The Hindustan Times back issues from Tuesday, July 15:
Access to cigarettes is key to kids' decision to smoke
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A new study has shown that kids who see cigarettes as easily accessible are more likely to end up as regular smokers, particularly if they have friends who smoke. The study could be ...
Study provides methods for protecting leatherback turtles
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A team of marine biologists have carried out the largest study to date on leatherback turtles, unveiling the turtles' behavior, and in doing so, providing methods that could be used to protect ...
George IV voted 'Britain's Worst Monarch'
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- King George IV has topped a poll of 'Britain's Worst Monarch'. George IV ruled the UK from 29 January 1820 to 26 June 1830 after the death of his father George III. He topped the new ...
Undersea volcanic rocks offer vast repository for globe-warming CO2
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A group of scientists has used deep ocean-floor drilling and experiments to show that volcanic rocks off the West Coast and elsewhere might be used to securely imprison huge amounts of ...
Like adults, babies too "chunk" information to boost memory
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Like adults, kids as young as 14 months can recall things more easily by grouping objects together, says a new research conducted by the Johns Hopkins University scientists. The finding ...
6,000 years old bones may help scientists combat TB
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A team of researchers from Israel, Palestine, and Germany says that 6,000 years old bones excavated in Jericho may help combat tuberculosis. Prof. Mark Spigelman of the Kuvin Center for ...
Porters' strike hits India-Pakistan trade at Wagah
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Attari (Punjab), July 15 -- India's trade with Pakistan through the Wagah land border remained suspended for the second day on Monday after porters struck work, over a demand for better wages. Porters on the ...
August-born kids 'significantly' less likely to get university education
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- If your kid is born in towards the end of the school year, then the odds are that he or she will be more likely not to go to university. The finding is based on a new study by Institute for ...
A-Rod's 'two-night sex partner' arrested
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, July 15 -- Candice Houlihan, a former Boston stripper, who claimed to have had sex twice with Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez, has been arrested on a four-year-old warrant on charges that she had an ...
Gran has Timberlake, Biel's wedding venue picked out
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- While American pop singer Justin Timberlake has reportedly been eyeing islands as a venue for his marriage to actress Jessica Biel, his grandmother, Sadie Bomar, already has the perfect place picked ...
Don''t wear lip gloss or swear the `F'' word during the Beijing Olympics
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Beijing, July 15 -- Organisers of the Beijing Olympics have released their "Spectators' House Rules" today together with the launch of a "Good Habit for a Good Games" campaign, in a bid to ensure that the event ...
UK convicts wanting freedom early are now hugging trees
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- British prisoners are signing up for a National Lottery-funded project to assess and measure ancient trees in the hope that by doing so, they will gain freedom sooner than later. The ...
Scientists unveil yet another way HIV dismantles the immune system
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have unveiled yet another mechanism whereby HIV dismantles the immune system. The researchers point out that ...
Aggressive preschoolers have fewer pals than others
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Preschool is a time when there are a lot of changes in the ways children interact with their peers. Now, a new study by researchers at Arizona State University has found that kids who are ...
Tiger, Nicklaus may not have best advice, when it comes to putting
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A new study has shown that golfers who take the advice of instructors to keep their heads perfectly still while putting may be hampering their game. Tim Lee, professor of kinesiology at ...
German football skipper Ballack weds
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Chelsea and German soccer ace Michael Ballack wed his long-time love Simone Lambe in a small register office ceremony in their native Germany yesterday. They are due to exchange vows again ...
UK, US to use Star Wars-style laser technology in Iraq battlefield: Telegraph
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Laser beam technology is being rushed into service to combat the threat of insurgent missiles and mortars raining down on British and American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan ....
Kylie Minogue's planning Oz tour in December
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 15 -- Kylie Minogue is in talks to bring her KylieX tour home to Australia by December. And, the news comes straight from chairman and music promoter of Frontier Touring Michael Gudinski, who ...
African dust clouds could be polluting oceans in the Caribbean and US
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Scientists have determined that tons of dust from Africa's arid Sahara and Sahel regions could be polluting oceans in the Caribbean and southeastern US. According to a report in ...
Clooneyâ[euro](TM)s Motorola cellphone up for grabs
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 15 -- Hollywoodâ[euro](TM)s sworn bachelor George Clooney is selling his mobile phone at an auction. The cell phone giant had specially designed this handset for Clooney. It was gifted ...
'Electronic chemicals' will pave way for more energy-efficient lighting
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- New 'electronic chemicals' developed by chemists could pave the way for the development of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) that promise more efficient energy savings and could render ...
