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65-year-old bulb still shines, and outshines all

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

London, Dec 21 (IANS) It withstood German air raids on London in the second world war. It defied the British police opposed to its presence. And it continues to survive, about to outlive the store it was brought from. This is the story of a light bulb, aged 65.



65-year-old bulb still shines, and outshines all

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

London, Dec 21 (IANS) It withstood German air raids on London in the second world war. It defied the British police opposed to its presence. And it continues to survive, about to outlive the store it was brought from. This is the story of a light bulb, aged 65.



65-year-old bulb still shines, and outshines all

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

London, Dec 21 (IANS) It withstood German air raids on London in the second world war. It defied the British police opposed to its presence. And it continues to survive, about to outlive the store it was brought from. This is the story of a light bulb, aged 65.



Violent protests resume in Athens

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Athens, Dec 21 (RIA Novosti) Hundreds of youths staged fresh protests here amid Greece’s worst riots in decades sparked by the recent killing of a 15-year-old boy by the police, media reports said Sunday.



Lockerbie bombing victims remembered on 20th anniversary

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

London, Dec 21 (IANS) Memorial services and stoked memories in Britain Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, when the Pan Am Flight 103 from Heathrow to New York exploded in the skies above the Scottish town on this date in 1988.



Pressure mounts on UK government to bail out Jaguar Land Rover

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

London, Dec 21 (IANS) There is now a virtual tug-of-war between the British government on the one side and a group of Labour MPs, unions and the British automobile industry on the other on the issue of financially bailing out the Tata-owned luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).



Islamic Jihad claims credit for rocket salvo on Israel

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Tel Aviv/Gaza City, Dec 21 (DPA) The Islamic Jihad group took credit Sunday for firing 10 rockets into southern Israel, bringing to well over 50 the number of missiles and mortars launched since a truce with the Gaza militias expired Friday morning.



Shack owners cry foul over ban on Goa beach parties

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Panaji, Dec 21 (IANS) Hoteliers have breathed a sigh of relief at the government’s decision to exclude hotels from the ban on parties in Goa, but shack owners are crying foul over it.