‘Entourage’: Tequila And Coke Leaves A Bad Hangover
August 16th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest episode of Entourage called 'Tequila and Coke' aired Sunday on HBO and fans of the comedy drama were in for a few big surprises. ... Read more...
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Mangalore devotees search for peace, harmony at Mahatma Gandhi temple
August 13th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
By HarishMangalore, Aug 13 (ANI): Keen to spread the message of peace, non-violence and communal harmony espoused by Mahatama Gandhi, Father of Nation, Hindu devotees have built a temple in the great ... Read more...
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Tricking the brain to shed weight
August 3rd, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Being a little smart may help you lose weight! The brain can be tricked into shedding weight by eating high satiety, low-calorie foods like apples, bananas and grapes. ... Read more...
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Farmers take to banana cultivation in Punjab
July 29th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinMajitha (Amritsar), July 29 (ANI): Banana cultivation is becoming popular among the Punjabi farmers here as a viable and alternate crop than the traditional wheat and rice.Banana cultivation ... Read more...
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Taliban secret sniper ‘monkeys’ to target US troops in Afghanistan
July 13th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jul 13 (ANI): Taliban militants in war ravaged Afghanistan are training monkeys to use them as secret weapons to attack American troops.According to The People's Daily in China, the ... Read more...
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Feeding elephants declared a crime in Bangkok
July 13th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Bangkok, July 13 (ANI): Bangkok authorities have issued a new ordinance wherein people caught feeding bananas or sugar cane to elephants, proffered by their handlers to make money, will be fined 10,000 ... Read more...
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Seven million vegetable plants poisoned in Australia
July 7th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 7 (IANS) Over seven million vegetable plants were poisoned with a herbicide in an act of sabotage at an Australian nursery, leading to speculation that prices may spiral in the ... Read more...
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Meet Auckland’s own ‘Mother Teresa’
June 15th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, June 15 (ANI): A woman has become the "Mother Teresa" of Auckland with her tireless efforts to help the poor.Claire Adams-Adamiak, 71, may be twice the age of many of the ... Read more...
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Reid showered with bottles and bananas!
June 1st, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
London, May 31 (IANS) Cage fighter Alex Reid claims he has been showered with bottles and bananas while walking down a street.
"There were boos when I entered, but I thought: I can ... Read more...
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Shadows distract autistic kids
May 22nd, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 22 (ANI): A new study by researchers in Italy has revealed that kids with autism see shadows differently from their counterparts.Umberto Castiello, a neuropsychologist at the University of Padua in ... Read more...
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Kerala hosts mango, banana festival
May 1st, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by ANI
By John SamuelKochi, May 1 (ANI): Over 150 varieties of mangoes and bananas have been put on display during a mango show and banana festival being held here.Organised by the Ernakulam ... Read more...
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‘24′ star Kiefer Sutherland thrown out of a London strip club
April 17th, 2010 - 12:31 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Apr 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The ‘24’ star Keifer Sutherland was thrown out of a London strip club. He was dragged and thrown out of the popular nightspot ‘Stringfellows’. The ... Read more...
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Sutherland kicked out of strip club
April 16th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) "24" actor Kiefer Sutherland was put in a headlock and thrown out of London strip club Stringfellows without his shirt by security guards after getting drunk.
The actor was ... Read more...
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When Kiefer Sutherland got plastered on London streets
April 16th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 16 (ANI): It has emerged that actor Kiefer Sutherland's night out ended with him getting plastered on the streets of London.Sutherland, 43, was seen at 10.40pm outside The Covent Garden ... Read more...
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Father at 74 says bananas responsible
March 30th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
London, March 29(IANS) Gerry Burke has been reported to have become the oldest father in Great Britain, having fathered a boy at 74 with wife Dawn Burke who is 35.The proud father ... Read more...
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Britain’s oldest dad, 74, credits bananas for his virility
March 29th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 29 (ANI): A man, who has become Britain's oldest dad at 74 after his wife gave birth to a son, says that his passion for bananas keeps him virile.Gerry Burks, ... Read more...
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Britain’s oldest father thanks bananas for virility
March 29th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 29 (IANS) Gerry Burks, who has become Britain's oldest father at age 74, feels that his astounding virility is thanks to his passion for bananas.
Burks, whose son Ryan was ... Read more...
