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Palm Island bans bureaucrats on its sand - 01 Dec 2008
banned public servants from entering its island (Palm Island) till the time... to Palm Island mayor Alf Lacey, his council had voted that it'd only allow essential workers such as nurses and police onto the island, off Townsville.He said

Boats continue to be lifeline of Assam's Majuli island - 19 Jan 2009
of the world's largest river island Majuli in Assam.  "Everything to the island including vehicles, people, cows and gas cylinders go to the island through...;Residents of the Majuli island who get 80 per cent of their daily use items from

Kachchathivu island is ours, there is no dispute: Sri Lanka - 07 Jan 2009
island', Sri Lanka Wednesday said that the island located in the Palk Strait off Rameshwaram belonged to the island nation according to the 1974-76 bilateral... to retrieve the 285-acre island in the Palk Strait off Rameshwaram from Sri Lanka

Winehouse on path of recovery on Caribbean island - 30 Dec 2008
London, Dec 30 (IANS) Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse, who is reportedly suffering from bulimia, is showing signs of recovery and looking healthier as she spends time on a Caribbean island. According to thesun.co.uk, Winehouse

Global INK will benefit Reunion island - 08 Jan 2009
in helping an organisation from the tiny island state of Reunion near Mauritius... in 2003, there had been great interest in not only investing in the island's... and History of Reunion Island, prompting this exhibition of largely undated photos. 

Sri Lanka to declare Kachchativu island as sacred area - 19 Mar 2009
Colombo, March 19 (IANS) The Kachchativu island, lying midway between India... Gunawardena made this announcement about the island in the Palk Strait off Rameshwaram...) with regard to the current status of the 285-acre island and its safety.  

Staten Island woman gives birth to quintuplets - 29 Dec 2008
New York, Dec 29 (ANI): A Staten Island woman has given birth to quintuplets... girls and one boy at Staten Island University Hospital.  "I'm still in shock... there at Staten Island Hospital was unbelievable," he added.  The healthy

Amy Winehouse collapses on St Lucia Island - 14 Feb 2009
London, Feb 14 (ANI): Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was rushed the hospital after she collapsed on the island of St Lucia.  The 25-year-old singer was in "a shaking mess" as she was rushed in.  She had been staying

Russia returns Chinese island after 79 years - 14 Oct 2008
of an island that was seized in 1929 by troops of the former Soviet Union during a border... a ceremony to unveil new boundary markers on Heixiazi (Bolshoi Ussuriysky) Island...) island which, like Heixiazi island, is at the confluence of the Heilong

Quake of slight intensity rocks Andaman Island - 01 Jan 2008
Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Oct 4 (ANI): A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale rocked Andaman Island early this morning.  According to the met department, the epicentre of the quake was located at a latitude

Quake of slight intensity rocks Andaman Island - 06 Oct 2008
Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Oct 4 (ANI): A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale rocked Andaman Island early this morning.  According to the met department, the epicentre of the quake was located at a latitude

Asking price for Kylie Minogue's island Beauciel reduced - 15 Dec 2008
Melbourne, Dec 15 (ANI): The asking price for an island owned by Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue and her family has been reduced after the original price did not attract buyers. The island, Beauciel, on Victoria's French Island, has

Pacific island may be the birthplace of the ancient Aztecs - 01 Jan 2008
Pacific coastal island called Mexcaltitan may be the place of origin of the ancient... to a report by the Cox News Service. According to legend, the Aztecs left an island... City.  There, they founded the legendary city of Tenochtitlan, an island city

Britney wants to live in a desert island to escape paparazzi - 01 Dec 2008
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Pop star Britney Spears has revealed that constant media attention makes her wish she could take her family to a desert island. ...: For The Record', the singer says, "'That would be heaven - to have my kids on an island

Government gets notice on plea to retrieve Kachchatheevu island - 05 Jan 2009
a 285-acre island in the Palk Strait off Rameshwaram from Sri Lanka. A bench... Indira Gandhi had ceded the Kachchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974 without... to the government to restore the rights of the fishermen to visit the island

India nominates Majuli Island for UNESCO World Heritage Site - 05 Feb 2008
The Indian government has lately nominated the Majuli Island in Jorhat district... to take note of the status related to the risk associated with the island...), an advisory body to UNESCO. Majuli Island Located on the middle of the mighty

