Pakistan’ in the Miss Earth pageant.

A student of communications at the University of Sheffield, Miss Idrees was crowned the third runner up for the Miss Pakistan World pageant on the 23rd of May 2008.

Nosheen expects to bring back a title, which can place Pakistan as a country that has the most beautiful women all through the world.

Hitler ''led henchmen'' in Kristallnacht riots

London, Oct. 22 : Before becoming the undisputed dictator of Germany, Adolf Hitler marched his henchmen onto the streets of Munich to perpetrate the atrocity that became known as Kristallnact.

Newly deciphered passages from the diaries of Josef Goebbels show that on the night of November 9, 1938, the Fuhrer led Nazis to destroy an important synagogue, and deliberately throwing a match into a tinderbox.

That Nazi-era pogrom was prompted by the murder of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris on November 7, 1938 by Jewish teenager Herschel Grynszpan.

The pogrom has gone down in history as the “Night of the Broken Glass”.

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