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Djokovic, Nadal, Roddick heads Queen’s club field

by Dpa March 13, 2008 Sports

Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, world number two Rafael Nadal and defending champion Andy Roddick of US will head the field at the Artois Championships, which celebrates its 30th edition this summer.
The prestigious pre-Wimbledon grass event, slated for June 9-15, serves as the traditional tune-up for the Grand Slam at the All England club.
Roddick and [...]

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Britain shocked by attempt to pin blame on Scarlette’s mother

by Dipankar De Sarkar March 12, 2008 Europe

In an echo of the debate in the Indian parliament, Britons have expressed shock at the attempt by Indian police and politicians to say the mother of a British teenager found murdered in Goa had been negligent.
With the police changing the cause of death from drowning to murder and then arresting two suspects, Britons have [...]

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British rights activists arrested near Diego Garcia

by Indo-Asian News Service March 12, 2008 Europe

Two British human rights campaigners have been arrested at sea off Diego Garcia – the Indian Ocean island that the British have leased to the US for controversial military activity.
Peter Bouquet and Jon Castle were arrested after protesting the military use of the island and the expulsion of its entire population by Britain in 1971, [...]

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In developing nations, bank failures lead to heart attacks

by Indo-Asian News Service March 11, 2008 Health

Researchers have linked national financial crises to deaths from heart attacks – and found that people in developing countries are at higher risk.
Scientists from Cambridge University and the University of California at Davis, looked at WHO data on death rates from cardiovascular disease between 1960 and 2002, and compared them with World Bank data on [...]

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World’s strongest beetle is also camouflage specialist

by Indo-Asian News Service March 11, 2008 Science

The Hercules Beetle, which can carry 850 times its own weight and is possibly the “strongest” of its kind in the world, is teaching scientists a thing or two about its remarkable camouflaging abilities.
The beetle has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand.
A report in the latest issue of the New Journal [...]

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Transfer technology to combat climate change, poverty: Kamal Nath

by Dipankar De Sarkar March 10, 2008 Science

Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has added his voice to growing calls for transfer of green technology to developing countries, saying failure to do so could risk the fight against climate change.
“Unless there is access to technology and transfer of technology to developing countries it (progress on climate change) is not going to [...]

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Campaign to beam first advertisement into space

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Science

A campaign to broadcast the first advertisement into space has just got underway with the University of Leicester (U-L) space scientists playing a key part in the process.
The best 30-second advertisement about how life on earth is perceived, out of the many to be created by the public as part of national competition, will be [...]

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Former British PM Maggie Thatcher hospitalised

by Dpa March 7, 2008 Europe

Former British prime minister Maggie Thatcher was taken to hospital for tests in London, a spokeswoman for her Conservative Party confirmed early Saturday.
The 82-year-old former British leader was driven from her home to St. Thomas Hospital in the centre of the British capital, the spokeswoman told Britain’s Press Association.
There was no report on her condition.
Known [...]

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Loan waiver not on government’s balance sheet: tax expert

by Dipankar De Sarkar March 7, 2008 Europe

A top tax consultant from India told a meeting of British investors here that the Rs.600 billion farm loan waiver announced by the government in last week’s budget has not been accounted for.
“This farm loan waiver is not on the balance sheet of the government as far as 2008-2009 is concerned,” Sudhir Kapadia, partner and [...]

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