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Wild run on the trail of the tiger - Sep 25, 2008 XPRESS,Towering above our group was Bob, aka Shamsher Gaj, an elegant Indian elephant: a 27-year-old, nine-and-a-half feet tall, five tonne beast to keep us safe Veteran Saramago reaches end of epic journey - Sep 8, 2008 Independent,Elephant's Journey", based on the real-life epic journey of an Indian elephant named Solomon who travelled from Lisbon to Vienna in the 16th century. Hindi-Chini, hai-hai - Sep 9, 2008 Times of India,The Indian elephant has a deep-seated and chronic inferiority complex vis-a-vis the Chinese dragon. Way back in 1950, after the Chinese communist revolution Wildlife Tour India for an Adventurous Holiday - Sep 17, 2008 Best Syndication,Beasts, mammoth Indian elephant and the Bengal tiger are the prime attraction of the wildlife tour India. Indian rhino, black buck, Indian lion, Crucial maritime space - Sep 15, 2008 Hindu,Yet, no other comparable nation has been more ‘maritime-blind’ and this is one of the many ironies that characterise the Indian elephant. An Essential Report on India's Best B-Schools-2008 - Sep 9, 2008 MarketWatchTo many of them, it is the Chinese dragon and the Indian elephant that will jointly drive future growth. Many executives are using the shorter PGPX/PGPEX How I found myself in India - Sep 20, 2008 Deccan Herald,Some went in search of gurus, some in search of dope, which could be sent home in the days when the arrival through the mail of a carved Indian elephant did India at Beijing: The good, the bad, and the ugly - Aug 31, 2008 Zee News,If it happens no one can stop the Indian elephant from trumpeting at the London Olympics. But if we fail to build on this opportunity, then the Beijing Left, right, center, they're crossing paths to the free market - Sep 15, 2008 Jakarta Post,Indeed, the Indonesian tiger -- like the Indian elephant -- is making slower economic progress than the Chinese dragon, largely because the former are Abundant rains - An ornithologist's dream - Sep 3, 2008 Easier (press release),...before heading to the Himalayan foothills and Corbett NP for Indian Elephant, Leopard, Tiger and rare fish-eating Gharial Crocodile. Elderly elephant retired - Aug 11, 2008 Daily Post,A CIRCUS has hit back after animal rights protesters called for the public to boycott performances over the treatment of their Indian elephant. Fall of coconut star - Aug 13, 2008 Calcutta Telegraph,Washington, Aug. 13: America’s best known actor of Indian origin, who rose in Hollywood on the strength of his twin Malayali talents of climbing a coconut F&C rides the Indian elephant - Jul 29, 2008 CityWire.co.uk,By David Campbell | 10:13:39 | 29 July 2008 F&C has decided that now is the time to take its emerging market portfolios into India in a big way, Indian economy: from hero to zero? - Aug 7, 2008 MoneyWeek (subscription),2009 – although the long-term story remains “compelling�. Those riding the Indian elephant, as Ryhs Blakely puts in The Times, “should expect a bumpy ride�. Nigeria: The Olympics - records in futility (Opinion) - Aug 11, 2008 Afika,Now, whether it is snatch or clean and jerk, no human weightlifter can compete against an Indian elephant Elephas maximus, which does neat clean and jerks Improvements earn Hawaii zoo top marks from travel magazine - Aug 11, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser,An ongoing change is the expansion of the Indian elephant exhibit. Zookeepers are preparing to move elephants Mari and Vai Gai from their current A visit to The Knightsbridge Palace - Aug 4, 2008 Henley Standard,He telephoned the store, facetiously saying he wished to buy an elephant, but was startled by the reply he received: “Yes, sir, an Indian elephant or an Snake man returns from deadly jungle trek - Jul 30, 2008 Kilkenny People,...will in turn help to the protect the area, which is also home to many endangered animals such as the Indian elephant, tigers, leopards and porcupines. Why we won't be China - Aug 9, 2008 Daily Pioneer,The suggestion that a resurgent Indian elephant will make the spectacularly choreographed opening ceremony in Beijing look like a Sports Day extravaganza of Govt to set up six rehabilitation centres for elephants - Jul 19, 2008 Zee News,These rehab centres will prove to be a much-awaited relief to the elephants as, according to Prasad, the Indian elephant is plagued by the problem of The Indian elephant returns to Africa - Apr 24, 2008 Asia Times Online,By Chietigj Bajpaee In an address to the Nigerian National Assembly last year Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was unequivocal in his stance on Africa's PETA asks about action taken to save tuskers - Apr 17, 2008 Hindu,Mumbai (PTI): People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PETA) India has filed a RTI request with the Ministry of Railways asking the ministry about THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - Apr 11, 2008 Vogue.com,..."What do a pink stallion, a flock of orange sheep, a mechanical elephant and the snow covered grounds of Gloucestershire have in common? China, India can rewrite Asia-Africa unity story - Apr 