Now ‘last words’ on Facebook
January 14th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) Social network Facebook has launched a new application through which an user can post one last message on his "wall" after his death. But there ... Read more...
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Rapper Heavy D dies after collapsing at Beverly Hills home
November 9th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by BNO News
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Rapper Heavy D., one of hip-hop's most popular and charismatic figures of the late 1980s and early 1990s, died after collapsing at his home in California ... Read more...
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Hackers hijack Twitter page of NBC News, post fake terror alerts
September 10th, 2011 - 6:02 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Hackers on late Friday afternoon hijacked an account belonging to NBC News on the social networking website Twitter and posted fake news alerts about a terrorist attack ... Read more...
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New Zealand news agency shuts down - after 132 years
September 1st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Sep 1 (IANS) "We now sign off," said a New Zealand news agency that closed after 132 years.
New Zealand Press Association shut down after Fairfax Media, joint shareholder along ... Read more...
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Rutgers University student jumps to death after being filmed having sex
September 30th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 30 (ANI): A university student jumped to his death from a bridge a day after being filmed having sex with a man in his room.Tyler Clementi, 18, who was ... Read more...
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England must bat to win Lord’s Test against Pak: Botham
August 25th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 25 (ANI): Cricket legend Ian Botham has said England must put their batting collapses behind them, when they take on Pakistan in the fourth Test from Thursday at Lord's."England have ... Read more...
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Gorkha representatives to hold tripartite talks with central government officials
March 18th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI): A seven-member delegation of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) will represent the Hill community at the fifth round of tripartite talks with the central officials here today. ... Read more...
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Lets not pee, spit on roads for games’ sake, says MCD
January 1st, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) In yet another effort to instil civic sense among Delhi residents, civic authorities Friday announced launch of a new campaign asking people not to spit, pee on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Air France AF447 - 15 minutes to death
June 5th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Passengers and crew of doomed Air France Flight AF447 may have endured a terrorizing last 15 minutes of life according to electronic messages sent by the aircraft.
Details of the automatically generated ... Read more...
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World’’s oldest blogger dies at 108, after posting final message
July 14th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 14 (ANI): An Australian woman renowned as the world''s oldest blogger died at the age of 108, after posting her final message.Olive Riley, of Woy Woy on NSW''s central ... Read more...
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