• End of Child Labor in Sight
  The International Labor Organization (ILO) said that the number of child laborers world over fell by 11% from 246 million in 2000 to 218 million in 2004 leading it predict that "the end of child labor is within our reach." <More>

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• SC Stays Vadodara Demolition
  The Supreme Court (SC) accepted a Federal Government writ and stayed the Gujarat High Court (GHC) verdict that sanctioned the demolition of scores of Hindu Temples and Muslim Mosques illegally constructed on public land.<More>

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• 9/11 Terrorist Gets Life
  An American jury spurned a death penalty plea by the US Government to grant life sentence to the only plotter of the September 11 terrorist incident to be caught alive.<More>

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• Nepal Maoist Terrorist Agree to Talk
  Nepal’s violent Maoist terrorists termed measures taken by the newly installed Government as “positive” and said that they would be ready for negotiated settlement.<More>

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• US-Russia Rift Widening
  In a series of issues, the diplomatic, military, economic, and political rift between the US and Russia are widening debunking chances of closer cooperation and threatening to retreat to the Cold War days.<More>

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