Sunday, August 29, 2010

Indonesian volcano, quiet for 400 years, erupts

Indonesian volcano, quiet for 400 years, erupts

Indonesian volcano, quiet for 400 years, erupts

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A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early on Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province sent sand and ash up to 1.5 kilometres high but lava only moved near the crater.


'Modern Family' takes top prize at Emmys

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The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards on August 29.


Putin drives Lada along new Siberian highway

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin embarked on a journey on Saturday along a new highway in Russia's Far East.


Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors

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US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim.


US: 13-year-old motorcycle rider killed on race track

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The death of a 13-year-old motorcycle rider at Indianapolis Motor Speedway cast a shadow over Sunday's races at the historic track and prompted mourning competitors to defend the development system for the dangerous circuit.


Man shot in leg outside Sikh temple in Canada

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A man was shot and injured outside one of the largest Sikh temples in Canada at a time when a wedding ceremony was taking place at the shrine. Police and ambulance rushed to the scene at Guru Nanak temple in Surrey in British Columbia, one of the largest Sikh temples in North America, after shots rang out on Saturday afternoon during the ceremony.


Michael Jackson's body to be dug up?

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More than a year after his death, pop icon Michael Jackson's body will reportedly be exhumed. Dr Conrad Murray, the 'Thriller' hitmaker's physician, has been charged with 'involuntary manslaughter' and his lawyers plan to challenge Jackson's autopsy, which declared that his death was caused due to an overdose of the sedative Propofol.


Pakistan handing over control of PoK to China?

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While the world focuses on the flood-ravaged Indus River valley, a quiet geopolitical crisis is unfolding in the Himalayan borderlands of northern Pakistan, where Islamabad is handing over de facto control of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the northwest corner of disputed Kashmir to China.


4-man NASA team to help rescue trapped Chilean miners

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Chile has sought US space agency NASA's help to provide nutritional and behavioral health support to 33 miners trapped inside a gold and silver mine since August 5. A four-person team, including two physicians and a psychologist, are planning to go to Chile next week, said Michael Duncan, NASA's lead on the Chile effort.


Prince Harry 'hooked on yoga'

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Britain's Prince Harry is said to be chilling out after being introduced to 'Bikram yoga', a technique where participants work out in a room heated to 105 degree Fahrenheit, by his new friend DJ Goldie.


Three US teens charged with 90-year-old woman's rape: Report

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In a shocking case, three US teenagers have been charged with a 90-year-old woman's rape in Detroit city, a media report said.


Food scavengers in New York

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The Dumpster divers started their bicycle run just after nightfall on a summer Friday, rolling through the steamy streets of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, stopping only to dig through trash bags and pull out produce. They wore plastic gloves for the messier bags and used a flashlight on the darker stretches of sidewalk. Then they loaded their finds onto a cargo bike, retied the bags and cycled on.


Post-modern green houses on Lake Michigan

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This industrial city on the western edge of Lake Michigan has miles of shoreline, but no one would confuse it with East Hampton. When Vera Scekic and Robert Osborne filed plans for a new house here with construction costs estimated at $476,000, it was the largest residential application in years, said Rick Heller, the city's chief building inspector. New houses in Racine, he added, are mostly built by Habitat for Humanity and other charities.


Vacation travellers focus on frugality

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Vacations have become a luxury for many Americans trying to make ends meet in this economic downturn, but there are signs that people are slowly, even timidly, on the move again.


China’s growth leads to problems down the road

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Chinese authorities proclaimed an end this week to an epic traffic jam that had brought some drivers here to a dead halt for up to five seemingly endless days. Which is heartening news, save two problems.


Is Web the new platform for tobacco advertisements?

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It's been nearly 40 years since cigarette advertisements on television and radio were banned in the US, and earlier this summer new regulations went into effect prohibiting tobacco companies from sponsoring events, but now the tobacco industry may have found a new, unregulated medium to advertise on - the Internet.


Judge slapped with child porn charge

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Pictures of naked teenage girls have been found in the work computer of former judge James Gibbons, officials from multiple law-enforcement agencies told the New York Post.


Over 650 Indians on Interpol's 'wanted' list

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The number of Indians on Interpol's wanted list has swollen to over 650. The global crime monitoring organisation has issued 656 red-alert notices against Indians or people of Indian origin in the past five years, generally for crimes committed in countries other than India.


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