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OBC quota: Jats lay siege on railway tracks in Hisar

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Launching the fresh stir for OBC quota in Central and state government, the Jat leaders and their followers on Friday laid seize on the railway tracks near Mayyar railway station of Hisar.

Counterfeit Fashion Drives Big Profits On Internet Black Markets

Yahoo Style 

Soon after opening his dressmaking firm in Paris in 1858, Charles Frederick Worth began sewing labels into all of his couture pieces, essentially creating the world’s first designer label. What quickly followed was a demand for that label, and others like it, by many who could not afford it. To fill that demand, an alternative rose up that today costs the fashion industry $28 billion annually: counterfeit goods.

Lockheed Martin to modernize Greek P-3B aircraft

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Ryan Maass
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has given Lockheed Martin a $141.9 million contract to support Greece's P-3B modernization program.

Test hier je nieuwskennis van de afgelopen week

Tubantia 

De spotgoedkope trouwjurk van de Zeeman, goud voor schaatser Sven Kramer en de veelbesproken date van premier Mark Rutte. We hebben het deze week allemaal voorbij zien komen. Jij ook? Doe de wekelijkse nieuwsquiz en test of je goed hebt opgelet.



Cash van loot: Robbers nabbed, cash recovered

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Within less than 48 hours of the daredevil loot of a cash van in the Patwatoli locality of the town, the police on Friday arrested three of the criminals, including two active participants of the heinous crime in which the cash van guard also lost his life.

Messi finally wins monthly award

BBC Sport 

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is named Spain's player of the month for January - the first time he has won the award.

College students are Tindering for ‘friends’

CNN Newsource 

Tindering … for friends. College students say it’s not love, or hookups, but friendship that they’re using dating apps for. In a recent survey of 200 college students, 73% ranked Tinder as their favorite dating app, followed by Bumble (13%) and OkCupid (10%). One student even listed Facebook as her favorite dating site.The survey, conducted by college jobs startup WayUp (formerly Campus Job), asked college students about their dating habits.Students ...

The Ten Things About the 2016 Grammys That Are Gonna Piss Everyone Off

Yahoo Music 

If righteous indignation isn't the reflexive reaction for most folks when watching the Grammys, it's probably at least their preferred mode of viewership. Because really, no one watches music-award shows to see good work rewarded, to see pop's biggest and best stars shine their brightest, and certainly not to be exposed to any previously unfamiliar…

Sundevil Holdings Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

WSJ.com 

Power-plant operator Sundevil Holdings filed for bankruptcy, oil is sliding toward $25 a barrel and will create more cuts for struggling companies, and Revel owner Glenn Straub is picking a legal bar brawl with restaurant owners.

Lonely horse forms close bond with rescue dog

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Ben Hooper
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A man with only one horse said he brought home a foster rescue dog and the equine and canine soon struck up a close friendship.

Rolf Harris faces more sex charges

Sydney Morning Herald 

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris is to be charged with seven further counts of indecent assault against girls and women, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service has announced.

Smithsonian Gives Virtual Look Inside Apollo 11

WSJ.com 

Lunar coordinates and messages on the walls inside the Apollo 11, the spacecraft that took the first manned mission to the moon in 1969, can now be seen closely. Officials at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum are creating a virtual 3-D model to allow the public a closer look inside the module. Photo: AP

5-story building collapses in Istanbul

TheRepublic.com 

ISTANBUL - A five-story building collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Friday but it appears no one was trapped inside, according to local officials.

5-story building collapses in Istanbul

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

ISTANBUL (AP) — A five-story building collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Friday but it appears no one was trapped inside, according to local officials.

Deutsche Bank to buy back billions of dollars of its own bonds

MarketWatch.com 

Deutsche Bank AG on Friday unveiled a multi-billion euro and dollar bond buyback program, confirming media reports from earlier this week. The bank said it is tendering for the purchase of up to 3 billion euros of euro-denominated bonds from five separate series, and up to $2 billion of dollar-denominated bonds from eight series. "The bank's strong liquidity position allows it to repurchase these securities without any corresponding change to its 2016 funding plan," the bank said in a statement. Читать дальше...





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