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Feng shui master loses battle for fortune of Asia's richest woman
A Hong Kong judge Tuesday dismissed a claim on the $13 billion estate of Asia's richest woman by a feng shui master who claimed to have been her secret lover. The judge, Johnson Lam Man-hon, threw out the claim by feng shui master Tony Chan, 50, for the entire fortune of Nina Wang, head of the Chinachem property empire who died in April 2007 aged 69. Instead, he awarded the estate to a charitable

A chronicle of Manhattan from the streets of Delhi
A continent and the Atlantic Ocean separate the World Trade Centre and the young Vicky Roy from Purulia, an impoverished district in West Bengal, but the geographical distance has not prevented the

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UK caterer to pay 415,000 pounds over egg allergy death
A caterer who supplied ras malai dessert containing eggs at a Sikh wedding has been ordered to pay 415,000 pounds to the widow of a man who died from an allergic reaction. Scientist Kuldip Singh

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25-year battle for 41 days of government service
A man had to fight court battles and endure bureaucratic sloth for a quarter of a century to take up a government job for which he had been selected, but finally he could work for only 41 days - he

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First Indian head for Amnesty International
Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty, an Indian who headed the UN Millennium Campaign, as its next secretary general. Shetty takes over the job in June 2010, succeeding Irene Khan who

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Tall Gupta sculpture goes on sale in UK
A monumental sculptural installation by Indian artist Subodh Gupta - a 10-foot tall tower of copper cooking vessels - is to go under the hammer at London auctioneers Sotheby's. Gupta's 'Untitled (9

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