Russian, South Korean scientists vow to revive mammoth
March 14th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A woolly mammoth frozen in the Siberian permafrost for 10,000 years could be on his way back after Russian academics signed a deal with a ... Read more...
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SA prosecutors tried to ‘trick’ Brit-Indian honeymooner’s detention without extradition agreement
April 24th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 24 (ANI): South African prosecutors attempted to 'trick' Shrien Dewani, the Indian-born millionaire charged with masterminding his wife's murder during their honeymoon in Cape Town, to detain him without the ... Read more...
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Four arrested for cheating government dispensaries
February 5th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Four men, including a pharmacist of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), allegedly involved in buying medicines from government dispensaries on false pretences and then selling them in ... Read more...
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Man jailed for selling ‘Ritz Hotel’ for 250 million pounds
July 28th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An unemployed British man who tried to reach a deal to sell the Ritz Hotel in London for £250 million has been convicted of the crime and ... Read more...
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Iraq invasion would not have happened if Bush was not misled on WMD: Aide
March 5th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 5 (ANI): Former President George W Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, has claimed that Bush would not have ordered the invasion of Iraq had he known that intelligence on ... Read more...
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Bogus feng shui master jailed for duping Hong Kong model into sex
January 21st, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Jan 21 (DPA) A bogus feng shui master who duped a teenage Hong Kong model into having sex with him to get rid of her bad luck was jailed Thursday ... Read more...
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US probes Rana’s firm for immigration fraud
January 3rd, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) As part of a widening investigation into Mumbai and Denmark terror plots, US authorities are probing the operations of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Rana's firm for possible acts ... Read more...
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Hong Kong detective jailed for raping woman in police station
September 18th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Sep 18 (DPA) A Hong Kong detective was jailed Friday for 12 years for raping a teenage girl and molesting three other victims, aged 16 to 21, in the identity ... Read more...
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Britons being stripped of their civil liberties over threat from terrorism
September 23rd, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 23 (ANI): Famed novelist and former British spy John le Carre has said that Britons have been stripped of their civil liberties amid an atmosphere of panic over the ... Read more...
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