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South Korea launches first civilian rocket

South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea's successful launch of its own rocket in December. It was South Korea's third attempt to launch a civilian rocket to send a satellite in orbit in the past four years and came after two previous launches were aborted at the eleventh hour in December due to technical...  

'The Decameron' changed to 'Nero Fiddled': Allen

London: Filmmaker Woody Allen has changed the name of his new movie 'The Bob Decameron', after the original title left fans baffled. Allen has decided to change the name to 'Nero Fiddled' because the former title drew blank expressions. "I couldn't believe how few people had heard of 'The Decameron', even in Rome. And the few that did assumed the movie was based on Boccaccio's tales, which it's not. Anyhow...  

Cameron returns to cafe to make up with waitress

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is on a family vacation in Italy, has reportedly returned to a cafe in Tuscany to make up with the waitress he failed to tip during his visit there last week. The 44-year-old Prime Minister went back to the Dolcenero Cafe in Montevarchi town to seek out the waitress, Francesca Ariani, who had not recognised him on his first visit and had asked...  

Regeneron pain drug put on clinical hold

Boston: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday that US regulators placed the company's experimental pain drug for osteoarthritis on clinical hold after a patient in another company's trial developed a serious bone disorder. Regeneron said it and its partner, Sanofi-Aventis SA, were informed late last week by the US Food and Drug Administration that the drug, REGN475/SAR164877, was being placed on clinical hold after a patient in another company's trial...  

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Achanta Sharath Kamal enters second round of TT event

Achanta Sharath Kamal won his first round match 4-2 against Spain's Alfredo Carneros. ...  

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Mirpur: Bangladesh suffered a mighty scare before snatching a 27-run victory over a fighting Ireland in a group B match to bring their World Cup campaign back on track here on Friday. A tremendous display of swing bowling from Shafiul Islam who picked up four for 21 from his eight overs helped Bangladesh scrap past Ireland with five overs to spare amidst a sell-out crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium....