Kafelnikov to play golf for Ukraine
September 5th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former tennis World No.1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov has snubbed his home country Russia to pursue his dream of Olympic golf with Ukraine, he said Wednesday.Since retiring ... Read more...
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Hayek was about to quit acting
August 27th, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 27 (IANS) Actress Salma Hayek says she is glad to have got director Oliver Stone's movie "Savages" as she was on the verge of ending her acting ... Read more...
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Argentina mulls new tools against domestic violence
August 21st, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Aug 21 (IANS/EFE) Two Argentine senators presented bills Monday to combat domestic violence that include the so-called "supporting accusation" so that third parties or anyone else involved in ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Russia’s Lashmanova wins walk in record time
August 12th, 2012 - 2:47 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Elena Lashmanova won Olympic gold in the women's 20km race walk Saturday, beating the world record of her fellow Russian Vera Sokolova in the ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Finland snatches elliot bronze
August 11th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Finland won bronze in the Elliot class sailing Saturday, beating Russia in a close third place race.The Finnish crew of Silja Lehtinen, Silja Kanerva and ... Read more...
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Olympic pole vault: America’s Jenn Suhr wins gold
August 7th, 2012 - 5:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS/ RIA Novosti) Jenn Suhr of the US claimed Olympic gold Monday in a subdued pole vault final where defending champion Yelena Isinbaeva had to settle for ... Read more...
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Olympic bronze tells me ‘don’t quit’: Isinbaeva (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 5:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's pole vault queen Yelena Isinbaeva said Monday the bronze she won at the London Games was a sign she must shelve her plans to ... Read more...
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Loeb wins Rally of New Zealand
June 24th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Auckland, June 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eight-time champion Sebastien Loeb extended his lead in the World Rally Championship (WRC) by winning the New Zealand round Sunday.Loeb took his first win in ... Read more...
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Taylor, Cancan triumph in World Boxing Championships
May 19th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Qinhuangdao (China), May 19 (IANS) Irish star boxer Katie Taylor and China's Ren Cancan won titles in the 60 and 51 kg category at the World Championships here Saturday.The 25-year-old ... Read more...
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Man rescued from trash chute
May 17th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Rescuers had to pull a man out of a waste disposal chute in an apartment block in the western Siberian city of Tyumen Wednesday, after ... Read more...
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Mary Kom out of Worlds, still in Olympic race
May 16th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Qinhuangdao (China), May 16 (IANS) India's premier boxer M.C. Mary Kom was knocked out of the World Boxing Championships after losing to Nicola Adams in the quarterfinals of the 51 ... Read more...
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Olympic TT qualifier: Sharath, Amalraj, Poulomi enter knock-out stage
May 12th, 2012 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Doha, May 11 (IANS) Indian paddlers Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj and Poulomi Ghatak entered the knock-out stage at the World Olympic Qualification Championships here Friday.Sharath defeated Kirill Gerassimenkno of Kazakhstan ... Read more...
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Easy draw for Sharath Kamal in TT Olympic qualifier
May 10th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Doha, May 9 (IANS) India's ace paddler and World No.83 Achanta Sharath Kamal has been handed a easy draw but his compatriot Anthony Amalraj and the Indian women may not ... Read more...
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Three Russian fencers held for drug dealing
April 5th, 2012 - 5:12 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian fencer who won bronze at an international event in London recently has been arrested along with two teammates from the national team on ... Read more...
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Indian Wells: Sania-Vesnina crushed in finals
March 18th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Indian Wells (California), March 18 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost to American pair Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the women's doubles final of ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina thrashed in Dubai Open final
February 26th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 25 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost to the American pair of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in straight sets in the doubles ... Read more...
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Dozakh to debut at Lakme Fashion Week
February 24th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Designer duo Isha-Kartikeya, who owns the label called Dozakh, will make their debut at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort when it opens here March ... Read more...
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Maken hopes Paes would win another Olympic medal
January 30th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken Monday congratulated India's tennis veteran Leander Paes for winning his maiden men's doubles title at the Australian Open and hoped that ... Read more...
