Sanjay Sathe stood by his vines in a sweeping agricultural belt outside the city of Nashik in western India and punched a number into his mobile phone. “Hello, it’s Sanjay Sathe,” the 36-year-old grape and tomato farmer announced in the local language, Marathi, as if talking to a friend.
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Low-tech, low-cost solutions connecting India farmers
Being French and Muslim doesn’t mean a girl can’t have fun. by Olivia Snaije, Globalpost PARIS, France The youngest of six children, all born in France to Moroccan parents, Mariame Tighanimine was in her last year of high school when the 2004 act was passed prohibiting the “conspicuous” display of religious symbols (including the veil) in French state schools
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France: Hijab and the City
PARIS (AFP) – Laurent Blanc’s plans to use France’s opening Euro 2012 qualifier at home to Belarus on Friday as a launch-pad for the rebirth of the national side have been hit by bans and injuries to key players.
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Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the third round of the US Open while Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling showed why they are title contenders as well. Swiss second seed Federer, seeking his 17th Grand Slam crown and a seventh consecutive trip to the US Open final, beat Germany’s 104th-ranked Andreas Beck 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 41 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday
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A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia’s 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia’s north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen. PTTEP Australasia, a unit of Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production PCL, said it “has not accepted any claim” by Indonesia over the months-long Montara spill, Australia’s worst offshore drilling accident.
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Australia’s political paralysis will stretch into a third week with three “kingmaker” MPs still undecided Friday about which party to hand power in the first hung parliament in 70 years.
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An Indonesian volcano spewed ash thousands of metres into the air Friday in its most violent eruption since rumbling back to life earlier this week for the first time in 400 years.
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About ten warships or submarines will join an upcoming US-South Korean naval exercise aimed at deterring North Korea following its alleged attack on a Seoul corvette, officials said Friday. The anti-submarine drill, denounced by the North as a preparation for war, is the latest show of force since Seoul and Washington accused Pyongyang in May of sending a submarine to torpedo the warship, killing 46 crew
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Searchers in the Northern Cascade mountains have found two packs belonging to the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum, but are still seeking the missing climber, authorities said. John Arum, a 49-year-old environmental lawyer and an experienced climber, was reported missing on Monday when he failed to return from an attempt to scale the 8,515-foot Storm King peak northeast of Seattle.
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Cricket’s world governing body charged three Pakistan stars with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them, as the trio protested their innocence in an alleged betting scam. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced late Thursday that Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were barred from playing any further matches until their cases were resolved.
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