Photograph courtesy Zhou Zhefeng, BBC Wildlife Magazine A leopard seems to strike a regal pose in China in the winning photograph of the annual BBC Wildlife Camera Trap Competition.Photographer Zhou Zhefeng snagged both the top prize and a category win for Animal Portraits.Established in 2010, the contest features the most "visually exciting" or significant camera-trap images taken by conservationists...
Nurse Duped by 'Queen's' Prank Call Found Dead
Label: Business The hospital receptionist who was hoaxed by a prank call from a DJ claiming to be the queen asking about Kate Middleton has been found dead."It is with very deep sadness that we confirm the tragic death of a member of our nursing staff," the hospital said in a statement released today.The nurse was identified as Jacintha Saldanha. The hospital said that Saldanha worked at the...
Dec
06
ECB slashes growth forecasts, keeps door open to rate cuts
Label: Technology FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank slashed its eurozone growth forecasts Thursday, keeping the door open to more interest rates cuts, even as it insisted it was up to governments to solve the debt crisis.As widely expected, the ECB's decision-making governing council voted to leave the bank's main refinancing rate at a historic low of 0.75 percent at its last policy meeting this year.But...
PMO pushes for hike in rail fares after nine years
Label: Lifestyle NEW DELHI: Get ready to pay more for rail travel by next March as the government is trying to set up of an independent tariff regulator. PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday stepped in to accelerate the much-awaited reforms in railways, which has been neglected for many years. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has set deadlines for railways' top brass to set up independent tariff regulator and implement...
High-Voltage DC Breakthrough Could Boost Renewable Energy
Label: HealthPatrick J. Kiger Thomas Edison championed direct current, or DC, as a better mode for delivering electricity than alternating current, or AC. But the inventor of the light bulb lost the War of the Currents. Despite Edison's sometimes flamboyant efforts—at one point he electrocuted a Coney Island zoo elephant in an attempt to show the technology's hazards—AC is the primary way that electricity...
Winter Chill Descends on Frozen Fiscal Cliff Talks
Label: Business A chill has descended on Washington just in time for tonight's lighting of the National Christmas Tree.President Obama will preside over an evening festival of star-studded carols and sparkling displays of holiday cheer on the White House Ellipse.But don't expect any of the holiday good will to warm the political frost over the fiscal cliff talks.The White House is mandating...
Dec
05
Rubio, Ryan look to the future during award dinner speeches
Label: World
Two high-profile Republican members of Congress who stand at the forefront of the effort to rebuild the party after a stinging presidential defeat delivered speeches Tuesday night aimed at turning the page with a fresh emphasis on inclusion and a renewed focus on growing the middle class.
“Nothing represents how special America is more than our middle class. And our challenge and our opportunity...
Britain faces more austerity pain
Label: Technology LONDON: Finance minister George Osborne on Wednesday warned Britons that they faced an extra year of austerity measures and insisted that reversing his belt-tightening measures now would be a "disaster".Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne said Britain would face spending cuts and tax hikes until 2018 -- after the coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron had already previously...
Deoband fatwa describes perfume with alcohol, tattoo and women receptionists as un-Islamic
Label: Lifestyle LUCKNOW: Two fatwas issued by leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in last two days have left many in Muslim community perplexed in the state. While a fatwa as described working of women as receptionists against sharia law, another termed tattoo and use of perfume with alcohol content as un-Islamic.A Pakistan-based company had asked whether it could appoint...
Scientific Results From Challenger Deep
Label: HealthJane J. Lee The spotlight is shining once again on the deepest ecosystems in the ocean—Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (map) and the New Britain Trench near Papua New Guinea. At a presentation today at the American Geophysical Union's conference in San Francisco, attendees got a glimpse into these mysterious ecosystems nearly 7 miles (11 kilometers) down, the former visited by filmmaker...
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