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December 5th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Dec 5 (ANI): Wizard whiz JK Rowling was so moved by an image of a boy in a cage in a newspaper that she decided to start a charity to ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Chicago, Nov.30 (ANI): A former adviser to US President-elect Barack Obama who shockingly branded one-time Democratic rival Hillary Clinton a "monster" and was forced to quit, has now been named as ...
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November 29th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 29 (ANI): The Dutch Government has decided to enforce a ban on the sale and cultivation of all kinds of hallucinogenic magic mushrooms in the country.
The government came up ...
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November 26th, 2008 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 26 (ANI): Australian scientists are using mobile phones to listen in on koalas'' conversations in an attempt to translate what they are saying to each other.
The boffins have placed ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov.25 (ANI): The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed the loss of almost 200 memory sticks, desktop computers, laptops and hard drives this year.
The Scotsman quoted Junior Defence Minister Kevan ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 25 (ANI): A 68-year-old man in Johannesburg is facing prosecution for keeping his 8-year-old son hidden from friends and visitors in a garage for four years.
The boy, who was ...
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November 23rd, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 23 (ANI): A Brit man lost his life after eating a mouthful of curry as he sat down to watch The X Factor.
The dish triggered an allergic reaction, which ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
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London, November 21 (ANI): A new study suggests that babies may face lasting psychological damage if they are pushed in buggies facing away from their parents.
Conducted by Dundee University researchers, the ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 16 (ANI): Leading nutritionists have criticized a slimming firm for offering diets to pregnant women.
Two SureSlim clinics, which have opened in Scotland, provide an eating plan to make sure ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 16 (ANI): Scotland''s bard Robert Burns life as a hard-drinking womaniser has been vastly exaggerated, a new biography has stated.
Patrick Scott Hogg, a Burns scholar who recently co-edited a ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
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London, November 10 (ANI): A Scottish research team is gearing up to study parrots, ravens, and pigeons to discover how human language evolved.
Researchers at St Andrews University have revealed that ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 8 (ANI): Former Star Trek actor George Takei has expressed his disappointment over the passing of a ban on same-sex marriage in California.
Takei, known for his role in the ...
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November 2nd, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 2 (ANI): A significant discovery by researchers at Cambridge University could help cure deadly brain tumours in kids, according to a new study.
The researchers have pinpointed a rearrangement of ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 30 (ANI): Attractive couples hand their good looks down to their daughters, but have little impact on whether their sons are handsome, according to a new study.
University of St ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 20 (ANI): English actress Tilda Swinton, 48, has finally decided to put an end to the rumours about her being in a relationship with two men.
Swinton had revealed in ...
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October 19th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 19 (ANI): Millions of milk cartons are to carry booze safety tips for the first time as part of the fight to cut down Scotlands high level of alcohol ...
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September 20th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 20 (ANI): JK Rowling has said that she can''t imagine ever leaving Edinburgh after receiving an award honouring her contribution to literature.
The Harry Potter creator, who modelled Hogwarts on ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 19 (ANI): Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has been honoured with Edinburgh''s most prestigious civic award for her contribution to literature.
The prestigious Edinburgh Award was earlier won by Rankin, ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 19 (ANI): Phenomenon has been named as the most mispronounced word in the English language in a new survey.
In a study of terms that are tricky to get your ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
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Johannesburg, Sept.15 (ANI): He rules Zimbabwe with an iron fist, but when he wants to relax, he loves to watch tennis, cricket and the BBC -- a trio of very British ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 15 (ANI): A team of Syrian and Swiss archaeologists has unearthed what they believe may be the oldest camel remains ever found.
The excavators say that they have found ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Sept.15 (ANI): The new Maoist regime in Nepal, it seems, does not take kindly to beauty pageants or modeling.
Communists believe that their brave new world is being debased by such ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 14 (ANI): Claims that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes, helped murder a journalist have finally been laid to rest by a church court.
The Exeter Diocese ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 1 (ANI): Scottish singer Sandi Thom might have found fame on the Internet, but her latest music video has been banned from the website YouTube because it contains scenes ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Edinburgh, August 26 (ANI): A prize-winning novelist has warned that the planet is at a crisis moment and the human race could be headed towards extinction.
According to a report in the ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 25 (ANI): Famous author Enid Blytons best-loved characters are all set to return in a new adventure series.
Blytons Famous Five, Faraway Tree, and Maroly Towers series will be revisited ...
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August 17th, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 17 (ANI): Britain''s number one Madonna impersonator Evelyne Brink says that she does not feel that the singers age will bring her successful career to an end.
She insists ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 13 (ANI): Edna, Norman and Gertrude are just a few of the classic British names that have virtually died out within a lifetime as parents copy celebrities when naming ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 10 (ANI): Scientists at a Scottish university will be making people suck baby''s bottles and sing in front of strangers in a bid to find out exactly what it ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 10 (ANI): A flu pandemic would have a greater impact on Brit people than a terrorist attack on public transport, warns a government analysis.
The analysis published its previously secret ...
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