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Syriac double dot: identified as world's earliest question mark

A Cambridge University manuscript specialist has identified what may be the world's earliest example of a question mark.

Dr. Chip Coakley revealed the symbol in question is two dots, one above the ot

Largest cosmic water mass found

Astronomers have discovered what they claim is the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. Looking from a distance of 30 billion trillion miles away into a quasar, a team at California Institute of Technology has found a mass of water vapour that’s at least 140 trillion times that of all the water in the world’s oceans combined, and 100,000 times more massive than the sun.

ISI spied on Pakistani diaspora inside US: report

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Months before the FBI arrested Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai, it had forced a Pakistani Consulate official in New York, who spied on Pakistanis living in the US in a systematic ISI campai

‘Scientists create test tube intelligence’

Scientists have now taken a major step towards creating artificial intelligence, not in a robot or a silicon chip, but in a test tube. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a circuit of interacting molecules that can recall memories based on incomplete DNA patterns, just like the human brain. “The brain is incredible. It allows us to recognise patterns of events, form memories, make decisions, and take actions,”

US spares Pakistan aid but keeps pressure

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A US Congress panel on Thursday rejected a proposal to cut off all aid to Pakistan but lawmakers and a military officer urged renewed pressure over the war partner's relations with Islamic militants.

Fai detention hearing postponed till Tuesday

The detention hearing of Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai, arrested by FBI for illegally lobbying for Pakistan in the US, was postponed for next Tuesday as his attorney had scheduling conflicts.

Fai managed to rope in Indian journalists and intellectuals for ISI plan

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Separatist Kashmiri leader, Ghulam Nabi Fai, who according to the FBI was a paid agent of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, had roped in several eminent Indian journalists and intelle

‘Fai gave $250 to Obama campaign’

Indiana Congressman Dan Burton, a strong pro-Pakistan Republican Party member, is the biggest single recipient of funds from a man accused of being a spy for the Pakistani government. But Barack Obama was also one of the beneficiaries, getting a $250 donation during the 2008 presidential campaign, a media report

Hubble spots 4th moon near Pluto

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Astronomers using Nasa’s powerful Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a tiny fourth moon around Pluto, the smallest ever glimpsed around the icy dwarf planet, the US space agency said Wednesday.

US charges 'Pakistani agents' over Kashmir scam

US justice officials charged two alleged Pakistani agents on Tuesday over a decade-long effort to illegally funnel millions of dollars to push the Kashmiri cause in Washington.

The Justice Department

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