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Dark matter may shine with invisible ‘dark light’

Dark matter may shine with invisible ‘dark light’London, Nov 1: Calculations by astronomers has indicated that the mysterious dark matter could be shining with its own private kind of light, which though invisible to us, could still have visible effects.

Astronomers usually assume that dark matter particles barely interact with each other.

According to a report in New Scientist, Lotty Ackerman and colleagues at Caltech in Pasadena decided to test this assumption by supposing there is a force between dark matter particles that behaves in the same way as the electromagnetic force.

Prince Harry’s Afghan heroics earn him venerated honorary Gorkha title

London, Nov 1 : The heroics of Prince Harry, third in the line of succession to the British throne, was revealed for the first time while battling Taliban in Afghanistan as he was made an honorary Gorkha while serving with the fearsome troops.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall met Gorkha soldiers in Brunei, and heard how Prince Harry had been made an honorary Gorkha when he served with the Nepalese fighters in Afghanistan, because he was “so liked”.

Harry, 24, earned the respect of the crack Nepalese warriors as he spent six of his 10 weeks on the frontline in Afghanistan bravely fighting alongside them.

Sarah Palin’s gun-totting Rambo effigy to be burnt for Bonfire Night celebrations!

Sarah Palin’s gun-totting Rambo effigy to be burnt for Bonfire Night celebrations!London, November 1 : U. S. Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s effigy will be loaded with explosives and torched at the site of the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex when Britons celebrate the Bonfire Night.

According to reports, the ''hockey mom'' Alaska Governor has been made into a giant effigy dressed as Rambo, complete with bulging muscles, a machine gun and with bullets draped over her neck.

Dungeon dad terrified of being locked up with dangerous psychos

Josef FritzlLondon, Nov 1 : Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter a sex prisoner for 24 years and repeatedly raped her, is terrified he will be locked up with dangerous mental patients, according to a psychiatric report.

The report claims that Fritzl was sane and fully responsible for his actions when he raped his daughter repeatedly, forcing her to bore him seven children.

However, the report also recommends that, if convicted, he should be sent to a top security mental hospital, reports the Daily Express.

Scientists create the world’s first blue roses

London, Nov 1 : Thanks to genetic modification, scientists have created the word’s first blue roses, which took nearly two decades of scientific research to develop.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the blooms are genetically modified and have been implanted with a gene that simulates the synthesis of blue pigment in pansies.

The blooms are genetically modified and have been implanted with a gene that simulates the synthesis of blue pigment in pansies.

The flowers, which were displayed at the International Flower Expo (IFEX) Tokyo, will go on sale commercially next autumn.

Saddam was stabbed six times after execution, claims guard

Saddam was stabbed six times after execution, claims guardLondon, Nov 1 : The body of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was stabbed six times after he was executed, according to the head guard at his tomb north of Baghdad, who was one of the people that helped bury the corpse.

The head of Saddam’s tribe categorically denies the claim. The Iraqi Government similarly denies any mutilation took place after the dictator was hanged on December 
30, 2006, for crimes against humanity, The Times reported.

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