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(Reuters) – Authorities said they had arrested the brother of Italy’s most wanted mafioso on Monday, along with 18 others accused of helping Sicilian boss Matteo Messina Denaro avoid capture.
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In operation “Golem 2″, more than 200 police from Palermo and Trapani in Sicily arrested Salvatore Messina Denaro.
He was arrested along with [...]

London, March 16 (ANI): The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Doha, Qatar, has determined that the decline of tigers is a sign of the world’’s failure to deal with the situation.
According to a report by BBC News, CITES heard that tiger numbers are continuing to fall.
Organised crime rings are playing [...]

A group of Tasmanian anti-pulp mill protesters will have charges relating to a rally at Parliament House in Hobart heard as a test case.
ABC Gardening personality Peter Cundall was one of 55 protesters arrested on the steps of Parliament, and charged with disobeying the direction of a police officer last November.
Lawyer Roland Browne says the [...]

WASHINGTON: In 2009, India accounted for the third highest increase in the number of illegal immigrants in the US in ten years, according to a new government report, though only two percent of all illegal immigrants were Indians.
The number of illegal immigrants in the US fell by seven percent to 10.8 million last year.
A majority [...]

Zurich (Switzerland), Sep 17(ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath on Thursday said that in the next two years India will build more highways than any other country in the world.

Inaugurating “Building India: Road Infrastructure [...]

Jerusalem, September 7 (ANI): New data has suggested that the Dead Sea is evaporating faster each year rather than decreasing at a steady rate.

According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, the data was provided by the Hydrological Service and geologist Eli Raz.

The sea evaporated 18 cm. in August and 19 cm. in July, dropping [...]

London, Aug 31 (ANI): An increasing number of lonely and depressed elderly in the UK are turning to drinking, and are dying from booze-related illnesses.

Recent data has revealed that a total of 1,912 over-60s died as a result of boozing in 1999, [...]

Washington, August 18 (ANI): A new research from the University of Washington scientists has described an approach to organic electronics that allows transport of both positive and negative charges.

Until now, however, circuits built with organic materials have allowed only one type of charge to [...]

Oakland Community College | OCC | Michigan’s community colleges | George Cartsonis
Oakland Community College (OCC) is a community college established June 8, 1964 in Oakland County, Michigan. It opened September 1965 with two campuses – Highland Lakes, a renovated hospital in Union Lake, and Auburn Hills, a former Army Nike missile site in Auburn Hills.
OCC [...]

Washington, Aug 13 (ANI): People, who suffer from anhedonia, a key symptom of depression, are less likely to pursue rewards if there is any need to put an effort to obtain them, according to new study.

The research has indicated that decreased cravings for pleasure may be at the root of a core symptom of major [...]

Washington, Aug 9 (ANI): An eminent obesity expert has said that parents can help to prevent obesity in children by helping them with their eating habits and building a healthy body image.

According to Edward Abramson, PhD and professor emeritus at California State University, parents can [...]

Southampton (UK), July 14 (ANI): A unique collaboration between the University of Southampton’s Schools of Engineering Sciences and Medicine, which has presented the most comprehensive review of the impact of aviation on climate this century, has been awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal [...]

Washington, July 14 (ANI): A new study conducted by Northwestern University researchers offers an unparalleled look at how noise affects the nervous system’s ability to transcribe sounds whose subtle differences are key to success with language and reading.

The study suggests that distinguishing such sounds is too much to ask of the nervous system of [...]

By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 7 (IANS) The landmark India-US civil nuclear deal resulting in a strong and enduring partnership with New Delhi would enhance America’s national security and economy, a top US lawmaker said Tuesday.
However, the implementation of this historic deal would depend greatly on the diplomatic work by the new US ambassador to India, [...]

London, July 4 (ANI): It was a chat-up line that sparked off David and Victoria Beckham’s relationship, which went on to become the most iconic partnerships in celebrity history.

After watching Manchester United play Sheffield Wednesday at Old Trafford in March 1997, a [...]

Washington, July 3 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California-San Francisco (UNSF) say that they have identified a particular region of genes on human chromosome eight that is linked to perfect pitch, the rare ability to recognize and name musical notes without any reference pitch for comparison, at least in people of European ancestry.

Reporting their [...]

Washington, June 26 (ANI): A new report has determined that with the caloric needs of the planet expected to soar by 50 percent in the next 40 years, planning and investment in global agriculture will become critically important.

The report was produced by Deutsche Bank, in collaboration with the University of [...]

Washington, June 25 (ANI) Mice may not talk but those carrying a “humanised version” of a gene – thought to be involved in speech – can tell a lot about humans” evolutionary past, say researchers.

“In the last decade or so, we”ve come to realize that the mouse is really similar to humans,” said Wolfgang Enard [...]

Sydney, June 24 (ANI): Australians are in two minds about multiculturalism, and a long-term survey has found that nine out of 10 Australians believe that racial prejudice exists in the country.

They believe cultural diversity is good for the country but they’re worried that cultural differences will stop everyone from getting along.

An 11-year study by a [...]

Sydney, June 24 (ANI): Australians are in two minds about multiculturalism, and a long-term survey has found that nine out of 10 Australians believe that racial prejudice exists in the country.

They believe cultural diversity is good for the country but they’re worried that cultural differences will stop everyone from getting along.

An 11-year study by a [...]