World outsources pregnancies to India

ANAND, India (AP) — Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.

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India: PM vows to end religious conflict after Hindu-Christian clashes

India’s prime minister has pledged to stem fighting between religious groups in the wake of Christian-Hindu violence that has left at least four people dead and hundreds of Christians seeking shelter in relief camps.

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Sukhbir Badal’s security reviewed

CHANDIGARH: In view of the disturbing events happening next door in Pakistan, the National Security Guards (NSG) and the CM security in Punjab have reviewed security being provided to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son, Sukhbir Badal.

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U.S.’ Pelosi questions Pakistan’s Bhutto probe

Washington should address “troubling questions” about Pakistan’s probe of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and its cooperation in fighting terrorism before extending any more aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday.

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Bhutto’s cause of death disputed

Benazir Bhutto’s supporters say the Pakistani government’s account of how she died is “dangerous nonsense”. A government spokesman said her head was slammed against her vehicle by the blast from a bomb - but colleagues said she died from bullet wounds.

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Bhutto killing blamed on al-Qaeda

Pakistan says it has strong proof that al-Qaeda assassinated opposition politician Benazir Bhutto at an election rally on Thursday. The interior ministry said it had intelligence indicating Baitullah Mehsud, whom it called an “al-Qaeda leader”, was behind the killing.

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Bhutto laid to rest next to her father’s grave

Larkana(Pakistan), Dec 28 (PTI) Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest next to her father’s grave in this ancestral village today amid scenes of emotion from thousands of grieving mourners, a day after the former Pakistan Premier was assassinated in Rawalpindi.

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PM hails Bhutto as South Asia’s outstanding leader

New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hailed former Pakistan Prime Minister late Benazir Bhutto as South Asia’s “outstanding” political leader who was committed to the cause of democracy and Indo-Pak friendship.

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Benazir Bhutto killed in attack

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Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack.
Ms Bhutto had just addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi when she was shot in the neck by a gunman who then set off a bomb.

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Shaheedi Jor Mela concludes, 10 lakh devotees pay their obeisance

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FATEHGARH SAHIB: The 303rd three day annual Shaheedi Jor Mela, in memory of Guru Gobind Singh’s two younger sons who were bricked alive, concluded here Wednesday with the bhog ceremony of Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Jyoti Swarup Sahib and a religious procession.

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