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Cocaine worth $13 mn found in banana consignment
March 25th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kleve (Germany), March 25 (DPA) Workers splitting a consignment of South American bananas found boxes of cocaine with a street value of 10 million euros ($13 million), German police said Thursday.
The drug ... Read more...
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Chemical in banana may inhibit HIV infection
March 17th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 17 (IANS) A potent new inhibitor of HIV, derived from bananas, may open the door to new treatments to prevent sexual transmission of HIV, according to a recently published study.
Scientists ... Read more...
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Aussie banana underwear a hit
March 13th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 13 (Pen Men at Work): Australian undergarment business, AussieBum, has been copying or imitating or trying some or the other thing for a long time now. It has been monkeying ... Read more...
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Alluring Aussie Banana Underwear Creates Huge Interest
March 13th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan BhaduriAustralia, Mar 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There are various types of underwear available in the market nowadays and it is a trend among companies to sell eco-friendly dresses. However, in an ... Read more...
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Aussies Go Bananas With Banana Fiber Underwear
March 9th, 2010 - 3:44 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Australian underwear company known as "AussieBum" has created a new eco-friendly range of underwear. They are made with 27 percent banana fiber, and 64 percent cotton, ... Read more...
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Gordon Brown eating bananas to look radiant ahead of elections: Spokesman
February 9th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb. 9 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is eating up to nine bananas a day to look healthy and radiant ahead of General Elections, his spokesman has confirmed."The ... Read more...
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Brown ‘eating nine bananas a day to get off Kit Kats’
February 8th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.8 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is eating up to nine bananas a day as part of a health drive ordered by his wife Sarah.According to The Telegraph, Brown ... Read more...
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Delhi research institute develops tomatoes that stay fresh for 30 days longer
February 2nd, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2 (ANI): Researchers at National Institute of Plant Genome Research in New Delhi have developed tomatoes genetically modified to stay fresh for 30 days longer.Dr Asis Datta and colleagues found ... Read more...
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200 children hospitalised after eating Chinese fruits
January 31st, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (RIA Novosti) Over 200 children, most of them younger than three years, were hospitalised with acute intestinal infection after eating fruits imported from China, Rossiya TV channel reported Sunday.
According ... Read more...
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Cocaine found in banana boxes in Spanish supermarkets
January 5th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 5 ((IANS/EFE)) Police are trying to trace the origin of some 100 kg of cocaine hidden in boxes of bananas that were about to go on sale at several ... Read more...
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How to cure a hangover
January 4th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 4 (ANI): Suffering a hangover? Drinking plenty of water, a high GI diet and some exercise could help you get out of the condition."You have the same feeling of nausea, ... Read more...
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EU, Latin America proclaim end to `banana war’
December 16th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Dec 16 (EFE) The European Union and Latin American banana-producing countries have signed an agreement to put an end to the so-called "banana war" they have been pursuing for the past ... Read more...
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How to cure a hangover?
November 1st, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There are many cures for hangovers, chief amongst them is lots of water, prickly pear, grapefruit etc. A hangover is a combination of a ... Read more...
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Villagers perform last rites of favourite monkey
October 30th, 2009 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dabtori, Oct 30 (IANS) They considered him one of their own, and when 'Chhotu', a monkey, died the residents of an Uttar Pradesh village gave him a funeral according to vedic traditions.
Residents ... Read more...
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Millions in Bihar pray to setting sun on Chhath (Lead)
October 24th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 24 (IANS) Millions of people across Bihar, mostly women, marked the festival of Chhath Saturday by fasting, singing traditional songs and praying to the setting sun.
Devotees, attired in new clothes, ... Read more...
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Senegal football star Diouf cleared of racial abuse charge
October 23rd, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Senegalese footballer El-Hadji Diouf has been cleared of racially abusing a ball boy during a match at Everton last month.According to The Sun, Merseyside Police investigated the Blackburn ... Read more...
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Pregnancy has ruined my sex life, says Kendra Wilkinson
October 22nd, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, October 22 (ANI): Former Playmate Kendra Wilkinson has said that pregnancy has changed her sex life for the worse.The hottie revealed that she is unable to be as wild in the ... Read more...
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On Diwali, it’s treat time for Lucknow zoo animals
October 17th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) Animals in the Lucknow zoo enjoyed a Diwali feast Saturday with Kesari Kheer, roasted dry fruits, tandoori chicken, fruit salad, fruit juices and other mouth-watering recipes.
On the occasion ... Read more...
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