Sprint legend Quarrie says team support boosted Jamaica
August 22nd, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Aug 22 (IANS/CMC) Legendary Jamaican sprinter Donald Quarrie says team support played a significant part in his country's record medal haul at the London Olympics.Quarrie, regarded as one of ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Deserved triumph for Merritt on good night for US (Roundup)
August 9th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Aries Merritt ran a personal best of 12.92 to win the 110 metres hurdles gold at the Olympic Games athletics competition here Wednesday night. It is ... Read more...
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Olympics: Merritt leads US gold rush in athletics (World Roundup)
August 9th, 2012 - 8:16 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) American Aries Merritt ran a personal best of 12.92 seconds to win the Olympic men's 100m hurdles title Wednesday as the US closed in upon China ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Merritt a deserving 110m hurdles champion (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 4:37 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Aries Merritt ran a personal best of 12.92 to win the gold medal as the US took 1-2 in the final of the 110 metres hurdle ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Merritt hurdles to 110m gold for US
August 9th, 2012 - 3:59 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Aries Merritt of the US took the Olympic gold medal in the men's 110 metres hurdles Wednesday.Merritt, the world No. 1, ran a new personal ... Read more...
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Blake warns Bolt with convincing 100m win
May 11th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
George Town (Cayman Islands), May 11 (IANS/CMC) World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake stormed to the second fastest time in the world this year to win the 100 metres at the ... Read more...
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Indian manuscript inscribed on Unesco’s world register
May 26th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) An illustrated Indian manuscript recounting the history of Mughal ancestor Timur has been inscribed on Unesco's Memory of the World Register, an official said Thursday.'Tarikh-E-Khandan-E-Timuriyah' ... Read more...
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The book ‘no one can read’ dates back to 15th century
February 11th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Researchers have cracked one of the puzzles surrounding what has been called 'the world's most mysterious manuscript' - the Voynich manuscript, a book filled with drawings and writings ... Read more...
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Lamp Shades Made Of Human Skin: Not An Asset
November 6th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mark Jacobson reportedly owns a lampshade that is made of human skin. In the first glance any body can mistake it for an antique lamp shade ... Read more...
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Did Nazis make lampshades from Jewish prisoners’ “skin”?
November 5th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 05 (ANI): An old lampshade, which was discovered to have been made out of "human skin", has left its shocked owner wondering if it had been made by the Nazis ... Read more...
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Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls may be Solved
July 30th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Several scientists are expressing the belief that a cryptic cup, along with ancient tunnels in Jerusalem and other findings made from archeologist’s studies may help solve ... Read more...
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Answer-sheets covered under RTI: Punjab information panel
May 27th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 27 (IANS) In what could be a landmark decision, the Punjab Information Commission Thursday ruled that a candidate appearing in a competitive examination for employment in government service has the ... Read more...
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Europe’s first printed book to be displayed in Korea
May 27th, 2010 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, May 27 (DPA) Europe's first printed book, a bible made by Johannes Gutenberg between 1452 and 1454, leaves Berlin this Saturday under tight security for an exhibition in Seoul, South Korea.
"It ... Read more...
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Copy of US Declaration of Independence to be auctioned
December 4th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 4 (RIA Novosti) An 18th-century copy of the US Declaration of Independence, one of the most valuable documents in world history, will be auctioned at Christie's in London later ... Read more...
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Unique 10th century Byzantine seal discovered in Bulgaria
August 24th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
Sofia (Bulgaria), August 24 (ANI): Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a unique medieval Byzantine seal at the site of the Princely Monastery near the Eastern city of Varna, dating back to the ... Read more...
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Brit couple selling plots on moon report surge in sales
July 25th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 25 (ANI): A couple who own MoonEstates, the only British franchise that selling plots of moon land, have revealed that their sales have doubled with the 40th anniversary of the ... Read more...
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Henry VIII ‘was devout Catholic’
April 5th, 2009 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 4 (ANI): Known as the scourge of the Catholic Church, Henry VIII has long been regarded as a religious sceptic, however, a "new extraordinary discovery" has revealed that he was ... Read more...
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Recovered fragments of 3,000 yr old papyrus may shed new light on Egyptian history
February 28th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): Archaeologists in Italy have recovered new papyrus fragments, dating back to 3,000 years, which may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian ... Read more...
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How quotes get misquoted with time
February 26th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 26 (ANI): One's not 'on tender hooks' when he or she is anxious, because the correct phrase for this condition is 'on tenterhooks'- this and other similar sentences have been ... Read more...
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Text of Barack Obama speech
March 19th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 19 (IANS) Following is the text of Barack Obama's speech delivered at Philadelphia Tuesday: Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, ... Read more...
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