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MI5 ropes in teenage hackers to combat cyber terrorism

London, Sep 20 (ANI): British intelligence agency MI5 has hired many teenage hackers for its new secret operation to combat cyber terrorism.

At least 50 new computer-savvy hackers, including many teenagers, have been roped in the newly formed Cyber Operations Command, and they had to sign the Official Secrets Act, the Sunday Express reports.

The [...]

Obama to host tripartite meeting with Israeli PM and Palestinian President

Jerusalem, Sep 20 (ANI): In an effort to renew the peace process in the Middle East, President Barack Obama will host a tripartite meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the meeting would take place after Obama meets separately with each [...]

‘Prince Charles had three lovers when he and Diana were married’

London, Sept 20 (ANI): In one of her missing letters to the Queen Mother Princess Diana claimed that Prince Charles had three lovers while they were married.

Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997, named Camilla, Aussie Lady Dale Tryon – known as Kanga – and another high society squeeze in the sensational note, [...]

Meet Prince Charles and Camilla, the ‘wedding planners’!

London, Sept 20 (ANI): Prince Charles and wife Camilla are turning wedding planners and “loaning out” their country retreat of Highgrove House to wannabe brides and grooms.

And included in the package will be the royal couple’s shared “expertise”.

Like Charles and Camilla did at their Windsor wedding four years ago, couples will be encouraged to “keep [...]

Just be nice to others to make the world full of kind people

London, September 20 (ANI): Spreading altruism through social networks can make people across the world kind to one another, says an expert.

Nicholas Christakis, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, has observed in a study that one’s kindness can turn a friend kind to someone else he/she knows.

To demonstrate this, Christakis designed a cooperation game [...]

Russia too blasts Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust-a myth’ remark

Jerusalem, Sep 20 (ANI): Following the US and UK deploring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust- a myth’ remark, Russia too has called his statement “totally unacceptable.”

The Jerusalem Post quoted Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko as saying that “such statements, wherever they come from, contradict the truth and are totally unacceptable.”

“Attempts to rewrite history, [...]

Coming soon: a horror story on American Fritzl’s victim?

London, Sept 20 (ANI): Publishers and Hollywood studios have begun a multi-million dollar bidding war for the rights to sex slave Jaycee Dugard’s horrifying life story.

Fresh details of the American Fritzl’s victim have emerged, including that in the early days of her captivity, the terrified schoolgirl was so hungry she ate bugs and worms in [...]

US favoured Musharraf’s ’safe exit’: Patterson

Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): The United States, for the first time, has disclosed that it wanted a ’safe exit’ for the former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down from the Presidency.

In an interview with an American news paper, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said Washington wanted a ‘dignified’ retirement for Musharraf.

She [...]

US says Pak unwilling to target Taliban commanders fuelling Afghan insurgency

Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, has said that Islamabad is reluctant to target Taliban leaders present on its soil despite repeated appeals by America in this regard.

In an interview with a US daily, Patterson said even after eight years of Pakistan agreeing to support the US in its war against the [...]

Indian gender challenged athlete Santhi prays Semenya doesn’t get suicidal like her

London, Sep 20 (ANI): Considering her bitter experience after she failed her gender test, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan prays that South Africa’s champion runner Caster Semenya doesn’t considers suicide.

Soundarajan failed a gender test after finishing second in the women’s 800-meter race at the 2006 Asian Games and was forced to return her silver medal.

Semenya, [...]

Shocking tapes reveal what MJ really thought about his family

London, September 20 (ANI): Michael Jackson had launched a string of verbal attacks on his family in secret taped interviews, it has emerged.

The King of Pop lashed out at his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon in the Jackson 5, calling them lazy moaners and dubbing them, one by one, as dull, a copycat, a [...]

Anna Friel bares all for Breakfast at Tiffany’s role

London, September 20 (ANI): Actress Anna Friel dropped her layers on stage for her role in classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The Pushing Daisies star was said to have left fans with dropped jaws as she stripped off at the preview at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket.

“The guys in the front row couldn’t believe it, their eyes were [...]

Media, technology ‘rapidly transforming Arab culture’

Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): The Arab world is so addicted to television that western ideas are starting to transform Arab culture at a pace that might be too fast, says a researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

“The information is free flowing,” says Dr. Morris Kalliny, assistant professor of marketing at Missouri University of [...]

8.3 million dollars worth of sugar seized in Ludhiana

Sedha village (Punjab), Sept 20 (ANI): Food Department authorities of Punjab have raided a godown in Sedha village of Ludhiana and seized sugar worth 8.33 million dollars.

Bharat Bhushan, who belonged to Punjab’s Moga district, had taken the godown on rent. When the raiding party asked about the details, he could not furnish the documents [...]

Prime Minister greets nation on Id-ul-Fitr

New Delhi, Sept 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr.

In his message, Dr. Singh said that Id-ul-Fitr marks the end of the period of fasting during the pious month of Ramzan. The festival commemorates austerity, brotherhood and the spirit of sharing. It reflects the true [...]

Spinning ‘Roto-tilt Chair’ could help in study of balance

Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): A researcher from University of Alabama has developed the Roto-Tilt Chair – a chair that rotates and tilts the person sitting in it, and could enhance diagnosis and expand what is known about balance disorders, specifically the wobbly issues that arise from inner ear malfunctions.

Brainchild of Dr. Craig Formby, the chair [...]

New book blames media for Sarah Palin’s ‘persecution’

London, Sep 20 (ANI): A new book has blamed the media for persecuting former Republican candidate for U.S. Vice Presidential Sarah Palin.

‘The Persecution of Sarah Palin and the Liberal War Against Red America’ by the Weekly Standard writer Matthew Continetti, published by Sentinel, will hit shelves in April.

The writer has called it “the real [...]

Simple ways to protect your child from swine flu

Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): As swine flu continues to infect school kids, parental anxieties have stirred up with each one trying to be cautious enough to avoid the spread of HINI virus that has caused severe illness and deaths worldwide.

Dr Galit Holzmann-Pazgal assistant professor of pediatrics at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston [...]

How to stay fit in flu season

Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): As cold and flu season approaches, giving up junk food for more healthy options would help maintain a strong immune system.

Dr Ara DerMarderosian, professor of pharmacognosy for University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and an expert in nutraceuticals and natural foods, have provided guidance to change how you eat and break [...]

A bad vacation causes more grief than buying poor-quality goods

Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): A bad vacation can cause more grief than the purchase of poor-quality goods of equivalent price, researchers have found.

The study is the first to compare the after-effects of experiential and material purchases on the happiness levels of buyers, both when the purchases went well and when they did not.

“If someone [...]