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Spain’s king earns 244,000 pounds a year
December 29th, 2011 - 7:37 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 29 (IANS) Spanish King Juan Carlos earns 244,000 pounds (about $377,000) a year, according to Spain's royal palace which released a breakdown of the royal family's finances for ... Read more...
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Ekaterina Rybolovleva pays $88 million for a NYC apartment
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:13 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has paid $88 million for an apartment in New York. 22-year-old Ekaterina Rybolovleva is currently studying at an undisclosed ... Read more...
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14 hospitalised after gas leakage in Bulgaria
December 17th, 2011 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
Sofia (Bulgaria), Dec 17 (IANS) Fourteen workers of a dairy factory in a Bulgarian town were hospitalised Friday after there was a gas-leakage.According to police, the incident that took place ... Read more...
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Parents fooling with kids give them headstart in life
October 28th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 28 (IANS) Parents who play the fool or pretend with their toddlers give their children a headstart in life.Most parents are naturals at playing the fool with their ... Read more...
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A bride with 1.8-mile long veil
September 24th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) A bride in Italy wore a veil that was an astounding 1.8 miles (2.88 km) long and 600 people were needed to carry it.Elena De Angelis ... Read more...
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GMA staffers get their unclaimed money back
August 26th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) ABC’s show ‘Show Me the Money’ started a trend of sorts when they revealed that almost 10% of American citizens have some sort of unclaimed money ... Read more...
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John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Blake Lively to star in ‘Savages’
April 23rd, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Actors John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Blake Lively are reportedly in negotiations to join the cast of Oliver Stone's 'Savages', the drama based on Don Winslow's bestselling novel. ... Read more...
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Gagarin, a disciplined man with a passion for poetry
April 11th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first human to fly into space 50 years ago, was a "mentally and physically disciplined" man with a passion ... Read more...
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Sania-Elena in Family Circle Cup’s doubles quarters
April 7th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Charleston (US), April 7 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Russia's Elena Vesnina shocked second-seeded Americans Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to enter the doubles quarterfinals of the $721,000 Family Circle ... Read more...
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Bonham Carter wears $10 ‘flip-flop’ charms on hair at Oscars!
March 1st, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 01(ANI): British actress Helena Bonham Carter wore the cheapest sparklers for the Oscars red carpet.The star wore four small, bedazzled crowns in her massive updo that were actually charms ... Read more...
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‘The Vampire Diaries’ Star, Nina Dobrev, Asserts Elena And Elijah Will Become Allies
January 29th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
: ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (TVD) is an American paranormal drama series on TV that has elements of horror in it. It has been developed for TV by Kevin Williamson and derived ... Read more...
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Producer Hints At Unpleasant Turn Of Events In ‘The Vampire Diaries’
December 28th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Julie Plec, the producer of the supernatural television series ‘The Vampire Diaries’ has revealed in a statement to the media that a very dark future awaits the characters in the ... Read more...
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With Vampires, Horror Meets Pleasure This Year!
December 27th, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
As the year is coming to a close end, it is the perfect time to find out how hot had our television and big screens become this year. some of ... Read more...
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Elena Satine Plays Arthur Curry’s Wife In “Smallville”
November 20th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The last and the final season of the popular The CW channel show "Smallville" is getting more exciting by the day. The last episode, entitled as ... Read more...
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Girl,10, who gave birth, lived with partner in Romania
November 7th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) The 10-year-old Romanian girl, who gave birth to a child fathered by her 13-year-old cousin last week, was allowed to live with the teenager as husband and wife, ... Read more...
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Columbus Marathon Executed With Success
October 18th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Most of the streets were blocked in Columbus on October 17, because of the nationwide annual Marathon called the annual Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon. The ... Read more...
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200 metres sprint final postponed after appeal by disqualified athlete
October 11th, 2010 - 2:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The women's 200 m sprint final in track and field competition at the Commonwealth Games here was postponed to Monday after a disqualified Cyprus athlete lodged a ... Read more...
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