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Dinner Guest Recover Bodies in Freezer

...gainst him. He indicated that he had had a violent row with his wife in the course of which he seized a knife. Autopsy is still under way to determine the exact time of death. The prosecutor added that the police had intervened on several occasions to break up disputes between the couple. There was...

Singapore Dengue Fever Cases Hit Year's Peak

...ople were infected last week, the second week in a row that the number of cases exceeded the ministry's "epidemic threshold" of 378 cases per week. "Singapore is facing an increase in dengue cases," the ministry and the National Environment Agency said in a joint statement. "The recent spells of inte...

US TB Traveler Sued Over 'reckless and Selfish Behavior'

...da to avoid detection. Nassim Tabri, who sat one row behind Speaker on the flight from Prague to Montreal, blasted Speaker's "reckless and selfish behavior." "It was particularly stressful," he told public broadcaster CBC. "I was helpless as well, because in my head at that moment I was just thinking...

Briton Set for Pacific Solo Odyssey to Highlight Warming

...ure a place in history when she sets out on a solo row across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco on Thu... said she was seeking to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific to draw attention to oceanic pollution. "I want to shock people out of the...

WAG Wedding Extravaganza for England Footballers

...athedral -- incidentally the subject of an ongoing row between the Church of England and Japanese entertainment giant Sony, which used the cathedral's interior as a backdrop for a firefight in a violent computer game. Neville was best man for David Beckham, but the Real Madrid and England midfielder co...

Jade Goody Left devastated by Miscarriage

...ught in a controversy after the Big Brother racial row with Indian actress Shilpa Shetty, was thrilled about the baby as it came as a surprise. Sadly for Goody and Tweed, they lost the baby a few days back when the reality TV star miscarried. And though she was taken to the hospital, it was too late ...

Goans Celebrate Monsoon Festival

...illage of Siolim, to watch heavily decorated boats row up the Chapora River from several areas in Goa. It is believed that San Joao revellers from across Goa, first converged in front of St. Anthony's Church in Siolim over 150 years back. According to the Biblical legend when Saint John was in his mo...

Residues Go Merrily Down the Stream in Portland

If you thought that life is a dream as you row merrily down the Portland streams, think again. Scientists delved into the streams around Portland as part of the national effort to narrow down on the main pollutants and its source in the water systems. This exercise by scientists found residues...

US Denies Granting Patents on Yoga Postures

Amid a raging row in India over reported attempts to patent the ancient Indian practice of yoga overseas, the US denied granting patents on yoga positions. In the same breath, the US embassy said here that it has granted patents on "new and non-obvious devices tha...

Ban on Trade of Human Organs in China

...for ordinary people and for those who sit on death row is the same." He emphasized that organs of executed prisoners were used for transplants only when the death inmates had voluntarily expressed their desire to donate their organs, or their families had given consent to such usage. The law is essenti...

British Court Allows Argument in Favour of Open-air Funerals

... Andrew Collins. The development follows a legal row last year over the open-air funeral held of a young Indian-born Sikh, Rajpal Mehat, organised by the charity at a secret location in Northumberland, north east of England. Justice Collins has declared that the burning of bodies in the open "is not ...

Brain-Damaged Girl Frozen in Time to Remain Child-Sized Forever

...can be cared for properly.’ However, the ethical row is likely to deepen as the Seattle doctors, led by Daniel Gunther, say they are considering other children for similar treatment, though only after monitoring by the hospital's ethics committee. The doctors accept that Ashley's hysterectomy was conte...

Binge Drinkers on the Rise

... men as having five or more drinks of alcohol in a row and for women as having four or more consecutive drinks. Data analyzed from 15,000 US high school students showed out of the almost half of them who drank, an astounding 64 percent admitted to binge drinking. Each year, college students spend appr...

Tsunami-Hit Coastal Regions Needs More Relief

...g man holds the hand of a little boy, looking at a row of new houses glistening in the morning sun, the area, which was in wreck two years ago, washed away by the devastating tsunami.// Angalamman Kuppam village is exuding life now. Along the innocent-looking silver beaches about 80 km south of Chennai...

Colas Are A Health Risk: Ramadoss

...nbumani Ramadoss has added a new twist to the cola row by claiming that colas are equally dangerous even without the added pesticides.// "All carbonated drinks like Pepsi and Coca Cola have high-risk factors as much as tobacco and a comprehensive policy on such drinks are needed," he said at the golden...

Valiathan Committee Seeks Documents from AIIMS

...er committee, set up in the backdrop of the bitter row between Health Minister A Ramadoss and AIIMS chief P Venugopal, has sought deatils about the organisation, its various activities and reports of earlier committees which had reviewed the functioning of the Institute. The committee, headed by M S Val...

Expert panel confident of making AIIMS fully autonomous

...eginning its task against the backdrop of a bitter row between Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and AIIMS Director P Venugopal, whose sacking was recommended by the Institute's Governing Council and stayed by the Delhi High Court. AIIMS was in the news for all the wrong reasons in the past few months s...

AIIMS Strike Enters Second day, Support Continues To Pour In

...patients continued to suffer for a second day in a row with the services at AIIMS being paralysed. Angry relatives of some patients tried to break down the main emergency door. The agitators and supporting doctors from all over the country feel that there is too much of interference by politicians and ...

Apartment Dwellers Live Dangerously

...s converted to apartments, apartment buildings and row houses, all in the Neath-Port Talbot County area of South Wales. Although a U.K. housing rating system suggests that older homes increase the risk of injury, this was not supported by study data. Lyons said that higher poisoning rates among apart...

Bio-Technology Initiatives to Feed Research On Sorghum Crop

...nt venture, targeting sorghum, a widely known U.S. row crop that finds use in animal feed, cereals and industrial products, will now be researched to cater to a more responsible role of being able to brave odds like drought and also give out a rich yield of vitamins and minerals. This would indeed be a b...

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