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| Freida and Dev can't keep their hands off each other | |||
23 Sep: Daily Mail (UK). The stars of Slumdog Millionaire were just as interested
in each other as they were in the Burberry show at London Fashion Week. …
A glowing Freida, 24, sat hand-in-hand with Dev, 19, at the Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer
show and shared comments about the clothes on display. Text and photos. Click
here.
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| Video: Football: Churchill Brothers’ Durand cup win | |||
23 Sep: Goa 365 via Navhind Times. The Durand Cup victorious Churchill brothers sports Club arrived home on Wednesday to a hero’s welcome. Churchill brothers star striker Odafe Okolie’s brilliant hat trick gave Churchill brothers their 2nd Durand Cup title. 2m. 23s.
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| Video: Does Manohar Parrikar say Advani must go? | |||
 22 Sep: Prudent Media. Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar (photo) created
a controversy in a video interview with his alleged remarks comparing senior party
leader L K Advani to a "rancid pickle" To listen to the interview click
here.
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| Death: Theo Carvalho | |||
 22 Sept: Vasco, Goa. THEO CARVALHO. Husband of Thelma. Loving father of
Savio/Selma (London) and Noel/Monica. Grandfather of Lauren. Brother of Tina/Diego;
Fr Martin Lulu; Amarante/late Lily. Funeral was in Vasco on 23 Sep. Condolences
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| India's caste system descended from two tribes 24 Sep: The Times (UK). India's caste system is not a relic of colonialism but has existed in some form for thousands of years, the most comprehensive study yet of the genetic diversity of the sub-continent has suggested… The research established that modern Indians of all castes are descended from two ancestral groups… 646 words. Click here. 23 Sep: Nature (UK). Indian ancestry revealed. 837 words + references. Click here. | |||
| UK: Yousaf's journey brings a taste of home to Sheffield 24 Sep: Sheffield Telegraph (UK). As a child Yousaf Khan lived hand-to-mouth, working as a cleaner aged nine, then selling trinkets to tourists on Goa's beaches…. He learnt English from the tourists … By the time he was 17, he had rented a shop in Goa … he arrived in England seven years ago … Now Yousaf Khan runs Shikara an Aladdin's Cave of a shop, stuffed with handcrafted treasures, on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield… 740 words + photo. more details.. | |||
| Cricket: India coach encourages sex before matches 24 Sep: The Times (UK). It used to be said that sexual intercourse close to a sporting event sapped energy. But India’s players have been advised otherwise in a confidential document written by their coach that effectively tells them to boost their performances on the field by hopping into action off it… 799 words. more details.. | |||
| 3 held on defamation charges 24 Sep: Times of India. Vasco police on Wednesday arrested three persons for allegedly defaming residents of Vasco, in a publication… Ashok Kamble and others lodged a police complaint stating that a newspaper delivery boy had distributed a publication that contained defamatory articles against women in Vasco… 157 words. more details.. | |||
| Deaths 21 Sep: Chimbel, Goa. CATARINA FERNANDES. Wife of Paulo. Mother of Francis/Lavita and Orlando/Nifa. Funeral on 25 Sept. at Chimbel. 22 Sep: Rangwasa, Indore, India. SR. MATILDA D'SOUZA (ex Sauntta Vaddo, Calangute). Loving sister of Alda, Teresa, late Sr Edna, Clare and Philo. 23 Sep: Avedem, Quepem, Goa. UTTAM PANDURANG GAUNSDESAI (born 1950).
Husband of Smt. Avanti. Father of Adv. Pranav and Shri Tushar. Brother of Dr.
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| Goldshield sees its Verna office as the best BPO centre 24 Sep: Navhind Times. Goldshield Services Pvt Ltd office in Verna Industrial Estate is a four storey rotunda complex spread over 3,000 feet gives a five-star appearance… the head is Mr Hilary D’Souza … The British company was founded in 1991 by Mr Ajit Patel, Mr Kirti Patel and Mr Shane Gogerly… 579 words. In Jun 2006 the Company had announced the plan to set up two health centres and a retirement village in Goa – see GVUK 2006-26 more details.. | |||
| In support of freedom 24 Sep: Herald. A group of prominent Goans, resident in Goa and abroad have called upon the Goa Government to acknowledge the declaration in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) which states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” 307 words. more details.. | |||
| Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho Some of the recent posts: Are Christians with Hindu-names cowards? Was being a tiatrist a Catholic Goan artistic profession? The classic Konkani black and white movie song, Svettor kor. Are Goans racist? Savio Messias' tribute to Noel da Lima Leitao Breathtaking pictures of Goa's rich Baroque architecture. For these and more, select the link below more details.. | |||
| Italy: Sabrina De Sousa denies being a CIA agent 23 Sep: The Daily Beast. Lt. Colonel Joseph Romano, Sabrina De Sousa and 24 others are currently being tried, in absentia, by a Milan Court of kidnapping Abu Omar, an Egyptian cleric. The Obama administration has asserted diplomatic immunity to Romano but not to De Sousa in spite of her application - for details, click here. The US Justice Department has, however granted De Sousa's request to pay her attorney fees. Her Washington lawyer, Mark Zaid says this decision raises more questions than it answers - for details click here. 23 Sep: AP. At the hearing in Milan today, the judge rejected the US application
for diplomatic immunity for Romano… Sabrina De Sousa's lawyer said that
the case against his client relies on classified evidence … De Sousa says
she was a foreign service officer in Milan and denies she worked for the CIA
… 749 words. Click
here. 23 Sep: AP. The closing arguments in the case began today. The verdict is expected by the end of the year. Click here. For a photo and profile of Sabrina, click here. | |||
