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Breaking News Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Pentagon
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
 The Guardian 
Officials: Afghan, US close to compromise deal
| HEIDI VOGT | Associated Press= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. and the Afghan governments are considering pushing through a long-delayed partnership agreement by relegating the contentious issu... (photo: Public Domain / Helene C. Stikkel)
An Afghan policeman aims his rifle toward protestors, unseen, during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.
Afghanistan   Islam   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Quran desecration  
 Jakarta Globe 
Five killed in Afghan protests over Koran burning
A total of five demonstrators were shot dead on Wednesday in anti-US protests in Afghanistan over the burning of the Koran at a US military base, officials said. | Three were killed in Shinwar distric... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid)
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing at the Investiture Ceremony of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, in New Delhi on February 22, 2012.  The Times Of India 
Pranab Mukherjee hopeful of meeting indirect tax collection target in FY12
Tweet NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed hope that indirect tax collection target of Rs 3.92 lakh crore for the current fiscal will be met despite the economic slowdown. | "I... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   Finance   Photos   Tax   Wikipedia: Indirect tax  
The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM, Dr. C. Rangarajan addressing a press conference on Review of Economy 2011-12, in New Delhi on February 22, 2012.The Members Economic Advisory Council to PM and the Principal Director General (M&C), Press Information Bureau, Smt. Neelam Kapur are also seen.  The Times Of India 
Economy to grow 7.5 to 8% in 2012-13: PM's economic council
Economy to grow 7.5 to 8% in 2012-13: PM's economic council | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleSurojit Gupta, TNN | Feb 22, 2012, 01.38PM IST | NE... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   Economy   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of India  
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A woman in Indian village busy to house work Mumbai Mirror
Indian feminists should talk to village counterparts: Mrinal Pande
| IANS Tweet Rate me.... | Share Share Share Share | Posted On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 12:36:52 PM | Notions of womanhood have changed in urban India with power m... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Book   India   Photos   Wikipedia: India   Woman  
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak delivers a speech to the nation during his New Year's speech at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Wall Street Journal
South Korea's Lee Deflects Pyongyang Barbs
By ALASTAIR GALE And EVAN RAMSTAD | SEOUL—South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said even though North Korea is trying to influence the outcome of elections in the S... (photo: AP / Yonhap, Kim Byung-man)
Photos   Pyongyang   Relations   Seoul   Wikipedia: Lee Myung-bak  
An Afghan policeman walks through black smoke rising from tyres that were burnt by protesters during an anti-US demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. CNN
Afghans protest for a 2nd day after Quran burning
February 22, 2012 -- Updated 0655 GMT (1455 HKT) ISAF commander makes Quran apology | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Kabul went into lockdown Wednesday a... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid)
Afghanistan   Islam   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Quran desecration  
Cold drinks at a shop-soft drinks-Pepsi,Mirinda,Dew and othe cold drinks-India. The Times Of India
Coke and Pepsi in war of flavours this season
Coke and Pepsi in war of flavours this season | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleRatna Bhushan, ET Bureau | Feb 22, ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Business   Food   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Soft drink  
Vehicles on the road-air pollution-Pune-India. DNA India
Soon, you'll know UV, air pollution, health index
| Puneites will soon be able to know the air they breathe, including the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, literally. | System of Air Quality Forecasting and Researc... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Health   Photos   Pollution   Research   Wikipedia: Air pollution  
The reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the city of Bushehr  750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Ha'aretz
Iran’s real weapon
| How many centrifuges does North Korea have? How much enriched uranium does Pakistan have? What nuclear fuels are in Israel’s possession? | Even if someone does have t... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Weapon   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah deliver speech After inaugurates a power grid station in the Magam area of Central Kashmir's Budgam district on Tuesday 21, February 2012. Newstrack India
Omar Abdullah backs state-centre dialogue on formation of NCTC
| Srinagar, Feb 22 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has came out in the favour of having a dialogue with the Central Government over the formation of... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Government   Kashmir   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Kashmir  
Lenders yet to agree on fresh loans to Kingfisher Airlines: Sources The Times Of India
Lenders yet to agree on fresh loans to Kingfisher Airlines: Sources
Lenders yet to agree on fresh loans to Kingfisher Airlines: Sources | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetVijay Mallya is seeking working capital loans from lenders ... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Airlines   India   Kingfisher Airlines   Photos   Wikipedia: Kingfisher Airlines  
