Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Bopanna-Qureshi in US open final

Bopanna-Qureshi in US open final

Bopanna-Qureshi in US open final

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The Indo-Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi continue to make history at the US Open, they're now in their maiden grand slam final and will face the top seeded Bryan Brothers. Bopanna and Qureshi beat the unseeded Argentine pair of Eduardo Schwank & Horacio Zeballos 7-6, 6-4.


Report by BP finds several companies at fault in spill

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The oil giant BP spent months this summer trying to contain the gusher of oil on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. Now BP is trying to contain the legal and financial fallout from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon.


CBSE to come out with virtual lab to help students

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The Central Board of Secondary Education would be coming out with a virtual lab in which students can perform chemical experiments several times on the internet to help them understand concepts better.


Army saves three from drowning

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Indian Army officials on Wednesday saved three people - two women and a man - trapped in the flooded Ghaggar river in the Haryana town of Panchkula, officials said.


Woman found living with her mother's corpse

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A 50-year-old woman, who was found living with her mother's corpse in a south Delhi house, was on Wednesday shifted to the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in the capital.


Eleven engineering students booked for forged admission papers

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday raided the state-run Punjab Engineering College (PEC) in Chandigarh and booked 11 students, including five girls, for submitting forged documents to secure admissions under the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) quota.


Bodo militants trigger blast targeting goods train

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Suspected Bodo militants on Wednesday night set off a powerful explosion targeting a goods train carrying foodgrains near Udalguri in Assam, derailing ten rakes and the engine and leaving the driver injured.


Dubai airport welcomes 50 millionth passenger

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Parvez Khan, an assistant manager with a hotel in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been honoured with a rare distinction. He has become the 50 millionth passenger to pass through the world's largest airport terminal in Dubai.


Google search accelerates with 'instant' results

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Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests.


Double trouble for Spice Jet flight, plane makes emergency landing

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Double trouble for Spice Jet Kolkata-New Delhi flight, SG 219. First, the pilot noticed a fire in engine while taxing for take-off around 6:40 pm. The plane returned to the airport and after engineers fixed the problem the flight took off at around 8:20 pm.


World Trade Centre steel installed at 9/11 memorial

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Nearly nine-years after the World Trade Center towers were destroyed, a 50-ton steel column, salvaged from the wreckage, was hoisted into place. It will serve as part of the entryway to the underground 9-11 Memorial and Museum, which will open next year.


Bank says crorepatis welcome, others are not

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If you have a crore to deposit, chances are most banks would roll out the red carpet for you. Well, this is not "most banks." This one in Hyderabad has only crorepatis as its clients, and somewhat interestingly, it's a branch of the State Bank of India.


Second thoughts on online education

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Let the computer do the teaching. Some studies, expert opinion and cost pressures all point toward a continuing shift of education online. A major study last year, funded by the Department of Education, which culled comparative research over 12 years, concluded that online learning on average beat face-to-face teaching by a modest but statistically meaningful margin.


Koran burning still planned on September 11

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The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off.


Iraqi treasures return from US, but questions remain

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Iraq announced on Tuesday the return of hundreds of looted antiquities that had ended up in the United States, even as a senior official disclosed that 632 pieces repatriated last year and turned over to the office of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki were now unaccounted for.


Koran-burning threats prompt multi-faith 'emergency summit'

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Prominent Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders held an extraordinary "emergency summit" meeting in the capital on Tuesday to denounce what they called "the derision, misinformation and outright bigotry" aimed at American Muslims during the controversy over the proposed Islamic community center near ground zero.


Opinion piece by Imam behind Ground Zero mosque

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As my flight approached America last weekend, my mind circled back to the furor that has broken out over plans to build Cordoba House, a community center in Lower Manhattan. I have been away from home for two months, speaking abroad about cooperation among people from different religions. Every day, including the past two weeks spent representing my country on a State Department tour in the Middle East, I have been struck by how the controversy has riveted the attention of Americans, as well as nearly everyone I met in my travels.


Iran says stoning sentence suspended

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Iranian authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after weeks of condemnation from around the world.


Obama against a compromise on Bush tax cuts

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US President Barack Obama on Wednesday will make clear that he opposes any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year, officials said, adding a populist twist to an election-season economic package that is otherwise designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies.


Bus falls in river in Madhya Pradesh, at least 16 killed

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At least 16 people were killed on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in was swept away while it was crossing a bridge over the overflowing Bagri river near Dewas, officials said.


US couple allowed to adopt Indian child

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted an American couple to adopt a 10-year-old child with slow learning capabilities after an expert committee of doctors told the court that the prospective parents were eminently suited for adopting the child.


Report by BP finds several companies at fault in spill

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The oil giant BP said Wednesday in its internal report that a series of failures involving a number of companies ultimately led to the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


Asteroids to fly by Earth on Wednesday: NASA

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NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.


Maharashtra to have all govt websites in Marathi

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Maharashtra will soon have all its official websites in Marathi. "The websites of various departments of the state government will be made available in Marathi and also in upgraded form," Chief Minister Ashok Chavan announced at a function late last evening.


Mind-reading machine converts thoughts into speech

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A mind reading machine has edged closer to reality after scientists found a way of converting thoughts into words.


‘We don't have enough runway left,’ said Mangalore co-pilot

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Four months after the Mangalore crash, it has now been established that 158 lives were lost due to pilot error. An analysis of audio on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) shows that the Air India Express Boeing 737 was incorrectly aligned to the runway while attempting to land.


Britain's youngest female double murderer jailed for life

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A school girl, who became Britain's youngest female double murderer after killing her father and a woman when she was just 15, was on Wednesday awarded life sentence for the crime.


Plea on Siri Fort Sports Complex closure deferred

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday again refused to take up the plea against the Siri Fort Sports Complex being closed down to its members due to the Commonwealth Games. The plea will come up for hearing on Friday. Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Valmiki Mehta refused to hear the case as one of the sitting judges had a membership of the sports complex. Earlier too, a division bench last week refused to take up the petition on the same grounds and transferred it to another bench.


Cop saves 37 lives as bus driver faints in China

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A Chinese policeman used his presence of mind and save 37 passengers in a bus when he took control of the vehicle after its driver suddenly lost consciousness, in China's Zhejiang province.


The new phenomenon called young adult fiction!

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Young adult literature in India is surprisingly prolific and publishers are vying to bring out high quality well-written and original new fiction in this segment, feel contemporary writers. From this year, Vodafone Crossword started awards for the children's section too and entries are works of children and teenage prose fiction or non-fiction.


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