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Just watching the news reinforces negative perception of blacks: Study

18.07.2008 23:53    b4uindia.com
Local news channels might inadvertently be promoting negative stereotypical conceptions about blacks, say researchers. In a pair of recently published studies, communication professor Travis Dixon found that the more people watched either local or network news, the more likely they


I Beg to Differ...

18.07.2008 23:53    b4uindia.com
Somewhere along the line I must've signed up for Us Weekly's daily newsletter, cause I get an email from them every morning updating me on the doings in Hollywood. This morning, the following headline appeared in my inbox:Breaking News: Co-Star:

Sure, Mischa

18.07.2008 23:53    b4uindia.com
Mischa Barton has called her DUI arrest a "low point" in her life.I never, ever would have thought I would be arrested. I was disappointed because it associated me with a group of girls that I would rather not be

Mayer Hits on Writer in Amsterdam

18.07.2008 23:53    b4uindia.com
John Mayer is still a dog it seems. In Touch features the following account of his prowling activities in Amsterdam from a woman he tried his charms on:On June 20, John approached Chaton Anderson, a writer from Manhattan Beach, Calif.,


Dan Rather is Senile

18.07.2008 23:53    b4uindia.com
Dan Rather calls Barack Obama "Osama Bin Laden" on MSNBC. Time to pin a note to Dan's sleeve and find him a park bench. (I love how Mike Barnicle, Tiki Barber and Mika Brzezinski just ignore it.)Ted Kennedy did it

Dark Knight Hype

18.07.2008 23:52    b4uindia.com
The Dark Knight is getting hyped to high-heaven. Will it break $150 million this weekend? Will Heath Ledger get a posthumous Oscar nomination? Will Maggie Gyllenhaal inspire a whole generation of young males to give homosexuality a try? We can

Mysterious Chinese Characters (2): Yao

18.07.2008 23:19    en.epochtimes.com
The character 藥 (yà o) in Chinese refers to a medicine or drug. The wisdom of Chinese mythology contains an explanation as to why.

Hong Kong March Supports 40 Million Withdrawals from CCP

18.07.2008 23:19    en.epochtimes.com
Rally in Hong Kong held to support 40 million people quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

India approves six GSLV operational flights

18.07.2008 22:07    frontierindia.com
India today gave its approval for funding of six GSLV operational flights (F11 to F16) at a total estimated cost of Rs. 1280.96 crores with a Foreign Exchange component of Rs. 272.90 crores. With the realization of six GSLV Operational

Jet Airways Gets Airbus A330-200 Aircraft At The Berlin Air Show

18.07.2008 22:01    frontierindia.com
Indian based international carrier Jet Airways has taken delivery of its latest Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways Chairman, formally accepted the aircraft at a ceremony at the Berlin Air Show (ILA) in presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

India can account for 10% of World Trade by 2022

18.07.2008 22:01    frontierindia.com
India can emerge as a world leader in industry and commerce, accounting for 10% of the global trade by 2022. It can become the world's largest pool of trained manpower and a source of global innovations, said Mr K V

INHS ASVINI equipped with Digital Mamography System

18.07.2008 22:01    frontierindia.com
The naval hospital INHS Asvini at Mumbai, today added one more facility to its multi purpose super speciality infracture namely a Digital Mamography system. This state of the art Digital Mamography System was inaugurated by Mrs Kanwal Bedi, President Navy

Passing out parade at Naval Institute Of Aeronautical Technology

18.07.2008 22:01    frontierindia.com
In an impressive Parade at the Naval Base on 18th July, the 37th Air Engineering Officer's and Air Electrical Officer's course passed out from Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology (NIAT). The parade was reviewed by Rear Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief

Pentagon looks at cuts in Iraq, additions in Afghanistan (CNN.com)

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
Two top Pentagon officials said Wednesday that they expect to be able to recommend troops cuts in Iraq this fall and will try to increase troops in Afghanistan.

More US troops may go to Afghanistan this year (AP via Yahoo! News)

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," a shift that could send some units there within weeks, as officials prepare to cut troop levels in Iraq.

U.S. may up troop count in Afghanistan (UPI)

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- The United States may consider raising troop strength in Afghanistan even as it considers cuts in Iraq, top defense officials indicated.

Afghan team probes 'nuclear dump'

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
The Afghan president sets up a team to investigate claims Pakistan dumped nuclear waste in South Afghanistan.

Rediscovering treasures of Bamiyan

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
The BBC's Alastair Leithead travels to Bamiyan in Afghanistan to see what could be perhaps the oldest oil paintings in the world.

US shifts focus to Pakistan threat

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
The US is increasingly worried about the threat from militant groups inside Pakistan, writes the BBC's Kim Ghattas.

Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan (CNN.com)

18.07.2008 20:32    afgha.com
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Spc. Grover Gebhart has spent nine months at a small post on a Sunni-Shiite fault line in western Baghdad. But the 21-year-old soldier on his first tour in Iraq feels he's missing the real war --

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