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Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources
Experts fear the conflicts involving cattle, water and land may be just the beginning of climate-driven violence in Africa. At least 400 people have died in northern Kenya this year, the U.N. says.
By Edmund Sanders
November 27, 2009
Reporting from Isiolo, Kenya - Have the climate wars of Africa begun?
Tales of conflict [...]
US. Relaxes travel Advisory »
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The US State Department says it has revised its travel advisory to Sri Lanka in the wake of improved security situation in the country.
However, it urges U.S. citizens to remain vigilant while traveling in Sri Lanka, U.S. Embassy in Colombo said in a statement.
The State Department’s decision comes exactly six months [...]
‘Women keep my shoes for ever’ »
Jimmy Choo’s discreet little shop in west London is permanently under armed guard. Across the road, two policemen stand watch, but the famous shoe designer laughs when I ask him if his crystal-encrusted stilettos are so expensive they need their own protection? “No, no, they are not for me, they are for Tony and Cherie [...]
World won’t end in 2012: Nasa »
WASHINGTON - THE world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted on Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.
The latest big screen offering from Sony Picture, 2012, arrives in theaters on Friday, with a US$200 [...]
Jacqueline Fernandez on her role in Aladin »
October 28th, 2009
Jacqueline FernandezJACQUELINE FERNANDEZ, who is making her debut as an actor with Aladin, tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that Katrina Kaif is not what she is today just because of Salman Khan.
How would you describe your role in Aladin?
I play the role of a very sweet and normal college girl called Jasmine in Aladin. She [...]
Females don’t fall for flashy males »
In the marine world, attracting a mate can be really tricky. A new study on three-spined stickleback fish has found that females do not always trust males who emit strong sexual signals.
Three-spined stickleback is a species of fish in which breeding males develop a red throat in order to attract females. Sticklebacks can breed several [...]
Wedding photo damages for Madonna »
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Madonna was not at London’s High Court for the settlement
Madonna has accepted damages from the Mail on Sunday after it breached her privacy and copyright by printing photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie.
Last year, a judge in London found in her favour over the paper’s publication of 11 photos of the 2000 wedding.
He heard [...]
The nearly complete fossil of a 4.4-million-year-old human ancestor »
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
The nearly complete fossil of a 4.4-million-year-old human ancestor, a female dubbed “Ardi,” is rewriting the story of human origins, paleontologists reported Thursday.
The analysis of Ardipithecus ramidus (it means “root of the ground ape”), reported in the journal Science, changes the notion that humans and chimps, our closest genetic cousins, both [...]
India launches seven satellites »
The Ocean Monitoring Satellite Oceansat-2 is seen 18 minutes after blast off on September 23, 2009
India’s space programme is more than 45 years old
India has successfully launched seven satellites in a single mission, nearly a month after the country’s inaugural Moon mission was aborted.
The rocket was carrying an Indian remote-sensing satellite and six smaller ones, [...]
Prince Harry becomes a birthday millionaire »
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LONDON, England (CNN) — Britain’s Prince Harry turned 25 Tuesday in the knowledge that he is now entitled to part of the multi-million dollar inheritance left to him by his late mother.
Prince Harry is currently training to become a helicopter pilot with the British Army.
Prince Harry is currently training [...]
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Mrs. Banadaranaike: The world’s first woman Prime Minister
Eran Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament and former CEO National Development Bank speaks on some aspects of the budget
Sri Lanka president condemns critics in victory pageant
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Sri Lanka threatens to execute General Sarath Fonseka
