Usable News Aggregation. http://cloudgate.1080degrees.net Stories are owned by their respective publishers. Aggregation techniques copyright 2008 CloudGate. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:44:26 GMT KABUL (Reuters) - India led calls on Thursday for the United States to intervene to halt a small church's plan to burn copies of the Koran in commemoration of the September 11 attacks and urged a media blackout to calm tensions. (feeds.reuters.com) http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/XISwJ-BNqrk/idUSTRE68709M20100909 http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/XISwJ-BNqrk/idUSTRE68709M20100909 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:32:15 GMT India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet announces. (www.bbc.co.uk) http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11241916 http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11241916 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:49:06 GMT Telegraph.co.ukIndia `Condemns' US Pastor's Plan to Burn Koran, Urges Media RestraintBloombergIndia “condemns” a plan by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran and the government hopes the US will take strong action against him, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said in New Delhi. ...Pakistan: Beck Should Denounce Quran BurningCBS NewsEvangelical leaders try to reach out to pastor who plans to burn KoranWashington PostSafety concern for Fla. gov. over 9/11 Quran burnThe Associated PressVoice of America -Telegraph.co.uk -Irondequoit Postall 7,414 news articles » (news.google.com) http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEr1M8OKVz5uAPMoTlbv1lz7enNvQ&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/india-condemns-u-s-pastor-s-plan-to-burn-koran-urges-media-restraint.html http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEr1M8OKVz5uAPMoTlbv1lz7enNvQ&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/india-condemns-u-s-pastor-s-plan-to-burn-koran-urges-media-restraint.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:30:19 GMT A bus crowded with Hindu pilgrims veered off the road and crashed into a river in central India, killing at least 21 people, media reported Thursday. India - Hinduism - Asia - Central India Agency - Government (feeds.boston.com) http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=0be40d90a77c448c6901e2b6dd56e413 http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=0be40d90a77c448c6901e2b6dd56e413 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:57:19 GMT Students from different political affiliations are staging a huge protest at one of India's top universities over plans to introduce CCTV. (www.bbc.co.uk) http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11240867 http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11240867 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:17:12 GMT wiedzmin writes "This month, officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), armed with fingerprinting machines, iris scanners and cameras hooked to laptops, will fan out across the towns and villages of southern Andhra Pradesh state in the first phase of the project whose aim is to give every Indian a lifelong Unique ID (UID) number for 'anytime, anywhere' biometric authentication. While enrolling with the UIDAI may be voluntary, other agencies and service providers might require a UID number in order to transact business. Usha Ramanathan, a prominent legal expert who is attached to the Center for the Study of Developing Societies in the national capital, said that, 'taken to its logical limit, the UID project will make it impossible, in a couple of years, for an ordinary citizen to undertake a simple task such as traveling within the country without a UID number.' Next step, tying that UID number and biometric information to to their RIM BlackBerry PIN number." Read more of this story at Slashdot. (rss.slashdot.org) http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/U1uevAyARG0/story01.htm http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/U1uevAyARG0/story01.htm Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:02:33 GMT The U.S. government is scrambling to preserve the benefits of a civil nuclear agreement with India after India passed a law that threatens to effectively exclude U.S. companies from its market for nuclear power. (feeds.wsjonline.com) http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7011/~3/FSqYcG1Xrpc/SB10001424052748704362404575479603830675106.html http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7011/~3/FSqYcG1Xrpc/SB10001424052748704362404575479603830675106.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:22:12 GMT A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago. (www.bbc.co.uk) http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11230285 http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11230285