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RELAX

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People returning from India are carrying superbug

People traveling to India for medical procedures have brought back to Britain a new gene that allows any bacteria to become a superbug, and scientists are warning this type of drug resistance could soon appear worldwide.
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FAIR

FOUL

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Man Fined $75 For Asking Pakistani Customer If He Was A Terrorist

Four days after the attempted Times Square bombing, a 64-year-old Indian-born Subway manager in North Chicago walked up to a 29-year-old Pakistani-born customer and said: "I heard you guys were recruiting more terrorists in New York. Are you one of them?" The customer left the Subway and found a police officer, who wrote the manager a citation for disorderly conduct. A judge this week ordered the manager to pay a $75 fine.
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REAL

FICTION

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India's $35 tablet computer

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MUMBAI, India -- It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.
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FUNNY

FOUL

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Indian lawmakers watch pirated copy of hit movie

On June 15 the movie was screened at a plush hotel for the pleasure of dozens of legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But there was a problem. The movie is not officially available on DVD as it is still running in theaters. The BJP overcame this small problem by watching a pirate copy.
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APPROVE

OBJECT

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India Convicts 7 for 1984 Bhopal Poison Gas Disaster

An Indian court today sentenced seven people -- including the former chairman of Union Carbide's Indian arm -- to jail terms for the 1984 Bhopal gas plant leak that poisoned tens of thousands of people in the world's deadliest industrial accident.
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MAD

SAD

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Pakistan Court Blocks Arrest of Suspected Mumbai Mastermind

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Pakistan's Supreme Court today blocked the arrest of a hard-line cleric suspected of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, saying there's no evidence against him. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed is the alleged founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a banned militant group blamed for the siege that left 166 people dead in India's financial capital two years ago. He also leads a charity that the U.N. accuses of being a front for militants.
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POSSIBLE

NO WAY

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Indian "Holy Man" has fasted for 70 years

Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian man who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for 70 years - but is still in perfect health. A team of scientists and doctors in Sterling Hospital, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, are studying the claims of Prahlad Jani, a local holy man, who is over 70 years old.
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INTERESTING

BORING

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Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India

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"It is generally believed that all Andamanese languages might be the last representatives of those languages which go back to pre-Neolithic times," Professor Abbi said.
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BRILLIANT

MEH

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SM Raju puts thousands of poor to work planting trees

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His campaign to encourage people to plant trees effectively addresses two burning issues of the world: global warming and shrinking job opportunities. Evidence of Mr Raju's success could clearly be seen on 30 August, when he organised 300,000 villagers from over 7,500 villages in northern Bihar to engage in a mass tree planting ceremony.
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WOW!

MEH

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Indian Woman Eyes Chili-Eating Record

GAUHATI, India (April 10) - The "ghost chili," the world's spiciest chili, seems to suit her palate. A 28-year-old Indian woman smeared its seeds on her eyes before gobbling up 51 fire-hot chilies in two minutes for an entry into the Guinness World Records, organizers said Friday.
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INTERESTING

BORING

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Fewer and fewer Sikhs are growing their hair long,wearing turbans

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CHANDIGARH, India -- Text messaging with one hand and holding a cup of milky tea in the other, spiky-haired Amandeep Singh Saini, 27, recalled the year-long battle he waged against his traditional Sikh parents to cut his hair.
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THRIVE

FAIL

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India's Tata rolls out world's cheapest car - $2,000

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MUMBAI (AFP) – India's Tata Motors on Monday launched the world's cheapest car, the Nano, hoping to revolutionise travel for millions and buck a slump in auto sales caused by the global economic crisis. Company boss Ratan Tata said the no-frills vehicle, slated to cost just 100,000 rupees (2,000 dollars) for the basic model, will get India's middle-class urban population off motorcycles and into safer, affordable cars.
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