Digging for Draupadi

Source: Business Standard

Misra, 50 and diminutive, is a former entrepreneur and business consultant. A near-fatal car accident in 2000, she says, changed her life and led her to set up the Trust, which has a dual mission: the “socio-econom ...
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Stardom greeting Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal

Source: CBC News

Up, up the snowy Passo Della Stelvio pumped Ryder Hesjedal on Saturday, leaving most of the field behind him, bringing his rocketing reputation as a professional cyclist along for the ride and heading for the top of his sport, where the stars hang out. T ...
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Your posh guilt doesn't help, Nick

Source: The Telegraph

If you believe Nick Clegg, Britain is still a society riven by class snobbery. As he told the Sutton Trust last week: “Class-bound attitudes are the ghost in the machine. Hard to identify, tricky to measure, and ...
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Source: WBAL Baltimore

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Source: Philippine Star

With this warm greeting, Ian Somerhalder set the easy-friendly tone during this one-on-one at the presidential suite of Manila Peninsula where he was billetted during his brief visit (arriving Saturday last week and ...
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Investigation continues in Patz case

Source: ABC-KITV Honolulu

A day after Pedro Hernandez was charged in the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, prosecutors now face the task of corroborating his confession and piecing together a mystery that's confounded investigators for more than thre ...
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Memorial Day weekend starts out cool, but just wait for the warm-up

Source: Sacramento Bee

Temperatures much cooler than normal are greeting the kickoff of Memorial Day weekend activities today, according to the forecast from the National Weather Service in Sacramento. While the normal high in Sacram ...
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New United Russia leader sets out party modernization programme

Source: Voice of Russia

Vladimir Putin has always wanted to be a non-partisan President. Accordingly, he stepped down from the leadership of United Russia in April, nominating Dmitry Medvedev for the post. Sitting in Moscow Saturday, ...
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ACCENT: On the dusty roads of Thailand

Source: The Sudbury Star

His fitness -- but especially his reputation as a "low maintenance" adventure traveller -- were the reasons I invited Sudbury criminal lawyer John Saftic to participate in an open-ended bike tour in Southeast Asia earlier this yea ...
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