Sunday, October 24, 2010

A female Dalai Lama will be more attractive: Dalai Lama

A female Dalai Lama will be more attractive: Dalai Lama


A female Dalai Lama will be more attractive: Dalai Lama

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The Dalai Lama, who wound up his three-day visit here by leading prayers at the newly opened Tibetan cultural centre, doesn't rule out a female successor.


WikiLeaks founder taking security precautions: Report

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Israeli television that he was taking security precautions following the release of nearly 400,000 secret US military documents on the Iraq war.


‘Attacked by devil’, 11 jump out of window

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Eleven members of a family jumped out of a window at their home on the outskirts of Paris, when they thought they were being attacked by a "devil". One of the people - a four-month-old girl - died in the incident.


Haiti toll rises above 250, but new cases taper off

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Haiti cholera deaths rose above 250 but the number of new infections and fatalities began to taper off, offering hope the epidemic might have been contained.


British kids log on and learn Math in Punjab

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Once a week, year six pupils at Ashmount Primary School in North London settle in front of their computers, put on their headsets and get ready for their math class. A few minutes later, their teachers come online thousands of kilometers away in the Indian state of Punjab.


Pitching movies or filming shows, Hollywood is hooked on iPads

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Last month at a meeting in Hollywood, it was time to plot out the sequel to "Star Trek," last year's blockbuster reboot of the sci-fi franchise.


Once banned, dogs reflect China’s rise

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Xiangzi — Lucky, in English — is aptly named. A trim Siberian husky, his owner, a sports marketer named Qiu Hong, pampers him with two daily walks, a brace of imported American toys and grooming tools, $300 worth of monthly food and treats and his own sofa in her high-rise apartment.


Blast at sufi shrine in Pak, 6 killed, 15 injured

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A powerful bomb went off outside a sufi shrine packed with devotees in a city in Pakistan's central Punjab province on Monday, killing at least six persons, including two women, and injuring 15 others.


First commercial spaceport opens runway

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The dream of tourists in space has edged closer to reality as the world's first commercial spaceport opened a runway in the U.S.'s New Mexico desert.


Google 'spied' on British emails and computer passwords

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In what could be called a major security breach, Internet search engine 'Google' has admitted spying on computer passwords and entire emails from households across Britain.


Obama gives his first iPad autograph

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US President Barack Obama has given his first ever autograph on iPad, a tablet computer, which he had earlier denounced as a "distraction".


Musharraf fit to be murdered, says fatwa

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Adding to woes of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a group of religious scholars has issued a 'fatwa' declaring him "fit to be murdered" while a petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought registration of a high treason case against him.


Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti's capital

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A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts on Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince.


New video message from radical cleric Anwar Awlaki

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A new video featuring wanted radical Yemeni-US cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was posted on the Al-Shammukh jihadist Internet website. Awlaki, believed to be holed up in a tribal area of the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state of Yemen, is considered a dangerous "terrorist" by the US government.


New York man kills woman, sleeps with her body for two days

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Michael Lenahan was sent to jail for life by the Manhattan Supreme Court for the 2007 murder of Lorna Santiago, 24, in the Confucius Plaza apartment in Chinatown he shared with his ailing grandmother, the 'New York Post' reported.


US could have avoided Afghan war: Musharraf

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Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said that the US could have avoided the nine-year long war in Afghanistan, had it recognised the then Taliban regime there.


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