UK father-son duo among four charged with ‘violent jihad’ offences
LONDON - British police have charged four men, including a father-son duo, with attempting to wage violent jihad after arresting them in northern England.
Breaking News
Lanka government to release 130,000 Tamil refugees from Dec. 1
COLOMBO - Nearly six months after Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war came to an end, the government has announced plans to finally close the controversial civilian internment camps.
Princess Di’s doc lover set to marry colleague
LONDON - Pakistani heart surgeon, whom Princess Diana dubbed her "Mr Wonderful", is all set to tie the knot with a medical colleague 21 years his junior.
Residents return to N. England homes after flood
LONDON - Residents of flood-battered northern England are struggling back to work, school and homes after swollen rivers inundated roads and caused several bridges to collapse.
Health
Novel therapeutic target for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma identified
WASHINGTON - Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College claim to have identified potential therapeutic target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, or white blood cells.
New insights into post stroke cell death mechanism could offer possible therapy
LONDON - Researchers at the Brain Research Centre have revealed new information about the mechanism that leads to the destruction of brain cells following a stroke, as well as a possible way to mitigate that damage.
Mobile cancer scare ‘all in the mind’, says Aussie expert
MELBOURNE - A top Australian expert has declared the use of mobile to be 'very safe'.
Entertainment
J Lo hurts her bum after slipping on stage
WASHINGTON - Jennifer Lopez has suffered a bruise on her rear, after she slipped onstage during her performance at the American Music Awards on Sunday.
Daycare may double TV time for young kids
WASHINGTON - Kids are spending as many as two hours a day in front of television in child care settings, says a new study.
When Hugh Hefner almost died having sex
WASHINGTON - Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner has spoken of the time when he nearly died having sex.
Shakira thinks ‘libido is the engine of the world’
WASHINGTON - Shakira has revealed her thoughts on the impact of sexual desire, saying 'libido is the engine of the world'.
South Australia Premier rejects allegations of sex with staffer
ADELAIDE - South Australian Premier Mike Rann has rejected allegations that he had a sexual affair with a former parliament staffer.
I am useless as a professor, says the Dalai Lama
characters > dalai lama" title="> characters > dalai lama"> NEW DELHI - Not many would know that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is an honorary professor at Delhi University.
Fort Hood gunman couldn’t wait to join Qaeda imam in paradise in the afterlife
NEW YORK - Prior to going on a killing spree at the US military base, Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan had several e-mail exchanges with a radical al Qaeda imam discussing the heavenly rewards he would receive in paradise, investigators said.
Adam Lambert AMA Performance
Los Angeles- Singer Adam Lambert performed onstage during the 2009 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A.
Rodney Carrington Tour Dates Announced
San Francisco- Rodney Carrington Tour dates are out, with the comedian-actor going on a tour for the larger part of next year.
Eclipse Movie Trailer
New York- From the success of second Twilight Saga movie, "New Moon" which hit box-office yesterday, a lot of fans are already excited to watch the third Twilight Saga movie, Eclipse.
Winning more important to Murray than money
LONDON - British tennis player Andy Murray has said that winning in tennis is much more important to him, and that he is not motivated by the money that is on offer.
Nadal says Agassi’s ‘lying’ revelations are “terrible for tennis”
LONDON - Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has reacted to the claims made by former American player Andre Agassi about taking crystal meth in 1997 and lying about it to an independent doping tribunal to save his skin "I haven't read the book, but he is not saying the truth of everything," The Times quoted Nadal, as saying.
Where to download Microsoft Office 2010 and Office Mobile 2010
Latest in Microsoft's chain of releases Office 2010 beta has been launched at its annual Professionals Developer Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles today.
Java Unit Testing: Best Practices
Junit is a java based tool that offers good, robust test facility.
Best Black Friday Ads 2009 for Gadgets
San Francisco - 27 Nov is Black Friday 2009 and you are not too late if you have decided to buy gadgets for this Black Friday 2009.
Nokia Mobile Phone Price List in India
Nokia is a leading mobile phone manufacturer in the whole world and India is no exception.Technology
Beating of SoCal student may be tied to Facebook
CALABASAS, Calif. - Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads.
Bebo introduces onscreen panic button to report abuse instantly
LONDON - Social networking site Bebo has set up a special onscreen panic button for users to report abuse without delay.
Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
BROMONT, Quebec - A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
Science
How does brain zero in on single bit of information?
WASHINGTON - How does the brain zero in on a single bit of information, out of the tens of thousands that it is bombarded with daily? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered a mechanism that the brain uses to filter out distracting thoughts to focus on a single bit of information.
Politics
Kavita Karkare meets Sonia Gandhi
NEW DELHI - Kavita Karkare, the widow of the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad's late chief Hemant Karkare, who was killed during the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, Monday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence here.
Babri panel wants action against Advani, others
LUCKNOW - The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) Monday sought action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K.
Angry Liberhan says he did not leak Ayodhya report (Lead, changing dateline)
CHANDIGARH - "Get lost!" This was M.S.
Australian blames Scientology for brother's death
CANBERRA, Australia - A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion.
Law
Court asked to inquire about top Kerala police officer
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The special vigilance court here Monday ordered an inquiry into a complaint against Kerala's Additional Director General of Police Sibi Mathews.
Business
Amended notice to Reliance Industries on insider trading
NEW DELHI - India's markets watchdog has issued an amended notice to Reliance Industries Ltd asking why it should not be barred from accessing the stock markets under rules governing fraudulent and unfair trade practices.
Sports
Tennis star Murray records a rap
LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has recorded a rap single.
Sensex shuts 158 points up (Second Lead)
MUMBAI - A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets Monday shut shop 0.93 percent higher than its previous close.
Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers
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Spice to provide mobile governance services in Himachal
SHIMLA - Mobile value-added services (VAS) provider Spice Digital has signed an agreement with Zoom Developers for rolling out mobile governance services in Himachal Pradesh, the company said Monday.
Medical marijuana finds social outlet in Ore. cafe
PORTLAND, Ore. - At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" - a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana.
Brit boxer Amir Khan hates his ‘kid-glove’ champion tag
LONDON - WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan, has said that he wants to drop his image as a kid from the Athens Olympics and be recognized as a proper champion.
Nepali grandpa wrests Everest title from Japanese samurai
KATHMANDU - A 78-year-old grandfather from Nepal has wrested back from his Japanese rival the record of being the oldest man to conquer Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, at the age of 76.
Phelps looking ahead to better times in 2010
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport.
‘Handball’ accused Henry has first taste of crowd hate after World Cup qualifier shame
BARCELONA - France striker Thierry Henry had his first taste of crowd hate after his World Cup shame, when he was roundly booed during Barcelona's 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league.
SYDNEY - In a new research, scientists have determined that a gecko's tail is an energy powerhouse, as the reptiles have a slower getaway after dropping their tail to fee a predator, presumably running out of steam.
The IMEI or International Mobile Equipment Identity Number is a unique number allocated to every GSM phone and some other phones as well.