21, 2008 Xinhua,...rise to comparative studies on the development patterns of the "Chinese dragon" and the "Indian elephant" and on their impact on Africa's development. Berserk elephant kills three in Indian temple - Apr 23, 2008 The South African Star,New Delhi: An elephant has rampaged through a Hindu temple in southern India, killing three people, including one of its handlers. Circus may be banned after outcry on animals - Apr 7, 2008 expressandstar.com,The touring circus has performing stallions and ponies and a retired arthritic Indian elephant, called Anne, who visitors can pay to have their photograph Berlin exhibition explores perceptions of Asia - Apr 15, 2008 The Local,New Delhi-based sculptor Bharti Kher's The Skin Speaks a Language Not Its Own – is a life-like rendition in fibreglass of a dead Indian elephant. Prospect II gives students chance to appreciate art - Apr 10, 2008 Brandeis Hoot,This large composition featured a daunting Indian elephant ready to walk right out of the canvas. Youngsheen Jhe (GRAD) presented a black and white series New baby elephant born at Dublin Zoo - Feb 18, 2008 RTE.ie,The calf, who has not yet been named, was born to mother Indian elephant mother Yasmin at 5.27am in the zoo's elephant enclosure. The birth was unassisted Expo reclaims Africa's Renaissance-era ivory sculptors - Feb 19, 2008 Africasia,Another ivory horn carries a carving of a small-eared Indian elephant, unknown to Africans, and its rider. This, said Bassani, appeared to be a copy of a Wanted - a name for a baby elephant - Feb 6, 2008 RussiaToday,The Indian elephant has just had his first photo shot but he won't be able to get to know too much of his new surroundings yet. India: a brief encounter - Feb 7, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,As tiger numbers dwindle, chances to see them in the wild become rarer. Sally Williams and her daughter trekked through the Indian jungle on elephant back DINING ON A BUDGET: Wild eats at Elephant Bar - Feb 14, 2008 San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Unless, of course, it was an Indian elephant in which case I guess I would have to settle for curry. The menu offered many interesting dishes. India a country of extreme paradoxes: Tharoor - Feb 4, 2008 Hindu,...the former UN Under Secretary General said it signified the emblematic transformation of the lumbering Indian elephant to that of an agile tiger. The Face and its Others - Feb 3, 2008 Kolkata Newsline,Shashi Tharoor is a man difficult to get over. One would know there’s not an iota of exaggeration in the preceding statement, if he/she was in a city Fearsome Carnivorous Dinosaurs Unearthed in Sahara - Feb 14, 2008 FOXNewsThey weighed about as much as an Indian elephant, roughly 3 to 4 tons. The two species seemed to coexist in the same habitat at the same time. The great green land grab - Feb 12, 2008 Guardian Unlimited,The World Land Trust, whose patron is Sir David Attenborough, invites you to buy a whole acre of Indian elephant corridor for £50, or 2000m2 of the Chaco Hundreds pour out to see lock gates replaced - Feb 5, 2008 This is Wiltshire.co.uk,They dropped in the new gates, each weighing more than an Indian elephant, four times over the two days to give as many local people as possible the chance Future of village eaterie hangs in balance - Nov 25, 2007 York Press,Dorian Ransome, owner of the Indian Elephant, in Thorganby, had sought planning permission to turn the restaurant into residential property. 'My dream wedding' - Nov 19, 2007 Richmond Times Dispatch,Newlyweds Amish Purohit and his bride Priya Patel take a ride aboard an Indian elephant. Photo By: JOE MAHONEY By JIM NOLAN Amish Purohit rode an elephant WEB SPIN: Lowery's brief but bumpy ride stirs up publicity ... - Nov 28, 2007 Suburban Journals,Those emotions surfaced recently when Florissant Mayor Robert Lowery took a ride atop Viola, an Indian elephant, in an effort to stir up publicity for the On the ivory trail - Nov 21, 2007 OneWorld.net,R. Sukumar, an Indian elephant expert, estimates that between 1968 and 1980, more than 40000 elephants have been captured or killed. Tuskers in city are a jumbo problem - Nov 9, 2007 Daily News & Analysis,MUMBAI: It has been four months now that the Chief Conservator of Forest, Thane prohibited illegally bringing or keeping Indian Elephant within municipal Triptych of independent tales - Nov 3, 2007 Hindu,The best way to keep that sinking feeling at bay while exploring The Elephanta Suite is to forget that its author ever won prestigious awards for fiction. Into the Maelstrom - Nov 3, 2007 Washington Post,Only once does the book veer completely offtrack, in the ill-advised introduction, which takes the form of a rather tortuous fable about the Indian elephant Discovery of mammoth teeth by Kansas teacher sparks students ... - Nov 24, 2007 Kansas City Star,The DNA of a woolly mammoth is 95 percent identical to an Indian elephant, and so they have similar teeth. “Elephants grow their teeth throughout their life What a Lulu!: Carson-Barnes is last big-top circus in America - Nov 6, 2007 Conroe Courier,Of all the sights, her favorite was Lulu, a 32-year-old