Houston, Texas: US Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are on warpath, asking Iraq to resume buying US long-grain rice, instead of from India. "We liberated their country for one thing," said Texas representative Ted Poe. "We would think they would consider the US in trade since we spent billions of dollars not only to liberate their country, but to rebuild their infrastructure." Twelve congressmen have fired off a...
07:01 AM, Feb 26, 2012
London: Scientists claim that a species of giant tortoise which influenced Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and has been feared extinct for 150 years may still be alive in the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. A team in the US says that genetic clues suggest pure-bred members of the species have recently interbred with some of their cousins, after it found the genetic footprint of the species Chelonoidis elephantopus...
04:57 PM, Jan 10, 2012
London: An encrypted message meant for a commander of the Confederate, a force formed by the rebel southern states of America against the Union of the United States during the 1861-1865 Civil War, was deciphered by a former CIA code breaker. The dispatch sent in a glass vial offered no hope to Lt Gen John C Pemberton, the Confederate commander in Vicksburg, on the day the Mississippi city fell to...
11:21 AM, Dec 27, 2010
Mississippi: A man caught naked in a south Mississippi church cemetery says he was trying to take photographs of spirits. Robert Hurst told The Picayune Item newspaper that he shed his clothes because he believes skin is the best canvas to show spirits' orbs of energy. The 47-year-old said he only intended to remove his shirt, but he took off all his clothes, a move he now calls "stupid." Authorities...
12:04 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Roofs were torn off businesses, homes were splintered, vehicles were overturned and roads were blocked. ...
12:38 PM, Apr 25, 2010
Settlement the largest of 21 brought by US states against the software giant. ...
10:18 AM, Jun 12, 2009
With no insurance, people are being left with expenses far over their heads. ...
11:55 AM, Jun 23, 2008
Canberra: The face-off is still some days away but Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has already spotted a chink in the Australian armour, saying the hosts have problems against swing bowling and his team would look to capitalise on this when the Test series starts in Melbourne on December 26. That they are having a batting camp is a good sign. Hopefully we know their weaknesses. We will keep that in...
11:34 AM, Mar 31, 2008
Virender Sehwag's coach AN Sharma said he is delighted with Sehwag's knock and said it was his dream that he reaches that landmark. ...
08:00 AM, Mar 28, 2008
London: Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif suggested from a court witness stand on Friday that his former captain and co-defendant Salman Butt had to have been involved with an alleged spot-fix to bowl no-balls during a Test match against England last year — but stopped short of a definitive accusation. Butt and Asif are facing charges of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments following the Lord's...
08:27 AM, Mar 12, 2008
A freeway bridge over the Mississippi river in the US collapsed, killing 7 people. ...
02:46 PM, Aug 02, 2007
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