Entries from April 2009

Miss California praised for opposing gay marriage

April 24th, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Miss California praised for opposing gay marriage

Miss California Carrie Prejean lost the final round of Miss USA by expressing opposition to the same sex marriage but the lady is in news and she is being praised by bloggers and talk show hosts. One of the gay judges in the final round of the Miss USA [...]

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6500 civilians might have died in Sri Lanka

April 24th, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

6500 civilians might have died in Sri Lanka

In the last three months about 6400 Tamil civilians might have got killed in the fight of Sri Lanka troops with the LTTE Tamil Tiger rebels. The government almost succeeded in crushing the rebel groups that was troubling the county from almost a quarter century.

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Taliban announces to withdraw on Friday

April 24th, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Taliban announces to withdraw on Friday

Taliban announced that it will withdraw from the district Buner that is located some 96 km from Islamabad. It was suspected that Pakistan may fall in the hands of terrorists but the recent development showed trucks picking up people and driving away from the area.

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17-year olds allowed taking emergency contraceptive in U.S.

April 23rd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

17-year olds allowed taking emergency contraceptive in U.S.

In U.S. government has allowed 17- year olds to take emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription and the woman groups are happy over the decision. The Food and Drug Administration said it will accept the order.

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Wood fire destroys home in Horry County

April 23rd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Wood fire destroys home in Horry County

A wood fire on Wednesday burned one house and it damaged at least two others. The fires delayed traffic and even today school traffic expects delays due to the fire. Motorist changed their routes to avoid getting trapped.

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Pakistan sent troops to district taken over by Taliban

April 23rd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Pakistan sent troops to district taken over by Taliban

On Thursday Pakistan sent paramilitary troops to a district that has been almost taken over by Taliban. As per a report by Washington Pakistan government has agreed to impose Islamic laws in the region and the influence of Taliban in Northwest of Pakistan raised concerns.

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Rocky earth like plant detected by astronomers

April 22nd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Rocky earth like plant detected by astronomers

Astronomers have found a small planet similar to earth. The rocky planet is called Gliese 581 e and it was also found in neighboring to Gliese 581 d that is also found to have a structure that favors life.

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Cyber attacks did not cause any serious damage to F-35

April 22nd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Cyber attacks did not cause any serious damage to F-35

Former defence officials suspected that a few less critical regions of the F- 35 could have been accessed by the cyber attacks that were made on the Pentagon’s most expensive weapon program.

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Thousands of civilians in Sri Lanka war zone run away from the region

April 22nd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Thousands of civilians in Sri Lanka war zone run away from the region

Tamil civilians are leaving the rebel held regions and the aid agencies are warning that it may result in a human avalanche and a situation like human crisis. The troops were trying to fight Prabhakaran and they are trying to capture the general [...]

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Children who smile have low divorce rate as adults

April 18th, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Children who smile have low divorce rate as adults

Muscles around the eyes and cheeks were measured in photos and group photos in 655 yearbooks and it was concluded by the researchers that the people who had a better smile stayed more together. The top 10 smilers had a divorce rate of 5.5 % and bottom [...]

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