Cops may not oppose assitant director's bail application

MUMBAI: The Jogeshwari police are unlikely to oppose the bail plea of Bollywood assistant director Mark Samuel, who was remanded to seven days' police custody on charges of rash and drunk driving and not possessing a driving licence. Samuel, an assistant director for the Salman Khan starrer Dabangg 2, will move the Bombay High Court on Monday, along with his friend, Vidushi Sood, for bail. The...

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Pistorius Case: Agent Cancels All Future Races

Oscar Pistorius won't run in any of the future races that the athlete was contracted to compete in, but the Paraylmpic gold medalist's sponsors are still supportive as he faces a murder charge, his agent said today.The decision to cancel Pistorius' scheduled appearances was made to "allow Oscar to concentrate on the upcoming legal proceedings and to help and support all those...

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Meet the Meteorite Hunter

Michael Farmer is one of the world's only full-time meteorite hunters. Since the 1990s, the 40-year-old Tucson, Arizona, resident has been scouring the world for pieces of interstellar rock, racing to be the first one on the scene and selling his finds to museums and private collectors. On Friday, as Russians reportedly scrambled to collect fragments from a passing meteorite that injured...

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Thousands protest to end evictions in Spain

MADRID: Thousands of people demonstrated in Spanish cities on Saturday pushing for a new law to end a wave of evictions of homeowners ruined by the economic crisis.Several thousand marched yelling to the din of drums and horns in central Madrid, waving banners reading "Stop evictions" and yelling "We have no homes!"Similar protests were called in Barcelona and 50 other Spanish cities,...

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Bring class III, IV employees under Lokpal: Hazare

PUNE: Social crusader Anna Hazare has expressed concern over the Union government's move to exclude corporate sector and class III and class IV government employees from the purview of Lokpal.In a letter sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ahead of Parliament's budget session, Hazare has reminded Singh of the promises made by the government about enacting a law incorporating citizens charter,...

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Tennis: Benneteau stuns Federer in Rotterdam

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Frenchman Julien Benneteau sent defending champion Roger Federer crashing out of the Rotterdam World Tennis tournament on Friday with a stunning 6-3, 7-5 quarter-final upset.Federer, who lifted the trophy in his last two appearances in 2005 and 2012, last suffered defeat in the event against Tim Henman in 2004."I'm very disappointed, I have some regrets about this...

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Abhishek Verma owes Aeromatrix Gautam Khaitan Rs 5.32L as legal fees: ED

NEW DELHI: Contrary to reports that former director with Aeromatrix Gautam Khaitan held $145,000 of Abhishek Verma's money for disposal, documents available with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) show that it is Verma who owes Khaitan money. In a reply filed with the ED, which has been investigating Verma's dealings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Khaitan has said that the war...

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Cruise Ship Now Faces Expected Wave of Lawsuits

Despite having their feet back on solid ground and making their way home, passengers from the Carnival Triumph cruise ship are still fuming over their five days of squalor on the stricken ship and the cruise ship company is likely to be hit with a wave of lawsuits."I think people are going to file suits and rightly so," maritime trial attorney John Hickey told ABCNews.com. "I...

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Postmaster takes case for five-day mail delivery to skeptical senators

Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe took his controversial plan for five-day mail delivery before a congressional hearing Wednesday, where he told senators that the Postal Service “needs your help.” Donahoe’s refrain was familiar. ●The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is losing $25 million a day.●Last year, the Postal Service lost $15.9 billion.●It defaulted on $11.1 billion...

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Athletics: 'Blade Runner' Pistorius charged in girlfriend's murder

PRETORIA: South African police held Olympic amputee sprint star Oscar Pistorius in custody Thursday after charging him with the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend, who was shot four times with a gun registered in his name.Blonde cover girl Reeva Steenkamp died after suffering wounds to the head and hand in the shooting in the early hours of Thursday.Police played down reports...

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