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SRINAGAR - Authorities relaxed curfew in parts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Pulwama districts on Wednesday.

SRINAGAR - The toll in the 100 days of unrest in the Kashmir Valley mounted to 96 Saturday as a man was killed in violent protests in south Kashmir's Anantnag town after a youth's body was fished out of the Jhelum river, police said.

WASHINGTON - Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has revealed that she discussed the issue of India being given a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with senior Obama administration officials.

LONDON - An astronomer of the Vatican has said that he would love to "baptise an alien", but admitted that the chances of encountering intelligent life forms outside the Earth, are slim.

LONDON - The first of three rescue drills has reportedly reached the 33 Chilean miners trapped half a mile (0.70 kilometre) underground since 5 August, but it will still take weeks to widen the shaft enough to extract the men.