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Blacks make history by bagging top prizes: ‘A Beautiful Mind’ judged best film
 LOS ANGELES, March 26: Oscar glory bathed black stars as never before on Sunday, as African-American performers claimed the top acting awards for the first time, and Sidney Poitier was saluted...
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Sharon not to let Arafat attend summit
TEL AVIV, March 26: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Tuesday conditions are “not ripe” to allow Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to go to the Arab summit in Beirut, after...
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List of winners
 Best picture: “A Beautiful Mind” Best actor: Denzel Washington (“Training Day”) Best actress: Halle Berry (“Monster’s Ball”)...
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Whoopi flays anti-Semite charges
SHOUTING, “Come and get me boys!” as she descended to the Oscars stage on a trapeze in top hat and feathers, actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg returned in zany style on Sunday to...
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Gown sets off metal detectors
IT was a subdued night for Oscar fashion on Sunday, but leave it to flamboyant actress Sally Kirkland to cause a stir....
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HR body blames govt for Gujarat carnage
NEW DELHI, March 26: The National Human Rights Commission has unequivocally indicted the Gujarat government for its “inaction” during the recent communal violence in the state, and has maintained that the...
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Indian PM accuses Sonia of slander
NEW DELHI, March 26: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday made an emotional speech accusing opposition leader Sonia Gandhi of questioning his integrity during the debate on the anti-terrorism...
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Another Oscar record: length
HISTORY was made and records were beaten at this year’s Oscars ceremony in Hollywood — not least of the record for the longest Academy Awards show ever....
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Real winners
The big winners at the Academy Awards may be two ambitious corporate players with big-time Hollywood ambitions that are still playing out: AOL Time Warner and France’s Vivendi Universal....
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Robotic war reporter unveiled
NEW YORK: It lacks glamour and could never have liberated Kabul with swashbuckling elan but, on the other hand, it doesn’t matter much if it wanders too close to a missile...
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An uneasy Iraq awaits US move
DOHUK (Iraq): Tough American rhetoric about toppling Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein, and the resolve shown by US forces in Afghanistan, is causing deep unease in Baghdad....
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Hindu totalitarianism baring its ugly face
NEW DELHI: More than three weeks after it erupted, a communal bloodbath in India’s western Gujarat state shows no signs of ending. Official estimates place the death toll at...
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Intifada cost $1.3 billion, says World Bank
PARIS: A study issued in Paris by the World Bank estimates that the first 15 months of the second Intifada have cost more than 1.3 billion dollars in direct and indirect...
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War boosts hopes of Romania, Bulgaria
BUCHAREST: The post-Sept 11 strategic importance of the Black Sea region, which has served as a staging area for the Afghan war and could be used in an attack on Iraq,...
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