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Descendants of some of the 1,500 people killed when the Titanic sank a century ago were among the passengers on a cruise ship that set off from Britain on Sunday to retrace the route of the liner"s ill-fated voyage. Some donned period costume, including furs and feathered hats for women and suits and bowler hats for men, to board the MS Balmoral at Southampton on the southern English coas... 查看详细
Kremlin critics and Russian bloggers on Tuesday mercilessly mocked President Dmitry Medvedev after microphones picked up him promising to "transmit" a message from Barack Obama to Vladimir Putin. "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir," Medvedev was heard telling Obama in English in a "hot-mike" exchange on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea that has already cau... 查看详细
Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia"s presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies. Putin"s opponents complained of widespread fraud, refused to recognize the results and said they would press ahead on Monday with the biggest protests since he rose to power 12 years ag... 查看详细
London has come second, beaten only by Paris, in a ranking of the world"s 50 best cities for students. Researchers considered cities with populations of more than 250,000 and home to two or more top universities. They looked at affordability and quality of life as well as the number and reputation of universities. Ben Sowter, lead researcher on QS Best Student Cities, said that though L... 查看详细
Global warming could make humans shorter, warn scientists who claim to have found evidence that it caused the world"s first horses to shrunk nearly 50 million years ago. In fact, a team from the universities of Florida and Nebraska says it has found a link between the Earth heating up and the size of mammals -- horses, in this case, the last time the world heated up. The scientists used ... 查看详细
Producers for Sunday"s Oscars ceremony will be hoping that the show does not lose its status as the second most-watched TV event in the US behind the Super Bowl, after a strong showing by the Grammys. The world"s top film honours are in jeopardy of losing their status if the show can"t lure more than 40 million viewers, which could be difficult. Producers have brought back popular host B... 查看详细
Foreigners are to be offered free treatment for HIV on the NHS for the first time under controversial plans backed by ministers. Those from abroad, including failed asylum seekers, students and tourists are currently barred from receiving free HIV treatment – unlike other infectious diseases. However, the Government is to support proposals recommended by peers which will end the “anomaly... 查看详细
An entire village has been relocated in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan to protect tigers, officials say. More than 350 people from 82 families in Umri village, in the Sariska tiger reserve, moved to a new location. The number of tigers in Sariska had dwindled to zero before growing to five over the last three years. Tiger numbers have shrunk alarmingly in India in recent decades... 查看详细
The Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating a complaint that Harvard and Princeton universities discriminates against Asian-Americans. The investigation began with a complaint from an Indian-American student in California who was near the top of his high school class but was rejected at both schools. The civil rights agency doesn’t discuss the substance of pending ... 查看详细
People with simple names enjoy quicker career advancement because hard-to-pronounce names inspire negative reactions from superiors, a study has found. Researchers found that a "name pronunciation effect" played a major role in how people were perceived by colleagues and friends. The team of American and Australian scientists concluded that the easier a person"s name was to say, the bett... 查看详细
Meetings don"t just eat up time in the workplace, they actually make groups of people stupider, says new research. Working in a group makes people perform worse on intelligence tests, as some group members are so anxious about doing well that they "divert" their brain power towards maintaining their social status in the group. "You may joke about how committee meetings make you feel brai... 查看详细
If you run a kayaking course or rock-climbing centre, it could be bad news. The majority of workers think that team-building exercises are a waste of time, a survey has found. The poll of more than 1,000 revealed that more than half think that the events do little to improve morale. Vodafone UK and YouGov’s research found that 66 percent had endured a team-building activity, with exampl... 查看详细
The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years. The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century. Based on readings from more than 30... 查看详细
If homework is strewn across the kitchen table and toys are piling up around the sofa, you probably wish there was a bit more space. You are not alone. Nearly a third of parents say they feel squeezed into their homes but cannot afford to move to a bigger property, a report reveals today. Twenty-nine percent say ‘their property is too small to accommodate the size of their family’ – risi... 查看详细
Consumers will be digging deeper into their pockets to buy flowers, gift cards and chocolates on Valentine"s Day with average spending expected to rise eight percent over last year to nearly $200. And along with their expanding wallets 4 million Americans are expected to pop the question or receive a proposal on Feb 14. "We"ve seen a consistent trend of consumers saying they will spend m... 查看详细
The largest portfolio of homes in the UK is up for sale, and could be yours for just £3 billion. Iranian-born tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz is looking to sell the freehold for 250,000 properties, which represents one percent of the UK"s entire housing stock. The sale has been exclusively targeted at sovereign wealth funds, according to the FT. Forty percent of the homes and apartme... 查看详细
Scientists are trying to find a way to protect Earth from the giant rocks which travel around the Milky Way. Run out of Berlin with funds from the EU, the NEOShield project, which will look for a way to protect earth from the space rocks, is expected to take three years to complete. Some of the ideas being tossed around at the moment include repelling asteroids with projectiles or explos... 查看详细
The coming Year of the Dragon will bring actor Al Pacino good fortune, but Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin needs to watch out -- he may lose vast sums of money. As Chinese communities around the globe prepared for Lunar New Year, which starts on Monday, a Taiwanese fortune teller predicted a mixed bag of luck for famous "dragon" people around the world. "Putin was born in 1952 ... ... 查看详细
US President Barack Obama on Thursday offered his best wishes to all those celebrating the Lunar New Year, calling it "a time for celebration and hope." "Michelle and I want to send our best wishes to everyone celebrating the Lunar New Year, including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders," the president said in a prerecorded message. "Growing up in Hawaii, I remember all the excitement ... 查看详细
A winning $1 million lottery ticket picked out of a gas station trash can has become the subject of a three-way legal battle in Arkansas. Sharon Jones was at a Super One Stop in July 2011 in Bebee, Ark., when she went to a trash bin to pick up a handful of discarded lottery tickets, as she had done many times before, according to her attorneys. "It was, in fact, not a losing lottery tick... 查看详细
