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Washington, May 16 (ANI): A profit-boosting business practice can be used to help turn companies green by reducing their energy use, says a team led by mechanical engineer Prabhakar Kaushik of NC College of Engineering in Haryana, India.
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 16 (ANI): The latest data on the global biodiversity of vertebrates shows that it has fallen by almost one-third in the last 35 years.
According to a report in New Scientist, the data, known as Living Planet Index (LPI), is based on a wide range of population datasets, ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): The United States has toughened its stance on a proposed agreement with the militants in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas, saying that "any deal Pakistan reaches with them should be worth more than the paper it is written on".
According to the Dawn, the US was ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin
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By Ashok Dixit
Thimphu, May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today arrived in Bhutan on a two-day official visit.
Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigme Thinley received Dr. Singh at the Paro Airport . He will be staying at the Taj Tashi Hotel.
In the afternoon, Dr. Manmohan Singh will inspect ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , May 16 (ANI): A new research has found that lack of exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), is clearly linked to breast cancer.
Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California , San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have analysed ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Duke University researchers have found in a study that smaller primates do not have to invest more energy in climbing than in walking.
Jandy Hanna, a faculty member at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg who was a Duke graduate student at ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Harrison Ford insists that he is the best autograph signer in tinsel town, for the only time he ever turns down fans requests for his signature is when hes peeing or indulging in sex.
The actor has a huge fan following thanks to his role in ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 16 (ANI): Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be welcoming their twins into the world on August 19 this year, and the couple are seriously considering having their babies in France, the native place of the actress beloved late mother.
The news about when Jolie would be giving ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 16 (ANI): Controversial artist Daniel Edwards, the man behind Britney-giving-birth-on-a-bearskin-rug and Paris Hilton Autopsy, has created a new piece this time a gold-painted bust of Oprah Winfrey with her much-loved late cocker spaniel, Sophie, and golden Lab, Gracie, placed on her mane.
Edwards says that "Memories ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 16 (ANI): British beauty Elizabeth Hurley, hubby Arun Nayar and ex beau Hugh Grant have won a lawsuit over photographs taken of them on holiday last year.
The trio were holidaying at a private resort in the Maldives when pictures of them were snapped. These were later sold ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has solved the gravity-defying mystery behind a birds beak, by finding that certain types of shorebirds defy gravity to get morsels of food up their long, thin beaks into their mouths.
The researchers found that the birds, called phalaropes, ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is unhappy with the low percentage of Public Service Department overseas scholarships allocated to Indian students.
MIC president Seri S. Samy Vellu said that only 34 Indian students were successful in their application last year.
The party received 194 appeals ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:57 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): The United States has reiterated its support for the peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir issue, saying it would continue encouraging discussion among parties to resolve the dispute.
The Daily Times quoted US State Department Deputy spokesman Tom Casey as saying that Pakistan and India ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by admin
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London, May 16 (ANI): Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl took his sick girl, Kerstin to hospital while his wife was on holiday, it has emerged.
The 73-year-old sex beast wasted vital time waiting for Rosemarie, 69, to leave before carrying 19-year-old Kerstin from her dungeon home for the first time. ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): Astronomers have been left puzzled after they discovery of a stellar pair - a speedy spinning pulsar in an elongated orbit around an apparent Sun-like star, a combination never seen before.
Astronomers first detected the pulsar, called J1903+0327, as part of a long-term survey using the ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
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By Hemant Chauhan
Sangla (Kinnaur) Himachal Pradesh, May 16 (ANI): Popularity of the traditional Kinnauri cuisine of Himachal gained a new high, when it attracted a lot of tourists and residents during the recently held tourism festival.
A variety of most popular local items served during the two-day festival won ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 15 (ANI): Senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan today said that no consultations were made with PML-N leaders for the appointment of the new governor in Punjab.
Addressing a press conference here at PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharifs residence, he termed appointment of Salman Taseer ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that the United Nations is to organise an emergency summit on the Myanmar cyclone disaster, and added that it would be held in Asia.
"I understand that this emergency summit will be convened by the UN secretary-general with the ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:50 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): Former England soccer star Paul Gazza Gascoigne is just two days out of rehab, looked dazed as he walked along in Gateshead with a towel flung over one shoulder. In one hand he clutched a bag that gaped open to reveal its contents -- a ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Pakistan has assured India it will investigate the ceasefire violation after New Delhi registered a formal protest against Pakistani troops opening fire on Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said Thursday. In a flag meeting held ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
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Guwahati, May 15 (ANI): Militants of the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel Garlossa faction) struck again in Assam on Thursday, killing 10 workers engaged by a cement factory and a railway employee in two separate attacks.
