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'Devdas' out of Oscar awards' foreign section
New York: Battle lines have been drawn for the 75th annual Academy awards, as musical 'Chicago' danced away with 13 nominations, including best picture and four acting categories, while 'Devdas', Bollywood's own dance drama lost out in the foreign film category.
Haj stampede: Three Indians among 14 dead
Dubai: Three Indians, including two women from Andhra Pradesh, were among the 14 Haj pilgrims trampled to death on February 11 in a stampede during a ritual "stoning of the devil" in Mina in Saudi Arabia.
UN to draw up humanitarian plans in case of war
United Nations: With Iraq facing threats of war, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has invited the Security Council members to discuss the humanitarian planning done by the world body in case America and its allies take military action against Baghdad.
US Legislators seek end to offshore outsourcing
New York: As unemployment rises and US economy fails to show signs of early revival, offshore outsourcing by American corporations, including from India, is coming under close scrutiny with Legislators, trade unions and workers demanding an end to it.
US dismisses Iraq's latest moves as tactical retreats
Washington: In a frigid response, the United States has said Iraq's approval of the use of US-made U-2 surveillance planes by weapons inspectors as "tactical retreats" and accused Saddam Hussein that he would use civilians as "human shields".
US asks India, Pak to restrain their rhetoric
Washington: Advocating the need for dialogue to resolve Indo-Pak differences, the United States has asked the two countries to "restrain rhetoric and actions" that heighten tensions.
Key suspect in 'Kanishka' bombing pleads guilty
Toronto: In a dramatic turn, Inderjit Singh Reyat, one of the three suspects charged in the 1985 bombing of the Air India jetliner "Kanishka" that killed 329 people, mostly Canadians, pleaded guilty on February 10 to manslaughter charges and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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