Cheeky fox takes late night tube ride
August 9th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Cheeky Fox stunned commuters of the underground train in London when it jumped in to the train to take a late night ride. This happened ... Read more...
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15st man ‘mugged by fox’ for garlic bread
March 8th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 29-year-old man has narrated how a fox literally mugged him. Seb Baker told reporters that he had gone shopping but met the creature while returning with ... Read more...
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Britain’s biggest fox killed
March 5th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 17.2kg fox, believed to be the biggest in the United Kingdom, has been shot dead. The animal was killed after it attacked a lamb farm in ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Turtle eggs communicate before hatching
November 30th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 30 (IANS) Baby turtles can communicate with one another before they hatch and can arrange to emerge from their eggs at the same time, an Australian study has ... Read more...
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A foxy tale: Woman lives with three bushy-tails
October 27th, 2011 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 27 (IANS) Foxes are "very affectionate" like cats, says a 64-year-old British woman who shares her three-bedroom bungalow with three foxes - Minette, Chico and Billy. The foxes ... Read more...
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Sven-Goran Eriksson quits Leicester
October 25th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 25 (IANS) Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has left Leicester following the club's mediocre start to the season.Much was expected of the Foxes after an outlay of more than 10 ... Read more...
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Razzaq back to lead Lahore, Yousuf pulls out
September 23rd, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Sep 23 (IANS) Barely a day after agreeing to captain Lahore Lions in the domestic Twenty20 tournament, Mohammad Yousuf has pulled out, citing "fitness problems."
Yousuf accepted the offer ... Read more...
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Somerset beat Knight Riders, both teams qualify for CLT20
September 22nd, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 21 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Somerset by 11 runs in their last qualifying match pool A match here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Wednesday ... Read more...
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Anthropologists discover earliest cemetery in Jordan
February 3rd, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 03 (ANI): Anthropologists have discovered the oldest cemetery in the Middle East at a site in northern Jordan.Anthropologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Cambridge also discovered ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fox may have been primitive man’s best friend
January 28th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) Dogs have long been known as man's best friend. But according to a new research, primitive man seemingly preferred the company of foxes rather than dogs.Researchers have uncovered ... Read more...
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Fox ‘may have been early man’s best friend’
January 28th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 28 (ANI): New findings by University of Cambridge-led team suggest that early man may have preferred the fox as a pet rather than dogs.Scientists analysing remains at a prehistoric burial ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Biggest Ever’ fox caught in Britain
January 3rd, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A massive fox is believed to be the biggest ever was caught in Britain.The animal weighed a massive 26 pounds and it is almost the ... Read more...
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Human brain ’shrinking’ since 20,000 yrs ‘making us stupider day by day’
January 1st, 2011 - 11:23 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): A new study has said that the human brain has been shrinking since the last 20,000 years, suggesting that we may be getting dumber day by day."Over the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘SWAGs’ pose for sexy calendar to support their men in Afghanistan
December 9th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 09 (ANI): Gone are the days when letters and calls from home used to motivate soldiers to stay strong in the battleground.A glamorous group of soldiers' wives and girlfriends ... Read more...
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‘Goatsucker’ chupacabras monster ‘is as much victim as villain’
October 22nd, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): For a long time, chupacabras - a hairless, fanged animal - has been labelled as a monster that attacked and drank the blood of livestock.But University of Michigan ... Read more...
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Foxes Kill Penguins at London Zoo
October 17th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 17, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A probe in the last year’s incident of 11 South African and rock hopper penguins killing, at the 182-year old Zoo in London’s Regent’s Park, ... Read more...
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Penguins killed by foxes in London Zoo
October 16th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 16 (IANS) Penguins and some other animals were killed by foxes in London Zoo, a media report said Saturday.A probe report showed that 11 South African and rockhopper penguins ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Intelligent cat flap with microchip is bliss for worried cat owners in UK
September 11th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 11 (ANI): An intelligent cat flap, which uses a pet's microchip to ensure only a verified animal enters and leaves the home, is selling like hot cakes in the UK.With ... Read more...
