Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was allegedly
detained by US authorities for 90 minutes at White Plains airport,
which serves New York. The actor, who arrived on a private plane,
was on the way to Yale University for a function. It is not clear
why Khan was detained at the airport.Khan was earlier detained for
two hours in 2009 at Newark airport and was released after India’s
embassy in the US intervened.
US Secret Service probes misconduct allegations
The US Secret Service is investigating
allegations of misconduct by agents who had been sent to Cartagena,
Colombia, to provide security for President Obama’s trip to a summit
that began there on Friday. Edwin Donovan, an agency spokesman, said
that an unspecified number of agents has been recalled and replaced
with others, stressing that Obama’s security has not been
compromised because of the change. Obama arrived in Cartagena on
Friday afternoon for this weekend’s Summit of the Americas, a
gathering of 33 of the hemisphere’s 35 leaders to discuss economic
policy and trade.
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Women spend 3 hours a week correcting chores done by men
Women spend three hours a week redoing chores
they feel their partner hasn't done properly, a survey in the UK has
revealed. Doing the laundry, vacuuming and washing up are the main
tasks which men fail to complete to their wife or girlfriend's
satisfaction, it emerged in the study of 2000 women carried out by
Sainsbury's.
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Dubai, a major player in global tea trade
Dubai is the second largest export destination
for Indian and Sri Lankan tea, according to the Dubai Tea Trading
Centre (DTTC). It said tea traded through Dubai reached over Rs
2,780 crore (two billion dirhams) during the first nine month of
last year, according to data provided by Dubai Customs.
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