Monday, May 11th, 2009
Lima (Peru), May 11 (ANI): Authorities in the Peruvian department of Ancash have announced the discovery of a number of tenon heads believed to be some 4,000 years old.
According to the Mayor of Huaylas district, Jose Espinoza Caballero, these ancient stone carvings were found in the Chupacoto town and ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner has confessed that theatre was her first love.
The 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' star studied for a drama degree at Denison University, Ohio, but admits that previously she never wanted to be in front of camera was only interested in a ...
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
London, May 10 (ANI): Vanisha Mittal, the only daughter of the world's fourth-richest man, steel baron Lakshmi, and Holly Branson, Virgin boss Richard's baby girl, will be two of the planet's most powerful women when they inherit the family firms.
Vanisha is already dubbed "Woman of Steel" after joining the board ...
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, May 9 (ANI): Malaysia's Information, Communications and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim has announced probe into allegations that an island in Johor was used for a European reality show's "nude run".
"We also have to see that a production does not offend the cultural sensitivities of the various ethnic ...
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Washington, May 9 (ANI): The US State Department has admitted that there are certain differences in the opinion between some Senators and the Obama Administration over the huge financial aid being provided to Pakistan.
"There are differences of opinion on the Hill about the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan," State ...
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Melbourne, May 9 (ANI): HIV usually plays a game of hide and seek to dodge the immune system, but a new study has claimed that such playfulness actually makes the deadly virus vulnerable at times, according to an Australian study.
The finding could offer insights into the treatment of HIV during ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): A new study by scientists has suggested that biomass converted into electricity could be more efficient than ethanol.
The study was conducted by University of California, Merced, Assistant Professor Elliott Campbell and two other researchers.
In the study, Campbell, along with Christopher Field of the Carnegie Institution's Department ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
London, May 8 (ANI): Scientists have warned that the wild ancestors of common domestic fruit trees are in danger of becoming extinct.
According to a report by BBC News, the warning has come as researchers have published a "red list" of threatened species that grow in the forests of Central Asia.
These ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): A total of 5,335 students were dead or missing from China's May 12 earthquake last year, said authorities with the civil affairs department of the provincial government.
This is the first official tally of students killed in the devastating earthquake, Xinhua reported
The death toll from China's ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
London, May 7 (ANI) : Tata Motors, the parent company of Jaguar Land Rover, has said that it will reject a British Government loan guarantee needed to save the troubled British carmaker.
A Sky News report said that Jaguar Land Rover received a final offer on a 450 million pound loan ...
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