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7 Aug 2011The British singer known for smoky voice breathed her last and was found dead in her flat in London. Amy Wine house was in trouble when she was under drinks and drugs and the overdose of drugs has caused her death. Any was just 27 years old and has won many awards like the Grammy [...]
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10 Jul 2011The last months of the Osama Bin Laden life he was very concerned about the problems which the whole network was facing. The al qaeda problems were mounting and Osama bin Laden was concerned to build back his terror network and gain strength. The review of the files was checked by some of the unnamed [...]
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10 Apr 2011Egypt’s army has cracked down on protests in Cairo’s symbolic Tahrir Square, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured. The violence occurred overnight as the army tried to clear protesters calling for ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his family to be tried for corruption. The injured suffered gunshot wounds but the army denies using [...]
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17 Mar 2011China has suspended approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. It will also carry out checks at existing reactors and those under construction. China is currently building 27 new reactors – about 40% of the total number being built around the world. The news comes as China grows [...]
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17 Mar 2011Japan says it is stepping up efforts to cool overheating fuel at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Helicopters dumped tonnes of sea water to try to prevent fuel rods melting, and media reports said water cannon had now joined in the operation on the ground. Following the crisis, China suspended approval for new nuclear [...]
Indian child actress Rubina Ali, who acted in Slumdog Millionaire, says she has lost precious souvenirs of the 2008 Oscar-winning film in a fire. The blaze late on Friday ravaged her home and scores of others in the Garib Nagar slum, near Mumbai’s Bandra Railway Station. Nobody was killed in the fire but 21 people [...]
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27 Feb 2011Four bodies with their heads severed have been dumped in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo, close to the border with the US, police say. Gunmen laid the decapitated bodies out on a sheet in a central square in full view of horrified pedestrians. On the sheet was a written message from the Gulf drugs [...]
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30 Jan 2011According to a media report with the joint efforts of US and Iran controversial nuclear programme Israel has come out with a new cyber weapon. The sophisticated cyber weapon is developed by Israel to prevent Tehran from making an atomic bomb. The New York Times has reported the tests of destructive worm called as “Stuxnet”and [...]
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23 Jan 2011A giant inland sea of floodwater, 55 miles (90km) long, will spread across the Australian state of Victoria over the next 10 days, officials say. Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan said the floods would rank as one of the most costly natural disasters in the country’s history. More than 30 people have been killed since [...]
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23 Jan 2011Tunisian protesters have been stepping up calls for Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and his cabinet to resign. Protests in Tunis and other cities have continued, while the main trade union has begun a march on the capital. On Sunday, there is a final day of mourning for those killed in the unrest that led to [...]