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Man ‘finds’ buried Spanish treasure ship using Google Earth

Feb 11th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, Technology, World

London, February 11 (ANI): A treasure hunter is thankful to Google Earth for allegedly helping him find a buried ship crammed with treasure.



Tamil Canadian watches TV for 72 hours, sets Guinness record (Lead)

Feb 10th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

Toronto, Feb10  (IANS) Sri Lanka-born, Toronto-based Suresh Joachim, who already has 53 Guinness records to his credit, set another Sunday by watching television non-stop for 72 hours in Stockholm.
In the process, the 39-year-old of Tamil origin broke his own previous record of 69 hours and 48 minutes established in September 2005 at the ABC […]



Meet the French Tarzan who’s helping cheetahs adapt to the wild

Feb 10th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

London, Feb 10 (ANI): With film-star looks, long untamed locks and a special bond with wild animals, Olivier Houalet has become a real-life Tarzan who can relate to cheetahs just like his cinematic counterpart.



Why UK men are losing interest in sex?

Feb 10th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, World

London, Feb 10 (ANI): The “Not tonight darling, I’ve got a headache” syndrome is usually associated with women when they’re not in the mood, but lately the excuse is increasingly being used by UK men to put off sex, according to a survey.



Agra monkeys have the last laugh

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Odd News

Agra, Feb 10 (IANS) There is unlikely to be any let up in Agra’s monkey business any time soon.
 
The plan of local authorities to banish 7,000 monkeys from the city of the Taj Mahal has backfired. Residents and tourists will still have to run the gauntlet of the aggressive monkeys that scare everyone here, and […]



Pak female mobile users bugged by rise in wrong calls

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Odd News, Pakistan

Islamabad, Feb 9 (ANI): Female mobile phone subscribers in Pakistan have been increasingly complaining of a rise in instances of getting wrong calls from unknown numbers for the last few months.



World’s second-largest Buddhist stupa discovered in Bihar

Feb 9th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Odd News

Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Archaeologists have discovered a huge Buddhist stupa in Bihar’s Nalanda district, officials said Monday.
A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) located the brick stupa at Ghorakatora, about 100 km from here.
“The latest stupa discovered at Ghorakatora is unique as it is second in size only to the Kesaria […]



Beware! Here comes the young anti-moral policing brigade

Feb 8th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: India, Odd News

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Namrata Kotwani is preparing to observe Valentine’s Day in a big way. Coochie-cooing with her partner however, is not her plan. Instead, she is gathering support to form an anti-moral policing brigade which will get together Feb 14 to tell all the self appointed moral vigilantes that what they do […]