London, January 31 : A British binge drinker, who used to guzzle down seven litres of cider and three bottles of wine a day, has confessed she is just a drink away from landing in the grave. Jess Deelay, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, who turned alcoholic at 15 and has fallen into coma twice, now suffers from half-damaged pancreas and abcesses on her liver due to her drinking spree. “My hair has fallen out in clumps and I’m on morphine because I’m in so much pain.
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Chandigarh, Jan 31 : Former Olympian Milkha Singh, who is popularly known as the ‘flying Sikh’, flagged off the first marathon run here today. More than 4500 runners participated in the marathon, which comprised three different categories–42 km full marathon, 21 km half marathon and 5 km ‘Run for Fun’.he full marathon kicked off at 6:30 a.m. from the city’s major tourist attraction, the Rock Garden.
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Varanasi, Jan 31 : Devotees took out a procession to mark the 633rd birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, a mystic saint, who preached social unity and equality at his birth place in Varanasi. Guru Ravidas was born in a village near Varanasi in 1376. He was a Harijan by birth and taught spirituality based on emancipation from the oppressive caste system.
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New Delhi, Jan 31 : The British High Commission announced a temporary suspension in accepting visa applications from parts of north India due to an unprecedented spurt in student-visa seekers from the region. The decision to freeze the issue of fresh visas was taken after a dramatic rise in the number of applications between October and December last year. The UK Border Agency, which enforces Britain’s immigration and customs regulations, has instructed its visa-application centres in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Jalandhar to stop accepting applications for student visas from Monday (February 1).
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Melbourne, Jan 31 : Just one energy drink, designed to increase stamina and improve physical performance, can cause ‘serious heart conditions,’ according to a new study. According to Adelaide Now, the study has prompted Australian Medical Association state president Dr Andrew Lavender to warn people to limit their consumption of energy drinks to one a day until further urgent research into long-term consumption of the drinks is complete. The study by the University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Centre, found ‘common energy drinks do trigger significant changes, including a rise in blood pressure, increased stickiness of blood and decreased blood vessel function’.
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Panaji, Jan 31 : Senior NCP leader PA Sangma took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today. He rued the fact that there has been no Prime Minister from the Lok Sabha for several years now. “Parliament elected 542 members, but nobody could become Prime Minister of India,” Sangma said at the party’s convention held here.
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London, January 31 : Prince Harry has come one step closer to realising his dream of returning to the Afghanistan frontline as an Apache gunship pilot. The 25-year-old Royal was said to have bagged “dismal” marks on his earliest flying lessons after passing his first grading as a helicopter flier. “He said one of the ten people he was training with didn’t make the grade and he was just relieved that it wasn’t him!” the Daily Star quoted a guest who met the prince as saying.
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Washington, Jan. 31 : Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee (SarahPAC) raised 1.4 million dollars in the last six months of 2009. In 2009, SarahPAC raised about 2.1 million dollars and had 900,000 dollars cash on hand.
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Agencies London, Jan 31 – Indian-born sculptor Anish Kapoor, famous for his massive installations around the world, has joined the ranks of Britain’s super-rich artists and is now considering buying a five million pound country mansion, a newspaper reported Sunday. Kapoor will be included in The Sunday Times Rich List when the 2010 edition comes out, joining artists Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud. Hirst is worth about 235 million pounds and Freud 120 million pounds.
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