Tyeb Mehta, Painter of Emerging India, Dies at 84
Mr. Mehta emerged as the leading light of India?s first post-colonial generation of Modernist painters.
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Myanmar Denies U.N. Chief a Meeting
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said his request to see the democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had been rejected by Myanmar?s ruling generals.
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Tyeb Mehta, Painter of Emerging India, Dies at 84
Mr. Mehta emerged as the leading light of India’s first post-colonial generation of Modernist painters.
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Myanmar Denies U.N. Chief a Meeting
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said his request to see the democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had been rejected by Myanmar’s ruling generals.
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Fears over student place shortage
Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns....
UK forces 'encounter few Taliban'
British forces on a major operation in Afghanistan say they have encountered little resistance from the Taliban....
England's week in pictures
Striking images from around England this week....
Pak N-weapons face threat from insiders: Former CIA official
"The greatest threat of a loose nuke scenario stems from insiders in the nuclear establishment working with outsiders, people seeking a bomb or material to make a bomb", said a former CIA officer....
Myanmar junta blocks UN chief from meeting Suu Kyi
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply disappointed" after the chief of Myanmar's military junta on Saturday refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi....
Amid deadlock, Honduras faces expulsion from OAS
Hopes for a rapid diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Honduras were dampened as the Supreme Court told a top regional envoy the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya was irreversible....
Rogue Trades Blamed for Year-High Oil Spike
PVM Oil Futures, a London-based division of the world’s biggest broker of over-the-counter derivatives, has lost almost $10 million after falling foul of a rogue trader....
Burma Rejects Initial U.N. Attempt to See Suu Kyi
The U.N. secretary-general says Burma's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi....
