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Price wants to participate in Olympics


September 1st, 2012 - 2:08 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 1 (IANS) Glamour model Katie Price is keen on being part of the Great Britain (GB) team in the 2016 Olympics and has already started practising horse ... Read more...

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Katie Price sets her sights on 2016 Olympics


August 31st, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former glamour model Katie Price is spending thousands of pounds on horses in the belief and hope that she will be chosen to represent team GB in ... Read more...

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Collision causes wipeout at 350-year-old Italian horse race


August 17th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 17 (IANS/AKI) A massive collision at a 350-year-old horse race in Italy, that may be the world's oldest continuing race, forced 60 percent of the participants to bow ... Read more...

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Pakistani province has dead employees still on rolls


August 2nd, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) There are 338 dead employees on the rolls in Pakistan's Sindh province, leading a daily to wonder: "Governance? A troupe of performing parrots would do a ... Read more...

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David Beckham too busy for Twitter


July 24th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 24 (IANS) Soccer ace David Beckham's wife Victoria is an avid user of micro-blogging website Twitter, but he does not think he is ready to set up ... Read more...

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Pranab’s sister predicted he will be president


July 22nd, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) As a young MP, Pranab Mukherjee told his sister that he wanted to be born a well-bred horse in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in his next ... Read more...

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Girl survives but her horse dies of electrocution


June 18th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian schoolgirl was injured but the horse she was riding died after both of them suffered an electric shock.According to Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid, the ... Read more...

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You will be president one day: Sister told Pranab


June 16th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Pranab Mukherjee, who seems set to become the 13th president of India, once wished to be reborn even as a horse in the president's elite ... Read more...

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Two Saudi Olympic riders banned after horses test positive


May 24th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, May 24 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will miss two top riders in the equestrian event of the London Olympics after their horses tested positive for banned substance.Khaled Abdulaziz al-Eid and ... Read more...

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‘Mules are not stubborn’


May 15th, 2012 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
London, May 15 (IANS) Many of us may have been using the age-old saying "stubborn as a mule", but a British expert has said such an impression about donkeys is unfounded, ... Read more...

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Thriving wolf population threatens northern Russia


April 20th, 2012 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A growing population of gray wolves in northern Russia has put people's livelihood in danger after the predators killed over 1,700 domestic reindeer, more than ... Read more...

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Equestrian event returns to Islamabad after eight years


March 13th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) The Pakistani capital will host a three-day tent-pegging competition, an event that is being organised here after eight years.The competition is being organised by Capital Development ... Read more...

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World’s oldest post office celebrates 300th anniversary


March 3rd, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 3 (IANS) The world's oldest post office in Britain is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year.The post office in Sanquhar opened its doors in 1712, five years after ... Read more...

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Kate Upton is Grand Marshal at the Daytona 500 race


February 27th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Daytona, Feb 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Kate Upton was the Grand Marshal at the Daytona 500 race. The star was named alongside fellow actress Jane Lynch as Grand Marshalls ... Read more...

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Chinese painting sells for record $42 mn


December 7th, 2011 - 4:07 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) A traditional Chinese painting has sold for a record $42 million, smashing previous records for painter Xu Beihong, also known as the father of modern Chinese ... Read more...

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Horse ban hits key South African export


November 20th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, Nov 20 (IANS) Exports of horses from South Africa have been hit after the UAE, a major importer of the animals, slapped a ban on them following a deadly ... Read more...

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Britons taking drug used to sedate horses


November 17th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) A huge number of British teenagers - around 300,000 - are now using general anaesthetic Ketamine, normally used by veterinarians to sedate horses, as a recreational ... Read more...

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Russian circus man sets new Guinness record


November 1st, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian animal tamer has set a new Guinness record, standing on two horses running side by side while his two women assistants stood one ... Read more...

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Horse that does yoga


September 7th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A 17-year-old horse has learnt to make complex moves of yoga that even helped him get rid of stiffness in his joints, a media report said ... Read more...

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Price expects to have 12 husbands!


July 28th, 2011 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) It seems model Katie Price does not expect to finish her run of husbands at just two and expects to have 10 more in future.The 33-year-old ... Read more...

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Katie Price says that she will have 12 husbands in her lifetime


July 27th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Katie Price expects to have about a dozen husbands in her lifetime. The 33-year-old has already gone through two failed marriages. The reality television star said that ... Read more...

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Olivia Wilde owes life to Walton Goggins


July 26th, 2011 - 8:53 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 26 (IANS) Actress Olivia Wilde admits she owes her life to "Cowboys & Aliens" co-star Walton Goggins after he saved her from horses."We were riding 40 ... Read more...

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Fire squad pulls racehorse from a swimming pool


July 20th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Melbourne, July 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Firefighters had a hard time in Melbourne on Tuesday when they had to rescue a racehorse from the swimming pool. The race horse in question was a ... Read more...

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Today is ‘Different Colored Eyes Day’


July 12th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 12th of July every year has been set aside as the Different Colored Eyes Day. The day is used to celebrate the diversity in eye ... Read more...

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Love me, love my pony too? No way!


May 20th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) An Irish traveller had to be turned away from Wrexham central station in Wales after he tried to buy tickets for himself and his darling pony.The ... Read more...

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Arnie making a comeback on big screen with ‘Cry Macho’


May 4th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 04 (ANI): Arnold Schwarzenegger is all set to make a comeback on big screen.After spending eight years as governor of California, the 63-year-old muscle man will be starring in ... Read more...

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“60 minutes” features ‘Horse of the Year’ Zenyatta


May 2nd, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, May 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Horse of the Year Zenyatta was the subject on last night’s edition of the CBS hit show “60 Minutes.” The horse is considered one of ... Read more...

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Chinese couple tie knot with royal wedding-inspired procession


April 27th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 27 (ANI): A Chinese couple have married in aceremony inspired by the forthcoming British royal nuptials, enrobed in ceremonial garb, riding in a horse-drawn carriage and surrounded by guards in ... Read more...

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Jordan survives ‘terrifying’ car smash


April 25th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 25 (ANI): Katie Price a.ka. Jordan has recently survived a fatal car crash in Argentina.The glamour girl's car hit and killed two horses, which had bolted into her path on ... Read more...

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Oz horse brought back from the dead with XXXX beer after bout of colic


April 1st, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 1 (ANI): A horse in Australia, which suffered from a bout of colic, was brought back from the dead after its owner remembered an old bush tale fed the animal ... Read more...

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Marianne Faithfull receives one of France’s highest cultural honours


March 24th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 24 (ANI): British singer Marianne Faithfull has received one of France's highest cultural honors at a Paris ceremony.Frederic Mitterrand, the French Minister of Culture and Communication conferred the 64-year-old with ... Read more...

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History made as all horses fall during UK race and fail to finish


March 19th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 19 (ANI): For the first time ever in the history of horseracing in Britain, none of the horses in the competition managed to finish the race after every horse fell.The ... Read more...

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Hundreds flee after shoot-out at Smithfield traveller fair


March 7th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Dublin, Mar 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) This month’s Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin, Ireland turned violent when gunshots were exchanged.Three people were injured in the violence though none of the injuries were said ... Read more...

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Scientists generate pluripotent stem cells from horses


February 28th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): For the first time ever, Canadian researchers have generated pluripotent stem cells from horses.The findings will help enable new stem cell based regenerative therapies in veterinary medicine, and ... Read more...

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Horse racing abandoned at Newbury after horses die


February 12th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by BNO News
NEWBURY, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Horse racing at the Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire, England was abandoned on Saturday after two horses suddenly died, organizers said.The incident happened just before the start of ... Read more...

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