| Deputies' night sets tone for next Obama-Romney encounter |
Washington, Oct 12: The morning after the high stakes debate between US Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan, there was no consensus on who emerged the winner, but it did set the tone for their principals’ second encounter.
Reports agreed that the sole vice presidential debate of the 2012 campaign in Danville, Kentucky, was fiery and impassioned, more substantive than... |
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| 'Pakistan one in condemning attack on Malala' |
Islamabad, Oct 12: Criticism of the terror attack on 14-year-old peace campaigner Malala Yousufzai is “marked by something that is depressingly rare - across-the-board condemnation of the Taliban”, a Pakistani daily said on Friday. “For once, and at long last, Pakistanis appear to have woken up to the consequences of the extremism that has been allowed to take root in our coun... |
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| Porn industry extends support to Obama |
Washington, Oct 12: With the US political season close to reaching its November climax, any last-minute endorsements are likely welcomed and publicized by the presidential candidates -except, maybe, this one.
The adult entertainment industry has overwhelmingly favoured re-electing President Barack Obama to a second term, according to the results of a new poll by the X-rated social netwo... |
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| 'Is Nobel to Mo a move to placate China' |
Beijing, Oct 12: A state-run Chinese daily wondered on Friday if writer Mo Yan winning the Nobel Prize in Literature was “a sign of the Nobel committee seeking to mitigate tensions with China after awarding the Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo in 2010”. Chinese author Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
An article in the Op-Ed section of Global Times said... |
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| Good parents more important than teachers |
London, Oct 12: Good parenting is more important than good schooling for academic success, a study by a US university has found.
Parents who help with homework, attend school events and read bedtime stories give their children a better chance of success than those who rely solely on teachers to get results, the Daily Express reported.
The study which involved more than 10,000 st... |
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| Turkey allows Syria-bound plane to resume journey |
Ankara, Oct 12: A Syria-bound passenger aircraft, which was forced to land in Ankara over suspicion that it was carrying prohibited cargo, has been allowed to resume its journey. Turkey has allowed the Syria-bound passenger aircraft to resume its course, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a TV channel. On Wednesday, Turkish F-16 fighter jets forced the Airbus A320, flying from Moscow to... |
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| US offers all out help for Malala Yousufzai |
Washington, Oct 12: The US has offered all help to 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani activist who continues to be in a critical condition after being shot by the Taliban for speaking out against extremists and backing women's rights. “President Barack Obama and his press secretary Jay Carney were pretty explicit about what we have proposed and offered,” State Department spoke... |
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| European Union gets 2012 Nobel Peace Prize |
Oslo, Oct 12: The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to the European Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”. The Nobel committee said the EU had helped transform Europe “from a continent of war to a continent of peace”, BBC reported. The last organization to be given the aw... |
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| British student drinks rum, falls to death |
London, Oct 12: An 18-year-old university student in Britain fell down a few stairs and died after he drank a whole bottle of rum in 15 minutes during a drinking contest. Timothy Jarvis, a maths student at the University of Essex, suffered massive head injuries when he drunkenly stumbled down the stairs, The Sun reported. Demitris Vachaviolos, a fellow student, told an inquest that Jarvis died aft... |
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| Woman carer pours boiling water on elderly man, jailed |
London, Oct 12: A woman carer in Britain has been sentenced to jail for five years after she poured boiling water onto an elderly man and hit him on the head with a kettle when he refused to give her money for drugs. Davina Lily Norris (29) became angry when the 61-year-old man refused her money, and attacked him at his home in Accrington, Lancashire, the Daily Mail reported. She also threatened t... |
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| British toddler drinks whisky served by mistake |
London, Oct 12: A two-year-old British boy had to be rushed to hospital after he drank whisky given by mistake by staff at a restaurant during his second birthday party. Sonny Rees drank the 40 per cent proof spirit, which he thought was fruit juice, at the party in Swansea, The Sun reported. He started pulling strange faces and wriggling in his chair, and then his parents smelt the whisky in his ... |
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| Harry helps save wounded British soldier |
London, Oct 12: Prince Harry has been involved in “multiple engagements” with the Taliban in an Apache gunship in Afghanistan, and has even helped in the rescue of a seriously wounded British soldier. The Sun said the 28-year-old prince was “operating like a World War II Spitfire pilot” and has provided fire cover on many emergency rescue missions. Harry has provided &ldquo... |
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| One billion people in the world don?t have mobile phones |
London, Oct 12: About one billion people across the world still do not own a mobile phone, and a third of the world’s population is unable to access the internet, a study has found. The report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) showed that six billion people six out of seven of the world’s population had a subscription to a mobile phone by the end of 2011, the Daily Ma... |
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