Gold bangles-jewellery-India. The Times Of India
Gold futures up on firm global cues
Gold futures up on firm global cues | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Feb 22, 2012, 11.38AM IST NEW DELHI: Go... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Economy   Gold   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Gold  
Landslides block Srinagar-Jammu highway again The Times Of India
Landslides block Srinagar-Jammu highway again
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet SRINAGAR: Landslides and shooting stones on Wednesday blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway even as the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) started ro... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir   Landslides   Photos   Road   Wikipedia: Landslide  
Indian Currency - Rupee The Times Of India
Rupee rises on robust inflows; consolidation likely
Tweet MUMBAI: The rupee climbed higher on Wednesday buoyed by continuing capital flows into local stocks and debt, although strong demand for dollars from oil importers l... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Currency   Debt   Photos   Rupee   Wikipedia: Quran  
Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamat-e-Islami rally to condemn the verdict against alleged al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui and threats to burn the Quran by a small American church, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Jakarta Globe
Violent Afghan Protests Spread Over Koran Burning
Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Afghans threw stones, shouted “death to America” and torched tires, pouring onto streets on Wednesday for a second day of angry protes... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Afghanistan   Photos   Protests   Quran   Wikipedia: Bagram Airfield  
China India
- Trade Battles Buffet E.U.'s Green Efforts
- The perfect couple made for each other
- Mining key to growth, says Jay Weatherill
- Australia must grasp the yuan trade opportunities
A Kuwaiti oil worker talks on his radio at Mina Abdulah Oil Refinery, 50 Km South of Kuwait City in this file photo taken April 2005. With oil prices hovering near US$60 a barrel, producers are happy and consumers, while feeling the pinch, are still consuming, meaning the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is not expected to change its production level when it meets in Kuwait on
Oil edges towards $121
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- Premier League Soccer in India postponed
- Letters: Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Gillard always left in the shade by celebrity Rudd
- Ted Baillieu spruiks MCG for World Cup final in 2015
Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, right, and Kareena Kapoor arrive to attend the Padma Award function at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.
Top Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan accused of assault
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Turkey Iraq
- Rising powers: China, Turkey sign deals
- Purim recipes for hamantashen cookies and Turkish red lentil
- Turkish Secret Agents Trained by the Mossad Captured in Syri
- Rising powers: China, Turkey sign deals
Turkish Airlines A330-300 at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Jakarta
Turkish Airlines sees 20% rise in Indian business travellers
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- American Reporter Marie Colvin’s Final Dispatches From
- Iraq considers alternative oil export routes in case Hormuz
- Iraq says improves terms for 4th energy round
- Recalling a Last Dinner With a Journalist Killed in Syria
(From left to right) U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edward Winkowski, squad leader, Maj. Chris Payant, stability governance infrastructure officer, and Sgt. Brandon Bregel, team leader, asses a bridge during a quality assurance inspection along Highway 1 in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2011.
Why I am more optimistic about Afghanistan than I am about Iraq
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Saudi Arabia Japan
- Strategic shifts in US may take Israeli heat off Iran
- Saudi King to Medvedev: Dialogue on Syria is futile
- Iraq considers alternative oil export routes in case Hormuz
- Russia warns Israel not to attack Iran
International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Director General Yukiya Amano from Japan waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.
Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail
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- European Markets Find Little Relief in Greek Bailout
- As Japan Recovers, a Generational Rift Opens
- EU suspends copyright treaty ratification
- It's not exactly cod 'n' chips, is it? How scien
2010 Toyota 4Runner photographed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the 2010 Montreal International Auto Show.
Toyota hit by low sales, exports / Concern remains over yen's strength and European crisis
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Indonesia Pakistan
- Trade Battles Buffet E.U.'s Green Efforts
- Strategic shifts in US may take Israeli heat off Iran
- Megawati and Taufiq Share Their Domestic Lives With the Nati
- Permata, MayBank Indonesia Post Stellar Income
A passer-by is seen in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. The benchmark Nikkei 225 average fell 257.83 points, or 3.12 percent to end morning session at 7,999.02.
Asia stocks down despite deal to end Greek crisis
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- Pakistan lashes out at US congressman's resolution
- Gilani seeks result-oriented talks with India
- US congressman calls for Pakistan's largest province to
- Pakistan lashes out at US congressman's resolution
The reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the city of Bushehr  750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.
Iran’s real weapon
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