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Indian composer A.R. Rahman bagged two Oscar nominations for his music in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours on Tuesday, raising hopes of a repeat of his double triumph at the Academy Awards in 2009.

Former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is suing the TSA and Dept. of Homeland Security and for allegedly violating his Fourth Amendment rights.

Oprah Winfrey, a well known American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist was born on January 29, 1954. Her self-titled talk show earned the highest ratings among the programs of such kind. Her childhood passed in dire poverty and many adversities, being abused at the age of nine. But, Winfrey’s successful journey in the media industry turned her into the richest African American of the 20th century.

The number of tigers in Asia could be nearly tripled if all the countries that support the population would be treated as large scale landscapes, a study by some of the world's leading conservation scientists said.

An extraterrestrial being is that funny-looking creature with frail limbs who pops his oversized head out of the Saturn-like dwelling in which he lives and flies, and who makes himself available for mortal gaze when and where he pleases. He is the ultimate bogeyman, instigator of curious debates, one who holds the high seat in enigma's realm. Some believe he exists, some don't. Now there is a new study that throws some light into the effects of the extra terrestrials on science and religio...

Show me your luggage and I'll tell you who you are - This 1921 Louis Vuitton advertising slogan perfectly evokes the intimate relationship that every traveler has with his trunks and luggage.

Most of China's wheat-growing areas in the north are suffering from drought with some seeing no rain for more than three months while the second most important wheat province of Shandong is facing its worst drought in a century.

Space researchers at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology have developed a satellite containing a smart phone payload that will be launched into orbit around the Earth later this year.

Thai police said on Monday as many as 91 Rohingya boat people, who ended up in the country while fleeing from Myanmar, will be deported.

Thousands of art lovers queued in freezing temperatures on Saturday night for a final glimpse of a major retrospective on French Impressionist Claude Monet, after Paris' Grand Palais opened round the clock to cope with demand.

Canadian researchers say massive volcanic eruptions, burning coal and accelerated greenhouse gas “could literally be the smoking gun” that explains the Earth's most severe extinction event - latest Permian extinction, also known as the Great Dying.

Brazilian officials have said more than 800 people have been confirmed dead as entire hillsides collapsed in torrential rains and floodwaters inundated vast tracts of land in the country's southeast over the month.

More people were evacuated in Australia’s Victoria state on Monday as deadly flood waters continued to swamp huge swathes of land in the country’s southeast, and the State Emergency Service said as many as 76 towns in the state have been affected by the flooding.

Legendary classical singer Bhimsen Joshi passed away in Pune on Monday morning after prolonged illness, a doctor who attended to him said.

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The younger sister of the Olsen twins is in two films showing at the festival

Ann Pettway, a woman suspected of kidnapping Carlina Renae White at infancy in 1987, surrendered to authorities in Connecticut on Sunday, according to reports.

Sotheby's sale of 'The Andrew Lloyd Webber Wine Collection' held at the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, on Saturday achieved an outstanding total of US$5.6 million exceeding the high estimate of US$2.8 - 4.1 millio

Fans of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger light up the internet with humble tributes on his third death anniversary. 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger playing his penultimate role of Joker is the favorite to watch.

Holly Lahti, a 29-year-old mother of two from Idaho, who was in news for winning the Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, is under scanner again over her estranged husband who was arrested more than a dozen times for drug possession, buying alcohol for a minor.

Ultrafast quantum computer could soon be a reality after scientists in the United Kingdom generated 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time.

Earth is likely to have second sun in next few weeks, at least temporarily, according to reports of Australian daily news.com.au.

National Hug Day, or National Hugging Day, is an annual holidayoccurring on January 21. It is officially recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This day is also known asWeltknuddeltag 2011.

Politicians and law enforcement officials in Mexico are increasingly being forced to make a choice between 'silver' or 'lead' - bribe or bullet - in the state's growing battle against powerful drug cartels.

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that DISSIDIA 012[duodecim] FINAL FANTASY will ship to North American retailers on March 22, 2011.

The highly anticipated Dissidia 012 (duodecim) Final Fantasy game will hit the stores in North America on March 22, game publisher Square Enix revealed in a press release today.

Another Vatican letter instructing non-cooperation with civil authorities has come to light, this one from 1984 and addressed to the Bishop of Tucson, Arizona.

The leadership of the Roman Catholic Church is embroiled, once again, in a sexual abuse scandal or, more properly speaking, another aspect of the same sexual abuse scandal that has haunted the Church for over 20 years.