| Time with parents key to teens' well-being |
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: The key to the future well-being of teens lies in spending time with parents, instead of growing distant and independent.
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University studied whether the stereotype of teens growing apart from their parents and spending less time with them captured the everyday experiences of families.
On five occasions over seven years, the... |
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| Indian-Americans get prime spots at US presidential conventions |
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: With both the Democratic and Republican parties out to woo the three million strong Indian-American community with its growing political clout, three of them have been given prime spots at the two parties’ presidential conventions.
While California’s Indian-American Attorney General Kamala Harris has won a prime speaking role at the Democratic National Co... |
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| Julian Assange trying to deflect attention: US |
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: The US government has accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of trying to deflect attention from his sexual assault charges after he called on Washington to stop the “witch-hunt” against his organization, Xinhua reported.
Calling Assange’s remarks at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Sunday as “wild assertions”, State Department spok... |
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| Radical methods needed to save oceans, say experts |
SYDNEY, Aug 21: Current global efforts to counter the impact of carbon emissions are not enough, say experts, calling for a broader and more radical approach to marine management and mitigation options.
“It is unwise to assume we will be able to stabilise atmospheric CO2 at levels necessary to reduce or prevent ongoing damage to marine ecosystems,” said Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, p... |
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| Kids know when you are faking distress |
BERLIN, Aug 21: Even three-year-old infants can tell whether you are only whining or genuinely upset, report researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
“This study provides the first evidence that three-year-olds can evaluate just how reasonable another person’s distressed reaction is to a particular incident or situation, and this influences whet... |
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| Vivid memories retain freshness over decades |
TORONTO, Aug 21: Do you recall memories from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet you can’t think of what you ate for dinner last night? It’s a case of the brain capturing emotionally arousing memories but not the mundane, says a new study.
“We’ve discovered that we see things that are emotionally arousing with greater clarity than those that are more mund... |
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| US teacher accused of having sex with students |
HOUSTON, Aug 21: A high school teacher in Houston, the largest city of the US Texas state, is accused of having sex with his students. Geffrey Guzman, 32, who was working at Elsik High School in the Alief Independent School District, sent on last May his semi-nude photos to a 17-year-old student who said that she and Guzman had sexual contact in his vehicle, reported Xinhua citing TV channel ABC13... |
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| Kazakh beer thief returns unfinished bottles |
MOSCOW, Aug 21: A man suspected of stealing a case of beer from a store in Kazakhstan’s northwest Aktobe region still faces theft charges despite returning a number of bottles he decided not to drink, police told CA-NEWS. The store owner told police that a man entered the store at about two o’clock in the morning on August 18, and ran out with the box which had 14-odd bottles of beer. ... |
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| Woman uses bra to strangle neighbour |
MOSCOW, Aug 21: A 26-year-old woman in Siberia faces 15 years in prison on charges she killed a 65-year-old neighbour - with her bra, police told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. The woman attacked the neighbour after he refused her request for money to buy liquor to continue a late July drinking binge. Enraged by the rebuff, she tackled the older man and began choking him with her bare hands. He was able ... |
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| US wants Iraq to plug loopholes on Iran sanctions |
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: The US government has called on Iraq to close the “loopholes” in preventing Iran from skirting its sanctions through financial and logistical ties shared by the two neighbours. “Whenever we have detected successful efforts by Iran to abuse Iraqi territory to circumvent sanctions, we have been clear and forthright with the Iraqis in trying to work through the i... |
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| Hackers attack website of court that jailed Pussy Riot |
MOSCOW, Aug 21: Computer hackers on Tuesday attacked the website of a Moscow court that sentenced three members of the anti-Putin punk rock band Pussy Riot, RIA Novosti reported. The hackers posted a message calling for the release of the three members of the Russian punk band who were jailed for two years each last week, over a February protest in Moscow’s largest cathedral. The attackers o... |
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