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Even MeT department is more accurate than IB: CPI on Patna bomb blast

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Taking a dig at the IB after the serial blasts in Patna, the CPI on Tuesday said that the intelligence agency comes in the forefront only after the damage is done. CPI leader Atul Kumar Anjan also slammed the agency for providing more general rather than any specific information. Oct 29, 2013
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PM calls upon strong disaster management capabilities

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has stressed on the need to strengthen the country’s disaster management mechanisms against the backdrop of the recent natural disasters that had struck the nation. Singh made this statement at the 5th meeting of the National Disaster Management Agency that was chaired by him. Singh appreciated the collaboration between the Odisha government and the NDMA for its preparedness to have tackled the natural disaster of cyclone Phailin and consequently saving many lives. Explaining how the poor and the marginalised people are the most affected during times of natural disasters, Singh said that the country must improve its disaster management system further. Oct 29, 2013
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Patna blasts: Khurshid faces flak for defending Shinde

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid faced flak from the BJP and JD (U) for defending Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde who was criticised for attending a music launch function hours after the serial blasts in Patna Oct 29, 2013
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Kareena Kapoor Khan receives whopping amount for her dance gig

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Bollywood babe, Kareena Kapoor Khan, has been paid an enormous amount for a TV dance performance. According to a tabloid, she has recently received Rs 1.5 crore for dancing on a reality TV show ‘Arab’s Got Talent’ in Lebanon. “Bebo performed the opening act on the show and also attended the launch of a new channel the next day. She had also been promoting her upcoming film ‘Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’ but managed to take some time off,” a source said. Well….even outside India, you have great fan following, Bebo!!! Oct 29, 2013
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US accent booms in Hong Kong language schools

A growing number of children in Hong Kong are learning to speak English like an American, with some parents believing it is more relevant than an accent of the southern Chinese city's former rulers, Britain. Duration: 02:05 Oct 29, 2013
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New mass graves raise hope for the missing in Bosnia

Forensic experts are analysing bodies that were recently exhumed from a mass grave in Bosnia, in which several hundred Muslim and Croatian victims were buried after being killed during the war in Bosnia during the 1990s. Duration: 02:03 Oct 29, 2013
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French jazz singer pays homage to Marilyn Monroe

French jazz singer Anne Ducros highlights the friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald in her new album, focusing on the help Monroe gave Fitzgerald by securing her gigs in a formerly all-white Hollywood club. Duration: 02:02 Oct 29, 2013
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French justice minister comments on racist remarks

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira calls racism "a crime" days after being herself targeted by verbal attacks in which she was labelled a "monkey" by a far-right politician and a student. Duration: 00:35 Oct 29, 2013