Woman in Taliban love triangle, executed
July 10th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) A helpless Afghan woman was gunned down because two Taliban fighters "could not decide who could have her", the Daily Mail reported Monday.The 22-year-old woman, ... Read more...
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Five dead, 19 injured in Nepal accident
June 4th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 4 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 19 others injured Monday when a bus skidded off a road and rolled down a hillside in Nepal.The accident ... Read more...
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52 missing tourists found in China
August 15th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 15 (IANS) A group of 52 tourists who went missing in a China province have been found safe and secure, rescuers said.The tourists were visiting Linhai in Zhejiang ... Read more...
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British school teacher jailed for sexually abusing girls
June 14th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 14 (IANS) A primary school teacher in Britain who admitted sexually abusing girls in his classroom and then filming the act has been jailed "indefinitely", BBC reported.Nigel Leat, ... Read more...
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Paedophile schoolteacher films himself abusing girls
June 11th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 11 (IANS) A primary schoolteacher in Britain has been accused of filming himself with girls as young as 13 while sexually abusing them.Nigel Leat, 51, filmed scenes of ... Read more...
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2,000-year-old stoves found in ancient China battlefield
June 11th, 2011 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 11 (IANS) Ancient stoves dating back 2,000 years have been found in an ancient battlefield in north China.The field in Shanxi province was where the famous Battle of ... Read more...
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Boy In Norway Wards Off Wolves By Creed’s Song!
January 23rd, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) This was an encounter that 13-year-old Walter Eikrem would surely not forget for some time now. The teenager recently had to face a rather terrifying situation ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s 26 Room Mansion On Sale For Only $28 Million
January 20th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Veteran Hungarian American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is not doing well and her hubby is also not in good health these days, so the couple has decided to sell their ... Read more...
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Elvis Presley’s old home owned by Zsa Zsa Gabor on sale for $28mn
January 20th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 20 (ANI): Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt are selling their Los Angeles mansion, previously inhabited by Elvis Presley, for 28 million dollars.Gabor's ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Jharkhand road accident
December 16th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 16 (IANS) Eight people were killed and more than 20 injured when the bus they were travelling in rolled down a hillside in Jharkhand's Garwah district Thursday, police said.The bus, ... Read more...
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Oz woman pleads guilty to having sex with 14-year-old boy
November 25th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 25 (ANI): A 24-year-old Australian woman has pleaded guilty to sleeping with 14-year-old boy she was meant to be driving to school.Kimberly Annette Gale, from Hillside in Victoria, confessed two ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh Police arrests two Maoists in Dantewada
November 18th, 2010 - 10:32 pm ICT by ANI
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Nov 18 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police took into its custody two suspected Maoists with arms and ammunitions here on Thursday.Dantewada Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) SRP Kaluri said the police had ... Read more...
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New type of sound sensor system to predict likelihood of a landslide
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): A new type of sound sensor system, believed to be the first system of its kind in the world, has been developed to predict the likelihood of a ... Read more...
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“Evergreen” Novelist Belva Plain Dies At 95
October 18th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The best selling American author Belva Plain passed away on October 12 at her home in New jersey. The renowned author was 95 years old. Her ... Read more...
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Brit vet claims ancient Uffington White Horse looks more like a dog
October 14th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 14 (ANI): A vet has claimed that the ancient carving in the Oxfordshire hillside, known as the Uffington White Horse, bears more resemblance to a dog.Olaf Swarbrick, a retired vet, ... Read more...
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Blow-by-blow account of trapped Chilean miners’ rescue plan
October 12th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 12 (ANI): The Chilean authorities are reportedly making the final preparations for the rescue of 33 trapped miners who would be brought to the surface tonight after having spent over ... Read more...
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12 die in Mexico landslide
September 30th, 2010 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 30 (IANS/EFE) At least 12 people were killed when a rainsoaked hillside gave way in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, President Felipe Calderon has said."Unfortunately, there has been ... Read more...
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Quentin Tarantino editor passes away during LA heatwave
September 29th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 29 (ANI): Quentin Tarantino's long time film editor Sally JoAnne Menke has been found dead in the Hollywood Hills after going hiking with her dog during the city's hottest day ... Read more...
