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U.S. expects seven to 11 Atlantic hurricanes in 2013
by FP Staff
May 24, 2013

Sullivan, the acting administrator of the agency.Speaking at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, she said the hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean #
As some retailers back Bangladesh accord, U.S. group lashes out
by FP Staff
May 16, 2013

Center for Worker Solidarity showed that orders were placed last year by a Wal-Mart supplier, Fame Jeans, for work to be done at that complex. Wal #India # Business # Japan # Bangladesh # Government # markets # Latin America # Mexico # european # opinion # lifestyle
U.S. Navy makes aviation history with carrier drone launch
by FP Staff
May 15, 2013

happen" said Rear Admiral Ted Branch, the Atlantic naval air commander. "It's a marker ... between naval aviation as we've known #Yahoo! # content # wcnts # typeof-social # cookie # values # rco # aut # rch
U.S. Navy plans to make aviation history with carrier drone launch
by FP Staff
May 14, 2013

of two precision-guided bombs and fly 2,000 nautical miles in one trip, is due to take off from the USS George H. W. Bush in the Atlantic using the same #Yahoo! # wcnts # wcntn # typeof-social # undefined # cookie # values # aut # rch # cnt
U.S. commits to protecting loggerhead sea turtle habitat by 2014
by FP Staff
May 04, 2013

of loggerheads in the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific oceans and in the Gulf of Mexico, under an agreement filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in California #Yahoo! # content # wcnts # wcntn # typeof-social # undefined # cookie # values # rco # rch # typeof-registered # cnt
Meteorologists retire 'Sandy' from list of hurricane names
by FP Staff
Apr 12, 2013

," forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the Atlantic list since 1954. It will be replaced #facebook # Politics # United States # India # China # Japan # Brazil # NewsTracker # Argentina # United Kingdom # Mexico # opinion
Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change - study
by FP Staff
Apr 07, 2013

, 65 percent of it in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans," they wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change.Lead author Virginie Guemas #Yahoo! # NewsTracker # content # wcntn # values # aut # rch # typeof-registered # cnt
Dissident Cuban blogger gets warm reception from Miami exiles
by FP Staff
Apr 02, 2013

with a standing ovation accompanied by shouts of "Freedom! Freedom!" as she took the stage at Miami's iconic Freedom Tower, a one-time processing center #Yahoo! # NewsTracker # wcnts # wcntn # typeof-social # undefined # values # aut # typeof-registered # cnt
Analysis: Antibiotics crisis prompts rethink on risks, rewards
by FP Staff
Mar 19, 2013

would have an assured revenue stream.Healthcare officials on both sides of the Atlantic are showing a willingness to do things differently after drawing #
What world leaders said about North Korea's nuclear test
Feb 12, 2013

, represents a grave challenge to the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime centered on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and seriously #India # China # Barack Obama # US # Nato # WhoSaidWhat # Ban Ki-moon # North Korea # Julia Gillard

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The Big Mac of sports: Why we love IPL and its scandals

The average IPL fan isn’t outraged by the spot-fixing scandal. It merely confirms what we already suspected about the junk food of sports.
Nine years of UPA: What makes Sonia Gandhi the real hero

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Sex charge against Phaneesh Murthy may be settled out of court

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Money, sleaze take the sheen off imperious Chennai Super Kings

Given the huge legal, moral and ethical stakes, Srinvasan and Meiyappan should have voluntarily clarified their position and should have offered to face an investigation.
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PM carrying out responsibility with great dignity, says Sonia

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Why India is concerned about supplying arms to Afghanistan

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

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Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
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The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.