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Dead Boston suspect talked jihad in Russia

May 10, 2013 at 7:34 PM

London, May 10 (IANS) Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed by police during a manhunt, held extreme views of jihad and expected to find a full-fledged war when he visited Russia's Muslim-dominated North Caucasus region, media reports said.

'Topless' beer cans set to revolutionise art of drinking brew

April 5, 2013 at 11:48 AM

New York, Apr. 5 (ANI): A brewery from Pennsylvania has debuted a beer can in which the entire lid is lifted, so that the drinkers can sip from it as a normal cup.

Time Magazine site hacked to make N. Korean leader Kim Jong 'person of the year'

December 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM

Washington, Dec. 19 (ANI): North Korean dictator Kim Jong Eun has been selected by Time magazine as their man of the year.

Kal Penn to front Democratic convention in North Carolina

September 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM

Melbourne, September 4 (ANI): 'Harold and Kumar' star Kal Penn, who is a member of President Obama's White House Office of Public Engagement, has been selected to lead an online celebrity panel at the upcoming Democrat National Convention in North Carolina.

German court bans Rolling Stones tattoo for horse

August 16, 2012 at 5:32 AM

Berlin, Aug 16 (IANS) A German court has stopped a man from making a Rolling Stones tattoo on a horse saying it is wrong to inflict pain on animals "without just cause".

Lenovo unveils new generation laptops

August 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM

New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Chinese PC giant Lenovo has unveiled a new generation of light-weight ThinkPads at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Obama claims Biden's remarks on gay marriage forced him to support same-sex rights

May 11, 2012 at 1:58 PM

Washington, May 11 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has said Vice President Joe Biden's comments on gay marriage has forced him to support same-sex couple's rights.

McIlroy claims top spot again despite play-off loss to PGA Tour winner Fowler

May 7, 2012 at 1:10 PM

Charlotte (North Carolina), May 7 (ANI): Rory McIlroy reclaimed his top spot in world golf rankings despite missing out in a three-way play-off at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.

Infant forgotten inside pickup truck all day, dies

May 4, 2012 at 9:58 PM

London, May 4 (IANS) A seven-month-old baby died in the US after being forgotten inside a pickup truck all day as temperatures soared to 90 degrees, it was reported here.

English sailors 'may have discovered America decades before Columbus set sail'

May 4, 2012 at 12:22 PM

Washington, May 4 (ANI): A new investigation has shed fresh light on the voyages of John Cabot, the Italian navigator and explorer, divulging that he may have had prior knowledge of European expeditions to the 'New World' that predated Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage.

Altruism varies under different conditions

May 1, 2012 at 3:06 PM

Washington, May 1 (IANS) Altruism wears different hats under different circumstances, says a new math model that pinpoints the conditions favouring one form of altruism over another.

Analysts say new North Korean missiles are 'fake'

April 26, 2012 at 10:06 PM

Pyongyang, Apr 26 (ANI): Six ominous new North Korean missiles showcased at a lavish military parade were fake, according to analysts.

Obama leads Romney in projected electoral vote totals

April 15, 2012 at 5:23 PM

Washington, April 15 (ANI): The United States President Barack Obama is leading the likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by a significant margin in various US states.

Bubba Watson selling North Carolina lakehouse for 1.499mn dollars

April 12, 2012 at 4:03 PM

New York, Apr 12 (ANI): Professional golfer Bubba Watson, who recently won the Masters, is selling off his Lexington, North Carolina lakehouse for 1.499 million dollars.

Habitat loss and tropical cooling could be behind mass extinction

April 11, 2012 at 4:28 PM

Washington, Apr 11 (ANI): The second-largest mass extinction in Earth's history coincided with a short but intense ice age during which massive glaciers grew and sea levels plunged.

Hitler's 'Desert fox' turned love rat for another woman

March 23, 2012 at 5:20 PM

London, Mar 23 (ANI): Adolf Hitler's favourite commander, Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox" who relentlessly fought allied forces across North Africa in World War Two, covered up love affair which led to illegitimate child for sake of his career, reveals his grandson.

Fuel-efficient supersonic UAV comes closer to commercialization

March 1, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Washington, Mar 1 (ANI): An aerospace engineer has developed a first-of-its-kind supersonic unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), which is currently in a prototype state and is expected to fly farther and faster than anything remotely similar to date.

Fuel-efficient supersonic UAV comes closer to commercialization

March 1, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Washington, Mar 1 (ANI): An aerospace engineer has developed a first-of-its-kind supersonic unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), which is currently in a prototype state and is expected to fly farther and faster than anything remotely similar to date.

Dereck Chisora gushes about pet Chihuahua

February 15, 2012 at 5:38 PM

London, Feb 15 (ANI): Dereck Chisora has got a new pet - a Chihuahua he christened 'Killer'.

