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  • Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Launch on Wednesday
    Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Launch on Wednesday

    The NASA’s space shuttle is now ready for its final journey to space. NASA has cleared it for its last mission. This was confirmed after the minor last minutes repairs were completed. The Discovery’s mission managers held a meeting at the Kennedy Space Center and unanimously gave clearance to this historic shuttle for its final [...]

  • Greece Bombings not a part of International Terrorism
    Greece Bombings not a part of International Terrorism

    Greece has denied that the parcel bombs are related to international terrorism. Giorgos Petalotis, a government spokesman said that “(The parcel bombs) are not related to international terrorism and groups like al Qaeda.” All air shipments of packages and mails have been suspended for the next 48 hours. This public order was issued soon after [...]

  • When scientists play God…
    When scientists play God…

    The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which lies under the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva was built by CERN to advance and explain the deepest laws of physics in nature. The world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, the LHC, has brought about many great discoveries like the actual creation of ‘dark matter’, but now it is going [...]

  • European Union for better Data Protection Laws
    European Union for better Data Protection Laws

    The European Union has decided to update the current data protection laws. The current laws were framed in 1995 and the internet has changed a lot ever since. The current changes stresses on the ‘right to be forgotten’. This right means an user can delete his profile from any social network and also all data [...]

When scientists play God…

When scientists play God…

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which lies under the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva was built by CERN to advance and explain the deepest laws of physics in nature. The world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, the LHC, has brought about many great discoveries like the actual creation of ‘dark matter’, ...

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George Bush’s statement hurts US Human Rights standards, brings them into question

George Bush’s statement hurts US Human Rights standards, brings them into question

George Bush’s recent admissions on US torture techniques really created a furore on the international scene. He clearly stated that the US had used ‘waterboarding’ – which is an act of brutal torture, considered a crime under US law as well as international law – to extract information from prisoners. ...

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Rolls Royce in trouble over A380 engines

Rolls Royce has had a great run in manufacturing aircraft engines - until now. The new Trent 900 engine fitted onto the Airbus A380 fleet is causing the Rolls Royce company some serious issues. Qantas grounded its entire A380 fleet following an accident at Singapore's Changi airport on the 4th of ...

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US Federal Reserve causing Asia’s next economic bubble?

The US Federal Reserve plans to pump $600 billion into the banking system a day after the Republicans swept to a majority in the House on an anti-deficit platform. This happened as the Fed ventures into uncharted waters in an ongoing struggle to reduce long-term interest rates in order to ...

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America wishes to enhance military position in Asia

US Sec. Def. Robert Gates has said that the US wants a larger military presence in the Asian sub-continent. Robert Gates, who is en-route to Australia for annual security talks, said that having better ties with Australia would enable the US to expand its military role in the South-East Asian region. ...

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Myanmar votes after two decades

Myanmar votes after two decades

Myanmar had its first election in two decades this Sunday. The international community feels that the poll is a sham to create a puppet democracy by the currently ruling military. The military government has made all efforts to weaken the pro-democracy parties. Two thirds of the total candidates are from the ...

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Cholera claims 500 lives in Haiti

Cholera claims 500 lives in Haiti

Haiti’s death toll due to cholera epidemic has exceeded 500, as per health minitry reports. This is a fall out after the Hurricane Tomas. Hundreds of people are still suffering. The health ministry has put the figure of total affected to 7359 The local authorities and different agencies are doing their ...

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Things to do when your bored

It is a normal human nature that if he is at an office with hectic work schedule, his mind will ponder, why I have work like this? I need some free time without any work and commitments. And when the person is free at the home, contrastingly he thinks that ...

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Cuban Plane Crash claims 68 lives

Cuban Plane Crash claims 68 lives

Mexico City: A Aero-Caribbean flight crashed in the central province of Sancti Spiritus on Thursday afternoon. The plane was flying to Havana after taking off from Santiago de Cuba. The crash took place in the mountains and among the dense thorny trees. This made the rescue work more difficult. There ...

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Another Blast rocks Pakistan

A suspected Taliban sucide bomber today struck a mosque in north-western Pakistan. This mosque was targeted as it was frequented by anti-Taliban tribal leaders. This was the deadliest blast this year and it claimed 67 lives. Pakistan had been facing frequent attacks from the Taliban which once enjoyed full support from ...

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