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NMDC to look overseas for iron ore
2008-01-04 14:16:00
By Biman Mukherji NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's leading state-run miner, National Mineral Development Corp, is to scout for iron ore resources overseas to meet a likely surge in demand from steel firms, its chairman said on Wednesday. The government expects annual steel production to top 124 million tonnes by 2012, with several major foreign players and local firms looking to expand or begin operations in Asia's third-largest economy. "We are planning to step outside of India, particularly for iron ore," Rana Som, NMDC's chairman and managing director, told Reuters in a telephone interview. He said the company's iron ore production in the financial year ending March 2008 was estimated at 30 million tonnes, and was expected to rise to 32 million tonnes by 2008/09. "I feel that the situation in iron ore will become more and more tight as our steel production will grow by more than double in the next four to five years," he said. "I don't think iron o ...
Iron 

Each party of Pak APDM to take its own decision on election boycott
2007-12-10 09:46:00
The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) meeting presided by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has failed to reach a consensus on boycotting the upcoming ...
Decision  Election  Party 

Opinion poll showing Musharraf’s popularity is a fraud
2007-12-10 09:46:00
A public opinion poll that had suggested a rise in President Pervez Musharraf’s popularity since his stepping down as Army Chief, has one major flaw ...
Fraud  Poll 

AIDS: Sex Outside of Marriage Is Not Entertainment
2007-12-01 23:35:00
By Holly WoodEven sex outside of a committed relationship as entertainment can kill. Or at least give you an incurable disease. The stats are scary, ...
Aids  Entertainment  Marriage 

Montel Williams Is A Major League Prick
2007-12-01 19:13:00
Yes, the Crabster has a Montel Williams story - oh, and it's a good one too. Seems Montel, the bald, male, low-rated Oprah, was ...
League 

Keira's Special
2007-12-01 19:01:00
I've been experiencing this persistent hollow feeling in my chest lately. I was about to run to the doctor to get looked at, then ...

Are You Ready For Some More DUI Fun?
2007-12-01 18:55:00
Vanessa Hudgens kept her clothes on long enough to head to the Glendale DMV and get herself a driver's license. Given Britney's escapades, I ...
Fun 

Simpson Denies Lip-Work
2007-12-01 18:49:00
Jessica Simpson's reps deny persistent rumors that the dumb bitch had something freaky done to her lips, which some say are looking fuller and plumper ...
Simpson  Work 

Lohan And Ledger?
2007-12-01 18:36:00
Lindsay Lohan had a good reason for dumping that greasy couch-monkey Riley Giles - she was having sex with Heath Ledger.Radar Online says Lohan texted ...

Centre has allocated rupees three billion for creation of artificial water bodies
2007-12-01 13:49:00
The Central Government has allocated Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) for creation of artificial water bodies, Minister of State for Water Resources Jaiprakash Narayan ...
Artificial  Centre  Water 

Uttar Pradesh lifts ban on `Aaja Nachle' after Yash Chopra apology
2007-12-01 13:49:00
Film maker Yash Chopra's apology today to the Government of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the lyrics of one of the songs in the film ...

Kolkata Test:Pak 50 for one on day two
2007-12-01 13:49:00
Pakistan managed to score 50 for one in reply to India's massive score of 616 for five wickets on the second day of the second ...

People want employment and bread, not reinstatement of judges: PML-Q chief
2007-12-01 13:49:00
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) President, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has said that the reinstatement of the judges and the judiciary is not the demand of the ...
Bread  Chief  Employment  Judges 

Process underway to reduce trade gap with Bangladesh: Pranab
2007-12-01 13:49:00
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that efforts are underway to reduce the “huge” trade gap largely in favour of India, which was a ...
Trade  Underway 

Shahbaz Sharif’s nominations rejected
2007-12-01 13:49:00
The candidacy of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, has been rejected because of pending criminal charges against him, election authorities have said. ...

China warns Japan over Taiwan activists
2007-12-01 13:39:00
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday urged his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura not to provide a forum for Taiwan's independence activists, ...
China  Japan  Taiwan 

Powers gather on Iran atomic plans, Tehran defiant
2007-12-01 13:39:00
By Jon Boyle and Francois Murphy PARIS (Reuters) - Iran said it would defend its right to nuclear technology as senior officials from the ...
Atomic  Iran  Plans  Powers  Tehran 

Qaeda raid kills 12 people in Iraq village - police
2007-12-01 13:39:00
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 12 civilians and abducted 35 in an attack on Shi'ite Muslim village north of Baghdad early on ...
Iraq  Police  Village 

Russians say being forced to vote in election
2007-12-01 13:39:00
By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Students in Siberia, doctors on the Volga river, and office workers in Moscow say they are being threatened ...
Election  Vote 

Maruti Nov vehicle sales up 26.6 pct y/y
2007-12-01 13:28:00
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, said on Saturday it sold 69,699 vehicles in November, up 26.6 percent from the ...
Sales  Vehicle 

Five Hamas militants killed in Gaza missile strike
2007-12-01 13:28:00
GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli missile strike killed five Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian hospital officials and Hamas said. The ...
Gaza  Hamas  Missile 

Iran says it will safeguard nuclear rights
2007-12-01 13:28:00
By Reza Derakhshi TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would safeguard its right to nuclear technology whatever European Union foreign policy chief ...
Iran  Nuclear  Rights 

OPEC should avoid flooding markets - Qatar oilmin
2007-12-01 13:27:00
DOHA (Reuters) - OPEC should tread lightly to avoid flooding the market with oil it will not be able to absorb while at the same ...
Markets 

Private airlines raise fuel surcharge on tickets
2007-12-01 13:27:00
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Jet Airways Ltd and unlisted Kingfisher Airlines said they were raising fuel surcharge for the seventh time in 12 months by 300 ...
Airlines  Fuel  Private 

TVS Motor Nov sales down 4.6 pct y/y
2007-12-01 13:27:00
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's third largest motorcycle maker TVS Motor Co said on Saturday its November two-wheeler sales fell for the ninth straight month to ...
Motor  Sales 

Clinton campaign office hit by hostage drama
2007-12-01 13:27:00
By Dan Gorenstein ROCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - A man carrying fake explosives seized several hostages at Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign ...
Campaign  Hostage  Office 

Hostage drama ends at Clinton campaign office
2007-12-01 13:27:00
By Dan Gorenstein ROCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - A man carrying fake explosives seized several hostages at Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign ...
Campaign  Hostage  Office 

Space Station lab will boost Europe's status in space
2007-12-01 13:27:00
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Europe will set down its own stake in space next week with the launch of the ...
Boost  Europe  Space  Station  Status 

Strong earthquake hits Indonesia's Aceh
2007-12-01 13:27:00
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's Aceh province on Saturday, although there were no ...
Hits  Indonesia 

Dow, S&P gain on Fed, housing plan; Nasdaq slips
2007-12-01 13:19:00
By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 rose on Friday after comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ...
Housing