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Plato secret Pythagoras follower, says academic

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Famous Greek philosopher Plato was a secret follower of Pythagoras and shared his belief that the secrets to universe lie in numbers and maths.

In London, Husain pays tribute to Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa’s birth centenary celebrations were launched in London with a Twenty20 exhibition of paintings on the Nobel peace laureate by Maqbool Fida Husain and Sunita Kumar at the Victoria & Alber

Fake art that fooled experts at UK show

A top London art gallery will on Wednesday unveil an exhibition of works that had tricked its own experts, until scientific advances revealed cleverly produced fakes or unexpected treasures.

Sharma for easy immigration

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The Union commerce and industry minister, Mr Anand Sharma, who is leading a top business delegation on an official visit to the UK, has raised the issue of proposed cap on immigration from non-European Union countries with the newly-elected Tory-LibDem coalition government.

Secret of addiction lies in brain

Ever wondered why some people get add-icted to substances? Well, the secret lies in the brain losing flexibility, says a new study.

Bharti Kher’s sculpture auctioned for £993,250

London-born Indian contemporary artist Bharti Kher’s sculpture of an elephant was auctioned just shy of £1 million at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale on Monday evening.

Shock exits for Venus, A-Rod as Serena cruises

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Five-time champion Venus Williams was ousted in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-3 to 82nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Sister Serena, meanwhile, stayed on course to keep the title in family hands.

Flying dinos had elaborate mating rituals

Dinosaurs were not clumsy predators, they had developed elaborate mating rituals which would put peacocks to shame.

Cold reception for Englishmen

A tired and weary English team returned home on Tuesday after their ouster from the World Cup.
No fans were in sight to welcome Fabio Capello’s men when they stepped off the plane at London’s Heathrow airport at around 6:20 am.

S. Asians suffer from heart disease most

Britons of South Asian origin suffer the highest rates of heart disease in the UK, according to researchers at the Oxford University.

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