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Three Air India pilots, who had reported sick, resumed duty on Wednesday in the first sign of an end to the nine-day stir by over 200 pilots, whose union IPG said they were open to talks with the government to resolve the deadlock.
Acting swiftly, the BCCI on Wednesday began the probe into the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked IPL with one of the suspended domestic players deposing before the Inquiry Commission even as the Sports Minister called for a "long-term solution" to deal with the menace.
The White House has strongly opposed the conditions on US aid to Pakistan by the powerful House Armed Services Committee in the National Defence Authorization (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2013.
The United States has slapped sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon for their role in drug trafficking in the region.
As Greece headed for a fresh election after the last attempt to form a government failed in Athens, new French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced their support for the debt-stricken nation to remain in the euro zone.
India on Tuesday has decided to cut crude oil import from Iran by over 11 percent this fiscal to 15.5 million tons, India currently imports crude oil from over 30 countries.
Stressing that Maldives is today more democratic than ever before, President Mohamed Waheed said he is "all for" free and fair elections but indicated that the polls will take place only next year.

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Cannes film festival curtain up with comedy, chaos
Comedy will dominate the opening of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with Wes Anderson's child fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" in a tussle with Sacha Baron Cohen's anarchic alter ego General Aladeen for the attention of the world's media.
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