Obama seeks rise in U.S. exports

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He acknowledges formidable barriers to his goal, which could rekindle debate over free-trade policy.


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Opposition, ruling MPs play truant during budget debate

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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) When the Lok Sabha Friday debated the budget for the fiscal 2010-11, the house presented a near empty look at many points of time.
It was the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) first that made an issue of empty seats in the treasury benches during the debate.
Some BJP MPs alleged [...]

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Compensate Kashmir for water given to Pakistan, says MP

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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir should be compensated for the losses it has suffered due to the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, a parliamentarian from the state demanded Friday.
Participating in the budget debate, Mirza Mehboob Beg of the National Conference said that the state was suffering heavy losses due to the treaty [...]

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MNS moves court to retain train engine as poll symbol

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New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Friday approached the Supreme Court to retain the train engine as its poll symbol for the forthcoming municipal polls in the state.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice T.S. Thakur decided to hear the MNS plea next Friday [...]

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Stolen remains of Cyprus ex-president reburied

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Athens, March 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen from his grave three months back, has been finally laid to rest in the capital Nicosia, local TV said Friday.
Thieves broke into the grave and took the body Dec 11 last year, just a day before the first death [...]

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