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Kylie Minogue gets OBE in London
4 Jul 2008, 0124 hrs IST
| Pop star Kylie Minogue received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to music from Prince Charles on Thursday.
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Hitler wax statue unveiled at Tussauds
4 Jul 2008, 0134 hrs IST
Berlin's new waxwork museum on Thursday unveiled a figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life, an exhibit that has been criticised as in bad taste.
Love at first sight with Nihita: Sobhraj
4 Jul 2008, 0519 hrs IST
Sobhraj and Nihita have already exchanged rings and plan to solemnise the marriage after his release.
Rushdie set to win 'Best of Booker'
4 Jul 2008, 0406 hrs IST
India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children' has established an unassailable lead over five other contenders in global public voting for the 'Best of the Booker' award.
Asian students aren't top-notch: Study
4 Jul 2008, 0401 hrs IST
A belief that Asian-Americans are taking over US universities, outperforming other groups and grabbing the bulk of math, science and engineering degrees has been debunked in a landmark study.
Man sent to jail for 4,060 yrs in US
4 Jul 2008, 0404 hrs IST
A man was sentenced to more than 4,000 years in prison for sexually assaulting three teenage girls over two years. Police foil terror attack in Indonesia
4 Jul 2008, 0418 hrs IST
Anti-terror police arrested 10 suspected Muslim militants and seized a large cache of high-powered bombs, foiling a major attack targeting Westerners in the Indonesian capital.
Zambia denies president's death
3 Jul 2008, 2012 hrs IST
The Vice-President of Zambia, Rupiah Banda, has denied reports that came earlier on Thursday that President Levy Mwanawasa has died while being treated in a Paris hospital.Jordanian boy kills sister for 'honour'
3 Jul 2008, 1952 hrs IST
The 16-year-old reportedly stabbed his sister 10 times in the heart because she disappeared from home for a month with a boyfriend.
China, Dalai talks fail on Tibet
3 Jul 2008, 1723 hrs IST
After talks between China and Dalai Lama's envoys failed in Beijing, the Chinese officials told the envoys that the Buddhist leader must not support any activity of the 'terrorist' Tibetan Youth Congress or try to disturb the Beijing Olympics. |