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Final day of US election campaign shows tight race
US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (L) and President Barack Obama
US presidential election rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are set to enter the final day of the election battle as the opinion polls show the challengers are still neck-and-neck on the eve of the vote.
According to an opinion poll by the Wall Street Journal and the NBC News, 48 percent of voters would likely support...
Eat sanely to live sanely
We are a society obsessed with food. Overeating and obesity are, in fact, becoming an epidemic in the West. “Fast food” joints and “all you can eat” restaurants with buffets and alcoholic beverages are springing up all over the place. We see junk food dispensers in most of our schools. Everywhere we go we are bombarded with enticing ads encouraging us to eat and drink.
Gluttony...
Russia no. 1 in TOP 10 Countries With Highest Divorce Rates In 2012
There has been an increasing rate of separation or divorce among couples and this list will show you the top 10 countries with highest divorce rates in 2012.
Despite of the legal matrimony and orientation about the sanctity of marriage, whether it is religious based beliefs or principles in life, we could see that the values and morals for marriage relationships are being torn down.
The weakening...
South African city offers Cell Phone for every 60 rats nabbed
It’s probably the strangest bounty ever invented, but it seems desperate times call for desperate measures in the South African township of Alexandria. City officials are offering a mobile phone for every 60 rats caught.
The bizarre new program is an attempt to rid Alexandria of a massive rat infestation in its streets.
The 100-year-old township has become a breeding ground for the little critters,...
Bananas have key role in food for the warming world
Study says that with rising temperatures, fruit can replace the potato as a staple food in some developing temperate countries… A newly released report says that climate change could make the banana a crucial food source for millions of people.
A newly released report says that climate change could make the banana a crucial food source for millions of people.
The finding is part of a report...
US fears losing support for anti-Iran sanctions
Washington has reportedly decided to ease restrictions on the sale of medicine to Iran in fear that it may lose global support for anti-Iran sanctions, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Though US rules have not imposed any bans on American firms to sell medicine and medical supplies to Iran, exporters have been required to apply for special licenses. Besides, as the aftermath of the sanctions, the impossibility...
Eye Drops Can Treat Baldness
Bald men can regain hair with eye drops for glaucoma. Drug interactions and pre-existing diseases can make the therapy risky. However, eye drops for glaucoma have become a macho thing. It may even end one of the world’s greatest male torments, baldness. So a survey, published by researchers in the journal FASEB, reveals.
Eye drops for glaucoma have become a macho thing. It may even end one of...
World's Longest Married Couple Share Their Secrets
Certificate of Achievement received from online dating website Zoosk.com
In an age where few marriages endure the test of time, 107-year-old Karam and his wife Katari Chand, 100, are proof that happy ever after does exist.
The couple, who have eight children and twenty eight grandchildren together, have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years making them the world’s longest married couple.
The pair...
Iran Offers to Send Emergency Aid Crew to US After Hurricane Sandy
In the wake of the destruction caused by hurricane Sandy the people of Iran are reaching out in a variety of ways, by offering help and emergency aid relief.
Even the Red Crescent Organization of Iran has offered to send an emergency response team to help with the rescue and clean up effort.
Mahmud Mozaffar, the leader of the Red Crescent Organization told the Fars News Agency that:
“We are ready...
Highs and lows of European salaries
Last year, the smallest wages in Europe were paid in Ukraine, Moldova and Albania. The most highly paid professionals live in Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. However, the “low-income” Ukraine lives on labor migration. The Ukrainian citizens working in other countries, send billions of dollars to their home country every year.
In Ukraine, the State Statistics Committee reported a decline...
Sandy Causes Major Oil Spill Into Water Near New Jersey
A major oil spill has occurred in the strait of water separating Staten Island, NYC and the state of New Jersey. The spill, of more than 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel, reportedly occurred in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
The Coast Guard said the incident occurred in the Arthur Kill tidal strait as fuel leaked from the Motiva oil tank facility, according to a report by NBC New York. Some 200 people...
How Many People Have Ever Been Born?
How many people have ever been born? You’ve wondered this.
You may have heard it said that there are more people alive today than have died in all of human history, but this is not true. According to calculations by demographer Carl Haub, about 107 billion people have been born up until now, and 100 billion of them are dead. You are among the lucky 6.5 per cent of humanity that is still alive. For...
West Virginia hit by Heavy Snow brought by Hurricane Sandy
While high winds and rain brought on by superstorm Sandy tormented residents along much of the East Coast, the state of West Virginia was blanketed in a freak snowstorm as a result of the weather.
Roughly a quarter of a million people across West Virginia lost power on Monday as Sandy caused extreme weather conditions across a large chunk of the US.
More than a dozen counties across West Virginia...
Gangs Plan Hurricane Sandy Looting Spree Via Twitter
Scores of Twitter users have flooded the social networking site announcing their plans to go on looting sprees once Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, as the New York National Guard announced it would put troops on duty in Long Island to prevent such activity.
1,175 New York National Guard troops have been mobilized to “provide command and control and logistical support” in New York City, Long Island,...
Concerns on the rise as Hurricane Sandy expected to hit 26 nuclear power plants
Millions of Americans are preparing to lose electricity as Hurricane Sandy speeds up the East Coast, but downed power lines might be the least of their worries: the projected path of the storm has Sandy hitting as many as 26 nuclear plants.
More than two dozen nuclear facilities up and down the East Coast could be ravaged by a storm expected to be of epic proportions this week. Arnie Gundersen, the...