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Child mortality rate highest in India: UNICEF

A recently released annual report by the UNICEF says that of a nearly 10 million children dying below the age of five every year, 2.1 million are Indians. And the real shock lies in the fact that all these lives could be saved with better child care facilities... more »

Ronaldo puts Manchester United back on top

Cristiano Ronaldo struck both goals including a superb free kick as Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-0 on Tuesday to cruise back to the top of the Premier League... more »

Benazir murder suspect says next target White House

Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has told the Al Jazeera television channel that he wants to destroy the White House, New York and London. In his first-ever television interview that lasted 25 minutes, Mehsud was quoted by the Daily Times as saying: “Our primary aim is to finish Britain [and] the US, and to crush the pride of the .. more »

Osama patrols Colombian streets to ensure peace

On the streets of Bogota, Osama bin Laden, or at least his lookalike, has a new mission — to deter crime. Fernando Aguirre patrols the streets of Santa Fe, one of Bogota's most dangerous neighbourhoods, dressed as the al-Qaeda leader and even claims to be his son. Ever since September 11, 2001, Aguirre adopted the look of Osama bin Laden in .. more »

Indian techies could decide who wins California

With only days left for Super Tuesday's primaries, Indian-American outsourcing companies are listening hard for any hint of trouble. Managers of Silicon Valley outsourcing firms are clear that only a business friendly candidate will get their votes... more »

Yahoo has 'poison pill' ready against Microsoft

Yahoo Inc has some defense at its disposal should Microsoft Corp's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid turn hostile, as the Internet company adopted a poison pill in 2001. Poison pills are defense mechanisms companies put in place to fend off unwanted takeovers, typically working by giving shareholders the ability to buy stock at a bargain price in .. more »

Egg thrown on Murali, Sri Lanka demands security

Dust has barely settled over the Harbhajan Singh race row as another incident involving Muthaiah Muralitharan rocked the cricket world on Saturday. A Sri Lankan newspaper revealed that the spin whizard had eggs thrown at him while returning to the team hotel in Hobert on Thursday evening along with three others. Cricket Sri Lanka has asked .. more »

French President Sarkozy marries Bruni: Mayor

President Nicolas Sarkozy married his girlfriend, former model Carla Bruni, on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, the Mayor who performed the ceremony said.''The bride wore white, she was ravishing, as usual,'' Francois Lebel, Mayor of Paris' eighth arrondissement, or neighbourhood, told Europe-1 radio... more »

Charmme is the other girl in ‘Chintakayala Ravi’

As is the norm in top hero films, ‘Chintakayala Ravi’ – Software Engineer too will have two heroines. While Anushka has been confirmed as one of the heroines, Charmme will be playing another heroine opposite Venkatesh. The film is being produced by Nallamalapu Srinivas and directed by Yogi, who had earlier made Oka Raju Oka .. more »

Rajini to co-star Nayanatara and Tabu

Rajinikant’s film for his mentor K Balachander will have two heroines. While Nayanatara is said to be playing one of the lead heroines, it is now been confirmed that Tabu will be playing the other heroine... more »

Asin to dub for herself for Aamir’s film

Asin is a very busy girl these days. She has two Bollywood films in the making, and we hear more offers pouring in. But the Malayalee belle is also busy giving dubbing for her film with Aamir Khan. Just shooting for her part does not end the matter for Asin. Unlike most heroines who get their voice dubbed when they act in other languages, .. more »

Sonia Gandhi enquires about Chiru’s party

Congress senior leader Palvayi Govardhan Reddy met with Congress President Sonia Gandhi today, 31st January to speak about Telangana issue. P Govardhan Reddy told to media that Sonia Gandhi enquired about proposed Chiru’s Party. Govardhan Reddy was said to have explained to Sonia Gandhi how Congress is going to loose, if Megastar launches .. more »

Ravi Teja, Anushka to shoot from tomorrow

Ravi Teja and Anushka will now be acting together in the yet-to-be titled film of Uday Shankar for Suresh Productions. K M Radhakrishna will be composing the music for the film... more »

U.S. declines to press Pakistan's Musharraf on his judiciary crackdown

The Bush administration has signaled that it will continue to tolerate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's crackdown on his country's judiciary at least until after a Feb. 18 national election. ADVERTISEMENT Calling Musharraf an indispensable ally, U.S. officials have largely declined to criticize his ouster of top judges and said that .. more »

Dhoni says Team India will behave

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not unduly worried about a possible hostile reception for his team in the wake of the racism row involving Harbhajan Singh as he said the players would not be affected if it was "not on the field". "We don't care whether we receive a hostile reception or not. As long as it's not on the field, it doesn't .. more »

Probe finds grave failings in ’06 war

Jerusalem, Jan. 31: In a widely anticipated judgment, a formal inquiry released on Wednesday found “grave failings” among Israel’s political and military leaders in the 2006 Lebanon war, especially in their failure to decide what kind of war to fight. But the inquiry was less scathing than many had expected in evaluating the performance and .. more »

Body kept in drum for 23 yrs

Sydney, Jan. 31: A man kept his wife’s body in a drum container at the family home for 23 years after pretending she had run off with another man, Australian prosecutors said on Thursday. Frederick William Boyle, 58, of the Melbourne suburb of Carrum Downs, faces a charge of murder, which he denies. Boyle is alleged to have shot his wife Edwina .. more »

We will put Indian on moon in 8 years: Isro

Washington, Jan. 31: India will be able to send a space crew to moon in about seven to eight years and the Union government has been fully “sensitised” on this ambitious venture, its space chief has said. Dr Madhavan Nair, the head of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), expressed optimism on sending a manned moon mission from India .. more »

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