World’s oldest person celebrates 116th birthday
August 28th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
The world is now celebrating the birthday of the world’s oldest person. Aged 116 years old, Besse Cooper qualified to get in the Guinness book of record on January 2011 as the ... Read more...
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Heigl names baby after great-grandmother
May 16th, 2012 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
London, May 16 (IANS) Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley have named their baby girl after the actress' great-grandmother Adalaide."Her full name is Adalaide Marie Hope Kelley -- Adalaide ... Read more...
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Queen Elizabeth great grandmom again
March 31st, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 31 (IANS) Queen Elizabeth has become a great grandmother once again - her grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn Phillips welcomed a baby girl.According to a Buckingham ... Read more...
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Nurse misreads prescription, kills woman by insulin overdose
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) A nurse in Britain has been dismissed from service for mistakenly giving an elderly woman an insulin overdose -- ten times the recommended quantity -- and ... Read more...
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Bride gets to wed in local church after three-week protest
September 13th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) A bride in Britain staged a three-week sit-in demonstration to finally prevent from closing a 126-year-old church where she wishes to marry - just like her ... Read more...
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She underwent breast cancer surgery at 99!
August 31st, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) A great-great-grandmother in Britain is today the oldest person in the country to have undergone surgery for breast cancer, just ahead of celebrating her 100th birthday.Dorothy ... Read more...
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Russian diplomat wants Prince Harry to be Tsar of vacant throne
May 4th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): A leading former Russian diplomat has put forward the idea that Prince Harry, the third in line to the British monarch, should be offered Russia's vacant throne.Alexander ... Read more...
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US great-great-grandmother named world’s oldest living person at 114
March 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 11 (ANI): A great-great-grandmother from USA has made it to the record books.Besse Cooper from Georgia has been officially recognised as the world's oldest living person at 114 years ... Read more...
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Rifca Stanescu becomes the world’s youngest grandmother at 23
March 7th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bucharest, Mar 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 23-year-old Romanian woman might be the youngest grandmother in the world. Rifca Stanescu was only 12 years when she gave birth to her daughter, Maria.According to ... Read more...
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29-year-old man to become Britain’s youngest grandfather
January 25th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 25 (IANS) A 29-year-old man is all set to become Britain's youngest grandfather, as his 14-year-old daughter has become pregnant.The man, whose identity is being kept anonymous to protect his ... Read more...
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Brit great-grandma beats cancer 5 times to celebrate 100th birthday
January 21st, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 21 (ANI): A feisty great-grandmother in the UK has beaten cancer five times and is still going strong. She celebrated her 100th birthday recently.Ellen McDonald had endured several operations in ... Read more...
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Wife of Israeli President Peres dead at 87
January 21st, 2011 - 4:16 am ICT by BNO News
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (BNO NEWS) -- Sonia Peres, the wife of Israeli President Shimon Peres, on Thursday night died during her sleep at 87 years old, the Jerusalem Post reported.She was found ... Read more...
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‘Great-grandmother’ of crocodiles that lived 225mn yrs ago found
January 14th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Paleontologists have discovered the world's oldest known crocodile ancestor that lived in what is now West Texas 225 million years ago.The toothy animal, yet to be officially named, ... Read more...
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Queen becomes great-grandmother for first time
December 31st, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): The Queen has become a great-grandmother for the first time at the age of 84 - the wife of her grandson Peter Phillips has given birth to a ... Read more...
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Cher opens up on how her mom, grandmother influences her life
December 27th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 27 (ANI): Singer Cher has revealed how the things her mother and grandmother taught her greatly influenced her life.Cher, 64, was brought up by her mother Georgia, 85, and ... Read more...
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Welsh gran, 103, is world’s oldest Facebooker who uses iPad for updates
December 16th, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): A great grandmother from Wales has become the world's oldest Facebook user at the age of 103, and she updates her status using an iPad.Lillian Lowe revealed ... Read more...
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Great-grandmother of Jesus identified
December 10th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): A historian has identified the great-grandmother of Jesus.According to Florentine medieval manuscripts analyzed by a historian, the great-grandmother of Jesus was a woman named St. Ismeria.St. Ismeria likely ... Read more...