Madge, Ritchie hunting for hideaway home in Italy's "island of dreams" - 01 Jan 2008
out for potential holiday hideaway on a remote island of Italy. According to the sources, the couple is hunting for a home on Linosa, called the "island... the island in June and took a tour of the island checking out potential holiday

Winehouse dating mystery man in Caribbean island - 31 Dec 2008
London, Dec 31 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse, who is recovering from bulimia on a Caribbean island, is getting cosy with a resort worker and spending maximum time with him. Thesun.co.uk reports that guests observed

Lankan refugees appeal to India to save Tamils in island nation - 16 Feb 2009
Dharmapuri, (TN), Feb 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan refugees on Monday appealed to the Indian Government to save Tamils in the island nation.  "We demand from India to save our people in Sri Lanka. We also demand an immediate

Kate Hudson names Lizard Island Resort most romantic place - 05 Jan 2009
Melbourne, Jan 5 (ANI): American actress Kate Hudson has named Lizard Island Resort on the Great Barrier Reef as "the most romantic place in the world". Hudson, who is promoting her first film Bride Wars, finds the place idyllic

Bali bombers executed in Indonesian island - 09 Nov 2008
on the Nusakambangan island off southern Java at midnight on Saturday. They all

Trapped water cause of regular tremors under Vancouver Island in Canada - 01 Jan 2009
) in Canada have attributed regular tremors under Vancouver Island to trapped... America's western coast from northern Vancouver Island to northern California... on the fault line - approximately 35 kilometers under Vancouver Island - has also seen

How removing cats devastated a World Heritage island in Australia - 13 Jan 2009
were considered an invasive species in the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island... from Macquarie in 2000, the island's rabbit population increased so much... substantial island-wide rabbit-induced vegetation change. By 2007, impacts on some

Mega-tsunami deposited giant coral boulders on Tonga's island - 01 Jan 2008
devastation on a remote tropical island of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean... boulders made of coral on the island of Tongatapu last year, which may represent..., the main island in the country of Tonga.  A survey of the sides of the volcano

Galactic 'tug of war' may create giant 'island universe' in deep space - 04 Mar 2009
, and merger into a giant 'island universe'. About 100 million light-years away... into a giant 'island universe', tens to hundreds of times as massive as our own Milky

NRI multimillionaire sentenced to three years in prison in Long Island slavery case - 01 Jan 2008
New York, June 28 (ANI): A Non-Resident Indian based in Long Island, New York has been sentenced to three years in prison for torturing two of his Indonesian... their Long Island mansion was postponed until July 11. (ANI) 

Jersey delegation returns to India to showcase Island's International Finance Centre - 16 Mar 2009
Mumbai, Mar 16 (ANI/Business Wire India): A delegation from the Channel Island....  Jersey is an Island close to the coast of northern France but still a part the British Crown.  The Island, which is a self-governing democracy, with one

Bowls used in 400 B.C. to snort hallucinogens discovered on Caribbean Sea Island - 26 Dec 2008
Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered three ancient bowls on the island of Carriacou in the Caribbean Sea, near Grenada in the Antilles... manufactured on Carriacou. So, the bowls must have come from another island

Unesco recommends India on river island Majuli - 21 Oct 2008
of the river island on the 2008 World Heritage list, recommended that a complete list of the 31 surviving Sattaras, or Vaishnavite monasteries, on the island be made.  'A complete list of the 31 surviving Sattaras on the island

Russia to return Yinlong, Heixiazi Island to China - 01 Jan 2008
to the agreement to be signed, Russia will return Yinlong Island (Tarabarov Island) and half of Heixiazi Island (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island). The islands

Applicants swamp island site for Australia's dream job - 14 Jan 2009
island on the Great Barrier Reef.   There have been more than a million

Janet Jackson leaves Island Def Jam label - just 14 months after working together - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): Popstar Janet Jackson has parted ways with label Island Def Jam, just after 14 months of working together. After years of working with Virgin label, Jackson had decided to work with Island and signed a deal

Torrential rains turn Tamil Nadu into an island - 28 Nov 2008
Chennai, Nov 28 (ANI): Heavy rains triggered off by the inching cyclone 'Nisha' towards the southern coast of India continued to lash Chennai and other places in Tamil Nadu.

