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Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar sworn in as Indian MP

Expelled MP finds place next to Sachin during oath-taking
Even as Sachin Tendulkar on Monday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha, a former MP who was expelled in the cash-for-query scam was conspicuous by his presence during the ceremony. Pradeep Gandhi, one of the 11 MPs expelled from Parliament after being found guilty in the cash-for-query scam in 2005, was seen standing next to Sachin after his swearing-in inside Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari's

New forensic lab for CBI opens in Mumbai
A state-of-the-art forensic laboratory, exclusively for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was inaugurated in Belapur here Monday, an official said.

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AP Interview: UN official says no to Syria amnesty

The U.N.'s top human rights official said Saturday that there should be no amnesty for serious crimes committed in Syria, even if the threat of prosecution might motivate members of the regime to

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Woman British aid worker rescued in Afghanistan
British troops in Afghanistan managed to save a 28-year-old woman British aid worker along with three others in Afghanistan Saturday. She was kidnapped May 22.

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Almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour: UN
Almost 21 million people worldwide are trapped in jobs into which they were coerced or deceived and which they cannot leave, according to new estimates released on Friday by the United Nations labour agency.

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Apex court stays order in Karnataka top cop's case
In a relief to former Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, the Supreme Court Friday stayed the high court order of May 28 holding as illegal his appointment to the top post.

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