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Made Popular Nov 12 2009
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Remember the warning issued by the MNS chief Raj Thakeray about using only Marathi language for interaction and especially for taking oath and the unsavoury episode which took place after Azmi took his oathin Hindi?

Well, inquiries by “The...

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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry Hudson’s voyage to New York.

 
 
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U.A. Fanthorpe, a highly regarded English poet who was first inspired by the human tragedy she saw in a neurological hospital, has died at age 79.

 
 
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The most successful clubs in soccer’s richest league have some of the biggest debts in the sport.

 
 
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Is the end near for the English gentleman of privilege?

 
 
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British police say they have made two arrests in connection with the discovery of a man’s body parts strewn across the English countryside.

 
 
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Simeon Varlamov is a man of few words _ especially the English kind.

 
 
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English classes for immigrants in Binghamton, N.Y., have resumed for the first time since a gunman’s deadly rampage nearly three weeks ago.

 
 
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Five major pharmacy chains agreed Tuesday to print drug instructions at their New York stores in five languages other than English and indicated that they plan to expand the option to other states.

 
 
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Experts searching for alternative Maori names for New Zealand’s two main islands were startled to find their commonly used English names _ North Island and South Island _ were never made legal, officials said Tuesday.

 
 
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Experts searching for alternative Maori names for New Zealand’s two main islands were startled to find their commonly used English names _ North Island and South Island _ were never made legal, officials said Tuesday.

 
 
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