| US blames Russia, China for Annan mission failure |
Washington, Aug 3: The resignation of UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan highlights the failure of Russia and China to back strong action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the White House has said.
Annan, who assumed his post in February and authored a six-point peace plan aimed at ending the Syrian conflict, announced on Thursday that he would quit by the end of the mon... |
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| 2011 British riots could be repeated: Survey |
London, Aug 3: Many young people in Britain believe there could be a repeat this year of the riots of 2011 as the worsening employment conditions that contributed to the disorder remain unchanged, a survey has found.
The killing of drug dealer and gangster Mark Duggan by police officers triggered the riots in London and other major cities - Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, No... |
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| Britain to step up help for Syrian rebels: Hague |
London, Aug 3: British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the government has been helping Syrian rebels in a “practical and non-lethal way” and intends to step up such help.
The foreign secretary spelled out the British government’s refusal to rely solely on diplomacy in the face of the stalemate on the UN security council, and the resignation of UN envoy Kofi Annan ... |
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| Multi-linguilism shapes children's emotional development |
Washington, Aug 3: In television classic I Love Lucy, Ricky Ricardo switched into rapid-fire Spanish whenever he was upset, despite the fact that Lucy had no idea what her Cuban husband was saying. This kind of code-switching, or switching back and forth between different languages, happens all the time in multi-lingual environments, and often in emotive situations. Psychological scientists Stephe... |
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| What travellers do to shun other commuters |
London, Aug 3: Commuters on a train employ all kinds of tactics to avoid interaction with other travellers. These include the “hate stare” or one that says “don’t bother me”, says a new study. The study by Yale University says commuters use many other tactics, including putting their bag on the next seat, checking the phone, putting on headphones and pretending to be ... |
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| Weight loss secures lasting benefits |
Washington, Aug 3: The loss of 20 pounds can help overweight or obese individuals secure a decade's worth of health benefits, even if they regain the weight later that decade, according to a new research. Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behaviour at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, referred to her work from the Diabetes Prevention Programme, a study of 3,000 overweight ... |
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| Men, women eye objects differently, says research |
Washington, Aug 3: Eyes of men and women meander in different ways, suggests a new finding, challenging the way that scientists generally conceive of attention, or how sensory information is prioritised. While previous study of vision and attention disregarded individual factors such as sex, race and age, Laurent Itti and doctoral student John Shen from the University of Southern California (USC),... |
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| Mindfulness helps women deliver healthier babies |
Washington, Aug 3: First-time pregnant women who heed their own emotional and physical changes, tend to give birth to healthier babies than others who don’t, according to a latest research. “These findings continue more than 40 years of research that has made clear that whether you are mindless or mindful makes a big difference in every aspect of your health and well-being - from compe... |
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| Woman accidentally swallows knife after laughing at wrong moment |
New York,Aug 3: A woman in Atlanta landed herself in an emergency room after accidentally swallowing a butter knife while laughing. The New England Journal of Medicine published X-ray images showing the knife lodged in the 30-year-old’s esophagus. Drs Aida Venado and Sarah Prebil said the woman had a history of bulimia, and stuck the knife down her throat to prove to her friends that she no ... |
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| Man bombs sister-in-law's home, burns son's house, kills self |
Moscow, Aug 3: A Russian fought with his wife out of jealousy and she left him to live with their elder son. The man, demanding his wife’s return, hurled a grenade into his sister-in-law’s yard, set fire to his younger son’s house, and then committed suicide. The 61-year-old man lived in Armavir in southwestern region of Krasnodar. On Thursday, the man, whose name was not release... |
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| Thief's diary writing habit costs him |
Beijing, Aug 3: A Chinese thief’s habit of writing a diary cost him badly when police seized his notebook in which he had recorded details of all 88 motorbikes that he stole in the last five months. The thief, surnamed Zhang, was caught while scooping the 89th motorbike in Sichuan province, after he boldly offered a tricycle driver five yuan to help him carry away a locked motorbike. This ac... |
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| 'Dead' woman comes alive in China |
Beijing, Aug 3: A doctor in China has been suspended for declaring as dead an elderly woman who was still alive. She woke up from slumber when a forensic official was taking her body’s photograph. The incident occurred on Wednesday after the 85-year-old attempted to commit suicide by cutting her wrist. She gradually opened her eyes and gently started moving her hands while being photographed... |
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