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07/01/2009 Manchester Muslims give blood to commemorate Muharram
YOUNG Muslims are showing their support for the National Blood Service tomorrow by giving blood in Manchester, as part of a national campaign conceived in the city three years ago.
07/01/2009 Bangladesh cricketers fined
Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim have both been fined after breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the third day’s play in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
07/01/2009 Nominate your community hero
DO you know someone who deserves that extra little bit of recognition?
07/01/2009 Skin lightening documentary wants to hear your stories
BBC1 researchers are keen to talk to women who have used skin lighteneing treatments  for a new documnetary, 'Make me White.'
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.
18/12/2008 Urban youth 'freestyle' their way to stardom
URBAN British smash-hits Kidulthood and Adulthood have created stars out of ordinary street kids.
17/12/2008 Celebrate Xmas with Jay Sean on B4U Music
UK's leading Asian music artist Jay Sean will be presenting this year's annual TOP 20 of 2008 on B4U music this Christmas.
07/01/2009 New question time for forum residents
THE way in which residents can ask questions during the Milkstone and Deeplish area forum in Rochdale is changing.
07/01/2009 College offers martial arts
TAI kwondo sessions go ahead every Thursday at Balderstone Technology College, Rochdale.
07/01/2009 Why the Mumbai terrorists failed
AS the new year begins, my thoughts drift back to a night in Mayapur, India before the Thanksgiving holiday.
07/01/2009 How to help Pakistan
International attention has focused on Pakistan like never before in the weeks following the Mumbai attacks. To quote Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and ad viser to President-elect Barack Obama, "All of the world’s nightmares come together in Pakistan."
07/01/2009 Taxi driver stabbed
A taxi driver was stabbed in Clayton.
07/01/2009 India deal provides platform for HMG's expansion
A PAINT business in Manchester clinched a deal to create a joint venture with an Indian company following a religious ceremony when fruits and offerings were burned to honour Hindu deities.




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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.
08/01/2009 South Asia - Dhaka will take initiative to combat terror: new foreign minister
Bangladesh’s newly-appointed foreign minister Dipu Moni has said Dhaka will take the initiative to form a Joint Task Force on terrorism in consultation with other South Asian nations.
08/01/2009 South Asia - Pashupatinath prevails over Nepal Maoists
After battling Hindu devotees and the apex court for nearly two weeks over the revered Pashupatinath temple that saw violence and an unseemly dispute over the removal of its Indian priests, Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Wednesday finally succumbed to the rising pressure and pledged to cancel all controversial decisions taken about the shrine.
08/01/2009 Sri Lanka outlaws LTTE with immediate effect
The Sri Lankan government Wednesday banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), terming it a terrorist organisation.
08/01/2009 South Asia - Pakistan officially owns up to Kasab
After weeks of denials, Pakistan Wednesday finally owned up to the lone survivor of Mumbai attacks Ajmal Amir Kasab but, given the heinous nature of the crime, refused to provide him the legal aid he has sought.
07/01/2009 Sri Lanka - Forces overrun Tiger FDLs in Kilali, Muhamalai
The LTTE defence line in Kilali and Muhamalai came under Security Forces’ control as 53 and 55 Divisions operating in the Jaffna front advanced and captured the Tiger defence line some 600 metres ahead of the Forces’ defences yesterday, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.
07/01/2009 Sri Lanka - Ranil condemns attack on Sirasa
Opposition UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said the attack on Sirasa TV was an assault on the people’s right to information.
07/01/2009 Sri Lanka - President oders probe
President Mahinda Rajapaksa directed the IGP to launch immediate investigations into the attack and bring the suspects involved in the attack to book expeditiously, the Government Information Department said in a communique yesterday.