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Space shuttle closes in on space station
2008-06-02 15:16:00 HOUSTON (AP) — Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that’s as big as a school bus. Discovery was also ferrying up the space station’s newest resident: astronaut Gregory Chamitoff. “We’re having a great time up here. Today is going to be even more exciting as ... More About: Space , Station , Space Shuttle , Space Station
Kennedy to undergo surgery at Duke for brain tumor
2008-06-02 15:12:00 DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said. The 76-year-old senator was diagnosed last month with a malignant glioma, an especially lethal type of brain tumor. A statement from the ... More About: Americas , Tumor , Surgery
Error-proned Anand go down to Ivanchuk in Leon chess final
2008-06-02 15:09:00 Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand paid for costly blunders at crucial junctures to lose a closely-fought final and relinquish the Magistral Ciudad De Leon chess crown to Vassily Ivanchuk in Leon, Spain. Ukrainian Grandmaster Ivanchuk, fresh from his triumph in the MTel Masters, scored a 2.51.5 victory to deny the Indian his eighth title in Leon. The first ... More About: Sports , Chess , Final , Error
Fire ripped through Hollywood?s Universal Studio
2008-06-02 15:03:00 One of Hollywood ’s largest movie studios has starred in a disastrous sequel as a fireripped through a lot at Universal Studio s, destroying a set from “Back to the Future,” a King Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen frequently in movies and TV shows. It was the second fire at the historic site in nearly two decades, ... More About: World News , Fire
Hillary Clinton sweeps Puerto Rico
2008-06-02 15:01:00 Hillary Clinton has registered a thumping win over frontrunner Barack Obama in Puerto Rico ’s Democratic presidential primary, and raised a more assertive war cry of “popular vote” against her African-American rival for nomination. The former first lady decisively won the Puerto Rico primary, which put 55 delegates up for grabs, by 68 per cent to 32 ... More About: Hillary Clinton , World News , Hillary
8 killed in blast outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan
2008-06-02 12:38:00 At least eight people were feared killed and five others injured in a blast outside the Danish Embassy , located in a high-security area in the heart of the Pakistan i capital on Monday. Reports said the explosive device was hidden in a car parked near the Danish Embassy in the upmarket, where several embassies are located. A number ... More About: World News , Blast , Killed
Planet Green network not what you might expect
2008-06-02 07:43:00 NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers who tune in the new Planet Green network expecting a sober documentary on the plight of the yellow-breasted whooping finch will be in for a surprise. Instead, they’ll see celebrities such as Tommy Lee, Ludacris, Tom Bergeron and Adrian Grenier - and absolutely no lectures, promises Eileen O’Neill, the network’s president. Planet ... More About: Entertainment , Network , Expect
Neil Young feels driven to work on electric car
2008-06-02 07:29:00 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Neil Young , the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again - with his car. Young has teamed up with Johnathan Goodwin, a Wichita mechanic who has developed a national reputation for re-engineering the power units of big cars to get more horsepower ... More About: Entertainment , Work , Electric
Wentz explains lying to media about Simpson?s pregnancy
2008-06-01 15:05:00 Los Angeles, June 1 (IANS) Rocker Pete Wentz says he lied to the media about his wife Ashlee Simpson ’s pregnancy because he wanted to get a clean bill of health from doctors before making any announcement. Perezhilton.com reports Wentz saying: “Every woman, no matter who they are or what they do for a living, has the ... More About: Media , Entertainment , Pregnancy , Lying
Moss shows competitive side at birthday party
2008-06-01 15:03:00 London, June 1 (IANS) British supermodel Kate Moss showed her competitive side while playing games at a recent London birthday party. Mirror.co.uk reports that Moss attended the 26th birthday party of Queens of Noise disc jockey Mairead at London’s Punk nightclub. Speaking about Moss playing the games, a source said: “First up, was a giant game of ... More About: Entertainment , Party , Birthday Party , Birthday , Side
Jeev stays in contention in Wales Open golf
