The Hindustan Times back issues from Saturday, July 26:
BORROWED GLORY
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 26 -- The relation between the parents and children is something unique --parents, specially the mothers are known to go any length to build up the bright future of their children. The mother has been eulogized ...
BANGLADESHI INFILTRATION
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 26 -- The verdict of the Gauhati High Court exposing the Bangladeshi citizenship of a person who had been residing in Assam for years and even had a valid Indian passport is most shocking and brings to the fore ...
FATE OF DOHA ROUND
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from the Assam Tribune brought to you by HT Syndication. Guwahati July 26 -- It may be recalled that the five-day long Geneva trade talks on Doha round of negotiations in July, 2004 ended with a happy note on the expected solution at sight. It was the farm sector subsidy that ...
Rare plant fossils being decimated in crusher machines in Jharkhand
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Rare plant fossils in a district of Jharkhand state in India, dating back between 68 million years and 145 million years, are being decimated in hundreds of crusher machines that are reducing them ...
Life on Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful solar winds
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Scientists have said that microbes from Venus could actually be blown into the Earth's atmosphere by solar winds. According to a report by BBC News, this has been suggested by two ...
One woman shot dead, three injured in firing in Darjeeling
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Darjeeling, July 26 -- A woman activist of the Gorkha Janmukthi Nari Morcha (Gorkha Women's Front - GJNM) was shot dead and three women were injured when rival activists of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) ...
Brown has 42 days to turn around Labour's fortunes or face leadership crisis
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was told that he has only 42 days to turn around Labour's fortunes or face an autumn leadership crisis. The warning came after the party slumped to one ...
Dancing electrons may pave way for new electronic devices
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- In a breakthrough study, researchers from Princeton University have found a new way electrons behave in materials, thus opening up avenues for developing new kinds of electronic devices ....
ULFA to use HUJI cadres for subversive activities in Assam
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 26 -- The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has arrived at an agreement with the Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HUJI) to operate jointly in Assam. According to informed ...
Paparazzi arrested for trespassing on Brangelina's French holiday home
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Two photographers found themselves behind bars after they tried to click the newly expanded Jolie-Pitt family at the couple's French holiday home Chateau Miraval. Tony Webb, head of ...
Obama failed the Commander-in-Chief test on Iraq: McCain
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain has accused his rival Democrat Senator Barack Obama of failing the Commander-in-Chief test on Iraq. Speaking to war veterans in ...
ULFA to use HUJI cadres for subversive activities in Assam
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 26 -- The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has arrived at an agreement with the Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HUJI) to operate jointly in Assam. According to informed ...
Blast-hit Karnataka initiates probe
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Bangalore, July 26 -- Karnataka government has ordered a probe after eight small bombs exploded in quick succession across Bangalore city, killing two people and wounding at least 15 people. Karnataka Chief ...
Vatican banking on sari-clad Virgin Mary in 'Indian' Bible to draw in converts
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- With the picture of a sari-clad Virgin Mary and a loincloth and turban-clad Joseph in the first "Indianised" Bible, the Vatican is hoping to attract more people into turning to the Catholic church ...
Harkrishan Singh Surjeet falls ill
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 26 -- Veteran Marxist leader Harkrishan Singh Surjeet has again fallen ill. He has been admitted at the Metro Hospital in Noida, where he was treated for respiratory problems ...
British comedy 'The Office' to have Russian remake
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- The award-winning BBC sitcom 'The Office' is heading for a Russian remake, it has been revealed. The news of the Russian remake came to surface after a licensing deal was agreed between BBC ...
Indian chef's "World's Hottest Curry" fails in record attempt
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- An Indian chef has failed to land a place in the Guinness Book of World records for the "world's hottest curry" with his creation Bollywood Burner. The curry is so spicy that it comes with a ...
Oz Police accused of denying lawyer to Haneef, hiding transcripts
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- The Australian Federal Police (AFP) today said that it would not be responding to any parallel media inquiry, over allegations that it repeatedly denied a lawyer to Indian born doctor Mohamed ...
War criminal Karadzic was in great demand as a "miracle" healer
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- War criminal Radovan Karadzic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, was so successful as a "miracle" healer that he travelled across Europe to treat wealthy Serbs. The bearded fugitive, ...
Meet the 'Gastrosexuals' - the men who cook to seduce their ladies!
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- It is often said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but now, it seems tables have turned, for a new trend has hit male society called Gastrosexual - which implies that ...
Hum of lawnmower is Brits' 'fav sound of summer'
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- The humble sound of a lawnmower is Britons' favourite summer sound, says a new poll. The seasonal noise beat the sound of pub garden chatter into second place. Waves breaking on to ...