Indian elephant. "This is something special you don't get to see very often," Farquer said. Indian elephant killed by train - Oct 17, 2007 Channel 4 News,A wild elephant was killed by a train while trying to cross railway tracks in eastern India. The adult male was heading toward the Pushti forest on Tuesday Sick Indian elephant dies asleep - Oct 3, 2007 BBC News,By Sunil Raman An 80-year-old elephant at the centre of a mercy killing debate in India has died of natural causes, officials say. The elephant, Arundhati Scientists' Use of Woolly Mammoth DNA May Unlock Evolution of Elephant - Sep 27, 2007 Voice of America..."This gives you a very good time for determining the time that the living elephant, the Indian elephant and the African elephant, how long it took them 'India 60' at Urbana Champaign University - Oct 1, 2007 IndiaPost.com,One panel, "The Indian Elephant in the Global Marketplace," will address the impact of India's growing economy on the world; the impact of globalization on Govt. to gift jumbo despite protests - Oct 17, 2007 Daily Mirror (subscription),The minister added that the Armenian government had wanted an elephant to keep the company of their Indian elephant at the Yerevan zoo. Indian filmakers not in race for Golden Elephant,Nafisa disappointed - Sep 27, 2007 NewKerala.com,New Delhi, Sep 27 : There are surprisingly no entries from Indian filmmakers for the 15th International section of the Children's Film Festival of India, Marketing and Operations Continuums held at SJMSOM - Oct 3, 2007 PaGalGuY.com,...where he spoke extensively on the “dancing Indian elephant� and the need for Indian marketing to evolve in view of the current scenario. Special UpstageMagazine.com Online Only Article - Sep 26, 2007 UpstageMagazine.com,The day's activities will begin with a traditional dance recital/invocation honoring the Indian Elephant God, Lord Ganesha, performed and choreographed by David Anthony Burnett – Victoria Louise Rutherford - Sep 28, 2007 Hexham Courant,Traditional Sri-Lankan dancers, drummers and singers performed, before an Indian elephant took the newlyweds off to a beach. The day was completed with a Political justice? - 20 Aug 2007 Hudson Reporter,While Hudson County Democrats also use the elephant as a symbol of their organization, the Indian elephant was healthy. The Jimmy King Civic Organization of Indian Elephant Electrocuted After Wandering Into Live Wire in ... - Aug 1, 2007 FOX NewsAP Aug. 31: West Bengal state forest workers transport a dead elephant on a crane, as villagers look on at the Sylee tea garden in eastern India. USPCA has 'questions' over death of circus elephant - Aug 8, 2007 News Letter,It's thought the animal was an Indian elephant, which is the usual species trained to perform by circuses as they are the easiest to handle. As the largest democracy turns 60, proud Indians wish more was done - Aug 14, 2007 Jamaica Gleaner,The Indian 'elephant' is certainly rocking. Patriotism among Indians is soaring with 89 per cent of the respondents wishing to be reborn as an Indian if Secret Life of Elephant Seals Not Secret Anymore! - Aug 9, 2007 innovations report,Miniature oceanographic sensors attached to southern elephant seals have provided scientists with an unprecedented peek into the secret lives of seals. Writer Sues To Move Production of Spoof! The Motion Picture From ... - Jul 29, 2007 The Spoof (satire),We'll even get an Indian elephant to play Cal's sister and a savage Bengal Tiger to play Britney's Vagina. How's that for a wild pussy? It's time to question ASEAN's consensus model - Aug 7, 2007 Jakarta Post,Now they have to make way for the fiery Chinese dragon and the stomping Indian elephant, both of which seek to dominate the play ground. Unearthing the hole truth about the city - Aug 4, 2007 Toronto Star,There are samurai swords, Chinese chess pieces carved from Indian elephant ivory, and Venetian glass. The displays are cheerful and personal, ULVERSTON DICKENSIAN FESTIVAL Nov 23, 2006 Hale. Snowdrop the (mechanical) Indian Elephant! - Empress of India HRH Queen Victoria’s Indian Elephant gives rides to children. ... - NW Evening Mail, Family fun at Suq Al Hind Nov 21, 2006 There will also be a life-sized cut-out of an Indian elephant for people to have their photographs taken with, as well as a real camel for rides and pictures. ... - Gulf Daily News, India must adopt a new strategy to tackle China Nov 18, 2006 China backed off, but as the only country to give India a bloody nose, the blundering Indian elephant must tread very carefully around this dragon. - Gulf News, I, the Elephant. Gosh, How Ugly That Mirror Makes Me Look! Oct 31, 2006 Elephant, the African Forest Elephant (until recently known collectively as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). ... - Playfuls.com, NDP Leader Jack Layton, left, is acid-raining on Prime Minister ... Nov 3, 2006 By no means am I suggesting we all throw our hands up in despair and wait for the flood waters to rise as the Chinese panda and the Indian elephant stampede us ... - ChronicleHerald.ca, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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