NASA releases first video of moon's 'dark side'

February 3, 2012 at 9:16 PM

London, Feb 3 (ANI): NASA has sent back its first footage of the 'dark' side of the moon, the one that is not visible from the Earth.

NASA releases first video of moon's 'dark side'

February 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM

London, Feb 3 (ANI): NASA has sent back its first footage of the 'dark' side of the moon, the one that is not visible from the Earth.

Arctic already facing effects of dangerous climate change

January 31, 2012 at 8:54 PM

Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Arctic is already suffering some of the effects that, according to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), correspond with a "dangerous climate change," experts warn.

It may take 10m generations for cats to evolve as big as elephants

January 31, 2012 at 8:53 PM

Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): An international team of researchers exploring mammal size after dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago has found that it took about 10 million generations for terrestrial mammals to hit their maximum mass: that's about the size of a cat evolving into the size of an elephant.

Arctic already facing effects of dangerous climate change

January 31, 2012 at 5:56 PM

Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): Arctic is already suffering some of the effects that, according to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), correspond with a "dangerous climate change," experts warn.

It may take 10m generations for cats to evolve as big as elephants

January 31, 2012 at 2:03 PM

Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): An international team of researchers exploring mammal size after dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago has found that it took about 10 million generations for terrestrial mammals to hit their maximum mass: that's about the size of a cat evolving into the size of an elephant.

Madonna's former bodyguard jailed for smuggling guns

January 11, 2012 at 6:03 PM

London, Jan 11 (ANI): A former US marine who had previously worked as a bodyguard for Madonna has been jailed for 10 years for smuggling guns into the UK on commercial flights.

Kim Jong Un named 'supreme leader' of North Korean military

December 25, 2011 at 3:19 PM

Pyongyang, Dec 25 (ANI): Kim Jong Un, the son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been hailed as 'supreme leader' of the 1.2-million strong military, ramping up its campaign to install the young man as the country's next leader.

Pak military brass unsatisfied with NATO probe on Mohmand Agency attack

December 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Islamabad, Dec.8 (ANI): The Pakistan military brass has reportedly expressed its dissatisfaction with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) probe into the attacks on border posts in the country's Mohmand Agency.

Earth flips its polarity after every 200,000 to 300,000 years

December 1, 2011 at 12:22 PM

Washington, Dec 1(ANI): Magnetic pole reversal is a common phenomenon, which occurs on Earth, gradually over the millennia.

US aircraft carrier that buried Osama turned into basketball arena for Veteran's Day

November 12, 2011 at 11:36 AM

Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): The US Navy warship that carried the body of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to his burial at sea, has been transformed into a basket ball court to host the first college game on Veteran's Day.

Neither climate nor humans alone caused Ice Age mass extinctions

November 3, 2011 at 1:49 PM

London, Nov 3 (ANI): An inter-disciplinary team from more than 40 universities around the world have put an end to the controversial single-cause theories of Ice Age mass extinctions.

Spielberg's Tintin movie a worldwide smash-hit

November 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM

Washington, November 1 (ANI): Steven Spielberg's new Tintin movie has become an international hit, even before it reached cinemas in North America.

Chris Brown's MJ tribute no show 'nothing to do with criminal record'

October 11, 2011 at 6:51 PM

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Chris Brown has slammed reports suggesting that his criminal record kept him from performing at the Michael Jackson tribute, insisting scheduling problems forced him to pull the plug on his performance.

Adele 'heartbroken and worried' over vocal cord haemorrhage

October 5, 2011 at 12:19 PM

Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): British superstar Adele is extremely 'heartbroken and worried' over the vocal cord haemorrhage she has been suffering since quite a while, which has forced her to call off her US tour.

Becks' hoax online death reports incur wrath of fans

September 23, 2011 at 3:20 PM

London, Sept 23 (ANI): Football fans were left fuming after an online report claimed that soccer star David Beckham had died in an unfortunate car crash.

Al-Qaeda chief of operations in Pakistan killed in Waziristan

September 16, 2011 at 9:35 AM

Washington, Sept 16(ANI): Al-Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan, Abu Hafs al Shahri, was reportedly killed in the country's Waziristan tribal region this week.

FBI investigating secret payments to FIFA whistleblower

August 14, 2011 at 4:35 PM

London, Aug 14 (ANI): A man credited with blowing the whistle on bribery and corruption in FIFA is now himself the subject of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) inquiry.

Chuck Blazer not fired, survives sacking attempt: Concacaf

June 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM

London, June 1 (ANI): The executive committee the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has announced that Chuck Blazer has not been fired and will continue as its secretary general.

