Saturday, August 14, 2010 Manmohan Singh, the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, reached 2,273 days in office on Wednesday. He has emerged to become the third longest serving Prime Minister of India, replacing his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee. “There are no special celebrations for the day. The prime minister is following his routine […]
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Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
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Paintings worth millions of Swiss francs stolen in Zürich
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