Two adorable white Bengal tiger cubs are the latest main attraction at the Saskatoon zoo.All I have to say is.... 'I want one'."Staff named the baby tigers Jasmine and Jafar after they were born on May 31. Their...
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"At least 40 people have been injured in religious clashes on a remote delta island in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police say. Fifteen of those injured in the clashes on Sagar island, at the confluence of the Ganges and the sea, were policemen. Supporters of the...
In one of the bloodiest election violence in eastern India at least 16 people have died. The violence took place in the local level election in Murshidabad district. The death were caused by attacks on polling booths. " Sixteen people have died in clashes during Sunday's...
Deadly Bird Flu has revisted in the eastern part of India and the latest outbreak takes the number of infected districts in the state to 15. WHO called this outbreak in West Bengal "India's worst", especially because...
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This is truly shocking!In a blatant display of inefficient work, lethargy, absolute lack of compassion, and absolutely disgraceful police work, 3 constables looked on as an agressive villager lost his cool and thrashed an innocent child to death! I hope the 3 constables are...
A powerful tropical cyclone, severe cyclonic storm Nargis, made landfall on Burma yesterday with winds in excess of 105 knots, and passing very close to the main city of Yangon, closing the airport and disrupting...
"The Boston Tea Party was a direct action against a corporate monopoly that led to the birth of the United States. The raiders of the Tea Party pledged silence for 50 years. One of them, George R. T. Hewes, lived...
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Abu Rushd Md. Ruhul Amin a television journalist from Bangladesh writes about the sudden-demise of two 'Royal Bengal Tigers', in a United-Nations Environment Programme protected zone, the Sundarbans.A report says at...
"INDIA'S worst ever outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu could turn into a disaster, an official warned, as five people were reportedly quarantined with symptoms of the virus.""Across the border ... a...
"Four Bangladeshi university teachers accused of inciting-students during campus protests that caused the government to impose curfews in major cities last year were acquitted on Monday, court officials and lawyers said.
""The teachers at Dhaka-University, the country's...
"Officials in India's most densely populared state fear that an outbreak of bird flu could be devastating.
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in Malda, infecting poulty in seven of the 19...
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"Laboratory workers on Saturday analysed new samples from dead chickens amid fears that India's worst-ever bird flu outbreak may have spread in eastern India as locals resisted a massive cull.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the outbreak of avian flu among...