The Hindustan Times back issues from Sunday, May 18:
'Sweet spot' for radio frequencies in underground tunnels identified
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US have confirmed that underground tunnels-generally a difficult setting for radios-can have a frequency "sweet ...
The 3 smart tips about online dating
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- For a lonely soul, online dating is a god sent 'cupid', for you can find the partner of your dreams courtesy the Internet world Although the whole idea of hunting for a spouse is ...
Most extensive preservation project for Great Wall of China launched
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 18 -- China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has launched the most extensive preservation project for the Great Wall of China, with a survey and repair already in progress. Inner Mongolia has ...
Women make better bus drivers than men
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, May 18 -- One of Sydney's largest bus operators will now be able to exclusively recruit women drivers and not be worried about being sued for discrimination. Veolia Transport has been trying to ...
Obesity linked to more complex urinary problems
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Here's another reason why you should concentrate on loosing those extra pounds - urinary problems. A new study has revealed that people who are obese and lead unhealthy lifestyle are more ...
Anti-bacterial products might cause environmental pollution
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- A new study has surprisingly linked personal care products like anti-bacterial soaps and cleaning agents to environmental pollution and human health concerns. The study, conducted by the ...
Scientists identified geological faults in quake-hit region in China a year back
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- A research carried out by earth scientists last summer had determined that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China, are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking earthquake, an ...
PM calls on ailing Har Kishan Singh Surjeet
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 18 -- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday paid a visit to the veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Har Kishan Singh Surjeet at the Metro Hospital in Noida. Surjeet was ...
Ancient Turkish city might have housed world's first stock exchange
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Ankara (Turkey), May 18 -- If reports are to be believed, the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey might have housed the world's first stock exchange. According to a report by the Turkish Press, Aizanoi, located ...
Humanity was genetically divided for as much as 100,000 years in Africa
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Tel Aviv, May 18 -- A mathematician from the Tel Aviv University has claimed that the human race was genetically divided into two separate groups within Africa for as much as 100,000 years, which is roughly half of ...
Soon, solar cells might be produced from fruit dye
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Chemistry students at Rowan University in the US are developing a process by which dye from fruits can be used to create solar cells which will capture the energy of the Sun. The students ...
Scot rabbi creates world's first official Jewish tartan
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- The world now has the first official Jewish tartan thanks to a Scottish rabbi. 32-year-old Mendel Jacobs created the design after consulting the Scottish Tartans Authority and religious ...
The man who ditched his bride-to-be to wed stag-night girl
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- He was about to say 'I do' to his bride but at the last minute Ray Shabi changed his mind and escaped wedlock to marry a woman he met on his stag night. The 36-year-old Shabi was still ...
Astronomers baffled by 'super fast star'
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Canberra, May 18 -- Astronomers have been baffled by the discovery of a star that lies 20,000 light-years away, spinning at a rate of 465 revolutions per second - the fifth fastest-spinning pulsar known in our Galaxy ....
Archaeologists discover Iranian ancient city
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Tehran, May 18 -- A team of archaeologists from the Yazd Cultural Heritage Center (YCHC) in Iran has discovered the Achaemenid era predecessor of the city of Yazd. Covering some 500 hectares, the ancient city ...
Better wildlife management can also help save crops and human lives
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- A new WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) study of conflict between humans and wild elephants in Africa and Asia has suggested that governments could save human lives and millions of dollars in crop ...
Beat jet lag with anti-jet-lag diet
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Now that the summer travel season has begun, jet lag can create lot of problems for many travellers. But don't worry for you can beat it - courtesy Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S ....
Indian, Nepalese released in Afghanistan
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, May 18 -- An Indian and a Nepalese, who were kidnapped in Western Afghanistan, 27 days ago were released safely late Saturday night. Both of them work for Dubai-based HEB International Logistics ....
Lizard found inside chicken egg
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, May 18 -- A man was shell-shocked, quite literally, when he cracked an egg while preparing a meal and to his astonishment found a fully formed gecko inside the shell. 60-year-old Dr Peter Beaumont, ...
Atomic structure study points to practical hydrogen storage material
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- A scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store comparatively large quantities of hydrogen in its ...
Only 12% of American adults are health literate
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Only 12 percent of America's 228 million adults have the skills to administer their own health care proficiently, says a new study. These skills, known collectively as health literacy, ...
Indian film to bring thaw in India-Pakistan relations: Mahesh Bhatt
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Mumbai, May 18 -- Noted filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt, and the producer of flick 'Jannat', said that the movie would bring a thaw in relations with neighbouring Pakistan. Bhatt, along with film's director Kunal ...
