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By Pinaki Das Agartala, Aug.29 (ANI): Christian in Tripura brought out a silent rally Friday to protest the continued violence against the community in Orissa, where at least 11 people have died in sectarian violence. All Christian schools and institutions across the state remain closed. The United Christian Forum of ... Read more...

Islamabad, Aug.29 (ANI): Two people were killed and 32, including 25 security men were injured in three suicide attacks in Kohat on Friday. The News quoted sources, as saying that the suicide bombers attempted to ram three explosive-laden vehicles at security forces camp in a building near Kohat tunnel in ... Read more...

Denver, Aug 29 (ANI): Former US President Jimmy Carter has called Republican presidential candidate John McCain a distinguished naval officer, but said the Arizona senator has been milking every possible drop of advantage from his time served as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Carter said he was bewildered ... Read more...

Dubai, Aug 29 (ANI): The survivors of the fire that broke out in a heavily overcrowded Naif villa in Dubai where 500 Indian workers were living, face an uphill task. Like any other morning Suresh Kumar, a 25-year-old tile fixer, was making paratha (Indian bread) together with another roommate ... Read more...

Washington, August 29 (ANI): Police investigators may soon find it easy to identify possible suspects among dozens of people at a crime scene, with American scientists claiming that an individuals DNA can be identified within a mix of DNA samples. Scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), who ... Read more...

Singur, Aug 29 (ANI): Work has come to a standstill at the TATA Motars manufacturing plant in Singur, West Bengal, after Trinamool Congress activists prevented company employees from leaving the plant. A TATA Motors spokesperson said, Work has come to a standstill at the plant. The protesters laid siege around ... Read more...

New Delhi , Aug 29 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday favoured a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the violent incidents that claimed at least ten lives in the communally sensitive Khandhmal District of Orissa following the killing of a VHP leader and four others. Expressing serious concern ... Read more...

London, August 29 (ANI): Researchers from Spain have said that they have evidence that the weekends are more rainy in some parts of Europe, a result of air pollution produced by humans. According to a report in New Scientist, the research establishes the fact that the weather in certain parts ... Read more...

London, Aug 29 (ANI): A posh British store is offering ice creams that taste like sausage and mash and Yorkshire pudding. The extraordinary creations were among 20 flavours picked to represent Britain including Eccles cake, clotted cream, pork pie, Cornish pasties, haggis and Lancashire hotpot. The ice creams went on sale ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): Michael Jacksons Thriller has been voted as the singers best song ever. To mark the pop legend''s 50th birthday, fans have selected the song, which became the world''s best-selling LP, shifting more than 100 million copies worldwide. The poll conducted by PopEater.com invited Jackos devotees to decide ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): A rare Michael Jackson record has gone on eBay for an exclusive purchase, and is expected to fetch 10,000 dollars. The promo CD is said to be one of only 10 in the world. It contains an early demo of an unreleased Jackson song, Men In Black, ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has been named the 36th most powerful woman in the world in a new Forbes magazine list down 15 spots from last years position. In 2007, the star was 21st on the list, reports Contactmusic. Other celebrities to make it onto the ... Read more...

London, Aug 29 (ANI): Aaron Sorkin, writer of The West Wing, is writing a movie about the online social networking site Facebook. News of the project leaked out after the screenwriter opened a Facebook account to help with his research. "I''ve just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer ... Read more...

New Delhi/Patna, Aug 29 (ANI): With incessant rains lashing catchment areas of the Kosi River, leading to dramatic rise in water levels has prompted the United Nations to rush its agencies to aid the government and independent bodies working to provide relief to flood victims both in India and ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): A certain class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes can double the risk of heart failure in patients, warn a group of group of researchers led by an Indian origin researcher. Sonal Singh, assistant professor of internal medicine, and Curt D. Furberg, M.D., ... Read more...

Islamabad , Aug 29 (ANI): PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that there could be no compromise over the reinstatement of all judges, including deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. He said that the reinstatement of all judges was agreed upon between the PPP and PML-N ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): With the help of a simple memory trick, a research team led by an Indian origin scientist has shed light on how brain areas that form memories are organized. The study shows that how perirhinal cortex can contribute to forming memories. According to Charan Ranganath, a professor ... Read more...

New York, August 29 (ANI): Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps left children at the New York YMCA spellbound when he swam with them, and taught them some tricks to be a champ. "I was speechless. It was amazing," the New York Daily News quoted Valentina Monroy, 16, as saying, moments ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps is set to make a cameo appearance in the hit HBO series Entourage. The swim star will be seen with Kevin Connolly in the fifth season of the show, which debuts September 7, reports Usmagazine.com Phelps, who won eight gold medals in ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): Warm-ups like jumping and skipping can significantly improve bone and muscle strength in teenagers, says a new study. According to researchers, high impact activities that can easily be incorporated into warm-ups before sports and physical education classes, have been shown to benefit bone health in adolescents. ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug29 (ANI): Union Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar will inaugurate a half-day ''Thinkshop on next Gen MCA21'' here today. The Thinkshop is being organised by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs with a view to further evolve its flagship e-Governance project, theMCA21. It was the first project launched under ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): The Union Government has given the green signal to raise a 10,000-strong special anti-Naxal force COBRA to combat the growing Left-wing extremism in the country. The Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by the Prime Minister gave the nod to the Combat Battalion for Resolute ... Read more...

Islamabad, Aug 28 (ANI): With the Presidential race heating up in Pakistan, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari called up PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif to withdraw his party candidate but Sharif refused to oblige Zardari. Nawaz Sharif has said ''No'' to Asif Ali Zardari''s request, The News reported. Addressing PML-N parliamentary ... Read more...

