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3 freeze to death inside refrigerator in Sudan

Three people in Port Sudan city froze to death in a refrigerating facility which charged $2 per hour for sitting inside it.

A few local businessmen have set up big refrigerators as "cool-down facilit

Rathore applies for parole to look after crops

Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra and currently lodged at the Burail jail, has applied for nearly two weeks parole for looking after crops i

Muslims in British jails may launch terror strikes when freed

Some 800 Muslims lodged in British jails may have been turned by fellow inmates into fanatics ready to launch terror attacks, a media report said on Friday.

An alarming report by defence experts warn

'Dry water' that soaks up carbon faster

Scientists have created 'dry water' that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence help combat global warming.

Each particle of dry water, a substance that looks like powdered sugar, cont

Pilot presses wrong button causing mid-air scare

A British Airways (BA) pilot caused a mid-air scare when he pressed a wrong button, triggering an announcement that the aircraft was about to make an emergency landing on water.

The mistake activated

Al Qaeda terror plot in Canada traced to Pak-Afghan, Iran

An Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist plot in Canada unearthed on Wednesday with the arrest two suspects has been traced back to Pakistan, Iran and Dubai even as police arrested another plotter on Thursday.

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Tiger cub found among toys in Bangkok airport

A two-month-old tiger cub was found sedated and hidden among stuffed toys inside a woman's luggage at the Bangkok airport, wildlife officials said.

Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic said the

Plane crash lands in California airport

At least 15 people suffered minor injuries when a Jet Blue passenger aircraft crash landed at the Sacramento international airport in California on Thursday, officials said.

A Jet Blue spokesman said

Supreme Court gives nod for selecting CWG hockey teams

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India to select and field the men's and women's hockey teams for the Commonwealth Games to be held in October.

Indian linked to new Al-Qaeda plot unearthed in Canada

An Al Qaeda-linked terror plot was unearthed by Canadian security agencies on Wednesday, with one of the suspects reportedly hailing from India.

Under what is curiously called "Project Samosa," the R

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