Murdoch’s wife leaps into global spotlight

Full-blooded swing at her hubby’s assailant reminded of her ‘volleyball days’:

Wendi Deng, who has emerged as an unlikely heroine after leaping to defend her 80-year-old husband Rupert Murdoch from a pie-wielding protester, has a reputation for fierce loyalty and ambition.

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Clinton pushes security, nuclear deals in India

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed for nuclear deals and deeper security cooperation with India on Tuesday as she visited the key US ally in the shadow of triple bomb blasts in Mumbai.

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Buddha statue found near Kyrgyz capital

Archaeologists have unearthed a Buddha statue outside the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, where they believe it had been a Buddhist monastery complex. Archaeologists from the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences and the Russian Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg found the massive statue at the Krasnaya Rechka village, 35km from Bishkek, 3 News reported.

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