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Afghan presidential candidate asks for more troops

Afghan presidential candidate asks for more troops

October 26th, 2009 - 4:30 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Oct 26 (DPA) Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah called for a "dramatic increase" in troops to secure his country from insurgents, in an interview with US broadcaster Fox News Sunday. Abdullah ...

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Double food output may stop world starving

October 21st, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, October 21 (ANI): Leading scientists have said that global food production needs to be increased by between 50 and 100 per cent if widespread famine and world starving is to be ...

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Heene’s family lawyer David Lane expects them to be charged

Heene’s family lawyer David Lane expects them to be charged

October 21st, 2009 - 12:36 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -
Colorado, Oct 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) David Lane is the lawyer for the Heene family. He says that he expects the Heene family to be formally charged. “These folks are absolutely willing to ...

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Six fold increase in porn surfing at federal agency

September 29th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sep 29 (ANI): A six fold increase in employee misconduct investigations, particularly involving workers accessing pornography from their government computers, has been observed at the National Science Foundation (NSF), a taxpayer-funded ...

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1 in 3 Chinese men not biological father of his kids

September 23rd, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 23 (ANI): There has been a dramatic increase in the number paternity tests in China as more suspicious husbands are checking on their wives' fidelity. A leading Beijing paternity testing ...

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Fracture rates rising in Asia

September 22nd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): There has been a dramatic increase in the number of fracture cases throughout Asia, finds a new study. A new audit report released by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) ...

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Brit weapons may have been used against Lanka Tamils, says report

Brit weapons may have been used against Lanka Tamils, says report

August 19th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug.19 (ANI): A report prepared by the Commons Committee on Arms Export Controls has revealed that British weapons may have been used against Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, and now, ...

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Corus faces thousands’ SOS in poor English region

July 18th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, July 18 (IANS) Thousands of British steelworkers and their families are holding a protest march Saturday in a town in northeast England where the looming closure of a ...

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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean

July 5th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean. Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ...

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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean

July 5th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ...

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Scientists see dramatic increase in amount of fresh water in Arctic Ocean

July 5th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new study by scientists has shown a dramatic increase in the amount of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean.Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic ...

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‘A dozen of Jacko fans commit suicide’

‘A dozen of Jacko fans commit suicide’

June 30th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, June 30 (ANI): Nearly a dozen of Michael Jackson's fans have reportedly committed suicide following the King Of Pop's sudden demise. And Australians fans are said to be seeking help from ...

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US flu deaths rise to eight, more schools closed

May 21st, 2009 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS -
New York/Washington, May 21 (DPA) Worried parents kept children at home in New York Wednesday out of the fear that they might catch A(H1N1) influenza, commonly known as swine flu, after the ...

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Weak public finances threaten India’s creditworthiness: Fitch

May 14th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Growing budgetary deficit and weaknesses in its public finances could weaken India's sovereign creditworthiness, said global ratings agency Fitch in a statement Thursday. Noting that its slowing economy ...

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Does Pakistan deserve more US aid? Past record questioned (Lead)

Does Pakistan deserve more US aid? Past record questioned (Lead)

May 13th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 13 (IANS) Some US senators have opposed tripling non-military US aid to Pakistan, with one noting how Islamabad had spent much of the $12 billion aid it ...

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Build-up against India cited for opposing more US aid to Pakistan

Build-up against India cited for opposing more US aid to Pakistan

May 13th, 2009 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 13 (IANS) A couple of US senators have opposed tripling of non-military US aid to Pakistan, with one noting how Islamabad had spent much of the $12 ...

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Recession drives South Africa to ‘naughty sexuality’

May 8th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Cape Town, May 8 (ANI): The ongoing credit crunch has liberalised people's attitude towards sex, at least that's what a research panel at a recent Sexpo suggests. The world's largest health, sexuality and ...

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Asteroid spotted in outer reaches of solar system

April 30th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Sydney, April 30 (IANS) An astronomy student spotted a huge rock orbiting the outer reaches of our solar system, when he was scanning the skies for potentially hazardous asteroids. "The ...

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Why decades-long AIDS vaccine search hasn’t been fruitful

April 23rd, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): Although research seeking a plausible AIDS vaccine has been going on for decades, scientists have not made a breakthrough till date. Now, researchers have explained why anti-HIV antibodies ...

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Snail shells increase dramatically in size in less than 100 years

March 28th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, March 28 (ANI): A long-term research has concluded that the shell of a particular snail has dramatically increased in size, during less than a century, thus providing a clear illustration of ...

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India seen as key stakeholder in Obama’s new Afghan strategy

India seen as key stakeholder in Obama’s new Afghan strategy

March 28th, 2009 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 27 (IANS) Recognising India as a key stakeholder in the war against terrorism, President Barack Obama proposes to include New Delhi as well as Iran in a ...

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Atlantic snails increasing dramatically in size

March 25th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, March 25 (ANI): A biologist has discovered that the shell lengths of northwest Atlantic Ocean snails have increased by 22.6 per cent over the past century. We found a dramatic increase ...

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Self harm cases on rise in Britain

March 23rd, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Mar 23 (ANI): There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people harming themselves deliberately in the past five years in Britain, according to a new survey. The biggest ...

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Floating ‘car’ among record UFO sightings in Canada

February 23rd, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Toronto, Feb 23 (IANS) A floating "car" was among an unprecedented number of sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) reported in Canada last year. At least 1,004 UFOs were sighted across the country ...

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Army shells Tamils, LTTE prevents their flight: rights body

February 20th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS -
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government should immediately cease indiscriminate artillery attacks on civilians in the north and its policy of detaining displaced people in internment camps, Human Rights ...

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23.3 million Asians jobless this year

23.3 million Asians jobless this year

February 18th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi -
23.3 million Asians are jobless this year due to the global financial crisis continues to batter the region's economies, according to a study released on Wednesday. The crisis could also force rural-to-urban migration ...

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ILO warns rising unemployment to push millions into poverty

February 18th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Manila, Feb 18 (DPA) More than 140 million people in Asia could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2009 as unemployment surges due to the global economic slowdown, an International Labour Organization ...

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No purely military solution for Afghan: Robert Gates

No purely military solution for Afghan: Robert Gates

January 28th, 2009 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Jan 27 (Xinhua) US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Tuesday there was "no purely military solution" for the Afghan war, which he described as Washington's "greatest military challenge".He made the ...

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Decline of CO2-gobbling plankton coincided with global cooling 33 mln yrs ago

January 9th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed that after a sudden rise in species numbers, carbon-dioxide (CO2) gobbling plankton known as diatoms abruptly declined about 33 million years ago, ...

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Scientists working alone or in groups; which is better?

December 5th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New York, Dec 5 (IANS) Which is better: large, well-funded lab empires with many investigators working toward the same goal, or the scientist toiling alone at his desk?A Duke University engineer has ...

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