Mumbai lovers find haven as attitudes to dating change''By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Mumbai'

Finding a place to love in Mumbai, India's most populous city, is not always easy. Every day hundreds of young couples line the city's seafront, to escape the prying eyes of their parents. In India dating is still seen as taboo by many. "When you come here all you see is love," exclaims Rama Shankar. "All they do is kiss, but it's nice watching them kiss," he adds. Shankar is a mere peanut seller, not a voyeur, but as he roams around the seafront in one of Mumbai's suburbs,...

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi seeks Hague trial

Col Gaddafi's son has said he wants to be put on trial in The Hague, rather than in his home country, his lawyers have said.Saif al-Islam said if he was executed after a trial in Libya then it would be tantamount to murder, according to documents submitted to the International Criminal Court. The 40-year-old is being held by militia in the city of Zintan. He has been indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity. Libya's interim government has so far refused to hand him over for trial in the...

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Ted Cruz wins Texas Senate run-off election'

A Tea Party Republican has beaten an establishment rival in a closely fought, expensive US Senate run-off election in Texas, projections show.With more than half of votes counted Ted Cruz had 55%, with Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst on 45%. The candidates fought for the seat of outgoing Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. The Republicans secured a majority in the US House of Representatives in 2010 and are seeking control of the Senate in November's election. Hispanic Senator? The Texas...

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Oswaldo Paya death: Spanish politician in jail in Cuba

Cuba has decided that Spanish politician Angel Carromero should stay in custody over the death of well-known dissident Oswaldo Paya in a car crash.Mr Carromero was driving a rental car that crashed against a tree as it hit an unpaved stretch of road in eastern Cuba on 22 July. A preliminary investigation blamed the driver for the crash. A Cuban prosecutor has up to six months to decide whether to press charges against Mr Carromero. An article published in the official newspaper, Granma, says...

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Argentina war cemetery vandalised in Falklands

 The figure of the Virgin Mary was removed until the shrine was repaired The Argentine war cemetery in the Falklands, where the bodies of more than 200 soldiers are buried, has been vandalised.The glass that protects a figure of the Virgin Mary at the cemetery has been smashed and shattered. The Falkland Islands government has condemned the action and has said the police are investigating. Families of the Argentine war dead have described the attack as an "act of sacrilege". The Virgin...

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US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86

Celebrated writer and political commentator Gore Vidal has died aged 86, according to US media.He died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening of complications from pneumonia, his nephew, Burr Steers, told AP. A prolific writer, Gore Vidal produced 25 novels, including the best-selling Burr and Myra Breckenridge, more than 200 essays, and several plays. He also ran for political office twice and was a well-known commentator. Mr Steers told the Associated Press that his uncle had been ill...

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Olympic female badminton players face charges

The Badminton World Federation has charged eight female Olympic doubles players with "not using one's best efforts to win a match". Four pairs of players - two from South Korea, one from China and one from Indonesia - could be disciplined. Meanwhile, Team GB's gold medal hopes on day five of the Games lie mainly with rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, and cyclist Bradley Wiggins. And America's Michael Phelps has won a record 19th Olympic medal. Spectators booed the two badminton matches played at Wembley Arena on Tuesday, in which...

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Power restored after huge Indian power cut

BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan: "More than half of India's population ground to a halt" Continue reading the main story Related Stories India's energy crisis threatens growth In pictures: India's power crisis deepens Monday's power disruption India's power supply has been fully restored after a two-day blackout across much of the country, an official has said.More than 600 million people were affected by the power cut after three electricity grids collapsed, one for a second consecutive...

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Polish groups protest over Madonna's Warsaw show

Catholic and veterans' groups in Poland are protesting against a concert by Madonna because it falls on the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.Some are urging ticket-holders to boycott Wednesday's show, which comes 68 years after the city's failed revolt against Nazi occupation began. Organisers of the concert have agreed to show a short clip about the events of 1944 before the performance. Every year, Poles commemorate the 200,000 lives lost during the uprising. One Catholic group called Krucjata...

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Israel ultra-Orthodox lose army exemption

Defence Minister Ehud Barak has given Israel's army one month to prepare to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews, after a law exempting them expired at midnight (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday.In February, the Supreme Court ruled the Tal Law, under which seminary students can defer military service, unconstitutional. It said a revised law should be drafted by the end of July, but the political parties have failed to reach agreement. Secular Israelis say the law is unfair. Now that the law has expired, conscription...

