32 Mexico coal mines shuttered for safety reasons
August 11th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 11 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's government said 32 small coal mines in the northern state of Coahuila have been closed due to safety concerns, a move taken after 13 ... Read more...
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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom roller coaster left stranded
July 31st, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, July 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom got stuck and trapped riders for almost 2 hours on Sunday when it stalled 150 feet above the ... Read more...
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Indian firm didn’t own plane that crashed in Nigeria
June 6th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, June 6 (IANS) An aircraft in Nigeria that crashed killing 193 people is not Indian owned, an airline official said.Dana Air, owners of the Boeing 803 carrier that crashed ... Read more...
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Nigeria suspends airline firm’s operations after crash
June 6th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, June 6 (IANS) The Nigerian government has suspended the operations of Indian-owned Dana Air, whose aircraft carrying 153 people crashed into a two-storey building in southwestern Lagos State Sunday ... Read more...
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Force India finish 5th and 6th, skip second practice
April 20th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, April 20 (IANS) Sahara Force India drivers Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished third and sixth in the first practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix Friday, while ... Read more...
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Hot air balloon disrupts flights in London
April 13th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) Flights were temporarily halted Friday in London's second largest airport Gatwick after a hot air balloon flew into its airspace.Planes had to wait on the tarmac ... Read more...
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Jaitapur n-plant site not immune to quake: Experts
November 23rd, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 23 (IANS) Two leading geologists have warned that a magnitude 6-plus earthquake cannot be ruled out in Jaitapur - the proposed site of India's largest 9,900 MW nuclear ... Read more...
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Excited to entertain India: Indo-Canadian porn star
November 18th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) She was born Karen Malhotra but is proud of her "alter ego" -- that of world-famous porn star Sunny Leone. In India to participate in ... Read more...
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Aditya Patel finishes fifth in Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup
October 23rd, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hockenheim (Germany), Oct 23 (IANS) India's Aditya Patel finished overall sixth in the concluding race of the Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup and occupied fifth position in the final drivers' standings."To ... Read more...
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Tests conducted on Iran’s n-plant turbines
August 24th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 24 (IANS) The turbines of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant were successfully tested, the country's atomic energy chief said Wednesday.The turbines were successfully tested Tuesday at the speed ... Read more...
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Motorsports: Gill, Urs top for MRF
August 21st, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 21 (IANS) Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) and Lohitt Urs (Srinivasa Murthy) expectedly completed a 1-2 finish for Team MRF in the 37th Karnataka-1000, the fourth round of ... Read more...
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Drunk woman prevents plane landing
August 16th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) A drunk woman passenger forced an airline pilot to abandon landing at Manchester airport after she created a ruckus inside the plane.While being helped to sit ... Read more...
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US city struck by huge dust storm
July 6th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS) A huge dust storm has hit the US city of Phoenix in Arizona, blocking visibility and closing the state's largest airport, a media report said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Kite flying banned on British beach
June 10th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) Kite flying has been banned on a beach in Britain for "health and safety reasons".Anyone caught flying a kite on Bridlington's beaches could be fined up ... Read more...
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Volcano ash forces Argentine flight cancellations
June 8th, 2011 - 6:09 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, June 8 (IANS) Ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano that erupted June 4 has caused the cancellation of many flights in Argentina, Xinhua reported.Ash clouds were spreading over the ... Read more...
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Kaiga’s third atomic unit reactivated
April 20th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 20 (IANS) The third unit of the Kaiga atomic power generating station near Karwar in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka has been reactivated and was linked to the ... Read more...
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Jaitapur plant’s safety not my job: Jairam
March 16th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday said he was not sure if tsunamis were factored into the environment clearance process of the Jaitapur ... Read more...
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China bans entry of tourist in Tibet
March 8th, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar.8 (ANI): The Chinese Government has banned the entry of foreign visitors to Tibet as the third anniversary of anti-government riots approaches.Regions top official confirmed the ban after travel agents reported ... Read more...
