Late pope’s blood vial stolen, recovered
August 30th, 2012 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 30 (IANS/AKI) A vial of what the church says is the late Pope John Paul II's blood was almost lost when three men stole a backpack from a ... Read more...
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Cruise enjoys chicken tikka
August 23rd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS)Actor Tom Cruise is reportedly enjoying curry meals, specially Chicken tikka at an Indian restaurant.The 50-year-old actor was seen gorging on chicken tikka at an Indian ... Read more...
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Ram Charan-Upasana honeymoon at Salvatore Ferragamo’s ranch
June 20th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Newly married couple, actor Ram Charan Teja and his bride Kamineni Upasana, have had a short three-day, but delightful honeymoon at designer Salvatore Ferragamo's ranch in ... Read more...
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Media has tarnished Vatican’s image: Pope
May 31st, 2012 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, May 31 (IANS/AKI) A Vatican scandal involving leaked secret documents and the arrest of the pope's butler has been exaggerated and misrepresented by the press, Pope Benedict said.
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Pope turns 85
April 16th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, April 16 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI marked his 85th birthday Monday.The pope met his older brother, 88 year-old Father Georg Ratzinger, and asked Catholics to pray that he ... Read more...
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Catholics upset at cardinal’s ‘reported’ view on shooting
February 22nd, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam, Feb 22 (IANS) The catholics in Kerala have expressed serious displeasure over the "reported" statement by the newly appointed Cardinal Mar George Alancherry on the killing of two Indian ... Read more...
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Pope calls for end to Syria violence
February 13th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Feb 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Pope Benedict XVI Sunday launched a fresh appeal to the Syrian authorities, urging them to address the demands of protesters and put an end ... Read more...
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Student attempts suicide, alleges ‘torture’
February 3rd, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 3 (IANS) A Class 6 student attempted suicide here, leaving behind a note in which he accused his teacher of torturing him and asking his father not to ... Read more...
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Femen group indulges in topless protest
January 30th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Davos, Jan 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Swiss police arrested three women during the World Economic Forum in the country’s town of Davos. The women, Ukrainians from the group Femen, removed their tops ... Read more...
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Oxford academic, now dead, suffered a breakdown last year
January 14th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) Oxford professor Steven Rawlings, who was found dead at the home of his Indian-origin mathematician friend, had last year suffered a breakdown and was "found wandering ... Read more...
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Sikh held after British colleague’s body found at his home
January 13th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 13 (IANS) A 49-year-old Sikh mathematics lecturer at Oxford University has been arrested after the body of a British colleague was found at his home.The body of Steven ... Read more...
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Man digs pool, finds 300-year-old cemetery
November 13th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 13 (IANS) A man in the US dug a swimming pool in his backyard, only to find a historic cemetery dating back to the 1700s.Vincent Marcello lives in ... Read more...
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SAARC folklore festival starts Friday
September 29th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 29 (IANS) Writers, theatre artists and cultural troupes from South Asian nations will gather here for the four-day SAARC folklore and heritage festival that starts in the Taj ... Read more...
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Kate Moss marries Jamie Hince
July 2nd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 2 (IANS) Supermodel Kate Moss has married her fiance Jamie Hince in a lavish English country ceremony.Moss, wearing a rhinestone-studded gown by John Galliano, tied the knot Friday ... Read more...
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Kerala legislators seek blessings before cabinet innings
May 18th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) Kerala's chief minister-designate Oommen Chandy and several leaders of the United Democratic Front were seen heading to churches before being sworn in Wednesday afternoon.Congress veteran Chandy, ... Read more...
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John Paul II beatification ceremony begins
May 1st, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, May 1 (IANS) The ceremony to beatify the late Pope, John Paul II, began in front of hundreds of thousands of Catholics in Vatican City's St. Peter's Square.Beatification, ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II’s blood to go on display
April 27th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, April 27 (IANS/AKI) A phial containing the blood of late Pope John Paul II will go on display at the Vatican, an official statement said.The phial will be ... Read more...
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‘Humanity’ not random product of evolution, but God’s work: Pope
April 25th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Pope Benedict XVI has told devotees in his Easter Vigil homily that humanity is not a random product of evolution, but has a "divine reasoning" behind it.The ... Read more...
