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  • NDTV is reporting that military commandos are searching room by room at the Taj Mahal hotel. No terrorists detected yet.
  • The Italian government has confirmed moments ago, that an Italian citizen is among the fatalities in Mumbai -- France-Presse (Corrected)
  • The spanish EFE newswire, quoting local tv NDTV, is reporting at this hour that all the hostages at the Taj Mahal Hotel are now free.
  • The Italian goverment has confirmed moments ago, that an Italian citizen is among the fatalities in Mumbai, France-Presse is reporting.
  • There are at least 100 people trapped inside the hotel, officials said, with a smaller number believed to have been taken hostage - Reuters
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PETA urging Jacko to save his giraffes

November 27th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): Michael Jackson is being urged by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to rescue the giraffes that used to roam on his Neverland Ranch from ...

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Dead lion accorded last rites by Bhopal zoo authorities

September 20th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Bhopal , Sept 20 (ANI): Officials of the ''Van Vihar'' zoo in Bhopal performed the last rites of a 19-year lion. The lion was brought to the zoo in 2006 after being ...

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Mysterious deaths of 14 black bucks in Uttar Pradesh

September 19th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh forest authorities are at a loss to explain the mysterious deaths of 14 black bucks in Agra and Kanpur districts of the state.In the last two ...

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Lucknow Zoo faces space crunch for housing leopards

September 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, Sept 14 (ANI): Authorities in Lucknow Zoo, that has been a home to many rescued leopards, has been facing space crunch for keeping the animals. Apart from the three big cats, ...

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Rare civet albino cat comes to Lucknow zoo

August 31st, 2008 - 11:27 am ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, Aug 31 (ANI): Lucknow zoo authorities have brought a rare variety of civet albino cat, which they have rescued from poachers. The animal though belonging to the cat family, has a ...

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Penguin receives knighthood in zoo ceremony!

August 16th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Aug 16 (ANI): A penguin named Nils Olav has been awarded the honorary knighthood for good conduct and his role as honorary colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King''s Guard. The three-foot tall ...

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Germans, Polish on war over nude sun bathing at common beach

July 31st, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 31 (ANI): A resort on the Usedom beach on the German-Polish border has sparked fighting between the residents of the two sides, after the removal of a fence separating ...

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Zoo ‘adopts’ a baby monkey abandoned by mother

June 30th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI -
By Kamna Mathur Lucknow, June 30 (ANI): Lucknow zoo is looking after a recently born monkey abandoned by its mother. Even the group abandoned the child monkey. Its been six weeks that the ...

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Orissa tribal jailed for keeping a bear cub

June 25th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI -
By Sarada Lahangir Bhubaneshwar, June 25 (ANI): A tribal man in the Rutsila hamlet of Orissas Keonjhar District was arrested by wildlife officials for keeping a bear cub at his hut. Ram ...

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Two teenagers held for killing spotted deer

June 24th, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, June 24 (IANS) Two teenagers have been arrested in Bhilai in Chhattisgarh for torturing a group of spotted deer at a zoo, leaving two of the animals dead. Police said the ...

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Search on for alligators that escaped flooded zoo

June 21st, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, June 21 (IANS) Three alligators that escaped from the Tata Zoological Park in Jamshedpur as floodwaters swept into their enclosure are still at large after three days, authorities said Saturday. "We ...

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Denise Richards claims of not being a husband stealer challenged

June 17th, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, June 17 (ANI): Denise Richards claims of not being a husband stealer have been challenged by pals of Heather Locklear, whose ex-husband Richie Sambora, briefly dated the Wild Things star. Richards ...

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Junagadh zoo to get cheetahs from Singapore

June 12th, 2008 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Junagadh (Gujarat), June 12 (IANS) Two cheetahs will be brought from Singapore to the Sakkarbaug Zoological Park in Junagad in Gujarat in exchange for lions, a zoo official said. V.M. Rana, the ...

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Python feasts on a fawn at Tirupati zoo

May 29th, 2008 - 11:03 am ICT by admin -
Hyderabad, May 29 (ANI): Residents of Tirupati often make a beeline for the Venkateshwara Zoological Park to have a look at the flora and fauna. But on May 15, shortly after the ...

