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Mahatma Gandhi Baptized by Mormon Church? Issue Stirs Debate on Proxy Baptism

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the icon of peace and non-violence and the Father of Indian nation, was baptized by proxy by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) on March 1997, according to information from an independent researcher. The revelation by the researcher Helen Radkey of Salt Lake City has raised sharp reactions from Gandhi's grandsons and Hindu activists worldwide.

India's Economic Growth Weakest in 3 Years; Q3 GDP Grows at 6.1 Percent

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India's economic growth slowed to its weakest annual pace in almost three years in the three months to December, as high interest rates and rising input costs constrained investment and manufacturing. GDP rose 6.1 percent in October to December compared with a year earlier, a lower-than-expected increase, figures from the statistics office showed.
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Nepal Bomb Kills 3

The blast damaged motorcycles and the front gate for the Nepal Oil Corp.
A child receives polio drops during the polio eradication programme in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.

Polio in India: How They Defeated the Virus

Defeating polio in India was no easy endeavor; a uniquely high level of cooperation between India's government and the UN World Health Organization was the key to success.
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Gold Prices Slide 1% with Euro, Stocks, Other Commodities

Gold prices fell 1 percent on Monday, in line with the euro, stocks and other commodities, as worries over the euro zone debt crisis and the impact of high crude oil prices on the fledgling economic recovery fuelled risk aversion.
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HSBC Shows Cost of Emerging Market Success

HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank, said paying rising wages in Brazil, China and other emerging market is the price of avoiding the slowdown being felt by most of its rivals as it posted the largest 2011 profit by a western bank.
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BRICS to look at bid for top World Bank job

The world's major emerging economies on Saturday rejected the tradition that an American automatically is selected to head the World Bank and they will look at putting forward their own candidate for the open job.
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BRICS call for open selection of next World Bank chief

A meeting of BRICS major emerging countries discussed the selection process of the next head of the World Bank and emphasized it should be open to all countries, rejecting the tradition that the job automatically goes to an American, a senior BRIC official said on Saturday.

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