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May 2009

NYPD Officer Killed by Fellow Officer

NEW YORK, May 29 - An off duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer was shot to death by another officer as he was chasing a man he saw breaking into his car in New York’s East Harlem neighborhood.
According to NY1, Omar Edwards, 25, had just gotten off his shift when he found a [...]

SEBA Assam HSLC 2009 Results, AHM 2009 Results

Guwahati, May 24 – The results of the Assam High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination 2009 and Assam High Madrassa (AHM) examination 2009 will be declared today at all district and subdivisional headquarters at 11 am. HSLC and AHM examinations were conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) in February and March 2009.
The [...]

Twin blasts in Peshawar, Pakistan

Islamabad: At least five people were killed and about 100 injured as two back-to-back bomb blasts ripped through the busy market places in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday.
The blasts occurred within minutes of each other in Qisa Khwani and Kabari Bazar in the capital city of militancy-infested North West Frontier Province. Several vehicles and [...]

Another Indian Student Stabbed in Australia

Melbourne, May 28: The racial attacks against Indians continues in Australia. In a fresh incident, a 25-year old Indian student was stabbed here, even as another youth from Andhra Pradesh was battling for life after an assault by local teenagers.

Baljinder Singh, 25 was attacked on Monday night when two men carrying weapons approached, the ‘Herald [...]

Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman off to Broadway

London, May 27: Two popular action film stars Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman have signed up for roles in Keith Huff’s new Broadway play, “A Steady Rain”. Craig is well known for his secret agent James Bond roles in “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace,” while Jackman has played Wolverine in four “X-Men” movies.

“A Steady [...]

Former Assam Governor Loknath Mishra Passes Away

Bhubaneswar, May 27: Noted parliamentarian and former Assam Governor Loknath Mishra died here at a hospital on Wednesday of complications due to old age. The 86-year-old is survived by son Pinaki Mishra, who is a BJD MP from Puri, and a daughter.

Son of freedom fighter, poet and reformer Godabarisha Mishra, Loknath Mishra was also the [...]

Danny Boyle to help Slumdog Millionaire kids

Director Danny Boyle is flying to India to rescue the homeless child stars of Oscar winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. The British filmmaker fears the lives of Azharuddin and Rubina are spiralling downwards despite their Oscars success, reports the Sun. Danny Boyle had set up a 500,000 pounds trust to help Azhar Ismail (10) and Rubina [...]

At least 40 Dead in Lahore Bomb Blast

Islamabad - At least 40 people were killed and several dozen others injured Wednesday in a suicide car bombing targeting the police offices in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, officials said. The city’s top civil administrator, Sajjad Bhutta, told reporters that a car bomb exploded outside the three-storey building of the police emergency service on [...]

Winners of Cannes Film Festival 2009

After eleven days and hundreds of screenings, Austrian Director Michael Haneke has earned the top Palme d’Or prize at the 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival. Michael Haneke’s entry, The White Ribbon, had received qualified raves from film critics attending the festival.

Prizes awarded Sunday at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival:
Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) for best film: [...]

Genetic Factors Influencing Age At Menopause Identified

It is reported that scientists have been able to identify the genetic factors that influence the age at which natural menopause occurs in women. Ms Lisette Stolk, a researcher from Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics Monday (25 May) that a greater understanding of the [...]

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