AIJAZ ANSARI

Associated Press Writer
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24 Hindu nationalists arrested for TV show protest

Police arrested 24 Hindu nationalists after they barged onto the set of a hit Indian reality television show Tuesday to protest its inclusion of two actors from Pakistan — India's historic archrival.

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China's Hu rebuffs Obama on yuan

Chinese President Hu Jintao rebuffed U.S. calls to re-value China's currency, telling President Barack Obama that any tinkering with the yuan will be done by Beijing in accord with domestic interests.

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Mumbai terror attack lawyer shot dead

The lawyer for one of the suspects in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack was shot dead Thursday, police and a colleague said.

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Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan angers regional party

Hindu nationalist mobs rampaged through India's cultural center Wednesday, tearing up movie posters and stoning a theater in protest of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's comments in support of Pakistani cricketers.

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Mumbai gunman tells court that he is from Pakistan

The only gunman charged in last year's terror attacks in Mumbai told an Indian court Monday, the first day of court proceedings, that he would agree to a government-provided lawyer and also repeated that he was a Pakistani national.

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Father, mystic held for allegedly raping daughters

An Indian businessman has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter for more than eight years, apparently on the advice of a Hindu mystic who said it would make him wealthy, police said Thursday.

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Court rejects Mumbai gunman's translation request

An Indian court rejected a request Monday by the only gunman charged in last year's deadly attacks on Mumbai to translate court documents, including the charges against him, into his native language.

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Mumbai cemetery won't bury gunmen

A Muslim graveyard has refused to bury nine gunmen who terrorized Mumbai over three days last week, leaving at least 172 people dead and wreaking havoc at some of its most famous landmarks.

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Migrant worker beaten to death in India

An Indian laborer was beaten to death on a train, the latest attack on migrant workers in the country's financial and entertainment capital, police said Wednesday.

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Thousands of Low-Caste Indians Convert

About 2,000 low-caste Hindu Indians bowed before orange-robed monks and recited prayers as they converted to Buddhism in a mass ceremony Sunday that they said would bring them dignity in a society that considers them "untouchables."

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Hitler Restaurant in Bombay Irks Jews

When a restaurant called "Hitler's Cross" opened four days ago in a Bombay suburb, the city's small Jewish community was outraged, but there were few other objections.

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New Restaurant Bears Hitler's Name

When Hitler's Cross restaurant opened four days ago in a Bombay suburb, local politicians and movie industry types were on hand to celebrate beneath the posters of the Nazi leader and swastikas.

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