Defeated Pistorius questions rules
September 3rd, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 3 (IANS) In a night that should have belonged to Paralympic Games superstar Oscar Pistorius, Alan Oliveira of Brazil had not read the script for the T44 men's ... Read more...
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ITV is in talks with BT to show Premier League games
August 22nd, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For the first time in history, the ITV will now be showing the Premier League games. This was a conclusion that came up after the ITV had ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: I have nothing left to prove, says Bolt (Second Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 6:24 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) In a show of his sprint dominance to sports fans around the world, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 metres here ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Bolt claims historic double with 200m gold (Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 3:56 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) In a display of his sprint dominance to sports fans around the world, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 metres ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Russian Zaripova wins 3000m steeplechase gold
August 7th, 2012 - 3:49 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) World champion Yuliya Zaripova of Russia took Olympic gold in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase Monday.Zaripova shook off the challenge of Tunisia's Habiba Ghribi ... Read more...
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Stick to Gujarat please, Nitish tells Modi
June 11th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 11 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday politely told his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi to mind his own business and not to comment about Bihar.After Modi said ... Read more...
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Mary Kom, Sarita look to secure Olympic berth
April 4th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Five times women's World boxing champion MC Mary Kom and L Sarita Devi will look to secure a berth in the London Olympics 2012 when ... Read more...
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Diego Rivera sketches undergo restoration
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 2 (IANS/EFE) Four sketches made by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in the 1930s for New York's Rockefeller Center are being restored with a grant from Bank ... Read more...
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Pakistan pursuing prudent economic policies: Gilani
January 20th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A number of targets in the economic sector have been achieved during the first six months of the current fiscal due to the prudent policies ... Read more...
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Pakistan Senate polls March 2
January 13th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Four members from the minority community will join the Senate for the first time when polls for Pakistan's upper house take place March 2.The Election Commission ... Read more...
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Gorbachev urges Russia election re-run
December 24th, 2011 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called for a re-run of Russia's disputed parliamentary elections.In an interview with the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, Gorbachev said ... Read more...
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Virgin Mary relic displayed in Moscow
November 24th, 2011 - 6:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary is on display at Moscow's Christ the Savior cathedral and is drawing huge crowds.Around 50,000-60,000 ... Read more...
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Bolt, Pearson named IAAF athletes of the year
November 13th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Monaco, Nov 13 (IANS) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Australia's Sally Pearson, the world 100m hurdles champion, were named IAAF athletes of the year here.Bolt, the Olympic 100-metre champion, wins ... Read more...
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Pakistan to grant MFN status to India
October 13th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Pakistan has, in principle, decided to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said in the National Assembly.The minister said ... Read more...
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Pakistan decides to grant MFN status to India: Khar (Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Pakistan had, in principle, decided to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, said Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Wednesday.Responding to a question during question ... Read more...
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Anil Kaushik is new Punjab top cop
September 30th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (IANS) Anil Kaushik, a 1975-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Friday took over as the Director General of Police (DGP) in Punjab.Kaushik replaces Paramjit Singh Gill who ... Read more...
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For first time, US loses AAA credit rating
August 6th, 2011 - 9:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) For the first time in history, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded America's top notch credit rating, stripping the world's largest economy of its ... Read more...
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New Spider-Man is half-Latino
August 3rd, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 3 (IANS/EFE) Marvel Comics revealed Tuesday that the heir to the Spider-Man costume following the death of Peter Parker will be Miles Morales, a teenager of half-Hispanic ... Read more...
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US Senate approves debt deal
August 3rd, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a dramatic fashion, the US Senate has finally cleared a hurdle in the bid to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt for the first ... Read more...
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US Mortgage rates keep falling
July 22nd, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US mortgage rates remained relatively low with the 30-year fixed loan going for 4.52% on Thursday. According to the industry player Freddie Mac, the rate is ... Read more...
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Beyonce’s ‘Run the world’ video released
May 20th, 2011 - 2:16 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After the initial delay, Beyonce has finally released the video of the song “Run The World(Girls).” Beyonce initially announced that the video will be released last ... Read more...
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University of Michigan study says that love hurts
March 29th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Michigan, Mar 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For the first time in history, scientists have been able to prove that love really “hurts”.Researchers at the University of Michigan carried out the study using state-of-the-art ... Read more...
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Wimbledon finals to be screened live in 3D for first time in history
March 8th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Tennis fans would get an opportunity to watch the Wimbledon championship finals live in High Definition 3D at hundreds of cinemas around the world, for the first ... Read more...
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NRI Ravi Verma Shooting For Documentary In Bihar With Hollywood Crew
January 20th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Ravi Verma, a California based film maker who is the CEO of the Telecommunication software and services in the Silicon Valley and is the biggest ERP or the Entrepreneur Resource ... Read more...
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Obama says US welcomes China’s peaceful rise
January 20th, 2011 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has said cooperation between America and China is good for both countries as well as the world."I absolutely believe that China's peaceful rise ... Read more...
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Steve Waugh should coach Australian team: Jones
January 7th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 7 (ANI): Cricket Australia needs to draw on its former greats to restore it as a cricket power and former skipper Steve Waugh should take control of the Australian side, ... Read more...
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Ashes humiliation forces Clarke to quit as Australia’s T20 captain
January 7th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 7 (ANI): Michael Clarke has quit as Australia's Twenty20 skipper in order to find batting form, in the aftermath of the humiliating Ashes defeat.Australia were dismissed for 281 this morning ... Read more...
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European Union ratifies UN convention on disability rights
January 5th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The European Union (EU) on Wednesday ratified the United Nation's (UN) Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities that intends to ensure rights of people with disabilities.This ... Read more...
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Obama considering moving 2012 Presidential election campaign base to Chicago
December 28th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama is trying to win re-election by apparently risking, for the first time in history of the country, to move the campaign base to ... Read more...
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Majority Russians don’t believe in Medvedev-Putin rift
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 22 (IANS) A majority of Russian people do not believe that there is any lack of cooperation between the country's president, Dmitry Medvedev, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.A poll conducted ... Read more...
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Antimatter breakthrough could prove very critical for the scientists
November 19th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have announced that they have made a major breakthrough in their quest to solve one of the greatest riddles in history- antimatter.Scientists have been puzzled ... Read more...
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Earth will take 100,000 years ‘to recuperate from global warming’
November 2nd, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 02 (ANI): Geologists have warned that the Earth will take 100, 000 years to recover from global warming if mankind continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Geologists have ... Read more...
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No Social Security Increase 2nd Year Straight
October 12th, 2010 - 3:09 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As most Americans know, the cost of living rises, every year, rain or snow, no matter who is in office at the White House, or what job you ... Read more...
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Priority is to up collaborative TB-HIV activities
July 19th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by admin
By Bobby Ramakant – CNSThere is convincing evidence that scaling up collaborative TB-HIV activities, improve TB and HIV programme performances. “In 2008, there were an estimated 9.4 million incident TB cases globally, ... Read more...
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Paraguay beat Japan, reach quarters for first time
June 29th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, June 29 (DPA) Paraguay reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup football for the first time in history with a lacklustre 0-0 (5-3) victory over Japan in penalties at Loftus Verfeld ... Read more...
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