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J.M. Smucker brews Q2 beat with Folgers coffee

BANGALORE (Reuters) - J.M. Smucker Co , best known for its peanut butter and jelly, posted higher-than-expected quarterly results, driven by strong margins at its Folgers coffee business, and raised its full-year profit view,...

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Bodies of Mumbai gunmen remain in morgue

MUMBAI, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- No one has claimed the embalmed bodies of nine gunmen killed during a terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai last year, police in India say. The bodies have been kept in a government hospital...

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Inddia's 10-yr bond yield falls to 6-week low

MUMBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The yield on India's benchmark 10-year bond fell to six week lows below 7.20 percent on Friday after a well-received bond auction. At 5:13 p.m. (1143 GMT), the yield on the benchmark bond was at 7.18...

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Mandela and Machel voted children's champions

Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel win prestigious award voted for by children Over seven million children voted in the "Decade Child Rights Heroes" award Award announced on the 20th anniversary of U.N. Convention on the Rights of...

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India to consider buying Patriot missiles

NEW DELHI, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- India could sign a multibillion-dollar arms deal with the United States to purchase patriot missiles, a report on Indian television has said. The Indian army has requested a briefing with U.S....

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Iran irked still over Jundallah attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The government of Pakistan is expected to hand the alleged perpetrators of an October bombing in southern Iran over to Tehran, Iranian leaders said. Pakistani ties with Iran soured in the...

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Mumbai Still Vulnerable 1 Year After Attack

Mumbai Jewish Center Struggles To Rebuild, City Still Vulnerable 1 Year After Terror Attack (AP) MUMBAI, India (AP) - One year after the terror attack that left 166 people dead, the Chabad House - a once-popular site with...

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Africa: NEPAD And Agra - Partnering for Action On Africa's Farms

African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government....

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Liberia: India's All-Female UN Police Unit Serves as Inspiration for Liberian Women

Liberian girls and women should draw inspiration from the all-female Indian police unit serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to join law enforcement agencies in the service of their own nation, the top UN...

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Rolls-Royce says Asia market picking up

Saturday November 21, 2009, 7:09 am Rolls-Royce says the market for its super-luxury cars is picking up dramatically across Asia as the effects of the global financial crisis recede. "We're fast coming out of the financial...

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