New Delhi: Somali Pirates hijack three ships in the Gulf of Aden. Ending 2009 with a flurry of hijackings in one of the most profitable years to date, the Somali sea bandits' latest catch on Tuesday was the St...
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New Delhi: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre chemical lab caught fire in Trombay near Mumbai on Tuesday leaving two persons dead but there is no threat of any radioactive leak. The process of identification of the...
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India is planning on investing around $3 billion in cleaning the river Ganges, which flows through northern India and Bangladesh. Currently, around 50 percent of Delhi's raw sewage flows straigt into the Ganges. ...
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Poland is likely to become the first European country to force chemical castration of all sex offenders deemed a risk to others, reports the Telegraph. The new Polish law will increase jail terms for paedophilia and incest, and make any attempt to justify paedophilia...
Cotton may be a source of protein for humans in the future, as genetic modification has produced plants free of toxins.Cotton is grown by more than 20 million farmers, and accounts for around 40% of the fiber used for making clothing, and its seeds are an excellent source of...
Tea was previously known to enhance the capability of blood circulatory system by improving the ability of arteries to relax and expand and thus improving blood pressure. But, a recent study has added that this...
Sri Lankan army is getting ready for another massacre with heavy weapons including the prohibited chemical weapons. They are preparing themselves with gas masks for the next attack with such chemical weapons....
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have dicovered the chemical clenbuterol in 13 condensed beef soup products that were produced by six Chinese companies. " A chemical that can cause acute food poisoning has been found in more imported...
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Latest allegation by the LTTE propaganda networks around the world is the "use of chemical weapons" by the Sri Lanka Army during recent battles in Puthukudiyirippu which killed a number of LTTE commanders along with a large number of battle hardened elite cadres when the...
Be prepared for journalists' creative juices to start flowing for this story from The LA Times yesterday. They're all racking their brains for famous Bob Dylan songs they can mine for the latest news about him...
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It's funny how the mind works. I've always thought that I prefer bottled water to tap water, and prefer the water that pours from the door of my refrigerator to bottled water. An interesting and somewhat disturbing...
A ship hit by a tropical cycone today off the coast of Australia lost 31 containers off the side and they could be now leaking chemicals into the ocean. The containters were holding ammonium nitrate, which is a toxic chemical used for making fertilizer and explosives, and...
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A new study conducted by Health Canada has linked the highly controversial estrogen-mimicking chemical BPA to 96% of soft drinks, showing up in quantities below regulatory limits, but worrisome to some. A...
" Syria has been conducting extensive construction work on a chemical weapons facility in the country's northwest, satellite images obtained by the defense analyst group Jane's reveal. The images of a...
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 06:08 GMT] On Monday, Putumattalan was hit by shelling that killed at least 16 patients. "We are shocked that patients are not afforded the protection they are entitled to," said Paul Castella, head of the ICRC delegation in Colombo, in...