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London, Jan 25: Upon returning from his five-month tour of duty in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, the third in line to the British throne, Prince Harry, says he killed Muslims to protect his people. “Take a life to save a life, that's what we revolve around,” Harry said. It is not clear how many people Prince Harry has killed during the Helmand tour, but he has confirmed responsibility

London, Jan 20: William Henry 'Bill' Gates with an estimated wealth of $65 billion is as rich as two Kenyas, three Trinidads and a dozen Montenegros but is now engaged in the process of ridding himself of all the money in the hope of extending the lives of others less fortunate than himself. Having already given away $28 billion, the 57-year-old Microsoft co-founder now intends to eradicate polio

Ankara, December 31: An official says Turkey is holding talks with the jailed Kurdish rebel leader to press his autonomy-seeking guerrilla group to relinquish arms. Yalcin Akdogan, a top aide to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told Tarafnewspaper in an interview published on Sunday that talks were aimed at convincing the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to lay down arms for good instead of

London, December 30: Pakistani teenage girl Malala Yousufzai has condoled the death of the 23-year-old gang rape victim who died in the wee hours of Saturday in a Singapore Hospital. Expressing her grief over the death of rape victim, Malala raised question as to why the Government of India shifted the girl to Singapore when her health was so precarious. She tweeted - The rapists dumped her on

London, December 30: American researchers claim to have solved a cryptic formula that renowned mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan believed came to him in dreams while on his deathbed, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. The formula was contained in a letter he wrote to his mentor, the English mathematician G.H. Hardy, from his deathbed in 1920 outlining several new mathematical functions that had

Mbabane, December 27: Police in Africa's last absolute monarchy Swaziland have banned women from wearing miniskirts and midriff-revealing tops saying they provoke rape, local media reported today. Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal act dating back to 1889. "The act of the rapist is made easy, because it would be easy to remove the half-cloth worn

Bugarach (France), December 22: Diehard doomsayers hunkered down to await the apocalypse on Friday, but most took a lighthearted view of the Mayan “prophecy” of the world's destruction, laying on stunts and parties to while away the end. “If you're in an underground bunker with a lifetime's supply of baked beans how stupid do you feel now?” asked one person on Twitter, which saw dozens of posts

Washington, December 19: Hinduism is the third largest religion of the world after Christianity and Islam and 97 per cent of all Hindus live in three Hindu-majority countries – India, Nepal and Mauritius, according to a study. India, which accounts for majority of world's Hindus, is also home to almost all the major religions of the world, a Pew research said Tuesday. Pew demographic study – based

New Delhi, December 18: More than incoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's professed proclivity towards India, New Delhi is hoping that the next Government in Tokyo will be more decisive on strategic issues. The trend of India-Japan relations under three Prime Ministers of the previous Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained positive but India's responses had to be re-calibrated because each

Islamabad, December 16: At least 10 people died in Pakistan Saturday night when Taliban militants stormed an airport after ramming their explosives-laden vehicle into its outer wall. The militants attacked the Bacha Khan Airport in Peshawar around 8.30 p.m. According to local media reports, five rockets were fired by the militants at the airport and two of them hit the runaway. Five attackers were