Cold wave kills 64 in Russia
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A severe cold wave has killed 64 people across Russia in January.About 1,400 people requested medical assistance, with 779 admitted to hospitals, Deputy Health Minister ... Read more...
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Deep freeze threatens Britain
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 3 (IANS) Temperatures in Britain were expected to plunge to as low as minus 10 degrees celsius this weekend as the Arctic freeze tightens its grip, Daily Mail ... Read more...
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Kashmir Valley continues to be in deep freeze
January 28th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) Minimum temperatures continued to remain much below the freezing point in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley Saturday. The Met office here said weather will ... Read more...
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Kashmir and Ladakh in deep freeze, Leh coldest at minus 22
January 23rd, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 23 (IANS) Leh in Jammu and Kashmir Monday recorded the lowest temperature of the season at minus 22.2 degrees Celsius as intense cold wave conditions continued across the ... Read more...
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Kashmir in deep freeze, Leh records minus 18
December 31st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) As scores of tourists arrived in picturesque Kashmir to usher in the new year, the temperatures continued their free fall with Jammu and Kashmir summer capital ... Read more...
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Himachal’s Keylong in deep freeze at minus 6.1 degrees
December 24th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 24 (IANS) Many parts of Himachal Pradesh reeled under severe cold Saturday, with the minimum temperature staying below freezing point in many tourist resorts, except Shimla.Keylong, the headquarters ... Read more...
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Srinagar shivers at minus four, Leh in deep freeze
December 16th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 16 (IANS) With the night temperatures dipping to minus four degrees Celsius, Friday was the coldest day of the season so far in summer capital Srinagar."The minimum temperature ... Read more...
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‘Deep freeze’ in US-Pakistan in ties; talk of future Indian role
December 3rd, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) As US-Pakistan ties go into "deep freeze" over the NATO strike along the Afghanistan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, Islamabad has refused to participate ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts bring back disturbing 2008 memories: Pakistani daily
July 15th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) The string of massive explosions in Mumbai Wednesday "brought back disturbing memories of 2008's audacious terrorist attacks", said a leading Pakistani daily.The three blasts in Mumbai ... Read more...
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Stem cell revolution can defeat Alzheimer’s
June 5th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 5 (IANS) Healthy adults will be able to boost their chances of surviving cancer and diseases such as Alzheimer's by freezing stem cells taken from their blood.
A ... Read more...
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Deep freeze after Mumbai attacks thawing: Pakistani daily
April 28th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) There are signs that the deep freeze between India and Pakistan that set in after the 2008 Mumbai attacks is "finally thawing", a Pakistani daily said ... Read more...
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‘Slow Egyptian constitution revision needed to avoid Mubarak-like successor to stay indefinitely’
February 26th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): The Egyptian military might be planning to submit a revised constitution to a referendum within two months, but a constitutional democracy expert has warned that Egyptian people should ... Read more...
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Leh in deep freeze at minus 20 degrees, Srinagar at minus 4.6
January 24th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar and other parts of the Valley remained in the grip of a severe cold wave Monday as Leh and Kargil towns in ... Read more...
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Life may have survived ‘Snowball Earth’ in ocean pockets 700mn yrs ago
December 15th, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 15 (ANI): A new study has revealed that life may have survived a cataclysmic global freeze in the ocean pockets some 700 million years ago.Researchers have apparently found evidence in ... Read more...
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‘Angry’ Karzai puts Afghan corruption investigations in ‘deep-freeze’: Officials
December 9th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9(ANI): Western-funded attempts to flush out high-level corruption in Afghanistan have been stalled after President Hamid Karzai objected to the arrest of a close aide, officials have said.The bottleneck ... Read more...
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‘Icy’ Britain goes into ‘deep-freeze’
November 29th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 29 (ANI): Britain is experiencing the coldest season in many years, with reports claiming that Wales has recorded a minimum temperature of minus 17C and minus 17.3C at Llysdinam near ... Read more...
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Deep freeze may have spawned complex life on Earth
October 28th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): The rise of complex life on Earth may have been given a boost by a spike in ancient marine phosphorus concentrations from 750 to 635 million years ago, ... Read more...
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NZ glaciers melted as European expanded at the end of ice age
September 9th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 9 (ANI): Adding a new clue to how the last ice age ended, researchers have revealed that New Zealand glaciers melted at the same time when European glaciers briefly expanded.For ... Read more...
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Body of Linda Walton Left in Hearse for 9 Days
August 27th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After Linda Walton had passed away in her apartment in Carrboro, North Carolina, on August 11, a hearse was called to pick her body up for ... Read more...
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Page suffered night hallucinations as child
July 6th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 6 (IANS) Actress Ellen Page reveals that she used to suffer from night hallucinations as a child.
The Oscar-nominated star said she struggled to differentiate between dreams and reality and found ... Read more...
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Hekla: Europe’s 9th Most Dangerous Volcano Erupts! or Did It?
April 20th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Iceland was first settled in the ninth century by Vikings. It quickly became known as "The land of fire and ice" because of the volcanoes and ... Read more...
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Bin Laden trail `not just cold, it’s in deep freeze’
August 18th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Can Merey
Kabul, Aug 18 (DPA) The democratisation of Afghanistan, despite its flaws, has been successful. For the second time since the overthrow of the Taliban regime, the population is to ... Read more...
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Volcano explosion didn’t cause Earth to go into ‘deep freeze’ 74,000 years ago
July 9th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): A new study has discounted a theory which suggested that when a giant volcano on Sumatra blew its top 74,000 years ago, the Earth went into deep freeze, ... Read more...
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Simon Cowell to freeze his body when he dies!
February 23rd, 2009 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Simon Cowell, the judge on the British talent show "X-Factor", wants his body to be frozen when he dies so he can be brought back to life in ... Read more...
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Simon Cowell wants to have his body frozen after he dies
February 23rd, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 23 (ANI): Simon Cowell wants to have his body frozen after he dies because he is convinced that one day technology will bring him back to life.The X Factor ... Read more...
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Pakistan admits hand in 26/11, India demands ‘credible action’ (Second Intro Roundup)
February 12th, 2009 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Ten weeks after the terror attacks in Mumbai that shook the world and sent India-Pakistan relations in deep freeze, Islamabad finally owned up that "a part of ... Read more...
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Pakistan admits involvement in Mumbai terror, guarded welcome from India (Intro Roundup)
February 12th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Ten weeks after the terror attacks in Mumbai that shook the world and sent India-Pakistan relations in deep freeze, Islamabad finally owned up that "a part of ... Read more...
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Alien atmosphere helped unfreeze ancient Earth
January 14th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Analysis of the chemical composition of 635-million-year-old rocks from the Norwegian island chain of Svalbard has revealed oxygen trapped inside the rocks, which suggests ancient Earth once ... Read more...
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CO2 may have helped ancient Earth escape a deathly deep freeze
December 2nd, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that the planets present day greenhouse scourge, carbon dioxide (CO2), may have played a vital role in helping ancient Earth to escape from completely ... Read more...
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Purported Bigfoot discovery met with disbelief in US
August 16th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
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San Francisco, Aug 16 (DPA) Two US men's claim that they stumbled upon the carcass of a Bigfoot, a legendary half-man, half-ape creature, has been met with scepticism. The two men appeared ... Read more...
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Earth’’s most dramatic climate change happened in just one year 12,700 yrs back
August 2nd, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 2 (ANI): A team of scientists has suggested the most dramatic climate change in Earth''s history was brought about 12,700 years ago, in just one year''s time, with temperatures ... Read more...
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