May 11th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 11 (ANI): Women in their late 30s are turning their backs on careers in science and technology and undermining key sectors of the economy due to a time warp of 1970s sexist attitudes, according to a new research.
Researchers claim to have discovered a hidden brain drain as ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 11(ANI): Babies who hear foreign speech in their first nine months tend to pick up languages faster in school or as adults, a new research has found.
But those who hear only English as babies are left unable to distinguish between subtly different sounds not used in their ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 11 (ANI): Racial discrimination has different mental health effects on Asians, according to the first national study of Asians living in the United States.
The study shows that for some individuals, strong ties to their ethnicity can guard against the negative effects of racism. For others, strong ties ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, May 11 (ANI): Thought marriage, money and kids were the cornerstone of happiness? Well, in that case, heres something new for you having children will send your martial bliss in a downward spiral.
Whats more such a thought has been backed by scientific evidence.
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May 11th, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 11 (ANI): Never mind polishing your resume and work on the handshake instead to get that job at least thats what a new research suggests.
According to University of Iowa researchers, a firm handshake is key to landing a job.
In the study, scientists had put 98 students ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin
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London , May 11 (ANI): Hollywood couple Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are finally engaged, it has emerged.
Wilson proposed to Hudson on her 29th birthday last week after he finished filming Marley and Me - and she said yes.
The 29-year-old actress was snapped with a huge engagement ring ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by admin
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Nandigram, May 11 (ANI): Two women of Sonachura village here filed an FIR against DIG CRPF Alok Raj, alleging that they were molested by him late on Saturday night, an allegation the Central force officer described as false.
Officer-in-charge of Nandigram police station, Debasish Chakraborty, said the women had ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by admin
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CPI-M cadres prevents villagers from casting their votes in Nandigram
Nandigram, May 11 (ANI): The Communist Party of India-Marxist cadres today prevented villagers from casting their votes at three villages of trouble-torn Nandigram, while polling in the first phase of civic elections was peaceful in four other districts.
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May 10th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by admin
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Srinagar, May 10 (ANI): A five-member team of International Mountaineering Federation (IMF) in association with the tourism department of Kashmir promotes trekking destinations in the state.
The relief and terrain of Kashmir offers exciting opportunities for mountaineering in the state. Mountaineering as an adventure sports is fast catching up with ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 6:28 pm ICT by admin
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Shillong, May 10 (ANI): The residents of two villages in militancy -prone Thoubal District now feel more secure as the Government of Manipur has provided them with five hundred rifles for self-defence.
The villages are Heirok and Lilong Chajing. The inhabitants of the villages have ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne , May 10 (ANI): Parents in Australia have been warned that their school-going kids are being offered the drug ice disguised as lollies.
Rozelle Public School in Sydney 's inner-west has sent a note to kids home to caution the parents that their children could be approached and given ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 10 (ANI): Actor Ashton Kutcher has admitted that he pees with his dogs in the back garden of his house every morning.
Kutcher, who is married to actress Demi Moore, revealed that every morning he would join his dogs in taking a leak, marking his territory the way ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , May 10 (ANI): Former 007 star Pierce Brosnan has donated more than 1 million dollars for the benefit of the environment.
Now settled in Hawaii with wife Keely and kids, the Irish actor has recently become a devoted 'green' campaigner and has even received an Environmental Leadership Award ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 10 (ANI): A meeting between President of Pakistan Muslim League-N Shahbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has been set on Saturday evening, sources have said.
The meeting will be the final effort to save the ruling coalition.
Meanwhile, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, who ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
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London , May 10 (ANI): Chinese researchers have reported the successful development of "plasma needles," i.e. luminous jets of ionised gas, which when put to use, can revolutionise dental treatment and other medical uses.
Plasma is a cloud of gas broken down into a melange of free electrons and ions, ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): Pakistan will not allow any foreign troops to carry out military activity inside its territory, and any military action required inside Pakistan would be undertaken only by Pakistani troops, said Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
He said that the Pakistan government would follow a multi-pronged ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 12:00 pm ICT by admin
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Canberra, May 10 (ANI): Australian scientists have developed a process that can pave the way for lighter, stronger concrete, with a smaller greenhouse footprint, by utilising the waste fly-ash from coal-fired power stations.
Developed by researchers at the University of NSW (New South Wales), the new process has the ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 9:16 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced the formation of two task forces to determine the future direction of Pakistan foreign policy and to tackle the economic needs at diplomatic front.
Winding up debate on foreign policy in the Senate, Qureshi was quoted ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Following are the key facts related to the first phase of Assembly elections in Karnataka:
(1)Number of Assembly constituencies going on poll: 89
(2) Number of districts going to polls: 11
(3) Total number of electors: Male(8,81,0837), Female (8,45,1266), Service (10,115). Grand total (1,72,722182).
(4) Total number ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said that inflation is more or less stable and described the marginal increase in the annual wholesale price inflation rate in late April as a major relief in New Delhi.
Government data showed today that the Wholesale Price Index ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by admin
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Srinagar, May 9 (ANI): Director General Of Border Security Force (BSF) Ashish Mitra said on Friday that an infiltration attempt from across along the India-Pakistan border in the Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir has been foiled.
