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Pluto phootoh!

Last week Darrel Hair raised his finger and pointed at the sky. There’s been another case of ball tampering. But this time it wasn’t Pakistan, but the International Astronomical Union, which dropped the ninth ball orbiting around the sun and kicked it out of the solar system.

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Apple recalls 1.1m laptop batteries

Apple Computer is recalling more than one million laptop computer batteries due to the risk they could burst into flames, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.

The recall centered on lithium-ion batteries made by Japan-based Sony and sold with some iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 computers, according to the commission.

The Apple battery recall came on the heels of Dell Computer recalling as a fire hazard some 4.1 million laptop batteries with Sony-made cells.

No goalkeepers in hockey

From 2007 onwards, there will be no goalkeepers in hockey. Former Indian captain MM Somaya was left speechless for some minutes at the new rule which will be experimented with at various levels and applied from 2007-08 on the suggestion of the Hockey Rules Board (HRB) of the FIH (international hockey federation).

The HRB has made quite a few changes, to be followed by national associations affiliated to the FIH but the most innovative one seems to be the removal of the goalkeeper, almost completely, barring for the penalty-corners and the stroke.

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Vodafone may up Airtel stake to 20 per cent

UK-based Vodafone Group plc, the largest mobile services provider in the world, is considering increasing its equity stake in Bharti Airtel to 20% as part of its plans to double revenues from emerging markets over the next three years.

Sources said the hike could be sewn up “in 2-3 months�.

In an email statement from the UK, a Vodafone spokesman confirmed the intent: “We are interested in increasing our stake in Bharti Airtel. However, any increase is dependent on other shareholdings being available for purchase. Such shareholdings are not currently available.�

That’s partly because Bharti Airtel has already hit the 74% ceiling for foreign investment as a result of a change in the way such shareholding is accounted for.

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FBI identifies terror camp in Pakistan through satellite pictures

Pakistan’s claims that it does not have terrorist training camps in its territory is being strongly contested by FBI which has told a US court that satellite pictures pointed towards such a camp.

In the trial of 23-year-old Pakistani American Hamid Hayat, who has been accused of terrorism-related charges, Defence Intelligence Agency’s expert Eric Benn has stated that there was as much of a seventy per cent “probablity” that the satellite images pointed to a militant training camp near Balakot in northeast Pakistan.

Much to Pakistan’s embarrassment, Benn told the district court in California that although he did not “detect any formal weapons training“, including firing ranges, targets, rocket launchers or explosives testing, it did not mean they were not taking place

The structures and trail in the remote terrain fit the “signature” of “militant training“, as opposed to regular training of Pakistani armed forces, he said.

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Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven

From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, following are the ten reasons to throw out your Microwave Oven

1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term – permanent – brain damage by “shorting out” electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].

2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food.

3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating microwaved foods.

4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body.

5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.

6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens.

7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America .

8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood.

9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence.

Beauty Without Cruelty, India

A Vegetarian Lifestyle is BWC’s very own consciencious lifetyle guide which equips its reader with much required knowledge of veg and non-veg products available in the market. Supported by in depth research, this guide educates on the origin of animal ingredients, whether or not these ingredients are pesent in products, as well the tests performed on animals before these products are certified as marketable.

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    Touching life story…..

    A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

    As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.

    Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book.

    Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things.

    When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words…PAID IN FULL.

    How many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?

    Zidane wins World Cup best player award

    France captain Zinedine Zidane was named the best player at the World Cup despite being sent off in the final against Italy for headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi, FIFA announced on Monday.

    Zidane received 2,012 points with Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro second on 1,977 points and Italy’s Andrea Pirlo third on 715 points. Journalists covering the World Cup voted for the Golden Ball award.

    Germany striker Miroslav Klose was the Golden Shoe winner for finishing as the tournament’s leading scorer with five goals.

    His teammate Lukas Podolski was named best young player.

    List of World Cup winners

    2006 – Italy
    2002 – Brazil
    1998 – France
    1994 – Brazil
    1990 – West Germany
    1986 – Argentina
    1982 – Italy
    1978 – Argentina
    1974 – West Germany
    1970 – Brazil
    1966 – England
    1962 – Brazil
    1958 – Brazil
    1954 – West Germany
    1950 – Uruguay
    1938 – Italy
    1934 – Italy
    1930 – Uruguay

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