Cure for athlete's foot could be used to control harmful 'red tides' in oceans
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Japanese researchers have suggested that a compound that is used to treat athlete's foot, could one day be used to control toxic algae known as 'red tides' in oceans. According to a report in ...
Common virus may serve as target for deadly brain tumour vaccine
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Researchers at the Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center have found that by targeting a common virus, doctors may be able to prolong the lives of patients suffering from the most ...
Teens who feel good about themselves do well socially regardless of popularity.
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Teenagers who feel good about themselves and are comfortable with their peers can also be socially successful without being popular in the traditional sense, says a new study. To reach ...
NC, TMDP agrees to entrust government leadership to Maoist
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, May 18 -- The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Terai Madhes Democratic party (TMDP) on Sunday agreed that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), which has emerged as the largest party in the Constituent ...
12 labourers killed after wall collapses
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Gurgaon, May 18 -- At least twelve labourers were killed and more than twenty injured when a wall at an under construction site collapsed in a village near Gurgaon. Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Gupta ...
Julia Roberts to play shot environmentalist Joan Root in biopic
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Julia Roberts is to star in a biopic of Joan Root, a British environmentalist who was shot dead in her Kenyan home two years ago after she fought to save the lake she lived by from being poisoned ....
Kelly Rowland penning a children's book
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- American R&B singer Kelly Rowland is trying her hand at something other than music - a children's book. The 27-year-old former Destiny's Child singer revealed that she is looking into ...
'Mango madness' is not a myth after all
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, May 18 -- "Mango madness" - a period of extreme weather tension that triggers violence as the wet season hits - is not a myth, say surgeons. A new study has confirmed what people in Australia have ...
Jalandhar's 60-year-old lady is an ace apiculturist
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Jalandhar, May 18 -- Defying her disability at leg caused by polio since childhood and now a growing age, Sangeeta Deol of Jalandhar's Dhannal Kalan Village has set an example for others in society. She has found her ...
Keith Urban 'just can't wait to become a father'
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Australian country music singer Keith Urban has revealed that he just cannot wait to become a father. Urban revealed his excitement to a local radio station on May 17 before hitting ...
Anti-violence video game to teach kids how to resolve conflicts peacefully
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Amidst growing concerns over the disastrous effects of violent videogames on children, a University of Maryland and Human Development Professor has helped develop a new video game that teaches ...
TV commercials deter men from doing domestic duties
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Are your husbands reluctant to do house work? Well, then you might want to shut your television sets forever, for researchers at the University of New Hampshire have shown that men, in ...
Ian Fleming's family to boost its fortune with new 007 novel
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Ian Fleming's family is set to boost its fortune with the publication of a new James Bond novel. The initial print run is 400,000 copies in Britain and America, and the possibility of a ...
Most female child molesters are victims of abuse themselves
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Most female child abusers have themselves been victims of sexual abuse, says a new study. The finding, published in the April issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, has the ...
Amy's marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil was a 'joke,' says mother
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Amy Winehouse's mother has revealed that she was not at all upset when her troubled daughter eloped to wed last year - because she believes her daughter's marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil was a ...
Wedding bells for Prince William and Kate Middleton?
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Looks like Prince William and long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton are all set to take their relationship to the next level, for according to sources, the royal heart-throb is planning to wed the love ...
Cheryl Cole captured kissing stranger on video
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- It looks like Cheryl Cole has found a way to take revenge from her cheater hubby Ashley Cole. Lovelorn Cheryl was recently captured on video kissing a handsome stranger on a hotel ...
Why green-eyed Kelly Brook re-united with Billy Zane
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Kelly Brook re-united with ex-fiance Billy Zane after discovering he had fallen for a stunning British brunette. Brook parted ways with the 'Titanic' star in February and he moved out of ...
Controlling cholesterol, BP reduces cardiovascular risk by 42 percent
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- A new study has shown that intensive management of both cholesterol and blood pressure, can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. A research team, led by John B ....
US to extend help to Pakistan in food crisis: Bush
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Sharm al Shaikh, May 18 -- US President, George W. Bush has assured US help for Pakistan to meet the food crisis in the country. Bush met Gilani for the first time at this Red Sea resort in a series of ...
'I'm the happiest I've been,' says Mel B
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- A year before she was dismissed as 'a total train wreck' but now, Melanie Brown, is happier, slimmer, sexier and more successful than she ever could be. Things weren't looking good for Mel B, ...
Winehouse's mum blames Fielder-Civil for her 'downfall'
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Amy Winehouse's mum has blamed the troubled singer's hubby, Blake Fielder-Civil, for her "downfall". Janis Winehouse said that her daughter had only begun to take hard drugs and harm herself ...
