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Joseph Pallipurath testified Thursday in his defense against charges he murdered his estranged wife and another man and attempted to murder a third person in a Clifton church in 2008, describing an arranged marriage in India that quickly went sour and ultimately turned deadly.
He went to St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church on Third Street -- unseen -- two Sundays prior to when the shootings occurred, he said. Then came Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008: "I stood in the vestibule. I opened the door and looked at her," he said of wife Reshma James. "I was trying to talk to her alone, somehow, but she was always with her aunt and uncle.
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... [hereinafter India High on Agenda] (describing size and growth rate of India's retail market); se...
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BOSTON - An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: A new gene that can turn many types of bacteria into superbugs resistant to nearly all antibiotics has sickened people in three states and is popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday.
The U.S. cases and two others in Canada all involve people who had recently received medical care in India, where the problem is widespread. A British medical journal revealed the risk last month in an article describing dozens of cases in Britain in people who had gone to India for medical procedures.
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BOSTON - An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday.
The U.S. cases and two others in Canada all involve people who had recently received medical care in India, where the problem is widespread. A British medical journal revealed the risk last month in an article describing dozens of cases in Britain in people who had gone to India for medical procedures.
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Three commentaries in the Aug. 5 Sunday Gazette-Mail related to the costs of medical care in the United States - one on children's coverage, one on the negative effects on business and one reporting the negative effects of privatization on Medicare. But the most stunning demonstration that the system is broken was the article describing a Florida couple receiving nursing home care in India.
In the 1930s FDR's original Social Security legislation included medical coverage, modeled on European programs of the time. The AMA fought the medical part vigorously. Not wanting to risk his entire program, FDR removed medical insurance from the plan.
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...When describing the process of stereotyping for the media characte...
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Travelers across the country can expect to see a greater law enforcement presence this holiday weekend in response to a threat of an al Qaeda terrorist plot targeting mass-transit systems near New York City.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday downplayed the seriousness of the plot, describing it as "plausible but uncorroborated information." The threat was not connected to the carnage in India, which took place after the possible plot was reported.
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BOSTON - An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday.
The U.S. cases and two others in Canada all involve people who had recently received medical care in India, where the problem is widespread. A British medical journal revealed the risk last month in an article describing dozens of cases in Britain in people who had gone to India for medical procedures.
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HAVANA - Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to restart peace talks suspended since train bombings killed more than 200 people in Mumbai in July as part of a wave of attacks India blames on Pakistan- based militants.
Describing their meeting as a breakthrough for peace, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed on Cabinet-level talks by their foreign secretaries. Mr. Singh also said he had accepted an invitation to travel to Pakistan to further the process.
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HAVANA - Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to restart peace talks suspended since train bombings killed more than 200 people in Mumbai in July as part of a wave of attacks India blames on Pakistan- based militants.
Describing their meeting as a breakthrough for peace, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed their foreign secretaries would pursue the talks, and said Singh had accepted an invitation to go to Pakistan.