Monday, March 15th, 2010
London, March 15 (ANI): Johnny Depp says Scottish TV character Rab C Nesbitt helped him play Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland.
Depp, 46, revealed that he watched old episodes of the BBC sitcom and based the Mad Hatter’s Scottish accent on the alcoholic Glaswegian layabout played by Gregor Fisher, ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
London, March 15 (ANI): Pregnant women with gum disease are more likely to give birth prematurely than mothers-to-be with good oral health, according to a new US study.
The research by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that successful treatment for gum disease can cut the risk of pregnant ...
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
London, Mar 13 (ANI): Twitter co-founder Evan Williams foresees that social networking sites will become an integral part of people’s life.
Williams told The BBC that Twitter will widen its wings to cover regions where only the simplest of technology is available.
"Our goal at Twitter is to be a ...
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
London, Mar 13 (ANI): The primary mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs in developing embryos has been discovered by scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
The drug’s side-effect gained recognition after many affected children were born to mothers who had been prescribed the drug for morning sickness.
According to ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
London, Mar 12 (ANI): A long running court battle between Pink Floyd and record label EMI could lead to the band’s tracks being removed from digital music services like iTunes.
A London High Court judge has demanded EMI to stop selling single Pink Floyd tracks.
Pink Floyd’s record deal with ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
London, Mar 12 (ANI): Extremely variable blood pressure, and not just high blood pressure, can greatly increase a person''s risk of stroke, researchers have said.
To reach the conclusion, UK and Swedish researchers looked at the variability in blood pressure readings at doctors'' checks, reports The BBC.
They found those ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
London, Mar.11 (ANI): More than 100 firefighters are tackling a major fire that started in a restaurant and office block in central London.
According to the BBC, the flames took hold just after 4 a.m.GMT at the building in Tabernacle Street, Shoreditch.
Some 20 fire engines are at the scene and are ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Washington, March 11(ANI): An experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team has proven that even if the "Underwear Bomber" had exploded his device on Christmas day, 2009, the Airbus A330 would have survived.
On Dec. 25, 2009 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man dubbed as the "Underwear Bomber", boarded Northwest Airlines Flight ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
London, March 11 (ANI): Charlie Sheen is planning to make a small screen comeback.
According to Sheen’s rep, the actor will return to the set of Two and a Half Men next week, reports the BBC.
Sheen, 44, entered rehab on February 23 and will be leaving the facility soon, ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
London, March 11 (ANI): Jem Stansfield, a BBC presenter, will drive from London to Manchester to test an experimental car, which runs on coffee grounds.
BBC1''s Bang Goes The Theory host will travel 210-miles in the car fuelled by 10,000 espressos.
Stansfield built the car to show how alternative energy ...
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