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- Probe uncovers serious problems with India's drug regulator
- Algerians sceptical election will bring change
- Global manufacturers go local in cost-wary India
- Would-be suicide bomber was planted, or turned informant
- Myanmar urged to continue with economic reforms
- To wear killer high heels, more women are seeking plastic surgery
- LinkedIn to become strongest social media network for professionals
- Nik Aziz should look at fatwa decision comprehensively: Perkasa
- Hotmail just got even smarter
- VIDEO: Underwear bomber 'was double agent'
- Ukraine's Tymoshenko moved from prison to hospital
- Doubts
- Myanmar poll rigging charge 'sham': state press
- Myanmar villagers want share of energy bonanza
- After decades of war, Somalia's capital enjoys building boom
- China to probe 'human flesh' pills claims: media
- Washington DC booms but unease at new racial divide
- Dismantled
- China reported considering delay of key party congress
- France’s Hollande may roll back spending promises
| Probe uncovers serious problems with India's drug regulator Posted: 09 May 2012 12:15 AM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main drug regulator has not been properly scrutinising some drugs before approving them, and some of its officials are colluding with drug firms and medical experts to circumvent procedure, according to a new parliamentary report. 
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| Algerians sceptical election will bring change Posted: 09 May 2012 12:04 AM PDT ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's authorities say a parliamentary election on Thursday is a stepping stone towards a more democratic state, but many people do not believe their promises, expect only marginal change and will stay away from polling stations. 
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| Global manufacturers go local in cost-wary India Posted: 08 May 2012 11:53 PM PDT MUMBAI (Reuters) - At the opening ceremony for Daimler AG's $850 million (526 million pounds) India factory, Chairman Dieter Zetsche stepped down from the cab of a gleaming yellow 25-tonne truck with scaled-down horsepower, a stripped-back gearbox and no sign of the iconic Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star on its grille. 
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| Would-be suicide bomber was planted, or turned informant Posted: 08 May 2012 11:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The would-be suicide bomber in a plot by al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate was planted in the group by an allied intelligence agency or turned into an informant early in the conspiracy, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. 
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| Myanmar urged to continue with economic reforms Posted: 09 May 2012 12:27 AM PDT The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Myanmar to carry out further economic reforms to tackle development challenges and unleash its potential for growth, Xinhua news agency reported.
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| To wear killer high heels, more women are seeking plastic surgery Posted: 09 May 2012 12:24 AM PDT To sport trendy, vertiginous heels the likes of their favorite celebs, some women are opting for dermal filling in their feet -- or even toe jobs, reportedly dubbed "Loub" jobs after shoe designer Christian Louboutin -- to make the shoes less painful, according to media reports.
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| LinkedIn to become strongest social media network for professionals Posted: 09 May 2012 12:10 AM PDT Frost & Sullivan has described LinkedIn's acquisition of professional content sharing platform SlideShare for US$119 million as a very strategic acquisition.
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| Nik Aziz should look at fatwa decision comprehensively: Perkasa Posted: 09 May 2012 12:09 AM PDT PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has been urged to comprehensively look at the ruling (fatwa) on the rally on April 28 before making any response.
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| Posted: 09 May 2012 12:08 AM PDT Last October, Hotmail – the largest web-based e-mail service in the world with a user base of over 360 million globally, celebrated its 15th anniversary and experienced a complete facelift, causing many to fall in love with it all over again. Now, Hotmail gets even smarter with remarkably efficient spam filtering and intuitively intelligent graymail management.
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| VIDEO: Underwear bomber 'was double agent' Posted: 08 May 2012 10:25 PM PDT Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent.
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| Ukraine's Tymoshenko moved from prison to hospital Posted: 08 May 2012 10:40 PM PDT KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose plight in prison has soured relations between the country's leadership and the West, was moved to a local hospital on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. 
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| Posted: 08 May 2012 11:03 PM PDT The 13 members of the media do not belong to any of the groups, why were they being assaulted then?
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| Myanmar poll rigging charge 'sham': state press Posted: 08 May 2012 10:40 PM PDT Myanmar state media on Wednesday said claims of ballot tampering made by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party during landmark recent by-elections were found to be "groundless" by an official probe.
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| Myanmar villagers want share of energy bonanza Posted: 08 May 2012 10:39 PM PDT For decades the islanders of Shweri Chai, a speck of land in the Bay of Bengal, have extracted oil using makeshift pulleys to draw the reddish liquid from the ground.
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| After decades of war, Somalia's capital enjoys building boom Posted: 08 May 2012 10:36 PM PDT Somalia's last president before the country erupted into decades of war made an ominous warning: force him from power, and he would leave Mogadishu as he found it, with only one road. The rest he would destroy.
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| China to probe 'human flesh' pills claims: media Posted: 08 May 2012 10:21 PM PDT China will investigate South Korean claims that the country is the source of smuggled capsules made from human flesh, but said it had found no such evidence yet, Chinese state media said Wednesday.
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| Washington DC booms but unease at new racial divide Posted: 08 May 2012 10:20 PM PDT It was once known as the "Murder Capital of the World," a city beset by a crack epidemic, no-go areas and resulting crime which triggered decades of white flight to the suburbs.
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| Posted: 08 May 2012 10:01 PM PDT Passers-by photograph the dismantled pieces of "Forever Marilyn," a sculpture by Seward Johnson, as it is prepared for removal from Pioneer Court in Chicago. The 26ft tall stainless steel and aluminum sculpture weighing 34,000 pounds has been inspired by Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in 1955 movie "The Seven Year Itch." The statue, which has been on display in Chicago since last July, will next be displayed in Palm Springs, California.
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| China reported considering delay of key party congress Posted: 08 May 2012 07:53 PM PDT BEIJING, May 9 — China's ruling Communist Party is seriously considering a delay in its upcoming five-yearly congress by a few months amid internal debate over the size and makeup of its top decision-making body, sources said, as the party struggles to finalise a once-in-a-decade leadership change. The two most senior posts, of president and ... 
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| France’s Hollande may roll back spending promises Posted: 08 May 2012 06:16 PM PDT PARIS, May 9 — France's Socialist president-elect Francois Hollande may use a summer audit of state finances to water down his generous campaign promises rather than risk a backlash from financial markets against stubbornly high deficits and rising debt. Advisers say he could even freeze some spending if the review turns up any nasty surprises, ... 
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