Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 1, 2011

  Joplin Tornado Final Count: 0 Missing, 134 Dead

  The Missouri Department of Public Safety announced Wednesday that all persons previously reported as unaccounted for following the May 22 Joplin tornado had either been located or confirmed deceased.

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  Jun 1, 2011

  Political Jam Over U.S. Debt Ceiling Begins

  President Barack Obama has invited congressional Republicans to the White House for negotiations Wednesday following the defeat of a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. While the House will likely raise the government’s borrowing ability sooner or later, it may not come without deep spending cuts and budget revisions.

• May 31, 2011

  Is Muammar al-Gaddafi Preparing to Quit?

  South African President Jacob Zuma’s meeting with Muammar al-Gaddafi in Tripoli Monday fell short of a peace deal and a report suggested that Libya’s embattled ruler had secretly engaged attorneys to defend him at the International Criminal Court.

• May 31, 2011

  Civilians Killed as Yemen 'Strives' to Regain al-Qaida-Held Towns

  Yemeni regime’s fighter planes launched airstrikes Monday on one of the two southern cities occupied by al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in an apparent attempt to validate President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s claim that Islamist militants’ threat following an uprising was real.

• May 28, 2011

  Muammar al-Gaddafi to Meet With So. Africa's Zuma, Peace Deal Ahead?

  Two days before he plans to meet Muammar al-Gaddafi in Tripoli, South African President Jacob Zuma has claimed that the rebels accept African Union’s peace efforts.

• May 28, 2011

  Egyptian Protesters Call for 'Second Revolution,' Hosni Mubarak Trial

  Thousands of Egyptians returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday calling for a “second revolution” and demanded immediate detention and trial of former president Hosni Mubarak for the killing of hundreds of unarmed protesters during the January-February protests that led to his ouster.

• May 5, 2011

  Prejudice in India's Top Colleges Leading to Dalit Suicides

  Dalits, comprising the lowest rung of India’s highly stratified society, can hardly reach professional colleges and the few who do are often harassed by “upper caste” professors and peers

• Apr 28, 2011

  War Feared in Burma's Christian-Majority Kachin State

  The Burmese army plans to go to war with a powerful ethnic militia in Kachin State which could be devastating for around a million Christians living in the war zone.

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  Apr 23, 2011

  15,000 Christians Protest on Good Friday in India

  Around 15,000 Christians walked, many barefoot, for six hours in the streets of Mumbai, India, on Good Friday enacting Jesus' walk to the Cross and condemning growing attacks on the minority community.

• Mar 29, 2011

  Growing Sharia Finance in India a Boon or Bane?

  With hundreds of listed Sharia-compliant companies in India\'s stock exchanges, Islamic investments from Asia, the Gulf and Europe may soon begin to flood the Indian market. This will boost India\'s economy, but also intensify security concerns.