The Hindustan Times back issues from Tuesday, February 19:
Monkey's 'jumping genes' could pave way for new HIV treatments
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Researchers at University College London (UCL) have discovered the mechanism by which retroviruses like HIV can travel between species and also the biological mechanisms behind the 'jumping ...
Dads who smoke and drink can cause birth defects in future generation
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Men who smoke and drink excessively may be endangering the health of not only their baby, but also that of future generations, say scientists. Scientists have revealed that excessive ...
70-mln yr old 'Giant frog from hell' that ate dinos identified
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Scientists have discovered the fossil of a 70 million year old frog that ate the young ones of dinosaurs, in Madagascar, which indicates that India, South America and Madagascar were linked when ...
Macca and Mills' divorce deal not settled yet
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have failed to reach an agreement in their divorce battle and now the judge will impose a settlement on the warring couple. This means rumours the couple ...
Foreign observers satisfied over Pak poll process
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Feb. 19 -- Foreign observers, ambassadors and analysts have expressed satisfaction over the poll process in Pakistan. According to the Daily Times, observers said Pakistan's polling process is not ...
PM to campaign in Tripura today
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Agartala, Feb. 19 -- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will campaign in Tripura today ahead of the February 23 Assembly elections. Dr. Singh will address a public meeting at Udaipur near Agartala. The ...
Kate Winslet's red dress sold for £20,000
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- A dress designed for Kate Winslet has been sold at an auction for 20,000 pounds. The 'Titanic' star sold the Vivienne Westwood creation in an effort to raise funds for Cardboard Citizens, ...
MIT researchers create gecko inspired waterproof bandage
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Researchers in the US have created a waterproof adhesive bandage inspired by the sticky surface of a gecko lizard's paws. MIT researchers and colleagues say that the bandage could soon ...
'Chinese, Indians eating more meat, driving global grain shortage'
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- The leader of Britain's largest opposition party has told British farmers that the current global shortage of grains is partly being caused by Chinese and Indians eating more meat than ...
67 gravitationally lensed galaxies discovered in the distant Universe
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Paris, Feb. 19 -- Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered 67 gravitationally lensed galaxies in the distant Universe. A team of European astronomers led by Jean-Paul Kneib and ...
AEC chief Kakodkar confident of clinching nuke deal with US
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, Feb. 19 -- Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar has expressed confidence about clinching the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Addressing a training programme of officers of the Department of ...
Promiscuity is the key to perfect harmony in yellow jacket wasps
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Promiscuity is a good thing in the world of yellow jackets (a type of predatory wasps), says a researcher from Georgia Institute of Technology who found that though the queens have multiple sex ...
Estranged Coles' to meet today
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Chelsea star Ashley Cole will come face to face with wife Cheryl tonight in what is predicted to be a showdown talk on their marriage. According to The Sun, Cheryl is expected to reveal her ...
German website promotes a topless Lara Bingle again
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Feb. 19 -- Australian cricket captain-in-waiting Michael Clarke's girlfriend Lara Bingle is back in the news, but not about something of her own choosing. A German web site for the GQ magazine has ...
Car exhaust fumes may damage the heart
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Breathing car exhaust fumes can trigger heart disease and increase the risk of strokes, say researchers. The study found that the chemicals released during the burning of petrol and other ...
UK lad brainwashed by dad to love Osama, Abu Hamza
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Terrorist Parvis Khan is reported to have threatened his five-year-old son with a broom handle till he declared his love for Osama Bin Laden. Khan, caged yesterday for plotting to kidnap a ...
Pak polls, a step towards civilian democracy: US
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- The United States has said that the parliamentary election in Pakistan should be seen as an important step towards introducing civilian democracy in that country. "We are pleased that ...
Popular leaders' defeated in Pak elections
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Feb. 19 -- Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein and the former Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed were defeated in elections in their respective constituencies. According ...
Ex-IITian unveils filters to enhance data transmission for optical networks
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has announced the conception of a potentially perfect way to sort and distribute the massive amounts of data that travel daily over ...
With malls, multiplexes, Ghaziabad is the new boomtown
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Ghaziabad, Feb. 19 -- A new world of malls, multi-screen theatres, multi-starred hotels and corporate hubs, all in a radius of four to five kilometres, has come up in Ghaziabad, the new boomtown bordering east ...
Now, a process to convert chemical energy into movement
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- A team of Japanese researchers has found a way to convert chemical energy into movement by surfing some pieces of papers on chemical waves, which might eventually help to transport small devices or ...
Natural selection can act on human culture too
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes, says a new study which shows that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a different rate than other ...
Naomi Watts and beau house hunting Down Under
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Naomi Watts and her actor boyfriend Liev Schreiber are looking for a family holiday home in Australia. The couple and their 7-month-old son Alexander were spotted viewing property in ...
