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  Australia acts to curb travelers' absurd requests

  World | December 03, 2014 12:05 IST

  Canberra: Australia's government is taking steps to curb Australian travelers' soaring expectations of what help they can get from their embassies, such as a loan to pay a prostitute in Thailand or assistance to evict

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  Honest PM To Defend Dishonest Acts: CPI-M Leader

  Politics | March 03, 2011 18:25 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 3: A top Bengal CPI-M leader today said it is unfortunate that a "good and honest" Prime Minister like Manmohan Singh has to defend all sorts of dishonest acts and shoulder the "misdeeds"

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  Yeddyurappa Acts, Asks His Children To Leave Official Residence

  Politics | November 25, 2010 20:01 IST

  Bangalore: Aiming at deflecting accusations of nepotism after saving his chair, Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked his son and daughter to shift from his official residence here immediately.  "The chief minister asked