Mobile phones save Indian farmers from crop losses

Mobile phones save Indian farmers from crop losses


Mobile phones save Indian farmers from crop losses

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 12:18 AM PDT

In India, mobile phones are being used increasingly not only in the country's business districts but also in its farms.

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No more de-tagging: Photo ready tips from top celeb make-up artists

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 12:13 AM PDT

Thanks to the rise of smartphones and photo sharing apps such as Instagram, a night out can often leave you feeling like an A-list star being trailed by the paparazzi. If you're getting tired of de-tagging unflattering pictures on Facebook, follow these tips to getting photo ready that top celebrity make-up artists Kapil Bhalla, Kristofer Buckle and Kabuki gave Relaxnews.

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Isaac disrupts US presidential election campaign

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:37 PM PDT

TAMPA, Aug 26 — Tropical Storm Isaac nudged the US presidential election campaign off course, forcing Republicans to delay the start of Mitt Romney's national convention in Florida and Vice President Joe Biden to cancel a campaign trip to the state. The prospect of howling winds and flooding around the convention site near Tampa Bay prompted ...



Mexican gangs block roads, torch vehicles in western Mexico

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 09:01 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY, Aug 26 — Armed gangs blocked highways throughout Guadalajara, Mexico's second biggest city, yesterday and vehicles were set on fire amid a surge in drug-war violence. Police confirmed seven unauthorized roadblocks constructed with charred, smouldering cars and trucks within the Guadalajara city limits and 15 others in the surrounding ...



Dozens die in China bus crash

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 09:07 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A bus collided with a methanol tanker in northwest China early on Sunday and burst into flames, killing 36 people, state media said, in the latest incident to highlight China's dangerous roads.



VIDEO: Chavez orders blast investigation

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 09:20 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered an urgent investigation to find the cause of a huge explosion at the country's biggest oil refinery.


VIDEO: Muslim shrines attacked in Libya

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 09:18 PM PDT

A Sufi Muslim shrine has been bulldozed in the A shrine in the Libyan capital Tripoli venerating a Sufi Muslim saint has been partly destroyed - the latest in a series of attacks blamed on ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists.


Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 08:41 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army had just retaken from rebels.



Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy in Assange standoff

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:04 PM PDT

QUITO, Aug 26 — Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President Rafael Correa said yesterday, taking the heat out of the diplomatic standoff. "We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they ...



Top ally of former Ivorian president arrested in Ghana

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:39 PM PDT

ABIDJAN, Aug 26 — Ghana has arrested a top ally of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo after weeks of deadly attacks on Ivorian police and military installations, officials from the two neighbouring West African countries said ". Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against ...



Assad’s forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:33 PM PDT

AMMAN, Aug 26 — Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces today of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army had just retaken from rebels. More than 200 bodies were found in houses and basements around Daraya, a working-class Sunni Muslim town to the southwest of Damascus, ...


NY gunman described as quiet, friendly neighbour

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:33 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Aug 26 — Neighbours of Jeffrey Johnson assumed the man who greeted them as he left home in a suit each morning was on his way to work — until Friday when police say he started a gunfight near the Empire State Building that left him and a former co-worker dead. It turns out that Johnson, 58, had not been heading off all those mornings to ...



VIDEO: Tributes to a 'reluctant hero'

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT

Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, scientist Professor Colin Pillinger and science journalist Leo Enright assess Neil Armstrong's achievements and legacy.


VIDEO: Neil Armstrong speaking in 2011

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:43 PM PDT

US astronaut Neil Armstrong, who has died aged 82, accepted the highest civilian honour on 16 November in 2011 - a Congressional Gold Medal at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC.


All nine bystanders wounded in Empire State shooting hit by police

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:11 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - All nine of the bystanders wounded on Friday near the Empire State Building were hit by police gunfire, six by bullet fragments, when officers fatally shot a man who had killed a former coworker, authorities confirmed on Saturday.



Explosion kills 39 at Venezuela's biggest refinery

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT

PARAGUANA/CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - An explosion tore through Venezuela's biggest refinery on Saturday, killing at least 39 people, wounding dozens and halting operations at the facility in the worst accident to hit the OPEC nation's oil industry.



Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:49 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army had just retaken from rebels.



Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy in Assange standoff

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:46 PM PDT

QUITO (Reuters) - Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday, taking the heat out of the diplomatic standoff.



Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:42 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army had just retaken from rebels.



Top ally of former Ivorian president arrested in Ghana

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:15 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ghana has arrested a top ally of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo after weeks of deadly attacks on Ivorian police and military installations, officials from the two neighbouring West African countries said on Saturday.



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