Asian News International back issues from June 2009:
The Obamas welcomed by Broadway audience in New York.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New York, June 1 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle made their first visit to New York City on Saturday to enjoy a Broadway play, and received standing ovation from the audience before the show started. Joe Turner's Come and Gone ...
Pranab Mukherjee to begin pre-budget talks from today.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will begin pre-budget consultations with different groups from today. Mukherjee will hold consultations with trade and industry bodies like the FICCI, the CII, the ASSOCHAM and the FIEO, ...
Delhi University begins admission process on Monday.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Admission process for the Delhi University will begin on Monday morning with the sale of common admission forms being made available at various outlets for students seeking admission in colleges. Delhi University has taken various ...
15th Lok Sabha's first session begins on Monday.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): The first session of 15th Lok Sabha starts Monday morning with the first two days of Parliament kept for newly elected members to take oath followed by election of the Speaker on June 3. The first person to be administered oath ...
New iPhone application lets you email while you walk.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Even people considered to be multi-tasking may find it difficult to type an email using a mobile phone while walking, but a new iPhone application is now here to make it child's play. Email 'n' Walk from Phase 2 Media can make it ...
Prince Harry 'never thought flying would be so tough'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Speaking for the first time about his helicopter training, Prince Harry has confessed that flying is tougher than he ever thought it to be. In a candid interview, the Royal has revealed that he faces difficulties when it comes to the ...
Ex-IPKF general hints at Indian complicity in killing of 20,000 Lankan Tamils.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): A former major general of the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) that was sent to Sri Lanka to rein in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam in the middle 1980s, has accused the Indian Government of complicity in the killing of an estimated ...
Indian protestors 'ramrodded', 'punched' by Aussie police during peaceful sit-in.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne, Jun 1 (ANI): Indian protesters, who were demonstrating against the recent racist attacks on Indian students, were ramrodded by security personnel during the overnight blockade of Melbourne's city streets. Protesters accused the Victoria Police ...
Now, 'Clone' faces in real time to better understand human behaviour.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have come up with a new technique to clone facial expressions in real time during live conversations, which they say may be helpful in understanding what influences people's ...
Alcohol can make cars more climate-friendly.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): Test results on a novel ethanol-assisted engine by the Ford Motor Company have indicated that alcohol can make automobiles more climate-friendly. According to a report in New Scientist, the unit, called a direct-injection ethanol ...
Moderate alcohol drinking 'reduces gallstone risk'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Researchers in the UK have suggested that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol protects against the development of gallstones. Analysis of data from 25,000 men and women showed that consuming two units a day cuts the chance of ...
Bullet-proof cars more pressing need than national security for Pak Ministers.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Islamabad, June 1 (ANI): Instead of discussing national security, Pakistani ministers spent their time asking Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to provide them with bullet-proof vehicles and security escorts during a recent meeting on the issue. "This ...
New York's Manhattan to become 'Stonehenge' two times in summer.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): The Manhattan area in the city of New York is all set to become a modern day Stonehenge, not once, but two times in the summer. According to a report in Live Science, for 15 minutes around sunset on two days this summer, the sun ...
Results for 3 Assembly by-polls to be declared by Monday afternoon.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): The counting of votes for the three State Assembly by-polls in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Tripura, is being held on Monday amidst tight security. The results for all the three State Assemblies by-polls are likely to be declared by ...
Susan Boyle suffers 'emotional breakdown' after 'Britain's Got Talent' loss.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle had an 'emotional breakdown' after losing out in the show's grand final. According to sources, the singer was rushed to Priory clinic suffering from exhaustion. "I was having a ...
Babysitting whales look after calves while mums go snacking.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have discovered that there are babysitters in whale populations as well, which look after the young ones of mother whales while they go hunt for food. According to a report in New Scientist, Shane Gero of ...
Silvio Berlusconi offers 'cruises and seaside holidays' to earthquake victims.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced "cruises and seaside holidays" for those rendered homeless by the earthquake that hit the country last month. The earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale had left 299 ...
Ex-IPKF general accuses India of killing 20,000 Lankan Tamils.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): A former major general of the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) that was sent to Sri Lanka to rein in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam in the middle 1980s, has accused the Indian Government of complicity in the killing of an estimated ...
