Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Oldest Tweeter, aged 104, dies in UK

Oldest Tweeter, aged 104, dies in UK

Oldest Tweeter, aged 104, dies in UK

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The oldest Tweeter user died in Britain at the age of 104. Ivy Bean, who was Twitter's oldest user and boasted more than 56,000 followers on the online micro-blogging website, passed away at a nursing home in Bradford, West Yorks, The Sun reported.


Obama not invited for Chelsea Clinton's wedding

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Chelsea Clinton's marriage Saturday is the hottest ticket in town, but President Barack Obama would have to give a miss to what is being called the Wedding of the Decade and of the Century as he hasn't been invited.


Eight baby corpses found in French garden

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Investigators in northern France dug up the remains of eight infants in a garden, after a tip from the new owner of a house, justice sources said on Wednesday. The grisly find came after the new home owner in the town of Douai, some 150 km north of Paris, discovered some bones in the garden and alerted police.


Rickshaw rehabilitation: Prisoners ferry tourists in Rome

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Former prisoners took to the streets of Rome on rickshaws on Wednesday to help ferry tourists around the city in a bid to repay their debt to society. Following the popularity of rickshaws in other European cities including Paris, London and Berlin - Rome increased its rickshaw service by adding three new ones to its already five strong fleet.


Comic-book heroes made from reality

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What do Jesus, Lady Gaga, J. K. Rowling, David Beckham and the cast of "Glee" have in common? They are each the subject of a biographical comic book from Bluewater Productions.


A reality show where Islam is the biggest star

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Bright studio spotlights illuminated the faces of four nervous young men, arms linked as they anxiously awaited their fate. Cameramen stood poised, ready to capture the climactic moment. Finally, the chief judge broke the suspense.


End of an era: Spanish region bans bullfighting

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It's a practice that has a limited time to run, at least as far as Barcelona is concerned. The Parliament in the Catalan region has voted to ban bullfighting. It's become the first major part of Spain to outlaw the battle between man and beast that's been going on for centuries.


'Barefoot Bandit' arrest caught on camera

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Surveillance video released on Tuesday shows the alleged "Barefoot Bandit", Colton Harris-Moore, running from authorities in the Bahamas and then getting arrested. Harris-Moore was arrested July 10 in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, a week after he reportedly crash-landed in a plane stolen from an Indiana airport.


WikiLeaks: We don't know source of leaked data

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WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret US military documents, telling journalists that the website was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.


Vatican bans 'scantily clad' tourists

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In a move which may not go down well with many westerners, the Vatican City has banned scantily clad tourists from entering the holy Christian state. The ban had previously applied only to St Peter's Basilica but guards manning the official entry point into the tiny, walled state begun pulling visitors aside for sporting "inappropriate" attire.


UK PM Cameron delivers address at Infosys Bangalore: Full Text

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British prime minister David Cameron arrived amid tight security in Bangalore on Tuesday night to kick-start his three-day India visit. Cameron, after meeting Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj on Wednesday morning, headed to Infosys' Electronic City campus where he delivered an address and met Indian industry captains and Infoscians. Here is the full text of the British Prime Minister's speech.


Photographer shot dead as bride, groom pose with guns

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A wedding photographer in Italy was accidentally shot dead when he asked the bride and the groom to pose with guns as he wanted it "as props in the picture". Calogero Scimea, 45, was shot in the head when one of the guns went off.


Mobiles have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handle

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The average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed. One of the phones in the test had such high levels of bacteria that it could have given its owner a serious stomach upset.


'Indian, Pak army officers should attend joint classes in US'

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A top US General today said that senior military officers from India and Pakistan should jointly attend military classes in the United States and study American civil war together. Such a move, General James Mattis said, would create the much needed trust between the military leaders of the two countries, which is required in addition to the diplomatic efforts between the leaders of India and Pakistan.


Chocolate flag to mark Independence Day in Peru

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Peruvian patissiers on Tuesday presented the biggest chocolate Peruvian flag ever made, on the eve of Fiestas Patrias, the national holiday that commemorates the country's independence from Spain in 1821.


Afghanistan: 25 killed in a bomb blast

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A roadside bomb ripped through a crowded Afghan bus today, killing up to 25 civilians in a southwestern province on the Iranian border in one of the deadliest such attacks in months. Although there was no claim of responsibility, officials blamed the attack on the Taliban.


Germany Love Parade victims were crushed to death

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All 20 people, who lost their lives in tragic circumstances at the Love Parade techno music festival in the German city of Duisburg last Saturday, were crushed to death in an overcrowded tunnel, autopsies have shown. It has been speculated that some of the victims may have died of injuries caused by falling from a wall as hundreds of people frantically tried to climb to safety when panic broke out in the tunnel, which was the only access route to the festival venue. But autopsies showed that all of them died as a result of crushed rib cage, Prime Minister of the state of North Rhine Westphalia Hannelore Kraft told journalists after a meeting of her cabinet in Dusseldorf on Tuesday.


Air disasters timeline

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A chronology of some of the world's recent air disasters.


Three plane crashes in 24 hours

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This is the third air crash in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, a Lufthansa MD-11 cargo plane crashed while landing at Riyadh , smoke was emitting out from the rear of the aircraft. Both the pilots were rushed to a hospital.


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