Fire Destroys Ricki Lane’s Malibu Home
September 20th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 20, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): It has been reported that actress / television host Ricki Lake's home burned to the ground after she tried to refuel a portable heater.According to the Sheriff's ... Read more...
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Blast in Mexico bar wounds 20
August 27th, 2010 - 6:53 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 27 (IANS/EFE) At least 20 people were wounded when unidentified miscreants tossed a bomb into a bar in a resort city on Mexico's Pacific coast, police said.
The attack occurred ... Read more...
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Wright County Egg Recall List Continues To Expand
August 19th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Aug 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Following the 228 million egg recall by Wright County Egg last week, the company on Wednesday expanded the egg recall list to 380 million eggs. Late ... Read more...
Heidi Montag’s plastic surgeon - Dr. Frank Ryan killed in an accident
August 18th, 2010 - 2:07 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dr. Frank Ryan who performed multiple surgeries on the reality show star Heidi Montag has died. He was killed in a car crash, which ... Read more...
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Canada seizes ship with illegal Tamil migrants
August 13th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
New York/Vancouver, Aug 13 (DPA) Canadian authorities boarded a ship carrying 490 Tamil migrants off the country's Pacific coast, news reports said.
Vic Towes, Minister for Public Safety, was quoted by the Vancouver ... Read more...
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Mexican Army kills drug lord
July 31st, 2010 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 31 (IANS/EFE) One of the top leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel was killed in a gunfight with soldiers, an official said.
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, who ran the cocaine-trafficking ... Read more...
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Boniface: First dog to do scuba diving
July 5th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, July 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is a new name in the long list of famous and weird dogs that have made news around the world. Dog Boniface is the ... Read more...
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Dog Learns Scuba-Diving
July 5th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The people in Russia were surprised to witness an amazing incident when a dachshund learnt scuba diving. A recent video posted in the You Tube showed ... Read more...
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Olivia Newton-John’s ex-lover offers DNA sample to prove he’s alive
May 31st, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 31 (ANI): Singer Olivia Newton-John's ex-lover Patrick McDermott has offered a DNA sample to prove once and for all that he is still alive.According to the Herald Sun, the light ... Read more...
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Tropical storm Agatha kills 40 in Guatemala (Lead)
May 31st, 2010 - 7:08 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, May 31 (IANS/EFE) At least 40 people were killed and 30 missing as tropical storm Agatha battered the Pacific coast of Guatemala, officials said Sunday.
More than 74,000 people have been ... Read more...
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Tropical storm Agatha kills 12 in Guatemala
May 31st, 2010 - 4:35 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, May 31 (IANS/EFE) At least 12 people have been killed as tropical storm Agatha swept through the Pacific coast of Guatemala, officials said Sunday.
The Conred emergency management office said over ... Read more...
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Low pressure system off Mexico’s Pacific coast may develop into a tropical depression
May 29th, 2010 - 1:04 am ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- A tropical low pressure system located south of Mexico's Chiapas state could potentially develop into the first tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean season within days, ... Read more...
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Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Costa Rica
May 21st, 2010 - 5:39 am ICT by BNO News
SAN JOSE (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon, shaking buildings in the capital of San Jose.
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake at 4.16 p.m. ... Read more...
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Lohan gets another chance to show up for deposition
April 23rd, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) Actress Lindsay Lohan, who missed two deposition hearings, has been given one more chance to voluntarily appear in a court in connection with an alleged alcohol-fuelled car ... Read more...
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Moderate earthquake rattles central Mexico
April 16th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- A moderate earthquake struck central Mexico on Friday morning, seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The 5.1-magnitude earthquake at 5.01 a.m. local time ... Read more...
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1.5 tonnes of cocaine seized in Panama
April 14th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panama City, April 14 (IANS/EFE) Three Colombians were arrested and 1.5 tonnes of cocaine was seized from Panama's Pacific coast, a police official said.
The cocaine was found Sunday aboard a speedboat in ... Read more...
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Obama opens up coastal oil drilling, angers environmentalists
April 1st, 2010 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 31 (DPA) President Barack Obama Wednesday backed new drilling for oil and natural gas off parts of the US coastline as a short-term, but necessary, solution to the country's ... Read more...
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Bomb blast kills six in Colombia
March 25th, 2010 - 5:30 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, March 25 (DPA) A car bomb exploded in the Colombian port city of Buenaventura Wednesday killing at least six people and wounding 50, according to media reports.
