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Reprieve for Anand Jon
Indian assaulted for protecting a woman
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Obama warns of ‘education arms race with India, China’
Pak busts plot to kill Gilani; 7 held
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New York, October 14 The Manhattan judge dismissed charges against Jon, by three of his accusers, on the recommendation from District Attorney's office, The New York Post reported. “Anand Jon continues to insist he is innocent,” Jon’s lawyer Adam Freedman said here adding the charges dismissed by the court involved women “who knew him (Jon) longest.” Jon, in January, had pleaded not guilty to the charges of sexually assaulting at least nine women and underage girls here between 2002 and 2006 after being sentenced a jail term of 59 years by a Los Angeles court for similar crimes. Born in India, Alexander - known professionally as Anand Jon - launched a fashion line in 1999. He was featured on “America's Next Top Model,” worked with such celebrities as Paris Hilton and Mary J Blige. The hearing in New York is separate from the case against 36-year-old Alexander in California, which concluded in 2008. — PTI
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Indian assaulted for protecting a woman
London, October 14 Pankaj Rawat, an Indian shop assistant, suffered a broken jaw after being assaulted at Edinburgh’s Waverley Bridge Saturday, Edinburgh Evening News reported Wednesday. Rawat, 21, was walking home when he tried to intervene to protect the woman on Waverley Bridge. The gang hurled racial abuses before punching him to the ground. He was repeatedly kicked during the attack. He was taken to hospital where in a procedure he had a metal plate fixed to his fractured jaw.Rawat, who moved from India to Edinburgh 18 months ago, lost his job due to the attack as shop owners were not able to give him four weeks off work to recover from his injuries. Police are looking for five men involved in the attack on him. “I’d been out for a friend's party at Mood and was walking back to my home in Tollcross with another friend. As we were crossing Waverley Bridge, I saw two Scottish men shouting at a woman. One of them was pushing her and trying to kiss her, and she was shouting for help,” Rawat recalled. “I told them to leave her alone or I would call the police. The man who was pushing the woman came over to me and asked where I was from. I told him I was from India and he started shouting 'b***** Indian b******' at me,” Rawat was qouted as saying. — IANS
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Obama warns of ‘education arms
Washington, October 14 “Nothing would be more shortsighted,” Obama said at White House, in remarks to the press in reference to the Republican proposal to cut education budget. “There's an educational arms race taking place around the world right now - from China to Germany, to India to South Korea. Cutting back on education will amount to unilateral disarmament. We can't afford to do that,” he said. The President said: “The nation that educates its children the best will be the nation that leads the global economy in the 21st century.”
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San Jose Mine, October 14 Luis Urzua, the grizzled leader of the miners, stepped out of a rescue capsule dubbed the Phoenix and into the embrace of cheering wellwishers, including Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, as a horn blasted the end of a 70-day ordeal. As the world watched, the miner and his rescuers belted out the Chilean national anthem, basking in pride over a life-saving operation that combined ingenuity and tenacity. “I congratulate you because you did your duty, leaving last like a ship's captain,” Pinera told Urzua, who was greeted by his son. But six rescuers remained in the mine -- one will eventually be alone -- and must follow Urzua out. Even though their fate was still not secure, they selflessly rejoiced as the final miner emerged to scenes of utter jubilation. There had been greater anxiety at the start of the rescue operation some 22 hours earlier, when horn blasts and flashing lights, had greeted the safe arrival of Florencio Avalos, the first out. — AFP
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Pak busts plot to kill Gilani; 7 held
Lahore, October 14 The arrested men were involved in an attack on the Inter-Services Intelligence agency's office in Multan and the murder of members of the minority Shia sect, police said. "The accused had plans to target Prime Minister Gilani at his camp office in Multan,” it added.
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