US poll -- Most members of India caucus may be re-elected
Democratic Party is making a strong bid to recapture the US House of Representatives and the US Senate which are also going to the polls against the backdrop of the U.S. Presidential elections.



Kremlin looks for a new national anthem, may adapt Soviet anthem
Kremlin is looking for a new national anthem, capable of giving a sop to the sagging morale of millions of Russians, in the face of crumbling old infrastructure, increasing foreign debt and threat of depopulation.



Russian diver enters Kursk in hunt for bodies
A Russian diver got inside the fourth compartment of the wrecked submarine Kursk on Sunday as the operation to retrieve bodies from the ill-fated craft entered its final week.



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