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Blast Kills 8 in India; First
Big Post-Mumbai Strike

Feb 13, 2010 2:03 PM CST

Blast Kills 8 in India; First Big Post-Mumbai Strike

Explosion hits bakery popular with foreigners

(Newser) - An apparent bomb tore through a crowded bakery popular with foreigners today in western India, killing eight people and wounding 42 near a famed meditation center. If confirmed, it would be the country's first terror attack since the Mumbai rampage in 2008. The blast in the city of Pune, 125...

Kashmir Avalanche Kills
6 Soldiers, Traps 60

Feb 8, 2010 4:25 AM CST

Kashmir Avalanche Kills 6 Soldiers, Traps 60

Snow, rain hinder rescue efforts

(Newser) - Six Indian soldiers are dead and about 60 trapped beneath the snow of an avalanche that hit an army training center in a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir this morning. Rescue operations are under way but are being hindered by incessant rain and snowfall. The soldiers were swept away...

Newest TV Trend:
Indian-Themed Shows

thanks to slumdog

Feb 1, 2010 11:43 AM CST

Newest TV Trend: Indian-Themed Shows

Popularity of Slumdog Millionaire made way for successors on TV

(Newser) - Bollywood is coming to Hollywood, with more Indian actors and TV shows about Indians and Indian Americans coming to the small screen. The interest in all things Indian “was boiling, hovering there, with the increasing popularity of Indian clothing, food, and Bollywood movies”—and then Slumdog Millionaire came...

Nepal Airport
on High Alert
After Hijack Warning

Jan 26, 2010 5:08 AM CST

Nepal Airport on High Alert After Hijack Warning

Al-Qaeda-linked extremists believed to be targeting Asian flights

(Newser) - Nepal's only international airport has been placed on high alert after warnings from Indian authorities that it could be the target of a terror plot. Intelligence suggests that flights in Nepal and other South Asian countries are part of a new plot by al-Qaeda, AP reports. Travelers using Kathmandu's airport...

Hijack Plot Triggers
India Terror Alert

Jan 22, 2010 2:14 AM CST

Hijack Plot Triggers India Terror Alert

India steps up airport security after hijack plot uncovered

(Newser) - India has issued a terror alert and stepped up airport security after intelligence agencies discovered a plot by militants linked to al-Qaeda to hijack an Air India plane bound for a neighboring South Asian country, AP reports. The threat was uncovered during the interrogation of a militant leader captured last...

Yoga Levitates Indians
Out of Jail Early

Jan 21, 2010 3:20 AM CST

Yoga Levitates Indians Out of Jail Early

Inmates offered chance to cut time with yoga courses

(Newser) - Inmates in central India are being offered a chance to get out of jail early via the lotus position. Prison officials in Madhra Pradesh have introduced yoga courses and are offering prisoners 36 days off their sentence for every 3-month yoga course they complete. Authorities hope the exercise and meditation...

Bing, Yahoo Bar
Web Porn in India

Dec 29, 2009 3:35 AM CST

Bing, Yahoo Bar Web Porn in India

Search engines switch India to stricter settings

(Newser) - Indian computer users enter "sex" into search engines more than users in any other country, but Internet firms have moved to deliver only sanitized results to the nation. Yahoo's search engine and the Flickr photo-sharing site have switched the entire country's setting to "safe search" only, as has...

Forget Soccer Moms—
Meet Ping-Pong Parents

Dec 24, 2009 1:38 PM CST

Forget Soccer Moms— Meet Ping-Pong Parents

Immigrants' kids dominate table tennis scene

(Newser) - Good old-fashioned American sports parenting meets immigrant drive at the India Community Center in the Silicon Valley town of Milpitas, Calif., which is churning out the country’s best young ping-pong players. Top coaches from India and China are schooling the children of high-tech workers who know the drill for...

I Saw China Wreck the Copenhagen Talks

Obama's Innocent

Dec 23, 2009 9:51 AM CST

I Saw China Wreck the Copenhagen Talks

The West's getting the blame, but Beijing's the real villain here

(Newser) - Barack Obama is getting the blame for the limp Copenhagen deal, but Mark Lynas knows it was China that really scuttled it—because he watched it happen. Sitting in on the closed-door meetings, the Guardian writer “saw Obama fighting desperately to salvage a deal, and the Chinese delegate saying...

Obama's Pact Is
Slap at Progressive Ideals

OPINION

Dec 18, 2009 11:55 PM CST

Obama's Pact Is Slap at Progressive Ideals

Copenhagen deal creates 'league of super-polluters'

(Newser) - The Copenhagen climate deal President Obama struck with China, India and South Africa flies in the face of progressive values, environmental writer Bill McKibben rages. Here’s how:

Obama made the UN obsolete: “The clear point is, you poor nations can spout off all you want on questions like

...

