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Western leaders study 'gamechanging' report on global drugs trade	19.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Review by Organisation of American States on illicit drugs 'could mark beginning of the end' of prohibition European governments and the Obama administration are this weekend studying a "gamechanging" report on global drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the end for blanket prohibition. Publication of the Organisation of American States (OAS) review, commissioned at last year's Cartagena Summit of the Americas attended by Barack Obama, reflects growing dissatisfaction among Latin American countries with the current global policy on illicit drugs. It spells out the effects of the policy on many countries and examines what the global drugs trade will look like if the status quo continues. It notes how rapidly countries' unilateral drugs policies are evolving, while at the same time there is a growing consensus over the human costs of the trade. "Growing media attention regarding this phenomenon in many countries, including on social media, reflects a world in ...
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Couple arrested in Kolkata for duping banks (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 18 : A Delhi-based couple were arrested from Kolkata for duping several banks by forging documents, police said Saturday.
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Farewell, Shameless … Gallagher joie de vivre has no place in austerity UK	18.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
The fictional family were acclaimed when they hit our screens 10 years ago. As the final series ends, it's the right time to leave A derelict, dipsomaniac addict, addled by breakfast-time, at the mercy of his rampant libido, driven by the hunt for the next free drink or drug, flogging his baby's milk for a lager. This is the life of benefits baron Vernon Francis Gallagher, useless single parent to six of his eight children by two women, resident of 2 Windsor Gardens on the fictional Chatsworth Estate, Manchester. Frank and his supporting cast of offspring, mates and mistresses were introduced to the British viewing public in January 2004. Nobody had seen anything quite like Shameless before and, initially at least, Channel 4 audiences and critics alike couldn't get enough. Created by the award-winning and gifted Paul Abbott (who wrote Clocking Off and State of Play ), this was a portrait of an underclass with élan; a joyful celebration of free-spirited ne'er-do-wells whose every activity ...
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Cannes 2013 roundup \| Tom Lamont	18.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
The critics rained on Baz Luhrmann's parade but a star was born in Young and Beautiful, and Sofia Coppola hit a nerve with a film about a teen gang robbing the homes of Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman is here in Cannes, so is Ang Lee, and Audrey Tautou, and a second-generation Jagger, and Justin Timberlake, and Cindy Crawford, and Cheryl Cole, and Pelé, and all of them have been rained on, stubbornly, for days. Rain at Cannes used to be rare, regulars say. Russell Crowe has an anecdote about sitting in a screening wearing sodden zip-ups back in 1991, and Bruce Willis got splashed by a freak wave in 2006 – but for a couple of decades straight, at least, this festival was a dry deal, screenings and parties staged outdoors, everyone "cooked to a turn" (as F Scott Fitzgerald described the local way of sunbathing). Then last year the roof of the Soixantième theatre blew off. Storms halted yacht parties, and the trade papers were left calculating the value of deals not done, with every producer and ...
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NCPCR seeks report on Bengal student's death (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Kolkata, May 18 : Taking cognisance on its own of the death of a class 3 student in West Bengal after being mercilessly beaten by his school teacher, India's apex child rights panel Saturday said it has sought a detailed report from the state's Mamata Banerjee government.
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Jo Swinson: new voice in the old system	18.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
The ageing denizens of Westminster are choking on the causes Jo Swinson champions, from the fight against airbrushing to parents sharing maternity leave. Eva Wiseman heads for the House to meet a woman working from the inside It was the weekend following my meeting with Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that she went into anaphylactic shock at the Bishopbriggs Colossal Cake sale in Scotland. She had a severe reaction to a nutty cake. After a night in hospital, where she credits doctors with "saving her life", she was back at work in the morning. Meeting her, you get the sense she doesn't really believe in time off. Her energy is infectious – it's partly the speed she talks at and the fact that you believe her when she insists she chose this job, this life, purely because she wanted to change the world. We first met when she was chairing a body-image inquiry, but I've followed her career for a while, the way you do sometimes – a face you look out for in the paper, a voice you trust on Question ...
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Gunmen kill anti-terror policeman and family as Iraq violence continues	18.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Eight policemen abducted on highway to Jordan and Syria, following three days of violence that killed 130 people Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria as a wave of violence continued to grip the country . Attackers also shot dead a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south. The attacks follow three days of bombings and other violence that killed 130 people, targeting a market, a mosque and bus stops in both Shiite and Sunni areas in scenes reminiscent of retaliatory attacks between the two groups that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007. The particularly violent recent weeks have raised fears the country may be heading toward a new round of sectarian conflict. Saturday's deadliest attack occurred when gunmen broke into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people ...
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Saradha Group promoter sent to judicial custody till May 31 (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Kolkata, May 18 : Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a local court in West Bengal Saturday remanded them to judicial custody till May 31.
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UP murder suspect dies due to acid injection, 3 suspended (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Lucknow, May 18 : A murder suspect was given injections of acid and kerosene during police questioning in Uttar Pradesh, following which he fell sick and died in a hospital here. Three errant policemen were suspended, an official said Saturday.
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I'd love to direct movies: Ranbir (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Mumbai, May 18 : Actor Ranbir Kapoor says he would love to face the camera for films for the next 15 to 20 years, and that he also desires to direct movies in the future.
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'Aurangzeb' mints Rs.3.75 crore on opening day (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 18 : Arjun Kapoor-starrer "Aurangzeb" has drawn a decent response at the box office with an opening day collection of Rs.3.75 crore.
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Another hot day in Delhi, no respite Sunday (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 18 : The hot, sunny weather continued in the national capital Saturday as the maximum temperature settled four notches above average at 43.2 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is in store Sunday, the Met office said.
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Meira Kumar leads parliamentary delegation to Belarus (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, 18 May 18 : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday left for Belarus leading an Indian parliamentary delegation to the east European country.
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Mumbai police seize Sreesanth's phones, laptops, data cards (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: Health News
Mumbai, May 18 : Probing deeper into the IPL spot-match fixing scam, Mumbai police have seized the mobiles, iPhones, laptops, data cards and other personal belongings of cricketer S. Sreesanth and his relative-cum-bookie Jiju Janardhan, a top police officer said here Saturday.
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Saradha promoter says 'happy' with scam probe (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Kolkata, May 18 : Days after submitting an affidavit in the court opposing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe, Saradha chit fund scam's suspected kingpin Sudipta Sen Saturday said he was happy with the course of the investigation being carried out by the West Bengal Police.
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Cricket Australia investigating Warner's twitter rant (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: Health News
Melbourne, May 18 : Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn.
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'Li will get chance to explain incursion to Manmohan' (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 18 : The recent incursion by Chinese troops cast a "pretty dark shadow" on India-China relations, but the issue was handled "maturely" by both and probably Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will "get a chance to explain why, what happened" during his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources said Saturday.
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Protest ahead of Chinese premier's India visit (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 18 : Ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India, about 50 people Saturday held a protest here demanding suspension of talks with China.
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Bengal minister quits (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Kolkata, May 18 : Three months after losing a by-poll, West Bengal minister Humayun Kabir resigned Saturday, two days ahead of the six month period mandated by the constitution within which a minister must get elected to the legislature.
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Tamil Nadu Police expect breakthrough in match fixing (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Chennai, May 18 : The Tamil Nadu Police is expecting a breakthrough soon in the cricket betting case in which six bookies were arrested here Friday, a police officer said.
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