Westminster dog show preview at Nassau Coliseum Newsday | February 8, 2010 Special to Newsday Quick Summary | More than 4,000 canines, representing 70 breeds, are competing in a four-day event, Westminster Weekend Dog Shows, at Nassau Coliseum. | Photo credit: Getty Images | A Old English Sheepdog walks in the judging ring during the 2009 133rd Wes...
20 years after Mandela's release, social divide endures Business Report | Submit your comment | Nelson Mandela's release from prison 20 years ago Thursday ushered in South Africa's democracy, but an intractable social divide has dimmed the sparkle of the nation's "rainbow miracle". | Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) steered the country from the brink of ...
Bipasha Basu launches video album on fitness Newstrack India | New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu launched a video album highlighting her fitness titled 'Bipasha Basu Love Yourself - Fit and Fabulous You' here on Friday. | A self-confessed fitness freak, she said that today's world is...
Gorkhaland activists calls for closure of schools in Darjeeling Newstrack India | Darjeeling, Feb 6 (ANI): The students' wing of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJMM) gave a call for all educational institutions in the Darjeeling to close down from Friday. | This ultimatum was issued as a mark of protest against the police b...
Hardcore Maoist arrested in Orissa with huge cache of arms Newstrack India | Bhubaneswar, Feb. 6 (ANI): A hardcore maoist, who is also an explosive expert, has been arrested with huge amount of arms and ammunition in Rayagada district of Orissa, police say. | Ramesh Mambalika alias Purna, who is suspected of his invol...
Teens who self-identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual at increased suicide risk Newstrack India | Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): A new study has shown that teenagers who self-identify as gays, lesbians and bisexuals are at a greater risk of having suicidal thoughts. | Moreover, those who were unsure of their sexual identity were also at higher ...
Telangana: Congress Core Committee to discuss terms of reference Newstrack India | New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI): The terms of reference of the Telangana committee are likely to be announced only after the Congress Core Committee discusses them in detail. | According to sources, the Home Ministry has indicated the same mindset as ...
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China seizes more melamine-tainted milk powder DNA India | Beijing: Chinese inspectors tracing new cases of contaminated milk have shut dairy firms in the northwest and seized 72 tonnes of milk powder tainted with melamine, an industrial...
Lion falls into trap meant for man-eater leopard in Gujarat village Newstrack India | Junagadh (Gujarat), Feb.6 (ANI): A lion was trapped in a cage, which was intended to catch a suspected man-eater leopard in a village of Gujarat's Junagadh District on Friday. | The trap was put in place by Forest Rangers to catch a leopard....
Chennai kid pulls 1,500 kilogram car for a record attempt Newstrack India | Chennai, Feb.6 (ANI): In a bid to enter record books, a six-year-old Malaysian-Indian boy wowed crowds at a Chennai beach on Friday by pulling a 1,500 kilogram car with eight passengers in it. | The boy named "Santhos 10", as he prefers being...
Bihar re-enacts 'Inspector General' of Danny Kaye, and the title is Head police station Newstrack India | Patna, Feb. 6 (ANI): In Naxal hit areas of Bihar the police are re-enacting the five decade old film 'Inspector General" starring Danny Kaye, except that in this instance, a villager becomes head of the police station for a day, and the opportunity...
Pepsi picks social media over Super Bowl ads San Fransisco Chronicle | The rise of social media has helped end one of the longest streaks in Super Bowl history - Pepsi won't have a televised commercial during the big game for the first time in 23 years. Images | View Larger Image Get Quote | Symbol Lookup | Instead of paying millions of dollars for 30 seconds of airtime, the soft drink giant is pouring resources int...
A View From Katmandu: Nepal's Fight for Democracy The New York Times | To the Editor: | "Clock Ticks for Nepal to Settle Its Future" (news article, Jan. 26) quotes me as saying, "The Nepali public hasn't had experience in democracy, but they understand it and they have been fighting for it." I would like to add some nuance to the quote. | Indeed, the people of Nepal have been fighting for democracy since the 1940s, ...
