The alleged attempt on a baby’s life shocks India

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The baby who was ‘buried alive’

Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh arrest the father and uncle of a two-month-old girl for allegedly trying to bury her alive.

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Indians held for live baby burial

5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe. Editor's Note: Emiliano Lee is the Artisan Market Manager at Farmshop in Los Angeles, California. He also serves as a judge for the American Cheese Society. One of, if not the most, frequently asked questions I field on the cheese counter is, “What's your favorite?” To which I almost always reply, “Well, that depends.” What's ripe? What's tasting particularly good at any given moment? What am I in the mood for? What's the weather like? What am I drinking? Ah, yes, the age-old pairing question. In the end, it really does boil down to personal taste, but there are certainly some combinations that work better than others. Many people want to pair wine and cheese, and while I can dance to that, I'm personally more of the malt and hops persuasion. For me, beer is a more natural choice, and as many others will attest to, it plays tremendously well with cheese. Looking at my cheese case right now, here are a five wheels that are tasting particularly nice along with some of their best drinking buddies. 1. Extra Mature Bandage Wrapped Cheddar by Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese (Modesto, California) This traditional, farmhouse-style English cheddar speaks to the passion and skill of its cheesemaker, Mariano Gonzalez. This raw milk beauty has won the top spot twice at the World Cheese Awards in London, beating the British on their home turf. Its dense texture crumbles and melts creamy on the palate, bringing out various sweet and savory notes. Think butter and toasted nuts with hints of caramel and pineapple. Its complexity lends well across the board to many types of beverages (it pairs just as nicely with reds as whites when it comes to wine), but what could be more fitting to pair with a good farmhouse cheddar than a nice hearty ale? There are few pleasures more satisfying. For some fun, one of my favorite pairings is Lagunitas Brewing Company's India Pale Ale . With the beer's combination of bold hoppiness and deep malty foundation, the complexity of flavor in the cheddar steps up and sings right in tune. Add a hearty rye bread and some pickles and call it a meal. For a mellower combination, pair with your favorite brown ale or special bitter to bring out the buttery notes and bright fruit. 2. Vivace by Andante Dairy (Petaluma, California) Cheesemaker Soyoung Scanlan has a reputation for creating some of the finest small batch cheeses available. While we've been familiar with her beautifully crafted goat cheeses reminiscent of the finest you'll find abroad, she has only recently begun to incorporate sheep’s milk from a nearby farm into her repertoire. Vivace is a blend of sheep's and goat's milk with a delicate rind that holds in an unctuous paste that develops from the outside-in. The creamy texture instantly coats the palate in tongue-smacking delight. Flavors are rich, yet fresh and bright, with sweet hay notes lingering on the finish. Alpine Beer Company concocts just the beverage to wash this one down: Willy. This beer is full-flavored, yet light enough to be crisp and nutty at the same time. The effervescence cuts through the rich paste of the cheese, leaving you with a mildly sweet finish and bringing out grass in the nose. In lieu of Willy, pair with a wheat beer of your choice or even a lighter red ale to bring out more of the musky animal notes if that's your kick. 3. Winnimere by Jasper Hill Farm (Greensboro, Vermont) Andy and Mateo Kehler started Jasper Hill Farm in 2003 and have, in a short several years, become one of this country's preeminent sources for American farmstead cheeses. Their Winnimere cheese is wrapped in spruce bark from Jasper Hill's own trees and washed with ale from a neighboring brewery. It's best enjoyed by simply peeling back the top rind, allowing the bark to act as a bowl and digging in with a spoon or just a hunk of crusty bread. The silky texture wraps itself around your tongue with a symphony of flavors: sweet, smoky, salty, creamy, fruity, woodsy, beefy. A friend now famously likened it to taking a walk through the bacon forest. One of my favorite things to have alongside this cheese is dried tart cherries, so a lambic cherry beer like Timmermans Kriek is a perfect pairing with this seasonal wonder. The carbonation helps break down the cheese and bring out individual flavors. The light tartness complements the savory qualities of the cheese, and the cheese itself tones down the sweetness of the beer. 4. Nicasio Reserve by Nicasio Valley Cheese Company (Nicasio, California) A relative newcomer to the farmstead and artisanal cheese scene, the Lafranchi family has been producing some consistently good cheese in a very short period of time. One of those cheeses is Nicasio Reserve. The Lafranchi family went to their roots in Valle Maggia, Switzerland, to learn the craft and bring it home to their Marin County farm. Nicasio Reserve is an Alpine-style cheese that's dense and creamy with a light fruity funk on the nose. Across the palate, the impressive sweet cream flavor of their milk (certified organic, by the way) hits you right off the bat before mellowing into a complex play of stone fruits, grass and hazelnuts. The sweet cream follows through once more on the finish. This cheese instills warmth, as does the beer I've paired with it: California Ale from Telegraph Brewing . It may be a flavorful medium-bodied beer for a flavorful medium-bodied cheese, but by no means is it a medium-bodied experience. 5. MT  TAM by Cowgirl Creamery (Point Reyes Station, California) Wherever it's offered, when properly cared for and represented, this cheese is one of the most popular and best-selling – and for good reason. Unlike other more readily available and one-dimensional cheeses, MT TAM has more to offer than its big buttery base. When ripe, the center of the wheel is soft and luxurious. It's  often likened to vanilla ice cream, and something I'll often eat with whatever seasonal preserves I'm in love with at the moment. However, this puppy can match up with bold and savory just as well. It's one of the few sweet, creamy cheeses you'll want to pair with a good Pinot. Triple creams love bubbles. While sparkling wine is a natural match, I like something with a bit more body and flair. In this case, I would suggest Grand Cru, a Belgian-style ale from AleSmith Brewing Company . The bubbles cut through the butterfat, allowing the sweet cream to meld with the various flavors encased in this hefty bottle. Is there someone you'd like to see in the hot seat? Let us know in the comments below and if we agree, we'll do our best to chase 'em down.

