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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Venezuela Star.com http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 30 MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Wednesday condemned the ongoing violence in Syria but cautioned against outside interference "under any circumstances". http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335361/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:28 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335361/cs/1/ TEHRAN - In an unprecedented move, the Iranian parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions before it on the government's handling of economic policies as well as on other http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335181/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:44:32 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335181/cs/1/ BUENOS AIRES - Simmering tensions over the Falklands Islands came into the open with Argentina saying it will lodge a formal protest with the United Nations over Britain's 'militarisation' of the Sou http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335106/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:57 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335106/cs/1/ DENVER, Colorado - In a stunning upset, Republican hopeful Rick Santorum won in three major state caucuses, reviving his chances in the US presidential race and clouding front-runner Mitt Romney's win http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334946/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:22 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334946/cs/1/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least 10 suspected militants were killed in a pre-dawn US drone aircraft attack in a restive Pakistani tribal town, officials said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334822/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:19:23 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334822/cs/1/ LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's British arm has reached out of court settlements with 15 more phone hacking victims including politicians, sportsmen and celebrities in the scam, the high court w http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334354/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:16 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334354/cs/1/ BERLIN - German exports have grown 11.4 per cent to top one trillion euros in 2011 but a sharp decline towards the end of the year has triggered fears in Europe's biggest economy, according to fresh f http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334192/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:23 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334192/cs/1/ SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's chairman and three other board members have decided not to stand for re-election, giving in to the demands of its shareholders frustrated over the Internet company's declining http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333913/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:42 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333913/cs/1/ SYDNEY - Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. said Wednesday it has pulled one of its A380 super jumbos out of service after cracks were discovered in its wings, despite Airbus assuring that t http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333763/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:36:05 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333763/cs/1/ MELBOURNE - Global mining major BHP Billiton is planning a rethink on its focus areas for investments including the American shale gas venture, with weakening global commodity prices pulling down the http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333726/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:33:16 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333726/cs/1/ A municipal official in Russia's Siberia region got the boot after a video popped up on YouTube of his subordinates racing tractors in the streets. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314911/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203314911/cs/1/ On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, "Saddam Hussein's regime isdeveloping weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked." http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348678/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:37:46 -0500 (Op-ed) Ramzy Baroud http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348678/cs/1/ Sustainable social development is impossible without a competent state, while genuine democracy is a fundamental condition for developing a state designed to serve public interests. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320992/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:42:47 -0500 (Op-ed) Vladimir Putin http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203320992/cs/1/ Gutted vehicles and buildings in the picturesque Maldivian atoll Addu, which hosted the SAARC summit last year, are a stark reminder of the violence that swept through it following the ouster of Moham http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348684/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:11 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348684/cs/1/ Coronary artery disease (CAD) and prostate cancer, two seemingly unrelated conditions, may actually share similar causes, according to the findings of a drug trial. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348682/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348682/cs/1/ With the sudden departure of Joel Santana to Flamengo, Bahia has announced the signing of Brazilian soccer legend Paulo Roberto Falcao as its coach. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348679/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348679/cs/1/ Google Earth can be a powerful tool to keep tabs on a growing industry like ocean fish farming, given its tendency to exploit scarce resources and climate change, a study reveals. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348677/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:29 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348677/cs/1/ Coronary artery disease or CAD, which kills tens of thousands worldwide every year, is likely to pass from father to son, reveals a study. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348676/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:27 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348676/cs/1/ Music mogul Simon Cowell has admitted he didn't want singer Paula Abdul to be fired from "The X Factor" and added that pop star Mariah Carey is not likely to become the new judge. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348675/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:26 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348675/cs/1/ French actress Eva Green has been signed on to play the lead in "300" sequel. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348674/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:22 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348674/cs/1/ British royal Prince Harry is set to return to war-torn Afghanistan after qualifying as a frontline Apache attack helicopter pilot. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348673/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:13 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348673/cs/1/ Offering hope to more than 160 million people worldwide who are considered clinically blind, a bionic eye implant will be ready for human trials in 2013, reveals a study. