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Numerous killed in coal mine explosion in Turkey

Ut World May 14, 2014 0

An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 151 miners and trapped hundreds more on Tuesday, with the death toll expected to rise in the country’s worst mining accident for more than two decades.Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 workers had been in the mine Continue Reading

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Remains of the Santa Maria possibly found

Ut World May 14, 2014 0

A shipwreck off the coast of Haiti may be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus’ flagship from his first voyage to the Americas, according to reports on Tuesday.Underwater explorer Barry Clifford believes the expedition he led to find and investigate the wreck may finally have unearthed sufficient proof to establish its authenticity, 11 […]Continue Reading

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Video leak shows Jay Z being attacked by sister in law

Ut World May 13, 2014 0

A New York boutique hotel on Monday said it was investigating how a recording of a security video that purportedly shows rapper Jay Z being attacked by his sister-in-law, R&B singer Solange Knowles, was leaked to a website.The video posted by celebrity website TMZ.com appears to show the 27-year-old Knowles, younger sister of Beyonce, charging […]Continue Reading

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Sheela Kochouseph: The brains and creativity behind V-Star

Ut World May 12, 2014 0

Sheela Kochouseph hails from Alappat Palathingal family from Kattor. She grew up in a small village in Wadakanchery near Trichur, her father was the manager of the first branch of South Indian Bank in Wadakkanchery. She studied in the St pious Convent School and Government Girls High School in WKY and went onto get her […]Continue Reading

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Communal violence in northeast

Ut World May 10, 2014 0

From his hiding place in a cowshed, Sefaqul Islam watched as masked gunmen moved through his village, shot women and children dead with automatic rifles and tossed wounded survivors into the blazing remains of their homes. The cattle herder’s sister and seven-year-old nephew were among 41 Muslims killed by suspected tribal militants last week in […]Continue Reading

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Markets see BJP as being more investment friendly

Ut World May 10, 2014 0

Indian markets are so confident the opposition party led by Narendra Modi will win the country’s elections that brokers fear anything short of a decisive victory could spark the worst sell-off in years. Shares hit a record high on Friday as opinion polls pointed to a sweeping win for the Bharatiya Janata Party, seen as […]Continue Reading

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Cause of fatal diseases

Ut World May 9, 2014 0

One billion people worldwide still practise “open defecation” and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said on Thursday at the launch of a study on drinking water and sanitation.  ” ‘Excreta’, ‘faeces’, ‘poo’, I could even say ‘shit’ maybe, this is the root cause Continue Reading

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Survey shows New Delhi has the dirtiest air

Ut World May 8, 2014 0

An effort by the World Health Organization to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing’s measurements, like its skies, are far from clear. The study of 1,600 cities found air pollution had worsened since a smaller survey in 2011, especially in poorer countries, […]Continue Reading

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Voters boycotting elections in J&K causes more violence to erupt

Ut World May 8, 2014 0

A bomb blast near a polling booth in Kashmir injured a policeman on Wednesday, amid further stone-throwing protests and a widespread boycott of the general election in the mainly Muslim region. Separatists have called on voters to shun the election in Jammu and Kashmir, holding staggered voting in its six parliamentary seats to allow 700,000 […]Continue Reading

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Supreme Court rejects appeal to release Subrata Roy

Ut World May 7, 2014 0

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release Sahara conglomerate Chairman Subrata Roy, who has been in jail for two months over his group’s alleged failure to refund investors in an outlawed bonds scheme.Roy, one of India’s most enigmatic corporate personalities, is mired in a long-running legal battle between his group and the […]Continue Reading