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Luck saved travelers from June 2007 terror strike at Glasgow Airport

Luck saved travelers from June 2007 terror strike at Glasgow AirportLondon, Oct. 10 : Luck played a huge and significant role in saving hundreds of travellers at Glasgow Airport in June 2007 from an attempted terror strike by Indian-born medics Dr. Bilal Abdullah and Dr. Kafeel Ahmed, investigators have told a jury here on Thursday.

Princess Diana was distant cousin of Palin

Princess Diana was distant cousin of PalinLondon - Princess Dia

Brown urges "concerted international approach" on bank rescue

gorden brownLondon, Brussels - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged fellow-European leaders to adopt key aspects of Britain's multi-billion-pound banking rescue package in a "concerted international approach" to tackle the current global financial crisis.

Doctors on trial for failed car bombings in Glasgow and London

Doctors on trial for failed car bombings in Glasgow and London London  - Two doctors went on trial in Britain Thursday over failed car bomb attacks on a London nightclub and Glasgow airport last year which the prosecution said were aimed at "committing murder on an indiscriminate and a wholesale scale."

Bilal Abdulla, a 29-year-old Iraqi doctor, and Jordanian neurologist Mohammed Asha, 27, were members of an Islamic terrorist cell who wanted to "kill the innocent and seize public attention around the world," prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw told Woolwich Crown Court in London.

Ultrafast, power-saving electronics come closer to reality

Ultrafast, power-saving electronics come closer to realityLondon, October 9 : Ultrafast, power-saving electronic devices may have come a step closer to reality with American researchers producing superconducting thin films.

Scientists at the U. S. Department of Energy''s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory say that they have successfully created two-layer thin films where neither layer is superconducting on its own, but which exhibit a nanometre-thick region of superconductivity at their interface.

''Opposites may attract'' but it doesn’t last a lifetime

London, Oct 9 : Whoever said ‘opposites attract’ might have to eat his own words, for a survey from a match-making website has claimed that initial spark of attraction soon fades and does not make for a long and happy married life.

A survey carried out by The Oxford Internet Institute, looked at the habits of 1,000 couples to find the secret of a happy relationship.

The poll was conducted for online matchmaking service eHarmony, which was launched in the UK this week, and boasts off 43,000 marriages per year in the US.

Founded by professional psychologist Dr Neil Clark Warren, EHarmony puts potential members through grilling session of questions before thay make their profile on the site.

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