Officials in Valle del Cauca ... Read more...
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Japan Hit By Minor Tsunami
February 28th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Minamitori, Feb 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 10-cm tsunami has hit Minamitori, one of the Japanese islands on Sunday, about 1,950 south of the Japanese capital of Tokyo. However, this has ... Read more...
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Japan on alert for possible major tsunami (Lead)
February 28th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 28 (DPA) Hundreds of thousands of Japanese households in Pacific coastal areas were ordered to evacuate Sunday after warnings of a possible "major" tsunami produced by the Chilean earthquake.
Shortly before ... Read more...
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Japan bracing for up to 3-metre tsunami
February 28th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 28 (DPA) The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that a "major" tsunami of up to 3 metres could hit Japan's Pacific coast in the next few hours Sunday following a massive ... Read more...
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Japan issues tsunami alert after Chile quake
February 28th, 2010 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) The Japan Meteorological Agency Sunday issued a major tsunami alert for its Pacific coast after a powerful earthquake struck Chile, Xinhua reported.
The tsunami alert is issued for the ... Read more...
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Two dead in shooting at US clinic
November 11th, 2009 - 7:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 11 (DPA) A gunman opened fire at a drug-testing clinic in the Pacific North-West state of Oregon, killing one woman before turning the gun on himself, according to a newspaper ... Read more...
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Colombian navy seizes 2.5 tonnes of cocaine
November 5th, 2009 - 8:12 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Nov 4 (EFE) Colombia's navy Wednesday seized 2,219 kg cocaine off the Andean nation's Pacific coast, authorities said, adding that a US Coast Guard vessel aided in the seizure.
The operation, which ... Read more...
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Nine missing after helicopter-plane collision in US
October 30th, 2009 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Oct 30 (DPA) Nine persons were reported missing and feared dead after a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a navy helicopter off California's coast, the TV news network ... Read more...
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Nine dismembered bodies found in Mexico
October 17th, 2009 - 5:10 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 17 (DPA) Nine decapitated and dismembered bodies were found in an abandoned van in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, authorities said Friday.
The bodies were all men and were ... Read more...
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Brawley Nolte, The Son Of Nick Nolte Arrested
October 9th, 2009 - 2:09 am ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Santa Monica, Calif., Oct 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to various developing sources, it has come to light that the Santa Monica police has recently placed actor Nick Nolte's son under ... Read more...
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10 Costa Rican cops held for aiding drug traffickers
September 21st, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
San Jose, Sep 21 (EFE) Ten Costa Rican police officers have been arrested for aiding Colombian drug traffickers, authorities said.
Costa Rica's Drug Control Police (PCD) have also arrested three Colombian nationals who ... Read more...
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Chima Quits from Big Brother 11
August 16th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by GD
At around 2:40 a.m. Pacific Coast time the pent up tensions at the Big Brother 11 house finally came to the end with Chima's leaving the house. Very little is known ... Read more...
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Wildfires scorch nearly 7,000 acres in California
August 16th, 2009 - 5:53 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 16 (DPA) Two wildfires in California continued to spread Saturday, after scorching more than 6,800 acres in the state. But fire officials said they were 30 percent contained.
A ... Read more...
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California wildfires spread
August 15th, 2009 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 15 (DPA) Despite massive efforts by firefighters, two wildfires in California spread Friday.
A state of emergency was declared in the Santa Cruz mountains about 100 km south of San ... Read more...
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Native American tribe troubled by ‘New Moon’
July 19th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 19 (ANI): The filming of 'New Moon,' sequel of the hit movie 'Twilight', has infuriated a tribe of Native Americans.The Quileute tribe, which believes to be descended from wolves, has ... Read more...
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Andres first hurricane of 2009 pounds Mexico
June 24th, 2009 - 4:26 am ICT by John Le Fevre
The first hurricane warning of the 2009 season was issued earlier today when Tropical Storm Andres developed into a full-scale category one hurricane with winds of around 70 mph (113 kph) and ... Read more...
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California wildfires spread, 30,000 forced to flee (Lead)
May 9th, 2009 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 8 (DPA) Fanned by strong winds, a raging spring wildfire near Santa Barbara grew Friday, prompting the evacuation of 30,000 people as it spread towards the city centre.
California ... Read more...
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Historic Significance of Treaty of Ghent
March 25th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by GD
The treaty of Ghent that was signed on the 24th of December 1814, in the province of Ghent, which is now located in Belgium, was the peace treaty that brought an end ... Read more...
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