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The Sydney Morning Herald, 24.04.13 06:50 UTC

Selectors back experienced leadership, for now

Comment A line in the sand might have been drawn in India, but the selectors have drawn theirs with the unveiling of an Ashes squad that reaches for old-school cricketers and strong leaders. It will, ...

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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 04:00 UTC

Polio endgame? Bill Gates enlists funding from Islamic nations for final push to eradicate the crippling disease

At a summit in Abu Dhabi, Bill Gates and other leaders push for $5.5 billion to wipe out polio by 2018.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 24.04.13 03:59 UTC

Australia turns to veterans to plug the experience gap for Ashes

Australian selectors have turned to veterans to lead the charge for the Ashes, putting their faith in batsman Chris Rogers and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin as they revealed the 16-man squad to tour ...

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BBC World News, 24.04.13 03:48 UTC

Sachin Tendulkar's big 40th birthday 'party'

India's cricket star Sachin Tendulkar turns 40 on Wednesday. The BBC's Rahul Tandon reports from the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, where Tendulkar will play a Twenty20 birthday game in front of more than 60,000 people.

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BBC World News, 24.04.13 03:48 UTC

India asks China to pull back troops in Ladakh

India has asked China to withdraw troops it says have moved into disputed territory near the two countries' de facto border in the Himalayas.

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Daily Mail, 24.04.13 01:55 UTC

Inspired by Inspire: Boston Marathon bomber admits he learned to build a bomb from al Qaeda propaganda magazine

PUBLISHED: 23:48 GMT, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 00:25 GMT, 24 April 2013 The suspected Boston Marathon bomber has admitted that he and his brother planted two bombs at the race - and had learned to ...

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BBC World News, 23.04.13 23:47 UTC

The changing face of the average Aussie

Australia's population surpassed 23 million on Tuesday. And as the country's numbers change, so does its image - you can forget Crocodile Dundee, for a start.

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Village Voice, 23.04.13 21:59 UTC

Midnight's Children, For Those Who Wants the Gist of the Novel (And No More)

One of the most beguiling of the many stories all knotted up in Salman Rushdie's brilliant, baggy, exhausting 1981 novel Midnight's Children concerns a lovelorn doctor, his beautiful patient, and ...

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Telegraph, 23.04.13 18:08 UTC

Wanted: true heir of 19th Century Malabar nobleman. Reward? $1 billion.

A search for the direct descendant of a 19th Century Indian shipping magnate who is owed $1 billion in compensation from Saudi Arabia has sparked a feud between the Muslim royals of Malabar and one of their most powerful rival families.

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Daily Mail, 23.04.13 16:06 UTC

Indian men accused of raping and torturing five-year-old girl 'watched porn and drank heavily' before attack

PUBLISHED: 12:49 GMT, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:58 GMT, 23 April 2013 One of the two men accused of the kidnap, rape and attempted murder of a five-year-old girl in India had watched porn and drank ...

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