Mumbai: Investors’ stock market wealth has plunged by nearly Rs 5,00,000 crore in five straight days of trading, as the market continued its downslide today with a 468-point plunge in the benchmark Sensex.

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Iranian president’s car attracts big bucks in online charity auction. 1970s Peugeots may not be everyone’s (or anyone’s) cup of tea – and paying $1m for one is virtually unheard of. But this isn’t just any old Pug.

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US airlines must inspect 683 Boeing 757s for cracks after a hole opened on an American Airlines plane on October 26, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a directive to be published today.

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Kolkata: A fire broke out in a cold storage after ammonia gas leaked and then spread to an adjacent cotton godown at Maniktala in north Kolkata on Monday.

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SEOUL - South Korea’s army held a farewell ceremony Monday for about 130 elite troops to be deployed in the United Arab Emirates to help train its special forces, officials said.

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AMRITSAR: A day after UKs’ former home secretary Jack Straw blamed some Pakistani Muslim men for targeting "vulnerable" White girls sexually, UK’s Hindu and Sikh organizations also publicly accused Muslim groups of the same offence. Straw, in an interview to the BBC recently, had said, "...there is a specific problem which involves Pakistani heritage men...who target vulnerable young white girls...they see these young women, white girls who are vulnerable, some of them in care ... who they think are easy meat."

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D/o. Late Simon Peter Lewis, Mavinakudru, Uppoor of Milagres Church Kallianpur expired on Monday, 10th January, 2011 at Fathima Convent, Kanpur, UP.

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NEW DELHI - Just six weeks before the cricket World Cup, several venues including India’s most famous stadium are chaotic scenes of cranes and rubble, raising fears they will not be ready in time.

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DHAKA - The headmaster of an Islamic school in Bangladesh said Sunday that he had banned 15 teenage students from attending lessons after they trimmed their beards.

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London: Cigarette smoking may completely disappear by 2050, experts believe. A combination of rising prices and the ban on lighting up in public places could finally kill off the habit, reports express.co.uk.

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New Delhi: Nashik onion traders on Monday decided not to purchase onions for two days from the Agricultural Produce Market Committees, following the nationwide I-T raids on onion traders.Traders are protesting against the Maharashtra government’s directive of selling onions at not more than Rs 40 per kg. The decision was taken by Nashik District Onion Traders Association at a meeting.Farmers, meanwhile are angry with the traders’ decision. The Maharashtra State Government has called an emergency meeting of traders to resolve the crisis.

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TEHRAN - A Boeing 727 airliner with state-run Iran Air crashed on Sunday near a northwestern city in bad weather and broke into pieces, killing at least 72 of the 105 people on board, state media reported.

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Obituary: EXPIRED NEWS of Marcine D’Cunha Bajjar-Kalladka

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Udupi, Jan 10: It is gathered that the customs officials in Malpe seized saffron worth about a crore of rupees being illegally transported by some bus passengers, on Sunday January 9. The material, weighing about 50 kgs, was being taken to Mumbai, after filling it in six bags.

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The popular motivational speaker Nick Vujicic is set to inspire audiences in Qatar on February 10 as part of the Message of Hope series organised by HOPE Qatar Centre for Children with Special Needs.

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Nowadays, shoppers can carry their old jewelry to supermarkets in England and exchange it for a loaf of bread or any other item. There is a new trend where people that own some used and forgotten gold jewelry or watches trade them for cash. Why not, since gold prices have reached its top level of 1400 US dollars an ounce against $600 five years ago.

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DUBAI - Rescue efforts are continuing to save a woman who has been stuck down a bore well for seven days in western Saudi Arabia, local daily Arab News reported on Sunday.

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How about travelling to Chamundi Hills in a Meredes Benz? Obviously, most, especially who are quick in grabbing the opportunity to drive in luxury wouldn’t dare to miss the chance.

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After remaining peaceful for most of the year, Chinese troops entered Indian territory in the fag end of 2010 along the Line of Actual Control in South-eastern Ladakh region and threatened a contractor and his team to halt work on constructing a ’’passenger shed’’.

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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Sunday dispelled the impression that India was after NRI funds saying that more than 95 per cent of investment comes from domestic sources. “I think we can get rid of the notion that we are connecting with the NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) because we want investment...we are not reaching out to NRIs because we need money,” Mr. Ahluwalia said at the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas organised by the government in collaboration with industry chamber CII.

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