"Four trucks belonging to a cement company operating in the southern North Cachar Hills ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, May 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police have upped security in the state after a SMS threat was received to blow up Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a State run premier aeronautics company. The threat was sent to the police in Lucknow .
"We received SMS threatening to cause harm to ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Reaffirming India's support to the Beijing Olympics, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that China will conduct the games in a successful manner and maintain high standards of Olympics.
He said that Olympics are going to take place in Beijing, which is ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 15 (ANI): American pop singer Jessica Simpson has reportedly split with her quarterback boyfriend Tony Romo.
According to a report in TMZ.com, the couple, who have been dating since November 2007, have quietly parted their ways.
An Us Weekly spy overheard Romo as telling his friends that he ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): In her autobiography, Speaking for Myself, Cherie Blair has opened up about her and Tonys reaction to the bombshell news of Princess Dianas death.
She revealed that Tony struggled to comprehend the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the moments after learning of her fatal ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): Now a jab in the neck may help relieve the severity of unbearable hot flashes and night awakenings that come with breast cancer treatment, says a new study.
This nerve block, named stellate ganglion block, given in the neck of breast cancer survivors may reduce hot ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): Analysis of the genetic profile of two large Georgia families with high rates of late-onset Alzheimer's disease has led to the discovery of a gene, called TRPC4AP, that may cause the disease.
Headed by Dr. Shirley E. Poduslo, neuroscientist in the Medical College of Georgia Schools ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): Neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland have discovered a key component of the process that regulates memory formation.
The research was led by QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett, who said that the discovery has, for the first time, explained how ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): A new study has given credibility to the famous saying beauty lies in the eye of the beholder by finding that our partners think we are far better looking than we actually are.
Scientists at Groningen University in the Netherlands have shown that most of us ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): A poster that shows two of UK teen drama Skins surrounded by couples apparently taking part in an orgy has been banned by the countrys Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The ASA decided to stop bosses from using the poster to promote the Channel 4 drama because ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): Maxi-K gene therapy may prove to be a safe and effective future treatment for men whose erectile dysfunction (ED) is not treatable with oral therapy, according to a new study.
Maxi-K therapy is a unique, locally administrated gene-transfer technology to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). The safety ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): Global warming may lead to an increase in kidney stones disease, says a new study.
Dehydration has been linked to stone disease, mainly in warmer climates, and global warming will worsen this effect, according to the researchers.
As a result, the prevalence of stone disease may increase, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new study has found that low cholesterol levels may help reduce a persons prostate- specific antigen (PSA) level.
For the study, the researchers explored the relationship between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and PSA prior to beginning statin therapy.
Data collected from a study of 1,214 ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new study has revealed that women who commit sexual offences are just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals.
The research is the largest study ever conducted of women convicted of sexual offences in Sweden.
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): The re-examination of a giant hole in the cosmos that shocked astrophysicists last year has indicated that the hole might not exist after all.
Lawrence Rudnick and colleagues at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis first spotted the apparent void after detecting a cold spot in ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): Amy Winehouse can breath a sigh of relief, for she will not face charges in connection with a video on which she looked as if she was inhaling fumes from a crack pipe.
Last week, the 24-year-old singer was arrested and interrogated in a police station ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): After strapping an 8ft jet-powered wing to his back, a former Swiss fighter pilot became a human rocket man flying at 8,200ft for more than five minutes.
Swooping and diving above the mountainous town of Bex in western Switzerland, Yves Rossy is the world's first man ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 15 (ANI): She hardly ever smiles for the camera, but Victoria Beckham insists that isnt because shes miserable all the time.
The Spice Girls singer told Britain's GMTV that there are times when he even she thinks that she pouts a bit too much.
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by admin
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Jaipur, May 15 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today visited terror-hit areas of Jaipur.
Both also met injured who are undergoing treatment in the Sawai Mansingh Hospital and other local hospitals.
Condemning the terrorist act, Patil said, Strict action will be taken against those ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): Electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.
According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), the experimental solar cells have been developed by electrical engineers from the University of California, ...
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By Bobby Ramakant
Land-mafia in Kanpur in connivance with officials of Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) have slapped false fabricated charges against an Right-to-Information (RTI) campaign leader - Roby Sharma.
Roby has been spearheading the RTI campaign in Kanpur since past two years now, exposing corruption and championing people)