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                    [Title] => Outrage grows in India over gang-rape on bus
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The hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered outrage and anger across the country Wednesday as Indians demanded action from authorities who have long ignored persistent violence and harassment against women.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-19 22:35:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 769904 [Title] => Yemen officials: Saleh to depart for Oman [Summary] =>

Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States, Yemeni officials said on yesterday, part of an American effort to get the embattled strongman out of the country to allow a peaceful transition from his rule.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-22 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 761673 [Title] => Troops hit protesters marching into Yemen capital [Summary] =>

Troops commanded by relatives of Yemen's outgoing president attacked a crowd of more than 100,000 protesters peacefully marching into the capital yesterday, killing at least nine and driving the president to promise to leave the country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-25 07:26:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 755849 [Title] => India backtracks on plan to let in foreign retail [Summary] =>

India on Wednesday suspended its plan to open its huge retail sector to foreign companies such as Wal-Mart in a reversal seen as a major capitulation to political opponents that further weakens the administration.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-07 21:57:46 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 713302 [Title] => India party chief Gandhi has surgery abroad [Summary] =>

 India's ruling Congress Party says its leader Sonia Gandhi has undergone surgery abroad for an undisclosed ailment.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-05 14:08:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 667684 [Title] => Yemen's US-backed leader fails to stop uprising [Summary] =>

A brutal crackdown failed to stop massive protests against Yemen's US-backed president, who attacked a protest camp in the south's main city on Saturday but couldn't halt demonstrations there or in the capital.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-19 23:11:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 665779 [Title] => Police fire on Yemeni protesters, 100 plus injured [Summary] =>

Police on rooftops fired live bullets and tear gas at protesters Sunday, injuring more than 100 people who were camping near Sanaa University, the latest in weeks of demonstrations calling for the Yemeni president to step down.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-13 23:36:10 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 630956 [Title] => India drained of billions by illicit cash dealings [Summary] =>

India has lost hundreds of billions of dollars over the past six decades as companies and the rich stashed cash overseas to avoid taxes and hide ill-gotten gains, widening inequality and depriving the poor of crucial resources, a new report shows.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-18 17:00:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 594723 [Title] => 61 people killed as 2 trains crash in east India [Summary] =>

The 22-year-old was asleep on the overnight train, headed to his distant job at a call center, when an enormous jolt awakened him and his coach flipped.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-20 02:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 556313 [Title] => India wants to give women 1/3 of legislative seats [Summary] =>

India's upper house of parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday for a historic bill that would reserve one-third of legislative seats for women, despite a boycott by socialist lawmakers.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-10 03:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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