170-year-old journal records sex, drunkenness on a ship
February 24th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) A tale of sex and drunkenness on a ship travelling to Australia is recorded in a 170-year-old journal that is expected to be auctioned next month, a media ... Read more...
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Australia should use cricket clout to end racist attacks against Indian students: Roebuck
February 2nd, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb.2 (ANI): Australia needs to start addressing the real issues.According to cricket columnist Peter Roebuck, the killing of Indian students in Melbourne, the assault of a Pakistani player in Perth, ... Read more...
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Oz Police recovers scores of weapons in search after Nitin Garg’s murder
January 7th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 7 (ANI): In a random search for weapons at a Melbourne railway station after the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg, the Australian Police have found knives, a machete and ... Read more...
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Greenland Sharks Are The Focus Of Upcoming Frozen Planet Series
January 3rd, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There was a time when the Polar bears were thought to be the fiercest predator existing in the Arctic region. In 2009 a batch of scientists ... Read more...
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Indian-origin “superfood” guru creates alcoholic cocktail that prevents hangovers!
December 21st, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
London 21, December 21 (ANI): An Indian-origin "superfood" guru has developed a new alcoholic cocktail that can prevent hangovers.Gurpareet Bains claims that the vodka-based tipple is effective in "cleaning" the bloodstream ... Read more...
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Australia proposes anti-violence laws
November 12th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Nov 12 (IANS) New laws providing more teeth to the police to tackle street violence have been introduced in the Australian state of Victoria following a string of attacks, including on ... Read more...
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Vietnamese jailed for pricking women’s butts
October 30th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Oct 30 (DPA) A Vietnamese labourer Friday began a three-month jail sentence for pricking two women on the bottom in Hong Kong, claiming he did so because he could not ... Read more...
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Orissa pays compensation for custodial death of a prisoner
September 14th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.14 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the payment of compensation of Rs 100,000 by the Orissa government to the family members of Takala alias Muktikanta ... Read more...
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Kids as young as nine being treated for alcohol abuse at UK clinic
August 12th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 12 (ANI): Children as young as nine are receiving treatment for binge drinking at a clinic in the UK.Andrew Hall, chief executive of Alcohol Support, which runs Albyn House clinic ... Read more...
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Red wine ‘boosts sexual desire in women’
July 26th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Move over sex toys and tantric art, a glass or two of red wine are more than enough to increase a woman's libido, say researchers.As for the reason: ... Read more...
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UK Govt. awareness program to cut teen pregnancies ineffective
July 8th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): A government awareness program in England, devised to cut down teenage pregnancies, drunkenness or cannabis use, had no impact, suggests a study.Lead authors Meg Wiggins of the ... Read more...
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If you lack staying power in bed, blame it on genes
May 28th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 28 (IANS) Premature ejaculation is genetic, says a new study.
Researchers from Turku, Finland, interviewed more than 3,000 men, all pairs of male twins and their older or younger brothers, about ... Read more...
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Police cast aspersions on dead Russian teen’s character
May 12th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 12 (IANS) Less than four days after her mutilated body was found along a railway track in North Goa, tales of a Russian teenager's fondness for late night parties and ... Read more...
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Illiterate Spanish thief sentenced to school time
April 24th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 24 (DPA) A Spanish judge has ordered an illiterate young thief to learn to read and write as punishment for his crimes, Spanish media reported Friday.
The 17-year-old, who lived in ... Read more...
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Drunken man awarded $2.3M for losing leg in subway
February 18th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 18 (ANI): A drunken man, who lost his leg after he fell on the track of a subway train, has been awarded a whopping 2.3 million dollars by ... Read more...
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Jelena’s brother hopes to reunite with star sister
February 5th, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Feb 5 (DPA) With Jelena Dokic finally putting her life back together both on and off the court, the surprise Australian Open quarter-finalist may soon be back in contact with her ... Read more...
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Personal intervention can cut binge drinking
January 31st, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): A new study from The University of Texas School of Public Health has found that brief and personal intervention can significantly reduce drinking among risky college drinkers.The ... Read more...
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Dokic opens her heart to reveal battle with depression
January 20th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 20 (DPA) Jelena Dokic is using the appearance at only her second Australian Open in the past seven years as emotional body armour against a personal life which at ... Read more...
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Celebrities making binge drinking glamorous for youngsters
December 28th, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 28 (ANI): Celebrities are making binge drinking glamorous for young people, according to a new research.According to the study which says social networking websites are compounding the same message, ... Read more...
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Fed up with brutality, woman gets husband killed
December 25th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 25 (IANS) Fed up with her husband's drunkenness and brutality towards her, a poor woman in Chhattisgarh hired contract killers to kill her husband and watched while they rained hammer ... Read more...
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Graphic ads to shock Oz schoolies into safer drinking released
November 6th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 6 (ANI): In a bid to curb drunkenness among the young and to encourage safer drinking, graphic advertisements have been released as part of a 2.6 million dollars State ... Read more...
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Culture, not age and sex, influences youngsters drinking habits
September 23rd, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Its culture, not age and sex that influences a youngsters views on alcohol and drunkenness, according to a new study.Sponsored by the International Center for Alcohol Policies ... Read more...
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Meet the dumbest crook who nailed himself through YouTube!
July 17th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London , July 17 (ANI): When Andrew Kellett put eighty videos of his criminal antics on YouTube, he did not know his self-boasting could land him in trouble, for the viewers ... Read more...
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Olympic rules: No banners, no nudity, no sit-ins…(Lead)
July 15th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 15 (Xinhua) Olympic organisers have announced that spectators cannot bring banners and leaflets, musical instruments and radios. And sit-in protests and nudity will not be tolerated. The Beijing Organising Committee ... Read more...
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Beijing Olympics rules released
July 15th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 15 (ANI): Organisers of the Beijing Olympics have released their "Spectators'' House Rules" today together with the launch of a "Good Habit for a Good Games" campaign, in a ... Read more...
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BOCOG issues Olympic venue rules, banners not allowed
July 15th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 15 (Xinhua) Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) has issued a list of rules for the spectators at Olympic venues. The rules, promulgated Monday, 25 days ahead of ... Read more...
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The 39 signs of drunkenness!
July 6th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): The next time your husband turns up drunk at home but behaves as if hes not, just observe his speech and walk to make out whether hes ... Read more...
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Radical Islam taking advantage of Christianitys decline in Britain
May 29th, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by admin
London, May 29 (ANI): Radical Islam is threatening to fill a moral vacuum in Britain as a result of a decline of Christian values, a leading England bishop has warned.The ... Read more...
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Youth in Europe turning to alcohol and drugs for sexual high
May 9th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Young people in Europe are deliberately binging on drink and drugs to enhance their sex lives, according to a new study.A third of men aged 16 to ... Read more...
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Youths stoke libido with drink, drugs
May 9th, 2008 - 11:24 am ICT by admin
Washington, May 9 (IANS) Is sex driving people to alcohol and drugs? Maybe, says a new study that found many teens and young adults using alcohol and drugs in an elaborate strategy ... Read more...
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Heres why high school seniors drink
December 4th, 2007 - 6:23 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): There are numerous reasons as to why high school seniors drink, which include experimenting with alcohol, for the thrill of it, and to relax. Now, a new study ... Read more...
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Iraq snub turning Prince Harry into a drinking machine?
November 14th, 2007 - 8:21 am ICT by admin
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