WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, spoke publicly for the first time about the botched Christmas Day airliner bombing, praising the attempt — but not explicitly taking responsibility for it — in an audiotape broadcast Sunday that was aimed personally at President Obama. Mr. bin Laden said that the bombing attempt [...]
London: Infants born to child brides in India have a higher risk of malnutrition than those born to older mothers, a new research has indicated. The research found that 67 percent of babies born to child brides in India were malnourished, meaning they were either underweight or suffering from a wasted or stunted growth. However, [...]
LONDON- Around 3.7 million people in England have been vaccinated against H1N1 flu, health authorities said on Thursday, and urged anyone in priority groups to have the shot now to ward off the virus in 2010. Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson said that while a second wave of H1N1 — which was declared a pandemic [...]
London: Although pop-ups on a computer screen may only last a few seconds, they tend to set back our performance, say researchers. Helen Hodgetts and Dylan Jones, professor of psychology at Cardiff University, examined the cost of such interruptions in terms of the time taken to complete a simple seven-step computer task. “Our findings suggest [...]
London : Britain has tightened immigration rules from January for Indian IT professionals seeking to move to the UK under inter-company transfers. From next year, workers in this category will need to have 12 months experience instead of six months as at present with their employer before they can be transferred to the UK, official [...]
London: A new database enabling visitors to search for spoken English ranging from people talking to their dogs to ministers addressing their congregation is being created at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory. Professor John Coleman and his team are one of four teams to win the ‘Digging into Data’ competition set up to encourage imaginative, [...]
London: Actress Anna Friel is considering turning her back on TV and film work in favour of stage roles after falling in love with theatre work during her acclaimed West End run in ‘Breakfast At Tiffany`s’. The ex ‘Pushing Daisies’ star has received rave reviews for her role as Holly Golightly in the London stage [...]
London : India’s refusal to talk to Pakistan till it takes credible action against the perpetrators of 26/11 is clearly unnerving the Zardari government. Speaking to NDTV in London, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India must stop being negative or Pakistan too will lose interest in taking the dialogue process forward if [...]
London: Hollywood actress Eva Longoria Parker has said she believes god guided her into acting. The “Desperate Housewives” star has revealed she never dreamt about being an actress when she was at college and is convinced a higher force steered her onto the successful career path, reports imdb.com. “Literally one day I said, ‘I’m going [...]
The White House has shouldered some of the blame for an embarrassing breach of security that led an uninvited couple to gatecrash President Barack Obama’s debut state dinner last week. The White House said it would in the future ensure that White House staff are physically stationed alongside Secret Service agents to screen guests at [...]
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