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Tom Grosset, world's fastest drummer, strikes Guiness record with 1208 beats in 60 seconds

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London: A Canadian drummer has broken the Guinness World Record for most single strokes (hits) in one minute.
Extreme sport drummer Tom Grosset gave a remarkable perforemance in which he produced 20

Facebook, Microsoft begin releasing surveillance info after deal with U.S. govt

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San Fransisco: Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the c

Myanmar warehouse blast kills 17

"A large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on thursday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens but was not caused by a bomb," an official said.

"It was not a bo

World to face choco drought in 2014

London, Jan. 28: The world will face a “chocolate drought”, according to an expert, whose warning is prompted by fears that the globe’s sustainable cocoa supplies could be exhausted by 2014.

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Potato crisps could end world water woes

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London: Water extracted from potatoes before turning them into crisps is being proposed as an innovative way to boost water supplies.

Food giant PepsiCo, which owns the crisp manufacturer Walkers, i

World's most expensive flat on sale for £140m

The most expensive flat in the world is up for sale for a whopping £140 million.

The property, part of a development designed and managed by brothers Christian and Nick Candy, is in Knightsbridge -

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.