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The Sports Ministry of India has asked the Indian Olympic Association to immediately raise the question of Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the 2012 London Olympics, with the International Olympics Committee.

Carbon dioxide emissions, from the burning of fossil fuels and production of cement, registered record increases last year, according to researchers with the Global Carbon Project, who reported a 5.9 percent increase.

According to a report by the Pakistan Observer, Veena's father Malik Muhammad Aslam condemned her acts and called upon the authorities to take action against her for bringing bad name to the country.

Pakistani model and actress, Veena Malik, is back in the spotlight; this time, for reportedly having posed nude, with the lettering ISI tattooed on her arm, for the cover of FHM India magazine.

Though it hasn't been proven that it is in fact actress Veena Malik on the cover of FHM's India Edition, there are speculations that the controversial actress allegedly posed for the nude photograph for political reasons.

Veena Malik's FHM India cover may have sparked a fiery barrage of criticism, but Malik is not the first star to face such outrage.

The title of Miss Earth 2011 has been handed to Miss Ecuador, Olga Alava.

Regardless of whether the FHM India photo shoot is real or not, Veena Malik has been the topic of discussion on Twitter since Friday. Some have congratulated her for the shoot, while others have poked at her for it.

The founder of whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, an Australian currently under house arrest in the UK, might reveal the names of Indians holding Swiss bank accounts in the coming year, he said during a videoconference Saturday.

Bhatt, who was recently in news for casting UK-based porn actress Sunny Leon for his next film, has spoken to Veena and the editor of the magazine, Kabeer Sharma. Bhatt is yet to ascertain what the confusion is all about.

Australia's ruling Labor Party Sunday endorsed plans to open up uranium sales to India, clearing the way for talks on a bilateral nuclear agreement and resolving an issue that has caused diplomatic tensions between the two nations.

India has put a plan to open its retail industry to foreign supermarkets on hold, a senior government source said Sunday, an embarrassing turnaround for a beleaguered government fighting to retain the support of key allies.

Small-time Pakistani actress and model, Veena Malik, is back raising controversy; this time for nude photo shoots on the cover of FHM India magazine's December issue. The cover photograph shows the 33-year-old posing with an ISI (Inter Services Intelligence, Pakistan's premier intelligence agency) tattoo on left arm.

The U.N.'s climate chief said that she believes countries can snap the deadlock that has lasted for years and sign up to fresh and binding commitments to cut greenhouse gases.

One of the few remaining superstars of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, died in London, at the age of 88, following a cardiac arrest on Saturday night.

Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik is at the center of a controversy over alleged nude photographs of herself on the cover of FHM India magazine's December issue. Malik claims the photographs have been morphed, while the magazine claims they are real.

Twenty-seven years later, the impact from the Bhopal gas disaster is far-reaching as survivors continue to battle health issues, families fight to keep the memories of their loved ones alive, and companies and cities continue to face the fallout from what has been called the worst industrial disaster of our time.

Veena Malik's FHM India nude cover is not the first controversy the Pakistani actress has had to face.

Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik is a beautiful woman who has found herself caught in a nude photo scandal with FHM's India Edition. The magazine revealed its December issue on Friday with a picture of the actress on the cover -- completely naked -- with her hands crossed over her chest to cover her breasts. She was wearing an ISI tattoo.

Veena Malik allegedly bared it all for FHM India Edition and then tried to cover it all up. Here are 11 things you need to know about her.

In his one day visit to Manipur Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured that UPA government at the Centre to make every possible effort for the rapid progress of Manipur and the other North Eastern States, reports Press Information Bureau.