Amarnath land protests continue in Jammu
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Jammu, July 26 -- Protests continue in Jammu, which is reeling under a shutdown call given by the Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) over Amarnath land row. Protesters took to the streets shouting slogans ...
Pak Army Chief meets Musharraf, Gilani
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, July 26 -- Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held separate meetings with President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, before Gilani embarks upon his first official visit ...
Britney, K-Fed's custody agreement finalized
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's months-long custody battle has officially finalized. According to the deal approved by a Los Angeles court commissioner, Spears' payments to Federline as ...
World's largest sharks shrinking in size due to over-exploitation by humans
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- A new research has suggested that humans have over-exploited the whale shark, the world's largest living fish, to such a degree that the ocean giants are actually shrinking in size. A ...
DiCaprio bringing 'Twilight Zone' back to cinemas?
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- 'Catch Me If You Can' star Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way is in talks to bring the 'Twilight Zone' back to cinemas. The actor is reportedly looking for material to ...
Founder secretary general of senior citizens federation VS Bhat passes away
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 26 -- Founder secretary general of the Federation of Associations of Senior Citizens of India (FASCI), V.S. Bhat, died today at the age of 85. Family sources said that Bhat, who was ailing for ...
US Congress closer to approving 75mn dollar aid for Pakistan
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- A powerful US congressional committee has moved closer to approving another 75 million dollars for Pakistan's anti-terrorism efforts along the Afghan border. Ahead of the Prime Minister ...
Cricket Australia certain to pull out of Champions Trophy
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- Cricket Australia is certain to heed security advice and boycott the Champions Trophy in Pakistan and face the anger of cricketing nations. Australia after announcing their withdrawal ...
End of logging trade puts future of Thai elephants in peril
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- The end of the logging trade in Thailand has put the future of the country's elephants and their trainers in peril. Worries over the future of the elephants have emerged following an ...
The exoplanet that makes its parent star dance to its tune!
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- A team of European scientists working with COROT (Convection Rotation and planetary Transits) has discovered an exoplanet that seems to have a surprisingly powerful influence on its parent star, ...
Najam Sethi receives death threat from Pak militants for publishing cartoon
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Najam Sethi, chief editor of the Daily Times, one of Pakistan's most respected English language newspapers, has received death threats from militant groups for publishing a cartoon of a radical ...
Republicans worried about Bush, McCain's divergent views on foreign policy
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- President George W Bush and Senator John McCain have long been in agreement on major elements of US foreign policy, but now the Bush Administration's agreement to consider a "time horizon" for ...
Britney's clothes up for grabs
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Fans of pop star Britney Spears can lay their hands on clothes previously worn by her that are soon to go under the hammer. The clothes include the costumes from her 'Drive Me Crazy' and ...
4-day work week is win-win situation for both employer, employee
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Converting a five-day work week into a four-day work would certainly result in higher job satisfaction and lower levels of work-family conflict, thus leading to higher productivity, suggests a ...
Work eating away 'large chunk' of Aussies' lifestyle
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- Employees Down Under are being given so much work these days that it is now eating away into a large chunk of their lifestyles, according to the Australian Council of Trade Unions ...
CPN-Maoists asked to take initiative to form Nepal Government
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, July 26 -- CPN-Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that President Dr. Rambaran Yadav has asked his party to take the initiative to form the new Government in Nepal. â[euro]oeThe ...
Mustard, radish plants can act as natural pesticides
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Researchers have revealed that brassica plants such as mustard, radish or rapeseed can act as natural pesticides for pests and pathogens in vegetable crops. Using green manure of ...
ManU breaks British transfer record, buys Tavez for 32mn pounds
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Manchester United has agreed in principle to pay 32million pounds, a record in Britain, to complete the permanent signing of Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez. Tevez is currently halfway ...
Madge and Ritchie to 'renew vows' - the Kabbalah way
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- After weeks of rumours that their marriage is on the rocks, Madonna and Guy Ritchie are planning to hold a special family dinner to tell their nearest and dearest that their marriage is finally back ...
Rooney warns rivals, says ManU best in world
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Ace striker Wayne Rooney has warned Manchester United's rivals that they will storm into the new season believing they are the best team in the world. The England striker feels that last ...
Beijing pledges to recycle half of Olympic waste
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Beijing has pledged to make 50 percent of the waste produced by its 31 Olympic venues useful after recycling. According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), Beijing's 31 ...
Scientists use latest technology to examine aerosol particles that influence clouds
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Scientists are using instruments like an aerosol mass spectrometer to examine the life cycles of atmospheric aerosols that can absorb and scatter light and influence the lifetime of ...
