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MOVIES
Of Mice, Men And Manoj Shyamalan
The hit director of The Sixth Sense opts for a heartwarming cat and mouse story this time.

NEWS
Emergency! Docs Wanted
But despite a severe shortage of medical doctors in Canada, red tape and reputation collude to make things difficult for Indian doctors.

OPINION
It's One Hell Of A Life
Medicine is a wonderful field, but it asks, it demands, much of anyone who enters it, says Dr Balamurali K Ambati, and Dr Jayakrishna Ambati.

HUMOR
Staying Home For The Holidays
'We were advised to avoid discussions of religion and politics at holiday dinners unless our hosts requested our views. The advice was useless. We received no invitations.'

NEWS
Indian Rivals Won't Join Battle
Moe Sihota says he won't run for premiership of British Columbia.

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Surayya in a storm
Orphaned by cyclone,
   spurned by prejudice
Freed Indian prisoners
   recount Pak torture
Bomb scare at London
   felicitation for Lata
BJP denies any of its
   leaders met Kalyan Singh
Islamic university to be
   set up in Kashmir
India to plead for man
   jailed for possessing spice
AIR, Doordarshan to
   counter Pak propaganda
Cautious optimism on new
   probe into 1984 riots
JMM splits, Mandal faction
   expels Shibu Soren
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 Business
Cogentrix: Karnataka
   non-committal on PPA
Union government dangles
   counter-guarantee
Apollo merger creates Asia's
   largest health-care enterprise
Kerala govt rewards Cochin
   airport whiz with project
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 Sports
Stomach virus forces Ganguly
   out of Tasmania match
Dalmiya calls for information
   on match-fixers
Vijay leads golf rankings
Nirupama shocks Prakusya
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 The Columnists
Danel Laidlaw on
   cold batting, bold bowling
Arvind Lavakare on
   quick justice
Steve Waugh on the
   big Aussie victory
Bobby Simpson on
   India's batting order
Harsha Bhosle on
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