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Indian-origin Tunku Varadarajan,currently national affairs correspondent and writer at large for The Daily Beast,has been appointed as international editor of the Newsweek.

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Tunku Varadarajan is Newsweeks international editor

WASHINGTON: Indian-origin Tunku Varadarajan,currently national affairs correspondent and writer at large for The Daily Beast,has been appointed as international editor of the Newsweek. Ill be editing Newsweek International, Vardarajan tweeted.

Chile prison fire kills 83,gates were closed

SANTIAGO: A prison fire set off during a riot killed at least 83 inmates in Chile Wednesday. The police said the blaze occurred at San Miguel prison near the capital. Relatives of victims said prison police had closed prison gates,impeding access for firemen.

Disfigured Afghan girls father-in-law held

KABUL: Afghans Interior Ministry said the father-in-law of a girl whose nose and ears were cut-off by the Taliban,and whose photo was featured on a Time magazine cover,has been arrested. Aisha said she fled home to escape her in-laws beatings.

S Africa wife killing: NRI man surrenders

The case of an Indian-origin couple above,who went to South Africa after their marriage,has taken a new turn with the husband Shrien Dewani being denied bail for organising killing of his wife,Anni. He surrendered to Bristol police Tuesday.

 

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