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Packets of Gutka (a product of tobacco) for sale on a stall near Delhi, India
India   People   Photos   Smoking   Tobacco		  The Times of India 
From June 1, tobacco packs to carry scarier pictures
Wed 10 Mar 2010
NEW DELHI: It's a picture that 98% people polled in seven states of India said will repulse tobacco users, in turn helping them to quit smoking or chewing tobacco. A new pictorial warning will appear... (photo: WN / Geeta)
A volunteer uses glucometer to test the blood sugar level of a man at a free diabetes check-up camp to mark World Diabetes Day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.
Diabetic   Health   India   Patients   Photos		  The Siasat Daily 
Number of diabetic patients in India may go up
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Hyderabad, March 10: By 2025 India might become the diabetic capital of the world. Making the situation more complex, most of persons suffering from diabetes will also be affected with kidney failure,... (photo: AP / Pavel Rahman)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen at a meeting with Chairman of the Russian Trade Unions Federation, Mikhail Shmakov, in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008.  m&c  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Defence, nuclear cooperation to top Putin's agenda on India visit
New Delhi - Defence cooperation and nuclear energy are expected to top the agenda of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a two-day visit to India beginning Thursday, officials said. Putin, who is... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
Defence   India   Nuclear   Photos   Putin
Iraqi Kurds voted on Saturday in elections expected to keep Kurdistan President  The Star  Wed 10 Mar 2010
First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday - U.N.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said on... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Election   Government   Iraq   Photos   UN
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fried bacon with fried scramble egg with orange lemon fruits food The Press Democrat Wed 10 Mar 2010
Good eggs for breakfast, lunch, dinner
Actually, celebrate might not be an accurate depiction of her day. Did she realize that the extra peanuts she was slipped were in honor of her birth? Highly unlikely. I... (photo: WN / James)
Breakfast   Eggs   Good   People   Photos
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt Independent online (SA) Wed 10 Mar 2010
 Head of al-Azhar dies
Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos
Qatar Airways TravelDailyNews Wed 10 Mar 2010
Qatar Airways' fleet size rises to 80 aircraft
Qatar Airways celebrated another milestone in its remarkable short history announcing its fleet size has grown to 80 aircraft - double the size of five years ago.... (photo: Creative Commons / F18E777)
Aerospace   Business   Photos   Qatar   Transport
The Film Director, Shri Subhash Ghai . The Times of India Wed 10 Mar 2010
Today, everyone is a showman: Ghai
As his multi-starrer film Right Ya Wrong readies for release, a mellowed Subhash Ghai decides to take the middle road What is your forthcoming film Right Ya Wrong about?... (photo: PIB of India)
Bollywood   Entertainment   Film   Media   Photos
Cigarette - Smoke - Smoking - Ashtray San Fransisco Chronicle Wed 10 Mar 2010
S.F. supervisors vote to get tougher on smoking
Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle China Hassan (left) and Devin Hassan (right) having coffee and a cigarette at the Revolution, an outdoor club and cafe in the mission in San... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Cafes   Cigarette   Legislation   Photos   Smoking
Emirates Airlines cabin crew Gulf News Wed 10 Mar 2010
Emirates to hire 2,000 cabin crew this year
Dubai: Emirates on Tuesday said it will hire 2,000 more cabin crew to support its growth and operations this year. The Dubai-based international airline has added 14... (photo: Creative Commons / sumsum362004)
Aerospace   Business   Emirates   Photos   Transport


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People examine the damaged office of World Vision, an international humanitarian group, after an attack by suspected militants in Ogi, a small town in the Pakistani district of Mansehra, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. 6 Employees of U.S. Charity Killed in Attack in Pakistan The New York Times
The Dalai Lama delivers his annual address from exile in India marking the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Dharamsla, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. China seeks to annihilate Tibet's Buddhism - Dalai Lama BBC News
The former President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - India- Politics Ex-President APJ Abdul Kalam for national campaign to eradicate terror The Times of India
Exile Tibetan monks carry a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a protest against the Chinese government at Baudhanath Stupa, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Tight security on Tibet anniversary Al Jazeera
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurating an �Exhibition of Innovations�, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 10, 2010. The Minister of State of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Prof. K.V. Thomas is also seen. 'Exhibition of Innovations' at President's Estate Newstrack India
INDIA-BJP-LEADER-LAL-KRISHNA-ADVANI-ELECTION-CAMPAIGN Advani favours compulsory voting Zeenews
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 3, 2010, military personnel march amongst residents in Lhasa, western China's Tibet region. Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown The Times
The Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot . Soon, broadband in every Indian village: Sachin Pilot The Times of India
Stock Markets
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in New York. Wall Street is finishing a tumultuous month on a high note as investors load up on technology and financial shares on the last day of the quarter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Wall Street Shares Try to Push Higher The New York Times
Specialist Igor Lerner of Barclays Capital, center, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 30, 2009 in New York. Wall Street maintains uptrend The Times of India
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1 Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range The New York Times
A Filipino trader stands in front of an electronic board showing a downward trend in the graph at the Philippine Stock Exchange in the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Friday June 27, 2008. RP stocks up 0.4% despite listless Wall Street trading Inquirer
Francis d´Aquila, left, of Lehman Brothers, and Christopher Walls, of Institutional Direct Inc., work on the floor the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow Jones industrial average sweeps past 12,000 for the second day in a row, Thursday, Oct. 19, 20 Wall Street rises on corporate activity The Times of India
Trader Steve Grasso, left, and specialist Robert Tuccillo confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 Wall Street gains on AIG deal The Times of India
US dollar - US currency- business - finance - money - US economy Wall Street up on corporate optimism Inquirer
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