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Women's golf champion Sorenstam announces retirement plans
Washington, May 14 (DPA) Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam has announced that she will draw a curtain to her professional career at the end of the
Ultrasound, mammography together detect more breast cancer
Toronto, May 14 (IANS) A new study has found that mammography and ultrasound can play complementary roles in detecting breast cancer in high-risk women. Canadian and ...Colombia extradites 14 paramilitary commanders to US
Bogota, May 14 (DPA) Colombia extradited 14 commanders of a right-wing paramilitary group to the US Tuesday to face drug trafficking charges. The extraditions took place ...Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia primary
Washington, May 14 (DPA) Major US television networks projected Hillary Clinton's victory in the Democratic Party's West Virginia presidential primary immediately after voting stations closed ...Brazil's forest loss now linked to world food prices
Rio de Janeiro, May 14 (DPA) Brazil will have little to boast of at the upcoming biodiversity conference in Bonn. It has just released alarming ...Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia presidential primary(Lead)
Washington, May 14 (DPA) Major US television networks projected Hillary Clinton's victory in the Democratic Party's West Virginia presidential primary immediately after voting stations closed ...Canada, US `moral equivalent' of Al-Qaeda, says senator
Toronto, May 14 (IANS) The pending Nuremberg-type trial of an Afghan Canadian at Guantanamo Bay has led a senator to equate Canada and the US ...Treat turban burning as hate crime, demands US Sikh group
New York, May 13 (IANS) A Sikh advocacy group in the US has demanded that an incident of burning a Sikh teenager's turban in New ...UN criticises Myanmar for tardy cyclone relief
New York, May 13 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his frustration with Myanmar's 'unacceptably slow' response to the devastation caused by Cyclone ...Record rice yield expected, but prices will rise: UN
New York, May 13 (IANS) Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America will reach record highs in 2008, but prices could also continue to ...Sexual harassment of girls also upsets boys
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Most boys are quite distressed when they see frequent harassment of girls, a new study has found. The University of Illinois study ...Boys do make passes at girls who wear glasses
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Time to rewrite the old saying about boys not making passes at girls who wear glasses. They well may - and ...Blame air pollution for clots as well
Washington, May 13 (IANS) It's not just your lungs that are at risk from air pollution - a new study has linked this modern menace ...Breastfeeding halves mother's arthritis risk
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Breastfeeding has unplanned benefits like protecting nursing mothers from rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study. The study found that women who ...Case for keeping residential areas free of liquor shops
Toronto, May 13 (IANS) Setting up liquor shops in residential neighbourhoods is not a good idea - so says a Canadian study that has sought ...Venezuela nationalises largest steel maker
Caracas, May 13 (Xinhua) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed a decree to nationalise the country's largest steel maker Sidor, the culmination of a re-nationalisation ...BlackBerry unveils 'Bold' version, to hit market soon
Toronto, May 13 (IANS) To broaden its 14-million customer base, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, based at Waterloo near here, Monday unveiled a new and ...Bush discusses Georgia with new Russian president
Washington, May 13 (DPA) US President George W. Bush spoke with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday about Moscow's role in the tension over Georgia's separatist ...Clinton counting on West Virginia win to stay in race
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's expected sweeping victories over front runner Barack Obama in West Virginia Tuesday and Kentucky next week ...Do birds see better and brighter than us?
London, May 13 (IANS) Why do the most brightly plumaged male birds attract more females in the mating game? It is a question that has ...UN secretary general condemns Lebanon violence
New York, May 13 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday 'strongly condemned' those responsible for the violence in Lebanon and voiced support for the ...Wall Street gains on retail earnings
New York, May 13 (DPA) US stock markets gained Monday as retailers began reporting their earnings and many recorded better-than-expected profits. Discount giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc, ...Chopra stumbles in last round, finishes 42nd
Ponte Vedra (Florida), May 12 (IANS) Daniel Chopra faded away in the final round of the US PGA Tour's The Players Championship with a six-over ...Ten-time winner Giggs places team success above personal milestones
London, May 12 (DPA) Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs insisted personal records meant nothing to him after his side wrapped up the Premier League title ...Injured Terry insists he will be fit for Moscow
London, May 12 (DPA) Chelsea captain John Terry insisted that he would be fit for the Champions League final despite suffering a partial dislocation of ...Most Commented
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Shahrukh Javed Jah
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03 March, 2008 03:57:37
I think musharraf should be ranked nuumber 1
Yogishri Oumkaar
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20 February, 2008 05:32:50
For democracy to survive, the majority of population of a country should be liberal, which is not the case with Pakistan. Democracy means a setup ...
Yogishri Oumkaar
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14 February, 2008 09:19:25
This was not just a political tamasha, they have also made a mockery of the lives of thousands of people. Every morning in almost all ...
Yogishri Oumkaar
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03 February, 2008 09:23:57
Mr. Raj Thackeray seems to be the most ignorant about Chhath Puja. By his comments, he has shown disrespect towards the people of Bihar ...
Steve Rice
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22 January, 2008 09:33:49
Mr. Gordon Brown has come on this visit to India and China with a specific purpose. As rightly said in the article Britain has now ...