Cleaniness freak Brad Pitt
September 18th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 18 (IANS) Actor Brad Pitt has become a clean-freak. He has turned his hand to household chores while fiancee, Angelina Jolie has been visiting a war zone."Brad ... Read more...
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Elderly Britons hitting the bottle on the rise
September 7th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A new British study has found a growing number of elderly people visiting hospitals due to alcohol-related injuries than young drinkers.Last year's toll of 205,800 over-65s ... Read more...
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Gunman shoots two before killing himself in New Jersey (Second Lead)
August 31st, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) A gunman entered a New Jersey supermarket early Friday morning and killed two workers before taking his own life, according to local media reports.The apparently disgruntled ... Read more...
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British man arrested for theft in Goa
August 12th, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 12 (IANS) A British national was arrested Sunday for breaking into a supermarket in the coastal beach village of Anjuna in Goa and stealing goods worth several thousand ... Read more...
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Britain’s cardboard cop cuts shoplifting by 75 percent
August 11th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) The life-size cut-out of a police officer guarding a supermarket in Britain has been so effective that shoplifting has been slashed by 75 percent.The cardboard cop, ... Read more...
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People find Italian ‘Hitler’ wine bottles offensive
August 9th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Venice, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tourists in the city of Garda in Italy have been shocked by the fact that there is wine being sold in the stores with pictures of Adolf ... Read more...
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Crocodile causes panic in Shanghai
August 7th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 7 (IANS) There was panic when a 1.5-metre-long crocodile was found in a creek in a suburban residential area in this Chinese business hub.Animal protection authorities caught the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Blanchett takes kids to work
July 28th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 28 (IANS) Actress Cate Blanchett doesn't mind taking her two sons along with her to the theatre, where she performs the play "Uncle Vanya".She says she ... Read more...
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British families buying more frozen food to save
July 19th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 19 (IANS) To save money and reduce waste to a minimum a lot of British families are resorting to buying more frozen and dried food at the supermarket, ... Read more...
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Coke and Pepsi contain alcohol: study
June 27th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 27 (IANS) Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol, a study has revealed.According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of Consumption, more than half ... Read more...
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Briton keeps two wives for 20 years, exposed
June 24th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 24 (IANS) A supermarket manager in Britain committed suicide after the two families he had been hiding just 10 miles apart for more than two decades discovered ... Read more...
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German Supermarket scores with its nudist gimmick
June 18th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, June 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A German supermarket came up with the idea of offering free groceries to the first hundred naked shoppers. And the supermarket personnel couldn’t believe their eyes when ... Read more...
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Adam Levine hates reality shows
May 24th, 2012 - 3:39 am ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) Singer Adam Levine says his life is "beautiful" because he doesn't watch reality TV show.The Maroon 5 singer says he's not a fan of shows like ... Read more...
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Mexican lawyers promote online divorces
April 26th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 26 (IANS/EFE) A group of Mexican attorneys wants to convince people that divorces are not difficult to obtain, rolling out a prepaid card that simplifies the process ... Read more...
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Indian boy in UAE helps save environment
April 15th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 15 (IANS) A 10-year-old Indian boy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is doing his own bit to save the environment. Every day, he makes paper bags ... Read more...
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A chicken with four legs!
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) A Chinese woman was astonished to find that a chicken she bought had four legs.Tian Xiaoying opened a package of frozen chicken she purchased at a ... Read more...
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Fox forces man into handing over dinner
March 8th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) A wily red fox in Britain cornered a man and forced him into handing over his dinner, The Telegraph reported Thursday.Seb Baker, 29, was attacked by ... Read more...
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‘Menstruating’ hen blamed for bloody egg white
March 5th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) A Chinese company claimed its "hens were menstruating" when a customer complained that the egg whites of its products were blood red.Bai, who hails from Qingdao ... Read more...
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336 million Powerball Jackpot ticket sold at local RI supermarket
February 14th, 2012 - 12:52 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cranston, R.I., Feb 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Officials in Rhode Island say the 336 million Powerball Jackpot winning ticket was purchased at the local supermarket Stop & Shop. Officials say the winner has ... Read more...
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BJP a supermarket of immorality, irregularity: Congress
February 9th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Congress party Thursday described the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a supermarket where a "spectrum of immorality and irregularity is available under one ... Read more...
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52 Brazilians rescued from slave-like conditions
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 2 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian authorities Wednesday rescued 52 farm workers who were being held in slave-like conditions on three ranches in the Amazon state of Para, the ... Read more...
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Woman wins contest to blow up factory where her dad died
January 16th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 16 (IANS) A British woman won a competition to blow up a factory building where her father had died in an accident.Sarah Griffiths, 41, pushed a button that ... Read more...
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‘Downton Abbey’ Season 2 premieres
January 9th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Following the success it chalked in its first season, Downton Abbey returned for another season last Sunday (the 8th of January). In its first season, the ... Read more...
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Shoplifter chops off security guard’s ear
December 13th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Longview, Wash, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A security guard at a store had most of his ear chopped off by a shoplifter. The suspect is still at large as officers have launched ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Woman sets herself afire at petrol pump
November 23rd, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 23 (IANS) A woman in southwest England died as she set herself on fire at a petrol pump.The 55-year-old from Bath city of Somerset county was seen at ... Read more...
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Rose Devlin & Denise Egan’s theft attempt goes wrong
November 23rd, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Manchester, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dummy’s guide to rob a supermarket: fuel your getaway car before the attempt! The police arrested a pair who stole £400 worth of alcohol and realized later ... Read more...
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Dumb thieves forgot to put petrol in car!
November 22nd, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 22 (IANS) Two thieves in Britain proved they were too dumb to be doing what they were after they were captured on CCTV pushing their car to a ... Read more...
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UFO over Russia?
October 26th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 26 (IANS) A burning object, a smoke trail and six mysterious red dots were reportedly seen in the sky over two Russian towns.The pilot of a London-Moscow flight ... Read more...
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27 Indians held in Britain for illegal stay, work
September 28th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Twenty-seven Indians, who were allegedly staying and working illegally in London and Manchester, were arrested by the UK Border Agency in two separate raids, the ... Read more...
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Hitman falls in love with victim, fakes her killing
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 23 (IANS) A hired killer in Brazil took one look at his intended victim and fell head over heels in love with her. The new lovers then splashed ... Read more...
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Japanese scribes ‘offered $10,000′ for video of Kim Jong-Il
August 31st, 2011 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Japanese journalists offered supermarket staff $10,000 for footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's visit to their East Siberian store, a spokesperson for the supermarket ... Read more...
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Family forced Saldana to learn driving
August 21st, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 21 (IANS) American actress Zoe Saldana has confessed that she learnt driving after her family intervened."I was living in New York and I was lazy. And ... Read more...
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New approach needed to deal with terrorist outrages: Pakistani paper
June 13th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) The Peshawar blasts - the latest in a long series of such attacks - show the government has again failed in its duty to protect the ... Read more...
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Twin blasts rock Peshawar, 10 dead (Lead)
June 12th, 2011 - 3:30 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and many others, including four journalists, were injured when two powerful blasts ripped through a supermarket in Pakistan's Peshawar city ... Read more...
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Jailed rapist released early assaults again within weeks
June 8th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 8 (IANS) A rapist, who was freed before fully serving his prison term, has been held for sexually assaulting another woman within a few weeks of his release, ... Read more...
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