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The active northeast monsoon has caused another bout of relentless rains in Chennai bringing back memories of the October floods.

Former Peru President Alberto Fujimori has been arrested in Chile for corruption and human rights charges.

The Congress government has caved under pressure and the PM has asked Natwar Singh to resign from the External Affairs Ministry.

Narayan Rane has declared war on Sena candidate Parshuram Uparkar saying his rapport with Malvan voters would assure him victory.

The RJD MP had been absconding since February after non-bailable warrants were issued against him.

Eclipsing public outrage over scratched iPods, Apple is back into the groove. Research firm predicts sale of 10 million iPods for fourth quarter.

Natwar Singh says that people who are competent do not just put in their resignation papers.

Nortel's deal with BSNL is in troubled waters. Losses due to increasing project costs and pricing pressures takes Nortel to negotiation table.

Amazon.com has launched a programme which makes it possible for people to flip through pages of a book before buying it.

Bird flu has infected poultry firms in Vietnam and the incident is first outbreak in poultry in three weeks.

Pak Foreign Office has lodged a protest with the Indian High Commission alleging Indian police insulted Counsellor Moazzam Khan.

Police suspect Hans Obeymeyer may have slipped down a mountain while returning from a trekking expedition.

A Los Angeles based pizza delivery man has been ordered to stand trial for strangling 10 women.

Even as anti-lobby of Indo-US nuclear accord say it needs tightning up, Bush opposes any ammendments saying it will 'break the deal.'

Royal Mail postage stamp in Britain depicting a Hindu couple worshipping baby Jesus has the community up in arms.

Over 125 Indian companies are among 2,000 firms that made illegal payments to Saddam's regime for contracts in UN's oil-for-food programme.