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CRIME
Who is killing immigrants in Houston?
A series of murders, a majority of them involving convenience stores clerks, has rattled the minority community.

EDUCATION
Two Indian students on USA Today's top-20 USA Team
Cited among Neelaksh Varshney's achievements by USA Today selection committee was his article about using tele-medicine in rural areas which was published by a Princeton University bio-ethics journal.

NEWS
Midnight raid poses many questions, whereabouts of deported man unknown
While Canadian authorities say Harjinder Singh has been deported, his family in Delhi has not heard from him.

NEWS
Lawyer raises cultural issues to help mother charged with attempted murder
Virk, who hardly speaks English and has no source of income, is not a flight risk, her supporters who did not know her till her arrest, say.

MOVIES
Oscar nominations: Somebody remembers Om Puri
Bob Ivry writing in The Record, a New Jersey newspaper, acknowledged that while the Oscar nomination were kind to some newcomers, it was unfair to keep out talents like Om Puri.

RECENT FEATURES

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.

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.

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.

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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Vedrine backs Clinton's
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3 Pakistani high commission
   staff members expelled

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Governor accepts Rajasthan
   FM's resignation
Defiant Bajrang Dal
   shows schism in Parivar
9 security personnel
   killed in Tral blast
The Father, Son
   and the Holy Spirit
Police still to file FIR for
   espionage against IAF officer
Govt plans to clip
   CVC's wings
When treasure is
   nothing but trouble
Development did
   Laloo in: experts
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 AFP News
2 arrested in Tripura for
   sacrificing a woman

 Business
Budget may slash number of
   drugs under price control
RBI governor Jalan calls for
   tough accounting practices
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 Money
Trading strategy for Feb 21
Trading strategy for the
   week ending Feb 27, 2000
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 Sports
Injury rules Ramesh out
Karnataka on course
   for big win
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 The Columnists
Adm J G Nadkarni on
   defence and national pride
Monu Nalapat on family
   and country
Devangshu Datta on
   mutual funds
Harsha Bhogle on
   the enemy within
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