'Long Island Lolita' Amy Fisher plans stripping tour - 18 Feb 2009
New York, February 18 (ANI): Porn star Amy Fisher has decided to hit the roads as a high-paid stripper. The 'Long Island Lolita', who served seven years in prison for shooting the wife of her lover in the face, revealed she

Branson's paradise island only place for Heather Mills to 'escape the hate' - 01 Jan 2008
with the business tycoon to be allowed to move to Necker Island, his 74-acre

Kerry Katona 'dons green bikini to flaunt toned self' in Canary Island - 20 Jan 2009
London, January 20 (ANI): Kerry Katona seemed to have stepped over her money troubles while enjoying her newly toned self in the Tenerife sunshine.

Winehouse confides in father as new love leaves - 12 Jan 2009
to the Caribbean island of St Lucia to comfort her daughter as her new lover has left the island. According to thesun.co.uk, her father Mitch wanted to meet the new man Josh Bowman but he left the island.   A source said: 'She has

Thousands in Kerala splash turmeric water to fight skin diseases - 17 Mar 2009
Mattancherry Island (Kerala), Mar 17 (ANI): Thousands of residents in Mattancherry Island of the state celebrate the festival by bathing in turmeric mixed water to get rid of skin diseases. People take out an effigy of God Kama

5.8-magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand - 22 Mar 2009
Wellington, March 22 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook much of New Zealand's North Island Sunday. The quake was centred just off the coast in the Bay of Plenty, about 210 km southeast of Auckland.  

Hindu prayer request denied in a Canadian legislative assembly - 13 Feb 2009
of Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly of Canada. Kathleen Casey, Assembly... Assembly with 27 members is the parliament of Prince Edward Island, responsible... issues. Prince Edward Island, setting for ‘Anne of Green Gables', is one

Winehouse plays football in St. Lucia - 03 Jan 2009
London, Jan 3 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse was spotted playing a bit of football in St. Lucia. She is on a holiday at the Caribbean island, reports... arrived on the island to give her company.  

Winehouse holidays with friends - 06 Jan 2009
London, Jan 6 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse flew five of her friends to the island of St Lucia. She spent close to 32,000 pounds to spend time with her friends, reports thesun.co.uk.   Winehouse paid for their first

Flood situation remains grim in Assam - 01 Jan 2008
Majuli Island, Sept 9 (ANI): Situation remains grim in Majuli in Assam, where thousands have been displaced by floods. Water has flooded the entire river island, affecting thousands of people and disrupting communications. Like

Winehouse rescues tourist on beach - 21 Jan 2009
London, Jan 21 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse rescued a tourist while holidaying in the Caribbean island of St Lucia. Thesun.co.uk reports that Louise Williams, 39, was taking sailing lessons and fell off when a six-foot wave

Agni-1 achieves full operational capabilities - 24 Mar 2008
Agni-1(A1), the nuclear capable surface to surface missile was successfully test fired from the Wheeler Island off Dhamra village on the coast of Orissa... Range at Island, the missile attained its desired distance of 700 km range

Fifty years after revolution Cuba facing serious challenges - 29 Dec 2008
of the revolution that installed the communist government, the Caribbean island nation... in 1959. And even as the island seeks to adapt itself to the age of the Internet... in the areas of education and health care, two of the Communist-ruled island's proudest

Winehouse's outrageous behaviour upsets tourist at St. Lucia - 09 Jan 2009
London, Jan 9 (IANS) Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse, who is holidaying on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, is increasingly becoming a nuisance... for a week, but other guests on the island are fed up of the singer.  

Illegal immigrants break out of detention centre in Italy - 25 Jan 2009
Rome, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of illegal immigrants broke out of an overcrowded detention centre in Italy's Lampedusa Island in protest against... end up there are free to move.  Lampedusa Island has been one

KT Tunstall ties the knot with drummer beau Luke Bullen - 01 Jan 2008
London, Sept 7 (ANI): Scottish singer songwriter KT Tunstall has tied the knot with her drummer boyfriend Luke Bullen on a remote Scottish island. ... booked out the Flodigarry Country House Hotel on the north east of the island

Dog drives owner's van; crashes into cafe's window - 21 Nov 2008
London, November 21 (ANI): Unlike most dogs, a mutt in Long Island apparently prefers going for a drive to walking with its owner.  Bentley, a portly... standing in a queue, he noticed his Ford van moving toward the Long Island shop

