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NEWS
US will mediate in J&K only if asked: Clinton
'Unless we were asked by both parties to help, we can't get involved. In every other case we are involved, it is because both parties have asked us to be involved,' the President said.

NEWS
Reddy's attorneys want separate trials for father and son
Defense lawyers believe that separate trials mean a speedy resolution of the cases. Besides, it will not be the same judge and the jury who will decide the fate of their clients.

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Toronto cabbies change minds about protective shields
'It makes a lot of sense to provide the driver with protection,' one taxi driver said.

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NDP dissidents threaten to go to court over 'tainted' members
If the controversy is not cleared by Friday and new delegates from election districts where 'massive irregularities' have occurred are not barred from the party's convention, dissidents are prepared to go to court to stop the convention.

MOVIES
Hollywood bigwigs back Deepa Mehta
George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars series, is so upset that he is taking advertisements in Hollywood trade publications, condemning the events that led to the cancellation of the Water shoot.

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Why is Kissinger scared of the Mahajan brothers?
The former secretary of state calls off his speech following protests by students at the University of Texas in Austin.

Dark clouds over desi box-office
Badal earned a paltry $ 64,000 last weekend. Given the usual pattern of 45 to 50 per cent decline for desi movies in the second week, it could exit with just about $ 150,000 in three weeks.

Confidentiality: Census to issue television ads to reassure minorities
Census officials are worried that a lot of people, either out of cynicism or negligence, will not fill in the forms.

Shyamalan, Nayar get Oscar nominations, Nepal's Caravan tramples Mehta's Earth
Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense has got the nod in the best picture, director, screenplay, supporting actor and editing categories.

Narinder Virk: Cold blooded murder plotter or 'ultimate victim' of justice system'?
Many Sikhs are coming forward, offering to put up their property as collateral to have her released.

Junglee guy goes after Purple Yogi
PurpleYogi.com, which is getting ready for an early launch, aims for extreme personalisation of the Internet.

The BRAIN Act
Zoe Lofgren, Congresswoman from Silicon Valley, has a formula she thinks can help the hi-tech industry.

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Pro-India militant
   leader killed in J&K
14 hurt in bomb blast
   on Gomti Express

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ICHR spikes major history
   projects, sparks row
7 killed in second
   phase of Bihar election
Vedrine, Jaswant protest
   US dominating culture
US concerned over
   Pak backing for terrorists
Extortion is big biz
   in the northeast
Naidu calls for
    abrogation of Art 356
Bofors papers may
    fail to nail culprits
First phase of polls
    peacefully in Orissa
Nawanshahr by-polls crucial
   for Punjab politics
Congress braces for the
   worst from review panel
New museum to open
   in Hyderabad
Padamsee to design cheap
   promotional mix for AP
Rajasthan employees
   end 64-day strike
Army needs officers
   fast: Gen Malik
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 Business
Duff and Phelps report backs
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NSE chief blames cash-flush
   corporates for volatility
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Trading strategy for Feb 18
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   week ending Feb 20, 2000
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 Infotech
Microsoft launches
   Windows 2000 in India
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Dravid props up Karnataka
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 The Columnists
Kuldip Nayar on strings
   attached to Clinton's visit
Dilip Thakore on the
   need for fiscal aggression
Raju Bharatan on
   l'affaire Azhar
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