Pattaya: Lips locked at all times -- including for bathroom breaks and meals -- is the less than romantic challenge facing Thai couples trying for the kiss to blow away all kisses at a Valentine's Day marathon. Seven couples have brought their lips together in the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, some 100 km (62 miles) southeast of Bangkok, hoping to break the world record for longest continuous kiss -...
06:05 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New York: Apple Inc has asked a federal court in California to block Samsung Electronics Co Ltd from selling its new Galaxy Nexus smartphones, alleging patent violations. In a suit filed last week in San Jose, Apple said the Galaxy Nexus infringes on patents underlying features customers expect from its products. Those include the ability to unlock phones by sliding an image and to search for information by voice. Samsung...
11:05 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards: Record Of The Year " Rolling In The Deep Adele Album Of The Year " 21 Adele Song Of The Year " Rolling In The Deep Adele Adkins And Paul Epworth (Song Writer Award) Best New Artist - Bon Iver Best Pop Solo Performance - Adele Someone Like You Best Rock Album - Foo Fighters Wasting Light Best Pop...
10:23 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Cairo: Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for UN peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. Opposition campaigners said tank fire was concentrated on two large Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods that have been at the forefront of opposition to Assad. They said 23 people were killed on Sunday after a lull in shelling the previous...
09:11 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Paris: Germany's Angelique Kerber stunned home favourite Marion Bartoli 7-6 5-7 6-3 to win the Paris Open on Sunday and seal the first WTA Tour title of her career. Second seed Bartoli, the world number seven, was looking for her first trophy on home soil and Maria Sharapova's quarter-final defeat by Kerber seemed to have opened the door for the Frenchwoman. However, left-hander Kerber raised her game again with a...
09:02 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Los Angeles: British soul singer Adele won six Grammys on Monday, including song of the year for her smash hit 'Rolling in the Deep', in a show that began on a somber note with a prayer for late pop superstar Whitney Houston. Adele, whose album '21' was among the smash hits of 2011, took the stage and thanked her doctors, who performed surgery on her throat in 2011. "Seeing as...
08:36 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Athens: Greece's Parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill Monday to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country. Cinemas, cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens and black-masked protesters fought riot police outside Parliament before lawmakers voted on the package that demands deep pay, pension and job cuts - the price of a...
07:36 AM, Feb 13, 2012
London: Roger Federer suffered defeat for the second day in succession as United States completed a surprisingly comfortable victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup World Group first round in Fribourg on Saturday. Former world number one Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka needed to win the doubles to keep the tie alive after Friday's two singles went to the US, but after a good start the Swiss pair lost 4-6, 6-3,...
11:50 AM, Feb 12, 2012
London: British police on Saturday arrested five senior members of staff at News Corporation's flagship newspaper The Sun, the company said, as part of investigations into alleged payments to police by journalists for information. The payments investigation, dubbed Operation Elveden, is part of a wider probe into illegal news gathering practices that have rocked Britain's political, media and police establishments and last year prompted the closure of News Corp's Sunday...
11:44 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Surging capital inflows, booming stock markets and a fast-appreciating currency suggest the India story is again shining after a dismal 2011. Dig a little deeper, and problems afflicting Asia's third-largest economy remain largely unabated and unaddressed. Inflationary risks remain and a political logjam continues to hem in reforms, clouding the economic outlook. "Nothing has happened on the policy front to justify this mood," said Andrew Kenningham, an economist...
11:16 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported. He was speaking on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Tens of thousands of Iranians joined state-organised rallies across the country to mark the occasion. Demonstrators carrying Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America"....
07:32 PM, Feb 11, 2012
London: Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp aims to finish the season with the Premier League club despite the clamour for him to be appointed as England coach, he told reporters. "I hope so," said Redknapp. "I'd be very surprised if I didn't finish the season with Tottenham, that's for sure. I haven't thought about not being here at the end of the season. I've got no idea why I shouldn't."...
04:35 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New York: Having found this holiday season that they cannot beat iPad, iPhone and iPod, toymakers have decided to join them, lining up a host of playthings that come to life when hooked up to the devices, gadgets that kids love to play with. Industry insiders call them "AppCessories," and expect a wide array of these items to be on display at the American Toy Fair, which officially kicks off...
11:37 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New York: Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet. More than three-quarters of people around the globe who were questioned in an international poll said they were happy with their lives and nearly a quarter described themselves as very happy. "The...
11:11 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Los Angeles: Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a US court on Friday in an attempt to stop Motorola from asserting some patent claims against Apple in Germany, according to the lawsuit. The suit, filed in a San Diego federal court, argues that Motorola's German lawsuit against Apple breaches terms of a patent licensing agreement between Motorola and Qualcomm. Apple and Motorola are engaged in global patent litigation, part of a...
10:59 AM, Feb 11, 2012
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