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The US Department of Energy's conditional approval a Texas liquefied natural gas terminal to export to nations that do not have a free trade agreement with the United States is seen as a potential boost for India's energy security.
India's largest gas importer has signed a supply agreement to receive liquefied natural gas from the United States.
Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dead at 92
Sitar genius Ravi Shankar, who mesmerized music lovers for decades, died at age 92 in California, days after heart surgery, his website said.
India will continue to explore payment options for oil imports from Tehran and will only abide by United Nations sanctions and not those imposed by any bloc of countries, a government official warned.
Leno's quip angers Sikh community
India is objecting to U.S. talk show host Jay Leno's joke about the Golden Temple, India's holiest Sikh shrine, calling his comments "quite objectionable."
Terrorism would again top the agenda in the New Delhi talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, government sources told The Times of India.
Indo-Pak talks in the works for months
The announcement that New Delhi and Islamabad were resuming peace negotiations was in the works for months, an Indian government source said.
Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries met Sunday in Bhutan, seeking to carry forward their dialogue, broken since the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Pakistan's foreign secretary hosted his Indian counterpart for talks Thursday in Islamabad aimed at improving trust between their countries.
Officials from India and Pakistan resumed formal talks Thursday with the upshot being a promise to continue such relations.
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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson