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of articles posted on 24-Sep-2008.
Massacre at Finnish school: nine killed
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Helsinki: A gunman went on a rampage inside a Finnish trade school on Tuesday, killing nine people before shooting himself in a failed bid to commit suicide, government and local officials said. The gunman has been identified as school student Matti Juhani Saari, the headmaster said.
“There are nine dead. We have no information about the injured or how many there are,” Prime Minister Matti Vanhan
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Are you a bored or macho drinker?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Health
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While it's hard to judge a book by its cover, it's possible to judge a drinker by the number of glasses he downs, because a new UK study reveals that there are nine types of drinkers. Their personality types range from depressives, who drink alone at home, to macho exhibitionists who spend almost every evening at a pub.
Since not everyone who drinks is on the brink, here's a guide to safe soc
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Discovered: Why leaves fall off trees
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Features
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LONDON: Ever wondered why leaves fall off trees in fall? Well, the secret actually lies in cellular mechanism, says a new study.
Researchers have found that trees use an elaborate cellular mechanism to part company from their leaves, which act as "solar cells" in the summer but become superfluous in the darker winter months.
According to them, at the base of each leaf is a special layer called t
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Green Guardians
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Technology
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Researchers in the US are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent forest fires from spreading. The study could also raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels to detect potential threats such as smuggled radioactive materials.
Currently, a variety of tools are used to predict and track fires, including remote automated weather stations
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Both hands full
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Fashion
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Front row Attendance: Politician and beedi baron Praful Patel and family, Sharmila Thackeray, Nitish Rane, actors Riteish Deshmukh, Tusshar Joshi, Celina Jaitley, Shveta Salve, Shilpa and Shamita Shetty with mother and filmmaker Karan Johar
In a pre-show interview, Manish Malhotra promised his show would be an intimate one, a symbol of the time a bride and groom spend together in solitude after
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Rahul Bose impressed with Scarlett Johansson
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Entertainment
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LONDON: Bollywood actor Rahul Bose and Hollywood diva Scarlett Johansson, who are global ambassadors for Oxfam, shared some warm moments at an event in New York. The Indian actor praised the "Girl With A Pearl Earring" star for her commitment and sincerity to the cause.
Both work to raise funds for Oxfam's Health and Education For All campaign.
"It is easy to just lend your name to a cause and
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Time Please
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Others
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New Delhi: The Indian Davis Cup team may have been a divided house for quite some time but captain S P Misra says things will fall in place gradually and the players will display the old camaraderie in future ties.
“Slowly things will fall in place. (But) You can not expect them to be hugging and jumping immediately. We had no problem during the tie (against Romania) and I am sure we will see mor
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kumar saurav's blog
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 saurav.mid-day.com
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Blogs
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While everyone is busy ‘pretending’ to condemn the series of blasts in the country, terrorist attacks are the best tolls available to mould the circumstances in the desired direction. Good that Indian Mujahiddin and all other terrorists’ militias (unlike our Home Minister) didn’t sleep after bombing Jaipur. Had they been busy changing suits and passing on the buck for failed attempts in Surat, the
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Ban cry grows, but Dal leaders unfazed
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Politics
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NEW DELHI: In the face of overriding evidence of its role in communal violence, there have been demands from several quarters to ban the Bajrang Dal.
”All outfits that encourage caste-based of communal violence should be banned, whether it is Simi or VHP, Bajrang Dal or HYV,” Roop Rekha Verma, ex-vice chancellor of Lucknow University, says.
But the Bajrang Dal leadership is unfazed. Its Kanpur-b
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Anil’s quip to shareholder carries a sting in the tale
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Politics
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Reliance shareholders’ meetings have been legendary from the time of Dhirubhai Ambani, known as much for the chatpata snacks served as for the juicy tid-bits that emerge from these meetings.
Tuesday’s annual general meeting of Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL) was not much different.
At the meeting one of the shareholders got up and stumped chairman Anil Ambani asking him to explain the
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