Farmers in Maharashtra hope for mega bonanza in forthcoming budget
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Feb. 19 -- Farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, ahead of the annual general budget, harbour huge expectations from Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. Vidarbha, near Nagpur is ...
Scientists shed new light on consciousness
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- An international team of scientists says that it has made a significant advance in the understanding of conscious perception by discerning how single neurons in the human brain react to ...
Hopelessness lingers even though medication improves depression
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- People taking antidepressants for fighting the blues typically see a lot of improvements in their symptoms, one area that lags behind in this is a sense of hopefulness, says a new ...
Lindsay Lohan goes nude to recreate Marilyn Monroe's poses
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has posed nude for the latest issue of New York magazine, recreating Marilyn Monroe's most famous photo spreads. The Mean Girls star bared all in the latest ...
The after-effect of Britney Spears' buzz cut and tattoos
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- It has been a year since Britney Spears got her buzz cut and tattoos, but the antics which took place in Feb 16 2007 has left the two owners whose stores she visited, still reeling from the ...
Fifth National Winter Games start in Gulmarg
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Gulmarg, Feb. 19 -- The Fifth National Winter Games kicked off here with over 500 sportspersons are taking part. The five-day event is also aimed at giving a fillip to tourism in the state. "It is ...
Indian firm to train engineers for Chinese IT city
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- China's upcoming IT city of Wuxi has signed an agreement with India's National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) for training and creating a pool of software engineers. A NIIT ...
Now, a transportation technology for ultra-small cargoes
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Japanese researchers have developed a new transportation technology for moving ultra-small cargoes in the coming generation of micromachines and laboratories-on-a-chip. Kenichi Yoshikawa ...
Haddin, Johnson pull out of IPL
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Feb. 19 -- Australian international cricketers Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson have opted against joining the lucrative Indian Premier League to concentrate on their fledgling careers with the national ...
Burma to attend India's DEFEXPO
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Yangon, Feb. 19 -- Burma will send an official delegation to the DEFEXPO being held in New Delhi. The arms show will present the Burmese military junta with an opportunity to negotiate new arms contracts, ...
Opposition victory signals rise in Pakistan stocks
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, Feb. 19 -- Pakistan's business community Tuesday celebrated the opposition victory in the country's general elections with a 413-point surge in the leading stock market in morning trade. Outgoing ...
Experience, not genetics, affects musicians' neural responses to music
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- A music cognition researcher at the University of Arkansas has unearthed evidence that practice, training and experience, rather than genetic predisposition, affect a musician's brain responses ....
Selma Blair's mom wants her to work in Dunkin' Donuts
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- American actress Selma Blair's mom keeps on asking her when she will be returning home to work in Dunkin' Donuts. The 35-year-old actress, who has been a movie star for more than a ...
West Bengal IT hub to have new building
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, Feb. 19 -- A new building, Globsyn Crystals, will open April at West Bengal's burgeoning IT hub at Salt Lake City here to meet the increasing demand for space in the core area. "We are promoting these ...
Canada for ramping up military ties with India: Defence Minister
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Canada is seeking to ramp up military ties with India, saying this would be beneficial for both countries. "We look to expand our level of cooperation. By that I mean the exchange of ...
Has Amy Winehouse returned to her wild ways?
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, Feb. 19 -- Just when it seemed that Amy Winehouse was winning her battle against booze, she reportedly went on another binge. After having spent 11 days in rehab last month already, her recent night ...
IPL is a distraction Oz players don't want right now: Nielsen
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Feb. 19 -- Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen says that he has been spending a lot of time telling the players not to be distracted by developments related to the Indian Premier League (IPL), and to be ...
'Celebufreak', 'nanoblahblah' are words you would only find on online dictionaries
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Feb. 19 -- Do you get hysterical if you miss your daily dose of the likes of Britney's, Paris' and Lindsay's? Well, then you can call yourself a "celebufreak". And if you've deleted your mail inbox in ...
British Columbia to open trade office in India
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Vancouver, Feb. 19 -- British Columbia will soon become the second Canadian province after Ontario to set up a trade office in India to promote business with the second fastest growing economy in the world. The ...
Sterling sails into shipping with Norwegian acquisition
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Feb. 19 -- Serial entrepreneur C. Sivasankaran, promoter of the $2-billion Sterling Infotech Group, has now set his sails in the shipping industry by acquiring Norwegian shipping company J.B. Ugland Shipping ...
Meet 'Wizkid' - the robotic computer that behaves like a kid
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is all set to exhibit a half computer, half robot called 'Wizkid' that behaves talks to the user just like a little child. Created by Swiss ...
Alcoholics underestimate risk of gastrointestinal bleeding: Study
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Most alcoholics don't take the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding seriously, even though it can be fatal, says a new study. The study was conducted by Leipzig gastroenterologist Niels ...
