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Finance minister confident of 7.75 percent GDP growth this fiscal

Finance minister confident of 7.75 percent GDP growth this fiscal

February 10th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) While the statistical arm of the government, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) has estimated India's economy will grow by 7.2 percent in the current fiscal, Finance ...

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Hrithik starrer ‘Kites’ to hit screen on May 21

February 10th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan's eagerly awaited romantic saga "Kites", which stars Hrithik Roshan and Mexican model Barbara Mori, will be released May 21. The film has two versions - ...

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Brittle materials can be made stronger by shrinking them to nanoscale size

February 10th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have determined that some notoriously brittle materials can be made stronger by simply reducing them to nanoscale size.The work, by ...

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Welcome desk set up at Melbourne airport for Indian students (With Image)

February 10th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Melbourne, Feb 10 (IANS) A welcome desk has been established for Indian and other international students at the airport here to "help settle" them, a minister said Wednesday. Victorian Minister for Skills and ...

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PCB stirs another controversy as Cricket Council USA serves legal to it

February 10th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Feb.10 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing another controversy, with the Cricket Council of the United States of America (CCUSA) sending it legal notice following insult by chairman Ijaz ...

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Gillespie says 40-over cricket can revive 50-over game

February 10th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Brisbane, Feb.10 (ANI): Prospective England bowling coach Jason Gillespie believes 40-over cricket could help to revive the 50-over format of the game. "I played County cricket and could see the absolute benefit of ...

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Pretty Woman tops favourite Valentine’s Day movies list

Pretty Woman tops favourite Valentine’s Day movies list

February 10th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Pretty Woman, the 1990 romance starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, has landed the top spot in a list of favourite Valentine's Day movies. Picked up by over ...

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Negative mood generates warm glow about the familiar

February 10th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) A sick or sad child might cling to mom's leg. But that same child - fed, rested and generally content - will happily toddle off to explore every ...

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Google takes on Facebook, Twitter with own social network Buzz

Google takes on Facebook, Twitter with own social network Buzz

February 10th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, February 10 (ANI): Google appears to have pitched against rivals such as Facebook and Twitter by launching its own social network site Buzz. The online giant has come up with the ...

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Grumpy colleagues top workers’ office hate list

February 10th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI -
London, February 10 (ANI): Tolerating grumpy colleagues tops the list when it comes to what people hate the most about their office, says a survey. A study by research company Opinium showed that ...

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Cheryl Cole warns John Terry’s ‘mistress’ off her hubby

Cheryl Cole warns John Terry’s ‘mistress’ off her hubby

February 10th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI -
London, February 10 (ANI): Cheryl Cole is reportedly fighting fears that her husband Ashley may fall prey to John Terry's alleged mistress Vanessa Perroncel. The Girls Aloud singer was said to have ...

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Poachers nabbed with 40 tortoises in Uttar Pradesh

February 10th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) Two poachers have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district with 40 tortoises in their possession, police said Wednesday. The two men were nabbed Tuesday night in Naseerabad ...

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Harry Potter’s Felton, Twilight’s Greene team up for new ghostly movie

February 10th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI -
London, February 10 (ANI): Harry Potter actor Tom Felton and Twilight's Ashley Greene will reportedly come together to star in a new ghostly movie. The two stars of Hollywood's most successful franchises will ...

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China’s pollution to peak at earlier stage of growth

February 10th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Beijing, Feb 10 (IANS) China might see its pollution levels peak at an earlier stage of economic growth than expected, a media report said Wednesday citing the first national pollution census. "China has ...

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Snow, landslides keep Jammu-Srinagar highway closed (Lead)

February 10th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Jammu/Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) The 294-km long Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only road link between the two regions, remained closed for traffic for the fifth day Wednesday because of unending snowfall and landslides. An ...

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Anne Hathaway thinks she looks more weird than pretty

Anne Hathaway thinks she looks more weird than pretty

February 10th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, February 10 (ANI): Actress Anne Hathaway has confessed she regards her looks more weird than pretty. But the Devil Wears Prada star said she is not haunted or obsessed about her ...

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Faces and lives through photojournalist Dilip Banerjee’s lens (With Images)

February 10th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The man who documents lives, politics, faces and situations through his lens both in India and abroad is holding an exhibition here. Photographer Dilip Banerjee's show, which ...

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Hugh Hefner ‘through with divorce deal’

Hugh Hefner ‘through with divorce deal’

February 10th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, February 10 (ANI): Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner is set to resume his single status after his divorce from Kimberly is made official next month, a celebrity website has claimed. According to ...

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Katherine Heigl replaces Reese Witherspoon in film ‘One For The Money’

February 10th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, February 10 (ANI): Katherine Heigl has reportedly filled in the spot left vacant by Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming movie One For The Money. The Knocked Up actress took Witherspoon's place after ...

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Jordan dismisses troubled marriage reports

February 10th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, February 10 (ANI): Jordan has dismissed reports claiming her recent marriage with Alex Reid is on the rocks already. The glamour girl, a.k.a Katie Price, tied the knot with the Celebrity Big ...

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UK Justice Secretary says burkha ban will be a waste of police time

February 10th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Feb. 9 (ANI): British Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said that banning women from wearing burkhas in British streets would be a waste of police time. While Straw has his own concerns ...

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New Zealand Police erects billboard to get breakthrough in Indian cabbie’s murder

February 10th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI -
Auckland, Feb. 9 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, New Zealand Police, investigating the killing of Indian-origin taxi driver Hiren Mohini, has put up a bill board in downtown Auckland appealing people for ...

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Elevators can pose real danger for older adults

February 10th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): While elevators are considered one of the safest forms of transportation, they can pose a real danger for the aging population, says a new study. According to U.S. Consumer ...

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Scientists find gene that makes some birds more curious than others

February 10th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Scientists, in a new research, have found that some great tit populations are more curious than others because they have a gene related to individual variation in exploratory ...

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Wayne Bridge ’snubs’ ex Vanessa Perroncel

February 10th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Feb 10 (ANI): English footballer Wayne Bridge is said to have snubbed his ex Vanessa Perroncel when she went to pick up their son. Perroncel, 33, travelled 200 miles from her Surrey ...

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Chinese banking regulators win top risk management award

February 10th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New York, Feb 10 (IANS) The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and its chairman Liu Mingkang were jointly named the Risk Manager of the year 2009 by a leading risk management association ...

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Gisele Bundchen shows off first photo of baby boy

February 10th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen's newborn baby boy Benjamin has made his debut in a picture for a magazine. The picture in Brazilian magazine Quem showed the two-month-old baby all ...

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MJ was very thin, had vitiligo, puncture marks on his face, report reveals

MJ was very thin, had vitiligo, puncture marks on his face, report reveals

February 10th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Feb 10 (ANI): The life that late King of Pop Michael Jackson led has been revealed through sixty-one photographs taken at the start and throughout his autopsy. The intimate details about ...

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Tie-up with DMK strong, says Congress

February 10th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) There were no hiccups in the Congress' alliance with the DMK and there were no possibilities of the party tying up with the AIADMK ahead of elections ...

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Srinagar youth shot dead by BSF trooper, admits senior officer

February 10th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday admitted that one of its troopers shot dead 16-year-old Zahid Farooq Sheikh in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital last Friday, an ...

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