Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan; 5 dead
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An official says forestry guards are reporting at least five people have been killed in a plane crash in Pakistan. That toll is likely to rise significantly.The Airblue passenger jet that crashed into the Margalla Hills surrounding Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, was carrying 152 people.
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Nepali man holds world record for fourth time by shaking hands
Third time world record holder Rohit Timilsina from Nepal has again registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Record for the fourth time as he shook hands for 19 hours and 35 minutes on Saturday, according to the official website of GBWR.Timilsina shook hands with his brother Santosh Timilsina
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पोखरा उपमहानगर पालिका( १२ माछापुछ्रे निबासी हाल तमु धिं टोक्यो जापान कार्यसमितिका सक्रिय कोषाध्यक्ष,श्री खड्ग सिंग तमुका पूज्यनीय पिता,श्री जूम बहादुर तमुको ८४ बर्षको उमेरमा श्रवान(५ गते असामयिक निधन भएकोमा तमु धिं टोक्यो जापान कार्यसमितिले एक प्रेस विज्ञाप्ती निकाली निधन प्रति गहिरो दुस्ख ब्यक्त
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Three Nepalis killed in Doha
Three Nepali nationals have been killed in Qatar in separate accidents, Kantipur daily reported. Shekhar Prasad Mishra, 34, who hails from Darbesha VDC, Morang died in an accident that occurred while testing a motorboat at a beach in Doha. Likewise, two Nepalis were killed in a road accident in Al Khor.
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The coolest way to ride the water in Dubai
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will inaugurate five water taxis on Wednesday. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of RTA, said the service will be available between 10am and 10pm.People will have to call the toll free number 8009090 and wait at the station agreed to take the the water taxi.
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Scientists say vaginal gel cuts HIV-infections by half
A vaginal gel has significantly cut the rate of women contracting HIV from infected partners in an experiment in South Africa, researchers said.They said the gel, containing Aids drug tenofovir, cut infection rates among 889 women by 50% after one year of use, and by 39% after two and a half years.
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The World Cup Was Twitter’s Busiest Moment Ever
By Lucian Parfeni, Web News Editor, Softpedia.com
The World Cup is over and Twitter can breathe a sigh of relief managing to survive the onslaught of tweets that were bringing the site to its knees. While there were issues throughout the tournament with availability, Twitter also managed to break quite a few activity records.
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Octopus Paul predicts next Russian president
One of Russia's most popular newspapers said on Friday it had managed to get Paul, the oracle German octopus which accurately predicted the World Cup results, to forecast who will be Russia's next president. But shhhhhh...Komsomolskaya Pravda said the results of Paul's prediction for the 2012 presidential election have been sealed until election year.
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