Madrids mortuary offers condolences via text-message
A mortuary in Madrid has come up with a unique idea of paying condolences to the family of a departed person while away - via text-message. ANI
Head shrinking belts, Japanese womens latest fad!
Fashion conscious women in Japan are increasingly taking to cosmetic belts to shrink their heads. ANI
Woman dressed as cow arrested for unruly behaviour!
An American woman has been sentenced to one-month imprisonment after being arrested and charged for unruly behaviour, while wearing a cows costume at the same time. ANI
Women robbers sans shirts or bras are on the loose in Florida!
An 18-year-old man from Florida told authorities that he was robbed by a group of women, most of whom were wearing overalls with no shirts or bras on underneath, according to a Martin County Sheriffs Office report. ANI
Jackie O Kennedy served cheaper second rounds of wine, claims author
Writer Barry Landau has revealed that former U.S. President John F. Kennedys wife Jacqueline Bouvier was a cheapskate because she asked her White House butler to serve expensive bottles of wine for the first course, but replace the empty bottles with a cheaper wine for the second course. ANI
Top British police officers arrested over wine theft
Two high-ranking British police officers have been suspended from their jobs after being arrested on suspicion of theft. ANI
Europes human rights watchdog concerned over 42 days custody of suspects in UK
Europes human rights watchdog has expressed considerable concern about the prospect of terrorist suspects being held in police custody in the UK for up to 42 days. ANI
Tory Govt. will stop 39 million pound a year aid to China
Britain will stop giving China nearly 39 million pound a year in aid, the Tories will promise today. ANI
Armed robbers forced to leave loot because getaway car to small!
It was a clear sweep turned awry for two armed robbers, who looted a security van of 1.3 million dollars, but had to leave almost half the cash behind because their getaway car could not carry it all.According to Shakaruddin Che Mood, district police chief, Malaysian, the robbers and their compact car could not carry 524,000 dollars, after the loot near Kuala Lumpur. Shakaruddin said that the robbers stole a small car and then held up guards in the security van at a shopping mall. While one robber drove the van away, the other followed in the car. ANI
Musharraf says he will not leave Pakistan
Pakistans former President General Pervez Musharraf today stated that he would not move out of the country. ANI
Oz woman who gave cheating hubby crushed glass sandwiches avoids jail
Despite admitting to having put crushed glass in her estranged husbands sandwiches, an Australian woman has avoided jail. ANI
The Simpsons to turn zombies for Halloween special!
The funny cartoon family, The Simpsons have been transformed into flesh-eating corpses for a forthcoming Halloween special episode. ANI
Brit prison staff asked to address sex offenders, violent criminals as Mr!
Lancashire prison staff has been asked to call their inmates, including sex offenders and violent criminals Mr - a move which is a part of their decency agenda. ANI
Brits urged to leave sheds open for thieves!
Bristol City Council is urging people to leave their sheds open because padlocks could lead to thieves forcing their way through doors and windows of the council-owned sheds to steal garden equipment. ANI
McCain blasted over irresponsible sloganeering on Georgia
Republican presidential nominee John McCain reduced a complex problem of the situation in Georgia and the Caucasus to simple sloganeering when he stated, We are all Georgians. ANI
Vacuum cleaner behind fire on Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark, one of the worlds most important maritime treasures, was almost destroyed because security guards had put their feet up while a fire ravaged through its decks. A vacuum cleaner was to blame for the fire on the Cutty Sark, which caused 10 million pound worth of damage. ANI
Frozen sausage rolls save Brit gardeners severed arm!
A gardener who chopped off his arm in a chainsaw accident got his limb reattached after the neighbour preserved it in a bag of frozen sausage rolls and Cornish pastries. ANI
The Prince of Wales calls for saving worlds forests
While expressing his deep concern for the environment, the Prince of Wales called for ways to save the worlds forests. ANI
Palin hired oil-funded researchers to play down risks of climate change on polar bears
To back efforts to stop polar bears being protected as an endangered species, Governor Sarah Palin and her officials in the Alaskan state government drew on the work of at least six scientists known to be sceptical about the dangers and causes of global warming. ANI
Palins private e-mail account outside govts secure official e-mail system revealed
Governor Sarah Palin maintained a private e-mail account that she used to communicate with a small circle of staff members outside the state governments secure official e-mail system, according to the Wasilla company that established the site. ANI
MIC chief holds government responsible for Hindu temple demolition in Malaysia
The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president, Seri S.Samy Vellu has held the Selangor Government responsible for the demolition of the Hindu temple in Ampang, as the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) was under the jurisdiction of the state government. ANI
Conservatives now openly questioning Palins credentials as V-P material
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has gone from being the darling of the GOP to a major question mark hanging over John McCains candidacy at a critical moment in the presidential campaign in just a month, the Christian Science Monitor has said. ANI
Pak Taliban claims Baitullah Mehsud is alive
The Pakistans unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied media reports suggesting that its top commander Baitullah Mehsud had died of illness last night. ANI
Zardari says Marriott hotel bombing was an assassination attempt on him
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he was supposed to be at the Marriott Hotel when it was attacked by a suicide bomber on September 20 in a truck laden with explosives, killing 60 people. ANI
Pak Army, NWFP govt extending help to tribesmen to combat Taliban
