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“I want to get married” is a perfectly normal thing to say for a young Egyptian man. But when a girl says it in such a conservative society - let alone writes a book with that title - she is making a political statement
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Sri Lankan fast bowler, Chaminda Vaas, has two grievances. And both his grievances have to do with the selectors.
Vaas was left out of the first Test...
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While former England captain, Kevin Pietersen, is going all abut town claiming England can win the Ashes on reverse swing, Brett Lee has found an unlikely supporter in...
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Much has been said about Brett Lee’s divorce, his lack of form and his injury woes. Many have already ruled out his chances on the current England tour and Ashes....
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After the nightmare of losing in humiliating fashion in the second ODI at Sabina Park, Jamaica, India climbed back with a win despite the frequent rain interruptions...
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Very few like me have a gut feeling that BJP will come back. It was a painful experience to witness rise and fall of a substitute to family-run congress. Congress which...
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The acquisition of farmland from the world’s poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size...
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By Pallab Ghosh
The 15th rail budget brought relief to general passenger with no proposed hike in passenger fares and freight rates. Many new schemes and packages were...
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Gender Arsenal is all about the uncalled for Gender War which has been initiated and is being fuelled by reasons outside the purview of this article. Gender Arsenal...
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The days are advancing in such a pace that one is bewildered with its queer and enigmatic news arriving from different ends. Human beings go astray in such a fashion...
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The Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, was disappointed that John Buchanan, Australia’s coach during the Ashes of 2005, took up a consultant role with England and the...
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The new Bangalore international airport surely looks swanky and new age however the Airport has got mixed reviews from passengers.. The biggest issue being the time it...
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Sunil Gavaskar made some poignant remarks before media persons in Mumbai. However, it sounds a little ironic given that Gavaskar has accepted an important role in the...
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Pakistan may have won the ICC World Twenty20 and restored their respect as a Test playing nation amongst the public. But they have not been able to convince other...
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The worst sides of the Indian team showed up in the first two ODIs in Jamaica. Now it is the turn of St. Lucia and team India will be hoping they fare better.
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A descendant of India’s last Mughal emperor has been rescued from a life of penury in Calcutta by getting a job with the state-run Coal India.
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She must be in her early twenties,but she has suffered tremendously in her young age.Manisha,was gang-raped by six ,those who were her teachers,and what is more...
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The Madras High Court Judge R Reghupati revelation has sent ripples in the Indian political scenario.He has accused a Union minister of threatening him.The whole...
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Well, guys males have all rights to puff anywhere they want but females are not allowed for same. Don’t get shocked reading this, its strange but true, this incident...
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In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gays and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized...
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At least in Bengal the ray classic shatranj ke khiladi is being enacted in real life at the cost of public at large. Ms Mamta Banerjee is taking her role as opposition...
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Brazil’s Roman Catholic Church says it won’t recognize more than 400 marriages performed over the past 20 years by a defrocked priest.
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I am not sure of the way we have moulded our cultural values and call ourselves the modern Indians. Taking a very simple yet important custom in focus – Marriage, has...
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AP, Oslo
The Norwegian government proposed a marriage law Friday that would give gay couples the same rights as heterosexuals, including church weddings, adoption and assisted...
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AP, London
Britain investigated 400 cases of forced marriages last year and is also looking into whether some girls who have vanished from school registers were taken out of...
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A woman has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for organizing a green card-marriage scam for hundreds of immigrants in New York City.Beverly Mozer-Brown...
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AP, New York
A woman has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for organizing a green card-marriage scam for hundreds of immigrants in New York City.Beverly Mozer-Brown...
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A classmate of Rizwanur Rehman from his days at St.Xavier’s College, Calcutta remembers the eager young scholar devouring Indian novels in English. He was not...
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An Ohio mayor will marry couples for free _ but perhaps the bride and groom might consider a donation to his campaign fund?Mayor Randall Westfall’s e-mail...
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London is experiencing an increase in the honor killings. Thousands of young women in Britain are living in fear of the ‘hidden scourge’ of so-called honour...
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In the past decade, many Kenyan women lived in a world where they were subjected to the pain of female circumcision, ignorance of deadly disease prevention methods and...
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Addressing a recent seminar on the Travel industry, Indonesian vice president Jusuf Kalla made a very debatable remark.
The VP, in quite a humorous vein said that...
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Ask a father what kind of man he sees as prospective groom for his daughter and the unanimous answer that you’ll get will be a rich NRI.
Speedy marriage affairs...
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Divorce among Muslims had never been so easy in India; but now, thanks to the new technology of Short Messaging Service (SMS) on cell phones, it has...
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The 36 year old Princess Sayako takes her wedding vows on November 15 with her childhood friend Yoshiki Kuroda in a silent traditional Shinto wedding ceremony. The...
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Honor killing has become the part of Syrian society. Most of these crimes are committed when a daughter marries outside the community. The laws in such cases are not...
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According to the Quran women have an equal access to education as men. But in Afghanistan where majority of the people are followers of Islam, women are denied of their...
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