Brit teen becomes first person to ‘wakeboard’ across English Channel
September 7th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 07 (ANI): A British teenager has become the first person to "wakeboard" across the English Channel.Despite falling off his craft 14 times, the School boy is set to enter the ... Read more...
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Teenage Brit girl with nut allergy dies after eating curry
September 2nd, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 2 (ANI): A British teenager, with a nut allergy, has passed away after eating a takeaway curry.Molly Dyer, 13, collapsed in front of her mum as she suffered a suspected ... Read more...
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Tourism industry hopes for best as tar invades Goa beaches
September 1st, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) The tourism industry in Goa has its fingers crossed for the forthcoming season as wave after wave of messy tar balls have begun invading the state's beaches, covering ... Read more...
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Scarlett’s diary crucial pages missing: Defence lawyer
August 27th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 27 (IANS) Crucial pages from slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling's diary are missing, lawyer for one of those accused of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old and leaving her to die told ... Read more...
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Brit teen warned by docs over his daily 15-hour Xbox habit
August 26th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 26 (ANI): A British teenager has been warned by doctors that his daily 15 hours binge on video games could seriously damage his health.Doctors fear console addict Zach Richardson ... Read more...
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Brit beauty queen makes it big in Bollywood
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 23 (ANI): A British teenager has created quite a flurry in Bollywood these days.18-year-old Amy Jackson, a former winner of Miss Teen World, was discovered by director AL Vijay, who ... Read more...
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‘Robin Hood’ boy breaks 3 world archery records
August 21st, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) A British teenager inspired by Robin Hood, a skilled archer popular in British legend, has set a world record in archery by shooting an arrow nearly 500 metres.
Zak ... Read more...
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British beauty turns Bollywood babe
August 17th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 17 (ANI): Despite never having acted before, a British teenager has bagged a lead role in the latest Indian blockbuster.Amy Jackson, a Miss England contestant, 18, became the first unknown ... Read more...
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Ronaldo’s son’s mum is a British teen, claims his ex
August 17th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 17 (ANI): Cristiano Ronaldo's Spanish ex-girlfriend Nereida Gallardo has revealed that a British teenager is the mother of Real Madrid footballer's son.Gallardo, who went out with the soccer ace ... Read more...
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Goa media urged to overlook tourism-related misadventures
August 11th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 11 (IANS) With sensational scandal after scandal tumbling out in Goa, the state tourism department is losing sleep over the large doses of adverse publicity received by the beach tourism-oriented ... Read more...
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Actress Prachi Desai to promote Goa tourism
August 11th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 11 (IANS) Actress Prachi Desai has been roped in by Goa to promote tourism in the state, whose image has taken a beating due to attacks on foreign women ... Read more...
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Teen gets new windpipe grown from own stem cells
August 4th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) A British teenager has got a new windpipe grown from her own stem cells in a pioneering operation.
The 19-year-old has now been discharged after the procedure in ... Read more...
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Goa house din over allegation against home minister
August 3rd, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) The statement of Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling, in a trial court pointing towards Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik's involvement in the state's ... Read more...
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Scarlett Keeling’s mother fears being murdered by Goa “drugs nexus”
August 3rd, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji, Aug 3(ANI): The mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling has claimed that her own life was in danger after accusing a politician of involvement in her daughter's death.Fiona MacKeown, 46, ... Read more...
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Scarlett Keeling’s killers ‘gave her drugs’, claims her mother
August 3rd, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji (Goa), Aug.3 (ANI): The mother of a British teenager Scarlett Keeling has told a children's court in Panaji, Goa, that daughter was given drugs by the two men who have been ... Read more...
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Goa home minister, son linked to drug mafia: Scarlett’s mother
August 2nd, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) The mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling told a local court Monday that Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik and his son, Roy had links to the drug ... Read more...
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Scarlett’s boyfriend’s aunts thought evil possessed him: Fiona
July 30th, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 30 (IANS) Scarlett Keeling's boyfriend Julio Lobo's aunts thought he was possessed by evil, the British teenager's mother Fiona Mackeown told a local trial court Friday.
Fiona, 46, is in ... Read more...