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Lithuanian 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte wins shock gold

Teenager Ruta Meilutyte won Lithuania's first ever Olympic gold in the pool by beating American Rebecca Soni in the women's 100m breaststroke. The 15-year-old, who goes to the same Plymouth school as Tom Daley, led from the start and beat the fast-finishing Soni by 0.08 seconds. Analysis Mark Foster Five-time Olympian and BBC analyst "Coming into this with her times you would never have predicted she would get to the final. She was just...

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Olympic gymnastics: bronze for GB as Japan win silver on appeal

By Ollie Williams BBC Sport at the North Greenwich Arena Comments (192) Great Britain's men won an astonishing Olympic bronze medal in the gymnastics team final - having originally taken silver before a Japanese appeal. Louis Smith, Sam Oldham, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock and Dan Purvis sealed GB men's first Olympic team medal since a bronze in 1912. China cruised to gold, with GB second, as the medal prospects...

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Mali unwed couple stoned to death by Islamists

A couple who had sex outside marriage has been stoned to death at the weekend by Islamists in the town of Aguelhok in northern Mali, officials say.The man and woman were buried up to their necks, then pelted with stones until they died. The northern half of Mali has been overrun by rebels - Tuareg and Islamist - following a coup in Mali's capital. Aguelhok in the region of Kidal was one of the first to be captured by Tuareg separatist rebels. The Islamists in Aguelhok stoned the couple to...

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Uganda's Yoweri Museveni warns of Ebola threat

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has urged people to avoid physical contact, after the deadly Ebola virus claimed one life in the capital, Kampala.Fourteen people have now died since the outbreak began in western Uganda three weeks ago, he said in a broadcast. There have been no confirmed cases of the infection spreading in Kampala. Ebola, one of the most virulent diseases in the world, is spread by close personal contact and can kill up to 90% of those who become infected. Mr Museveni said...

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Mitt Romney Poland visit stirs Solidarity

Mitt Romney went to the Gdansk shipyard, the heart of Poland's trade union movement US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has met Polish ex-President Lech Walesa in Gdansk, on the final leg of a tour that has included Israel and the UK.The Republican candidate is due to lay a wreath on Tuesday, to mark the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939. But trade union movement Solidarity has distanced itself from the visit. Mr Romney has just travelled from Israel where comments he made about...

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Japan and the fax: A love affair ''By Mariko Oi BBC News, Tokyo ..

Fax machines gather dust in parts of the world, consigned to history since the rise of email. Yet in Japan, a country with a hi-tech reputation, the fax is thriving.At Japan's talent agency HoriPro Inc, Yutaro Suzuki is busy writing up his next project proposal. Not typing, but writing by hand. HoriPro is one of the largest and oldest agencies in the country and Suzuki publicises almost 300 singers and actors. But behind this glamorous profile, he cordially writes detailed schedules by hand....

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Kenya arrests six over Venezuelan diplomat's murder

Six people have been arrested in Kenya in connection with the murder of Venezuela's acting ambassador. The diplomat, Olga Fonseca, was found strangled to death at her official residence in Nairobi on Friday. Kenyan officials said some staff at the residency had complained about being fired by Ms Fonseca after they refused to retract allegations about her predecessor, Gerardo Carrillo Silva. He left Nairobi two months ago after six years in the post. The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said...

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Syria crisis: Rebels hold out in Aleppo strongholds

Syrian rebels have held out for another night in the city of Aleppo as a government offensive enters its fourth day.With battles raging in several areas, hospitals and clinics in the city are said to be filling up with casualties. Thousands of people are continuing to flee the city, adding to a growing humanitarian crisis in the region. Meanwhile, the US and Turkey have agreed to step up efforts to achieve "political transition" in Syria. This would include the departure of Syrian President Bashar...

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BBC Fundraiser Luncheon report.Thank you to all participants in the BBC luncheon fundraiser including all the helpers, which made it a success.We raised a total of $352.00 from the ticket sales plus an additional $90.00 from the wine auction.All food was donated by Rolande.A special thank you to Dorothy Martin for donating the wine....

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