2008-06-01 15:00:00 Newport (Wales ), June 1 (IANS) Jeev Milkha Singh kept himself in the contention for his first title in 18 months despite numerous putts lipping out besides a late bogey in the crucial third round of the Celtic Manor Wales Open at the Twenty Ten Golf course here. He was tied third at four shots behind runaway ... More About: Sports , Stays
TRS loses two Lok Sabha, nine assembly seats
2008-06-01 14:57:00 Hyderabad/New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), seeking separate statehood for Telangana, suffered a setback, retaining only two of its four Lok Sabha seats and losing nine of 16 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh in the by-election results announced Sunday. The party could retain only the Karimnagar and Hanamkonda Lok Sabha seats, losing ... More About: Assembly
Moore, Kutcher raise funds for homeless initiative
2008-06-01 14:55:00 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demi Moore , Ashton Kutcher and several of their famous colleagues - including newlyweds Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller - spread their wings Saturday night at the exclusive Butterfly Ball fundraiser benefiting Chrysalis, a Los Angeles-based organization that helps homeless men and women find jobs and homes. “We love it, and we really ... More About: Entertainment , Homeless , Initiative , Funds
Clinton defies party leaders; eyes Puerto Rico win
2008-06-01 14:50:00 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton , newly defiant against her own party leaders, sought a victory Sunday in Puerto Rico’s presidential primary that would give her a toehold on an increasingly slippery path to the nomination. The island territory, once a political asterisk in presidential contests, stood as Clinton’s last best electoral ... More About: Party , Eyes , Americas
Raj govt decides postmortem on 16 Gujjar victims
2008-06-01 11:47:00 Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct postmortem of 16 Gujjars, who died in police firing, at agitation sites at Karwadi, Sikandra and Sawaimadhopur. Gujjar protesters, led by 70 year old Kirori Singh Bainsla, decided that the postmortem will be conducted on the bodies as per the conditions laid down by them in a two-page letter to ... More About: Victims , Govt
6.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Philippines, Taiwan
2008-06-01 11:44:00 The US Geological Survey said that a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan on Sunday; the quake struck at a shallow depth of 22 kilometres under the seabed in the Philippines’ Batan Islands region at 07:27 IST. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was ... More About: Earthquake , World News , Rocks
Bolt strikes for 100m world record at New York meeting
2008-06-01 11:42:00 Jamaica’s Usain Bolt set the 100m world record in New York , clocking 9.72sec at the Reebok Grand Prix athletics meeting. Bolt, 21, lowered the record of 9.74sec set by compatriot Asafa Powell at Rieti, Italy, last September. With a favorable wind of 1.7m/sec, Bolt finished ahead of 100m and 200m World Champion Tyson Gay of the United ... More About: Sports , World Record
Raj Royals meet Chennai Superkings in IPL final
2008-06-01 11:40:00 Shane Warne led Rajasthan Royals will take on Dhoni’s Chennai Superkings in the final clash of the IPL tournament on Sunday night at the Dr D Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals, under the captaincy of Shane Warne, defeated Delhi Daredevils in the first semi final on Friday while the Chennai boys outclassed Kings ... More About: Sports , Final , Meet
Naomi Campbell charged in London airport incident
2008-05-29 17:19:00 LONDON (AP) — Naomi Campbell has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an alleged luggage rage incident at Heathrow Airport , her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday. The 38-year-old supermodel was charged when she reported to Heathrow police station to answer bail over the April 3 fracas, lawyer Simon Nicholls said. The Crown Prosecution Service said ... More About: Entertainment , London
Newlywed Ashlee Simpson-Wentz expecting a baby
2008-05-29 17:14:00 LOS ANGELES (AP) — After months of playing coy, newlyweds Ashlee Simpson -Wentz and Pete Wentz have made it official: Yes, they’re expecting a baby. “While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child,” said a statement Wednesday on Wentz’s blog. ... More About: Baby , Entertainment
US to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq