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Murdered Scarlett Keeling’s mum to appear at the trial of accused
July 30th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 30 (ANI): The mother of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling, Fiona MacKeown, 44, will appear at the trial of two men accused of raping and killing the 15-year-old on a ... Read more...
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Goa house disrupted 4th time over drug nexus probe
July 29th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 29 (IANS) For the fourth time in the last 10 days, the opposition Friday disrupted the Goa assembly proceedings by demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into ... Read more...
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‘Probe Goa home minister’s son in Scarlett case’ (Lead)
July 29th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 29 (IANS) Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik's son Roy should be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the death of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, her mother ... Read more...
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Scarlett’s mother to depose in Goa court July 30
July 26th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) Fiona Mackeown, the mother of slain 15-year-old British teenager Scarlett Keeling, will depose before the Goa Children's Court (GCC) July 30, her lawyer said Monday.
"Fiona will arrive ... Read more...
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Brit teen survives after falling 90ft from apartment block in Spain
July 20th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20 (ANI): A British teenager, who survived a 90ft plunge from an apartment while on holiday in Spain, is said to be fighting for her life in hospital.Grace Ford, 17, ... Read more...
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British boy makes bombs with chemicals bought online
June 26th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 26 (IANS) A British teenager with an "unhealthy interest" in explosives made gunpowder and nail-bombs with chemicals bought online through his mother's eBay account, police said.
Police found a pipe packed ... Read more...
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Goa’s tourism image needs to be rebuilt: Official
June 19th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 19 (IANS) The image of Goa has taken a beating in the tourism circuits following the incidents of crimes against foreign female tourists and only a professional public relations agency ... Read more...
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Brit woman delivers baby boy after 20-day labour!
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 3 (ANI): A British teenager gave birth to a healthy baby boy - after enduring 20 days of labour, possibly the longest ever.Amy Buck was three and one-half months ... Read more...
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British boy never missed single day in school
June 1st, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) A British teenager who has not missed a single day in school since nursery says it is partly due to luck -- he fell sick only during holidays.
Sixteen-year-old ... Read more...
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Goa police backtracks on politicians’ links to drug trade
May 14th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 14 (IANS) In a sudden flip flop, the Goa police's crime branch investigating the police-politician-drug mafia nexus Friday said nobody has given them a statement alleging involvement of politicians in ... Read more...
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Teen bleeds after tongue piercing at parlour
May 5th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) A British teenager began bleeding heavily after having her tongue pierced at a tattoo parlour. Her family is now considering suing the parlour which has denied any wrongdoing. ... Read more...
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Man doused with Coke to put out fire
April 22nd, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) A quick-thinking British teenager used a bottle of Coke to douse flames that had engulfed his father who was lighting a bonfire.
Nicholas, 15, took the two litre bottle ... Read more...
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I don’t know if there will be justice: Fiona Mackeown
April 19th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 19 (IANS) Fiona Mackeown, mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling who was raped and murdered in Goa, has said that she does not know if her dead daughter will get ... Read more...
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Goa rape-murder victim Scarlett Keeling’s stepfather found dead in UK
April 17th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 17(ANI): Murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling's stepfather has been found dead at his flat in Torquay, Devon, a year after admitting he would "drink himself to death".Adam Foster, father of ... Read more...
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Fiona likely to depose in court in Scarlett trial: Lawyer
April 14th, 2010 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 13 (IANS) Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling is likely to be in Goa to attend her daughter's murder trial, her counsel said Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters late ... Read more...
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Scarlett’s body bore scars and abrasions, recalls cop
April 9th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 9 (IANS) The body of British teenager Scarlett Keeling bore scars on her face, abrasions on her knees and ornamental piercing in several parts of her body, a woman police ... Read more...
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Delay in taking cop’s statement in Scarlet case questioned
April 7th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 7 (IANS) In the British teenager Scarlett Keeling's case, Goa Police took nearly one month to record statements of policemen who were the first to reach Anjuna beach where her ... Read more...
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Scarlett was frothing from mouth, cop tells court (Lead)
April 5th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Fifteen-year-old British teenager Scarlett Keeling who was sexually assaulted and left to die at Anjuna beach in February 2008 was frothing at the mouth when police reached the ... Read more...
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