Sunday, January 2, 2011

Six choke to death on New Year rice cakes in Tokyo

Six choke to death on New Year rice cakes in Tokyo

Six choke to death on New Year rice cakes in Tokyo

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Six people choked to death and five others were in a serious condition after eating traditional glutinous "mochi" rice cakes to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, fire department officials said today.


Mumbai trader sells onions at Rs. 12 per kg

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Onions at Rs 12 a kilo! Finding that hard to buy? Well, Deepak Kedare from Lasalgaon, Maharashtra's largest onion producing area, is making it possible. Kedare buys his product from the farmer, and sells it directly to the consumer.


Adani Group's Mundra port: Damaging the coast

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The Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone, an infrastructure project owned by one of India biggest corporate houses - the Adani group, has been slapped with a showcause notice by the environment ministry for serious violations of the Coastal Regulation Zone notification.


Campaign to save Ringo Starr's home

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A campaign to save the childhood home of former Beatles member Ringo Starr from demolition received fresh hope on Sunday after a UK government minister voiced his support.


Ahmadinejad's car gets USD 1 million bid: Report

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An Iranian state-owned newspaper says the president's 33-year-old car that he is auctioning off for charity has received a USD 1 million bid from abroad.


Jagan Mohan Reddy to resume Odrapu Yatra today

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Former Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would resume his 'Odarpu Yatra' (tour for consoling) in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district today. During his tour, Jagan would console 18 families whose kin died of shock following the death of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, sources said.


PM to meet Karunanidhi: Cracks in Congress-DMK alliance?

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The Congress-DMK ties are intact, that's the message both parties tried conveying despite the ouster of former Telecom Minister A Raja in the wake of allegations involving him in the 2G scam, but cracks seem to be out in the open now.


Aarushi Talwar murder: A closed case?

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Aarushi Talwar murder case: Two and a half years after she died, it is still not clear who killed Aarushi Talwar, just days before her 14th birthday. Today, a Ghaziabad court will take up the CBI's closure report in the case, and is expected to decide on whether or not it should be re-investigated.


Karunanidhi skips dinner for Prime Minister

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Indicating an unease in ties between his party and the Congress, Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi skipped a dinner hosted for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Governor S S Barnala in Chennai on Sunday.


Iraqi immigrant to be tried in US for daughter's death

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Honour killing in US: An Iraqi immigrant from the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, accused of killing his 20-year-old daughter because he believed she had become too Westernised, is scheduled to stand trial this month.


India's new generation of caste busters

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India's caste busters: I came to Umred to write about a riot. A few months earlier, power blackouts that rural Indians always suffered silently triggered a violent reaction. Why? Umred was just another small town in the middle of nowhere, dusty and underwhelming. But Umred had begun to dream, townspeople told me, because of television, because of cousins with tales of call-center jobs and freedom in the city. Once Umred contracted ambition, blackouts became intolerable. A psychological revolution, a revolution in expectations, had taken place.


PPP-led govt reduced to minority in Pak as MQM pulls out

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The beleaguered PPP-led government in Pakistan was today reduced to a minority after the MQM pulled out of the ruling coalition ostensibly to protest its failure to address the people's problems.


Europe's young grow agitated over future prospects

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Francesca Esposito, 29 and exquisitely educated, helped win millions of euros in false disability and other lawsuits for her employer, a major Italian state agency. But one day last fall she quit, fed up with how surreal and ultimately sad it is to be young in Italy today.


Man shaves off wife’s hair, eyebrows

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A disgruntled man shaved off the hair and eyebrows of his ex-wife and the mother of his 12 children in Sindh province's Larkana district in a stark reminder of the violence and dark ages customs and traditions that women in the rural areas of Pakistan have to put up with.


US Navy opens investigation into risque videos

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A top officer aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier broadcast to his crew a series of profanity-laced comedy sketches in which he uses gay slurs, mimics masturbation and opens the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together, a newspaper reported.


KPCC website hacked, pro-Pak slogans entered

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The official website of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) was found hacked this evening with pro-Pakistan slogans appearing on it.


Can prove what I said about Karkare: Digvijaya Singh

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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has reiterated that he did speak to Hemant Karkare - Mumbai police's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief who was killed in the 26/11 attacks - and that he has the evidence.


Pranab Mukerjee denies rift with the Prime Minister

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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today denied a rift with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the latter's offer to appear before the Public Accounts Committee on the 2G spectrum issue.


North India shivers under cold wave, Leh at minus 23.6 degrees Celsius

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Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir saw mercury nosediving to this winter's lowest of minus 23.6 deg Celsius on Sunday as an intense cold wave gripped northern India, claiming at least eight lives.


Today's generation can't live without mobiles, emails: Study

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Today's generation is so much hooked to mobiles and the Internet that depriving them of their cell phones, emails and gadgets like television and iPod could leave them suffering from symptoms similar to those seen in drug addicts trying to give up, a new study has revealed.


Now, get counselling too at your chemist's shop

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Retailing of medicines is set to undergo a sea-change in the country with pharmacy shops selling not only medicines but also offer counselling services to patients and provide facilities for blood check up, sugar test among others, trade sources said.


Aarushi Talwar case: CBI has condemned us for life, say Aarushi's parents

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CBI's closure report in the sensational Aarushi murder case will come up before court tomorrow even as the teenager's father Rajesh Talwar, named as prime suspect, today said he would challenge the agency's findings.


Afghan envoys head to Pakistan for peace talks

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Afghan efforts to broker peace with the Taliban enter a new phase this week with the first scheduled visit of envoys to Islamabad, part of a growing recognition that the process hinges on Pakistan.


Shops in Iran banned from selling Valentine’s Day gifts

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Shops in Iran have been banned from selling Valentine cards and gifts as the traditional lovers' day gains increasing popularity in the Islamic republic.


Former Lok Sabha Speaker Bali Ram Bhagat dead

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Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Bali Ram Bhagat died early this morning at a hospital here. He was 89.


Orissa: 5 Maoists killed in Jajpur

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Five suspected Maoists including three women were killed near the Tamka mining area in Orissa's Jajpur district, following an exchange of fire with security forces, around midnight on Saturday.


Man arrested for killing two SP workers

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A man accused of killing two Samajwadi Party (SP) workers during local body polls in Uttar Pradesh was today arrested from Kaptangaj area here, police said.


Hotmail users find empty inboxes, missing folders

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Many Hotmail users had a New Year surprise when they found empty inboxes and missing folders as they logged in.


Spain enacts tough anti-smoking law

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The tapas bar — that smoky, noisy and bustling Spanish success story that combined delicious morsels with good wine within a welcoming atmosphere and spawned imitators across the world — is now smoke-free. So are restaurants, discotheques, casinos, airports and even some outdoor spaces.


100 trillion Zimbabwe Bank notes, a collector's delight

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Western visitors to Zimbabwe are snapping up old, defunct Zimbabwe bank notes, preferring them to some traditional African curios and souvenirs of the nation's famed stone sculpture.


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