2008-05-29 17:09:00 The US military announced on Thursday that the withdrawal of another 4,000 troops from Iraq next month as violence across the country hit a four-year low. The military said it was pulling out troops deployed as part of a controversial “surge” of forces in February 2007. The pullout is in line with US President George W Bush’s ... More About: World News , Troops
NASA restores radio contact with Phoenix Mars lander
2008-05-29 16:50:00 NASA has cleared up a malfunction that for several hours caused a rupture in communications between Phoenix Mars Lander, the US space agency said on Wednesday. NASA said a “transient event” had knocked out UHF radio transmissions between Phoenix and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which relays data and instructions between the Phoenix and Earth. A ... More About: Radio , Contact , Nasa
240 yr old monarchy gone, Nepal becomes republic
2008-05-29 16:49:00 Nepal’s ruling alliance has decided to create a post of President ahead of declaring the country a Republic and abolishing 240-year-old monarchy in the first meeting of Maoist-dominated Constituent Assembly. The meeting was held up for several hours due to last-minute political wrangling. However, there were still differences between the Maoists and other major parties ... More About: Nepal , World News , Monarchy
Raje ready for fresh talks with Gujjars: Munde
2008-05-29 16:48:00 The Vasundhara Raje Government in Rajasthan is ready to hold fresh talks with Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla to resolve the week-long crisis, senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde said today. “We want to hold talks with the Gujjar leaders by any means”, state BJP in-charge Gopinath Munde told reporters after coming out of a ... More About: Fresh , Ready
40 killed, 60 injured in Karnataka road mishap
2008-05-29 16:46:00 At least forty persons have been killed and 60 injured when a lorry in which they were travelling skidded off a tank bed and rolled into a ditch near Arakalgud, about 35 km from Hassan in Karnataka on Thursday. More than 100 people, including women and children, had boarded the lorry and they were heading ... More About: Road , Killed , Injured
Mayawati recommends CBI probe into Arushi case
2008-05-29 16:43:00 The UP government today pressed for a CBI probe into the sensational double murder case in which a leading dentist is accused of killing his 14-year old daughter and servant but the Centre rejected it. Under attack for “shoddy” investigation into the murder of Arushi and domestic help Hemraj in Noida on 16th May, Chief Minister ... More About: Case , Mayawati , Probe
Seat-back screens will soon allow airline passengers ?text chat? facility
2008-05-26 13:36:00 Wellington, May 26 (ANI): Electronic products manufacturer Panasonic has developed seat-back screens that would allow passengers on board an aeroplane “text chat” with others. The new in-flight entertainment system will initially be fitted to 18 of Air New Zealand’s A320 and Boeing 767 aircraft by the end of the year. Mark Street, a spokesman for Air New ... More About: Chat , Seat , Back , Text , Airline
Nature will reclaim Earth very quickly once mankind perishes
2008-05-26 13:34:00 London, May 26 (ANI): London?s once bustling Oxford Street will turn into a ?roam-free? ground for wild rhinos and will see towering infernos rage and crumbling buildings ? just five years after the human race dies out, according to a new TV documentary ?Life After People?. Most experts agree that humans will one day become extinct. If ... More About: Nature , Earth , Health News , Mankind
Phoenix to make perilous landing on Martian arctic
2008-05-26 05:28:00 The historically less-than-50 per cent odds of success loomed heavily as NASA scientists readied for today’s landing of the 420-million-dollar Phoenix spacecraft near Mars’s frigid north pole. “I’m a little nervous on the inside. This is not an easy thing to do,” Phoenix scientist Peter Smith said. “There’s a lot of uncertainties left. Mars is always there ... More About: Make , Arctic , Landing
30 killed in Iran chemical plant fire
More articles from this author:2008-05-26 05:25:00 At least 30 people have been killed and 38 injured, many of them suffering severe burns, in a fire in a chemical plant in central Iran on Sunday, the state news agency IRNA said. The fire in the cosmetics and detergent-producing plant near the town of Shazand was caused by a blast during welding work in ... More About: World News , Fire , Killed , Plant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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