Remains of medieval British monarch unearthed?
September 12th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Archaeologists have unearthed a skeleton which they believe could be the remains of King Richard III, a medieval monarch, The Independent reported.The skeleton was exhumed from ... Read more...
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Man orders whopper with 1000 slices of cheese
July 16th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tokyo, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Japanese reporter amazed the world when he posted a video of him consuming whopper with 1,000 cheese slices. Mr. Sato, a reporter for Rocket News ... Read more...
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All eyes on Egypt defence minister, army chief during transition process
February 12th, 2011 - 10:38 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.12 (ANI): All eyes are now on two of Egypt's most senior military officers - Defence Minister, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Sami Hafez ... Read more...
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Bones of gladiator provide clues to York’s Roman amphitheatre
December 11th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): The bones of a Roman gladiator, who was stabbed least six times in a fatal attack, could be a clue in the search for York's Roman amphitheatre.The remains ... Read more...
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Facebook purges pages referring to paedophile group NAMBLA
September 30th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 30 (ANI): Facebook has begun to remove pages that refer to the North American Man/Boy Love Association after the presence of the nefarious paedophile advocacy group was revealed in ... Read more...
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Testosterone speeds male babies’ growth
September 14th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Males who experience rapid growth as babies are taller, have more muscle and also higher testosterone levels as young adults.
The researchers believe that testosterone may hold the ... Read more...
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Woman who killed sister over hair straightener found dead
August 2nd, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 2 (IANS) A woman who was jailed after she stabbed her younger sister to death following an argument over a hair straightener and internet access was found dead in her ... Read more...
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Ancient Mayan Tomb Found By Team Of Archeologists From Brown University
July 24th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Stephen Houston of the Brown University along with his team of archeologists reported the discovery of an ancient Mayan tomb in Guatemala. The ... Read more...
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Rare primate ‘driven to brink of extinction by tea crops’ snapped first time
July 19th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 19 (ANI): For the first time, One of the world's rarest primates driven to the brink of extinction by Britain's taste for tea, has been pictured, reveal scientists.The Horton Plains ... Read more...
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Taste the 1,500-calorie ‘latest food atrocity’ burger to believe it!
June 23rd, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, June 23 (ANI): A burger joint in the US has come up with a sandwich that has 1,500 calories, which is equivalent to nearly three KFC bun-less, fried chicken Double Downs.Massachusetts-based ... Read more...
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Bear shot dead after it mauls 70-year-old man
June 20th, 2010 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 20 (IANS) A grizzly bear was shot dead after it mauled a 70-year-old man near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming state in the US, officials said.
The adult male bear attacked ... Read more...
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How eavesdropping on sexual signals helps young male crickets
May 13th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Sexual signals do more than just attract mates - in the case of crickets, says a new study.Adult male crickets produce loud song to lure females, but the ... Read more...
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Kids Find Dead Body In Park During Easter Egg Hunt
April 6th, 2010 - 3:24 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 05 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Saturday morning, at around 10:20 am, while approximately one hundred kids were hunting Easter eggs in the Beaverdale Park of Des Moines Iowa, a body lied waiting ... Read more...
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Golfer questions PGA double standards favouring Tiger Woods
April 2nd, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.2 (ANI): A golfer has questioned the PGA's double standards in exonerating top golfer Tiger Woods on an alleged sexual infidelity charge, and allowing him to play in the Augusta ... Read more...
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Suspect shot dead by police officer in Lakeland, FL
April 1st, 2010 - 2:31 am ICT by BNO News
LAKELAND, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- A suspect was shot dead by a police officer in Lakeland, Florida on Wednesday morning, authorities said.Lakeland Police Officers Phil Smith and Ted Sealey were dispatched to ... Read more...
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16-year-old Oz girl in soup after posing nude for mag
November 26th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
New South Wales, Nov 26 (ANI): A 16-year-old girl from Kingscliff, Australia, has sparked controversy after she posed nude for the cover of a surfing magazine.Ella Rose Corby, who aspires to be ... Read more...
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Man-animal conflict: Villagers poison elephants in Assam
October 25th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 25 (IANS) Wildlife authorities in Assam have warned that the human-elephant conflict has reached alarming proportions with villagers poisoning to death at least four wild elephants in ... Read more...
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Balloon lands without balloon boy Falcon Heene
October 16th, 2009 - 3:08 am ICT by admin
By Sajal Kayan
Fort Collins, Colorado, Oct 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The stray away Helium ufo-shaped balloon believed to be carrying 6 year old Falcon Heene crashed landed in a Colorado field at ... Read more...
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No one found aboard balloon after landing
October 16th, 2009 - 3:02 am ICT by BNO News
DENVER (BNO NEWS) -- An experimental balloon believed to have been carrying a six-year-old landed near Brighton in Colorado on Thursday after it floated towards Denver for more than two ... Read more...
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Hurricane Bill causes first victims on the U.S. coast
August 24th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by BNO News
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine (BNO NEWS) -- Three people were rescued after they were swept into the ocean at Acadia National Park in Maine on Sunday afternoon, officials told BNO News.
Around noon, ... Read more...
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‘Hippy’ monkeys turn killers when starved of sex
July 5th, 2009 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 5 (ANI): Even the world's most peaceful and egalitarian monkeys can turn aggressive when starved of sex, say researchers.Northern Muriquis in Brazil have a reputation of the "hippy monkey", however, ... Read more...
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Woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago
June 18th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): A new research has finally proven that bones found in Shropshire, England provide the most geologically recent evidence that woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago.The ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s endangered stag population on the rise
April 24th, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 24 (IANS) There is good news from Jammu and Kashmir - an increase in the population of the endangered stag called hangul.
According to a census conducted by the state wildlife ... Read more...
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New orangutan population discovered in Indonesia
April 13th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 13 (ANI): Conservationists have recently discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote area of Indonesia, giving a rare boost to one of the world's most endangered great apes.A ... Read more...
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Wildlife authorities initiate census on endangered Hangul deer in Kashmir
March 23rd, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Parvez butt
Srinagar, Mar 23 (ANI): Wildlife authorities in Kashmir have initiated a census on the Hangul deer, one of the endangered species, to identify threats to the species and formulate ... Read more...
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New population of extremely rare snub-nosed monkey discovered in Vietnam
December 7th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 7 (ANI): A new population of the extremely rare Tonkin snub-nosed monkey has recently been discovered in a remote forested area of northern Vietnam.
According to a report in Science ... Read more...
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Andean mummy hair reveals first archaeological evidence of drug addiction
October 30th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): The first direct archaeological evidence of the consumption of hallucinogens in pre-Hispanic Andean populations has emerged in the form of Andean mummy hair.
Indirect evidence for psychoactive drug ... Read more...
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Stomach ulcer causing bacterium found in 700-year-old mummies
July 15th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico have discovered remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers in 700-year-old mummies.Yolanda Lopez-Vidal and colleagues from the National ... Read more...
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