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Mel Gibson involved in car crash
August 17th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) Hollywood actor Mel Gibson was involved in a minor accident after he lost control of his car and crashed it into the hillside in Malibu in ... Read more...
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Mel Gibson crashes vehicle in Malibu
August 17th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- Actor Mel Gibson on Sunday was involved in a vehicle accident, the Department of California Highway Patrol (DCHP) said.Gibson was alone and driving southbound on ... Read more...
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Mohanlal Calls Ananya Mollywood’s Vijayashanthi
August 13th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 13, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The young South Indian actress Ananya, who has recently shot for the Malayalam movie Shikar, has been able to impress her on-screen father, the megastar ... Read more...
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3 JCOs among 26 army personnel missing in Leh
August 9th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Leh, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 26 army personnel, including three junior commissioned officers (JCOs), are missing from a border post in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir since Friday's flash floods ... Read more...
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Airblue Plane Crash in Pakistan: 152 Passengers Including Americans, No Survivors
July 29th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Airbus 321, which was owned by the private airline known as Airblue, has crashed earlier today (Wednesday) in a heavily wooded area outside Islamabad in the torrential ... Read more...
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2000-yr-old human skeleton unearthed at Gloucestershire Roman villa dig
July 6th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Gloucestershire, July 6 (ANI): A 2,000-year-old human skeleton has been discovered alongside Iron Age artefacts near Tewkesbury.The experts do not know yet whether the skeleton is of a male or female but ... Read more...
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Stephen Clancy Hill Died After Being Charged With Murder
June 7th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Delimited by a SWAT team on a rocky cliff, porn actor Stephen Clancy Hill, alleged of killing a colleague last week, moved the ... Read more...
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White tourists’ safety under cloud in South Africa
May 2nd, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, May 2 (ANI): The safety of white tourists visiting South Africa for the upcoming FIFA World Cup is under a cloud. There are fear that they could be this summer's easy ... Read more...
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Toll in China quake rises to 1,339 (Lead)
April 17th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 17 (IANS) The toll in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit northwest China's Qinghai province reached 1,339 Saturday, with another 332 still missing, rescuers said.
The devastating quake, which struck the Tibetan ... Read more...
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Toll from Brazil mudslides rises to 225
April 12th, 2010 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 12 (IANS/EFE) The death toll from a series of mudslides in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has climbed to 225, officials said.
Two more bodies were ... Read more...
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Death toll from Brazil mudslides climbs to 223
April 11th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 11 (IANS/EFE) The number of deaths from mudslides in Rio de Janeiro state has climbed to 223, even as emergency workers continued to search for more bodies buried ... Read more...
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Search resumes for missing as toll hits 102 in Brazil rains
April 8th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 8 (IANS/EFE) The search has resumed for those reported missing in the torrential rains that hit Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing 102 people and injuring 106 others, ... Read more...
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Charlie Sheen’s SUV stolen & found in a crash down a cliff
February 6th, 2010 - 1:22 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor Charlie Sheen’s SUV was stolen, and then it was found overturned down a cliff. It was found near his Sherman Oaks home early in the ... Read more...
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Global warming eroding Goa beaches: Governor
November 23rd, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 23 (IANS) Goa Governor S.S. Sidhu Monday warned that the ill-effects of global warming were fast knocking at the state's doors and eroding its beaches.
Speaking at a civic reception ... Read more...
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Bamboo fencing on Nainital’s hillside roads to prevent mishaps
November 21st, 2009 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
By Vipul GoelNainital, Nov.21 (ANI): Following various incidents of mishaps due to accidents or vehicles falling off the high cliff into the deep gorges, accident-prone hillside roads are being fenced with bamboo ... Read more...
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Madge going to Brazil for humanitarian purposes, not to meet Jesus’ mum
November 10th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 10 (ANI): Madonna has revealed that she's jetting to Brazil with her toyboy lover Jesus Luz not to meet his mother Cristiane Regina da Silva but for humanitarian ... Read more...
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Bus carrying 27 people in China plunges down hill
October 28th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hangzhou, Oct 28 (IANS) A bus carrying 27 people plunged down a hill in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang Wednesday afternoon, a Xinhua report said.
Witnesses said at least eight passengers ... Read more...
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