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CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP): India defeated the West Indies by six wickets on the Duckworth/Lewis system with one ball remaining in the third one-day cricket international Friday at Beausejour Stadium. The visitors took an unassailable 2-1 lead in the ...

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      Raliway budget 'unrealistic, based on fantasy': BJP
      50 railway stations to be developed as world-class ones
      Rail budget planned with Assembly polls in mind: CPI(M)
      Govt. still cautious on same sex issue
      Railways announce raising commando battalions

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    National

      Manmohan hails Mamata, says budget will make train journey enjoyable
      Air India employees stage mass walkout from work
      Lalu: Mamata's budget 'impractical'
      Two LS MPs for sacking minister for 'pressurising' judge
      UP govt. gives go-ahead to filing of chargesheet against Varun

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    Entertainment

      Rahman, Boyle invited to become Academy members
      South Africa holds Jackson moonwalk tribute
      John, Katrina voted most eligible single celebrities

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    Health

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      Mutations help increase chances of cancer
      Shared computers are 'breeding grounds for germs'

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    International

      EU summons Iranian ambassadors in joint protest
      Blair honoured for contribution to UK-India ties
      Australian dinosaur that lived 98 million years ago found
      Spokesman: Obama wrong about Putin
      France appeals to EU for farm aid

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    Regional

      Jayalalithaa says Mamata's focus is on vote banks
      Three tigers enter villages near Sundarban in 48 hours
      Nigerian who supplied cocaine to college students identified
      AI employees stage two-hour protest at Kolkata airport
      NSCN(IM) militant killed in encounter

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    Sci. & Tech.

      Vacuum toilets on trains will also save the rails below
      Excavation throws up earliest evidence of rice cultivation
      Mars shares many similarities with Earth

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    Business

      Move from CRM to CEM
      Growth in GDP declines 2.3 pc in 2008-09
      WB reaches settlement with Siemens on corruption charges
      Buffett donates $1.25b Berkshire shares to Gates Foundation
      Maruti launches new Grand Vitara

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    Sport

      Federer beats Haas to reach seventh Wimbledon final
      Venus faces lil' sis Serena in 4th Wimbledon final
      Jeev tied 20th, Randhawa in danger zone
      India elect to field in 3rd one-dayer
      Owen undergoes medical test at Manchester United

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    Agri. & Commodities

      Varsity warns of building up of pest on cotton
      Mango festival begins in Delhi
      Planning Commission gives nod for National Dairy Plan

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