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16 November 2008
Saturday 8th November 2008
A Japanese professor is making bio-toilets by using bamboo frames instead of steel rods to cut production costs for the fishing town of Kovalam near Chennai.
Three workers in Pune, while digging for construction of a swimming tank found a metal jar containing gold coins. The site was in the vicinity of the palace of the [...]
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9 November 2008
Friday 7th October 2008
A nine year old Japanese boy drove a car alone safely for 3 Kilometers to see his grand mother saying he was confident at the wheel after playing video games.
Softback Mobile Japan said its eight limited edition phones each studded with 537 diamonds and priced at 13, 4000 dollars sold out in just three [...]
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9 November 2008
Thursday 6th October 2008
Manuscript of Abraham Lincon’s 1864 speech at The White House after being re-elected in the midst of the civil war is set to be auctioned in New York.
A 1200 year old rare Ayyanar statue dating back to the Pallava period has been unearthed from a plantain garden at Kattupudur, near Tiruchy.
A 38 year old [...]
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9 November 2008
Wednesday 5th October 2008
47 year old Democratic Senator Barack Obama makes history by winning the American presidential election overcoming a 400 year history of racial subordination.
Michael Crichton author of more than 12 best seller’s including Jurassic Park passed away in Los Angeles.
Researchers at Abertay University have focused out that left handed people are more likely to get anxious [...]
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9 November 2008
Tuesday 4th November 2008
A Police officer arrested his patrol partner for stealing a bottle of wine and a music player from a van in Mexico. The Mayor of the town said that the officer will be awarded for his act of honesty.
US scientist have discovered a fungus which they claim convert plant waste directly into diesel, which finally [...]
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9 November 2008
Monday 3rd November 2008
A team at Moller International London is designing a flying car called Autovolantor would be in the market in just 2 years. The car will do 150 M.P.H. in the air and be able to fly at an altitude up to 5000 feet.
After winning a legal dispute, Iraq has now decided to sell Sadam Hussein’s [...]
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9 November 2008
Sunday 2nd November 2008
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say that kids should learn at least two or three languages that could be beneficial for the toddler’s mental health later in life.
Anil Kumble, the third most successful bowler in test history with 619 wickets announces his retirement form test cricket.
Thirteen year old an 8th standard student Vishnu Kumar resident [...]
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9 November 2008
Saturday 1st November 2008
Peruvian Seamstress have sewed the largest pair of blue jeans to sang a Guinness Book of World Records, weighing about 7.5 tonnes, 43 meters long and 30 meters wide. The brown belt buckles were buckled by a carne.
The world’s largest Jilebi , 15 kgs and 75 inches in diameter large enough to cover a [...]
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2 November 2008
Friday 31st October 2008
A Maltese dog name Max in Florida vanished 30 days ago and had been spotted in Chicago 1000 miles where it had left, is now heading home.
A new born was found in a dustbin in Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh in spite of prompt information to relevant Government officials no one claimed the baby, finally [...]