Indoor air quality more harmful than outdoor air
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- One may crib about the pollution outside and prefer to stay inside the four walls of the home, but even this may not be a good idea, for researchers say that indoor air quality has a greater ...
Robert Plant pours cold water â[euro]~Led Zeppelinâ[euro](TM) reunion
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- â[euro]~Led Zeppelinâ[euro](TM) frontman Robert Plant has poured cold water on anticipation that the band may once again reunite for a tour soon, by extending his global trek with bluegrass star ...
Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl asks for 'anti-ageing face cream'
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl is pestering prison officials for anti-ageing face cream, the staff revealed. The 73-year-old, who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered ...
The smoking cessation therapies that are more effective than placebos
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A total of six smoking cessation therapies have proved to have an edge over placebos when it comes to kicking the butt, revealed researchers from McGill University and the University of ...
89 percent of food products aimed at kids lack nutrition
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A new study has revealed that 89 percent of children's food products lack proper nutrition, with 62 percent of them still making health claims on the packaging. A detailed study was made ...
Whoopi Goldberg returns to Broadway with 'Xanadu'
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, July 15 -- Whoopi Goldberg has revealed that she will be returning to Broadway after signing on to star in 'Xanadu'. Goldberg made the announcement at an all girl gabfest of "The View". The ...
Coronary heart disease patients have poor quality of life
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Better treatments boost survival rates of coronary heart disease patients, but the quality of those extra years may be less than ideal, according to a new study. Adults with ...
Snapshots of eyes may help catch diabetes early
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Snapshots of eyes, used for detecting eye disease, can also serve as an early warning for diabetes, say researchers. The new vision-screening device developed by scientists Victor M ....
A good nightâ[euro](TM)s sleep may prevent false memory formation
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Hereâ[euro](TM)s another reason why a good nightâ[euro](TM)s sleep is a must for everyone â[euro]" it prevents the likelihood of forming false memories. Susanne Diekelmann, a researcher in ...
Diabetes intensifies tuberculosis risk
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Individuals with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB), according to research published in the journal PLoS Medicine. Searching for research over the ...
Mission to Mars could bring back 'rocks and life' between 2018 and 2033
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- An international team of scientists is planning a 4 billion pounds mission to bring back rocks - and possibly even life - from Mars, which might take place between 2018 and 2033. According ...
Prehypertension in youth ups atherosclerosis risk in adulthood
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Young adults with prehypertension are more likely to have atherosclerosis in adulthood, according to a new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine. In order to reach the ...
Plant sterols may pose health risk
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- They might be known for lowering bad cholesterol and reducing heart disease risk, but plant sterols have their own health risks, say researchers. The researchers found that these ...
F1 boss' S&M sex session with vice girls 'was no Carry On farce'
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Formula 1 boss Max Mosley's sadomasochistic sex session with prostitutes was no "Carry On caper but true depravity", the High Court has heard. Mosley, the 68-year-old son of the 1930s ...
Marine worm's jaws could help design "cutting-edge new aerospace materials"
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A new research work by scientists of the jaws of the common marine worm could lead to the design of a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials for use as construction and repair ...
Three more Indian pilgrims missing in Kiwi immigration scam
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Wellington, July 15 -- Three more Indian pilgrims have disappeared from their billet families in Auckland bringing to 35 the number now believed to have gone missing. An Indian taxi driver, taking three of the ...
One of the largest objects in a distant solar body named 'Makemake'
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- One of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune, has finally gotten a name: Makemake, after a god in the culture of Easter Island. According to a report in ...
Jordan and Peter Andre's 'too trashy' chat show axed!
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Former glamour model Katie Price aka Jordan's chat show with hubby Peter Andre has been taken off air - after bosses decided that it was just too trashy. The couple fronted 'Katie And Peter: ...
Moon dust may make breathing for astronauts difficult
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 15 -- Researchers from the United States have warned that inhaling fine-grained dust that covers the moon might make it difficult for the astronauts to breathe on its surface. In 1972, when ...
Assam villagers plant about 300,00 saplings for world record
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Chautaki (Assam), July 15 -- In an attempt to create a world record and also contribute to the environment, villagers in Assam planted 284,000 saplings in a single day here recently. Around 300 people ...
Sichuan quake leaves 1.4 m people destitute
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 15 -- The Sichuan earthquake has left 1.4 million farmers in about 4,000 remote villages in absolute poverty, an anti-poverty official said Monday. Xu Hui, department director of the State ...
Soon, a robotic cook for your kitchen
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Experts at the Technical University of Munich have developed a new robot, called B21, which can keep track of the contents of a kitchen, and can learn simple tasks. The researchers say that ...
