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December 05 NEWS Deepak Chopra Stalking Case Reopens The New Age guru's suit against a woman who allegedly sought to blackmail him is to restart next week. NEWS What Comes Of Bearding A Lion WSO demands that the Canadian heritage minister intervene in the dispute involving Sikh boxer Nagra's facial hair. ENTERPRISE The Vows On The Web A new web site hopes to help south Asian singles find the perfect match. COMMUNITY Seattle Remembers Bhopal Scores of social activists in over half-a-dozen American cities hold seminars and vigils on the 15th anniversary of the gas leak from a Union Carbide Corp pesticide plant. NEWS Woodbridge Fights Sex-Offender Jail Town officials charge that the state did not conduct a fair comparison between the Woodbridge location and two South Jersey sites under consideration. December 04 NEWS Millionaire California Doctor Murdered Jagjit Singh Sehdeva, to kill whom murder plots had been hatched earlier too, was killed, allegedly by robbers, on Tuesday. NEWS Boxer Nagra's Legal Fights Mount The Canadian Amateur Boxing Association cancels an event after the Ontario Superior Court says he can participate with or without a beard. NEWS McGreevey Woos Indians Mayor James McGreevey of Woolbridge hopes to be a governor with support from the Indian American community, which gave him 83 per cent of the votes in the last election. OPINION Karma Chameleon 'And who are these guardians of Indian pride, anyway? Maharishis with penance on their mind? Hardly. For the most part, the liberated desis around this part of the planet can't tell a shloka from one of Leno's monologues,' says Ashwin Mahesh. OPINION English vs The Mother Tongue Parents who encourage their children to only learn English seem oblivious to the higher verbal SAT scores achieved by multilingual children and those taking foreign languages, say Jayakrishna Ambati and Balamurali Krishna Ambati. Talk on databases December 03 MOVIES How An American Writer Thought Up Cotton Mary Her feelings of deracination and the attitude to her of the people in India, shaped by the British Raj, left a profound impact on her, says Alexander Viets. NEWS Carbon Monoxide Awareness Move Launched After Girl's Death Authorities start educating people of the dangers of the colorless, odorless gas after Seetha Vemireddy succumbed to it. NEWS Dosanjh Demand Tough Crime Law Be Enacted The British Columbia attorney-general said the lack of federal funding to fight organized crime is another area he wants tackled. Patidar convention December 02 HEALTH Under Attack! Study shows high rate of heart disease in Indians is linked to a cholesterol called lipoprotein(a) MOVIES Hum Saath' Crosses $ 2.5 m Mark Abroad Meanwhile, Dillagi enjoys a healthy gross, being ranked number 47 in North America. NEWS Why Ganesh Bidis Were Banned The use of child labor to produce them was the ostensible reason, but the authorities were also worried that youngsters thought it hip and safe to smoke. SUCCESS STORY Deepak Hathiramani's Simple Secret 'We believe that only the best people can implement the best solutions,' says the CEO of Vistronix Inc. India developments Bhopal update Sakhi readings December 01 RELIGION Southern Baptists Ignore Warning Group vows to take 100,000 missionaries to Chicago, claiming they are the victims, not the aggressors. OPINION Showdown In Seattle The WTO conference has become a catalyst for a massive mobilization of activists from all corners of the globe, says Naeem Mohaiemen. MOVIES Has Miramax Dumped Om Puri? His performance is touted as the best of 1999; unfortunately, My Son The Fanatic failed at the box office. NEWS Dosanjh Calls For Sex Offenders Registry British Columbia's attorney-general calls for measures to contain child abuse and prostitution. Archives |
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