OMER FAROOQ

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Cyclone Laila hits southeast India, 23 killed

The death toll from a powerful cyclone that slammed into southeastern India, toppling power lines and triggering landslides, has climbed to 23, a top official said Friday.

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India governor, 86, resigns after 3-woman sex tape

The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women.

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Clashes in India over delay in creating new state

Police with bamboo batons clashed with crowds of protesters in southern India on Thursday as outrage over a delay in creating a new state erupted into violent demonstrations in several cities.

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Powerful Indian politician killed in chopper crash

Rescuers retrieved the bodies Thursday of a powerful Indian politician and four others whose helicopter crashed in dense jungles during a pounding rainstorm.

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Indian official's helicopter missing in rebel area

A helicopter carrying a powerful politician from southern India disappeared in heavy rains Wednesday as it flew over a forested region largely controlled by Maoist rebels.

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Indian politician's helicopter missing in rains

A helicopter carrying a powerful politician from southern India disappeared in heavy rains Wednesday as it flew over a forested region infested with Maoist rebels.

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Drought, debt lead to Indian farmers' suicides

Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India in recent weeks, leaving behind families plunged even further into poverty, activists and politicians said.

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Google shuts office in India over swine flu fears

Google Inc. shut one of its offices in southern India for two days after an employee tested positive for swine flu, a company statement said Wednesday.

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2 men arrested for stalking tennis player Mirza

Two engineering students smitten by Indian tennis star Sania Mirza have been arrested and accused of stalking her.

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Attackers Chop Off Man's 'Magic' Leg

Two men attacked an 80-year-old, self-proclaimed holy man in southern India and chopped off his right leg, apparently believing it had magical powers, police said Thursday.

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India Opens Tsunami Warning Center

India on Monday inaugurated a $32 million tsunami early warning center, which can alert people living along the coast within 13 minutes of getting data from seismic stations.

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Twin Bombs Kill 37 in Southern India

A pair of bombings minutes apart tore through a popular family restaurant and an outdoor arena on Saturday night, killing at least 37 people in this southern Indian city plagued by Hindu-Muslim tensions.

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13 Die in Explosion, Clashes in India

A bomb ripped through a historic mosque Friday in south India, and 13 people were killed — 11 in the blast and two in subsequent clashes between angry Muslim worshippers and security forces, police said.

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