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An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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MIAMI: An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.
The doctors said they knew of another case in which an adult had been kept alive in Germany for nine months without a heart but said they believed this was the first time a chi
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Indian Navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Mogadishu: Indian Navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden, the world's most treacherous waterway, after the renegades threatened to attack the frigate.
The clash happened as pirates claimed to begin negotiations over a ransom for the Saudi super-tanker that was seized on Saturday. The Sirius Star, which is carrying $100 million (Rs 498 crore) worth of crude oil, i
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The oldest genetically identifiable nuclear family met a violent death, according to analysis of rem
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Berlin: Graves of parents, son, daughter found in Germany.
The oldest genetically identifiable nuclear family met a violent death, according to analysis of remains from 4,600-year-old burials in Germany.
Writing in the journal PNAS, researchers say the broken bones of these stone age people show they were killed in a struggle.
Comparisons of DNA from one grave confirm it contained a mother, fat
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The owner of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates over the weekend said the 25 crew me
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Dubai: The owner of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates over the weekend said the 25 crew members are safe and the ship is fully loaded with crude - a cargo worth about $100 million at current prices.
Dubai-based Vela International Marine Ltd, a subsidiary of Saudi oil company Aramco, said in a statement on Monday that company response teams have been set up and are working to ensu
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The British consular officials across the world are wrongly approving nearly 300,000 visas to visit
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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London: The British consular officials across the world are wrongly approving nearly 300,000 visas to visit Britain every year.
The revelation, which was made during a presentation to the Home Affairs Committee here, has sparked a round of criticism of the Labour government's immigration policy.
"This makes a mockery of Labour's claims to have a grip on our immigration system. It is obvious th
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Barack Obama has reportedly picked a former high-ranking Clinton administration aide to serve as the
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly picked a former high-ranking Clinton administration aide to serve as the next attorney
general, the country's top law enforcement official.
Eric Holder, a former US attorney who served as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department under President Bill Clinton, would be the nation's first black attorney general. An Obama official and two
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With bankruptcy staring them in the eye, its obviously difficult for Europeans to think of the usual
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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New Delhi: With Christmas round the bend, shoppers are planning how to slash bills and not how to splurge.
With bankruptcy staring them in the eye, its obviously difficult for Europeans to think of the usual Christmas gift shopping.
And in these troubled times, Europeans seem to be heading for a dark Christmas.
The mantra is 'tighten your purse strings', the prime worry on most people's mind
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Taiwan ex-president back in jail from almost three days of hospital care following a hunger strike.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Taipei: Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian returned to jail on Wednesday from almost three days of hospital care following a hunger strike, as supporters prepared to protest his arrest, which they call a political plot.
A probe into the ex-president's suspected role in several money-related crimes will be finished by year end, possibly leading to an indictment, a special prosecutor's spokes
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Punjab's NRI British kids are caught in an international legal tussle over their custody.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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New Delhi: Two children in a village of Punjab's Hoshiarpur district are caught in a legal tangle, involving not just the Punjab and Haryana High court but also the London High court. Six-year-old Arman Preet Singh and his four-year-old sister Sajal Preet are caught in an international legal tussle over their custody.
Their British citizen mother is seeking their custody while they want to be wi
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"The entrepreneurs of Indian origin have a higher success rate to secure finance than even the major
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Indian-origin British entrepreneurs are more successful in securing credit and finance due to their higher credibility rating compared the other businessmen, latest industry research shows.
"The entrepreneurs of Indian origin have a higher success rate to secure finance than even the majority white community," said Stuart Fraser, a researcher at the Warwick Business School.
The research shows th
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