Pak confident of hosting "a highly successful" Champions Trophy
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Karachi, July 26 -- Pakistan is confident of hosting "a highly successful" Champions Trophy this September in spite of growing fears that some of the leading competitors might boycott the eight-nation tournament ...
Pontings blessed with a baby girl
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting today became a proud father of a baby girl. The baby was delivered at St George Private Hospital on Saturday morning. Ponting and his ...
New â[euro]~fuel batteryâ[euro](TM) may ditch gasoline for good
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston have come up with a new idea of combining electric power with a combustion engine, which they say may enable electric vehicles to store more ...
Dungeon dad's wife loses 3st after trauma
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Rosemarie, the wife of Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl, has lost almost 3st since her evil husband's arrest in April. The 69-year-old has returned to her home city after a rift with ...
Britons asked to be nicer to Muslims
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Britishers have been asked to be nicer to Muslims, despite having one of the most tolerant attitudes towards Islam in the world. In many European countries, including France, wearing full ...
Intel predicts world of mobile internet devices 'set to explode'
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Chip maker Intel predicts that the world of mobile internet devices is set to explode in the short span on the next four years. Intel has based its prediction on research it has carried ...
Wallace and Gromit turned into video game
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- Popular animated characters Wallace and Gromit will soon be hitting store shelves in the form of a video game. TellTale Games is turning the cheese-loving, mild-mannered inventor Wallace and ...
Ronaldo's 'gifted in many departments', gushes model
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- A socialite who claims that she's spent the night with soccer ace Christiano Ronaldo can't stop gushing about his being 'gifted in many departments'. After spending a quality time with two ...
Water to run down from ancient Turkish fountain after 1300 years
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Istanbul, July 26 -- Water will run down from the Antonine Nymphaeum, a monumental fountain located on the north of the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey, after some 1300 years. Sagalassos is an ...
Rising energy, critical food shortages are major threats to wetlands
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Scientists have said that the major threats to the preservation of wetlands are critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel ...
Roswell alien incident was a cover-up, claims ex-NASA astronaut
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- Moonwalk astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell caused a worldwide stir by claiming that aliens exist. Now, he has made yet another sensational statement saying that there was a cover-up over the infamous ...
8 in 10 Brit women feel too self-conscious to wear bikinis
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- A majority of British women don't want wear bikinis because they are afraid they will look awful, a new survey has found. According to the study, those aged 16 to 24 most fear looking fat - ...
Britney Spears bags MTV nomination for 'Piece of Me'
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- It seems that Britney Spears is getting over her troubled times. The singer has been nominated for Best Female Video for "Piece of Me" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. Meanwhile the ...
Pole dancing granny's video a hit on YouTube!
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- It may sound bizarre but an unknown granny is making waves on the Internet with her pole dancing video titled 'Granny's Gone Wild'. The video, posted on website YouTube, shows the lady ...
Punters betting which egg will hatch the fastest!
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- Want to gamble on hatching eggs? Log onto www.eggycam.com, where punters have been betting which egg will hatch the fastest. Eggycam, a live video feed showing ten eggs in an incubator, ...
Wedding present for woman born without a womb - a baby!
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, July 26 -- A woman with no womb will become a mother for the first time after a friend offered to carry her baby as a wedding present. Mother-of-two Kate Housley, 32, made her suggestion to Fiona and ...
Chinese officials waive aside `One Childâ[euro](TM) policy for Sichuan quake couples
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, July 26 -- The Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress has waived aside the `One Childâ[euro](TM) policy for parents affected by the May 12 Sichuan earthquake. Affected ...
Lance Armstrong considering politics?
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Cycling champion Lance Armstrong may soon be plunging into politics. The seven time Tour de France winner is planning to turn to politics so that he can make the changes he wants, ...
Latest fad among Chinese teen girls - wearing live fish as jewellery!
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Melbourne, July 26 -- Forget gold, silver or diamonds, the latest jewellery fad among teenage girls in China's Chengdu is "live fish". Much to the disappointment of marine biologists, the youngsters are ...
Halle Berry declares war on the "trespassing" paparazzi
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- Hollywood actress Halle Berry has launched a legal attack against the paparazzi, who she says, has trespassed into her home to get the snaps of the her and her baby. The Oscar winner was ...
US Congress looks forward to long-term sustained relationship with Pakistan
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, July 26 -- United States Congress looks forward to having a long-term sustained relationship with Pakistan, and would help it in its democratic and economic development. Congresswoman Sheila ...
Condoleezza Rice's 'wardrobe malfunction'
Jul 26, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Perth, July 26 -- Condoleezza Rice showed a little bit more than she intended at a recent Perth visit, courtesy her flesh-coloured blouse. Dr Rice started day two of her Perth stopover with a morning coffee at ...