| After Sandy, Obama has edge in close race |
Washington, Nov 2: As President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney returned to the campaign in the wake of Hurricane sandy, new polls suggested a very close race though Obama appeared to have a very slight edge.
Buoyed by praise for his handling of the ‘Frankenstorm’, Obama on Thursday ended a three-state swing with a rally in the battle ground state of Color... |
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| Indian-Americans emerging from the shadows in US politics |
Washington, Nov 2: Whoever wins the tight White House race on November 6, Indian-Americans are bound to play a key role in the new administration going by their growing clout in American politics.
At over a score, President Barack Obama’s administration already has the highest number of Indian-Americans working in high places and his Democratic party gave a pride of place to them ... |
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| Don't cross red line, daily warns China's neighbours |
Beijing, Nov 2: China advocates building a harmonious neighbourhood, but has inviolable ‘red lines’. “If necessary, it will resort to force after trying peaceful means,” warned a state-run Chinese daily on Friday, days ahead of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
An article “Is low-profile strategy outdated for China?” in... |
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| Pakistani daily criticizes violence over blasphemy |
Islamabad, Nov 2: There have to be limits to how far Pakistanis are willing to “lose all sense of human decency and rationality” when it comes to the controversial issue of blasphemy, a Pakistani daily said on Friday following violence in Lahore this week.
An editorial in the Daily Times said the sorry state of anyone accused of the dreaded blasphemy crime has made itself fe... |
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| 'China's political system like a remote' |
Beijing, Nov 2: China’s political system is like “a remote” where the right buttons are not always pressed but which is “generally successful”, a state-run Chinese daily said on Friday, days ahead of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
An article in the Op-Ed section of the Global Times said that Chinese people care about who w... |
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| 'Rattlesnake venom effective against cancer' |
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 2: A substance extracted from rattlesnake venom could raise survival hopes among patients with skin cancer, according to experiments performed by Brazilian researchers. Chromatin, a protein isolated from the venom of the South American snake, increased the survival rate of rats with skin cancer by up to 70 per cent, the Butantan Institute reported on Thursday. The protein also ... |
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| Memory loss can hit you in your 30s |
London, Nov 2: Memory loss usually begins at 57 years of age, but can hit you even in your 30s, suggests a survey involving more than 1,000 adults aged over 50 years. Most of the elderly become concerned about memory and find themselves in embarrassing situations before they reach retirement age. Ten per cent claimed that their memory began to diminish during their 40s and six per cent said their ... |
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| Time for Computational medicine |
Washington, Nov 2: omputational medicine, which is based on computer models and cutting edge software, is emerging as the hottest tool against unyielding cancers, cardiovascular conditions and a host of other diseases, says a study. These digital tools are enabling researchers to build on experimental and clinical data that can unravel complex medical mysteries, according to a review study authore... |
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| Small device is giant leap for cancer treatment |
London, Nov 2: A pathbreaking device will do away with invasive tests and long waits at clinics in diagnosing all kinds of cancers. In a mere 20 minutes, the device could also tell specialists which drug to prescribe for the cancer. The world’s first tumour profiler is being developed by QuantuMDx, in the universities of Newcastle and Sheffield. It will be used by the National Health Service... |
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| Drunk Russian bites police officer |
Moscow, Nov 2: A drunk man in Russia bit a police officer, inflicting injuries “similar to a bite of a large dog”, authorities said on Friday. The man from Litovko village attacked and bit in the arm a police officer who tried to detain him for violating public order, reported RIA Novosti. “According to doctors’ evaluation, the injury did significant damage to the officer&r... |
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| An elephant that can speak Korean |
Vienna, Nov 2: Believe it or not, but Koshik, an Asian elephant, can reproduce human speech, especially words in Korean. And researchers from an Austrian university have authenticated this. The pachyderm accomplishes this in a most unusual way: he vocalizes with his trunk in his mouth. Its vocabulary consists of exactly five words, “annyong” (hello), “anja” (sit down), &ldq... |
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| New York mayor endorses Obama for second term |
Washington, Nov 2: US President Barack Obama earned another high profile endorsement on Thursday, this time from New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who cited climate change as the primary reason for choosing the incumbent president for a second term. “The increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, t... |
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| Sikh 'genocide' petition tabled in Australian parliament |
Canberra, Nov 2: An Australian lawmaker has tabled in parliament a petition seeking that the horrific violence that took place in November 1984 in India following the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi be recognised as genocide against the Sikh community. Warren Enstch, the chief opposition whip for the Liberal Party, on Thursday tabled the 1984 Sikh “genocide” petition befo... |
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| Russian 'internet blacklist' site faces attack |
Moscow, Nov 2: A Russian website with a special register of “blacklisted” sites came under attack shortly after it went online on Thursday, said the federal agency which runs it. “There are attacks. We are retaliating successfully,” the federal supervisory service for telecoms which runs the site posted on its Twitter account. In July, the Russian parliament passed a law to... |
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