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Gurdwara attack: Police received info about plans weeks before

 The German police had received information about plans to carry out a bomb attack on a gurdwara in Essen by a group of teenagers from one of the suspects' mother some weeks before an explosive was......

Volkswagen ex-CEO Winterkorn to quit remaining posts

 Martin Winterkorn, the former boss of Volkswagen  who quit last month, will step down from his remaining posts related to the company, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and TV stations NDR......

Migration to urban areas is good: World Bank

 Taking a dig at India and other countries that believe economic activities must be spread geographically to benefit the poor, a new World Bank report has called for concentration of production,......

The world is not flat

 Tom Friedman has got his challenger. The world is not flat, says the World Bank, in its latest World Development Report. And don't you believe in the "death of distance", because distance from a......

Is equity central to development?

 World Development Report 2006 (WDR 2006) makes a persuasive case for equity as the guiding principle of development. Equity denotes equality of opportunities to pursue a life of one's choice and......

The better half is not shining!

 In his address to the National Development Council in July, the prime minister stated, "Rare are moments of history when a nation suddenly captures the imagination of the world."Indeed, India is......

No doping in athletics, declares IAAF

 The world governing body for athletics (IAAF) released a formal statement on Tuesday, strongly denying media reports of widespread doping in the sport.The IAAF described the reports from Britain's......

IAAF suppressed study of admitted dope cheats: Sunday Times

 A general view of the signange at the China National Stadium, also known as Bird's Nest. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images World athletics' governing body has suppressed a 2011 survey......

IAAF blocked study showing 'widespread doping among elite athletes'

 'The IAAF's delaying publication for so long without good reason is a serious encroachment on the freedom of publication' Some of the study's headline figures were leaked in America in 2013 but the......

Olympic champ Lewis pleads with athletes to save the sport

 Jamaica’s sprinter Usain Bolt with UK distance runner Mo Farah. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Athletes must themselves decide the future they want for their sport following the latest......

Kenya's top runners urge fans to keep faith amid doping row

 Kenya's top runners have urged athletics fans and sports enthusiasts across the world to keep faith in them, despite media allegations of widespread doping in the east African nation famed for its......

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