Woman faces jail for ‘rewarding’ teens with sex
March 4th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 4 (IANS) A 42-year-old British woman who 'rewarded' two teenagers the 'opportunity' to have sex with her for smashing up her love rival's car is facing jail.Davina Travi, ... Read more...
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Breakthrough laser op gives people better vision than they were born with
January 9th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 9 (ANI): People who are shortsighted are being given better vision than they were born with, courtesy eye surgeons who are using breakthrough laser technology.The treatment allows patients to read ... Read more...
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Google rejects German criticism of Street View
February 24th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 23 (DPA) US internet giant Google Tuesday defended its Street View application - a compendium of photographed city streets - from privacy concerns in Germany, where criticism of the company ... Read more...
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Unmanned planes to guard UK’s borders
November 26th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.26 (ANI): Military drones will be deployed to guard Britain's borders from illegal immigrants and drug smugglers, The Sun reports.The pilotless spy planes - capable of reading a car number ... Read more...
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UK businessman buys Ronaldo’’s number plate, willing to sell it for 150K pounds
January 20th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.20 (ANI): A British businessman has said that he has snapped up Manchester United football star Cristiano Ronaldos ideal car number plate, and is keen to treble is earnings from ... Read more...
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For BJP legislator Jolly, the number tells the dream (Political Prattle)
November 7th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Some people wear their heart on their sleeves, but Delhi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Vijay Jolly does so on his car number plate. Go no ... Read more...
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Car number plate 1234 sold for $46,000 in Hong Kong
November 3rd, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 3 (DPA) Wealthy Hong Kong may be teetering on the brink of a recession but a prestige car number plate can still fetch more than $46,000, auctioneers said Monday.The ... Read more...
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Ronaldo splashes out PS150,000 on personalised CR7 car number plate
August 23rd, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 23 (ANI): Ace footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has splashed out 150,000 pounds on a number plate for his motor.The Man United star paid such a huge sum just to ... Read more...
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Number plate auctioned for $14.2 million in UAE
February 17th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by admin
Abu Dhabi, Feb 17 (IANS) A car number plate with number "1" was auctioned for AED 52.2 million ($14.2 million) at an auction here, making an entry into the Guinness Book of ... Read more...
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Car number plate auction in UAE nets $7 million
February 16th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
Dubai, Feb 16 (IANS) A car number plate auction by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Road and Transport Authority (RTA) here netted about $7 million, WAM news agency reported Saturday. The plate ... Read more...
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