| News Result of Year
| Jail terms of up to 18 years in Portuguese paedophilia case Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-2 Hrs
Lisbon, Sep 3 (DPA) A Portuguese court Friday found six out of seven defendants guilty in a high-profile paedophilia case which has shocked the nation, and handed out prison sentences of up to 18 years.
| 200-year-old beer bottles found during Baltic Sea salvage Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-2 Hrs
Helsinki, Sep 3 (DPA) Divers have salvaged what is believed to be the world's oldest preserved beer from a 200-year-old shipwreck, the government of the semi-autonomous Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden said Friday.
| 15-year-old is youngest Cambridge student in over 200 years Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-1 Hrs
London, Sep 3 A 15-year-old Briton has become the youngest student to gain a place at Cambridge University for over two centuries. He has enrolled for a course that is considered one of the toughest in the world and former scholars include Isaac Newton.
| 13 years on, Mother Teresa still draws foreign tourists to Kolkata Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-1 Hrs
Kolkata, Sep 3 Be it soccer legend Diego Maradona, tennis star Martina Hingis or football World Cup hero Diego Forlan - they have all visited the plain two-storey Missionaries of Charity headquarters here that houses Mother Teresa's grave. It's a must-see for foreign tourists visiting eastern India even 13 years after her death.
| Two-year-old kicks the butt Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-1 Hrs
London, Sep 3 A two-year-old boy in Indonesia, who used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day, has quit smoking after entering rehab.
| 50 years on, Ghatak's masterpiece has to shine through clouds Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-1 Hrs
Mumbai, Sep 3 Legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak's 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' completes 50 years this year. Sadly, despite critics globally considering it to be one of a handful of most important films from India, the excitement is not palpable.
| Abbas, Netanyahu agree to reach settlement in one year Friday, September 03, 2010, 03-0 Hrs
Washington, Sep 3 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to a one-year time-frame for reaching a peace agreement, the special US envoy to the region, George Mitchell, said Thursday.
| Men urinate on 75-year-old woman in Britain Thursday, September 02, 2010, 02-1 Hrs
London, Sep 2 Two men urinated on a 75-year-old woman in Britain when she objected to their behaviour, which included relieving themselves in the stairwell and having sex in the public area of her apartment, a media report said Thursday.
| Leopard kills 7-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, September 02, 2010, 02-1 Hrs
Lucknow, Sep 2 A leopard has killed a seven-year-old boy in a village adjoining the Katarniaghat forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said Thursday.
| Fish oil could save 10,000 heart patients every year Thursday, September 02, 2010, 02-1 Hrs
London, Sep 2 Fish oil capsules could save lives of 10,000 heart patients every year, finds a recent survey.
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