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Man,70, crosses English Channel in just 18 hours

London, Aug 31: A 70-year-old man Wednesday created a world record by becoming the oldest person to have swum across the English Channel.

Foreign exchange agent found strangled

New Delhi, August 31: A 54-year-old foreign exchange agent was found strangled to death in his office in west Delhi, police said Wednesday.

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Stone, Wilde honoured by PETA

London, Aug 31: Actresses Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde have been awarded leading animal rights honours for helping to highlight cruelty-free cosmetics.

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Gaga to raise money for AIDS victims

London, Aug 31: Pop star Lady Gaga has joined hands with beauty company MAC Cosmetics to raise awareness about AIDS.

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Go by gut feeling, you would be right

London, Aug 31: While setting goals one should go by his or her gut feeling, as more often than not it will be right, say researchers.

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Hazare discharged from hospital, leaves for village

New Delhi, Aug 31: Social activist Anna Hazare left for his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra Wednesday night after he was discharged from a hospital in Gurgaon following improvement in his condition, an aide said.

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CCTV catches cop romping on car bonnet

London, Aug 31: A police officer in the US has been caught on CCTV, romping with a half-clad woman over a car’s bonnet in broad daylight.

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Swamy condemns interim relief to Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins

Chennai, Aug 31: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday condemned the interim relief to the three convicts, who are on death row for their role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

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Indo-Pak border security personnel exchange sweets on Eid

Wagah Border (Punjab), Aug 31: Border security personnel from India and Pakistan exchange sweets and greetings on the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr at the Wagah Border post in Punjab on Wednesday.

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