TEHRAN (FNA)- The 13th International Exhibition of Iran Plast where knowledge-based companies active in the field of polymer technologies from Iran and all over the world showcase their capabilities will be held in the Iranian capital city of Tehran in September.
An eye witness said there was 'blood everywhere' on the P&O cruise headed to Southampton.
With the successful delivery of the first of three private yachts that each measure well over 300-feet long, the Italian superyacht shipyard Benetti is doing things that probably no other megayacht builder has ever done.
Two city officials say an Alabama animal shelter's outdated equipment allowed two pit bulls to fatally maul 29 cats
Leading from start-to-finish, Riley Kreisel of Warsaw, Mo. controlled Friday's "Border WAR" opener at Belle-Clair Speedway in convincing fashion. [...]
Scholarly in the depth of its research methods and the sheer scope of its coverage, Nicholas Bornoff explores the means and instruments for achieving erotic ...
NBC Sports Gold and NBCSN will provide live coverage of today's on-track activity, which includes IndyCar practice, qualifications and the first of two Indy Lights races which will take place this weekend.
MANCHESTER UNITED will have to up their reported proposal if they’re to sign Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, after president Claudio Lotito set his asking price.
Not all hockey players have the same opportunities – no matter how much passion, talent or desire they may have. To narrow it down further than that, not all women’s hockey players have the same opportunities. And to narrow it further still, not all women’s hockey players have the same opportunities due namely to the […]
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A young Austrian triathlete kidnapped while riding her bike talked her way to freedom by complimenting her captor's orchids, a police source said Saturday, confirming press reports. Professional triathlete Nathalie Birli, 27, was struck by a car Tuesday and broke her arm while falling to the ground near Graz in southeastern Austria, the press reports said. The driver then knocked her out with a piece of wood and took her to his isolated home. "When I regained consciousness, I was naked and tied up... Читать дальше...
The mercury in Jammu and Kashmir marked a sharp dip on Saturday as intermittent rains lashed wide parts of the state for the third consecutive day, disrupting traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and claiming the life of an elderly woman, officials said. The weatherman has issued an alert, predicting adverse weather to continue for the next 24 hours. The maxiumum temperature in winter capital Jammu settled at 28.6 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average, a MeT office spokesman said. Читать дальше...
Days after two MLAs of the BJP voted with the Congress in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, the ruling party on Saturday termed Chief Minister Kamal Nath as the only "sher" of the state in a dig at former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan whose "Tiger Abhi Zinda Hai" remark had caused a flutter after his party lost power in the December elections. The BJP was left stunned when the MLAs Sharad Kol (Beohari) and Narayan Tripathi (Maihar) voted in favour of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2019, tabled by the Congress in the House on July 24. Читать дальше...
In a setback to the government's efforts for the passage of the triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha,BJP ally JD(U) said on Saturday that it will oppose the draft legislation in the Upper House. JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi also slammed the bill, which criminalises instant divorce by Muslim men with a jail term of up to three years, saying it is of "imposing nature" and will "definitely create a lack of trust in society". "We will oppose the bill," he stressed. The bill may be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Monday, sources said. Читать дальше...
In an unprecedented move, the Indian Olympic Association Saturday proposed boycott of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games for dropping shooting from the roster, and sought the government's approval. In a letter to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, IOA president Narinder Batra requested him for an early meeting to deliberate on the proposal. The development comes a day after the IOA pulled out of the Commonwealth Games Federation's (CGF) General Assembly, to be held in Rwanda in September, protesting... Читать дальше...
Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved, by voice vote, a bill to remedy the Internal Revenue Service’s unfair treatment of same-sex couples. For years, same-sex couples in states where marriage equality was the law were wrongfully denied refunds because the federal government, under DOMA, was prohibited from recognizing their legal relationships, […]
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Russian police arrested more than 300 people as they gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said, following a crackdown on the opposition. The rally comes a week after the capital's biggest demonstration in years, when some 22,000 people protested the authorities' decision to block opposition candidates from standing for the city council in September. Investigators raided the homes and headquarters of several disqualified candidates in the run-up to the fresh rally on Saturday. Читать дальше...
As the skies opened up in Vangani in neighbouring Thane on Friday, little did over a thousand passengers on the Mumbai-Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express know that the experience that was to follow would possibly be etched in their memories for a long time to come. The train was marooned for almost 17 hours, with those inside, including nine pregnant women, fearing that the water level would rise and flow into the rake through the windows before help came in. It had left Mumbai late Friday night and got... Читать дальше...
Russian police wrestled with demonstrators and arrested hundreds of people in central Moscow on Saturday at a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for city council. Ahead of the protest, some opposition members were detained.
RICHMOND — The Washington Redskins signed veteran tackle Corey Robinson on Saturday and are still open to signing Donald Penn.
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A wild tusker was electrocuted to death in Dudhwa buffer zone after it accidentally came into contact with a transformer on Saturday. Manoj Sonkar, deputy director, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) told PTI: "A male elephant estimated to be around 40-years-old came into contact with a power department transformer installed in a sugarcane field in Ghola village under Dudhwa buffer zone on Saturday." "The wild tusker was instantly killed due to electric shock," he added. "A team of doctors from IVRI was... Читать дальше...