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A protest by a section of Air India pilots enters its second day with more international flights cancelled from Delhi and Mumbai, reports say.

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Air India cancels further flights

This week’s diplomatic choreography — with the Americans and the Iranians in New Delhi — provided a window into the realpolitik of Iranian sanctions.

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Despite U.S. Nudge, India and Iran Keep Economic Relations

How to become a successful author in India

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A gay teenager who pulled a stun gun on students he said bullied him has been expelled from his Indianapolis high school until January.

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Six-term Republican Senator Richard Lugar faces a serious primary challenge in Indiana’s, with a Tea Party-backed challenger leading many polls.

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American Indians, who use dead eagles for traditional ceremonies, face long waits for the animals when they submit applications to the National Eagle Repository outside Denver.

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When Indiana Republicans go to the polls on Tuesday, they will do more than choose a candidate for the Senate. They will choose between party and country. That’s a stark assessment but true. On one side is a man who has made it his life’s work to build a cross-aisle consensus for keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists and rogue states. On the other side is a man who mocks his opponent for such efforts and who talks more about fighting Democrats than fighting America’s enemies. Read full article > >

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Taking out Dick Lugar

A rare Buddhist manuscript, discovered by cattle grazers in 1931, is set to be released in a book form in India on Thursday.

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Rescuers in eastern India searched for survivors on Tuesday after a ferry with more than 300 passengers capsized during a severe storm.

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Scores Missing in Fatal Ferry Sinking in India

NEW DELHI — Rescue workers searched Tuesday for the remains of about 160 people who were still missing, 24 hours after an overcrowded ferry broke apart and sank in the Brahmaputra river during a severe storm in eastern India. Read full article > >

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Scores dead in ferry sinking in India; hope for survivors dwindles

Indianapolis Colts take standout Stanford QB.

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Andrew Luck Goes First in NFL Draft

Standard & Poor’s now says the country has at least a 1-in-3 chance of seeing its debt downgraded to junk status.

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Standard & Poor’s Gives Negative Outlook for India