Job hopefuls go on hunger strike on Thiru Onam
August 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (IANS) As households in the state readied Thiru Onam lunch Wednesday, there were those holding up empty plaintain leaves, on which the traditional meal is served, as ... Read more...
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Climber rescued after being trapped for a week
August 15th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Aug 15 (IANS) A 70-year-old German alpinist was trapped in an ice crevasse for about a week at the Tyrolean Schrankogel in southwestern Austria before being rescued by emergency ... Read more...
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Spanish Supercup to be held in China
June 2nd, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 2 (IANS) The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has confirmed that five of the next seven finals of the Spanish Supercup will be played in China.The RFEF confirmed Friday ... Read more...
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British chopper crashes at sea
May 10th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 10 (IANS) A British helicopter Thursday crashed into the North Sea off Scotland but all 16 people on board are safe, an officer said.Sky News quoted coast guard ... Read more...
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Solar flare to hit Earth
March 8th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) A massive solar flare was expected to hit the Earth Thursday bringing with it the threat of power and GPS blackouts, a media report said.The burst ... Read more...
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Little hope for avalanche-hit Dutch prince
February 24th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Dutch Prince Johan Friso, who was injured in an avalanche last week, is in a coma and may never regain consciousness, doctors treating him in Austria ... Read more...
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JLo, Sharon Stone bring more glitz to Brazil carnival
February 20th, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 20 (IANS/EFE) US actresses Jennifer Lopez and Sharon Stone arrived in Brazil as specially invited guests of the carnival celebrations in the cities of Rio ... Read more...
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Algeria wants to learn English from India
January 29th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) With only five percent of its people able to speak "good English", Algeria has invited Indians to teach the language in its universities, according to ... Read more...
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Leopard strays into Guwahati, injures three
January 20th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) At least three people were mauled by a leopard Friday in the heart of Assam's main city of Guwahati after the big cat strayed into a ... Read more...
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New mini paper hits town
January 18th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A new mini-edition of leading English daily Hindustan Times has given the capital its first easy-read paper that is half the size of a tabloid.Targeted ... Read more...
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Leopard strays into heart of Guwahati, mauls three people
January 7th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 7 (IANS) A fully grown leopard Saturday strayed into the heart of Assam's main city of Guwahati from an adjoining hillock and mauled at least three people, eye ... Read more...
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No Christmas party for Simon Cowell
December 17th, 2011 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell is cancelling his Christmas celebration and will spend the festive season away from his fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy.The 52-year-old has decided to "scrap" ... Read more...
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Marijuana cigarette found in child’s lunchbox in US
December 10th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) Daycare staff in the US state of Connecticut were stunned as they found a marijuana cigarette in a one-and-a- half-year old child's lunchbox.The Clinton Child ... Read more...
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JLo dances on Uruguayan beach
December 9th, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Montevideo, Dec 9 (IANS/EFE) Singer Jennifer Lopez practiced a bit of "capoeira" - a type of Brazilian martial arts dancing with African roots - Thursday on the Montevideo beach ... Read more...
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‘El Clasico’ to played Dec 10
November 19th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 19 (IANS) The eagerly awaited game between Spanish football giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will be played Dec 10.The announcement was made by the Spanish Football League ... Read more...
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Four bomb blasts in Iraq
November 7th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 6 (IANS) A civilian was killed and at least 15 others were wounded in four coordinated bomb explosions at a marketplace in downtown Baghdad Sunday, Xinhua ... Read more...
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Tibetan nun sets herself on fire in China, dies
November 3rd, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 3 (IANS) A nun died after she set herself on fire Thursday in China's Sichuan province, authorities said.Qiu Xiang from a nunnery in Dawu county of Garze Tibetan ... Read more...
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Five sacked over China coal mine blast
October 22nd, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 22 (IANS) Five officials were sacked after a coal mine gas explosion killed 11 people and injured two in northwest China's Shaanxi province, authorities said Saturday.The officials, ... Read more...
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No problems with Sanjay: RGV (Movie Snippets)
October 21st, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Ram Gopal Varma has rubbished reports that he is having a difficult time getting extra dates from actor Sanjay Dutt to re-shoot some scenes ... Read more...
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300,000 people evacuated due to floods in China
September 19th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 19 (IANS) Floods in southwest China's Sichuan province forced more than 300,000 people to be evacuated, authorities said Monday.
The Qujiang river, a tributary of the Jialing river ... Read more...
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Clashes during Mubarak’s hearing
September 5th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Sep 5 (IANS) Clashes erupted inside and outside a courtroom in Cairo Monday as former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared before the court for the third time, a media ... Read more...
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Heavy fighting in central Somalia claims 30 lives
September 4th, 2011 - 2:29 am ICT by BNO News
GALKAYO, SOMALIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 30 people were killed and dozens of others wounded after two days of heavy fighting in Somalia's Puntland region, local media reported on Saturday.Heavy fighting ... Read more...
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Ranch shops shut till noon in support of Anna
August 19th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 19 (IANS) Businessmen here kept their shops closed till Friday noon to support activist Anna Hazare's cause against corruption.India Against Corruption's Jharkhand chapter called a shutdown till ... Read more...
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Anna effect: Goa ministers asked to observe ‘bribe free day’
August 18th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) Members of a civil society group in Goa have asked ministers in the Congress-led coalition government to observe Thursday as a 'bribe free day' in support ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Iraq violence
August 16th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 16 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and nine injured in separate incidents of bomb explosions and gunfire attacks in central and northern Iraq Tuesday, Xinhua reported.Two ... Read more...
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China stocks plummet after US credit downgrade
August 8th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) Chinese shares plummeted at midday Monday following the US losing its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 3.68 percent ... Read more...
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HSBC to cut 25,000 jobs by 2013
August 2nd, 2011 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) The HSBC bank will cut about 25,000 jobs globally by 2013 despite its good performance in the first half of this year, Xinhua reported.The bank reported ... Read more...
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10 killed, 30 injured in Iraq twin terror attack
July 28th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 28 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 30 others were wounded Thursday in a roadside bombing that was followed by a suicide bomber attack which targeted ... Read more...
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Rescue work continues for 19 trapped miners in China
July 3rd, 2011 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 3 (IANS) The rescue work continued Sunday at a coalmine in southern China where 19 workers are trapped, Xinhua reported.Three workers were killed Saturday when the mine in ... Read more...
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12 Arabs killed for violating Golan Heights truce line
June 5th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Israeli military killed 12 Arabs, including a child, and wounded at least 220 when they tried to storm the ceasefire line in the Golan ... Read more...
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Woman exonerated after spending 17 years behind bars
May 9th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Utah, May 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An inmate in Utah prison, Debra Brown, will become the first person to get out of jail using a 2008 law. Brown was jailed for the 1993 ... Read more...
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Four dead in Bangladesh ethnic violence
April 18th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 18 (IANS) At least four people were killed and six villages of ethnic Buddhist minority tribals were burnt over a land dispute in south-eastern Bangladesh, officials said.The incident ... Read more...
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Moderate to heavy polling in Assam (Third Lead)
April 11th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Voting for the second and final phase of elections in Assam proceeded peacefully with nearly 50 percent polling recorded till midday Monday, officials said.An official said ... Read more...
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Reverse swing can do the damage in baking Nagpur: Morkel
March 10th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 10 (IANS) The moment you land in Nagpur you feel the heat, literally. Out in the middle, too, it is expected to be as feisty with two World ... Read more...
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Six killed in Iraq bomb attack
March 6th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 6 (IANS) At least six people, including women and children, were killed and 12 injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq Sunday.The blast occurred in Iraq's southern ... Read more...
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