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Election Spending Record

Indian politicians are expected to spend around $5 billion on campaigning for elections next month – a sum second only to the most expensive U.S. presidential campaign of all time – in a splurge that could give India’s floundering economy a temporary boost. India’s campaign spend, which can include cash stuffed in envelopes as well […]Continue Reading
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Ukraine Crisis

Asian stocks slid on Monday and the dollar stepped back from its recent highs as disappointing Chinese trade data and uncertainty over the crisis in Ukraine kept risk appetite in check. Investors greeted the new week in Asia on a cautious note after data issued on Saturday showed China’s exports unexpectedly tumbled in February, swinging […]Continue Reading
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Indian Navy Officer Dies

An Indian navy officer died on Friday from a gas leak during shipyard work on a new destroyer, just two weeks after a fatal submarine accident prompted the resignation of the country’s naval chief. A navy spokesman said an unknown number of dock workers was also taken to hospital after being affected by a leak […]Continue Reading
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Airlines Presumed Crashed

A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew was presumed to have crashed off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday, and European officials said two people on board were using falseidentities.There were no reports of bad weather and no sign of why the Boeing 777-200ER would have vanished from radar screens about an hour […]Continue Reading
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Correction on Story of Slave Subject

The New York Times on Tuesday corrected a 161-year-old story about Solomon Northup, whose memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning movie “12 Years a Slave.” The January 20, 1853, article, headlined “The Kidnapping Case,” tells the story of Northup, a black man born free in the northern United States, who was kidnapped in […]Continue Reading