Asia's richest man says, his son will eventually head business empire

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 25, 2012, Hong Kong

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Friday confirmed that his eldest son will eventually control his business empire, but the 83-year-old tycoon dismissed suggestions that he is about to retire.Eldest son Victor Li has long been expected to take over Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison Whampoa after his father steps aside, so Li's comments to reporters after a shareholders' meeting came as no surprise.

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More trouble for BJP? After Advani, now Sushma to skip rally in Mumbai

NDTV Correspondent | Friday May 25, 2012, Mumbai

Just when it looked that its troubles are over, there is fresh crisis for the BJP. On Day 2 of the national executive meeting, where the party was planning to present a united face, sources say BJP patriarch LK Advani is likely to skip a key rally today. Mr Advani has reportedly cited as prior engagements as the reason for not attending the rally.

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Italian Marines' case referred to Sessions Court

Press Trust of India | Friday May 25, 2012, Kollam

Decks were today cleared for the trial of two Italian marines, charged with shooting to death two Indian fishermen, with a court here issuing an order for shifting the case before a Sessions judge.

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Suspected terrorists storm police post in Kashmir, snatch weapons

Press Trust of India | Friday May 25, 2012, Srinagar

Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants disarmed two policemen guarding a minority village in Tral area of Pulwama district and decamped with four service rifles of the cops, official sources said.Five to six militants descended on the minority protection picket at Arigam in Tral area, 35 kilometre from Srinagar, at around 10.30 PM last night, the sources said.

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Police bravery award for NRI builder

Press Trust of India | Friday May 25, 2012, London

Sukhwinder Singh, a London-based NRI builder who was stabbed to death while he was confronting two muggers who had snatched a woman's bag in London in 2010, has been given a police public bravery award posthumously.The ACPO Police Public Bravery Awards were presented in Manchester to honour the outstanding acts of courage.

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13/7 Mumbai blasts: Anti-Terrorism Squad files 4000-pages chargesheet

Press Trust of India | Friday May 25, 2012, Mumbai

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed its chargesheet in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts of 2011.

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Bombay High Court disapproves of Air India pilots' strike

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 25, 2012, Mumbai

Deprecating the inconvenience being caused to people due to their agitation, the Bombay High Court today asked the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) to first comply with the Delhi High Court order restraining them from continuing their "illegal strike" before sorting out the issues with the management.

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Will the Army Chief General VK Singh be summoned? Court to decide on Monday

Will the Army Chief General VK Singh be summoned? Court to decide on Monday | Friday May 25, 2012, New Delhi

A Delhi court is expected to decide whether or not to summon Army Chief General VK Singh in connection with the defamation suit filed against him by Lieutenant General (retired) Tejinder Singh, on Monday.

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Delhi woman strangled to death inside her room

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 25, 2012, New Delhi

A 55-year-old woman was found strangled to death with her own scarf inside her residence in the capital, police said on Friday. The incident came to light on Friday morning when the woman's family members entered her room and found her lying dead on bed.

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Seven killed in gun attack on bus in Pakistan's Sindh district

Press Trust of India | Friday May 25, 2012

At least seven people were shot dead and three others injured when unidentified gunmen attacked a packed passenger bus in Pakistan's southern Sindh province today. The gunmen fired indiscriminately at the passengers while the vehicle was travelling along the National Highway in Nawabshah area of Sindh, DIG Sanaullah Abbasi told the media.

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