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World’s strongest beer being served inside dead animals
July 24th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 24 (ANI): The world's strongest beer, named The End of History, has sold out within hours despite the 55 percent alcohol beverage being served inside stuffed animals.The beer, made by ... Read more...
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Gary Lineker to cook lunch if he loses soccer bet to wife Danielle Bux
May 10th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 10 (ANI): Retired English footballer Gary Lineker has made a soccer bet with his wife Danielle Bux that could land him in the kitchen next week cooking lunch if he ... Read more...
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Hedgehogs Placed on Diet By Scottish Rescuers
April 12th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Twelve hedgehogs have been placed on a diet by Scottish Animal rescuers, according to reports by various media. The animals had grown too fat to roll into ... Read more...
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Hedgehogs Put On Diet For Survival
April 12th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Apr 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hedgehogs are unique animals having a unique capability to roll themselves into a ball apprehending any predator attack. But not the dozen butterballs who were put ... Read more...
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Chubby Hedgehogs Put On A Diet
April 12th, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A Scottish animal protection center had compelled a dozen hedgehogs to go on a diet. The reason for that was that they had become too ... Read more...
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Stray dog Survives Double Train Hits In A Single Day
April 9th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Clinton , Apr 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The little guy just got lucky. In fact he is now on his way to recovery after he was run over by a train ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Bird box shaped like speed camera foxes motorists
February 22nd, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 22 (IANS) A bird box shaped like a speed camera has forced motorists to slow down in a British village and the villagers are delighted with the result.
Retired detective Bill ... Read more...
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Climate change making some animals thin, while some fat
February 10th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): In a new study, scientists from the Tel Aviv University in Israel have determined that as a result of climate change, some animals are going on a diet, ... Read more...
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‘College Hunks Hauling Junk’ Brings College Boys To Get Rid Off Your Junk
January 20th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The newest thing to hit Americans is a service which allows you to get rid of all that junk you have stashed in your garage/basement and ... Read more...
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Wife and son bare secrets of terror kingpin Osama bin Laden
October 12th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct.12 (ANI): After years of hiding and social oztracisation, the wife and son of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden have come out with a no-holes barred book that reveals ... Read more...
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Twitter lights up with Perseids meteor shower
August 12th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 12 (IBNS) Just when stargazers were preparing for the second night of a meteor show in skies over UK, Twitter is flooding with thousand of tweets on the first night ... Read more...
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Piracy helps bands make better music, says Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold
June 13th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 13 (ANI): Fleet Foxes' frontman Robin Pecknold has said illegal downloading may not have gone down well with record labels but it certainly helped bands to create a generation of ... Read more...
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Uncovering Earth’s past, predicting its future
May 27th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Scientists have evolved a formula which will unravel how and why our climate moved us on from ice ages to warmer periods.
Similarly, researchers will be able to ... Read more...
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Mandy Moore prefers music other than her husbands
March 15th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 15 (ANI): American singer songwriter Mandy Moore was found preferring to listen to songs by other singers rather than songs by her husband Ryan Adams.The 24-year-old singers playlist, ... Read more...
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U2 bag 10th UK number one album
March 9th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): Veteran Irish rockers U2 have bagged the tenth Number One album of their career, as their latest effort, ''No Line On The Horizon'' debuted at the top ... Read more...
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Kelly Clarkson’’s ”My Life Would Suck Without You” tops UK singles chart
March 2nd, 2009 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 2 (ANI): Kelly Clarkson''s ''My Life Would Suck Without You'', from her upcoming ''All I Ever Wanted'' album has topped the UK singles chart.
Taylor Swift has landed the second ... Read more...
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Lily Allens The Fear continues to rule UK singles chart
February 23rd, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 23 (ANI): Lily Allen has maintained her hold over the UK singles chart, notching up a fourth week at number one with The Fear.Lady GaGas Just Dance has landed ... Read more...
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