Links to news of interest from BBC News, August 14, 2009
India 'regrets' US body's censure
India's foreign ministry says a US body's decision to put it on a list of countries which failed to protect its religious minorities is "regrettable".A US body's decision to put India on a list of states which failed to protect religious minoritie is "regrettable", India's foreign ministry says.
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom says India was added to the list because of a "disturbing increase" in religious violence.
It mentioned the anti-Christian and anti-Muslim riots in Orissa and Gujarat in 2008 and 2002 respectively.
Other countries on the list include Afghanistan, Somalia and Cuba.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8200863.stm
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India to re-examine student death
The 2004 killing of a student by police in the state of Gujarat is to be re-investigated by a court-appointed committee.
The killing of a student and three others by police in the Indian state of Gujarat is to be re-investigated by a court-appointed committee.
Ishrat Jahan Raza was one of four people shot dead by Gujarat police in 2004 on suspicion of being part of a banned Pakistani-based militant group.
But the victims' relatives say they were killed in a staged clash during a so-called "fake encounter".
The Gujarat police have denied the allegation levelled at them.
They say the victims were members of the banned Pakistani-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8200883.stm
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Saina Nehwal in quarter finals
Shuttler Saina Nehwal becomes the first Indian woman to enter the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championship.
Shuttler Saina Nehwal has become the first Indian woman to enter the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championship being played in India.
Nehwal beat 10th seed Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria 18-21, 21-18, 21-10 in a match which lasted 57 minutes.
She recently won the Indonesian Open badminton title and became the first Indian to win a Super series tourney.
Nehwal, now ranked eighth in the world, was the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarter-finals at the Olympics.
In a thrilling match in front of a home crowd in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, Nehwal lost the opening game against Nedelcheva, but bounced back.
Read more - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8200845.stm
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