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Oxford's top ten most irritating phrases

London, Nov 7 : There are some phrases and words that drive us literally mad. Now, researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list of top ten most irritating expressions.

The expression ''at the end of the day'' topped the list while the phrase ''fairly unique'' came second.

The tautological statement "I personally" landed the third spot and the grammatically incorrect "shouldn''t of", instead of "shouldn''t have" was also included in the top ten.

The enraging misusages appear in Jeremy Butterfield''s book called ''Damp Squid'', named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework.

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Pet Food

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Pet FoodThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the salmonella infections from contaminated dry pet food that sickened at least 79 people could be dangerous. The suspected salmonella infection from a pet food plant in Pennsylvania has prompted the closure of the plant and a recall of the affected brands.

The salmonella outbreak is of a rare strain known as Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund, the CDC said, which causes bloody diarrhea and can make pet food handlers, especially the very young and very old sick.

ICL: Hyderabad Heroes Beat Mumbai Champs

ICL: Hyderabad Heroes Beat Mumbai ChampsScorching knocks of 88 and 51 by Nicky Boje and Stuart Binny helped Hyderabad Heroes to defeat Mumbai Champs by 79-runs in the ICL 20s Indian Championship match at Tau Devi Lal Stadium.

Batting first, Heroes piled 214 runs, the highest score in the tournament. Chasing this imposing total, Champs could manage only 135 runs losing six wickets in their allotted 20 overs.

Malaysian blogger freed from detention under security law

Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court on Friday ordered the release of a popular anti-government blogger, ruling that his detention under a draconian security law was unlawful.

Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin was arrested on September 12 under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after the government said his articles incited hatred and racial discord as well as insulted Islam, the official religion.

The editor of the popular Malaysia Today website had denied the allegations and appealed against his detention, which could have been indefinite under the ISA's provisions.

Malaysia's High Court ruled that Raja Petra would be brought to court later Friday and immediately released from the detention centre in the northern Perak state.

Serial cohabiters less likely to marry than single-partner counterparts

Serial cohabiters less likely to marry than single-partner counterpartsWashington, Nov 7 : Women who cohabit with more than one partner serially are less likely to marry than females who stick to a single partner, a new study has found.

What’s more, even if serial cohabiters do marry, they are twice as likely to get divorced.

During the study, Daniel T. Lichter of Cornell University and Zhenchao of Ohio State University tracked the experiences of serial cohabiters, or women who have cohabited with more than one partner.

South Korean central bank lowers interest rate to 4 per cent

South Korean central bank lowers interest rate to 4 per centSeoul - South Korea's central bank Friday lowered its key interest rate for the third time in less than a month, saying the cut was made necessary by a persisting domestic economic slowdown.

The Bank of Korea's fiscal policy committee decided to cut the benchmark seven-day repo rate by 0.25 per cent to 4 per cent. The cut comes after a dramatic 75-basis-point cut in late October which followed a cut by 25 basis points earlier that month.

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