Kenya’s coffee exports could hit $308 mn
September 11th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Sep 11 (IANS) Kenya's coffee exports are expected to increase this year and could reach $308 million by the end of 2012, an official said.Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary ... Read more...
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Massive valley found beneath Antarctica
July 27th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British researchers from CNN say that they have discovered a grand canyon beneath Antarctica.
They say that they discovered a massive rift valley that is causing loss ... Read more...
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Congress ignores Mani Shankar Aiyar’s comments
July 26th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A day after former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar compared the people coming to the Congress party office to those coming to a "circus" ... Read more...
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Tracing Goan roots via DNA and ancient records
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 3 (IANS) Where did the ancestors of today's Goans come from? Which routes did they take to arrive at this tourist paradise? A new book authored by a ... Read more...
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New pics suggest water flowed through Mars
October 9th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): New images from ESA's Mars Express have suggested that water flowed across Mars in the past.The image shows the floor of Melas Chasma sinking nine kilometres below the ... Read more...
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Martian ‘enigmatic elliptical depression’ baffles scientists
August 28th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Scientists have long been baffled by Orcus Patera, an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet.The term 'patera' is used for deep, ... Read more...
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48mn-year-old fossil reveals history of zombie ants
August 19th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Scientists have stumbled across a 48mn-year-old leaf fossil in Germany that depicts how a deadly fungus infected ants and turned them into zombies.Dr David P Hughes, from the ... Read more...
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White Kenyan aristocrat jailed for murder
May 14th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, May 14 (DPA) A white aristocrat descended from Kenya's most prominent settler family was Thursday sentenced to eight months for the murder of a black poacher on his estate in 2006.
Thomas ... Read more...
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Around 100 dead in Kenya tanker explosion (Lead)
February 2nd, 2009 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Feb 1 (DPA) Around 100 people have died in Kenya after an overturned tanker truck from which they were siphoning petrol exploded.Rift Valley provincial commissioner Noor Hassan Noor said the accident ... Read more...
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Over 90 people killed as oil tanker catches fire
February 1st, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Feb 1 (Xinhua) Over 90 people were burnt to death when a fuel tanker from which they were siphoning off petrol burst into flames near Molo town in northwest Kenya, the ... Read more...
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Road to greater intelligence in modern humans was a long and winding one
December 8th, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): New dating of an important hominid site in Ethiopia has suggested that the road to advanced cognition in modern humans was a long and winding one, and ... Read more...
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Kenya must stop forcing refugees to go home: rights body
May 23rd, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by admin
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Nairobi, May 23 (DPA) The Kenyan government should stop forcing those displaced by violence following last December's disputed election to return home against their will, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. "Internally ... Read more...
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