Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees in Turkey
September 14th, 2012 - 6:50 am ICT by IANS
Ankara, Sep 14 (IANS) Hollywood star and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie Thursday visited two Syrian refugee camps in Turkey.Accompanied by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonia Guterres, Jolie ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Big B set for Gujarat promotional ad
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Bollywood megastar and Gujarat brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, who previously promoted areas like Kutch and Dwarka, is now set to attract tourists to other picturesque ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Capital’s centenary: A walk down the Kingsway Camp
December 11th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) One hundred years ago, India - which was a colony of the British empire - spent nearly one million pounds sterling to host King George ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Neighbors complain that a deaf couple is too loud
November 30th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, Nov 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A deaf couple in Germany decided to move away from their neighborhood after their neighbors complained that they were too loud. The two have lived in a ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Protesters camp at square in Bahrain capital
February 21st, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, Feb 21 (IANS) Defiant demonstrators continued to camp at a roundabout in the Bahrain's capital Manama as a determined protester Monday reiterated: "All the people of Bahrain, they don't want the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Egyptians welcome liberation at Tahrir Square
February 12th, 2011 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 12 (IANS) Tahrir Square, a large public square in downtown Cairo, Friday lived up to its name as Hosni Mubarak quit as president in the face of massive protests. `Tahrir' ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Cairo square turns into tent city as protests continue
February 6th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 6 (IANS) Protesters braved rainy weather as they spent the night in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square and kept up their unrelenting pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to quit now. Though ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Actor Sean Penn is very critical of Jean Wyclef’s decision to run for the Haitian Presidency
August 26th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sean Penn has not stopped his criticism of Jean Wyclef's decision to contest for the highest seat in Haiti.Sean has been critical at the hip hop ... Read more...
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Wyclef Jean isn’t qualified to be Haiti’s President, says ex bandmate
August 7th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): Hip-hop star Pras has said that he won't be casting his vote for his former Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean, because he is not qualified to be Haiti's President.Just ... Read more...
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Nicole Kidman Visits Haiti As A Goodwill Ambassador Of UNIFEM
August 3rd, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 3, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Nicole Kidman opened up to the media today when she got speaking with USA Today. She had to leave her youngest child, ... Read more...
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Oprah gets Julia, Goldie to make documentaries
July 28th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has roped in actors Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker and Goldie Hawn to develop documentaries for her new US network OWN.
The trio, along ... Read more...
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“America’s Toughest Sheriff” makes inmates pedal to watch TV
April 8th, 2010 - 1:30 am ICT by BNO News
PHOENIX (BNO NEWS) -- Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who calls himself 'America's Thoughest Sheriff', has an idea to make inmates lose weight: make them pedal to watch television.Arpaio says a ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Gadkari includes Dalits in party agenda
February 17th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Indore, Feb 17 (IANS) Untouchability was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "political commitment", new president Nitin Gadkari said Wednesday, indicating a significant shift in strategy for the party by ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Football fans to live in tents in South Africa to beat high accommodation costs
February 16th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): To beat sky-high accommodation costs at the World Cup in South Africa, England football fans could be forced to camp out in freezing temperatures.A huge tented city is ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Gujarat officials to brainstorm in desert wilderness
December 4th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) The might of the Gujarat government led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi will leave their state secretariat later Friday to set up camp in the Rann of ... Read more...
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Sikhs celebrate tri-centennial of Guru Granth Sahib
October 29th, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Nanded (Maharashtra), Oct 29 (ANI): Sikh devotees began the celebrations to mark the tri-centennial of the holy book Guru Granth Sahib here.Nearly one million Sikhs are expected to descend here ... Read more...
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Jay-Z imagines his audience naked during shows!
July 16th, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Like all performers American rapper Jay-Z also has his nervous moments, but he makes things easy for himself by imagining that his audience is naked.Jay-Z, who ... Read more...
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