8,000 year-old axe head discovered in Ireland - 05 Apr 2009
Washington, April 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Derry and Donegal Archaeological Society have found an 8000 year-old axe head on Inch Island in Ireland. ... area of Inch Island and is believed to date from the Mesolithic or Middle Stone

India's Anjaan RJ among 'Best Job in the World' finalists - 03 Apr 2009
Melbourne, Apr 3 (ANI): India's Anjaan RJ has made it to the list of top 16 candidates for Queensland island's 'best job in the world'. Anjaan from Bangalore will fly down to Hamilton Island along with 15 other candidates on May 3

8,000 year-old axe head discovered in Ireland - 05 Apr 2009
Washington, April 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Derry and Donegal Archaeological Society have found an 8000 year-old axe head on Inch Island in Ireland. ... area of Inch Island and is believed to date from the Mesolithic or Middle Stone

Moderate earthquake hits Indonesia - 11 Nov 2008
Jakarta, Nov 11 (Xinhua) A moderate quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Sumatra Island Tuesday morning, but there were no reports of damage or casualty. According to Indonesian meteorological agency, the quake

Security beefed up in West Bengal ahead of Gangasagar fair - 09 Jan 2009
Sagar Island (West Bengal), Jan 9 (ANI): Authorities in West Bengal have beefed... the Sagar Island for a holy dip on the confluence of the river Ganges with the Bay...;The authorities at Sagar Island are busy making arrangements including security during

Yoga declared 'haram' in Malaysian state of Sarawak - 10 Dec 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Dec.10 (ANI): Yoga has been declared "haram" in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, which is one of two on the island of Borneo. Muslims in the state have been banned from practicing yoga in line with the edict issued

Sri Lankan MP seeks India's intervention to end conflict - 10 Feb 2009
Coimbatore, Feb 10 (ANI): Sri Lankan MP Srikantha has demanded India's intervention to end the 25-year-long civil war in the island nation.  "India should take steps to stop war in Sri Lanka. And if the government failed, we are left

Indonesia sandslide buries 25 miners - 31 Oct 2008
Jakarta, Oct 31 (Xinhua) At least 25 sand miners were buried in a sandslide in the country's eastern Sulawesi Island, the health ministry said Friday. The head of crisis centre Rustam Pakaya said the mishap occurred Thursday when

World's oldest animal 'may be a phoney' - 03 Feb 2009
London, December 29 (ANI): A giant tortoise thought to be the world's oldest animal, living on a remote British island since Napoleon's time, may be a phoney... been created following the tradition among the Atlantic island territory

India sends medical aid to Sri Lanka - 09 Mar 2009
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): India on Monday dispatched medical aid to Sri Lanka to provide assistance to the civilians displaced in the island war. Twenty... (17 sq miles) in the Indian Ocean island's northeastern shore, aiming

Troops capture strategic LTTE bastion: Sri Lanka - 17 Nov 2008
Colombo, Nov 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops Monday captured another strategic bastion of the Tamil Tigers in the island's north, the defence ministry said Monday... in the island's northern tip.  'Troops ... have entered the Mankulam

Heather Mills brands Caribbean move claims 'totally made up' - 06 Oct 2008
rumours claiming that she is planning to move to a Caribbean island owned by British... home on Branson's exclusive Necker Island - in a bid to ward off the press... to Necker Island) have been lovely? Where was my daughter supposed to have gone

Heather Mills brands Caribbean move claims 'totally made up' - 01 Jan 2008
rumours claiming that she is planning to move to a Caribbean island owned by British... home on Branson's exclusive Necker Island - in a bid to ward off the press... to Necker Island) have been lovely? Where was my daughter supposed to have gone

'Alien' creature near New York sends speculators into frenzy - 01 Jan 2008
New York, July 31 (ANI): Photographs of a dead mysterious "creature" spotted at a Long Island beach near New York has set online speculations working full time... around the world.  Dubbed the Montauk Monster after the Long Island town

Hollywood pal Vinnie Jones emerges as Gazza's saviour - 22 Jan 2009
and taking him to a deserted island.  The Hollywood actor hopes his reality show... and do "man's work" with Gazza on the desert island.  Vinnie would film his

Three killed in Philippines ambush - 06 Apr 2009
in the southern Philippine island of Basilan Monday, police said. The victims... island. 

