Remains of medieval British monarch unearthed?
September 12th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Archaeologists have unearthed a skeleton which they believe could be the remains of King Richard III, a medieval monarch, The Independent reported.The skeleton was exhumed from ... Read more...
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Rihanna proud Of Chris Brown
September 12th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Singer Rihanna is proud of the way her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown has turned his life around since being charged with assaulting her, friends say.The former ... Read more...
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Man with binoculars killed near Ukraine nudist beach
August 29th, 2012 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An apparent voyeurism session ended in disaster in Ukraine, when a man allegedly spying at a nudist beach was brutally killed.The body of the unnamed ... Read more...
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Skull fossil of oldest Asian modern man found
August 24th, 2012 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Aug 24 (IANS) France's National Museum of Natural History has announced the discovery of the skull of the oldest Asian modern man, Xinhua reported.An international researchers team found the ... Read more...
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Man jailed for beating dog to death
August 17th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A 27-year-old Briton has been jailed for over four months after he hanged his six-month-old puppy by its collar and then beat it to death with ... Read more...
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Scientists solve dinos’ tree-top eating riddle
August 5th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Scientists have worked out how giant Diplodocus, a dinosaur weighing 12 tonnes and 170 feet long, stripped entire treetops and branches of their leaves by clamping ... Read more...
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Indonesian toddler’s head is three times normal size
July 24th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 24 (IANS) A toddler in Indonesia is suffering from a rare disease that has left her head inflated three times the size of an average adult's, the Daily ... Read more...
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Man sentenced to life for killing sister-in-law
July 18th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A Delhi court has ruled while awarding life imprisonment to a man for killing his newly-wed sister-in-law that stringent punishment must be given to those ... Read more...
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Infant critical after falling off mall’s escalator
July 4th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) In a freak incident here, an infant girl was critically wounded after she fell from the arms of her father as he tripped off an escalator ... Read more...
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Gaga fine post-concussion
June 21st, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 21 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga has undergone a medical scan to ensure she suffered no permanent damage after her onstage mishap with a pole.The singer suffered concussion ... Read more...
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Florida teenager survives harpoon through head
June 20th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Miami, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS)
Yasser Lopez has miraculously survived after being shot through the head with a fishing harpoon.
Lopez, who is currently recovering from the accident, remains in a Miami ... Read more...
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Experts find new evidence supporting John the Baptist bones theory
June 15th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sveti Ivan Island, June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Archaeology experts have found new evidence that the remains discovered in the ruins of a Bulgaria 5th century monastery belong to St John the Baptist. ... Read more...
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Paraguay striker to play with bullet lodged in skull
June 8th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 8 (IANS) The wife of former Paraguayan international Salvador Cabanas revealed the striker is risking his life by playing with a bullet lodged in his skull.The ... Read more...
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Why we should all be walking backwards for our health (The Funny Side - IANS has introduced a weekly column by Hong Kong-based humour writer Nury Vittachi)
June 8th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Want to get ahead? Just back up. The ancient Chinese tradition of walking backwards for health is spreading like wildfire around the world. More than 20 countries have set up ... Read more...
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Woman plunges 80ft while throwing a spider
May 31st, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) A young woman, who fell 80 ft from a hotel balcony in Majorca, an island in the Mediterranean, was trying to throw a spider out ... Read more...
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‘Ice cream headache’ can lead to new painkillers
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) Eating ice cream or really chilled soft drinks can trigger crushing headaches in some people, momentarily freezing the brain. New insight into how this happens could ... Read more...
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Brazil court allows abortion in case of brain damage
April 14th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, April 14 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal ruled that aborting a foetus suffering from anencephaly - the absence of a large part of the brain and the skull - ... Read more...
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Da Vinci’s to-do list to be displayed
April 6th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) A list of Leonardo da Vinci's "things to do", including reminders for works like "observe a brain", is all set to be publicly displayed at Buckingham ... Read more...
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Tim Barter is now recovering from head injury
February 29th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doctors have successfully reconstructed the head of a man who was hit by bricks. The man was left with a badly damaged head and skull after falling ... Read more...
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Man insured wife two days before killing her
February 25th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) A Briton who took out an insurance policy on his wife two days before brutally killing her has been sentenced for a minimum term of 22 ... Read more...
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AIIMS surgeons remove 8-kg hernia from 2-month-old’s head (with Images)
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) It was a miracle for the Pandey family from Bihar as doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) saved their two-month-old baby's ... Read more...
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Another surgery conducted on Falak
February 20th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Battered baby Falak continues to be critical after she underwent yet another surgery, this time to connect her brain to abdomen to help circulation ... Read more...
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Dogs were man’s best friend even 33,000 years ago
January 24th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) A dog's skull, which had lain in a Siberian cave for 33,000 years, presents the oldest evidence of domestication of the canine.
The latest find comes ... Read more...
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Nail removed from American’s brain
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:02 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 21 (IANS) A nail has been removed from an American man's brain which he hadn't known was there, The Telegraph reported Saturday.Chicago's Dante Autullo was recovering after undergoing ... Read more...
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Tigers never changed much even in two million years?
December 3rd, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) The discovery of a skull of the oldest tiger ever found has indicated that the beasts never changed much in two million years except turning bigger ... Read more...
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Boy crushed by bus
November 18th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) A 17-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding bus here while crossing the road on his way to his school, police said ... Read more...
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Chip makes rats move, may help humans too
October 4th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) A chip that helped injured rats move can open the way to providing human amputees with fully functioning robotic limbs, new research says.The chip, mimicking a ... Read more...
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WWE Raw: Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre
October 4th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Randy Orton made his way to the ring last night to meet his opponent, Drew McIntyre as 'WWE Monday Night Raw' began. It was the first Monday Night ... Read more...
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Computer chip used to make rat blink
September 25th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 25 (IANS) In a development that could open the way to reverse the effects of dementia, strokes and other brain injuries, scientists used a computer chip to make ... Read more...
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Martial arts expert kills wife
September 20th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Sep 20 (IANS) A martial arts expert who fatally punched his estranged wife and let her body rot for two weeks has been sentenced to five years in jail ... Read more...
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WWE Smackdown: Daniel Bryan vs 2 Sin Caras?
September 17th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sin Cara made his way to the ring last night to meet his opponent, Daniel Bryan. The two men faced off on 'WWE Friday Night Smackdown' for the ... Read more...
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Schoolboy runs over four students
September 5th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Four students were injured, two of them critically, when a student who attempted to drive his friend's car ran over them outside a school here, police ... Read more...
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Jason Priestley cast in ‘Bag of Bones’
August 31st, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Jason Priestley has been cast in A&E’s Bag of Bones miniseries. The story follows the life of a writer who tries to ... Read more...
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Girl under bear attack calls mum before dying
August 17th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A mother in Russia had a shock of her life when her teenaged daughter frantically called her up for help while being attacked by a group ... Read more...
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Orangutan rides bicycle to promote cycling safety
August 15th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bangkok, 15 Aug (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Thai government has recruited an 8-year-old orangutan to be the face of the country’s road safety campaign. Thai authorities say the country’s traffic accidents are ... Read more...
Posted in Thailand |