An Indian border observation post in Samba sector of Jammu came under heavy ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 9 (ANI): She might be one of the A-listers in showbiz, but Geri Halliwell wont be disappointed at all if her daughter Bluebell decides to turn away from the stage.
The Spice Girl recently revealed that she wouldnt force her daughter into the limelight.
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May 9th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has sought the comments of West Bengal Chief Secretary on its 12 point recommendations on the violence in Nandigram.
The recommendations were given by a three-member committee of the Commission, which visited Nandigram.
The NHRC Committee comprising A.K. Jain, ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 9 (ANI): A new research has attributed the cause of most dinosaur skeletons exhibiting pits, grooves and furrows to flesh and bone-eating insects, which gnawed on the dinosaur bones.
According to a report in the Discovery News, the evidence comes from dinosaur bones that were buried under soft ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi , May 9 (ANI): Despite several measures taken by the Government to control inflation, it rose to 42-month high at 7.61 per cent this week as against 7.57 per cent in the previous week.
The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation stood at 6.01 per cent in the corresponding week ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 9 (ANI): The Congress Party has evinced confidence of winning maximum number seats in the Karnataka state Assembly polls.
Talking to ANI before the first phase of polling, SM Krishna, the face of the Congress for these assembly elections in Karnataka, said that the first phase was crucial ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, May 9 (ANI): Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke is believed to have pulled out of West Indies tour for personal reasons.
Sources in the Australian team's Brisbane training camp have said that Clarke had already left the camp to return to Sydney.
Sydney is home to both Clarke's family ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 9 (ANI): Young people in Europe are deliberately binging on drink and drugs to enhance their sex lives, according to a new study.
A third of men aged 16 to 35 and a quarter of females surveyed for the study said they drank alcohol to increase their chances ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 9 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who had announced to retire from politics after the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, revised his stand to remain active in politics all through his life.
During his meeting with party members, Koirala said he would remain active in this field ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 7:58 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, May 8 (ANI): Thought marriage, money and kids were the cornerstone of happiness? Well, in that case, heres something new for you having children will send your martial bliss in a downward spiral.
Whats more such a thought has been backed by scientific evidence.
According to Harvard University psychology professor ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 7:58 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 8 (ANI): People who have conservative ideologies are much more happier than liberal-leaners, says a new study.
And the reason why it is so is because conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
The study found that regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 8 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal is all set to announce the list of 335 candidates elected to the Constituent Assembly (CA) under the proportional representation (PR) system today.
According to Nepalnews, EC officials said they were in the final stages of the work on the ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 8 (ANI): Following reports that Islamabad had wasted US funding and allowed Al Qaeda to rebuild a haven in its western tribal regions, the Pentagon has rejected or deferred millions of dollars in military aid requests from Pakistan.
This could mark a sudden change in US policy towards ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 8 (ANI): Economists have suggested that increasing the prices of gasoline could lead to a dramatic saving in US greenhouse-gas emissions.
According to economists from the University of California, Davis, high fuel prices are turning consumers off SUVs and onto smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 8 (ANI): A new study has revealed that treatment with activated vitamin D can cut death risk among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), by one-fourth.
Many patients with advanced CKD take the drug calcitriol, an oral form of activated vitamin D, to treat elevated levels of ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
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Bodhgaya, May 8 (ANI): Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna has questioned the viability of the controversial Indo-US nuclear deal by leading a peace march in Bodhgaya.
A regional group called 'Sarva Seva Sangh' joined with Bahuguna in the march from Bodh Gaya to New Delhi with the objective of spreading awareness ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 8 (ANI): Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge and University of Bristol have made a breakthrough in the fight against a new "superbug" that kills one in three of its victims, by sequencing its genome.
The scientists said that the newly emerging superbug, commonly known ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by admin
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London, May 8 (ANI): NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted two whirling dust devils, towering nearly a kilometre high, at the exact spot where the Phoenix Mars lander is due to touch down in a few weeks.
According to a report in New Scientist, Phoenix is due to ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): Pakistan will be providing new air-route for the additional flights during Beijing Olympic, which would not only save fuels, but three-fold air traffics could also go to China.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General, Faruque Rahmatullah told Geo News here that the flights coming from ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 7 (ANI): Soon liver diseases could be treated using stem cell therapy, if scientists at Edinburgh University get their way.
A team at Edinburgh University is working on developing embryonic stem cell therapies, which will remove the need for liver transplants each year.
"This would have a significant impact ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 7 (ANI): A new study has suggested that smoking ban in restaurants does not affect employee turnover.
The researchers analysed the payroll records of a franchisee of a national full-service restaurant chain operating 23 restaurants in the state of Arizona, a state where several communities have adopted smoke-free ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by admin
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Rawalpindi, May 7 (ANI): International Labour Organisation (ILO)s National Project Manager in Pakistan, Saba Mohsin Raza has said that the country was experiencing worst forms of child labour with over 3.3 million child workers.
She said that out of the four provinces, Punjab had the highest ratio of child ...
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