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Abu Salem can be tried for all crimes in India: Supreme court

The Supreme Court today ruled that the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts accused and underworld don Abu Salem can be tried for all the crimes he had committed in the country.

Afghan protester 'shot dead' at Qur'an burning rally

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British Artists Protest a Possible Cut in Government Funds

Britain's coalition government has proposed a budget that could cut arts spending by as much as 25 percent, which artists say could have "a crippling effect."

Goolsbee tapped for WH economic post

President Obama could announce as early as Friday morning that he will tap Austan Goolsbee to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the announcement.

National 'Spending Revolt' tour joining up with Tea Party rally under the Arch

The "Spending Revolt National Bus Tour," which is financed by a number of conservative groups, will stop by the Gateway Arch at noon Sunday -- just as area Tea Party activists arrive for their 9/12 rally, called "Gateway to November," aimed at energizing the movement for the fall election.

Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee as the new head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S.

Pastor backs off Koran-burning plan for now

KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pastor of a small Florida church, facing an outpouring of concern from U.S.

Royal Mail to be privatised or sold

Move by business secretary Vince Cable to introduce legislation to start the process raises fears the Royal Mail's universal service o

Spending vs. investment: Is the difference just semantics?

Former U.K. Chancellor Gordon Brown spent tax dollars on education, health, and public services. Is that an 'investment'?

Trump offers to buy Islamic center site

Real estate mogul Donald Trump has offered to buy the lower Manhattan site where a Muslim group plans to build an Islamic community center for 25 percent more than the current owners paid for it.

White House Spurns Solar Panel

A polite refusal to accept a solar panel that was installed by the Carter administration, removed by the Reagan administration and proffered Friday by environmental campaigners.

Academies 'may be risky strategy'

The government spending watchdog warns the expansion of the academies programme could risk being poor value for money.

Commons debates hacking of MPs' phones

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F.S.A. to Fine Goldman Over Tourre Investigation

The Financial Services Authority, the British securities regulator, is set to announce within hours that it has fined Goldman Sachs for failing to disclose that an employee, Fabrice Tourre, was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Facebook inches past Google for Web users' minutes

SEATTLE - US Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.

Florida pastor suspends plans to burn Qur'an
Google Breathes A Sigh Of Relief After Reading Apple’s New Developer Agreement

This morning’s somewhat vague statement by Apple on updates to it’s developer agreement brought a flurry of questions. Did Apple just allow Flash-powered Apps into the App ecosystem? Will third-party anlaytics companies like Flurry still be blocked?

Google Instant, behind the scenes

Yesterday we introduced Google Instant, a change to make search fast and interactive by showing you results instantly as you type. With Instant we’ve turned search from a static HTML page into an AJAX application, just as we did with Google Maps and Gmail. You can learn more about Google Instant in yesterday’s blog post, but we also wanted to share a peek behind the scenes into some of the engineering challenges we faced in design and infrastructure.

Has California Supreme Court ruling 'wiped out' Prop. 8 opposition?

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown are not required to defend against a legal challenge to Prop. 8, the law banning same-sex marriage, the state supreme court found. So who will defend it now?

Health Plan Won’t Fuel Big Spending, Report Says

A new government study says President Obama’s health care law will have negligible effects on total national health spending in the next 10 years.

Health reforms trigger spending shift

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Hyundai shows off SKorea's first electric car

Hyundai Motor unveiled its first electric car Thursday — the BlueOn — as it moves to catch up with Japanese rivals that have jumped ahead in the field.

Hyundai showed off the car on the grounds of Seoul's hillside Blue House, the office and residence of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who took it for a spin while Cabinet ministers, officials and electric-vehicle industry representatives looked on.

Job interviewing 101: How to prepare for the right comeback

Here are some Do’s and Don’ts for job seekers on giving the best responses to potential employers’ probing questions

Kuwait DH who jumped to death is not Pinay - RP embassy

The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait on Thursday belied a report that the domestic helper who recently jumped to her death from her employer's building was a Filipina.

LWUA employees file plunder complaint vs Pichay

MANILA, Philippines - An employees' group of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) on Thursday filed a plunder complaint against their chairman, Prospero Pichay, for allegedly using the agency's money for his personal interest.