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December 18

NEWS
N-Ban on 51 Indian Organizations Removed
It actually worked against US interests, say the Pentagon and some leaders in Congress.

NEWS
Prison For Sex-Offenders Halted
Judge Robert Longhi says he will review documents that Woodbridge officials want released to them in their battle to keep the prison out of town.

BUSINESS
Online Indian Grocer Gets Money Backing
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Benchmark Capital invest $ 12 million in EthnicGrocer.com.

ACHIEVER
Marshall Scholar Wants To Study Racial Issues
So 'progressive' editor Sujit Mundayat Raman chose Bristol university over Oxford.

December 17

MOVIES
Of Mice, Men And Manoj Shyamalan
The hit director of The Sixth Sense opts for a heartwarming cat and mouse story this time.

NEWS
Emergency! Docs Wanted
But despite a severe shortage of medical doctors in Canada, red tape and reputation collude to make things difficult for Indian doctors.

OPINION
It's One Hell Of A Life
Medicine is a wonderful field, but it asks, it demands, much of anyone who enters it, says Dr Balamurali K Ambati, and Dr Jayakrishna Ambati.

HUMOR
Staying Home For The Holidays
'We were advised to avoid discussions of religion and politics at holiday dinners unless our hosts requested our views. The advice was useless. We received no invitations.'

NEWS
Indian Rivals Won't Join Battle
Moe Sihota says he won't run for premiership of British Columbia.

December 16

MOVIES
Cold Turkeys at Desi Box Office
Exhibitors on both sides of the Atlantic pray for a Christmas miracle as 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain' and 'Thakshak' fail to draw the crowds.

OPINION
Feeling Good About Being South Asian
NRI professor Amitava Kumar reflects on his recent visit to India.

NEWS
Calcutta-Born Professor Trains Wheel Warriors
As many as 800 lives and $ 3 billion could be saved if every driver followed some basic rules for just one week, says Dr Sheila Sarkar.

FAITH
NY Ranganatha Temple Nears Completion
But it is still short of the $ 1 million required to provide the finishing touches.

December 15

MOVIES
A Global Success Story
Pentafour's Sinbad is the first-ever feature-length film fully animated using motion capture.

NEWS
Chicago Joins the War On Bidis
The city council voted unanimously for a ban on bidis to somehow contain the teenage fascination for them.

NEWS
Professor Wins $ 200,000, Drops Suit
Mahabir had alleged that department chairman Cobie Harris, who is black, did not want a non-African American to teach black studies.

HUMOR
The Beauty Raj
The last century had begun with the British Raj consolidating its hold. This coming century will give way to the reign of new rulers, the beauty queens.

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