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Oldest Briton passes away at 111
October 21st, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): Elsie Steele, who just last month became Britain's oldest person, has died at the age of 111.Born in 1899 during the reign of Queen Victoria, Steele passed ... Read more...
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Meet the Brit family that has sent six generations to same school
September 27th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 27 (ANI): A family in Britain, which has been sending six of its generations to the same school, has just enrolled their youngest member.Grace Birchenough, 4, is the latest to ... Read more...
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99-year-old woman sexually assaulted in Australia
September 10th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Sep 10 (IANS) A 99-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and beaten up in this Australian city by a man, suspected to be in his teens or early 20s, who forced his ... Read more...
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The great grandmom who fought a mugger
September 3rd, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 3 (IANS) A great grandmother in Britain became so angry when she got mugged that she pinned the man against a wall and demanded that he return her purse. "I'm ... Read more...
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Scientists unearth Great Barrier Reef’s 169,000-year-old great grandmother
August 20th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 20 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a more ancient reef than the Great Barrier Reef - just 600 metres away from it.This year, an international team extracted 34 sediment cores from ... Read more...
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Duff observed tradition on wedding day
August 20th, 2010 - 3:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 20 (IANS) Singer-actress Hilary Duff observed tradition and made sure she wore something old, new, borrowed and blue as she walked down the aisle.
Duff, who tied the knot ... Read more...
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Oldest Tweeter user dies at 104
July 29th, 2010 - 4:01 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) The oldest Tweeter user died in Britain at the age of 104.
Ivy Bean, who was Twitter's oldest user and boasted more than 56,000 followers on the online ... Read more...
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I feel like female James Bond, says 80-year-old rappeller
July 27th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) An 80-year-old British great grandmother, who rappelled down a 120 feet store front, says she "felt like a female James Bond".
Brenda Backhouse has jumped from aircraft, scaled glaciers ... Read more...
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Queen Elizabeth II to become great-grandmother
July 9th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will soon become a great-grandmother. The wife of her eldest grandson Peter is expecting.
The queen's first great-grandchild is expected to be born in December ... Read more...
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‘Twilight’ stars want Betty White for ‘Breaking Dawn’
July 7th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS) The stars and creators of the "Twilight" film franchise want US TV star Betty White to join them in "Breaking Dawn".
Actors Kellan Lutz, Robert Pattinson and Julia Jones ... Read more...
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Great-grandmother burnt as toddler sets bed afire
June 30th, 2010 - 8:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 30 (IANS) A three-year-old boy with a "history of playing with fire" set alight his great-grandmother's bed while she was sleeping in a mobile home, firefighters said.
The child woke up ... Read more...
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Janey Cutler surprises all in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
May 12th, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, May 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Close on the heels of Susan Boyle’s success at the Britain’s Got Talent, there is another claimant for the fame and the publicity in the online world. ... Read more...
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18 Year Old Takes 90 Year Old Date To The Prom
May 5th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) I know, the headline to this article makes it sound quite unusual and possibly controversial, however, the story is actually quite beautiful. You see, 90 year old ... Read more...
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Bruce Springsteen awarded with the ‘Ellis Island Family Heritage’ award
April 23rd, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Apr 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer Bruce Springsteen was awarded with the ‘Ellis Island Family Heritage Award’ by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. The foundation said that it was ... Read more...
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Bruce Springsteen gets heritage award
April 23rd, 2010 - 9:09 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 23, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): American vocalist and songwriter, Bruce Springsteen, obtained an Ellis Island Family Heritage Award on Thursday. The singer was escorted by his mother and aunts. ... Read more...
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Heaven looked nice, says boy brought back from dead
April 19th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 19 (IANS) A three-year-old German boy, who claims to have seen his great grandmother in heaven when he was clinically dead after he fell into a pond, says "Heaven ... Read more...
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Lisa Kudrow emotional after learning family’s tormented past
March 21st, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 21 (IANS) Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow was in tears after she uncovered a harrowing tragedy linking her family to a Nazi massacre.
The revelation came as she traced her ancestors ... Read more...
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Sarah Jessica Parker stunned at ancestral witch links
March 8th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
London, March 7 (IANS) "Sex And The City" star Sarah Jessica Parker has been left reeling by a televised trip back in time after researching her family tree for a new US ... Read more...
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