Wellington, March 16 – Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji for a second day as more than 10,000 people took shelter in evacuation centres Tuesday throughout the Pacific island nation.
Torrential rains and winds averaging 175 km an hour generated waves up to seven metres high on the second biggest island Vanua Levu, flooding villages, toppling trees [...]
London, March 16 – The world’s shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 29 inches tall, has died at the age of 21, a media report said Monday.
Pingping was filming a television programme in Italy when he developed chest problems.
The Chinese-born man, who became a Guinness World Records holder in March 2008, was taken to [...]
Tel Aviv, March 16 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Monday plans for further housing construction in Jerusalem despite sharp international criticism and what was called the worst crisis in Israel’s ties with the US in 35 years.
Amid further repercussions from last week’s announcement by Israel of new construction in East Jerusalem, US diplomats [...]
Brussels, March 16 – European Union (EU) and US regulators pledged Monday to act together in regulating speculative trading in credit default swaps (CDS), a tool used by investors to cover themselves against losses.
Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic have launched investigations over the role of CDS trading in connection with Greece’s debt crisis.
Critics [...]
Washington, March 16 – US President Barack Obama called on lawmakers Monday to take one last plunge later this week and approve a major overhaul of the US health care system, his top domestic priority.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on a final piece of legislation that aims to cut costs, place new [...]
London, March 16 – Oscar-winning British film actress Kate Winslet and her filmmaker husband Sam Mendes, have separated after nearly seven years of marriage, their lawyers said here Monday.
The announcement of the split by London law firm Schilling came as something of a surprise following the pair’s portrayal as the ideal show business couple for [...]
Ahmedabad, March 15 – Virender Sehwag struck a whirlwind 75 as Delhi Daredevils won their second consecutive match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) beating Rajasthan Royals by six wickets here Monday.
Sehwag’s 34-ball 75 helped Daredevils achieve the target of 142 in 17.1 overs by losing four wickets at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera [...]
London, March 15 – Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed the huge success of his 1997 starrer ‘Titanic’ made him feel devastated so much so he wanted to stop acting.
‘At first I hated the way I was turned into a pretty boy, as if that was all that was expected of me. It made me [...]
Ahmedabad, March 15 – The following is the scoreboard of the match between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here Monday.
Rajasthan Royals:
Swapnil Asnodkar c Dilshan b Nannes 5
Graeme Smith c Sehwag b Sangwan 18
Naman Ojha b Mishra 24
Yusuf Pathan c de Villiers b [...]
Bangalore, March 15 – Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) hope to bounce back Tuesday when they take on Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) III T20 Championship at the Chinnaswamy stadium here.
Unfazed by the shock defeat it faced in its opening game with Knight Riders in Kolkata Sunday, the runners-up in IPL II [...]
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