Canary Islands fire threatens heritage site
August 7th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Canary Islands, Aug 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There was a fire outbreak in Canary Island, which is located in Spain. This incident occurred on Monday and it affected several homes and a national ... Read more...
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13 dead due to rains in China
July 22nd, 2012 - 5:13 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 22 (IANS) Torrential rains that lashed large areas of northern and southwestern China since Friday night have killed at least 13 people, said authorities Saturday night.Beijing received 95 ... Read more...
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12 dead in China rains
July 21st, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 21 (IANS) Torrential rains that lashed large areas of China since Friday night have killed at least 12 people, authorities said Saturday.In Beijing, rainstorms left two people dead ... Read more...
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Britain’s retail sales volume goes up
July 20th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) Britain's retail sales volume increased slightly in June by 0.1 percent from May, but rose 1.6 percent from a year earlier, according to estimates by the ... Read more...
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27 bodies found after Tanzania ferry capsizes
July 19th, 2012 - 3:12 am ICT by IANS
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), July 19 (IANS) Twenty-seven bodies were retrieved from the Indian Ocean off Tanzania after a ferry with over 280 people on board capsized Wednesday.An official said ... Read more...
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Lightning kills 14 in Bihar villages
July 12th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 12 (IANS) At least 14 people, including four women, have been killed after being struck by lightning across Bihar since Wednesday, officials said Thursday.The deaths took place in villages ... Read more...
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A taste of Indian summer in American capital (Letter from Washington)
July 3rd, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) The lights are back, the TV has again started blaring, the air-conditioner is humming and the internet has come alive. It seems an aeon since ... Read more...
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Air force rescues eight from stranded boat in Assam
June 27th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Indian Air Force helicopter pilots Wednesday evacuated eight people, including three pregnant women and two doctors, from a boat stuck in the Dibong river near Sadiya ... Read more...
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Hot Wednesday morning in Delhi
June 27th, 2012 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) A cloudy sky and strong winds brought some relief on a hot Wednesday morning with the minimum temperature in the capital settling at 31 degrees ... Read more...
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Week starts on scorching note for Delhi (Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Delhi residents faced a scorching Monday with the maximum temperature shooting 5 notches above normal to 42.3 degrees Celsius, as the rain, forecast by the ... Read more...
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Dozens trapped in burning Mantralaya, navy called (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) A major fire raged in the Maharashtra Mantrayala or secretariat here Thursday, with a man who escaped claiming that some 50 people were trapped in the ... Read more...
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Plane crash kills five skydivers in Ukraine (Lead)
June 10th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, June 10 (IANS) At least five skydivers were killed and 13 injured after their plane crashlanded amid strong winds and heavy rain outside the Ukrainian capital Sunday, an official ... Read more...
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Five killed in Ukraine plane crash
June 10th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, June 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least five people were killed and 13 injured after a plane carrying parachute-jumpers
crashlanded outside the Ukrainian capital Sunday, officials said.The L-410 aircraft, belonging to ... Read more...
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Dust storm hits Delhi, delays flights
May 17th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) A layer of dust covered the capital Thursday bringing down visibility and delaying the landing of flights."A 60 km per hour wind between 4.30-7.30 a.m. ... Read more...
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Asperger’s no obstacle for young Kolkata inventor (Feature)
May 14th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Asperger's syndrome has never been a disability for Shashank Agarwal. The 20-year-old has invented a light sensitive alarm to monitor tigers, a vertical-axis windmill that can ... Read more...
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Sunny day in Delhi, thunderstorm expected
May 12th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The capital woke up to a bright, sunny morning Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 25.3 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the ... Read more...
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Bright day in Delhi, thunder storm expected
May 11th, 2012 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The capital woke up to a sunny Friday with the minimum temperature settling one notch above normal at 26.6 degree Celsius. The met department has ... Read more...
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World’s tallest log cabin destroyed in fire
May 7th, 2012 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Once the world's tallest wooden skyscraper, the 13-storey Sutyagin House in Russia has been destroyed in a fire, officials said.The 144-foot-tall Sutyagin House was situated ... Read more...
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Three killed in Tripura rainstorm
April 29th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 29 (IANS) At least three people, including a boy, have been killed in rainstorms ravaging parts of Tripura since Saturday, an official said here Sunday."A 76-year-old farmer in ... Read more...
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China issues sandstorm alert
April 22nd, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 22 (IANS) China's meteorological authorities Sunday issued a low-level alert against sandstorms that are expected to hit the country's northwest regions.China has a four-colour coded warning system, ... Read more...
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Hot morning in Delhi, clear day ahead
April 21st, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) It was a hot morning in the capital Saturday with clear and sunny skies accompanied by light gusts of wind. The minimum temperature settled at ... Read more...
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Wildfires ravage Russian villages
April 21st, 2012 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) One person was killed and over 86 square km of land, that included at least 75 houses, were destroyed due to a wildfire in Russia's ... Read more...
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Some Delhi areas see rain (Second Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Light rainfall was reported from some areas of Delhi Friday night as it turned cloudy towards evening after a sunny morning. Strong winds and rain ... Read more...
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Cloudy end to a sunny Friday in Delhi (Lead)
April 20th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The capital saw a sunny Friday with the maximum temperature reaching 37.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above average, turn cloudy towards evening. The minimum temperature ... Read more...
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Heavy rains lash China
April 15th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) Heavy rains will continue to lash southern China over the next three days, the National Meteorological Centre said Sunday.The regions south of the Yangtze river and ... Read more...
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Death toll reaches 22 after Nigerian church collapses
April 11th, 2012 - 2:31 am ICT by BNO News
MAKURDI, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) -- The death toll has risen to at least 22 after a Catholic church in rural Nigeria collapsed ahead of a vigil over the Easter weekend, officials said ... Read more...
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Squalls, hailstorm kill seven in Tripura
April 10th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 10 (IANS) At least seven people, including two children and an elderly man, were killed and over 30 injured as cyclonic storms accompanied by rains lashing several parts ... Read more...
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Storm kills three, damages many houses in Tripura
April 8th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 8 (IANS) At least three people, including a child and a government school teacher, were killed and two injured as a cyclonic storm accompanied by rains lashing several ... Read more...
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Russian yacht goes missing in Antarctic
April 7th, 2012 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A world-record breaking yacht with a crew of four Russians and four Ukrainians on board has gone missing off the Antarctic coast while performing a ... Read more...
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Parts of Kolkata waterlogged after rains
April 6th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Several parts of Kolkata were waterlogged after heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms lashed the city and its outskirts Friday."Several parts of Kolkata became waterlogged since early ... Read more...
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Britain shivers in Artic cold
April 4th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 4 (IANS) A mild March has given way to Arctic April in Britain after a freeze descended on the country, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.Snow fell from Devon ... Read more...
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Breezy morning for Delhi
March 29th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) It was a warm and breezy morning for the capital Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 19.2 degrees Celsius, a notch above the average ... Read more...
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Bright day for Delhi, strong winds expected
March 28th, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a bright, breezy morning Wednesday with the minimum temperature settling at 17.8 degrees Celsius.According to the meteorological department, there could be ... Read more...
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Sharmila finishes 37th in Morocco
March 26th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agadir (Morocco), March 26 (IANS) Sharmila Nicollet carded a steady one-over 72 in the weather-hit Lalla Meryem Golf Cup to end the week at tied 37th place.
Nicollet, playing her ... Read more...
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Nippy morning in Delhi, windy day ahead
March 21st, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) It was a nippy, sunny morning for the capital Wednesday with the minimum temperature plunging to 13 degrees Celsius from 21 degrees the day before. ... Read more...
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