Gazza's drink-driving charge dropped

February 11, 2011 at 4:40 PM

London, Feb 11 (ANI): Former England hero Paul Gascoigne has a reason to celebrate - a drink-driving charge against him has been dropped.

'Free spirit' Symonds happy out of cricketing spotlight

December 23, 2010 at 12:47 PM

Brisbane, Dec. 23 (ANI): Former Australian Test player Andrew Symonds has gone from the glare of the spotlight to the anonymity of farming life in North Queensland.

CIA steps up drone attacks in Pakistan

September 28, 2010 at 12:59 PM

Islamabad, Sep 28 (ANI): The Obama administration has enthusiastically embraced the CIA's drone program, an ambitious and historically unusual war campaign by American spies, which has launched nearly four times as many attacks in 2009 and 2010 as it did during the final year of the Bush administration, according to The Long War Journal.

Five Pak security officials killed in militant strike in NWFP

March 26, 2010 at 1:17 PM

Islamabad, Mar. 26 (ANI): At least five Pakistani soldiers were killed and several others injured in a pre-dawn attack on a security check post in the restive Orakzai Agency of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Friday.

Woman chases bra tuna thief while carrying catheter bag along!

February 2, 2010 at 4:12 PM

Queensland, Feb 2 (ANI): An Australian woman is said to have chased a burglar out of her house while carrying her catheter bag at the same time.

Some young Brit children being indoctrinated to hate non-Muslims

February 1, 2010 at 2:40 PM

London, Feb 1 (ANI): Britain's Counter Terrorist Unit has evidence of some young children in the country of being indoctrinated to hate non-Muslims and champion a holy war.

Ford Focus voted UK's "most popular car of the decade"

December 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM

London, Dec 22(ANI): The Ford Focus has been voted the UK's most popular car of the decade, according to a new poll by Auto Trader magazine.

British police arrests five men plotting overseas terror attack

November 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM

London, Nov. 16 (ANI): Five men have been arrested in Britain's Manchester and Bolton areas for allegedly plotting an overseas terror attack.

U2 world tour show 'costs £470k each day'

September 30, 2009 at 1:19 PM

London, Sept 30 (ANI): Rock giants U2 are yet to make any profits from their huge 360 degrees World Tour, because the mammoth show's overheads are so costly.

US Defense Secretary warns North Korea about further nuke testing

May 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM

Singapore, May 30 (ANI): Visiting US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned North Korea today that Washington would not accept it as a nuclear weapons state and would consider any transfer of nuclear material to other countries or terrorist groups a "grave threat" to the United States and its allies.

Mani Shankar Aiyar fails to retain Mayiladuthurai

May 17, 2009 at 12:47 AM

Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Lady luck did not smile on Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Congress as he failed to retain the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu for a third consecutive term, and fourth overall, losing to the AIADMK's O.S. Maniyan by 36,000 votes.

Taliban bans co-education in restive Pakistan tribal areas

January 4, 2009 at 5:38 PM

Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) After banning girls' education in Swat district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan, Taliban militia Sunday imposed restrictions on co-education in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Madge's 'Sticky and Sweet' tour tops '2008's highest-grossing U.S. jaunt' list

December 31, 2008 at 12:21 PM

London, December 31 (ANI): Madonna has topped the big earner's poll with her 'Sticky and Sweet' world tour raking in the highest-grossing amount in a U.S. jaunt of 2008.

Chrysler shuts factories for a month to avert collapse

December 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM

Washington, Dec 18 (DPA) Hoping to avoid bankruptcy, ailing US carmaker Chrysler LLC will Friday shut down all of its manufacturing plants for at least one month because of plummeting car sales, the company announced.

Uranium traces found at Syrian nuclear site: Diplomats

November 11, 2008 at 7:27 AM

Vienna, Nov 11 (DPA) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have found traces of uranium at an alleged secret Syrian nuclear reactor site that was bombed by Israel last year, a diplomat said here Monday.

GM, Ford report massive losses, get assurance from Obama

November 8, 2008 at 10:25 AM

Washington, Nov 8 (DPA) The two major US automakers, Ford Motor Co and General Motors Corp, have reported massive third-quarters losses as the ailing industry continued to lose cash and shed jobs.

N. Korean leader Kim inspects army unit after two months

October 11, 2008 at 9:18 PM

Pyongyang (North Korea), Oct. 11 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspected a women?s army unit on Saturday. A local newspaper reported the leader's inspection of the battery of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Unit 821 on the front page, with a picture of Kim watching women soldiers' training.

Sri Lanka president urges LTTE to lay down weapons, surrender

October 11, 2008 at 6:05 PM

Colombo, Oct 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday reiterated his government's commitment to 'eradicate terrorism' in the island nation and urged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to surrender with their weapons and enter the democratic mainstream to achieve lasting peace.