Mexico puts up $1.2 bn to solve kidnappings
May 12th, 2012 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Mexican authorities said Friday that they are prepared to pay up to 16.5 billion pesos ($1.23 billion) in rewards for information leading to the rescue ... Read more...
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British kids call police after bullying on Facebook
April 13th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) Hundreds of British children, often on the verge of committing suicide, call the police every day after becoming victims of vicious bullying on social network ... Read more...
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We have 14 bn brain cells less than we thought
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 2 (IANS) Scientists believe that the human brain contains 100 billion neurons but that figure is actually 14 billion too many, claims a new study.Humans actually have 86 ... Read more...
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Indian-origin man admits post office fraud in Britain
June 25th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) A 51-year-old man of Indian origin has pleaded guilty before a court of committing fraud at a post office in Britain, media reports said.Hasmukh Shingadia ... Read more...
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UK pilots donning oxygen masks to counter poisonous fumes in aircraft
March 28th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 28 (ANI): Airline pilots in Britain are secretly donning oxygen masks and issuing emergency warnings because of poisonous fumes seeping into passenger jets.Potentially deadly incidents are being reported at the ... Read more...
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Romanian women endured 22 million abortions after ex-dictator’s ban on contraception
February 24th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 24(ANI): Romanian women went through over 22 million abortions as a result of policies introduced by former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, health statistics have revealed.According to the Daily Mail, official ... Read more...
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Time to focus on freshwater fish, is India listening?
October 25th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Nagoya (Japan), Oct 25 (IANS) Fishermen and policymakers alike are worried because many marine fisheries have lost 90 percent of their stocks. What is often forgotten is that inland freshwater ... Read more...
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Now. child labour scandal hits Delhi CWG
September 23rd, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.23 (ANI): It has now emerged that children have built some parts of the alleged crumbling stadiums of the XIXth Commonwealth Games.According to a Daily Star report, tots as young as ... Read more...
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Pakistan faces major hunger crisis: NGO
September 19th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 19 (ANI): The world's leading independent NGO for kids - Save the Children- has warned that Pakistan faces a major hunger crisis, as the number of acutely malnourished children is ... Read more...
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Forced marriage cases among Pak, Indian communities on the rise in UK
July 3rd, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): Forced marriages in the Indian and Pakistani communities in Britain are n the rise, according to a Government report.The Sydney Morning Herald, quotes the Forced Marriage Unit as ... Read more...
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Media should build bridges between India, Australia: Rahman
January 14th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 14(ANI): Oscar winner musician A.R. Rahman has said that the Indian and the Australian media have a responsibility to build bridges between the two countries, rather than breaking them apart. ... Read more...
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Indians staying off Australian streets over fear of racial attacks
January 9th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 9(ANI): Several Indian students in Australia have said that they are too afraid to walk the streets at night following reports of repeated hate crimes against the community.They said ... Read more...
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Recession causing growth of ’sandwich generation’ in Britain
December 8th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Britain's worst-ever recession is leading to a growth in the 'sandwich generation' of middle-aged women who are forced to care for their children and parents, a leading thinktank ... Read more...
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MI5 warns that young Brits heading for terrorist training Somalia soaring
September 13th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep.13 (ANI): British intelligence chiefs have targeted war-torn Somalia as the next major challenge to their efforts to repel Islamic terrorism, after receiving reports of scores of youths leaving the UK ... Read more...
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Lethal drug-resistant TB spreads at alarming rate in South Africa
August 17th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Johannesburg, Aug 17 (DPA) A drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) is spreading at an alarming rate in South Africa and is threatening to overwhelm health services in neighbouring countries, a report in ... Read more...
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British Muslim group to tackle forced marriages
June 13th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 13 (IANS) More than 70 percent of marriages in the British Muslim community involving a foreign spouse have some element of coercion or force, a leading Islamic group has admitted. ... Read more...
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British kids to be taught about domestic violence, forced marriages
June 13th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 13 (ANI): British children as young as five must be taught about the evils of domestic violence and forced marriages, MPs have said. A hard-hitting report demands a nationwide ... Read more...
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Brits are terrible bedroom liars
April 26th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
London, April 26 (ANI): They might be famed for their good looks and charisma, but Brits are terrible, when it comes to telling the truth about the number of sexual partners ... Read more...
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China is world’s ‘top executioner’: Amnesty
April 14th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by admin
DPA
London, April 14 (DPA) At least 470 people were executed in China last year, making it the highest overall figure for any single country, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the ... Read more...
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