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New York: Marking the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots, a coalition of over 40 Indian-American bodies held a demonstration and a candle-light vigil in New York, shouting slogans against the Gujarat Chief Minister,

MOSCOW: Monitored by web cameras and a network of volunteer civilian observers, Russians voted Sunday in presidential elections expected to return Mr Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin.

NEW YORK: A 19-year old Indian-origin boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the firebombing of two synagogues in January in New Jersey.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon expressed concern about ‘grisly reports’ that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs, allegations Damascus sharply rejected.

CHICAGO: Rescue workers searched for survivors Saturday after more than six dozen tornadoes tore across the central United States, killing at least 27 people and wiping out whole communities.

MALE: Eleven Indian fishermen apprehended by Maldivian Navy for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line have been released and handed over to the officials of the High Commission of India, police said Saturday.

TEL AVIV: Israel is ready to conduct the first test of the Arrow 3 missile defense system, a state-owned defense contractor announced.

MOSCOW:  The Prime Minister, Mr Vladimir Putin has voiced confidence that he will win Sunday's presidential election, while bluntly dismissing opposition demands and maintaining his strong criticism of the United States.

BAYONNE (FRANCE): The French President, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy took refuge from a crowd of several hundred angry protesters in a cafe, as riot police swarmed in to protect him while he campaigned in the country's southwest Basque country.

WASHINGTON:  An unencrypted laptop computer stolen from NASA last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station (ISS), media reports said.