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New Van Gogh painting discovered

New Van Gogh painting discovered

A new Vincent Van Gogh painting has been discovered after two years of research to confirm its authenticity. The work, Sunset at Montmajour (1888), was done during the artist’s time in the Southern French town of Arles, the same period during which he painted his Sunflowers, The Yellow House and The Bedroom. The priceless piece […]

April 23, 2011
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Muzaffarnagar Riots: UP Government Failed To Protect Rights, Says Supreme Court

Muzaffarnagar Riots: UP Government Failed To Protect Rights, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India today ruled that the Akhilesh Yadav led Uttar Pradesh Government had failed to protect the fundamental rights of the people in Muzaffarnagar. The court also blamed the UP Government for its negligence in the case of the riots and added that there was no need for any probe by a […]

April 22, 2011
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French Demonstrate to Back Traditional Family

French Demonstrate to Back Traditional Family

Thousand took to the streets in Paris and Lyon, France, protesting against the new laws easing abortion restrictions and legalization of gay marriage. They accused the French President Francois Hollande’s government of “family phobia”. The police said that eighty thousand people marched in the streets in Paris and twenty thousand rallied in south central Lyon […]

April 22, 2011
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Sikkim Achieves Over 100 Per Cent Sanitation

Sikkim Achieves Over 100 Per Cent Sanitation

Sikkim has become the only state in India to achieve more than 100 per cent sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centers. All 6, 10,577 inhabitants in the state now have latrines with high sanitation and hygiene standards. The Himalayan India state has constructed 98,043 individual household latrines against the […]

April 22, 2011
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Amazon Chooses 100 Books to Read Sans Les Misérables, Moby Dick

Amazon Chooses 100 Books to Read Sans Les Misérables, Moby Dick

Amazon released a selection of “ 100 books to read in a life time” Tuesday. A “bucket list of books to create a well-read life”, goes the advertisement from the editors of Amazon on their site. The list spans two hundred years of literature, along with a wide range of genres and authors like David […]

April 22, 2011
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Iranian Warships ‘To Sail Close To US Maritime Border’

Iranian Warships ‘To Sail Close To US Maritime Border’

Iranian warships would be sailing near the U.S Atlantic coast for the first time, senior naval spokesman Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad announced last week. Iran’s semi-official news agency, Fars News Agency (FNA), quoted the Admiral as saying that the move was a “response to Washington’s beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf.” The fleet […]

April 22, 2011
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Matteo Renzi Wins Confidence Vote for His Coalition Government

Matteo Renzi Wins Confidence Vote for His Coalition Government

Matteo Renzi, Italy’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister, has won the backing of the upper house of parliament for his new coalition government after he promised radical reforms to his economically struggling country. Renzi, known for his ambition and rhetorical flair, won the crucial confidence vote for his coalition government after a long session of the […]

April 22, 2011
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80 Bodies Found In Mass Grave in Former LTTE Stronghold

80 Bodies Found In Mass Grave in Former LTTE Stronghold

Eighty skeletal remains have been discovered from a mass grave in a former LTTE stronghold in Sri Lanka. The remnants of the bodies are believed to be those of Tamil civilians who disappeared during the war with the rebels. “We have collected some 80 skeletal remains and removed them for safe keeping,” said Dhananjaya Waidyaratne, […]

April 22, 2011
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Ukraine Face off: Kiev Ups Ante

Ukraine Face off: Kiev Ups Ante

Ukraine has mobilised troops and the defence ministry called up for reserves after Russian Prime Minster, Dmitry Medvedev, hinted on Sunday that there might be chances of war. Amidst the escalating fear of a conflict between the two nations, the world leaders are striving for a diplomatic solution urging Putin not to use any force. […]

April 22, 2011
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Tremors Hit Chilean Coast

Tremors Hit Chilean Coast

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 magnitude on Richter scale, struck the northern coast of Chile late on Wednesday just twenty four hours after an 8.2 magnitude tremor hit the coast on Tuesday night killing six people, triggering a tsunami and causing vast destruction. The 7.6 quake was recorded at 23:43 local time (0243 Thursday GMT) […]

April 20, 2011
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