Hindus laud European Parliament for taking up Roma issue
9/3/2010 5:30:00 PM |
Nevada (US), Sept 3 (ANI): Hindus have applauded European Parliament for reportedly deciding to discuss the plight of Roma (Gypsies) next week. |
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Hindus want Internet access as fundamental right
9/3/2010 5:30:00 PM |
Nevada (US), Sept 3 (ANI): Hindus want high-speed Internet access as a universal fundamental right. |
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Californian angler becomes world's 1st to catch 1,000 different species of fish!
9/3/2010 4:12:00 PM |
London, Sep 03 (ANI): A Californian angler has become the first person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of fish. |
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Bronx teen crowned NY's bookworm for plowing through 325 novels in 3 months
9/3/2010 4:05:00 PM |
New York, Sep 3 (ANI): A Bronx teenager has earned the title of New York's bookworm of the year for plowing through a staggering 325 novels and comics in just three months. |
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Miami 'best online dating city in US'
9/3/2010 3:33:00 PM |
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Online dating is fast catching up as the hottest way of finding a soul mate, and Miami has topped the list of cities for the best online dating city. |
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'I [heart] Boobies' cancer bracelets cause mayhem in US schools
9/3/2010 3:14:00 PM |
Washington, Sep 3 (ANI): One-inch thick rubber bracelets, saying I [heart] Boobies, have caused quite a stir in schools across the US, despite the positive message its wearers believe it sends. |
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Ants scare jumbos from stripping tree cover
9/3/2010 3:11:00 PM |
| Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Tiny ants are scaring away jumbos about a billion times their size from stripping the tree cover, scientists have discovered. |
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Canadian honour for M.S. Swaminathan
9/3/2010 1:56:00 PM |
| Vancouver, Sep 3 (IANS) M.S. Swaminathan, one of the pioneers of the Green Revolution in India, will receive an honorary doctorate from Canada's University of Alberta for his contribution to food security in the world. |
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7 in 10 New Yorkers want proposed mosque away from Ground Zero: Poll
9/3/2010 1:52:00 PM |
New York, Sep 3 (ANI): Seven out of ten New Yorkers participating in a New York poll, want the proposed Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated away from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. |
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Sarah Palin calls reporters 'impotent' in radio interview
9/3/2010 1:02:00 PM |
New York, Sep 03 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has lashed out at reporters who write about her using anonymous sources, branding them 'impotent' and 'whack.' |
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India-South America trade deal to be expanded
9/3/2010 9:50:00 AM |
| Brasilia, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade agreement. |
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Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A Q Khan
9/3/2010 8:56:00 AM |
| Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the 'nation walk with heads held high', boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear weapons programme. |
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25 killed in Mexico clash
9/3/2010 6:16:00 AM |
| Monterrey (Mexico), Sep 3 (IANS/EFE) At least 25 people died Thursday in a clash between Mexican soldiers and gunmen in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, a military spokesman said. |
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Ladies 'pay-less nights' are not sexist, rules Manhattan court
9/2/2010 5:50:00 PM |
New York, Sept 2 (ANI): A Manhattan court has brushed aside claims by a lawyer that letting women past the velvet rope for free or half price on Ladies Nights violates the Constitution. |
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Facebook 'engagement announcement' adds two more to its murder tally
9/2/2010 5:50:00 PM |
New York, Sept 2 (ANI): A North Carolina woman was found shot dead by her ex-boyfriend after she recently announced her engagement to another man on Facebook. |
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Study claims 9/11 terror strikes, the defining moment of modern times
9/2/2010 5:09:00 PM |
Washington, Sep.2 (ANI): The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have been called the defining moment of modern times, as thousands of people died and the attacks had huge individual and collective consequences, including two wars. |
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World Bank raises aid for flood-hit Pak to one billion dollars
9/2/2010 4:45:00 PM |
Washington, Sep 2(ANI): The World Bank has raised its emergency funding to Pakistan to one billion dollars to help the country cope with the unprecedented disaster caused by the floods. |
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US Open: Bhupathi-Mirnyi advance, Bopanna-Yan bow out
9/2/2010 4:32:00 PM |
| New York, Sep 2 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus advanced to the men's doubles second round at the US Open tennis tournament. |
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Romney pips Palin to win survey on 2012 US Presidential polls
9/2/2010 4:06:00 PM |
Alaska, Sept 2 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has lost out to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a new poll about a 2012 matchup, Politico reports. |
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Hindus tell Europe to find another scapegoat instead of Roma
9/2/2010 3:45:00 PM |
Nevada (US), Sept 2 (ANI): Hindus have asked Europe to select another scapegoat in place of Roma (Gypsies) to blame for their ills and instead work on ending apartheid faced by them for longtime. |
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Julia Roberts not the first celebrity to hug Hinduism
9/2/2010 3:45:00 PM |
Nevada (US), Sept 2 (ANI): Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) is not the first entertainment celebrity to hug Hinduism or its concepts-symbols-terminology. |
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US Prof goes on fatty food diet to prove popular health beliefs as myth
9/2/2010 3:24:00 PM |
Washington, Sep 02 (ANI): A Kansas State University professor is on a 30 day long diet of entirely snack cakes and fatty foods to prove that some common beliefs about nutrition are untrue. |
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Mounties caught watching lesbian jail-cell sex suspended without pay
9/2/2010 3:24:00 PM |
Toronto, Sept 2 (ANI): The investigation into four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers and three prison workers allegedly watching a sex romp between two lesbian cellmates on CCTV cameras, has led to six of them being suspended without pay. |
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Netherlands releases American Yemeni terror suspects
9/2/2010 11:06:00 AM |
Amsterdam, Sep.2 (ANI): Prosecuting authorities in The Netherlands have released the two American Yemenis, who were arrested on suspicion of being involved in a terrorist plot, as an investigation failed to find any evidence against them. |
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World Bank increases Pakistan flood support to $1 bn
9/2/2010 7:38:00 AM |
| Washington, Sep 2 (DPA) The World Bank said Wednesday it was raising its support for flood relief in Pakistan to $1 billion, from $900 million. |
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US Open results Wednesday
9/2/2010 4:37:00 AM |
| New York, Sep 2 (DPA) Results Wednesday at the 23-million-dollar US Open (x indicates new result). |
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240 victims of mass rape in Congo: UN
9/2/2010 3:45:00 AM |
| United Nations, Sep 2 (IANS) The UN Wednesday said the number of civilians who had been brutally gang raped recently in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 240. |
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US hostage drama ends as gunman taken into custody
9/2/2010 2:59:00 AM |
| Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) An armed man, who held some hostages in a commercial building in the US state of Maryland, was shot by police and taken into custody Wednesday, police said. |
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