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Free beer for all if Australia wins Ashes
Sydney: Australian cricket sponsor Victoria Bitter has promised to give free beer to every Australian adult if the home team beats England in the upcoming Ashes series.
If the Australian team takes
Facebook's new offer is end of email?
London: Online social networking website Facebook has launched a new messaging service for its 500 million users, predicting the traditional internet communication system email will soon become extinc
One in seven US households faced hunger in 2009
Washington: At least one in seven households in the US faced hunger in 2009, with those getting emergency food almost doubling between 2007 and 2009, at the height of the recession.
The number of h
Maoists blast bridge, call for poll boycott in Bihar
Five days ahead of the last round of the Bihar Assembly elections, Maoists blasted a bridge and put up posters calling for a poll boycott, the police said on Monday.
China, Russia back UN reforms; laud India's global role
New Delhi: Backing reforms of the UN, China and Russia on Monday lauded the role of India in international affairs and said they looked forward to deepening cooperation with New Delhi in the UN Securi
Fighting dengue with GM
London, Nov. 14: Scientists have released three million genetically-modified mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands to fight dengue fever.
Batches of the male mosquitoes were released in a 40-acre area, to
CWG scam: CBI arrests two former OC officials
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested two former officials of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, T.S. Darbari and Sanjay Mahindroo, who are allegedly involv
Mel C wants Spice Girls to perform at 2012 Olympics
Singer Mel C says she wants to see the Spice Girls perform at the London Olympics in 2012 but thinks they would have to reconsider their stage show for a global audience.
Eight die in Shanghai building fire
Shanghai: At least eight people were killed and over 90 injured on Monday after a skyscraper caught fire in Shanghai, authorities said.
The 30-storey building in Shanghai's Jing'an district was being
Cox’s daughter faces tough time
Actress Courteney Cox Arquette has admitted that her six-year-old daughter Coco is having a “hard time” dealing with her split from David Arquette. The Scream actress, who announced a trial separation from her husband after 14 years of marriage last month, is putting the needs of their six-year-old daughter first and trying to keep the