Plane crash in Canada kills seven - 17 Nov 2008
Ottawa, Nov 17 (Xinhua) Seven people were killed when a light aircraft crashed on an island off Canada's western British Columbia province, officials said... by the Canadian Coast Guard on the beach of Thormanby Island, the centre said.  

Passenger ferry sinks in Philippines early morning - 12 Jul 2007
Untitled Document July 12: 12 people got killed and other 100 went missing when today an inter island passenger ferry sank in Sibuyan Sea off South-East Philippines coast while sailing to island of Masbate. Almost 256 people were

Scientists to drill into a crack in the edge of the world - 01 Jan 2008
Wellington, July 18 (ANI): An international consortium of scientists is preparing to drill into a crack in the edge of the world - the South Island's Alpine... large areas of the South Island in a magnitude 8 quake. By drilling a hole

"Megathrust" quake could hit Asia 'at any time' - 04 Dec 2008
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): A new research has suggested that a devastating "megathrust" earthquake could occur at any time off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Using GPS, field measurements, radar data and seismological records, a team

Eric Clapton says he can rid Gazza of his booze addiction - 01 Jan 2008
London, Sep 23 (ANI): Reformed rock star Eric Clapton wants booze-soaked Paul Gascoigne to dry out at his island rehab clinic. The guitarist, who has beaten heroin and alcohol addictions, is horrified by the plight of drunken Gazza

Ruins may be Viking hunting outpost in Greenland - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, July 30 (ANI): Ruins recently discovered on Greenland may be the Vikings' most northerly year-round hunting outpost on the icy island. According to Knut Espen Solberg, leader of 'The Melting Arctic' project mapping changes

Winehouse falls for yet another man - 20 Jan 2009
London, Jan 20 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse, recovering on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, has fallen for yet another man even as that angers her... saying: 'He is very good looking.'   Winehose has been on the island

Winehouse shifts to St Lucia villa - 26 Jan 2009
London, Jan 26 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse has moved to a villa on the Caribbean island of St Lucia to start her romance with a new man who... pictures of her getting intimate with rugby player Josh Bowman on the island

Three killed in US plane crash - 21 Oct 2008
in Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles, officials said. Los Angeles County... into flames after it crashed near the runway of the island's airport.  

Prehistoric mega tsunami deposited giant boulders in Tonga - 04 Feb 2009
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that seven huge irregular boulders in an island in Tonga were deposited by a prehistoric... the shoreline on the island of Tongatapu in the southwest Pacific.  In 2007, Frohlich

Brit job-seekers crash 'best job in the world Oz site' - 13 Jan 2009
in the world"- a caretaker for an Aussie island.  Tourism Queensland in Australia is looking for a caretaker for Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef

Amy Fisher starring in 'explicit' pornographic pay-per-view special - 22 Jan 2009
New York, Jan 22 (ANI): American woman Amy Fisher, also known as "Long Island Lolita", is starring in an "explicit" pornographic pay-per-view special called, "Amy Fisher: Totally Nude and Exposed". According to Fleshbot.com, Fisher

'Happy Days' to make comeback as X-rated film - 16 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): After giving 'The Munsters', 'Gilligan's Island' and 'The Brady Bunch' the X-rated treatment, Hustler film bosses are now ready to sex up beloved TV sitcom 'Happy Days'. Hustler film bosses are ready to give

Atlantic Ocean observatory to solve mysterious irregularity of Earth's magnetic field - 30 Nov 2008
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): A newly developed observatory on a remote island.... The new geomagnetic observatory is located on the island of Tristan da Cunha and was inaugurated on November 14 by the island's roughly 300 inhabitants

Obama urged to end Bush's Cuba embargo - 11 Dec 2008
island. Dissident leader Tomas Bilbao and former US diplomat Wayne Smith, told... embargo, Cuban Americans can pay one visit to the island every three years... in Washington's policy toward the island, according to recent surveys. 

Cuba's hurricanes damage estimated at more than $10 bn - 13 Nov 2008
in three hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean island in the past three... that left a trail of destruction across the island, killing scores of people..., and the Ike, which crossed the island from east to west Sep 7-9 -- were more

Indo-Lanka high level talks to resolve ethnic Tamils issue today - 26 Oct 2008
to resolve the issue of ethnic Tamils in the island nation will be held here today... community in the island nation.  Earlier, the Union Government had said... serious concern were raised over deteriorating humanitarian situation in the island

Sri Lankan Navy on alert to prevent Prabhakaran from fleeing - 11 Jan 2009
Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran from fleeing the island, the state television... of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is expected to flee the island... not be allowed to escape from the island.  

