Obama's approval rating hits record low

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Washington, Aug 15: US President Barack Obama's job approval rating has sunk below 40 percent for the first time, according to a new Gallup daily tracking poll. The survey, made public late Sunday, shows that 39 percent of Americans approve of the president's job performance, while 54 percent More

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Iraq's bloodiest day this year

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Kut (Iraq), Aug 15: Attacks in more than a dozen cities across Iraq today killed 66 people, including 40 in twin blasts in the southern city of Kut, in the country's bloodiest day this year.The surge of violence raises questions over the capabilities of Iraq's forces after its leaders agreed to More

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Pak gave China access to US chopper wreckage: NY Times

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New York, Aug 15: Chinese military engineers were "probably" given access by Pakistan to the wreckage of the US stealth helicopter that had crashed in Osama bin Laden's compound during the Abbottabad raid and Chinese engineers might even have walked away with samples, a media report said.The US More

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Anti-regime protests in Syria enters 6-month

20 killed in fresh assault on civilians by forces

Damascus, Aug 15:  Syrian troops backed by tanks clamped down today on the flashpoint province of Homs, a day after gunboats joined an assault that killed more than 20 people in Latakia city, activists said.As the country's anti-regime uprising turned five months old, the Syrian Observatory More

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Caged Mubarak appears in court; trial adjourned till Sept 5

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Cairo, Aug 15: The historic trial of Egypt's fallen president Hosni Mubarak was today adjourned till September 5 after he returned to court, wheeled on a stretcher and caged, to answer charges for ordering the killing of over 800 people, while his followers and opponents scuffled on the streets.In More

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Beautiful people are more selfish: Study

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London, Aug 15: People with beautiful, symmetrical faces are more selfish than the average guy and tend to pursue their own interests, says a new study.The team from Edinburgh University, Britain, examined the facial features of 292 people aged 83 years, who had been followed for life under the More

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China's first aircraft carrier completes sea trials

Beijing, Aug 15: China's first aircraft carrier that raised global concerns has returned to its base after completing a four-day  maiden voyage to test its system and capabilities. The carrier, refitted from an imported platform called Varyag from Ukraine, was towed back to the Dalian More

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Now offer Ramadan charity via SMS

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Dubai, Aug 15: Muslims in Qatar can pay their end of Ramadan zakat (charity) by sending a short message on their mobile to a telecommunication provider. The charity amount, USD 4.10 (15 Qatari riyals), is either added to the user's bill or deducted from the call balance, and transferred to a More

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Suicide by Tibetan monk sparks tensions in Chinese province

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Beijing, Aug 15: A Tibetan monk committed suicide today in southwest China, the second such incident of self immolation in recent times, sparking tensions in the area which has a large Tibetan population. Tsongwon Norbu, 29, a monk in Sichuan Province at Nyitso Monastery in Dawu County of More

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Libyan rebels claim control of key towns near Tripoli

Zawiyah (Libya), Aug 15: Libya's rebels claimed early today to have wrested control from Muammar Gaddafi's forces of the towns of Sorman west of Tripoli and Garyan to the south, putting them in sight of the capital. The advances mean that Tripoli's supply lines from Tunisia are severed, according More

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Miracle preservative might keep food fresh for years

London, Aug 15: The discovery of a natural preservative - capable of eliminating bugs that ruin meat, fish, eggs and dairy products within days - promises to cut down spoilt food trashed each year, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota. Called bisin, the compound could extend More

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