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India's Premier Singh to visit Bush September 25

India's Premier Singh to visit Bush September 25 Washington  - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to visit US President George W Bush September 25, the White House said Thursday.

The announcement came as the Bush administration prepared to submit the nuclear cooperation deal with India for congressional approval.

In a statement announcing Singh's visit, Bush said he was "pleased" to give formal approval to the US-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation and "looked forward" to working with Congress to ensure passage.

Indo-US N-deal likely to be signed by Sep. 25, Bush invites Manmohan

Indo-US N-deal likely to be signed by Sep. 25, Bush invites ManmohanWashington, Sep 11 : US President George W Bush has invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington on September 25.

Sources have revealed that Bush hopes to get the nuclear deal through Congress by the time Manmohan Singh visits America and will then go on to sign the deal.

Moment of silence begins 7th annual commemoration of 9-11

Washington/New York  - The seventh commemoration of the 2001 terrorist attacks on Washington and New York began Thursday morning with a nationwide solemn moment of silence at 8:46 am, the time that one of four hijacked passenger planes smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

Family members of the more than 2,500 who died in New York gathered outside the site of Ground Zero, where the towers once stood, and prepared to descend into what is now a construction site.

Children of the dead and other relatives started reading the names of the victims.

Moment of silence begins 7th annual commemoration of 9-11

Moment of silence begins 7th annual commemoration of 9-11

India set to finalize civilian nuclear pacts with Russia, France

New Delhi - India said Thursday it was taking steps to initiate nuclear commercial cooperation with foreign partners like Russia and France after the Nuclear Suppliers Group's waiver, but would first sign bilateral pacts similar to that with the US.

The Nuclear Power Cooperation of India has also begun preliminary discussions with US companies, an official spokesman for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Navtej Sarna said in a statement.

"We have informed the US about our intent to source state of the art nuclear technologies and facilities based on the provisions of the 123 Agreement from the US," Sarna said.

McCain advertisement distorts Obama’s views on sex education

John McCainNew York, Sept. 11 : The McCain campaign has escalated its efforts to portray Democratic presidential rival Senator Barack Obama as a candidate whose values fall outside the mainstream.

It unveiled a new television advertisement claiming that Obama favors “comprehensive sex education” for kindergarten students.

“Learning about sex before learning to read?” the narrator asks in the 30-second advertisement, which the campaign says will be shown in battleground states and on national cable.

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