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Abdul Sarkar was worried after he retired as headmaster of a village school in India\'s eastern West Bengal state. How would he read? His home had no electricity. So this resident of Mousuni village on the edge of the famed mangrove forests of Sundarbans bought a solar panel for about $220 that would light two bulbs for five hours every evening.

SYDNEY - The publishers of adult magazines in Australia have slammed the recommendation of child experts asking for a ban on the sale of the so-called lad mags at places accessible to kids.

NEW DELHI - A 70-year-old man in China plans to travel 5000 kilometres on his new bike. According to Yangtze Evening News, Li Xianfeng hopes to tour five provinces and one municipality.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman, Michael Steele, has said the African-American leaders in the country, including President Barack Obama, have a "slimmer margin" for error.

ISLAMABAD - The mysterious absence of the Sharif brothers (Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif) during President Asif Ali Zardari's address to Parliament's joint session has raised questions over the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) stance over the 18th Constitution Amendment Bill.