Sensing that the local tribesmen in NWFP could prove more meaningful in combating the Taliban, the Pakistani Army and the Frontier Province government are reportedly extending all kind of help, moral as well as financial, to them to fight against the militants. ANI
Malaysias Sri Mahakaliamman temple committee doesnt want temple issue politicized
Malaysias Sri Mahakaliamman temple committee has called upon the political parties of the country not to politicize the issue of the demolished temple. ANI
US affirms support to Paks territorial integrity
At the end of one-day strategic dialogue in Washington on Tuesday, the US State Department said that America supported Pakistans territorial integrity. ANI
Palin has no role in guarding US airspace as Alaska Governor
The Alaska Governor and John McCaina running mate, Sarah Palin, has no command authority over the guardians of US airspace despite her recent suggestion in an interview to CBS News Katie Couric. ANI
Pentagon plans new pro-active strategy for Pak, Afghanistan before new US Prez takes over
Ahead of the Nov 4 US presidential poll, Pentagon is planning for a sea change in the strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, that would encompass expanding airfields, pre-positioning military forces and equipment, and preparing for a more robust effort soon against Islamist extremists along the Pak-Afghan border. ANI
McCain, Obama need to build support for a financial rescue package: NYT
The failure of the House of Representatives to pass the 700 billion dollar plan to unclog the credit markets represented a colossal failure of American leadership -- not just by President Bush and the congressional leadership but also by the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees. ANI
Sarah Palins confidence cant hide her scant aptitude for developing arguments
A review of a handful of Sarah Palins debate performances in the race for Alaska Governor in 2006 shows a somewhat different persona from the one that has emerged since John McCain named her as the vice-presidential nominee a month ago. ANI
Defiant Bali bombers on death row say their executions will be avenged
Three terrorists accused of 2002 Bali bombings and now facing execution orders, have said that if their executions were carried out, it would be avenged by someone, whose identity they didnt reveal. ANI
History will judge Tony Blair as significant as Churchill: Cherie
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blairs wife, Cherie Blair, has predicted that history will judge her husband as significant a world figure as Sir Winston Churchill. Blair also admitted that she was not a success in her role as First Lady, and was ridiculed by Tory MPs for comparing her husband to Britains greatest wartime leader, The Telegraph reported. ANI
Most witnesses in Anand Jon case cant recall anything
Although a string of prosecution witnesses in Anand Jon case have testified in the court, the testimony against the Indian born fashion designer remains weak as majority of them cant recall anything. ANI
Pak Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud dies of illness
Baitullah Mehsud, a top commander of the Pakistans unit of the Taliban - the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reportedly died of a prolonged illness on Tuesday. He was initially accused of masterminding the killing of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto on December 27, but he later denied having a hand in the assassination. ANI
China covered known milk scandal to protect Beijing Olympics
China knew about the contamination of milk products months ago but covered the scandal up to prevent it tarnishing the Beijing Olympics, according to journalists, rights groups and media critics. ANI
Voting can cost you your life!
A team of Canadian and American researchers has found that the risk of deaths from road accidents increases in the U.S. on presidential election days. ANI
Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time
A new radical theory has suggested that Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly devoid of matter. ANI
Bush lacked commitment to catch Osama in 2001 from Tora Bora
Former US officials have reportedly revealed that US President George Bush lacked commitment to catch Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, else he could have deployed US troops to block the exit routes from Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan, where the fugitive was hiding, to Pakistan. ANI
Palin, Biden train hard for veep debate on Thursday
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his rival Sarah Palin are training hard and not taking anything for granted before the only vice presidential debate of 2008 on Thursday. ANI
Brown dramatically blames US for world banking crisis
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has blamed America for the world banking crisis, and said it had a duty to fix it. ANI
Pak-Afghan tribal belt single greatest threat to US national security: CIA
CIA Director Michael Hayden has said the threat from al Qaeda is real and the groups growing strength along the tribal areas along the Pakistan- Afghan border could be the single greatest threat to US national security ANI
More Pakistanis have positive feelings towards Qaeda than negative
A recent worldwide survey conducted by the BBC found that Pakistan was among two nations - the other being Egypt - where mixed or positive feelings toward Al Qaeda (22 percent) outweighed negative feelings (19 percent). ANI
US Senate to vote on Indo-US nuclear deal today
The American Senate is set to vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal today, after the US House of Representatives passed the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement by a clear majority (298-117 votes) three days ago. ANI
Four tribesmen killed in NWFP in suspected US drone strike
In another incident of the likes which have heightened tensions between America and Pakistan over the past one month, four tribesmen were killed and nine others injured, when a missile was launched by a suspected US spy drone. ANI
Pak officials say abducted Afghan envoy not freed yet
Denying reports appearing in the Pakistani media that the abducted Afghan envoy Abdul Khaliq Farahi was released on Monday morning, senior security officials in Peshawar have said that there was still no trace of the missing diplomat. ANI
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