BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Sunday called for a recount of votes cast in the country’s March 7 parliamentary polls after early results showed his main rival pulling ahead. The Iraqi parliamentary race looked set to go down to the wire after early results announced late Saturday showed former prime minister Ayad Allawi’s Iraqi ….
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more images more images Key Democrat says health bill will pass House WASHINGTON ? The chairman of the Democratic caucus in the House said Sunday his party has the 216 votes needed to pass President Barack Obama’s historic health care bill. Other House Democrats were not as optimistic heading into a rare Sunday session to vote on one of …
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?Kacheri Aarambam? is a typical commercial potboiler (Tamil Movie Review)
NEW DELHI – At 39.2 degrees Celsius, Delhi Sunday recorded the hottest day of March in the past six years, an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. “The maximum temperature in the capital Sunday soared to 39.2 degrees Celsius, seven notches above the average. This is the hottest day reported in the month of March ..
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Delhi records hottest March day in six years
LONDON – Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway is being stormed with letters from incarcerated ex-beau, Italian real estate developer Raffaello Follieri. Follieri, who is serving four-and-a-half years’ jail term for trying to con 35 million pounds from the Vatican, is pleading her to wait for him. Hathaway broke up with Follieri after he was jailed and is …
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Hathaway bombarded with letters from jailed ex-beau
LONDON – British Airways cabin crew continued their strikes Sunday, with the airline saying flight schedules were less disrupted than originally feared. Although some flights were cancelled and others suffered long delays, many passengers could travel as planned at airports, BA said. The strike is intended to continue till Monday, with another four-day walkout scheduled from ….
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British Airways strike continues
LONDON – Lonely people are more prone to developing high blood pressure in later life, says a study. Researchers found that chronic feelings of loneliness push up blood pressure over time, causing a marked increase after four years in people aged over 50, reported dailymail.co.uk The new study is the first to show a direct link …
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Loneliness can cause high blood pressure
NEW DELHI – The full Planning Commission, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will meet Tuesday to review the state of the economy and also consider the approval of the mid-term appraisal of the 11th Plan (2007-12), an official said Sunday. According to an official, the full Planning Commission’s nod is necessary for approval of the … Original source on Gaea Times at : Full Planning Commission to meet March 23 .
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Full Planning Commission to meet March 23
British Airways cabin crews strike for 2nd day LONDON ? British Airways cabin crews walked off the job for a second day Sunday but the airline insisted the strike was having less impact than expected and said it was able to restore flights that had previously been canceled
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – Kerala-based South Indian Bank (SIB) will Tuesday ink an agreement with Hatton National Bank (HNB), the largest private sector bank in Sri Lanka, to enable the exchange of expertise and services between the two financial institutions, an SIB official said here Sunday.
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Deal between Sri Lankan, Kerala banks
LONDON – An American defence research agency is developing a radar system, which will monitor vehicular movement across a city using a few uncrewed aircraft. Pentagon’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is creating the experimental vehicle tracking system, called Multipath Exploitation Radar (MER), reports New Scientist
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Soon, spy in the sky to ?follow a car?
NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court has said that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has no power to stay the telecast of a TV reality show without completing an inquiry. Justice S. Muralidhar in an order passed last week said: NCPCR cannot on its own pass any directions without first completing ..
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Court accepts NDTV plea against child rights panel
Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web DOHA, Qatar ? The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said Sunday. The Web’s impact was made clear at the ..
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Conservationists at UN wildlife meeting say Internet fueling trade in endangered species
Activist charged over sat phone can leave India JAIPUR, India ? A London-based environmental campaigner traveling the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been has been ordered to pay a fine for illegally using a satellite phone and is now free to leave India two months after his arrest, his lawyer said Sunday.
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WASHINGTON – Democrats in the US House of Representatives were preparing for a showdown over a critical vote Sunday on a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. President Barack Obama was on Capitol Hill Saturday rallying Democratic lawmakers, who believed they had secured enough support – the 216 votes needed for the health legislation to ….
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US House expects showdown over vote on health legislation
LONDON – The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years, says a new study. The first analysis of a 40-year database of Arctic species, led by Louise McRae at the Zoological Society of London, has revealed that populations grew by about 16 percent since 1970, reports New Scientist.
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Animal population grows in the Arctic
LONDON – A comprehensive school in the UK is giving pupils an extra hour in bed in the hope that it will boost their concentration levels. The usual 9am start at Monkseaton High School has been pushed back to 10am as part of an experiment.
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An extra hour of sleep ?can boost pupils? exam results?
SYDNEY – A new robot that expresses pain and suffers from multiple health problems is being used for the training of medical staff. The robot called ‘SimMan 3G’ can talk, cry and bleed apart from imitating symptoms ranging from anaphylaxis to cardiac arrest
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Robot that suffers from illnesses, bleeds being used for medical staff training
LAHORE – A petition has been moved in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking the registration of a first information report (FIR) against US President Barack Obama and other top American officials holding them responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent civilians during drone strikes in the country. The petition filed by Khalid Khawaja, spokesperson ..
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FIR against Obama over drone attacks sought by Pak human rights group