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06 Nov 2010 10:53

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U.S., World: India trip: Obama chooses Mumbai hotel attacked by terrorists

  • We visit here to send a very clear message that, in our determination to give our people a future of security and prosperity, the United States and India stand united.
  • President Barack Obama • Explaining why he chose to stay in, of all places, a Mumbai hotel that was infamously attacked back in 2008. Around 30 staff members and guests at the Taj were killed in November 2008, out of 164 overall deaths. Beyond commemorating the memories of those killed in the terrorist attack, dude’s working out some deals on his tour of India, including a $4.1 billion agreement to buy military transport planes from Boeing which would support 22,000 jobs. source
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21 Oct 2010 11:14

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Politics: Is Obama avoiding temple visit so he doesn’t look like a Muslim?

  • problem Obama is facing a lot of criticism suggesting that he’s Muslim, even though he’s not by a long shot. One in five Americans think he is, though.
  • crisis He canceled a trip to a city in India, possibly because he’d visit a temple that requires mandatory headgear – a.k.a. ammo for hatahz.
  • but … Some people in the city of Amritsar say he’d be OK to visit the Sikh Golden Temple wearing just a baseball cap. Go Yankees! source
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25 Sep 2010 09:36

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World: India’s Commonwealth Games setup nowhere near done

How much longer do we have to finish this up? Like a week? Good God, we’re never going to get this done. Can we just pretend we did it? source
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21 Sep 2010 09:50

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World: In India, Commonwealth Games bridge falls down, goes boom

HOLY CRAP. You mean we have to rebuild this pedestrian bridge for an event happening in a FREAKING MONTH? Man, we’re so not prepared for this. source
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03 Aug 2010 22:24

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Tech: Will RIM cave to foreign pressure on BlackBerry data processing?

  • NO caving could damage business relationships source
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23 Jul 2010 17:24

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Tech: One Laptop Per Child = Old news, thanks to India’s ultra-cheap tablet

  • 1,500 rupees the cost of the Linux-based tablet prototype they showed off
  • $35 dollars the amount that is in American dollars (in other words, cheap!) source
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05 Jul 2010 10:19

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World: India basically shut down in fuel price protests

These unlucky people had to wait for a train the middle of this mess, which led to thousands of arrests over a fuel price increase caused by a subsidy cut. source
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22 May 2010 15:12

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Politics: Shockingly, a handful of people survived doomed India flight

  • 158 the number of people who died
    when the plan skidded off a Bangalore runway
  • eight the number of people who
    survived     the two-year-old plane’s crash source
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21 May 2010 23:18

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World: An Air India plane crashes near Bangalore, reportedly killing many

  • 160 number of people who may have been killed source
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14 Apr 2010 11:07

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World: In India, a huge storm has left thousands of families homeless

  • 89+ people were killed in the huge storm; hundreds were injured
  • 100k number of mud hut homes that were destroyed by the storm source
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