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China to airlift pandas from quake-hit areas

May 23rd, 2008 - 1:00 am ICT by admin -
Xinhua Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua) China will airlift eight pandas from the quake-hit Sichuan province to a zoo in Beijing, a panda protection research centre official said Thursday. The Southern Airlines (CSA) is ...

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Lion cub dies at Gujarat zoo

May 13th, 2008 - 12:59 am ICT by admin -
Junagadh (Gujarat), May 12 (IANS) A one-year-old lion cub has died at the Sakarbaugh zoo of Junagarh town in Gujarat, officials said Monday. The cub was brought to the zoo a year ...

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Leopard injures three people, trapped

May 10th, 2008 - 12:49 am ICT by admin -
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), May 9 (IANS) A female leopard was caught and caged in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district Friday after it attacked and injured three people. It took over 10 hours for ...

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Another man-eating leopard captured

April 25th, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by admin -
Coimbatore, April 25 (IANS) The second of two leopards which killed a young girl here has been captured and sent to the Chennai zoo, an official said Friday. The 18-month-old animal was ...

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Fake concrete bat roosts will help in reclaiming tropical forests

April 21st, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 21 (ANI): Ecologists have placed fake concrete bat roosts in deforested areas in Costa Rica, in an effort to reclaim tropical forests. According to a report in New Scientist, Detlev ...

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Clooney was held at gunpoint in Sudan

April 3rd, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 3 (ANI): George Clooney feared for his life on his recent United Nations trip to war-torn Sudan - after he was held at gunpoint and mugged by child soldiers. The ...

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Leopard retrieved from bathroom in Andhra Pradesh

March 26th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin -
Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh), Mar 26 (ANI): A leopard has been retrieved from a bathroom of a house in Andhra Pradeshs Rajamundary District. "The bathroom was locked up and we arranged a cage ...

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Another fire in Mumbai industrial estate

March 21st, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) A fire broke out in an industrial estate in Byculla, south Mumbai Friday, three days after a blaze in another nearby estate killed 11 people. Two people were ...

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Fans celebrate chimp’s 16th birthday at Lucknow Zoo

March 19th, 2008 - 7:47 pm ICT by admin -
Lucknow, Mar.19 (ANI): Lucknow Zoo authorities today celebrated the 16th birthday of a chimpanzee with a lot of zing. With decorations adorning the wire fencing on the cage and a birthday cake ...

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Major fire in Mumbai, six killed

March 17th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Six people died Monday in a major fire that broke out at an industrial estate in south Mumbai. The fire broke out in Rathiwala industrial estate behind the ...

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Michael Jackson saves his ranch from foreclosure

March 14th, 2008 - 4:03 am ICT by admin -
DPA Los Angeles, March 14 (DPA) Michael Jackson has saved his Neverland ranch from becoming another victim of the US housing crisis. Lawyers for the reclusive former pop star announced Thursday that they ...

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Jackson needs millions to save Neverland ranch home

February 29th, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by admin -
New York, Feb 29 (IANS) Michael Jackson is determined to stop the auction of his old Neverland Ranch home by taking out a loan to cover the money he owes to the ...

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Abandoned leopard cubs find new home at Lucknow zoo

February 24th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by admin -
Lucknow, Feb.24 (ANI): Two leopard cubs, about one-and-a-half-month-old, which were abandoned by their mother in Uttar Pradeshs Dudhwa forest in Lakhimpur area, have found a new home at the Lucknow zoo. On ...

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Lucknow zoo celebrates a Chimpanzees birthday

February 13th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by admin -
By Kamna Mathur Lucknow, Feb.13 (ANI): Officials at a Lucknow zoo were unusually delighted this Monday, as they celebrated a 16-year-old chimpanzees birthday here. Many parents with their tiny-tots flocked the zoo to ...

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Lucknow zoo celebrates a Chimpanzees birthday

February 12th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by admin -

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27 Tamil rebels killed, four wounded in zoo blast

February 3rd, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by admin -
Colombo, Feb.3 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Army on Sunday claimed to have killed 27 Tamil rebels in fresh clashes. According to sources in the country's defence ministry, the clashes took place in the ...

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