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 Wednesday 12th of July 2006 / Entertainment


Indo-Canadian plans top-notch eye-treatment facility in India
Ottawa, July 12 (IANS) Anup Singh Jubbal, an Indo-Canadian and president of Canadian Eyesight International, is planning to raise $500,000 to set up a state-of-the-art eye treatment facility in Amritsar district of Punjab.


China's chemical plants pose major risks
Beijing, July 12 (Xinhua) Forty-five percent of China's chemical and petrochemical plants pose major environmental hazards, says the country's state-run green agency.


China builds vegetable farms near desert
Yinchuan (China), July 12 (Xinhua) Farmers in China have built one of the largest vegetable production bases near the rim of the vast Mu Us desert, known for its frequent sandstorms.


Hunt still on for Sobhraj's partner in crime
Kathmandu, July 12 (IANS) While serial killer Charles Sobhraj, caught and slapped with life imprisonment in Nepal for murder, has begun a legal fight to get his sentence overturned, Nepal's police are still searching for an Indian, believed to have been