Sierra Atlantic declared top 100 global services company
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- Sierra Atlantic, a leading offshoring enterprise applications and outsourced product development firm, Tuesday announced that it has been named a top 100 global services company by Global Services ...
Nielsen quite happy to prove India, Lanka wrong
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Sydney, Feb. 19 -- Australian cricket team coach, Tim Nielsen, has said that he would be quite happy to prove both India and Sri Lanka wrong in their assessments about his team. Speaking expansively about the ...
Demi Moore's iconic pregnant photo was not for magazine
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- American actress Demi Moore has revealed that her nude pregnant photos were never meant for the cover of the magazine. The 45-year-old actress' pregnant photos shot by Annie Liebovitz ...
Oz tourists want crying babies, their parents segregated on long flights!
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, Feb. 19 -- Babies might be cute and cuddly, but their weeping version is something which has everybody cringing, especially Australian travellers, who want them and their parents to be segregated on long ...
IIT-Madras gets new Microsoft lab
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Chennai, Feb. 19 -- The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras here this week got a new laboratory from Microsoft India for its computer sciences department, built at a cost of Rs.9 million. The Microsoft ...
Soon, a museum in the memory of riot victims in Ahmedabad
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Ahmedabad, Feb. 19 -- Gujarat's Gulbarg Society, a building located in the heart of Ahmedbad's Meghaninagar area is today infamously known for the brutal atrocities it suffered during the post-Godhra riots about six ...
Subex upgrades systems for Romanian telecom firm
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- Bangalore-based Subex Ltd, which provides open source solutions, Tuesday said they have successfully upgraded a roaming fraud management system of a Romanian telecom service ...
Safety of ADHD treatment for kids with Fragile X Syndrome confirmed
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- A double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center study has confirmed that a form of the amino acid carnitine called L-acetyl carnitine (LAC) is a safe alternative to stimulants that are used for ...
Prince William boogies with blonde Bondi beach babe
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- A blonde beach babe has revealed how Prince William whisked her on to a wedding dance floor and whispered "You're driving me crazy" in her ear. Cheri Scrivener, 25, said that she couldn't ...
Infosys to form strategic alliance with Japan's Nihon
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's leading software exporter, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan-based Nihon Unisys to form an alliance of strategic business deployment and ...
Paris Hilton turns into a Pussycat Doll for 27th birthday
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- American socialite Paris Hilton celebrating her 27th birthday by performing as a Pussycat Doll. Hilton was seen wearing a light blue Dolce & Gabbana dress at 11:30 p.m. when she had ...
Study of 'Ouzo effect' may help in designing improved drugs, cosmetics
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- Researchers have found that studying the cloudy emulsions produced by anise-flavoured liquors such as Ouzo might help in designing improved drugs, cosmetics. They said their findings ...
New method developed for measuring impacts of species on local biodiversity
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Berlin, Feb. 19 -- A team of German and Sri Lankan researchers have developed a new method for measuring the impacts of species on local biodiversity, which makes it possible to determine whether a certain species ...
Cocaine's effects on brain metabolism may boost abuse
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, Feb. 19 -- A new study in mice conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has found that cocaine's effect is not just limited to the dopamine system, the brain's 'reward' ...
Owen Wilson set to return to work?
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- Owen Wilson is reportedly set to return to work next month for the first time since his suicide attempt last year. The 39-year-old took a break from acting after being hospitalised and even ...
Eurocopter seeks to consolidate India footprint
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Unfazed by the cancellation of its proposed deal to sell 197 helicopters to the Indian Army, the world's largest chopper maker Eurocopter has inked a deal with a French manufacturer of precision ...
Ex-British SAS soldier to attempt skydiving from 120,000ft
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- An ex-British SAS soldier is hoping to enter record books - by skydiving from 120,000ft. Movie stuntman Steve Truglia will jump from a hot air balloon 24 miles up on the edge of space, ...
Oxford study to spend £2m to investigate 'why we believe in God'
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, Feb. 19 -- A research team at the University of Oxford will be shelling out 1.9 million pounds to find out the reason behind why people believe in God. The Oxford academics have been given a grant to ...
Mumbai-Pune Expressway tunnels poorly lighted: experts
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication. Pune, Feb. 19 -- The tunnels on Mumbai-Pune Expressway are poorly lighted making driving difficult, says Reginald R. Wilson and Warren G. Julian, two lighting experts from Australia. Wilson, Asia-Pacific head ...
Diamond traders seek tax turnover
Feb 19, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Surat, Feb. 19 -- Diamond traders are demanding a higher turnover tax and a special package in the upcoming budget. India's overseas sales of gems and jewellery represent the country's second-largest export ...