MMA's regime helped Taliban expand it s writ in NWFP, FATA: Hussain.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Lahore, Jun.1 (ANI): The North West Frontier Province Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain has blamed the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal's (MMA) five year regime for helping the Taliban flourish and expand its writ in the province and the Federally Administered Tribal ...
New Tomato pill can protect against heart disease, stroke.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): A pill made from a compound found in tomato skin can help save lives of heart disease and stroke patients, say researchers. Scientists from Biotech firm Cambridge Theranostics have found that lycopene, the antioxidant red compound in ...
BP drug found to be effective against liver disease.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): A blood pressure drug has been found to be effective in reducing liver scarring in hepatitis C patients, according to Newcastle University researchers. They showed that losartan, a drug normally prescribed for hypertension, could ...
Government keen to pass Right to Education bill in July.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said that the Central Government is keen to pass the Right to Education bill in the ensuing budget session of the parliament. Speaking at an Education Fair hosted by the country's ...
Protest against religious ceremony of Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Jalandhar.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Jalandhar, June 1 (ANI): Members of the Sikh community staged a mass protest against a congregation of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect here on Sunday. Trouble began when a follower of Dera Sacha Sauda sect, which combines social work with spirituality, ...
Hair cells may revolutionise inherited diseases' treatments.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Creating healthy cells from flakes of skin and strands of hair plucked from patients, a team of U.S.-based scientists have made a big leap towards developing a potential treatment for a rare inherited disease. Juan-Carlos Izpisua ...
Huge cache of ammunition recovered in Poonch.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Poonch (J-K) June 1 (ANI): Personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles, a para military force deployed in Kashmir, unearthed a huge cache of arms including explosives, detonators and other ammunition from a militant hideout in Poonch on Sunday. Acting on a tip ...
Al-Qaeda shaken by drone strikes in Pak: US officials.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, Jun.1 (ANI): The missile strikes being carried out by US drones has unsettled Al-Qaeda and other terror groups operating the tribal belt along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, US intelligence and military officials have claimed. They believe ...
Iran shuts border point with Pakistan following mosque attack.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Quetta (Pakistan), June 1 (ANI): In the wake of recent attack on a mosque that killed 25 people in the border city of Zahedan, Iran has decided to close the zero point along the Pak-Iran border. As a result, bilateral trade and movement of the people have ...
Megan Fox to replace Angelina Jolie in new Tomb Raider movie?
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne, June 1 (ANI): Megan Fox is being considered to play a young Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider movie. Angelina Jolie starred in the first two Tomb Raider films in 2001 and 2003, but movie bosses will replace the 33-year-old with a younger star for ...
Prime Minister hopes for "new beginning".
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): As the first session of 15th Lok Sabha starts today, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope of a "new beginning" and that Parliament would be allowed to run smoothly. Talking to reporters before entering ...
Perak Government to resolve problems of 28,000 Malay Sikhs.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Ipoh (Malaysia), June 1 (ANI): The government in Malaysia's Perak state has pledged to overcome the woes of the 28,000-strong Sikh community. According to the New Strait Times, the areas where assistance will be extended include substance abuse problems ...
Oz PM Rudd is a "psycho chook", says senator.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Canberra (Australia), June 1 (ANI): An Australian senator-Barnaby Joyce - has described Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as a "psycho chook" with peculiar habits, while another senator-Mark Arbib - admits Rudd is no Mother Teresa. Some 18 months after the 2007 ...
Halle Berry in talks to star in 'The Surrogate'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Halle Berry is in negotiations to star in the thriller 'The Surrogate,' based on the 2004 novel by Kathryn Mackel. The 20th Century Fox project is to be directed by Paul Verhoeven, reports the China Daily. The story ...
Hospital beds-tracking computer software may help fight superbug infections.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Health experts at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland are using a computer program that they believe can help fight superbug-related infections. The ExtraMed Beds program allows can help monitor cases of diseases such as MRSA and ...
Skeleton of ancient woman uncovered in California parking lot.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): Construction workers have unearthed by accident, a skeleton of a woman thousands of years old, under the parking lot near Cannery Row in Monterey, California. According to a report in the Monterey County Herald, the human remains ...
