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Business at fashion week broke all records: FDCI chief

Tweet New Delhi: The five-day Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) spring/summer extravaganza ended Wednesday with business breaking all records, said Sunil Sethi, president of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). For once, there was very little of Bollywood, enabling the focus to remain on the designers and their works. "We were able to [...]

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Lenovo pips Dell to become world’s second largest PC maker

Tweet Hong Kong: Computer and electronic device maker Lenovo, listed in both Hong Kong and New York, has replaced Dell to become the world's second largest personal computer company, Lenovo said Thursday. Lenovo made the remarks in a statement, citing figures released by International Data Corporation (IDC), a global provider of business intelligence for the [...]

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23 die as hurricane rains hit Central America

Tweet Mexico City: At least 23 people died Wednesday as torrential rain from Hurricane Jova and two other tropical storms caused deadly flash-floods and landslides in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Mexico. Thousands were evacuated, including about 5,000 in El Salvador, more than 3,500 people in Guatemala and at least 3,400 in and around Mexico's [...]

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Beyonce to create maternity range

Tweet   London: Singer Beyonce Knowles, five months pregnant with husband Jay-Z, is all set to create a range of maternity clothes through her label House of Dereon. "All I see now are clothes that are flattering on a pregnant woman. It has been so exciting for me! I love figuring out designs that make [...]

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43 hurt as quake shakes Bali

Tweet Jakarta: At least 43 people were injured when an undersea quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia's Bali province Thursday, officials said. A foreign tourist was among the injured, Wayan Suki, an official, told Xinhua by phone. The tremors were felt in nearby provinces of East Java and West Nusa Tenggara. The [...]

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Apple wins battle to block Samsung tablets in Australia

Tweet Sydney: Apple won a victory Thursday in its global patent battle with rival Samsung when an Australian federal court judge granted a temporary injunction blocking the sale of Samsung's latest tablet computer in the country. Justice Annabelle Bennett handed down her ruling Thursday to ban the South Korean firm from selling its Galaxy Tab [...]

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36 killed in Nepal bus accident

Tweet Kathmandu: At least 36 people were killed when the bus they were travelling in fell off a cliff in central Nepal Thursday morning. The accident took place along the Khurkot-Nepalthok road section of the Banepa-Sindhuli Highway in central Nepal, reported Xinhua. The bodies of the victims have been recovered and laid on the bank [...]

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Six killed in Seal Beach city salon shooting

Tweet Los Angeles: At least six people died and three seriously injured after a shooter entered a beauty salon in California's Seal Beach city in the US and opened fire, media reports said. The shoot out took place place at 1.30 p.m. at Salon Meritage, about 48 km south of downtown Los Angeles, Xinhua reported [...]

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Four die in 50-vehicle pile-up in Chile

Tweet Santiago: At least four people died and 20 were injured in a 50-vehicle pile-up on the highway linking this Chile capital with its busiest seaport, police said. Low visibility due to fog and the burning of nearby cropland was blamed for the accident, which involved buses, trucks and private cars and occurred near Casablanca, [...]

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14 die in Baghdad bombings

Tweet Baghdad: At least 14 people were killed and 59 wounded in car bomb attacks in Baghdad Wednesday, authorities said. "A total of 14 people were killed and 59 wounded by the attacks on three Baghdad police stations," an interior ministry source told Xinhua. The first attack occurred at about 8.20 a.m. when a suicide [...]

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