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Hungary sets 6.5-billion-dollar stimulus plan

Hungarian, BudapestBudapest  - Hungary plans a 1.4-trillion-forint (6.5-billion-dollar) stimulus package to boost its ailing economy, the government said Thursday, after international lenders last month staved off the ex-communist nation's financial collapse.

The proposal is designed to ease Hungary's severe credit crunch, generate more than 9 billion dollars in new investment and create 20,000 new jobs, Economy Minister Gordon Bajnai told members of parliament in Budapest.

Germany arrests suspected gunman of Italian gang

Germany FlagLangenfeld - German police said Thursday they had arrested an unassuming Italian suspected of working as a hired killer for an organized-crime syndicate in the Italian province of Apulia.

The unarmed man had no time to resist when he was suddenly handcuffed Wednesday evening as he returned home from his regular job as a tradesman in an eastern suburb of Dusseldorf.

The suspect, 46, is accused by a magistrate in Bari, Italy of attempting to murder two persons with a pump-action shotgun in 2000 on a street in Manfredonia, Italy at the orders of the syndicate. Both were wounded, but survived the attack

Rival student groups clash in Chennai

Tamil NaduChennai, Nov 13 : Three people were seriously injured as two rival groups of students clashed in Chennai on Wednesday evening.

A group of students wielding iron rods and sticks entered the campus of Ambedkar Law College in the city, and beat up some students coming out after taking their examination.

The students were brutally beaten up by the group inside the college campus.

Refuting allegations of being mute spectators to the incident, police said that they did not have permission to enter the college premises.

No building bylaws are applicable to the Defence Housing Authority in Karachi!

PakistanKarachi, Nov 13 : Putting aside building by-laws, the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in Karachi, which makes tall claims about upholding building control laws and clamping down on violations in its area, has allowed a restaurant to come up and caring out a parking space by blocking a service road of the Beach Avenue.

The Kingdom of Yahweh sect Down Under that still follows the 10 commandments

AustraliaMelbourne, November 13 : A religious sect which follows the Ten Commandments, and does not think it necessary to form governments for peace and order, still exists in Melbourne''s northern suburbs.

Members of ‘The Kingdom of Yahweh’ believe that laws are written on people’s “hearts and minds", and that governments made by man''s hands should be opposed.

India, England cricket teams confident of doing well in one-day series

England Cricket Board Logo Rajkot (Gujarat), Nov 13: India and England cricket teams expressed confidence on Thursday, of performing well, a day before the first match of the seven-match one-day series between them.

India will look to adapt quickly after completing a 2-0 test series victory over Australia four days ago.

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said in Rajkot, where the fist match would be played that players should learn to switch over from the test series mode to one-day series mode.

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