Two-day film fest on girl child opens in Kolkata
May 15th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Emphasising the need for awareness about the rights of a girl child, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Shantha Sinha Tuesday said it ... Read more...
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US woman’s body found 30 feet up a tree in Australia
February 14th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) A 22-year-old American woman's decomposed body has been found 30 feet from the ground on a tree in Australia, a media report here said Tuesday.The body ... Read more...
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Hundreds attend Reno Park memorial
September 26th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Reno, Nev., Sept 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Sunday, a memorial was held for the victims of the air disaster that occurred at the National Championship Air Races. Hundreds of people attended the ... Read more...
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Legendary Joan Baez Falls 20 Feet From A Tree House In Her Garden Receiving Harmless Wounds
November 21st, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
November 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): 69-year-old Joan Baez, one of the legendary American personalities associated with folk music of the 1960s, is reportedly undergoing recuperation subsequent to falling 20 feet ... Read more...
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Breeders Cup 2010 To End Today
November 6th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Breeders Cup 2010 started yesterday and is about to end today. The two day event so far offered a dose of excitement which is no ... Read more...
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Jurupa Oak tree is world’s oldest organism at 13,000 years
December 24th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 24 (ANI): A new study has identified a tree as the world's oldest organism, which at 13,000 years, was already thousands of years old when the Egyptians built their pyramids ... Read more...
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Brisbane’s Punjab Place to retain its name
August 13th, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 13 (IANS) Punjab Place, a street in the Australian city of Brisbane, would continue to keep its name after a petition to change it led to criticism.
Residents in the Logan ... Read more...
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Indian Australian says Queensland street renaming smacks of racism
August 13th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Aug.13 (ANI): An Indian Australian developer has accused Queensland authorities of indulging in "clear cut racism" with regard to a move to change the name of a street from "Punjab Place" ... Read more...
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‘Adolf Hitler’ oak tree faces axe in Polish town
July 8th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 8 (ANI): A Polish town is all set to cut down a towering oak tree that had been planted to mark Adolf Hitler's birthday during the Nazi occupation in the ... Read more...
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Polish town set to cut down tree gifted by Adolf Hitler
June 23rd, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 23 (ANI): A Polish town is all set to cut down a towering oak tree that had been planted as a gift from Adolf Hitler, during the Nazi occupation in ... Read more...
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Friends Mourn Eve Carson
March 6th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by GD
A year after Eve Marie Carson's death crowds thronged the Clarke Central High School and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill to mourn her death. In Athens over 150 people ... Read more...
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One third of Britons cant tell an English oak tree from a sycamore
February 27th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 27 (ANI): When it comes to telling the difference between an English oak or a sycamore, one third of Britons might score a zero, according to a new study.The ... Read more...
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Raccoons running wild in Barack Obamas White House lawns!
February 6th, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.6 (ANI): Critters are now roaming the grounds of the White House, and to deal with the problem, the Secret Service has called in the National Park Service (NPS).
The NPS ... Read more...
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