Olympic athletics: Beijing Olympic winners retain gold (Lead)
August 4th, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) A four-year wait didn't reduce their sharpness in track and field as two defending champions triumphed in the opening two athletics events at the London Olympics.... Read more...
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Milky Way is a gigantic, flattened cosmic beachball
January 7th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 7 (ANI): In a new research that involved the mapping of the shape of the galactic dark matter, astronomers have determined that the halo of dark matter surrounding our Milky ... Read more...
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Poland back to winning ways, Serbia end South Korea’s run
November 19th, 2009 - 4:10 am ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Nov 19 (DPA) Poland coach Franciszek Smuda got his first victory against Canada Wednesday while South Korea's 27-match unbeaten run in international football came to an end with a 1-0 defeat ... Read more...
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Masai stuns Ethiopians in 10,000m; smiling Bolt moves on
August 16th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
By John Bagratuni
Berlin, Aug 16 (DPA) Linet Masai ended a 12-year title drought for Kenya with victory in the women's 10,000m while Usain Bolt exchanged smiles with a training partner on ... Read more...
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Jamaican sprinters do well in 100 m second round race
August 16th, 2008 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 15 (DPA) Usain Bolt jogged to the finish line and Asafa Powell also slowed down as the two Jamaican sprinters bettered American Tyson Gay in the second round of the ... Read more...
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2,000 students add colour to world athletics
March 8th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by admin
(Snippets)
Xinhua
Valencia (Spain), March 8 (Xinhua) Students added colour to the 12th World Indoor Championships in Athletics on the opening day of the three-day competition with more than 2,000 boys and girls from ... Read more...
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World indoor athletics: US win two gold, Nigeria one
March 8th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by admin
(Roundup)
Xinhua
Valencia, March 8 (Xinhua) The US have won two gold medals while Nigeria took the other one on the opening day of the 12th International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Indoor ... Read more...
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Nanotech to provide cleaner water
February 21st, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by admin
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Cleaner drinking water at a fraction of today's costs may now be possible with a promising new filter based on nanotechnology. A recent Unesco report says that ... Read more...
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Now, a medical imager to spot extra small breast cancer tumours
January 29th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new medical imager for detecting and guiding the biopsy of suspicious breast cancer lesions.This device has the potential to spot tumours that are half ... Read more...
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