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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Thursday promised to look into allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work places and also while riding a motorcycle.

Australia looks into allowing Sikhs to wear turban at work

Melbourne:Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Thursday promised to look into allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work places and also while riding a motorcycle. We will work with your community to help make the necessary changes requested on cultural and religious grounds, she assured Australian Sikh Association at a Gurdwara in Glenwood.

Four Indians get death for Malaysia murders

Kuala Lumpur:Four ethnic Indians,including a lawyer,were Thursday sentenced to death by a Malaysian court for gruesome killing of a glamorous cosmetics tycoon and three of her associates in 2010 in a land deal gone awry. The Malaysian High Court found lawyer N Pathmanabhan,44,T Thilaiyalagan,22,R Matan,23,and R Kathavarayan,33,guilty of murdering Sosilawati,47 at a farm in Banting town on August 30. Victims bodies were torched and remains scattered in a stream in the farm,according to police.

At least 12 killed in Pakistan blast

Islamabad:A bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying security personnel in Quetta Thursday,killing 12 and injuring more than 20.

Trump accepts tariffs caused ‘rift with India,’ says it wasn’t an easy thing to do

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Trump acknowledges that steep tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil have strained relations between the two countries. Talks to reduce tariffs have stalled as India resists opening its agricultural and dairy sectors. Despite the rift, Trump signals a potential reset and his nominee for ambassador to India says progress is likely.

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