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Laurel’s childhood home to be sold
March 21st, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 21 (IANS) The childhood home of Stan Laurel - of the legendary Hollywood comedy duo Laurel and Hardy - will be auctioned this month.Bids for the house in ... Read more...
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Comic Stan Laurel’s childhood home up for grabs
March 21st, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 21 (ANI): The home where comic Stan Laurel once lived will be auctioned later this month.The two-bedroom property in Bishop Auckland where Laurel, one half of duo Laurel and Hardy, ... Read more...
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‘Doves of Peace’ released by Pope refuse to take flight!
January 31st, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 31 (ANI): It was an embarrassing situation when Doves of peace released by Pope Benedict XVI during the weekly Angelus prayer refused to leave the Vatican and flew right in.Officials ... Read more...
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Savon Huggins Gives Verbal Commitment To Rutgers Scarlet Knights
January 29th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Rutgers Scarlet Knights breathed a sigh of relief on Friday after St.Peter's running back Savon Huggins ensured the team that he would go nowhere else ... Read more...
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‘Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi’ Oz chant ‘appalling, embarrassing’
October 26th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 26 (ANI): Oz residents are calling for the ban of a new Australian chant 'Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi' that seemed to have gripped the fancy of few in ... Read more...
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Kerala’s church feud - over 100 years and continuing
October 12th, 2010 - 10:20 am ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Parumala (Kerala), Oct 12 (IANS) They pray to Jesus and believe in Christian values but the two factions of Kerala's Malankara Syrian Church refuse to let their long-running feud die ... Read more...
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500-yr-old rare Michelangelo painting ‘found tucked behind a sofa’
October 11th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 11 (ANI): Most art lovers would be overjoyed to find a rare, unfinished artwork of Michelangelo's, but not when they find out that it was tucked behind a ... Read more...
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Girl who stabbed father gets joint funeral
October 9th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 9 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl who stabbed her father to death before killing herself has been laid to rest in a joint funeral, a media report said Saturday.Margaret Pierides knifed ... Read more...
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Woman dying of cancer gets dream wedding
September 27th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A woman, who is suffering from cancer and has barely weeks to live, has celebrated her dream wedding in Britain.
Sally Wright and Adam Gray were keen to marry ... Read more...
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Elgar’s football anthem performed at concert to raise funds for church
September 26th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 26 (ANI): Sir Edward Elgar's famous football anthem 'He Banged The Leather For Goal' has been performed at St Peter's Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton to raise funds for the church.An ... Read more...
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Army generals join college assembly, inspire students
September 7th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 7 (IANS) It was a unique get-together that just might have motivated a few schoolchildren to join the armed forces. Four senior military officials joined the assembly at their ... Read more...
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Vicar under fire for giving Holy Communion to dog
July 29th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 29 (ANI): An Anglican church in Canada has come under fire after its vicar gave Holy Communion to a dog.The Canadian priest gave the Host, which is considered by Christians ... Read more...
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Vatican accused of hypocrisy after skimpy clothing ban
July 29th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 29 (ANI): The ban imposed by the Vatican on tourists wearing skimpy clothing has been deemed as hypocritical, especially with the Catholic Church battling scandals involving paedophile priests.Visitors have said ... Read more...
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Vatican City bans scantily clad tourists
July 28th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 28 (ANI): The Vatican City has banned tourists in skimpy summer clothing from entering the tiny, walled state.The ban, which had previously been applied only to St. Peter's Basilica, was ... Read more...
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Teens set fire to chickens in school
July 26th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) Three British teenagers set fire to live chickens kept as pets at a primary school, a judge ruled, saying it was "horrific" and the court was "sickened during ... Read more...
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Crocodile Attack Kills US Student
May 9th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Andaman Islands, India, May 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A student from New Jersey met with her death while on a vacation in India on the 28th of last month. The student ... Read more...
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Crocodile kills US woman in India
May 6th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 6 (IANS) A 25-year-old US woman was killed by a crocodile while she was snorkelling in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, her family has said.
The crocodile attack took place ... Read more...
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