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(Photo: Creative Commons / Flickr)North Carolina Goes Smoke-Free on Jan. 2 in Historic Step for Health
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(Photo: WN / Imran Nissar)Cold wave intensifies in Kathmandu, snowfall in upper reaches
People walk amist snowfall in the famous tourist resort of Gulmarg, 55 Kilometers North-West of Srinagar in Kashmir. The resort witnessed, known for the best ski slopes in the world, witnessed fresh snowfall on Wednesday December 9, 2009....Full Story

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World ring in 2010
SYDNEY - Revellers welcomed the New Year with fireworks and festivities under tight security after a narrowly-averted Christmas Day airline bomb plot in the United States. | Partygoers from Tuvalu to Tijuana raised a glass to bid farewell to 2009 and usher in a new deca...Full Story
North Carolina Goes Smoke-Free on Jan. 2 in Historic Step for Health
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 – WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: | (Logo: ) | North Carolina on January 2 will take an historic step for health when it becomes the f...Full Story
Ben Nevis avalanche victim was Malborough College teacher
| One of the men killed in avalanches on Scottish mountains yesterday was an outdoor activity teacher at a top public school, it emerged today. | Rupert Rosedale and his friend William Wilkinson were swept to their deaths while tacking a gully on Ben Nevis. | Mr Rosedal...Full Story
Quake shakes North East, no injuries reported
Shillong: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook parts of the North East today, the second in two days, officials said here. | The quake which occurred at 15.28 pm has its epicentre somewhere in Bhutan, about 183 km North West from here and occurred at a...Full Story
Institute of Medicine Report Concludes Smoke-Free Laws Prevent Heart Attacks; It's Time to Make All Workplaces and Public Places Smoke-Free
| Download image | WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: | (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) | A landmark report released today by the Inst...Full Story
ESPN Announces ESPN Deportes' 2010 World Cup Programming Plans
  Network to televise 40 Live Matches in Portuguese; 24-7 Game-around-the-game news and information coverage in Spanish | NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of ESPN's multilanguage coverage for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa in the U.S., ESPN Deportes,...Full Story
Scottish avalanche victim was 'expert mountaineer'
| Rupert Rosedale, a father of two, named as one of three climbers killed in snowfalls in Scottish Highlands | One of the three climbers killed by avalanches in the Scottish Highlands was an expert mountaineer and outdoor activities teacher, it emerged today. | Rupert R...Full Story
Are we just celebrating binge drinking Britain?
| Now that Christmas is over and done with, the countdown has begun for midnight tonight. | No doubt millions are planning how to let in the New Year - whether they should make a journey to London and Trafalgar Square or opt for their own city centre. And let’s fa...Full Story
Taj and &Beyond; India Offers One-of-a-Kind Tiger Circuit Package
| MUMBAI, India, December 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Discover the unparalleled beauty of the Indian jungles as Taj Safaris, a joint venture between Taj and &Beyond offers enticing reasons to explore jungle safaris this season. | Reconnect with Mother Nature and re...Full Story
Kashmir's houseboats in decline
| The houseboat industry in Indian-administered Kashmir, one of the jewels in India's tourist crown, is threatened with closure. | If it does not clean up its act the courts have threatened to close down the houseboats, which have entertained visitors since British time...Full Story
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Thu 31 Dec 2009
Hey Ram: Hope and all that jazz
Sify | It's that time of the year again. | The time for timeworn cliches, mostly involving good wishes and hope for a better tomorrow, and an even better day-after. | Ring out the old, ring in the new, and all that jazz. | But if the year we are leaving b...
BANGLADESH: Ever so vulnerable to storms, floods and sea level rises
IRINnews web | DHAKA, 31 December 2009 (IRIN) - Low-lying Bangladesh with its 230 rivers and dense population of over 150 million has long been prone to flooding, soil erosion and saltwater intrusion, but climate change could aggravate the situation, experts ...
Revellers to usher in 2010 with fireworks and parties
Zeenews Sydney: Revellers across the globe prepared on Thursday to ring in the New Year with fireworks and festivities under tight security after a narrowly-averted Christmas Day airline bomb plot in the United States. | Partygoers from Tuvalu to Tijuana wer...
Gurkha's taste of Nepal in Brecon
BBC News | Gurkha soldiers have been a popular part of the Powys community of Brecon for more than three decades. | The Gurkha company based at the local army camp is so popular the soldiers have been made honorary citizens of the town and each year hundreds ...
Kashmir New Year celebrations draw hardliners' ire
Yahoo Daily News | SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Plans for the first major New Year's Eve celebrations in violence-wracked Indian Kashmir for 20 years have triggered protests from hardliners who object to the "anti-Islamic" partying. | War-weary locals ...
Letters to the Editor 12/31
The Tribune San Luis Obispo � Prev Next � Power of the left | In his letter ("Climate change hoax," Dec. 23), Dennis Bertrand criticized Mark DiMaggio's recent and conservative viewpoint piece on global warming as "hysterical" ("350 ppm must be our target," Dec. 17). Until I re...
Griego: Help draw a picture of what defines us
Denver Post | I was driving from Lakewood, heading east toward the city. I can't remember the name of the street, but I crested a hill and suddenly downtown lay before me. | On a clear afternoon with the sun low on the horizon, the buildings blaze with light and...
Revo and Sunglass Hut to Host In-Store Event Featuring Mountaineer Jimmy Chin
PR Newswire | Download image | NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Performance eyewear maker, Revo, and specialty retailer, Sunglass Hut, today announced a special in-store event in Boulder, Colorado, featuring Revo brand ambassador and world-renowned adventure ph...
TED Conference Announces The 2010 Senior Fellows
PR Newswire   20 outstanding individuals chosen for three-year fellowship | NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Organizers of the TED Conference today announced the inaugural class of TED Senior Fellows. | The TED Senior Fellows program is an extended, three-y...
Airborne Soot is a Key Player in Himalayan Warming
PR Newswire | Download image | GREENBELT, Md., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA-led study has found new evidence that a "heat pump" effect, driven by emissions of soot, or black carbon, contributes as much (or more) to atmospheric warming in the Himalay...
From American Dream to nightmare
Boston Herald | If Surendra Dangol’s death just saddens us, he will have died in vain because what it ought to do is enrage us. | This 39-year-old native of Nepal was a reminder that “immigrant” still captures the essence of the American Dream. |...
Kashmiris Disappointed at Obama
The Siasat Daily | Srinagar, December 31: Approaching the end of his first year in office, people in the Muslim-majority disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir are frustrated at US President Barack Obama for neglecting their cause for the interest of warm relations wit...
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