Last Titanic survivor dies aged 97.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic has died at the age of 97. According to the BBC, Dean died at the care home in Hampshire where she lived. She was just nine weeks old when the liner ...
Satyam appoints new boss for ANZ.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne, Jun.1 (ANI): Satyam Computers has appointed Venki Prathivadi as country manager for Satyam Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) replacing Deepak Nangia. The India based IT company has also appointed former chief information officer Vijay Prasad as ...
16 of the world's most wanted living in Australia.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne (Australia), June 1 (ANI): Sixteen of the world's most wanted killers, sex predators, and fraudsters are hiding out in Australia, according to the police. International law enforcement agencies believe they are 120 internationally sought after ...
Novel surgery technique offers new hope for cervical cancer patients.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Survival rates among cervical cancer patients may be improved by as much as 20 per cent by making subtle changes to major surgery, researchers in Germany suggest. Writing in The Lancet Oncology, University of Leipzig researcher ...
'I am not an Ashes traitor,' says Buchanan.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne, June 1 (ANI): Former coach John Buchanan has denied suggestions that he had sold out Australian cricket by meeting with English officials last week. London's Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday that Buchanan had met with the English hierarchy ...
Symonds axed from Australia A team.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne, June 1 (ANI): All rounder Andrew Symonds' fall from grace appears to be complete with his omission from an Australia A side to take on Pakistan A in several matches in Queensland this winter. Symonds and fellow veteran Brad Hodge were both ...
Genes linked with testicular cancer identified.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified genes that put men at three fold risk of developing testicular cancer. The researchers have uncovered variation around two genes associated with ...
Twilight sweeps MTV movie awards winning 5 gongs.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): Twilight swept away the MTV movie awards by winning five gongs, including the Best Film. The vampire love story won the awards for Breakthrough Performance (Male) and Best Female Performance and Best Kiss. Actor Robert ...
The Simpsons may be encouraging youngsters to take up smoking.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Melbourne, June 1 (ANI): Popular animated sitcom 'The Simpsons' could be encouraging young people to take up smoking with the "large number" of tobacco-related scenes it has, say researchers. In a new study, researchers watched 400 episodes of the popular ...
Malaysia's Indian Progressive Front seeks Vellu's help to join Barisan.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Kuala Lumpur, June 1 (ANI): The Indian Progressive Front (IPF) plans to meet Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu to seek his cooperation in bringing the party into the fold of the Barisan Nasional. According to The Star, IPF acting ...
18.5M viewers watched Susan Boyle lose on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): A whopping 18.5 million people tuned in to ITV to watch Susan Boyle lose to dance group Diversity on 'Britain's Got Talent' on May 30, early figures revealed. In what could be called as the shocking victory for many, the 11-strong ...
Australia to test Twenty20 form against Bangladesh: Haddin.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Australia is keen to gauge their Twenty20 form in Monday's warm-up against Bangladesh, claimed wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. The sides meet at Trent Bridge. The Australians will have another practice match against New Zealand at The Oval ...
New drug olaparib may hold promise for women with genetic breast cancer.(Clinical report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): A new drug called olaparib may help thousands of women suffering from genetic breast cancer, if results of the first tests on patients are to be believed. The researchers behind the study tested the drug on 54 women with advanced ...
Daniel Radcliffe says there is nothing sexy about doing sex scenes in films.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Daniel Radcliffe says there is nothing sexy about doing intimate scenes in films. The Harry Potter star's on-screen 'first time' was three years ago, aged 16, for the film December Boys, with Teresa Palmer. And the actor ...
Sri Lankan Tamil lawmaker seeks amnesty for surrendered LTTE.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Chennai, June 1 (ANI): R Sambandan, a lawmaker of Sri Lanka now on a visit to India has sought amnesty for surrendered Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The leader of Tamil Nationalist Alliance said this while speaking to mediapersons here on ...
Forest guards in Assam being trained to tackle poaching menace.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Guwahati, June 1 (ANI): Authorities in Assam are imparting high-tech training to the rangers and other forest guards with an aim to counter the menace of poaching. The two-day training sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was conduced at Rajiv ...
