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Mexico City hosts chili pepper festival

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:12 PDT

Mexico City, May 23 (IANS/EFE) Chili peppers and sauces will take centre stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honoured, organizers said. The first Chilis, Sauces and Mortars Festival, which will be held Friday to Sunday, is being organized by the Enchilada Fair, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Mexico exports 560,000 tons of chili peppers annually, both fresh and dry peppers, making it the world's No.

Post exams, Thulasi resumes shooting (With Image)

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:10 PDT

Chennai, May 23 (IANS) Tamil actress Thulasi Nair, who was busy with her class 10 examinations, has returned to the sets of her upcoming Tamil action-drama "Yaan". "The third schedule of 'Yaan' in Mumbai kicks off today. (I'm) so excited to finally start shooting songs soon

You’re going to lose, woman tells London attacker

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:07 PDT

Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) "You're going to lose," a brave woman told one of the two machete-wielding London attackers who killed a soldier.

PM calls for reorientation of country’s strategic thinking

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:05 PDT

Gurgaon, May 23 (IANS) India faces an entire spectrum of security challenges and there is need for reorientation of the country's strategic thinking and reappraisal of its higher defence organisations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday. Stating that India was situated at the strategic crossroads of Asia and astride one of busiest sea lanes of the world, the prime minister said: "It is imperative that the country's defence professionals remain abreast of the complex environment we face and the avenues that are available as a result of the enormous transition taking place in India." He was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for the Indian National Defence University (INDU) in Binola, Gurgaon, near the Indian capital. The prime minister said India's security had never been stronger than it was today

London killing ‘terrori related’

TDNPWire — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:53 PDT

British PM David Cameron says the broad-daylight killing of a soldier in London was probably 'terror related'. Paul Chapman reports

Delhi sizzles as mercury soars

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:49 PDT

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The heat wave continued unabated in the Indian capital Thursday with the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 31.4 degrees Celsius and the maximum expected to hover around the 45 degrees Celsius mark. 'Heatwave conditions would continue across the national capital.

Dead Boston bomber involved in 2011 slayings: Report

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:47 PDT

Washington, May 23 (IANS) Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple murder outside Boston along with a Chechen killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers, according to media reports. Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot early Wednesday during an interview with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, CNN reported citing a federal law enforcement official

Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Prize

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:45 PDT

London, May 23 (IANS) American author Lydia Davis was declared the winner of the fifth Man Booker International Prize at an award ceremony held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Her inventive, carefully-crafted and hard to categorise works saw off the challenge from nine other contenders from around the world, said a press release Wednesday evening.

European leaders hold summit on tax evasion

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:43 PDT

Brussels, May 23 (IANS/EFE) The heads of state and government of the European Union held a summit Wednesday in an effort to make more progress in fighting tax evasion and tax fraud. EU leaders are targeting tax crimes both within the borders of their countries and in foreign tax havens despite the reluctance of Austria and Luxembourg

China to buy gas from Turkmenistan

IANS — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:39 PDT

Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) China will import gas from the world's second largest gas reserve in the Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan. Kakageldy Abdullayev, CEO of Turkmenistan's national gas company Turkmengaz, said the Galkynysh field will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year for China, with Turkmenistan's total gas exports to China planned to reach 65 billion cubic meters annually after the field's launch, Abdullayev said