New pics reveal how boob jobs have left Jordan scarred for life
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Her obsession with boob jobs has left a deep scar, quite literally, on Katie Price a.k.a Jordon. New shocking photos have surfaced that show ugly scars caused by glamour girl Jordan's ...
Short in height? Blame your older brother
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Dreaming about being tall and well built like your older brother? Well, then you're in for a bit of disappointment, for according to a new study older brothers mean smaller siblings. What's ...
Working does make you happy
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Wellington, May 18 -- People aged over 65, who are still working are more happier than those who have retired, according to kiwi researchers. The study led by Massey University's school of Psychology surveyed ...
Arnie's 'Hollywood' holiday for dungeon kids
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to give the Austrian cellar victims their first holiday - to Hollywood. Austria-born Arnold was horrified to learn that incest dad Josef Fritzl had locked up some ...
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich - the mystery buyer of Bacon-Freud's masterpieces
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- The mystery buyer of Francis Bacon's 'Triptych', which was sold for 86.3 million dollars and Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995, which fetched 33.6 million dollars, is Russian ...
The 1940s guide for making female workers more efficient
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- They are known for gossiping in the office and spend a lot of time in the loo, but when it comes to getting work from the female employees, a lot has to be kept in mind. The Sun has come up ...
Women drivers more prone to whiplash injuries than men
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- According to Swedish researchers, women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer whiplash injuries if their car is hit from behind. Women's risk is increased because they ...
Instant Messaging represents 'linguistic renaissance'
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- As a concerned parent you might feel like shouting OMG! (Oh, My God!) when you see your teenage kid submerged in the newest lingo in town, Instant Messaging (IM), but here's something that ...
Thirsty Bundelkhand hopes political visits may fetch drinking water
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Jhansi, May 18 -- As the scorching heat of this summer keeps us indoor, most of the people in Bundelkhand region that in central India continue to struggle for a pitcher of clean drinking water for their families. ...
Revolutionary gene therapy could spell the end for heart transplants
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- A new gene therapy technique has the potential to treat heart patients with an injection instead of risky transplant surgery, according to researchers at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex and Imperial ...
The 1930s guide to being the perfect husband
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Does your husband leave his razor lying around the bathroom? Or, for that matter, is he critical of the way you drive? Well, in that case, you didn't really make a smart choice in choosing your ...
Most expensive T-shirt in Adelaide comes at A$1000
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Adelaide, May 18 -- A Canadian label, Dom Rebel, is offering a T-shirt studded with Swarovski crystals for 1000 Australian dollars - making it the most expensive T-shirt in Adelaide. The skull print T-shirt is ...
The 1930s guide to being the perfect wife
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Does your wife flirt with other men at parties? Is she "slow to get into bed"? Or is her favourite nail polish colour red? Well, if it is so, then get set and give her a score - courtesy "Marital ...
Polling for last phase of West Bengal panchayat polls begins
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kolkata, May 18 -- Polling for the third and final phase of the panchayat elections has begun this morning, amidst tight security. In this phase, polling is being held in seven districts of Coochbehar, ...
Peaches Geldof nicknamed 'Dyson' over drug-addiction
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- She might have tried to keep her wild ways under wraps, but British socialite Peaches Geldof was so addicted to coke, she was nicknamed Dyson by her friends, it has been revealed. The ...
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz get married
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- American pop rock singer Ashlee Simpson and bassist Pete Wentz have finally tied the knot on May 17. A spokesman for the couple confirmed that the nuptials took place on Saturday in a ...
Global warming turning oceans into marine graveyards
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, May 18 -- Due to the gradual heating of the oceans under global warming, the "marine dead zones" - areas of water with low levels of dissolved oxygen - have spread across the world's tropical oceans, a new ...
Media's glamorization of ultra-thin image 'deeply affecting women'
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- The media has shaped people's ideology extensively and a classic example of this is the way it has etched the "ultra-thin" image in the minds of today's women. As media images glamorizing ...
Workplace interventions reduce headaches, neck and shoulder pain
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- A simple office-based program of relaxation and posture exercises can reduce the incidence of headaches, and shoulder and neck pain by more than 40 per cent, a new research ...
Billy Bob Thornton is 'happy' for Angelina Jolie
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- American actress Angelina Jolie has been congratulated by her ex husband Billy Bob Thornton on her pregnancy. Jolie recently confirmed that she and partner Brad Pitt are expecting twins ...
Kate 'doing really well' despite Owen split, says Goldie Hawn
May 18, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, May 18 -- Goldie Hawn has revealed that her daughter Kate Hudson is doing really well, despite calling off her romance with Owen Wilson recently. The actress said that Kate is in good spirits ...