Ancelotti takes up 50 million pound job with Chelsea.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Former A C Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has accepted a 50 million pound assignment with Chelsea, which is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. The Italian coach, 49, has been tasked with the responsibility of bringing the ...
Beckham says Chelsea lucky to get Ancelotti.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): England football star David Beckham has said that Chelsea are lucky to have former A C Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti as their next boss. "With Carlo Ancelotti leaving AC Milan, it is the end of an era, the end of some extraordinary ...
When Megan Fox thrilled navy men on battleship.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): Megan Fox brought a wave of excitement among navy men when she boarded a battleship carrier for the shooting of her latest film 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'. Her co-star Shia LaBeouf said that the brunette beauty, ...
Dustin Hoffman wonders why he 'never married Barbra Streisand'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Dustin Hoffman has said that he always wonders why he and Barbra Streisand never got hitched despite constantly crossing paths since they were young. The Hollywood star has been happily married for 28 years with lawyer Lisa Gottsegen ...
Music eases circumcision pain.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, June 1 (ANI): A new research has suggested that music can help alleviate pain and provide therapeutic benefits for babies undergoing common medical procedures, including circumcision. It is believed that playing music helps calm babies and ...
Enjoy world's most expensive curry in London for 2,000 pounds.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, Jun 1 (ANI): The world's most expensive curry has been launched in London, and it costs 2,000 pounds a portion. The curry, named Samundari Khazana, or Seafood Treasure, is a mix of caviar, sea snails, a whole lobster and even edible gold. ...
Carla Bruni, Hugh Jackman top Celebrity Hat Wearers list.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): French First Lady Carla Bruni has topped the list of celebrity hat wearers among the females. The former model and singer has beaten the Queen to make it to the top of list, reports British tabloid The Sun. On the other ...
Pak aid must be supervised by World Bank trust to prevent misuse: US analyst.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Washington, Jun.1 (ANI): The billions of dollars which is being showered on Pakistan to carry out development projects must be accompanied with a World Bank (WB) administered Trust Fund to prevent it being from misused, and to ensure that the aid does not land in the ...
Kylie Minogue, Andres Velencoso to buy beachside villa in Spain.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, Jun 1 (ANI): Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue and her model boyfriend Andres Velencoso are set to sign a contract on a beachside villa in Spain, it has emerged. Minogue, 41, and Velencoso are said to be in final negotiations for a property in the ...
Twitter to be used for a psychic test on users.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London, June 1 (ANI): Thousands of Twitter users will test their psychic powers in the first scientific experiment to be conducted via the social messaging service. Experts will use the website to investigate "remote viewing"-the psychic ability to ...
BHU researchers discover curative properties of silver nanoparticles.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Banaras, June 1 (ANI): Researchers at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have discovered the curative properties of silver nanoparticles that show potential in prevention of blood clots, that might open a whole new world for treatment of heart patients. ...
'Thank you, I don't need this certificate'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI London: We people of Jammu and Kashmir are occupied because we are divided; and are not sure what we want as a nation. To make matters worse we are led by a bunch of people presented to us as leaders who are selfish and egocentric, and who clearly lack vision, ...
Gujarat marine police gets ultra modern vessel.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Jamnagar, June 1 (ANI): The Marine Police in Gujarat procured a state-of-the-art and bullet proof interceptor security vessel for patrolling the coastline. This 12 tons vessel is equipped with ultra modern navigation and GPS (Global Positioning System) ...
Self-help group prepares incense stick in Tamil Nadu.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI Hosur (Tamil Nadu), June 1 (ANI): A group of women in Hosur of Tamil Nadu have formed a Self-Help Group (SGH) and are preparing incense sticks to earn their livelihood. The women's SHG started preparing these sticks after obtaining a bank loan of rupees ...
Social scientist Friedrich Engels dubbed 'sexual predator' in new book.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANI New York, June 1 (ANI): Renowned social scientist Friedrich Engels has been dubbed a 'sexual predator' in a new biography. "Marx's General" by Tristram Hunt reveals that Engels loved hookers and hated homosexuals. Hunt said that Engels, who ...