Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas get married
September 10th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Sept 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rachel and Brendon finally decide to take a broad step and have resorted to walking down the aisle.
The couple was at one time stars in ... Read more...
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Two charged with murder slain in Bolivia by mob
August 16th, 2012 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Aug 16 (IANS/EFE) Two Brazilians arrested in Bolivia on suspicion of murder were pulled from a jail cell and burned to death by a mob, Bolivian media said.The ... Read more...
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Trinidad declares public holiday to celebrate Olympians
August 13th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Aug 13 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago (T&T;) went into celebration mode after Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar declared a public holiday Monday in recognition of the country's achievement ... Read more...
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iStream.com to bring Euro 2012 live on the internet in India
June 8th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Euro 2012 European football championship will be streamed live on the internet in India thanks to a tie-up between Neo Sports, the official broadcast ... Read more...
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China to host World Snooker later this year
April 28th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Sheffield (England), April 28 (IANS) The newly-launched World Snooker International Championship will be staged for the first time later this year in China, with the tournament offering the highest top ... Read more...
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Russia to launch commercial-free public TV
April 18th, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to establish a commercial-free, public television broadcast service that will be launched Jan 1 next year.Medvedev had ... Read more...
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Russia launches Chinese satellite
November 26th, 2011 - 3:46 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 26 (IANS) Russia has launched a Chinese communications satellite into space from its Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.The Proton-M rocket, carrying the AsiaSat-7, lifted off at 1910 GMT ... Read more...
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Vietnam to build space centre by 2018
November 17th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hanoi, Nov 17 (IANS) Vietnam will build a space centre by 2018 for which it will spend over $600 million.Under the plan, the Vietnam Space Centre, covering an area of ... Read more...
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NATO airstrike targets Libyan state-run TV
July 30th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by BNO News
TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) -- NATO aircraft on early Saturday morning carried out an airstrike against three ground-based Libyan state television satellite transmission dishes in Tripoli, officials said.NATO spokesman Colonel Roland Lavoie said ... Read more...
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UN, French helicopters attack Gbagbo’s residence
April 11th, 2011 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
Abidjan, April 11 (IANS) UN and French helicopters opened fire at the presidential residence in Abidjan, the largest city of Cote d'Ivoire, Xinhua quoted local residents as saying.The UN peacekeeping ... Read more...
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Jayawardene to take legal action against Lanka channel for fixing claims
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Mar 2 (ANI): Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene is considering taking legal action in response to a commentary that implied he and Thilan Samaraweera were guilty of match-fixing during the team's ... Read more...
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Emmy president meets members of Indian TV industry
February 9th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bruce Paisner, president of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the body behind Emmy Awards, visited India early this month and met television broadcast CEOs, producers ... Read more...
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Umpire Billy Bowden takes Ashes winning ball home again
January 10th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan.10 (ANI): New Zealand cricket umpire Billy Bowden shocked the sporting world when he took home the winning ball from the Ashes as a souvenir five years ago - and last ... Read more...
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Sesame Street episode starring Katy Perry not to be aired
September 23rd, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) This is sure a bad bit of news for all the Katy Perry fans. The production team of Sesame Street has decided to bar the telecast of ... Read more...
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European makeup, techniques showcased at cosmetic exhibition in Chennai
July 26th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
By JaikumarChennai, July 26 (ANI): Makeup artists showcased the latest European cosmetic products and makeup technologies at the fourth edition of Cinema Today 2010 International Exhibition in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.The three-day-long ... Read more...
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Reliance Media World sprints 4 percent on CBS tie-up
June 21st, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Reliance Media World, to be renamed Reliance Broadcast Network, gained 4 percent at the bourses Monday after the company announced it will form an equal joint venture ... Read more...
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Three Americans jailed in Iran meet with their mothers
May 20th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- Three Americans jailed in Iran met with their mothers at a hotel in Tehran on Thursday, just over a week after the country granted their relatives visas ... Read more...
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Post-protest rampage in Bangkok leaves 16 dead
May 20th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, May 20 (DPA) Irate anti-government protesters set fire to at least 35 buildings in Bangkok in a violent rampage sparked by the government's crackdown on their demonstration that left up ... Read more...
