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US Steel to cut 770 jobs, idle 3 US plants
21 Mar 2016
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Tumultuous 2016 Republican campaign a phenomenon long in the making
21 Mar 2016
America's political polarization can be attributed to the widening policy differences between the parties, the lessening influence of those parties on the nomination process, and a fractured Republican base, Stanford researcher Tobias Konitzer, tells Clifton Parker
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Lula can’t be minister, rules top Brazilian judge
19 Mar 2016
In a move likely to inflame tensions between the judiciary and Brazil's government, a Supreme Court judge said President Dilma Rousseff's decision to name Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva her chief of staff appeared designed to shelter him from charges of money laundering
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Obama backs Clinton; Republicans say ‘no Trump’
18 Mar 2016
As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump surge forward in the US presidential race, President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind Clinton
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Trump warns of riots if denied Republican nomination
17 Mar 2016
US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination after a string of primary election victories, raising the temperature even further in a highly charged White House race
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Clinton, Trump strengthen leads, Rubio drops out
16 Mar 2016
With another ‘super Tuesday out of the way, Democrat Hillary Clinton needs only one-thirds of the remaining delegates to secure her nomination, while Republican rival Donald Trump needs about half
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Rich using farm land to evade tax: Jaitley
16 Mar 2016
Between 2007-08 and 2015-16, a total of 2,746 entities and individuals declared agricultural income of above Rs1 crore, although they do not earn their living as farmers, Jaitley stated
Indian students are smart, we need them: Trump
16 Mar 2016
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Suu Kyi aide Htin Kyaw elected Myanmar's first civilian president since '62
15 Mar 2016
Myanmar's parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as President on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the country's first head of state since the 1960s who does not hail from a military background
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Merkel on back foot as far-right AfD makes major gains
14 Mar 2016
The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party looked set to get a foothold in three regional parliements even as Chancellor Angela Merkel hammers out a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants
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World Bank needs to change with global economy: Modi
12 Mar 2016
India does not follow “beggar thy neighbour” macro-economic policies or try to gain in trade at the expense of its partners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a conference
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ECB cuts repo rate to 0%, expands asset buys in new monetary push
11 Mar 2016
The European Central Bank has also increased its monthly asset buys to €80 billion from €60 billion in a bid to boost consumption and inflation
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Sanders pips Clinton in Michigan, Trump marches on
09 Mar 2016
Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his long-shot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary on Tuesday night, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's dominance in the Democratic presidential race
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EU pins hopes on Turkey to resolve migrant crisis
08 Mar 2016
EU leaders have met Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglur in a bid to solve the refugee crisis that has divided Europe, but troubled by having to seek favours from a government that scorns their ideas of human rights
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Former Brazilian president Lula detained for questioning
05 Mar 2016
The action marks the highest profile development in a two-year-old graft probe related to the state oil company Petrobras, and an anti-climax to Lulla’s rise to power 13 years ago as the champion of the poor
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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06 Mar 2023
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