| Painkillers more fatal than heroin, cocaine? |
Washington, Sept 23: Prescription painkillers kill more people in US than heroin and cocaine combined, thanks to fatal overdosing, says a new analytical report. Experts from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Programme (PDMP) Centre of Excellence at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management systematically assessed prescription drug monitoring programmes and found a p... |
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| Aung San Suu Kyi tells Americans not to take democracy for granted |
Washington, Sept 23: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded with Americans not to take democracy for granted.
“You must vote. You must use your democratic rights. Otherwise, they will fade away,” the Nobel Peace Prize winner said to a Queens College crowd in America.
Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest for bucking her country’s milita... |
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| Blasphemy case probe finds Pakistani cleric guilty |
Islamabad, Sept 23: Investigations into the blasphemy case involving a minor Christian girl in Pakistan have found cleric Khalid Jadoon guilty while exonerating the teenaged girl.
Rimsah Masih, the minor Christian girl, faced a life sentence for allegedly burning the Holy Quran’s pages. But she was later released on bail.
Jadoon has been taken into judicial custody as he ... |
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| Palin advices Romney to go rogue and give Americans come to Jesus moment |
Washington, Sept 23: The Republican Party’s 2008 vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has advised 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan to go rogue and give the country a come to Jesus moment.
In a statement to the Weekly Standard, she said, “With so much at stake in this election, both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should go rogue an... |
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| Anti-Islam film rage gives Hollywood jitters |
London, Sept 23: Filmmakers in Hollywood are terrified of inciting further retribution against America over a string of new films showing the US mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. Shooting for two films has completed and they are scheduled for release before Christmas, with a third awaiting the go-ahead. All are under scrutiny after protests across the Islamic world and killing of the US ambassador ... |
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| Australian church admits to 600 child abuse cases |
Moscow, Sept 23: Australia’s Roman Catholic Church has confirmed 620 children have been sexually abused by its priests since the 1930s in the state of Victoria. Campaigners, however, put the figure at 10,000 between 1960s to the 1980s only. The Catholic Church of Victoria's admission came in a submission to a state parliamentary inquiry into the handling of child abuse cases by religious ... |
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| US, Pak plan joint effort to encourage Taliban for peace talks |
Washington, Sept 23: The United States and Pakistan are planning a joint effort to draw the Taliban toward peace talks in Afghanistan.
A joint commission, ‘action group’, would help vet candidates for political rehabilitation, with a goal of helping Afghanistan frame a workable peace deal after U.S. and foreign forces leave the country.
The planned joint vetting was... |
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| iPhone 5 easier to repair, say gadget gurus |
Washington, Sept 23: IFixit, the company that publishes free online repair guides for consumer electronics, gives the new iPhone 5 a 7 out of 10 in terms of repairability. Apple’s reputation for building hard-to-fix devices didn’t dissuade people from ordering the iPhone 5, and it turns out that’s a good thing, the Christian Science Monitor said. After stripping Apple&rsquo... |
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| It's the brain that draws you to chocolate |
Washington, Sept 23: What makes chocolate so irresistible? Scientists have traced the lure of chocolate to a part of the brain called neostriatum, and its production of a natural, opium-like chemical, enkephalin. The findings reveal a surprising extension of the neostriatum's role, as Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and her team made the discovery. DiFeliceant... |
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| Backache? Blame your genes |
London, Sept 23: If you suffer chronic lower backache, then blame your genes, not the lumbar disc generation (LDD) that has long been suspected of being its prime cause, say experts. These discs, which cushion the vertebrae or the backbone, can end up getting squashed and bulging out. Bony growths can also emerge from the spinal column itself and trigger backache. A team led by Frances Williams, g... |
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| Eagle attacks Chinese villagers who ate chick |
Beijing, Sept 23: A golden eagle in China has attacked two villagers several times in the past two years after they stole a chick from her nest and ate it. The victims, Yang and Wu, live in Muling county of Heilongjiang province. Both were attacked several times in the recent past. But Yang was attacked again last month when he was harvesting wheat. Its sharp beak pierced through his face, neck an... |
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| Hoping to be jailed, jobless man burns down house |
Beijing, Sept 23: A man in China has set fire to his own house because he wanted to go to prison. Under Chinese law, a person could be jailed for life or sentenced to death for arson. Yang’s house in Hubei province’s Wuhan city was last week engulfed in a huge fire. The 42-year-old unemployed man lives with his parents. (IANS)... |
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| Over 173,000 Haj pilgrims reach Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh, Sept 23: More than 173,000 pilgrims reached Saudi Arabia to perform Haj, Xinhua reported on Sunday. According to Salem bin Mohammed Al-Bilaihid, director general of Passports Department, more than 109,000 pilgrims arrived by air, while 54,000 by sea and 10,000 by land. Saudi Arabia is expecting 1.8 million pilgrims from abroad this season. (IANS)... |
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| One in four British families keep weapons |
London, Sept 23: A study in Britain has found more than a quarter of British homeowners keeping at least some sort of weapon for protection against intruders. Researchers found nearly one in 10 adults not feeling safe at home while 27 per cent keeping a weapon just in case, Daily Mail reported Sunday. Over a third of those have something close at hand, with the most popular places being either by ... |
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