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Messi nets 21st hat-trick in nervy win
22 Oct 2012 6:29 AM ISTLionel Messi hit his 21st Barcelona hat-trick as his 10-man side edged a thrilling 5-4 victory at Deportivo La Coruna. Jordi Alba and Cristian Tello...
Block blasphemous online material: Pak court
20 Oct 2012 7:11 AM ISTActing on petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, a Pakistani court has directed the federal government to immediately block access to ‘blasphemous...
Women need to work harder than men for Pulitzer: study
20 Oct 2012 7:09 AM ISTWoman Pulitzer Prize winners are more likely to have greater qualifications than their male counterparts in order to bag the coveted award, a new...
Palestinians head to polls after 6 years
20 Oct 2012 7:08 AM ISTPalestinians in the West Bank will head to the polls tomorrow day for the first time in nearly seven years, casting their ballots in local...
Rover eyes ‘man-made’ objects in Martian dirt
20 Oct 2012 7:07 AM ISTNASA’s Mars rover has swallowed its first scoopful of dirt from the Red Planet’s surface - and found some bright-colored objects that experts briefly...
Second suspect in NY bomb plot arrested: report
20 Oct 2012 7:07 AM ISTA California man arrested on child pornography charges has been linked to the foiled plot by a young Bangladeshi to blow up the New York Federal...
Woman in US breastfeeds dog
20 Oct 2012 7:06 AM ISTA mother of two in US, who couldn’t breastfeed her children, is now fulfilling her maternal desire by breastfeeding a family pug.Terri Graham, 44,...
North Korea threatens strike on South
20 Oct 2012 7:06 AM ISTThe North Korean army threatened on Friday to carry out a ‘merciless military strike’ against South Korea next week, in a serious escalation of...
Conflicting images of terror suspect emerge
20 Oct 2012 7:04 AM ISTAt the Missouri college where Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis enrolled, a classmate said he often remarked that true Muslims don’t believe in...
Petrol will soon be produced from air: UK firm
20 Oct 2012 7:04 AM ISTA small British firm claimed to have developed a revolutionary new technology that can produce petrol using just air and electricity.A company in the...
US pledges action after suspected rape in Japan
20 Oct 2012 7:03 AM ISTThe US military promised to take steps ‘to ensure responsible behavior’ for troops stationed in Japan after the suspected rape of a local woman by two...
BBC jammed in Middle East, Europe
20 Oct 2012 7:03 AM ISTThe BBC said its services in the Middle East and Europe were being deliberately jammed, along with those of other broadcasters -- with the...


