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 The Telegraph India 
SC lens on airport cigarette sale
New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Supreme Court will decide whether international cigarette brands can be sold in duty-free outlets at the departure lounges of Indian airports without the statutory pictorial... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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 The Times 
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis but which critics say is being... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
A vehicle drives up a snow covered road towards Gulmarg, 55km (34 miles) west of Srinagar February 8, 2010. At least 17 Indian soldiers were killed when an avalanche smashed into a military training camp near the country's disputed border with Pakistan on Monday, security officials said.  Zeenews 
Snow in higher reaches lowers temperature in north India
New Delhi: Heavy snowfall in the higher reaches lowered the temperature in parts of north India today even as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third day and intermittent... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Former president Joseph Estrada  who had his birthday celebration  was given a birthday program by children of    Settlement House ( Association De Damas De Filipinas ) , an orphanage for children of unwed mothers located in Paco ,  Manila  City , Philippines ,  April 18 , 2009.  Inquirer 
Estrada a no-show; handlers say PDI 'biased'
MANILA, Philippines—Was it a case of conflicting schedules or a snub? Explaining his absence at an Inquirer-sponsored debate of presidential candidates at the University of the Philippines in Diliman,... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)

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Philippines Sen. Richard Gordon, also the head of the Philippine National Red Cross, speaks to members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday March 18, 2009. Inquirer
Gordon: Youth offenders' law a mistake
MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Richard Gordon promised to review the Youth Offenders' Law if he becomes president, noting that criminals use children as their legmen to evade... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)

Law   Philippines   Photos   Senator   Youth
Softdrinks ABC News
Soft Drinks Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
By CHRIS EMERY Contributing Writer, Feb. 8, 2010 Regular consumers of sugary soft drinks are at higher risk for pancreatic cancer than fruit juice drinkers or the general... (photo: WN / sweet)
Cancer   Consumers   Fruit   Photos   Softdrinks
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office - PCSO - Lotto - Filipino Inquirer
6/49 jackpot to hit P165 million
MANILA, Philippines – Don't put it off until the last minute— not if you want to avoid those long lines. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) yesterday... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
Jackpot   Lotto   Pcso   Philippines   Photos
Crocs footwear Inquirer
NBI agents seize fake Crocs
MANILA, Philippines--They may be the 'in' thing in footwear today, but are they the real thing? National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents recently seized some... (photo: WN)
Crocs   Footwear   Nbi   Philippines   Photos
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. The Boston Globe
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)

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