Chavez offer base for Russian strategic bombers - 14 Mar 2009
Russia the use of an island of his country for temporary hosting of Russian long... a whole island with an airfield that we can use for temporary basing of strategic..., the island ... could be used by the Russian Air Force,' Zhikharev told journalists

Tamil Nadu assembly demands truce, talks in Sri Lanka - 12 Nov 2008
and also an immediate ceasefire in the island nation. 'It has been... of Tamils (in the island's north) since the other (LTTE) side has offered to do... weapons' supply to the island nation.   A former president of the Tamil

Military operation to disarm LTTE, Rajapaksa tells Manmohan (With Manmohan asks Rajapaksa to ensur - 18 Oct 2008
Colombo, Oct 18 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday, said the military operation in the island's north was to 'disarm the LTTE and restore democracy

Sheepdogs shepherd endangered penguins in Australia - 05 Jan 2009
of fairy penguins on a small south-coast Australian island that conservationists... to see some great results,' said Middle Island Maremma Project manager Ian... counted in one night and I think we have about 26 chicks on the island too

Flood situation grim in Assam, some improvement in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Majuli (Assam), Sept 7 (ANI): The flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim with the river island Majuli being the worst affected. Life is still at a standstill for people in the state and communications too have been badly

Archaeological evidence reveals existence of the real Robinson Crusoe - 30 Oct 2008
to the existence of a sailor on a small tropical island in the Pacific in 1704..., was marooned on the island of Aguas Buenas (now renamed Robinson Crusoe Island), in 1704... existence on the island. The most compelling evidence is the discovery

Ten JI terrorists planning Bali nightclub type bombings arrested in Indonesia - 01 Jan 2008
a terrorist plot to bomb a cafe on Indonesia's Sumatra Island.  Nine... the suspects arrested on the Indonesian Island this week. According to the police... island of Bali in 2005. The 'teacher' was arrested in South Sumatra on Saturday

Antarctic Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread - 01 Jan 2008
of the ice bridge connecting the shelf to Charcot Island. Since the connection to the island helps to stabilise the ice shelf, it is likely the break-up... of 500 to 700 km sq. in addition being lost if the bridge to Charcot Island

Winehouse gets closer to Bowman - 07 Jan 2009
London, Jan 7 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse is all over aspiring British actor Joshua Bowman as they have been seen snuggling up on a holiday at the Caribbean island of St Lucia. The 25-year-old looked smitten as she wrapped her

LTTE's strategic naval bastion falls to Sri Lanka army - 15 Nov 2008
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka Saturday claimed that its advancing troops had entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' naval bastion of Pooneryn in the island's north. 'Troops of the Army Task Force 1 have entered the LTTE bastion

Indian fishermen held in Sri Lanka may be released soon - 21 Nov 2008
Chennai, Nov 21 (IANS) Seventeen Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka for fishing close to the island's shores Nov 18 may be released soon, the central government has informed Tamil Nadu. Union Minister of State for External Affairs

Indian PM's secretary meets Sri Lankan president - 26 Mar 2009
Colombo, March 26 (IANS) Principal secretary to the Indian prime minister T.K.A. Nair, on a four-day visit to the island nation, met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here Thursday. Nair arrived in Colombo on the invitation

Two ULFA militants killed in Jorhat gunfight - 26 Feb 2009
Jorhat, Feb 26 (ANI): Two suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants were killed on Thursday morning in a gunfight with a joint police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team in Assam's Majuli Island. "Acting

23 Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka - 02 Apr 2009
Colombo, April 2 (IANS) At least 23 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy off Thalaimannar island when they were illegally fishing in the nation's territorial waters, an official said Thursday. Acting Navy

Major earthquake strikes off Vanuatu - 07 Nov 2008
Wellington, Nov 7 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck off the South Pacific island country of Vanuatu Friday, the US Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage

Woman gives birth on plane, then leaves baby behind - 20 Mar 2009
Wellington, March 19 (DPA) A woman gave birth Thursday during a flight to Auckland from Apia on the Pacific island of Samoa and then left the baby behind when she got off the plane, news reports said. An Auckland Airport spokeswoman