2008 may be most disastrous year ever in regards to global natural disasters
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Natural disasters on a global scale are becoming more frequent, thanks to an onslaught of weather-related crises in the first half of this year, which might make 2008 the most disastrous year ...
Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' voted 'Best Pop Number Of All Time'
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- British band Queen's song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has been voted the 'Best Pop Number Of All Time' in a poll conducted by the website www.onepoll.com. The song was a huge hit when it topped the ...
Demand for Bharat Ratna for Sam Bahadur, Govt. non- committal
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 15 -- Former colleagues and senior Army officers who served under Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw today demanded the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour, to be bestowed on the man who ...
Argentinean scientists make low-fat, low-sodium hamburger
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Here's some good news for hamburger lovers who are forced stay away from their favourite food: Researchers in Argentina have come up with a low-fat, low-sodium hamburger. The only drawback ...
Chris Brown in talks to star in action thriller
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Hip-hop singer Chris Brown may soon be seen in an action thriller titled Bone Deep. The 19-year-old singer is in final negotiations to star alongside 'Wild Things' actor Matt Dillon and ...
Nintendo's Wii sets sale record in UK with £738m
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- Computer game sales records in the UK have just been shattered thanks to the humongous demand for Nintendo's Wii console. In the first half of this year itself, stores in the UK sold a ...
'Luckiest man' cheats death by a hair as concrete bucket hits car!
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, July 15 -- Two city workers in Brooklyn had a narrow escape when a bucket of concrete fell 23 floors from an apartment tower, and smashed through the roof of a Department of Environmental Protection-owned ...
Khloe Kardashian heads to jail to serve 30-day sentence
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- American television personality Khloe Kardashian is headed to jail this week to serve a 30-day sentence. Kim Kardashian's 24-year-old sister was sentenced for violating her probation ...
Archaeologists discover 1,600-yr-old horse racecourse in Greece
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- An archaeological team has discovered the site of the ancient hippodrome race course in Olympia in Greece, where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels 1,600 years ago. According to ...
Heath Ledger's family attends 'The Dark Knight' premiere
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Late actor Heath Ledger's family was spotted attending the premiere of his movie The Dark Knight in New York on July 14. Attending the show was Kim Ledger and his wife Ines, Heath's ...
Even background TV can be detrimental to kids' development
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Parents have long been advised to cut television exposure in kids under age 2, but a new study has shown that even leaving the television on in background while kids are playing can adversely ...
Tami Nadu village school gets sanitary napkin vending machine
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu), July 15 -- In a first of its kind initiative in Tamil Nadu, a sanitary napkin vending machine has been installed at a school here to promote personal hygiene among girl students in rural ...
Elizabeth Hurley becomes the latest PETA target
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- British star Elizabeth Hurley is the latest celebrity to be targeted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The animal rights group has urged the ...
Underwater telescope will search for neutrinos in deep space
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- An international team has finished building the ANTARES telescope, which will search for elusive particles called neutrinos from its base 2.5 kilometres under the Mediterranean Sea for a period of ...
Lindsay Lohan's half sister wants to meet her
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- American actress Lindsay Lohan's half sister Ashley Kaufmann revealed that she would like to meet her famous siblings, but not the man who could be her father. The news that Lohan could have ...
Snoring leaving Brit couples sleepless!
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- British couples are abandoning their double beds for separate bedrooms - not because they're fighting, but because of their partners' snoring habits. That's the conclusion of a new survey in ...
Now, artificial whiskers that work just like animalsâ[euro](TM) hair to probe environment
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 15 -- US scientists at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign say that they have created artificial whiskers that work just like animalsâ[euro](TM) hair, which they use to probe their environment ....
Cost-effective forest management practices can substantially reduce carbon emissions
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A team of botanists has determined that cost-effective forest management practices can substantially reduce carbon emissions, thus mitigating the effects of global climate change. A key ...
Oz female driver sets record blood alcohol reading!
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 15 -- An Aussie woman who was nine times over the legal limit after she crashed her car has been handed a six-month jail term. Heather-Ann Higgins blew the record blood alcohol reading when she ...
Pak ruling coalition allies to meet soon to devise future strategy
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, July 15 -- The ruling coalition partners in Pakistan are scheduled to meet within next days to devise future course and to take them into confidence on all major policy decisions, the countryâ[euro](TM)s ...
Feeling hungry can make you happy
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- Contrary to the complaints of many dieters, a new study has shown that being hungry may make you feel happy. When bodies notice the need for more calories, levels of a hormone called ...
Obesity is top health concern for US kids in 2008
Jul 15, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 15 -- A new report, released by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, has shown that childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern for US ...