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NEW DELHI - Indian diplomats now cannot open a Facebook account, use external e-mail services, or write blogs, thanks to new rules and much stricter firewalls aimed at preventing cyber attacks and leakage of classified information.

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WASHINGTON - The body of Akshay Vishal, an employee of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services who was murdered in a robbery attempt in the US, is expected to be flown to India Saturday.

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WASHINGTON - As police investigated the murder of a software engineer from Hyderabad in the US, the Indian consulate in Houston sent an official to Little Rock, Arkansas to help arrange the transfer of the body to India.

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WASHINGTON - Police in Little Rock, Arkansas, are questioning a 20-year old man 'strongly suspected' to be involved in the murder of a software engineer from Hyderabad, working with the scam-hit Satyam Computers.

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Hurricane Rita plowed into the Gulf Coast early Saturday, lashing Texas and Louisiana with driving rain, threatening to flood low-lying regions and knocking power out to half a million people as transformers exploded.

Rita struck just east of Sabine Pass, on the Texas-Louisiana line, bringing a 20-foot storm surge and up to 25 inches of rain according to National Hurricane Center said. Residents called police early Saturday to report roofs being ripped off and downed trees. Rescuers were forced to wait until the winds outside died down to safe levels. Officials breathed a sigh of relief that Rita spared the flood-prone cities of Houston and Galveston a direct hit.

Rita's heaviest rains - up to 3 to 4 inches an hour - fell in Lake Charles, La. The town had 8 inches of rain more than two hours before the storm's landfall.
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It gives me great pleasure to announce that your Java User Group: Calcutta JUG (CALJUG) has been selected as one of Sun's Top 50 JUGs worldwide. Being recognized as one of Sun's Top 50 comes with benefits, such as:

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