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Newton's laws prevents Rs 70-cr loss
Newton's Law of Gravitation has helped Surat Municipal Corporation prevent a whopping Rs 70 crore loss on a master project on drainage network. Or so its officials are now claiming after spending Rs 75 lakh on an ill-conceived project advocated by AIC Watson Company.
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Lethal arms dump points to major strike on Kashmir
With the recovery of yet another sophisticated arms dump from the frontier district, the Army suspects that the militants are dumping these heavy weapons to strike in a big way in future. A number of such dumps have been excavated by the Army recently, particularly in the Kupwara area.
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Despite Army chief's warning, riots spread to more towns in Indonesia
As Indonesian troops restored relative calm after a week of rioting in Medan, thousands of protesters went on a rampage until early yesterday in Padang, West Sumatra, looting shops and attacking banks and government buildings.
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Israel rejects US peace formula
Israel has again rejected a United States-backed compromise for breaking a 14-month-old peace deadlock with the Palestinians. "The very proposals being spoken of are not acceptable to the Government of Israel for the very reason that it doesn't fall in line with the security needs of the State of Israel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior adviser Danny Navehg said.
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