Paris, March 13 – Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets here Friday to protest against French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s education reforms, Xinhua reported.
Demonstrations were also held in major cities like Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse and Nice after eight major teachers’ unions called for a countrywide protest.
Police said about 1,000 people participated in [...]
Dubai, March 13 – The third Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference will begin here Saturday, WAM news agency reported.
The two-day conference will discuss the latest progress in genome research in the Arab region.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Health Minister Hanif Hassan will inaugurate the event at Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai.
Representatives of the World [...]
Los Angeles, March 13 – Hundreds of starving sea lions are washing ashore along the California coast as El Nino weather conditions warm the Pacific Ocean and drive away their usual prey, according to media reports Friday.
The report in the Orange County Register follows accounts earlier in the year of hundreds of sick and starving [...]
Havana, March 13 – Cuba and Russia have signed a pact to collaborate in the telecommunications field, Prensa Latina reported.
Both sides will jointly develop information technology, Russian Deputy Communications Minister Dmitry Severov said here Friday after a meeting with his Cuban counterpart.
At the meeting, Moscow and Havana discussed proposals related to telecommunications, radio-electric spectrum, information [...]
Mumbai, March 13 – A stunning display of powerful batting from Angelo Matthews and Owais Shah guided Kolkata Knight Riders to a comprehensive 11-run win over defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Friday.
Chasing 162, Deccan Chargers could made 150 for seven in 20 overs after skipper [...]
New Delhi, March 13 – Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has announced her latest venture on micro-blogging site Twitter. She is all set to open a new club called Royalty in Mumbai with her businessman husband Raj Kundra.
‘Okay guys this is the news. Our newest venture is Royalty – the newest club in town, nearly ready, [...]
Mumbai, March 13 – The following is the scoreboard of the opening match of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between defending champions Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders at the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy here Friday.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Manoj Tiwary c Sharma b Vaas 0
Brad Hodge c Gibbs b Jaskaran 13
Sourav Ganguly [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – Five successive low-intensity blasts hit Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore Friday, less than 12 hours after massive twin blasts killed at least 48 people and injured 95 in the town.
The five back-to-back blasts took place in the span of 45 minutes within the distance of few hundred metres at the Moon Market [...]
New Delhi, March 13 – A 45-year-old man died after falling into a sewer in east Delhi, police said Friday.
‘The incident took place at around 8.30 p.m. last (Thursday) night when Devendra Prasad fell into an open sewer in Shahdara area. He was taken to Guru Teg Bahadur hospital where doctors declared him dead,’ a [...]
New Delhi, March 13 – There is an urgent need to spread awareness about cardiovascular diseases like stroke and diabetes, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said here Friday.
‘Non-communicable diseaseS require our urgent attention and efforts to curtail it,’ Trivedi said while speaking at the inauguration of the Fifth National Congress of the Indian [...]
