| India does not figure in Romney's foreign policy outline |
Washington, Oct 9: While President Barack Obama has described US-India relationship as one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century, his Republican challenger Mitt Romney made no reference to India in a major foreign policy speech.
Accusing Obama of failing to provide global leadership expected by the rest of the world, especially key allies such as Israel, Romney Monday promise... |
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| China issues white paper on judicial reform |
Beijing, Oct 9: China on Tuesday issued a white paper on judicial reform which focuses on maintaining social fairness, justice and human rights protection.
The white paper reviews China’s judicial system and reform process.
“China aims its judicial reform at strengthening its judicial organs’ capability in maintaining social justice by optimizing the structure ... |
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| 'Keep religion out of politics' |
Thimphu, Oct 9: Religion should be kept out of politics, a leading Bhutan daily said on Tuesday and stressed that religious personalities too should stay away as such “earthly games” are for “lesser mortals”.
Keeping religion out of politics has so far meant keeping out religious personalities from contesting elections, an editorial in Kuensel said.
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| Leading US brain surgeon convinced there's heaven |
London, Oct 9: A sceptical American surgeon, who had dismissed patients’ tales of journeys to heavenly realms as wishful thinking, has revealed his own encounter with the afterlife during a near-death experience, the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday. Eben Alexander spent 15 years as an academic neurosurgeon at Harvard but he was struck with a nearly fatal bout of bacterial meningitis in 2008. ... |
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| India warns against use of terrorism as state policy |
United Nations, Oct 9: Describing terrorism as a Frankenstein’s monster, India has warned against use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy with a call to step up collective efforts to confront the scourge of terrorism. “The fight against terrorism has to be unrelenting and fought across all fronts,” said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani speaking on “Me... |
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| Korea says US within its strike range |
Pyongyang, Oct 9: North Korea said on Tuesday that the US is within the target range of its strategic rocket forces, the official KCNA news agency reported. A spokesperson for the National Defense Commission of North Korea announced that the country is equipped with strategic rocket forces and is now able to place the US, South Korea, Japan and Guam within its target range, reported Xinhua. &ldquo... |
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| Man bites off another's nose |
London, Oct 9: A 45-year-old man in Britain told another man he was going to eat him before almost biting off his nose, the Daily Mail reported. Heath Bowden then took a “chunk” out of his victim Graham Brook’s right ear before sinking his teeth into his left ear, Gloucester crown court was told. Julian Kesner, prosecuting, said: “Having bitten through (Brook’s) nose,... |
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| French, US scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics |
Stockholm, Oct 9: France’s Serge Haroche and US researcher David J Wineland shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, announced Staffan Normark, permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday. Haroche and Wineland got the awards “for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”, Xinh... |
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| US move to keep out Chinese firms stuns daily |
Beijing, Oct 9: A Chinese daily on Tuesday said it was shocked to learn that the US proposed to keep out Chinese companies from the American market. With the world’s economic recovery showing no signs of improvement, “we have seen countries resorting to protectionist measures as the last straw to save their ailing economies”, said an editorial in the China Daily. “Still, it... |
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| Barfi! to compete with 70 films for Oscar nomination |
Los Angeles, Oct 9: Indian filmmaker Anurag Basu’s Barfi! is among a record 71 films vying for a nomination in the best foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards. Barfi!, featuring Ranbir Kapoor as a deaf and mute boy, Priyanka Chopra as an autistic girl and Ileana D’Cruz as a compassionate Bengali girl, won hearts across India and among people overseas, with its heart... |
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| Food choices governed by sensitivity of mouth? |
Washington, Oct 9: Wonder why wine accords so well with a meal -- the secret lies in the sensitivity of our mouths, say researchers. A nice glass of wine goes well with a hearty steak. The astringent wine and fatty meat are like the yin and yang of the food world, sitting on opposite ends of a sensory spectrum. Now taste researchers think they may understand why that is. They offer a whole new def... |
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| Half of autistic kids likely to bolt from home |
Washington, Oct 9: Nearly half of autistic children are four times as likely to wander off or run away from the safety of their homes than unaffected siblings, found researchers at the Interactive Autism Network (IAN), largest online autism research initiative in the US. The network is part of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. This study offers the most comprehensive estimate of children running away... |
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| Depressed moms affect babies language development |
Toronto, Oct 9: Maternal depression and specific anti-depressants can impact a crucial period of language development in babies, according to researchers. They found that treatment of maternal depression with a class of anti-depressants, known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), can speed up babies’ ability to attune to the sounds and sights of their native language while su... |
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