Russia offers 4 more N-reactors to India
Russia is willing to help in the construction of four more nuclear reactors for the Kudamkulam power plant in TN, ignoring the objections of the international community.



Eight dead, hundreds hostage in Brazil prison riots
At least eight prisoners were killed on Sunday and hundreds of people taken as hostage when an apparently coordinated wave of riots erupted in prisons across the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.



Top Myanmar general, 2 MPs killed in helicopter crash
Man regarded as the fourthmost powerful member of Myanmar's military government and two cabinet ministers were among those killed in a helicopter crash on Monday.



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