Obama, Leaders Reach Agreement on Emissions

climate summit

Dec 18, 2009 3:51 PM CST

Obama, Leaders Reach Agreement on Emissions

Copenhagen summit yields basic deal to fight climate change

(Newser) - President Obama and the leaders of China, India, and South Africa reached a "meaningful agreement" tonight in Copenhagen on steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the White House announced. The deal requires the nations of the world to list their actions to curb emissions and sets up a framework...

Mumbai
Gunman
Recants
Confession

Dec 18, 2009 4:42 AM CST

Mumbai Gunman Recants Confession

Kasab says he was framed, tortured

(Newser) - The only surviving suspect from last year's Mumbai terror attacks has withdrawn his confession, saying police tortured it out of him. Mohammed Kasab—who was photographed carrying an assault rifle at a railway station during the attacks—told an Indian court that he was framed by police who arrested him...

Indian Sect Pledges
to Marry Prostitutes

Dec 17, 2009 6:48 AM CST

Indian Sect Pledges to Marry Prostitutes

Group aims to end exploitation of sex workers

(Newser) - A controversial Indian sect says more than a thousand of its members have pledged to marry prostitutes to free them from sexual servitude. The leader of Dara Sacha Sauda, which has a huge following of Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims, issued a call last month for volunteers to help stop sex...

New Proposals Boost Hopes of Copenhagen Deal

climate summit

Dec 11, 2009 4:00 PM CST

New Proposals Boost Hopes of Copenhagen Deal

Negotiators appear ready to extend, build on Kyoto protocol

(Newser) - New draft proposals at the Copenhagen summit have renewed optimism that negotiators will find consensus on a substantial deal. One plan would renew and extend the Kyoto protocol—this time, presumably, with a US endorsement—which is set to expire in 2012. Another draft proposal, framed as a "Kyoto...

Developing Nations
Were In on 'Danish Text'

CLIMATE summit

Dec 10, 2009 10:17 AM CST

Developing Nations Were In on 'Danish Text'

China, India helped draft leaked agreement they railed against

(Newser) - The “Danish text”—the leaked climate change agreement that infuriated developing nations in Copenhagen and sparked accusations of bullying by rich countries—was actually drafted by a group that included China, India, and Brazil, among other countries. They had “input into the process and product” of the...

Banker for Drug Gangs, Al-Qaeda Nailed

Dec 8, 2009 4:38 AM CST

Banker for Drug Gangs, Al-Qaeda Nailed

Dubai-based banker helped shift money launder funds

(Newser) - One of al-Qaeda's favorite bankers has been busted in India after a year-long manhunt. Naresh Jain is accused of running a worldwide money laundering empire from his Dubai headquarters that handled over $2 billion a year from terrorist groups and drug traffickers, the Independent reports.

Obama Headed
to Copenhagen
for Climate Talks

updated

Nov 25, 2009 10:28 AM CST

Obama Headed to Copenhagen for Climate Talks

He'll propose 17% cut in US emissions of greenhouse gases

(Newser) - Barack Obama will head to Copenhagen on Dec. 9—the day before his Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo—to advocate for a comprehensive global climate accord. The White House had vacillated on whether Obama should go, since no one expects a legally binding treaty, insiders tell Politico . But Obama decided...

Obama: US, India
Natural Allies

first state visit

Nov 24, 2009 1:25 PM CST

Obama: US, India Natural Allies

Countries will have 'defining relationship' for 21st century

(Newser) - President Obama declared that US ties with India will be "one of the defining relationships" of the 21st century as he welcomed India's prime minister for the first state visit of the Obama administration. At the conclusion of about two hours of talks, Obama said he and Prime Minister...

First State Dinner to
Reveal Obama A-Listers

Nov 23, 2009 1:42 AM CST

First State Dinner to Reveal Obama A-Listers

Mad scramble for invitations

(Newser) - Washington notables are still scrambling for an invitation to the White House state dinner Tuesday in honor of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The event, to be held in a heated tent on the South Lawn, will display who’s truly on Obama’s A-list, and the lobbying for a...

India Miffed By Obama's Bond With Beijing

Nov 20, 2009 6:30 PM CST

India Miffed By Obama's Bond With Beijing

Perceived slights complicate PM Singh's DC visit next week

(Newser) - President Obama might find Indian PM Manmohan Singh a bit prickly when he arrives in Washington this weekend, after Obama gave India short shrift during his recent Asia trip. Obama didn’t mention India at all in his speech on US relations with Asia, and caused further offense in a...