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NEWS
Can An Ankle Injury Kill?
Following requests from the family, the Victoria coroner tries to find out just how 18-year-old Natasha Rai died.

NEWS
International Car Smuggling Ring Busted
Two Indians face 15 years in prison on charges of conspiracy to possess stolen property, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

EVENT
Vignettes Of India In Chicago
The Chicago Cultural Center offers an exhibition of pictures by outstanding Indian and non-Indian photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dario Mitidieri and Raghu Rai.

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Charges Against Sikh Priest Dropped
Gurcharan Singh Bhatia breathes easy three months after his arrest for carrying a kirpan.

NRI Produces Documentary On Bharathi
The documentary scripted by novelist Prof Indra Parthasarathy describes Subramania Bharathi as the first democratic Tamil poet.

Embassy Says India Won't Beg
But officials vehemently deny they have distanced themselves from the Orissa relief effort.

Two Indians Among 32 US Rhodes Scholars
Neelakash Varshney of the University of Alabama, Birmingham and Jasdip Kharbanda of the University of Chicago were the students chosen for the honour.

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Jagjit Singh Sehdeva, to kill whom murder plots had been hatched earlier too, was killed, allegedly by robbers, on Tuesday.

Boxer Nagra's Legal Fights Mount
The Canadian Amateur Boxing Association cancels an event after the Ontario Superior Court says he can participate with or without a beard.

How an American Writer Thought Up Cotton Mary
Her feelings of deracination and the attitude to her of the people in India, shaped by the British Raj, left a profound impact on her, says Alexander Viets.

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Under Attack!
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 India Headlines
Cogentrix withdraws from
   Mangalore power project
Kalyan Singh gets
   the sack finally

 News
Missile found for the
   first time in Kashmir
BJP building bridges
   with Church in Kerala
Vajpayee confirms Advani,
   Joshi wanted to resign
Congress welcomes plan for
   fresh probe into '84 riots
Demand made in Lok Sabha
   for CBI chief's ouster
Complaint against Balayogi
   embarrasses TDP
5 shot dead in Tripura
Kerala govt cracks down
   on absenteeism
Patna all spruced up for
   Laloo's daughter's wedding
Jharkhand can't be carved
   out of Bihar alone: RJD
In Pakistan, to be arrested
   is only the beginning
Musharraf in Iran
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 Business
Clinton delinks WTO labour
   agenda from Indo-US trade
ICICI Bank enhances
   Web services for NRIs
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 Infotech
Tug of war: Round 2
   goes to Comdex '99
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 Sports
Prasad, Agarkar may play
   ahead of Mongia, Mohanty
Right-handed compliments
Odds and evens
Paes, Paradorn to clash
   in ATP Challenger semis
Winning start for Salgaocar
India-South Korea clash
   holds much promise
India drawn in tough
   group for Thomas Cup
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 The Columnists
Pritish Nandy on the
   BJP's secret weapon
Dilip D'Souza on the
   events of Dec 6, 1992
Arun Lal rates
   India's chances highly
Devangshu Datta on
   roadblocks to e-prosperity
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