US unveils new broadband plan
March 16th, 2010 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
Washington/San Francisco, March 16 (DPA) The US government has unveiled a new plan for high-speed internet access that will give the US "the fastest and most extensive wireless network in the world", ... Read more...
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Meet demands or resign, protesters tell Thai government
March 14th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 14 (DPA) Tens of thousands of protesters from provinces throughout Thailand gathered in Bangkok Sunday to pressure the government to resign within 24 hours and call new elections.
An estimated ... Read more...
Blue Grass, IA man sentenced for federal bank robbery
February 20th, 2010 - 3:57 am ICT by BNO News
DES MOINES, IOWA (BNO NEWS) – An Iowa man was sentenced for federal bank robbery charges, prosecutors said on Friday.John Anthony Hutter, 49, of Blue Grass, Iowa approached a cleaning lady that ... Read more...
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Eukanuba Dog Show Aired On Animal Planet
February 7th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Feb 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 9th annual AKC/Eukaneba National Championship aired on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel on February 6, 2010 at 8p.m. (ET/PT). The show of this year had ... Read more...
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Four from India elected governors of broadcast industry advocacy
November 11th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 11 (IANS) The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has elected four people of Indian origin to its board of governors, the high-profile advocacy for the television ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber’s release suggests nexus between Gaddafi and Brown
August 23rd, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug. 23 (ANI): The release of Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi last week by Scottish authorities, suggests a nexus or an understanding between Libyan dictator Colonel Muamar ... Read more...
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Urumqi crawls towards normalcy as China stresses stability
July 9th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 9 (DPA) More traffic and shoppers returned to the streets of China's riot-hit city of Urumqi Thursday as thousands of paramilitary police patrolled.
Markets and car parks were busier than Wednesday ... Read more...
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Jacko’s funeral expected to be bigger than Diana’s
June 29th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 29 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's funeral may be bigger than that of Princess Diana, say reports.Diana's funeral saw a gathering of 250,000 people in London's ... Read more...
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India-South Africa Davis Cup tie likely at select venue
May 13th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, May 13 (IANS) Hopes of residents of Soweto, the largest township in South Africa, that they may see Indian tennis stars like Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in ... Read more...
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Swine flu: Mexican inmates riot after ban on family visits
May 2nd, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 2 (EFE) The Mexican authorities have banned family visits at a prison here after the outbreak of the deadly swine flu that has already killed over a dozen people ... Read more...
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Congress questions Advani’s claim of strong leadership
April 16th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Congress party Thursday questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) claim that its prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani would provide a strong leadership.
"Why is Advani trying ... Read more...
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Thailand’s opposition Red Shirts end standoff, two leaders surrender
April 14th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Bangkok (Thailand), Apr.14 (ANI): Thailand's opposition United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), which is also known as the `Red Shirt', has ended its standoff outside Government House here against the ... Read more...
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US TV cuts Ian McKellen’s nude scene in ‘King Lear’
March 27th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): Ian McKellen's nude scene from US television broadcast of his 'King Lear' has been chopped off, leaving the actor full of frustration.The legendary actor played the Shakespeare character ... Read more...
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LTTE’s stronghold of Mullaitivu completely captured: Lankan army
January 25th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 25 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops fighting their way into the areas of the Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday fully captured the rebels' last major bastion of Mullaitivu, dealing severe body blow ... Read more...
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Powerful quake jolts Costa Rica
January 9th, 2009 - 5:54 am ICT by IANS
San Jose, Jan 9 (IANS) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked northern Costa Rica late Thursday night, but there were no reports of any casualty, EFE news agency ... Read more...
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Venezuela accuses US of sponsoring plan to kill Chavez
September 12th, 2008 - 6:13 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Sep 12 (DPA) The Venezuelan government Thursday accused the US of sponsoring a plan to assassinate President Hugo Chavez, hours after he ordered an investigation into a military conspiracy to overthrow ... Read more...
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TV, not sun, determines our sleep schedule
March 7th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 7 (ANI): Its television and not sun that determines our sleep schedule, says a new research.With spring approaching the United States of America, the nation is readying itself for losing ... Read more...
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