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08/01/2009 Plane hit by lightening
A JET carrying 144 passengers was struck by lightning as it landed during a thunderstorm on its way back to Manchester.
08/01/2009 Drug treatments failing South Asians
FEAR of shaming families and being stigmatised is stopping Asian drug users from seeking help.
08/01/2009 Three in court over passport thefts
THREE men were appearing in court today, in connection with the theft of £2.5 million worth of blank passports in Oldham last July.
08/01/2009 The Hijabi Monologues
HIJABI - a word that is not proper Arabic but has become part of Muslim parlance—refers to the Muslim woman who wears a headscarf.
08/01/2009 Slumdog Millionaire
IN my view, Radcliffe-born director Danny Boyle has never made a bad movie – although I’m prepared to concede that there’s a case to be made for A Life Less Ordinary falling into that category.
07/01/2009 Ice broken between Kareena and Salman
KAREENA Kapoor and Salman are to star together in Mr & Mrs Khanna after they patched up their friendship recently.
03/01/2009 Top director puts focus on town
A RENOWNED director of Asian films has been out and about in Rochdale scouting for locations for his next big production.
31/12/2008 Badshah power
BOLLYWOOD superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been billed as one of the most powerful people in the world.
24/12/2008 H-Dhami breaking into India
ARTIST H-Dhami is hoping to make it in India .
23/12/2008 ‘Ghajini’ to get worldwide release
IN an unprecedented manner for a Bollywood title, Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini will add a further 22 countries to its huge India release pattern on Christmas day.
22/12/2008 New Kids On The Block's second coming
THE success of venerable Manband Take That continues unabated, and even a monumentally annoying Christmas advert featuring them cavorting with Twiggy can’t halt record sales.
22/12/2008 Filmmakers offered unique chance to access all areas
THE UK Film Council and its US office is offering two British directors from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities the chance to take part in six invaluable days of networking and relationship building.
22/12/2008 Shakespearean play aims to address social issues
Medecine Mann productions musical adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, will give the tragic story of star crossed lovers a fresh and exciting perspective, by combining the original masterpiece with elements of contemporary urban and black culture.
18/12/2008 Pakistani rock band cancel album release post Mumbai attacks
ROXEN, Pakistan's leading rock band, has delayed the launch of their much-awaited album in India in the light of the recent attacks on Mumbai.
08/01/2009 Ethnic business awards launched
THE second North West ethnic minority business awards have been launched by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
08/01/2009 Man in court over stabbing
A MAN has been charged after a teenage boy was stabbed in Rochdale.
08/01/2009 Station tunes in for wider appeal
BIG changes are on the cards at Crescent Community Radio.
08/01/2009 Nappy new year brings special joy
WHEN tiny Aairah Suleman was born at eight minutes past midnight on new year’s day her overjoyed parents knew she was special.
08/01/2009 Feminist writer exiled to Paris
AWARD winning Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who is under death-threat from Islamist extremists, is to be housed in an artist's studio paid for by the city of Paris, more than a decade after she was forced into exile from her native Bangladesh.
08/01/2009 Jews and Muslims need new playbook
CHICAGO: The Council of Islamic Relations calls the Israeli attack on Gaza a "disproportionate and counterproductive ... massacre". Its homepage features a photo of a bombed out building in Gaza with a panicked official ushering civilians to safety.




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09/01/2009 South Asia - Victory rally as Indian priests return to Pashupatinath temple
Hundreds of people cried and sang in jubilation Thursday as Hindu devotees began a victory march to celebrate the return of Indian priests to Nepal’s 17th century Pashupatinath temple and the pledge by the humbled Maoist government not to interfere in its management.
09/01/2009 Sri Lanka - Troops overrun key LTTE defences, capture Palai town
Sri Lankan troops Thursday smashed key forward defences of the Tamil Tigers in the island’s north and captured yet another rebel stronghold of Palai, military officials here said.
09/01/2009 South Asia - ’NSA sacking reveals cracks in Pakistani leadership’
The manner in which Pakistan’s National Security Advisor (NSA) was sacked for owning up to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai attacks reveals cracks in the top echelons of the country’s leadership, a leading English newspaper said Thursday.
09/01/2009 South Asia - Nepal TV stations declare ’emergency’
Enraged at the growing power crisis in Nepal and alleged unfair state laws, Nepal’s private television stations Thursday declared "emergency".
09/01/2009 Sri Lankan editor shot dead, Rajapaksa condemns murder
Gunmen on a motorcycle Thursday shot dead an outspoken editor in Sri Lanka as he drove his car in rush hour traffic. President Mahinda Rajapaksa condemned the slaying even as an international body of journalists said the government was "directly to blame".
09/01/2009 India hopes Pakistan won’t backtrack on Kasab
A day after Pakistan officially owned up to the nationality of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Mumbai attacker in Indian custody, New Delhi Thursday hoped Islamabad would not backtrack on this and asked it to fulfil its anti-terror pledge.
09/01/2009 South Asia - Zardari, Gilani discuss Durrani’s dismissal
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday evening during which they discussed the dismissal of Mahmud Ali Durrani as national security advisor, news reports said.
08/01/2009 Sri Lanka - Military success not due to Karuna Amman’s defection, says Army Chief
Army Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka says it was ‘shameful’ for anyone to try connect Karuna Amman leaving the LTTE with the recent success of the Army on the battlefield against the LTTE.
08/01/2009 Sri Lanka - Claymore bomb used in MTV attack
Even as investigations into the attack on the MTV/MBC networks continue emerging details point to a claymore bomb being exploded inside the Main Control Room (MCR) which was extensively damaged in the incident.
08/01/2009 Sri Lanka - Kachchathivu island is ours, there is no dispute
Claiming that there was "no dispute over Kachchathivu island", Sri Lanka Wednesday said that the island located in the Palk Strait off Rameshwaram belonged to the island nation according to the 1974-76 bilateral agreement between India and Sri Lanka.
08/01/2009 India - Raj Thackeray gets reprieve from apex court
The Supreme Court Wednesday stalled the imminent arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, ordered by a Jamshedpur court for his rabble-rousing speeches against people from Bihar and other north Indian states who were staying in Maharashtra.
08/01/2009 India - NDA trying to dilute fight against terror: Congress
The Congress party Wednesday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is trying to dilute and fragment the united war against terror by opposing the formation of a federal agency to fight terror.
08/01/2009 India - BJP leaders have lost mental balance, says sacked Chhattisgarh MP
Tara Chand Sahu, a Lok Sabha member from Chhattisgarh who was sacked from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for anti-party activities, Wednesday said senior party leaders have lost their "mental balance".
08/01/2009 India - Court reserves order on Mayawati’s plea
The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s plea challenging the central government’s decision to reassess her income in 2001 to find out if she evaded taxes.
08/01/2009 South Asia - Manmohan statement can aggravate tension: Pakistani analysts
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s accusation that Pakistan was using terrorism as an "instrument of state policy" can push the tension between the two countries in the wake of the Mumbai carnage toward the danger zone, analysts here fear.