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9 convicted, 32 acquitted for murdering family during 2002 Gujarat riot

May 04, 2012

A special court has convicted 9 persons and acquitted 32 who were accused of being involved in the murder of three persons during the 2002 Gujarat riots in Ode town. #Gujarat #NewsTracker #Communal violence #Anand #2002 post-Godhra riots #Ode
Ronaldo hat-trick gives Real Madrid victory at Atletico

Apr 12, 2012

Leaders Real Madrid restored their four-point advantage over chasing Barcelona when Cristiano Ronaldo netted his seventh hat-trick of the La Liga campaign in a 4-1 drubbing of city neighbours Atletico on Wednesday. #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #riots #Godhra #Gujarat violence #Ode
Ode massacre: 18 sentenced to life, five get 7 years in jail

Apr 12, 2012

The court also sentenced five persons to seven years imprisonment. The court had convicted 23 persons for the murder of 24 persons in the village of Ode during the communal riots which took place in Gujarat in 2002. #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #riots #Godhra #Gujarat violence #Ode

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Documentary is an ode to NYC playground basketball

2013-05-18 15:09:00

NEW YORK -- Half-moon hoops, double rims, chain-linked fences for out-of-bounds lines and no net that anyone can recall. Such is the imperfect urban landscape of playground basketball, what many consider the truest expression of the sport. It's basketbal #Sebastian Telfair #New York Knicks #Coney Island, NY
Style.com
An Ode to Petri

2013-05-16 21:47:00

In gritty 1980s London, John Galliano was wrapping up his studies at Central Saint Martins, Leigh Bowery was hosting pansexual club nights, and Nick Logan launched The Face. It was a time of unencumbered experimentation—sartorial and otherwise. And it wa #London #Central Saint Martins (designer) #John Galliano
The Newark Advocate
Northridge out of fiscal caution, but levy needed

2013-05-22 01:28:00

Several minutes of video footage from a camera mounted inside a Coshocton County Sheriff's Office...- 6:34 pm The former Internal Revenue Service chief testified Tuesday that he first learned in spring 2012...- 9:00 pm A Utica mother accused of faking he #Internal Revenue Service #Ohio

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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.
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