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Amsterdam set to end ban on drinking beer standing

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Partygoers on Amsterdam rooftops will soon be allowed to drink beer standing up.

A municipal ban on the 'practice' will soon be repealed according to reports but it's still not clear when 'standing

Speaker miffed on frequent by-polls in Andhra

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar has expressed serious displeasure over the frequent by-elections forced by resignation of sitting legislators.

"The state has witnessed 65 by-election

CBI begins to question Jagan mohan Reddy

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The CBI began to question on Sunday YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy who was arrested in the illegal assets case.

Rift mars Anna-Ramdev joint fast against corruption

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and activist Anna Hazare's day-long fast against corruption and black money here on Sunday was marred by an open rift with Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal walking out after he w

Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria's largest city

A passenger plane has crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos on Sunday, officials said.

Casualty figures were not yet known, said Lagos state emergency manager Femi Oke-

Obama writes absent note for student

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Tyler Sullivan, the student who missed a class to attend Barack Obama’s speech at the Honeywell plant, feels he would be excused by his teacher for his absence as he has a handwritten note from US Pre

Mubarak sentenced to life in prison for protest murders

An Egyptian court sentences Hosni Mubarak to life in jail on Saturday, charged with involvement in the killing of protestors. However, Court drops charges against Mubarak sons.

Chief Judge Ahmed Rifa

America has no interest in Assange, says US envoy to Australia

America has no interest in Wikileaks' Julian Assange, the country's ambassador to Australia said in a statement.

On Wednesday, Assange lost his final appeal in the Supreme Court of Britain and will

Anna Hazare says he has no faith in PM as team slams move to involve CBI in Coalgate probe

Team Anna and Anna Hazare on Friday rejected as irrelevant a CBI probe ordered into irregularities in coal block allocations, saying it will give a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

"We re

Former Microsoft nerds crack bra code

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Two former Microsoft nerds - Aarthi Ramamurthy and Michelle Lam - have now devised an algorithm that promises to help women find the perfect bra.

The two are the brain behind online-lingerie retailer

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