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Gangotri glacier receded 1.5 km in 30 yrs

"Even as India ponders about the way forward to minimise the catastrophic effects of climate change, latest data from the ISRO has confirmed that sources of India's perennial rivers are slowly contracting - the...

Watchdog group calls for investigation of Obama's urban czar

A government watchdog group asked the U.S. attorney general's office Thursday to open a bribery investigation into White House urban czar Adolfo Carrión.Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. gives his state...

Tax chocolate says Scottish doctor

A family doctor from Scotland has called for a tax to be set on chocolate to help pay for the fight with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The doc thinks a system should be set-up similar to cigarettes and alcohol....

Editor of Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper arrested for questioning

Government troops have arrested an editor of a tamil language newspaper for aiding a rebel air attack on the capital last week. He became latest victim in a string of attacks on the war-wracked island's journalists. The family member of N. Vidyatharan, chief editor of the...

Hacked road signs warn of zombies, raptors ahead

" COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Hackers are messing with electronic road signs in some states, warning of zombies and raptors down the road. Traffic safety officials aren't amused. The latest breach came during Tuesday...

What shoe? Chinese media silent on Wen Jiabao incident

Chinese media has completly ignored the shoe hurling episode involving the Chinese premier at a speech at Cambridge University in Britain. The protester was upset that the university would allow Jiabao to speak...

Half of iPod users risk deafness

The use of personal audio devices since the original walkman has increased to a point that sometimes its difficult to find a young person on the high street not listening to one mp3 player or another. This...

A Glimpse Of News From Pakistani Newspapers (Sunday, 4 Jan, 2009)

A Glimpse Of News From Pakistani Newspapers From Sunday, 4th January 2009 Issue.Daily Dawn ( English ) And Jang ( Urdu ) Are The Widely Circulated And Well Known Newspapers Of Pakistan. Today, I Thought Just To Share With The World A Glimpse Of News Published In Today’s...

The kiss of deaf.

A woman in china lost her hearing power after the passionate kiss with her boyfriend.Doctor said"her hearing would return after sometime. " The 20-something girl from Zhuhai, in southern Guangdong province,...

Zimbabwe Crisis: Latest news

" For most people in the crisis-torn country, life is still a daily struggle to put food on their families’ plates. CAFOD has worked in Zimbabwe for many years but we need to re-double our efforts to feed...

Pak agrees to 48-hour timetable to act against LeT

"Washington, Dec 06: Pakistan has agreed to a 48-hour timetable set by India and the United States to formulate a plan to take action against Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and to arrest at least three Pakistanis who...

"Just 10 Gunmen" in Mumbai Attack Police Chief Confirms

TEN TERRORISTS caused all the mayhem it has been revealed today, of which nine are dead and one - from Pakistan - captured.  Three gunman's bodies were recovered from the Taj Mahal...

India - Two terrorists captured are British nationals: Reports

" British newspaper, Daily Mail, has reported that two of the terrorists captured by Indian security forces are British nationals of Pakistani origin. Attributing to sources in the Maharashtra government, the paper claimed that as many as eight terrorists were captured...

Is it time for the Catalan media to go back to school?

"I’ve been reading with interest what’s been happening this week in Cataluña regarding the…ahem language spoken by the Catalan media. The Periódico de Cataluña gave us an insight this week into the right and wrong way of pronouncing certain Catalan expressions which...

STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah

" STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah, the new Marathi Entertainment Channel. STAR Pravah aims to capture the essence and cultural depth of the Marathi hinterland through its programming initiatives. The channel will bank on two of its driver...

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