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348656/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348656/cs/1/ In a bid to shore up his power, new Maldives President Mohamed Waheed has appointed two new ministers including an army colonel who will be the minister of defence. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348565/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203348565/cs/1/ The world's biggest and most magnificent trees face a dire future - thanks to logging, deforestation, pest invasions and effects of climate change. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203347839/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203347839/cs/1/ The family of deposed Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed has fled the country and sought refuge in Sri Lanka following unrest, a media report said. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203347127/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:10:11 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203347127/cs/1/ A family was reunited Wednesday in this capital 25 years after being separated by the country's 1960-1996 civil war. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346082/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:08 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346082/cs/1/ Mexico's wind power sector is playing an expanding role in the global development of that renewable energy source, having just achieved the milestone of 1,000 Megawatts of installed generating capacit http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346080/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203346080/cs/1/ The Honduran armed forces acknowledged Wednesday that 22 grenade launchers were stolen from an armoury in 2010. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203345595/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203345595/cs/1/ A senior US envoy scheduled to tour South Asia will make a stop in the Maldives Saturday, as the island nation is grappling with violence after a new president was sworn in, the State Department said. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344723/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344723/cs/1/ Argentine oil company YPF, a unit of Spain's Repsol-YPF, announced Wednesday that its investments in the South American country rose last year by 50 percent to a record 13.3 billion pesos ($3.06 billi http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344720/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344720/cs/1/ South Korean consumer products giant LG Electronics was the leader last year in Mexico's high-end television market with its 3D models, followed closely by Japan's Sony, the Yonhap news agency reporte http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344333/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203344333/cs/1/ China, once a nation of bicycles, is reverting to it as a means of movement once again in a measure to push government vehicles off the roads at least once a week in a nationwide effort to conserve en http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342532/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342532/cs/1/ Russian scientists are planning to use robotic probes to reach water layers at the bottom of an ancient sub-glacial lake in Antarctica in 2013-2014. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342530/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203342530/cs/1/ The European Union (EU) Wednesday adopted a plan to build a strong relationship with Pakistan. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203340479/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203340479/cs/1/ Actress Michelle Williams, who plays Marilyn Monroe in the film "My Week With Marilyn", won't let her daughter watch the Oscar. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203339528/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203339528/cs/1/ US stocks edged higher Wednesday as investors were still hoping the debt talks in Greece will be resolved, Xinhua reported. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203338582/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203338582/cs/1/ China will stockpile one million tonnes of sugar in an effort to stabilize prices and protect farmers' interests, the government said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337304/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337304/cs/1/ Director James Watkins is impressed by actor Daniel Radcliffe's work in the upcoming horror movie "The Woman In Black" and says the actor did justice to the challenging role. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337283/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337283/cs/1/ The toll in a factory building collapse in Pakistan's Lahore city has risen to 22, among them 16 women. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337282/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203337282/cs/1/ A suicide car bomber Wednesday struck a hotel frequented by officials in Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336841/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336841/cs/1/ Actress Demi Moore has been banned from weighing herself while in rehab. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336137/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203336137/cs/1/ Actress Amy Adams is set to star in and produce a film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel "Object of Beauty". http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335879/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335879/cs/1/ Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham reportedly admires the dressing sense of actor Russell Brand, who is famed for his skin-tight black jeans and wild hair. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335142/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203335142/cs/1/ Singer-actress Christina Aguilera has reportedly signed for a third series of "The Voice". http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334831/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203334831/cs/1/ Sharjah's ruler Sheikh Sultan Mohammed Al Qasimi will open the nine-day Sharjah Light Festival 2012 Thursday being organised by the emirate's commerce and tourism development authority. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333669/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333669/cs/1/ A woman schoolteacher shocked parents and pupils at a village primary school by boasting on the social networking site Facebook about drinking, swearing and having sex while partying. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333335/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:10 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333335/cs/1/ Eighteen premature babies in incubators were said to have died after their hospital was hit by electricity cuts in turbulent Syrian city of Homs, the BBC reported Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333332/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203333332/cs/1/ Against the backdrop of recent self-immolations by Buddhist monks, India Wednesday struck a cautious note on the growing Tibetan unrest, telling China that it was "willing to offer any help" to ease t http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332997/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332997/cs/1/ India underlined its commitment to implementing the landmark civil nuclear deal when Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai Wednesday met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and held a series of meetings http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332751/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:24 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332751/cs/1/ A total of 14 people convicted for terrorism and criminal charges have been executed in Iraq, its justice ministry said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332740/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332740/cs/1/ A 10-year-old autistic boy in Britain's Yorkshire county collapsed and died while playing in the snow and building an igloo, the Daily Express reported Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332738/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203332738/cs/1/ Pitching for stronger India-China relations, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday formally inaugurated the Indian embassy's new $10 million complex here which has been built with sandstone http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329578/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:22 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329578/cs/1/ An Airbus has been hit by a second wing scare after 36 hairline cracks were found in a single A380 superjumbo. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329572/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:07 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329572/cs/1/ A video clip of a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced to do push-ups, wearing just an underwear despite freezing temperature, on a road in the New York city of the US has evoked outrage. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329210/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329210/cs/1/ India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief after the World Champions won their first One-day International since June last year. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329187/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329187/cs/1/ Australia's ODI and Twenty20 specialist David Hussey said he is still not giving up the hope of bagging his maiden baggy green. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329177/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203329177/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday cleared bowling action of Indian women's team fast bowler Snehal Pradhan. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328984/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328984/cs/1/ Smriti Mehra had a difficult time on the second nine as she finished with a two-over 74 in the opening round of the Thailand Ladies Open golf here Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328284/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:23 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328284/cs/1/ The Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 telecom licences claimed its first casualty as Bahrain-based Batelco Wednesday announced its exit from India, selling its stake in mobile firm STel. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328282/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:21 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328282/cs/1/ A newly-wed couple in a rural area of Pakistan's Islamabad city died of suffocation caused by gas leakage from a room heater, said police. They were married last Sunday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328274/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203328274/cs/1/ A top Chinese policeman, who shot to national fame for leading a popular crackdown on organised crime, has gone on leave under mysterious circumstances amid rumours that he is being investigated for c http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327551/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327551/cs/1/ Two Dutch TV presenters, who had pieces of their flesh surgically removed, cooked and ate them too during a programme, have been told that they will not be prosecuted for cannibalism. For, such an act http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327393/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:11:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327393/cs/1/ China's auto exports hit 849,000 units last year, the highest level seen since the onset of the global financial crisis, data showed Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327391/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:53 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327391/cs/1/ FIFA has ruled that the Iraq national team fielded an ineligible player in an Olympic qualifying match last November, and thus awarded a 3-0 victory to rival United Arab Emirates. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327386/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:44 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327386/cs/1/ Bird hits can be particularly nasty for an airplane, forcing it to land or send it crashing to the ground, often with devastating consequences. Now, fresh research has developed a digitized system wit http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327384/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:34 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327384/cs/1/ German anthropologists have decoded the entire genome sequence of a Denisovan, representative of the extinct Asian group related to Neanderthals, from a finger bone fossil, a study reveals. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327379/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:24 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327379/cs/1/ An undercover policeman chased himself through a British town for over 20 minutes after a CCTV operator reported him as a suspect. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327376/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:18 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203327376/cs/1/ A new smart phone senses your depression and nudges you to go out with friends, a study reveals. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326428/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:07 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326428/cs/1/ Those with a weakness for sweets can now include cookies and cake in a 600 calorie breakfast menu with some proteins and carbs to shed weight in a pleasurable way and also stay slim. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326423/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203326423/cs/1/ Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund advanced to the German Cup semifinals after a confident 4-0 win over fourth division team Holstein Kiel. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203324092/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203324092/cs/1/ A Pakistani Air Force (PAF) pilot was killed when his trainer jet crashed in Balochistan Wednesday, the authorities said. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323125/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323125/cs/1/ China Wednesday put forth a plan to boost employment during the 2011-15 period, which aims to create 45 million jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 5 percent. