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Eureka! Scientists capture image of the Einstein Ring

An array of six radiotelescopes scattered across Britain, working cooperatively with the Hubble Space Telescope, has captured the first image ever recorded of an unbroken "Einstein ring," a circle of

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- 'Monkey's disease '

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12/04/1998

As many as 121 suspected cases of "Monkey's disease", which claimed 29 lives from 1991 to 1996 in Karnataka, has been detected in the state between November 1997, and March 1998, a top official of

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Too many kangaroos

The kangaroo population in Australia has boomed to a record 25 million, outnumbering the human population of 18.5 million, according to a new survey published today by the commonwealth scientific and

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Mass illiteracy in South Asia

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11/04/1998

A U.N. funded think tank said that Pakistan, with 50 million illiterate adults, should amend its constitution to make primary education compulsory and give schooling the first claim on budgetary

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Don't just climb, clean up Everest

Most climbers scale Mount Everest because it is there. But a team of American climbers is planning to trek to the top of the world's highest peak to clear the waste which has piled up just below the

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Going with the herd

When it comes to public health, how far should governments compel people to do what is good for others : a

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Swap debt for nature

Two conservative U.S. congressmen are sponsoring legislation which would forgive $400 million of debt owed by developing countries if the money is used to save rain forests. The Tropical Forest

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Rhone Poulenc scheme for Taj Mahal

RHONE Poulence, the seventh largest pharmaceutical group in the world, has launched a preservation programme for the Taj Mahal involving a total outlay of

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Tornados kill 35 in southern US states

At least 35 people have died in southern US states from devastating tornados that sliced a wide swath of destruction through Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, officials said on

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Scientist fed up of waiting for a patent

A city scientist, who drew international media attention late last year claiming to have discovered an insulin-shot substitute, said he was weary of waiting for a

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