March 4, 2008
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March 4, 2008

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Karnataka High Court orders Ramoji Rao to appear in Ballari Court

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Construction in Gulf countries estimated at 1.8 trillion dollar

Fergie will choose his successor at Manchester United

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International News for March 4, 2008

7 killed in Naval War College suicide attack in Lahore(First lead:Lahore blast)
The death toll in suicide attack and explosions at Pakistan Navy War College near Mall Road underpass in Lahore has increased to seven with several injured in the incident. ANI

Admiral Mullen meets Musharraf, Kayani
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Armed Forces, Admiral Michael Mullen met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Asfaq Parvez Kiyani in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. ANI

South Korea dispatches team to probe UNMIN chopper crash
South Korea dispatched a mission to Nepal on Tuesday to investigate the crash of the United Nations helicopter that took place in Ramechhap district on Monday afternoon. ANI

Sex is not the word for Mills and Boons writer Jean Macleod
She might have penned 130 books for romantic fiction novels, Mills and Boon, but sex is not a word in Jean Macleods vocabulary. ANI

28-inch woman delivers an 18-inch baby!
A woman with just a height of 28 inches has given birth to a girl - more than half her own size. ANI

Wikipedia co-founder embroiled in online love spat with ex-flame
Jimmy Wales, the man behind Wikipedia, is not himself immune from the downside of the internet after embarrassing allegations about his love life were published on the web. ANI

Six killed in Navy War College blasts in Lahore
At least six persons were killed and several injured on Tuesday after four loud explosions occured at the Pakistan Navy War College near Mall Road Underpass in Lahore. ANI

Archaeologists discover fortress dating back to the third Iranian dynasty
Archaeologists have discovered a fortress dating back to the third Iranian dynasty of the Parthians. ANI

India, Israel negotiating USD 1.5 bn defence deal: Israeli Paper
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is reportedly negotiating a USD 1.5 billion deal with India to set up a defence system using innovative long-range missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers. ANI

Nawazs ex-bodyguard jailed in UK for rape
The Glasgow High Court sentenced a man who claimed to be former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharifs bodyguard to eight years imprisonment after charging him of rape of a 21-year-old woman in March last year. ANI

Di ended romance, not me: Dr Hasnat Khan
The man whom Princess Diana described as the love of her life has revealed that she dumped him for Dodi Al Fayed. ANI

Lawyers protests force Pakistan govt to allow Justice Iftikhars kinds to leave house
Following intense pressure from continued protests by lawyers and civil society activists, the Pakistan government is learnt to have decided to allow detained Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhrys children to attend their educational institutions. ANI

Bhajji brands Oz crowd behavior as despicable
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has branded Australian crowd behaviour as despicable and claims he has nothing to apologise for over his behaviour in Sydney. ANI

Fake German astrologer duped Brit spies about Hitlers end
A charlatan astrologer duped senior members of British Intelligence into believing that the secret to defeating Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler lay in the stars. ANI

Archaeological survey reveals unknown aspects of Chinas past
An international team of archaeologists have used a method known as regional settlement pattern survey to develop a multifarious overview of an important but understudied region along the northeastern coast of China. ANI

BBC to launch Arabic TV news service next Monday
The BBC has unveiled a 25 million pound Arabic television news service that will be funded by the Government. ANI

No Idea editors behind Prince Harry leak to be promoted
The women responsible for breaking the embargo on Prince Harrys deployment in war-ravaged Afghanistan and sparking a fury in the British military are being promoted, rather than being slapped with a sacking letter. ANI

UK Sea Life Centre has a Hexapus
The Blackpool Sea Life Centre in north-west England has a Hexapus or, a six-legged octopus. ANI

Oz PM Rudd has never done dope
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said that he has had one too many in terms of drinks, but has never smoked dope. ANI

Musharraf for forming PPP-PML-Q coalition govt in Punjab
Even as efforts to form the next national government in Pakistan approach final stage, the countrys President Pervez Musharraf has hinted at the formation of a coalition government of his backed Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the Punjab province. ANI

Musharraf declares he is ready to work with any party in power
Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs key aides got together to deny the speculations making rounds that he had been asked to quit and that he might put in his papers in a day or two. On the sidelines, Musharraf declared that he was ready to work any party that formed the next government in the country. ANI

Were still awaiting Aussies verdict on cancellation of tour: Nasim
Following indications from the Australian Players Association that it was mulling cancellation of Pakistan tour, originally scheduled for later this month, and might not even send a representative to assess the security situation, the PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf has said that they were waiting for an official verdict from Cricket Australia (CA). ANI

Indian High Commissioner greets Nawaz Sharif
Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Satyabrata Pal is learnt to have called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif at his residence last evening and conveyed Indian leaderships greetings to him. ANI

ADVISORY/MIT to Hold Risk Management Conference
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Integration Associates Unveils its Latest EZRadio(R) OOK Receiver - IA4315
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Leading Companies and University Sue Alba for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
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Gemalto Technology Enables Authentication Devices for SYSteam
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Yahoo! Launches New Lab in Bangalore, India
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