Oxford apologizes for email blunder
MELBOURNE (TIP): Oxford University has apologized after an administrator accidentally emailed a list of all the poorly performing students' marks…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Slow and steady tortoise beats rabbit, wins pet ski-off
BEIJING (TIP): A tortoise beat a rabbit in a skiing competition held for pets and their owners in China, a…
Read MorePolls in Egypt close after final day of voting on new constitution: State media
CAIRO (TIP): Polls across Egypt closed on Wednesday evening, state media reported, after a second and final day of voting…
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Sheikh Hasina sworn in for 3rd time as Bangladesh PM
DHAKA (TIP): Sheikh Hasina was sworn in on Sunday for her second straight term as Bangladesh's prime minister and third…
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United States seeks probe into Sri Lankan war crimes
COLOMBO (TIP): The US on Sunday pressed Sri Lanka to probe alleged rights abuses by its army through independent and…
Read MoreFire breaks out at Pak military hospital where Musharraf is undergoing treatment
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A small fire on Wednesday broke out at a military hospital in Rawalpindi, where former Pakistani military ruler…
Read MoreIndian Army chief’s statement provocative: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh's statement on ceasefire violations was provocative and regrettable. In a…
Read MoreSeven militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): At least seven militants were killed in separate military operations in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said in a…
Read MoreSuicide attacker strikes police bus in Afghanistan, 6 injured
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP) : Police say a suicide attacker has struck a bus carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, wounding…
Read MoreChennai-born Indian- American elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences
WASHINGTON (TIP): Subra Suresh, Chennaiborn Indian-American president of Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese…
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Marijuana: Frequently asked questions
Twenty states plus the District of Columbia have enacted laws that allow people to use medical marijuana with a doctor's…
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UK working on idea to sell visas to highest bidder
LONDON (TIP): Overseas millionaires may soon be able to buy or bid for UK visas in exchange of donations to…
Read MoreChemical spill brings US city to standstil
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA (TIP): A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city…
Read MoreNight fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in China
BEIJING (TIP): A 10-hour inferno has razed an ancient Tibetan town in China's southwest Yunnan province that's popular with tourists.…
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2013: ENTERTAINMENT ROUNDUP
2013 has been an eventfull year for the entertainment industry whether it be for our own Bollywood or all the…
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2013 — THE DEAR DEPARTED
Renowned film actor Farooq Sheikh passed away on December 28 following a massive heart attack in Dubai. The 64-year-old actor…
Read MoreSIR ANTHONY CARO
Widely regarded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation and worked as an assistant to Henry Moore in the…
Read MoreSHAKUNTALA DEVI
Known for her mathematical prowess and the ability to compute complex equations mentally. Died on April 21.
Read MoreSEAMUS HEANEY
One of the world's best-known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature. Died on August 30.
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Hugo Chavez (March 5)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous rule that made the…
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Margaret Thatcher (April 8)
Britain's first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady, passed away in April this year following a…
Read MoreJIAH KHAN (JUNE 3)
The 25-year-old actress, best remembered as the 'Nishabd' girl, was found hanging at her flat in suburban Mumbai this year.…
Read MoreCORY MONTEITH (JULY 13)
'Glee' star Cory Monteith died of intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol in his hotel room in…
Read MorePAUL WALKER (NOVEMBER 30)
The star of the 'Fast & Furious' movie series died in a tragic car crash this November. The horrifying car…
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NELSON MANDELA (DEC 5)
Anti-Apartheid leader and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela died at his Johannesburg home after a prolonged lung infection.…
Read MoreDAVID COLEMAN (DEC 21)
British sports broadcaster David Coleman, who covered 11 Summer Olympics for the BBC and six football World Cups, died at…
Read MoreMIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV (DECEMBER 23)
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, passed away in his home city of Izhevsk, an industrial…
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Over 240 people were killed
Over 240 people were killed after a deadly fire broke out in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria in Brazil…
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Over 1,100 people were killed
Over 1,100 people were killed after a commercial building collapsed in savar subdistrict of Bangladesh on April 24.
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