Study reveals that jobseekers have been startled by weird questions
August 21st, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Forty percent of the jobseekers have been asked a weird question during their job interview. This is according to a study that has been conducted by ... Read more...
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Rats! Even the BBC has the menace
July 1st, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) If you have been making a song and dance about a mere mouse in your office canteen or around your seat, take it easy as ... Read more...
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British couple scoop million-pound lottery with forgotten ticket
June 1st, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) A British couple scooped one million pounds (about $1.5 million) on the EuroMillions lottery with a ticket which they had stuck to their ... Read more...
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British hockey coach amused at Indians’ discomfiture
May 4th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) Great Britain coach Jason Lee seems to be getting vicarious pleasure seeing the Indians, who are here to play in the four-nation hockey tournament to ... Read more...
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Pope can’t cook, says brother
April 4th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, April 4 (IANS/AKI) The pope can't cook but knows how to wash dishes following dinner and practices addresses with a tape recorder, according to his older brother.Before he ... Read more...
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Woman keeps dead baby in fridge for five years
April 4th, 2012 - 3:13 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian woman has been found guilty of killing her newborn baby and keeping its body for five years in a freezer.A court in Arkhangelsk ... Read more...
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Phone scanner detects if leftover food is safe
March 8th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) A mobile phone that can detect whether leftovers in your fridge are safe to eat could be heading to a store near you, the Daily Mail ... Read more...
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Spotting two-timing boyfriend made easy
December 15th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) A body language expert has revealed four most common ways to detect if someone is lying, with some slightly obvious answers.Men's Health non-verbal behaviour expert Marc ... Read more...
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Cheryl Cole owns 2,000 pairs of shoes
December 7th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole admits she has a fetish for shoes and owns as many as 2,000 pairs.The Girls Aloud star, who recently launched her first footwear ... Read more...
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Marta Yegorovnam says that she kept an alien in the fridge for 2 years
November 16th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Nov 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Russian woman claims that she kept an alien for two years in her freezer before the authorities took it from her. To prove her ... Read more...
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Man arrested at Celina Dion’s home
September 7th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Montreal, Sep 7 (IANS) A man has been arrested for breaking into singer Celine Dion's home in Canada, and stealing food.Daniel Bedard allegedly trespassed into the Dion's Montreal mansion Monday ... Read more...
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Lindsay addicted to ice pops
June 7th, 2011 - 8:03 am ICT by IANS
London, June 7 (IANS) Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, who is under house arrest, has become addicted to ice pops.She has stocked with ice pops her fridge at her Venice, ... Read more...
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It’s embarrassing for Mendes to depend on outside food
June 5th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 5 (IANS) Actress Eva Mendes doesn't know how to cook and says that it is embarrassing for her to rely on restaurant food and home deliveries for proper ... Read more...
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Computer games may be turning your child obese
May 21st, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 21 (IANS) With a lot of teenagers taking to computer games literally as addiction, scientists claim these games are actually making the young ones hungry and prone to ... Read more...
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Cannibal arrested in Moscow
May 17th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man suspected to be behind the appearance of dismembered body parts across Moscow in recent weeks was arrested early Tuesday morning after half-eaten human ... Read more...
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Social networking gives me real feedback: Priyanka Chopra (Interview)
May 13th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) With over a million followers on Twitter, and over two million on Facebook, Bollywood's social-networking queen Priyanka Chopra says she feels loved and that ... Read more...
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Hair-washing gadget wins time saver contest
April 11th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) A new gadget that can wash, condition, dry and brush a person's hair in one go has been declared the winner of the "Ultimate Time Saver ... Read more...
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US woman finds staying in 90 sq ft flat totally worth it!
April 4th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 4 (ANI): A woman in America, who stays in a 90 square ft flat, without any kitchen and whose ceiling is 23 inches from her face when she's in bed, ... Read more...
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‘Jai Ho!’, ‘Slumdog’ top ‘HollyWORDs’ of 2008 (Lead)
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) "Jai Ho!", the Oscar-winning best song from "Slumdog Millionaire" and 'slumdog', the term used to describe the boy from the slums of Mumbai who became ... Read more...
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Avril Lavigne gets image makeover
February 13th, 2011 - 2:47 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Singer Avril Lavigne has left her grungy look far behind for a very classy and sexy photoshoot for an Italian magazine.The 26-year-old singer is seen in a series ... Read more...
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Now, ‘intelligent’ wrapping that will tell you when food’s going bad!
January 7th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 07 (ANI): British scientists have created an intelligent food wrapping that changes colour if the contents are going bad.The smart plastic packaging has the ability to detect when meat, fish ... Read more...
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Top 10 tips on how to stick to New Year’s resolutions
January 1st, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): A study has found that most people who make New Year's resolutions fail to keep them within one week of starting. Now tips have been offered to help ... Read more...
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Futuristic fridge will automatically order fresh food
December 26th, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 26 (IANS) A 'fridge of the future' that tells you what to cook with your left-overs and automatically re-orders fresh food is being designed in Britain.
The self-cleaning 'fridge of ... Read more...
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Eight people hurt in Salford Tesco fridge explosion
December 13th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Walkden, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A fridge exploded at a Tesco Extra supermarket store, which was located in Ellesmere Centre in Bolton Road, Walkden. And in the process, 8 people were ... Read more...
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Indian-origin pharmacist accused of groping teen’s breast
December 9th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 09 (ANI): An Indian-origin pharmacist in UK apparently groped a teenager's breast while checking her heartbeat.Married father-of-two Roshan Lal, 56, allegedly took the 18-year-old into a consultation room where he ... Read more...
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UK family’s ‘coolest’ fridge still works after 63 years!
November 8th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): An English electric appliance bought six decade ago by a family is now believed to be the oldest continuously working fridge in the country.The fridge, which George and ... Read more...
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Nearly 60, a refrigerator that still works well
October 25th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 25 (IANS) This refrigerator in Britain may look dull as compared to modern appliances, but it certainly is sturdy as it has been functioning without any repair for nearly 60 ... Read more...
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Cornwall chef’s perfectly round egg is a billion-to-one discovery
October 14th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 14 (ANI): A hotel chef in Cornwall preparing breakfast was left stunned after he found a perfectly round egg.James Church was working the early shift in Newquay, when he made ... Read more...
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Cornwall chef left shell-shocked after discovering perfectly round egg
October 14th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 14 (ANI): A hotel chef in Cornwall preparing breakfast was left stunned after he found a perfectly round egg.James Church was working the early shift in Newquay, when he discovered ... Read more...
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Now, ‘Zork’ your bubbly to keep the fizz from going flat
October 13th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): Popping open a bottle of champagne is always fun, but not so much when the bubbly fizzes out - well, not any more - thanks to a clever ... Read more...
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Computer screens retarding kids’ brains
August 2nd, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, August 2 (ANI): A psychologist has warned that computer screens are bad for the brains of young children.Dr Aric Sigman, an American-born British psychologist warns against computer usage, especially by any ... Read more...
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Beware! Burglars have an eye on your Facebook status
July 20th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) Think twice before updating your status on social networking site Facebook as burglars now see it before breaking-in, a survey by a British insurance firm has found.
The ... Read more...
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When Nicolas Cage took drugs with his cat
July 18th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 18 (ANI): Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has admitted he once took magic mushrooms when his cat ate some of the drug.The star had stashed a bag of the psychedelic fungi ... Read more...
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Bubbly recovered from Baltic Sea wreck could belong to Louis XVI
July 18th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 18 (ANI): Thirty bottles of centuries-old champagne discovered in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea could belong to French monarch Louis XVI, it has emerged.The bubbly possibly dates back ... Read more...
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When Nicolas Cage took drugs with his cat
July 17th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage had once taken hallucinogenic drug-laced magic mushrooms with his cat after the feline mistakenly ate a handful.
The Oscar-winner actor had stashed a bag of ... Read more...
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