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Woman Gave Birth Two Weeks Early for Dying Husband

14. February 2012

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31-year-old Diane Aulger induced labor 2 weeks early and gave birth to a daughter for her dying husband. Mark Augler had just a few days left to live and he wanted to see his child.  Mark Augler was diagnosed with colon cancer in April. He had surgery and chemotherapy successfully with no signs of cancer [...]

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New-born baby in Armenia named “Sarkozy”

25. January 2012

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 A couple in Armenian city of Gyumri named their newborn baby after French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, January 25 in thanks for the French Senate vote to outlaw denial of 1915 Armenian Genocide, AFP reported. The family said the child was given the first name Sarkozy out of gratitude to the French leader, who many Armenians [...]

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Uganda: Controversy Over King of Buganda’s Child Out of Wedlock

24. January 2012

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On Tuesday January 17, 2012 the Buganda kingdom in Uganda announced the birth of a second son of their King (Kabaka), Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. The officials captured the attention of Ugandans even more when they revealed that the child was born in July last year. The announcement which has sparked controversy and mixed reactions only referred to the mother of [...]

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India With Different Colleges And Universities

19. January 2012

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Education is a basic need of student. Every country has its own pattern of providing education to its students. Like in Australia, UK, USA, Canada high school is known by K12 and after K12 students can pursue higher education. But it is quiet different in case of India education where education is divided into three stages - Primary education, [...]

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Update On Costa Concordia Disaster – Rescue Workers Search Desperately For Survivors

17. January 2012

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The death toll in the Costa Concordia disaster has risen to six after a body was found early on Monday. Sixteen people are still missing. Rescue workers described the treacherous conditions aboard the ship, which is lying on its side off the Italian island of Giglio.  The passageways of the Costa Concordia are said to be as dark and [...]

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Time zone shift to bring Armenia closer to Moscow, Europe

6. January 2012

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The problem of time zone shift is on focus of Armenian Economy Ministry agenda. As Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan told a resulting press conference on December 27, Armenian Parliament may adopt a relevant draft law stipulating time zone shift implementation in two stages. According to him, before moving to a different time zone, transition to winter mode [...]

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Tweet complaints about presents received show us Christmas spirit is dead

28. December 2011

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Christmas was a thoroughly cheerful, festive time for the majority of us.  The exception would be the people who didn’t get what they want, going to Twitter to publicly exclaim their ungrateful disappointment: hating life, parents and all things Christmas. We would say ‘quit your bitching;’ but they are downright hilarious, as comedian Jon Hendren’s Twitter [...]

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What comes next after Facebook and Twitter? The challenge of keeping up with a constantly changing digital world

25. December 2011

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The last 5-10 years have been characterised by a communications revolution. During that time we have seen the mass roll out of broadband and mobile broadband, an explosion of new hardware devices that tap into that connectivity and an explosion of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, apps and social networking sites that have transformed the way people interact [...]

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Facebook Can be Sued for Showing Advertisements

22. December 2011

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Facebook Inc., the world’s most used social-networking service, can be sued by people who claim showing advertisements that their friends apparently like violates a California law regarding commercial endorsements. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose rejected Facebook’s bid to dismiss the lawsuit on Dec. 16, ruling the plaintiffs may pursue claims that the [...]

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What Does Your Timeline Look Like?

17. December 2011

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If you are on Facebook you must have heard about the new Timelines. I finally had a few extra minutes to do my Facebook timeline. Facebook really makes it pretty simple. You don’t have to finish it all at once and Facebook will give you a week before it publish’s it on its own if you do not hit the publish [...]

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