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323101/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323101/cs/1/ World No.13 Gael Monfils has confirmed he will be in the line-up for France's Davis Cup tie against Canada starting Friday after injuring his knee at a domestic tournament last week. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323097/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323097/cs/1/ The 2013 NBA All-Star game is expected to be held in the fourth largest US city of Houston. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323095/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323095/cs/1/ Actress Jennifer Aniston says she feels sexy when she when she mixes and matches boyfriend Justin Theoux's clothes with her own. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323089/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323089/cs/1/ A knife-wielding man broke into a school in China, stabbed two students and fled, authorities said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323088/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323088/cs/1/ Japan's current account surplus in 2011 fell 43.9 percent, a record drop since 1985, said the government Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323086/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:09 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323086/cs/1/ The Russian Navy will receive at least 10 new Borey class strategic nuclear submarines in line with a revised state armament procurement programme until 2020, Kommersant daily said. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323085/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323085/cs/1/ South Korea's money supply growth stayed unchanged in December 2011 year due to a base effect, the central bank said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323084/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:07 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323084/cs/1/ Respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the biggest killers of children under five years old. But standard antibiotic therapy, given to children with zinc, improved their chances of sur http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323082/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323082/cs/1/ Magnetic pulses could stamp out neurological disorders such as Parkinson's, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy and stroke after researchers unravelled how they work to stimulate the brain. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323081/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323081/cs/1/ Some of the world's smallest creatures like snails are in danger of becoming extinct unless climate change models are reworked to save them. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323080/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323080/cs/1/ Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 billion) on its Glonass satellite navigation system in 2012-20, the Kommersant daily said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323079/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323079/cs/1/ Singer-actress Christina Aguilera thinks it may be time to meet her estranged father, whom she has not seen for the last 12 years. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323078/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323078/cs/1/ A court in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region convicted two workers of a military plant who covertly manufactured pen guns, a spokesperson for the region's military authority said Wednesday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323069/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323069/cs/1/ German industrial output fell steeper than expected in December, posting the largest drop in three years, official data showed. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323065/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323065/cs/1/ US job openings increased in December 2011, a positive sign of improving job market, the Labor Department reported. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323062/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323062/cs/1/ A woman was killed when large icicles fell on her head from the roof of a building in this Serbian capital. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323054/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:20:07 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203323054/cs/1/ Pippa Middleton, Duchess Catherine's younger sister, is not dating ex-boyfriend George Percy, heir to the Duke of Northumberland, says a source. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322911/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:28 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322911/cs/1/ Naomi Campbell does not consider herself a "supermodel". http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322906/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322906/cs/1/ French Open champion Li Na of China was forced to quit her first-round match at the WTA Paris Indoor Open. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322905/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322905/cs/1/ Former Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit hopes for a Holland and Germany final at the Euro 2012 Championships in June-July. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322709/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:50:06 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322709/cs/1/ Athletic Club Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa admitted his delight shortly after seeing his club qualify for the final of the Copa del Rey football competition. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322707/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322707/cs/1/ Actor Robert Downey Jr and his wife Susan have become proud parents of a son. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322349/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:28 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322349/cs/1/ Four stadiums and several motorway stretches in Poland have been completed for the Euro 2012 football championship in June-July. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322347/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:23 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322347/cs/1/ Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani saw his ancestor Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani's handwritten manuscripts, sitting mat and robe at a museum in Qatar. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322341/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:16 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322341/cs/1/ A man was Wednesday pulled out alive from the rubble of a three-storied building that had collapsed in Lahore two days ago. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322333/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322333/cs/1/ The key to shedding pounds is cutting down on calories, not carbohydrates or proteins, especially among the overweight with type 2 diabetes, a study reveals. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322330/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203322330/cs/1/ Even though the most common language spoken at home by South Africans is Zulu, over 60 percent of pupils have said they would like to study English in schools. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321182/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:22 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203321182/cs/1/