| 'New cold war may break out between US, China' |
Beijing, Aug 24: The Cold War mentality hasn’t disappeared, a state-run Chinese daily said on Friday, and warned of “real worries that a new cold war may break out between China and the US”.
The US and Soviet camps confronted each other militarily, ideologically and economically during the cold war, but with its end, the political foundations for the confrontation disa... |
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| Balance security with internet freedom: US tells India |
Washington, Aug 24:Asking India to strike a balance between national security and importance of online freedom, the US has said it stands ready to assist US social media companies in their “conversations” with New Delhi. “We are in constant contact with our various companies as they reach out to us, as they need us,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told rep... |
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| 'Pakistan, US divorce on the table' |
Islamabad, Aug 24: The relationship between Pakistan and the US has again turned rocky and the divorce option is on the table, a Pakistani daily said on Friday.
“Our relationship with the US is still going through an extremely difficult phase. Were this a marriage in the real sense of the word a divorce might have been considered - and now it may be,” said an editorial in th... |
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| Britain has 1.5 mn obese adults |
London, Aug 24: Britain has around 1.5 million adults who can be classed as “morbidly obese”, The Sun reported on Friday. Weight loss operations in the country have soared by a whopping 530 per cent in the last six years, it quoted government figures as saying. According to data released by the National Health Service (NHS), thousands of people are too fat to get out their own homes or... |
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| Michelle Obama meets with gurdwara victims |
Washington, Aug 24: Reaching out to the Sikh community, US first lady Michelle Obama met with families of those killed in the August 5 massacre at the gurdwara in Wisconsin to offer her support. “It’s my honour to be here with you. I’m sorry it’s under these circumstances, but I am anxious to meet with the families and lend whatever support I can,” she told them as in... |
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| Prince Harry, victim of a honey trap? |
London, Aug 24: Prince Harry, pictured cavorting naked in Las Vegas, was probably a victim of a “honey trap”, a media report said. At least four women went with Harry to his hotel room, and two witnesses have claimed how they saw and overheard the girls trying to catch the eye of the prince. They said it may have been one of the same group of girls who later snapped him nude with a cam... |
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| UK seeks to resume talks with Ecuador over Assange |
London, Aug 24: The British Government has reportedly written to the Ecuadorian embassy in London to resume talks over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange has been holed up in the embassy since June 19 in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden, where is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault. The Foreign Office confirmed a ‘formal communication’ had b... |
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| Leaked documents reveal Romney made offshore investments to avoid taxes |
Washington, Aug 24: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s offshore financial accounts are coming under new scrutiny after the publication of internal audits and private letters related to his 250 million dollars fortune.
New York-based website Gawker has published a 950-page document that has given a complex picture about Romney’s finances.
Romney’s w... |
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| Poorer people less likely to give up bad habits |
London, Aug 24: People who are economically worse off or with less education are more likely to give up bad habits such as smoking and eating junk food, according to a report. On the contrary, those who belong to the middle class are getting healthier by choosing better lifestyle, the report from the influential King’s Fund health think-tank said.
Researchers analysed official dat... |
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| A Chinese couple that wants to resemble twins |
Beijing, Aug 24: A Chinese man and a woman who are to marry soon have decided to undergo plastic surgery so that they look like twins, a media report said. The couple, from Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, decided to undergo cosmetic surgery to mark their last Qixi Festival, the Chinese Valentine’s Day. Their wedding is slated for October, Shanghai Daily reported, citing the Chutian Metropo... |
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| Woman with five kids has 50 fake babies |
London, Aug 24: A 39-year-old mother of five, told she could not have more kids for health reasons, has filled her home with 50 lifelike baby dolls. Alice Winstone of Cardigan, Mid Wales, has spent seven years and over 12,000 pounds to fill her home with vinyl “Reborn Dolls”, the Daily Mail reported. Her obsession has forced her husband Chris to move out of their home. Winstone had bee... |
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| Norwegian mass killer sentenced to 21 years in jail |
Oslo, Aug 24: Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing 77 people in bomb and shooting attacks last year. The court also found him to be sane, dismissing the prosecution’s request for an insane verdict. Norway’s penal code does not have the death penalty or life in prison, and the maximum prison term for Breivik’s charges is 21 y... |
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| Arafat's remains to be tested for Polonium poisoning |
Moscow, Aug 24: The widow of Yasser Arafat has given her approval for a Swiss radiation laboratory to examine the body of the late Palestinian leader to see if he was poisoned by radioactive material Polonium-210. According to news website swissinfo.ch, scientists at the Institute of Radiation Physics at the University of Lausanne have been ready to analyse Arafat’s remains for two weeks now... |
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