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New “Harbor Shield” technology being developed to protect US ports from terror attacks
March 1st, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): The United States is reportedly developing a new technology to safeguard its ports from being attacked by terrorists and smugglers.America, which is the global hub of commerce, ... Read more...
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Late night, little security, they counted Delhi’s homeless
March 1st, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Rahul Vaishnavi
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Walking into dirty lanes at night, waking up sleeping and sometimes hostile people, thousands of enumerators and volunteers, including women, fanned out across the sprawling ... Read more...
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Oil spill off Mumbai coast
January 21st, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) An oil spill was reported 80 km off the Mumbai coast Friday after a rupture in a pipeline carrying crude oil from state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp's ... Read more...
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British parliamentarians avoid voting on Burkha ban
December 4th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.4 (ANI): A bid to ban the burkha in Britain was effectively buried in red tape in the Commons yesterday.Last night, however, the Tory MP who tried to bring in the ... Read more...
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‘Mortified’ Muslim women barred from US skating rink for not removing headscarves
November 26th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 26 (ANI): The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint with Connecticut's Human Rights Commission against a roller-skating rink in Vernon after two Muslim women were barred from entering ... Read more...
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Train passenger banned from carrying tea to seat
November 8th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): A train passenger was shocked when he was banned from carrying a cup of tea to his seat on health and safety grounds.Interpreter and author Tore Fauske ... Read more...
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French Coastguards Wish to Ban People Swimming the Channel
November 3rd, 2010 - 2:27 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) People have been challenging nature and swimming the English Channel since the nineteenth century, but now the French Coastguards wish to have a ban put on those activities ... Read more...
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Large crater opens up beneath German village
November 2nd, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Schmalkalden, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Residents of a German town woke up to the shock of their lives when they realized that a large crater has divided the town’s road and for ... Read more...
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Hookers wear fluorescent jackets on Spanish highways for safety reasons
October 26th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 26 (ANI): Street prostitutes outside a Spanish town have been ordered by police to wear fluorescent jackets while working on the highway, so as to prevent road accidents.Officers have been ... Read more...
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Glimpses Of Katy Perry And Russell Brand’s Grand Indian Wedding
October 25th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 25, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): India has been a favorite place for many Hollywood celebrities and they develop a great respect for the values and cultures. The latest in this line ... Read more...
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US, S.Korea to hold second joint naval drill to deter N.Korea
September 24th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S. Korea), Sept.24 (ANI): South Korea and the United States will hold anti-submarine drills next week in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula as a deterrent to North Korea, the ... Read more...
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Washing lines considered ‘a health and safety risk’ in UK!
September 11th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 11 (ANI): Residents in the UK have been ordered to remove washing lines from balconies for health and safety reasons.Croydon Council managers wrote to thousands of tenants telling them that ... Read more...
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AI team reaches Chandigarh to repair grounded plane
September 8th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) A day after an Air India plane was grounded at Chandigarh airport after being hit by a bird, a special team from Mumbai Wednesday arrived here to repair ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka asks Canada to share intelligence on Tamil migrants
August 17th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto/Colombo, Aug.17 (ANI): Sri Lanka has reportedly urged Canada to share more of its intelligence on human smuggling operation with ties to the Tamil Tigers.Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada Chitranganee Wagiswara ... Read more...
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England football fan asked to pull down flag over communal harmony fears!
May 21st, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21(ANI): An England football fan in Southampton has been left fuming after being told by a warden to remove England flags from outside his flat over safety reasons, and that ... Read more...
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Thai Govt mulls imposing curfew after death toll from clashes touches 24
May 16th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Bangkok, May 16 (ANI): The Thai Government is now mulling the imposition of a curfew after heightened tensions between security forces and Red Shirt protestors, who showed no signs of backing ... Read more...
Toll in Russian mine blasts climbs to 60
May 12th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 12 (DPA) Four days after twin methane gas explosions tore through a Siberian coal mine, the deaths in the accident have risen to at least 60, the Interfax news agency ... Read more...
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