State visit to Indonesia reaffirmed bilateral ties: President Tony Tan

SINGAPORE: Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam said his state visit to Indonesia has reaffirmed the excellent bilateral relationship between the two countries.Speaking to Singapore media at the end of his five-day visit, Dr Tan stressed that the strong ties are built on the close people-to-people relationship.It was President Tony Tan's first state visit to Indonesia but not his first...

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FDI in retail to safeguard international market mafias' interest: BJP

NEW DELHI: India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said retail reform is a step taken by the Congress led-federal government to safeguard the interests of the international market mafias at the cost of national interest.BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday that voting inside the parliament would decide as to who is in favour of national interest and who is working...

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Photos: Kilauea Lava Reaches the Sea

Into the Sea Photograph by Hugh Gentry, ReutersA spectacular natural phenomenon was on display early this week as lava from a vent in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano flowed into...

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Wild West: Calif. Braces for More Stormy Weather

Northern California is bracing for more stormy weather this weekend after heavy rain and strong winds knocked out power to thousands, delayed flights, tied up traffic and flooded some roadways.After the second in a series of storms slammed the region Friday, scattered showers are expected Saturday before a third storm strikes Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.A...

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Expect fierce rivalry at Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore

SINGAPORE: Expect some fierce rivalry at this year's Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on December 2.Both the men's and women's champions are back to defend their titles but their reign could be under threat.Charles Kanyao, the surprise winner in the men's category last year with his time of two hours and 14 minutes, admitted he has to up the ante to retain the crown."This year, there...

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President Pranab Mukherjee visits DMK chief M Karunanidhi

CHENNAI: President Pranab Mukherjee met DMK chief M Karunanidhi here today during his visit to the city in connection with the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Mukherjee drove straight from the airport to the CIT Colony residence of the DMK patriarch, where he was received by party veteran K Anbazhagan, DMK Parliamentary party leader T R Baalu, Karunanidhi's daughter...

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Pictures: Inside the World's Most Powerful Laser

Photograph courtesy Damien Jemison, LLNLLooking like a portal to a science fiction movie, preamplifiers line a corridor at the U.S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF).Preamplifiers work by increasing the energy of laser beams—up to ten billion times—before these beams reach the facility's target chamber.The project's lasers are tackling "one of physics' grand...

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2 Towns Hint at Powerball Winners

The $587 million question on the identity of the winners in the historic Powerball jackpot is still a mystery, but residents in Missouri and Maryland say they already know who the two lucky winners are.Employees and customers at Marlboro Village Exxon in Upper Marlboro, Md., said a tall, black, bald man held the winning ticket purchased in Arizona, according to ABC News affiliate...

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Cricket: New Zealand level Sri Lanka Test series with rare win

COLOMBO: New Zealand registered their first Test win in Sri Lanka for 14 years on Thursday, finally removing the defiant Angelo Mathews to level the series 1-1 in Colombo.The Kiwis bowled Sri Lanka out for a second innings total of 195 in the last session of the fifth and final day at the P. Sara Oval to win the second and final Test by 167 runs.All-rounder Mathews offered dogged resistance,...

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Only 22 of 1,517 housing projects completed under JNNURM: CAG

NEW DELHI: Only 22 of the 1,517 housing projects approved under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission were completed by the due date of March 2011, the Comptroller and Auditor General has stated, while noting that the ministries of central government were "not equipped" to monitor a project of this magnitude. The report, which was tabled in the Parliament today, also observed that a crucial...

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