From slums of Mumbai to the Academy Awards... and other news

From slums of Mumbai to the Academy Awards

The Associated Press

Two of the six young actors completed their improbable journey from the slums of Mumbai, India, to the world's most dazzling awards show Sunday. ...
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India examining Pak questions on dossier
NEW DELHI: Indian agencies are examining the thirty questions received from Pakistan in response to the Indian dossier on the Mumbai terror attacks. ...
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Phone call and mysterious speed-boats threatens Mumbai whole day
22 (Xinhua) -- The Indian financial capital Mumbai lived a day of high tension Sunday as the city's railway stations received a phone call threatening ...
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Charge sheet against Kasab in three days
NEW DELHI: Mumbai police will file a charge sheet against Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the Mumbai attacks, within two to three days. ...
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India, Pakistan were close to secret deal on Kashmir: report
But the New Yorker account concludes that had it not been for the back channel negotiations, India's response to the Mumbai attacks by Pakistani-based ...
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Home to Mumbai terror suspects: Adiala Jail to get satellite ...
The development is being linked with shifting of suspects of Mumbai terrorist attacks to this jail. Sources told Daily Times on Sunday that suspects in ...
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`Kasab suicide unlikely as LeT doesn't approve of it'
MUMBAI: The danger to the life of Ajmal Amir Kasab at Arthur Road Jail has security agencies in a tizzy. Potential threats to his life include an attack by ...
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Mumbai's autorickshaw drivers fair, Delhi foul? Cyber debate rages
Titled "What accounts for the difference between autorickshaw driver behaviour in Mumbai and Delhi," the post has received 68 comments so far. ...
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'Slumdog' Star: 'Not in My Wildest Dreams'
An orphan from the slums of Mumbai searches for his lost love amid hardship. David Muir: How are you feeling? Any butterflies? Freida Pinto: A bit nervous ...
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`Slumdog' evening? Oscar fave enters home stretch
Now its cast of unknowns — from new celebrities Dev Patel and Freida Pinto to kids plucked by director Danny Boyle from the slums of Mumbai, India — are all ...
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