London, Aug 28 (ANI): English actor Daniel Craig seems to have come a long way from being smooth talking James Bond to foul mouthed interviewee. He seemed unable to stop himself from using swear words whenever he opened his mouth during his interview by Empire magazine, alongside producers Barbara ... Read more...

New York, Aug 28 (ANI): Former American footballer O.J. Simpson''s daughter knocked her dad down in a brawl over his girlfriend, say reports. According to the sources, Simpsons eldest daughter Arnelle knocked him to the ground in a brawl over his girlfriend Christie Prody. "Arnelle had a fight with Christie ... Read more...

Melbourne, Aug 28 (ANI): Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has revealed that she wants Russell Crowe as her next leading man. "I really want to work with him," The Daily Telegraph quoted Mendes, as telling fashion editor Jen Melocco. The 34-year-old actress, who has shared on screen kisses with hotties like Denzel ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage still judders when he recalls his cockroach stunt in 1989 flick Vampire''s Kiss, for the actor has insect phobia. In the movie, the hunky star had to eat a cockroach. "To this day, people ask me about the cockroach - it was disgusting, ... Read more...

After being in list of actors with worst stunts like ‘Double Team’ in which he starred along Jean Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman has been through a series of weird happenings. He has been to rehabilitation and a few weeks ago faced a tax problem with feds. Rodman was facing ... Read more...

Melbourne, Aug 28 (ANI): Parents say they treat and love their kids equally. However, a new study has shown that most people fall into the trap of showing favouritism, making the black sheep of the house feel unaccepted and unloved. The research, by Julie Fitness, associate professor of psychology at ... Read more...

Washington, August 28 (ANI): Aging sketch series Saturday Night Live is all set to have Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps as host of its 34th-season premiere on September 13 on NBC. This will be the first acting role for Phelps, who has become a poster boy in the U.S. ... Read more...

New Delhi, August 28 (ANI): Scientists have found that the continent of Australia has been largely untouched by humans, and stands as one of the worlds top five wilderness havens, ranking alongside the Amazon forest and the Sahara desert. A report by two conservation groups, the Pew Environment Group ... Read more...

Even as injured actress Kim Kardashian is limping, she has vowed to limp all the way to dancing. Kardashian, has made it clear that her injured foot will not affect her ability to compete in Dancing With The Stars. Kim is one of the 13 competitors in the top-rated dance ... Read more...

Lahore , Aug 28 (ANI): Pakistan will be an unfortunate country if a person like PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari became the next President, because he will be a security risk for the country, the countrys cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said. Drawing a parallel between Zardari and former president Pervez ... Read more...

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Pop princess Britney Spears impersonator is not an ordinary look-alike, for it happens to be a male by the name of Derrick Barry. Barry has made quite a good impression in the States with his rock-hard abs and razor-sharp cheekbones. His sleek physique is so chic that ... Read more...

New York, Aug.28 (ANI): U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosis daughter, Alexandra, a respected film maker, is reportedly making a documentary about Republican candidate John McCain. According to Fox News, the documentary is unlikely to be complementary, given the antecedents of Alexandra. After all, she is from a Democrat ... Read more...

London, Aug 28 (ANI): The latest version of Microsoft Corp.''s Internet browser includes a piece of software that lets you surf the Web without a trace of what you checked out. The InPrivate feature on Internet Explorer 8, dubbed porn mode, allows users to conceal the sites they have viewed ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Physical pain might fade away with time but a socially painful experience can actually pack a harder punch that people think, suggests a new study. According to a new study from the University of New South Wales, pain of physical events may fade, while the pain ... Read more...

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Dumping your broad-framed specs because pals dub you as a geek? Stop right there, for heres something that will certainly cheer you up glasses make men look sexy. Thats the conclusion of a new survey, which found that the ladies find men attractive as they look ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Older adults mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don''t have dementia, shows a new research. The research has been published in the August 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "These changes are different ... Read more...

Karachi, Aug 28 (ANI): The CNG (compressed natural gas) is sold in Pakistan at more than double the rate of what it is sold at in India, despite the fact that the former is a producer of the fuel and the latter is an importer, said Sindh Bar Councils ... Read more...

Melbourne, Aug 27 (ANI): In a place where men outnumber the women by 10 to 1, Dani Walker has come out to be the only lady under 40, who is still single in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria. Walker, who had moved to Nar Nar Goon this year and was dubbed ... Read more...

London, Aug 27 (ANI): American actor Tom Cruise and his wife actress Katie Holmes were spotted wearing the same matching clothes on a family outing with daughter Suri. The Hollywood couple, who have been wearing matching outfits to different occasions, were seen wearing matching blue jeans that looked like they ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Researchers from National Cancer Institute in Frederick have revealed that a natural chemical found in sea sponges can trigger cancer cell death using an unusual pathway. The chemical called candidaspongiolide (CAN) stalls protein synthesis and also kills cancer cells by triggering caspase 12-dependent programmed cell death. Previous ... Read more...

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway seems to have moved on after her split from beau Raffaello Follieri. The The Devil Wears Prada star looked good and sounded happy amid nearly two-dozen actors in Denver, gathered together for Creative Coalition, reports Fox News. The 25-year-old actress, accompanied by ... Read more...

Melbourne, Aug 27 (ANI): The Italian priest, who was organising an online beauty competition for nuns, has called off his plans amid protests from faithful and local religious authorities. The Rev. Antonio Rungi thought that the Miss Sister 2008 would give nuns more visibility within the Catholic Church and fight ... Read more...