Mohenjodara, or Mound of the Dead, is on the West Bank of the River Indus in Pakistan. It was discovered in 1922. Mohenjodara was built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C., and is located in the...
Brophy, a long-legged boxer dog, is believed to have saved the life of Leona Baxter, 3, who was sucked into an underground storm tunnel. The family pet had been playing with Leona and her sister, Kiah, 6,...
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Water-wasting and uncaring about gels, shampoos and soap going down the plughole: that's how the British emerge from a survey on showering habits of western Europeans. "Women in Britain are particularly guilty of wasting shower water and not caring about contaminants, says...
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As prices for metals have risen throughout the world "metal theft" has become increasingly common. In the UK, police have launched an initiative to tackle the problem."Police have launched a nationwide blitz on the theft of metal, a fast-growing crime fuelled by rising prices...
Many of these communities still form genuine hunter-gatherer societies, incorporating fascinating personal stories, and handy lessons on basic issues of survival."Don Watson, July 5, 2008–Remote Aboriginal communities are still suffering from the almost incomprehensible...
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An aftershock to the May 12 earthquake has hit near the lake formed by the initial tremor. The instability of such lakes is proving to be a potentially deadly knock-on effect of the devastating earthquake."The...
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A teenager who was playing with a group of youths has fallen into a storm drain in Oxfordshire, UK and died. Oxfordshite was the hardest hit country during heavy rain on Sunday, which caused flash flooding across South England. Media reports have said the teenagers were...
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Chinese authorities will drain the swelling lake formed by the earthquake earlier this month, and will complete work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream."Officials...
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"MIANYANG, China (AP) -- Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly, as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake...
UPDATE: 12:44PM ESTThe number being evacuated has now risen to 150,000 people."The Chinese authorities are evacuating 150,000 people threatened by possible flooding from a lake in southwest China formed by...
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"Thursday, January 17, 2008
Unsafe at any price: World's Cheapest Car Environmentally Costly
By Praful Bidwai
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (IPS) - Nothing has generated as much hyperbole in the global automobile industry in recent years as the unveiling, last week, of an ultra-cheap...
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How do you make and read a Headline? Write “Iranians study nuclear physics in Britain” (Times Online October 28, 2007)and then write, I quote…”THE Foreign Office has cleared dozens of...
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"Waterfall
Indra—the god of rains seems to be spending a lot of time in the
company of software professionals and this is evident in his work as
well. Instead of working towards a more comfortable schedule,...
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"A two-year-old boy is facing surgery after receiving serious burns at a playground slide in the US that had been vandalised with harsh chemicals.
Peyton Duschl received second and third-degree burns, mostly to his legs, after using the primary school slide.
Vandals had...
Feeling insecure in close relationships with others may take a toll on the immune system, preliminary research suggests.
In a study of 61 healthy women, Italian researchers found that those who had difficulty establishing close, trusting relationships showed signs of weaker...