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Creative people more likely to have mental illness
18 Oct 2012 6:32 AM ISTAuthors, please note! People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a link between...
WW III almost happened?
18 Oct 2012 6:31 AM ISTFormer US President John F Kennedy had prepared to announce a full scale invasion of Cuba that may have led to World War III, if the Cuban Missile...
Mantel makes history with second Booker
18 Oct 2012 6:30 AM ISTBritish novelist Hilary Mantel made literary history by becoming the first woman and the first British author to become a two-time winner of the Man...
90 dead in regime attacks in country, say activists
18 Oct 2012 6:29 AM ISTThe Syrian military unleashed heavy airstrikes and artillery bombardments targeting rebel strongholds in the north on Wednesday, killing at least 90...
UN worried about foreign fighters
18 Oct 2012 6:28 AM ISTForeign militants fighting in Syria could contribute to an increased ‘radicalisation’ of the conflict, members of a UN commission investigating rights...
Arafat widow questioned in French murder probe
18 Oct 2012 6:28 AM ISTFrench investigators probing the death of Yasser Arafat questioned his widow Suha, who claims the veteran Palestinian leader may have been poisoned,...
EU health commissioner steps down
18 Oct 2012 6:25 AM ISTThe European Union’s commissioner for health John Dalli stepped down over allegations that he attempted to influence EU legislation on tobacco...
Syria ready to explore truce even as it bombs rebels
18 Oct 2012 6:24 AM ISTSyria has said it is prepared to explore a truce proposal by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, even as it unleashed multiple air strikes on...
I take responsibility on Libya, says Obama
18 Oct 2012 6:23 AM ISTPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday took ‘responsibility’ for the security failure in Libya as he clashed with his Republican rival in the second...
Sydney Sixers crush Yorkshire by 8 wkts
17 Oct 2012 7:25 AM ISTIn-form Sydney Sixers produced a clinical all-round performance and romped to a crushing eight-wicket win over Yorkshire in their Champions League T20...
US mulled killing Osama with ‘magic bullet’
17 Oct 2012 6:49 AM ISTThe US considered slaying terror mastermind Osama bin Laden with a just developed minute missile ‘magic bullet’ among the options to breach his...
‘Super-hero’ mice to sniff out explosives
17 Oct 2012 6:42 AM ISTScientists have engineered a ‘super-hero’ sniffer mice that could be used by armed forces and aid workers to smell out land-mines and explosives.The...


