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Diamonds hint at earliest life

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:07:35 +0000

Tiny slivers of diamond forged on an infant Earth may contain the earliest traces of life, a study has shown. Analysis of the crystals showed they contain a form of carbon often associated with plants and...

Oldest women hit hard by dementia

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:53:50 +0000

Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, Californian research suggests. The analysis of more than 900 people aged 90 or over, published in the journal Neurology, found it was far less likely in men of the same...

Mental risk of Facebook teens

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:52:55 +0000

Children growing up alongside the rise of social networking websites may have a “potentially dangerous” view of the world, says a leading psychiatrist. Dr Himanshu Tyagi said sites such as Facebook and MySpace may be...

Firefox download record official

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:23 +0000

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for web browser Firefox 3.0 took place in...

BBC NEWS Technology Google must divulge YouTube log

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:56 +0000

Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google’s legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright...

Warning letters to filesharers

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:02 +0000

Virgin Media has sent about 800 letters to customers warning them that they should not be downloading illegal music files via file-sharing sites. It is part of a 10-week campaign it is running in conjunction with the BPI to “educate”...

Tackling Qingdaos invading algae

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:46:07 +0000

Young recruits from the People’s Liberation Army threw off their shoes and stood knee-deep in the thick green algae that has overwhelmed the Qingdao coastline.

Some had shovels, others used pitchforks, but mostly they worked with their hands to tear up great lumps of the heavy, sodden weed.

More than 10,000 of the recruits have been deployed.

Frustrations boil over in Mongolia

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:30:16 +0000

With deep rural roots, a strong leadership and an 87-year history, the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party is the most powerful political force in this country.

But as of Wednesday, it was homeless.

The bulky, Communist-era headquarters of the MPRP was gutted by fire on Tuesday after a day of heavy rioting in the capital. Hour by hour, floor by floor, the flames climbed up into the building until there was nothing left to burn.

The incident started in the early afternoon when the Democratic Party, angered at apparently losing an election over the weekend, marched on the MPRP building.

China confirms Tibet envoy talks

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:28:49 +0000

Du Qinglin, of the Communist Party’s United Work Front Department, told the envoys that the door to dialogue was “always open”, Xinhua news agency said.

But he said the Dalai Lama should not support “violent criminal activities”.

Beijing accuses the exiled leader of orchestrating anti-China protests that erupted in Tibet in March.

Students stabbed and set alight

Nishant — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:08:13 +0000

The bodies of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were found in a ground-floor flat in New Cross, south-east London, on Sunday night. They had suffered a total of 243 stab wounds to the head, neck and chest before being set alight. The...