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The NHS surgeons who saved 15 lives in record-breaking transplant

" Surgeons are celebrating a European first with five lifesaving transplant operations from two donors in 24 hours. In a stunning display of teamwork, NHS doctors and nurses gave hope to three seriously-ill...

Sri Lanka asks aid agencies to scale down operations

Sri Lanka asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other aid agencies to scale down their operation amid increasing pressure from international community to ease the restrictions on aid agencies....

UK soldier shot and killed in Afghanistan

A Scottish soldier from the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion in the Royal Regiment of Scotland has been killed in southern Afghanistan. This death brings the UK total of dead soldiers killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 to 154. "A British soldier has been killed in...

Mark Heuer 4Hire

  If Mark Heuer doesn’t land a job, at least hundreds of thousands of people will know what he looks like. Heuer’s seven-times-life-size image, printed on weather-resistant vinyl and illuminated at night by...

Over 80 flights affected by fog in Delhi

Winter continues to ditch Delhi and fog has disrupted the air and train services badly. Even as it is about to end, it is affecting the air services. " "No flights were taking off or landing at the airport as the visibility reduced to below 50 metres due to the dense fog...

United Nations Aid Agency Suspends Gaza Operations

The United Nations is halting all aid deliveries to Gaza, after two of their drivers were shot dead by Israeli fire."GAZA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A United Nations aid agency said on Thursday it suspended its operations...

Official: Pakistan group leaders linked to attacks

A bomb disposal squad officer, center, takes a suspicious box to the police station after diffusing a bomb at Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Police on Wednesday...

Bones Inside Croc Are Those of Lost Crocodile Man

BONES recovered from a crocodile in Australia match the DNA of missing Scot, Arthur Booker, who went missing last month. "The'>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5169530.ece"]The human remains...

Mars Lander Succumbs to Winter

"Mission managers said Monday that they had not heard from the NASA spacecraft for a week and that they thought it had probably fallen quiet for good.“At this time, we’re pretty convinced that the vehicle is...

NASA loses contact with Mars lander, ends mission

 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not providing enough sunlight...

British Prime Minister Brown to break tradition, move out of No. 10

The residence of British Prime minister 10 downing street has witnessed the history making for last 300 years. It is the Britain’s most famous address after Buckingham Palace.  But now...

Nato to target Afghan drugs trade

Concerned with growth in drug trade in Afghanistan, NATO forces have been empowered to target opium factories. The UN said in August that poppy production in Afghanistan was down this year after a record-breaking...

Administrators Axe 750 Jobs at Lehman Brothers in UK

Administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers have today given Lehman Brothers 750 workers in England their redundancy notices "with immediate effect".   The financial institution is set to be sold for US$2.15...

Hope in Kauhajoki - Victim on Road to Recovery

A 21 year-old female student rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds to the head, is tonight said to be on the road to recovery after two operations.  The student at Kauhajoki School of Hospitality was believed shot by deranged gunman named as Matti Saari, 22, who...

Military to brief Pakistan Parliament on threats to national security

Following a truck-bomb attack on a five-star hotel near seat of governance in Islamabad, the Pakistan government seems to have decided to synchronize its policies to eliminate on terrorism. " In camera sittings of both houses of Pakistan parliament on anti-terrorism policy...
 

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