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  • Mediterranean diet may help boost ageing brain power

    A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to a new research. The researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain base their findings on 522 men and women aged between 55 and 80 without cardiovascular disease but at high vascular risk because of underlying ...

  • 22 killed in nine car bombings in Iraq

    At least 22 people were killed and more than 130 others injured in a string of nine car bombings Monday in the Iraqi capital and in the southern oil hub of Basra, police said. Two car bombs went off almost simultaneously in Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 35 others, police told Xinhua. In Baghdad, seven car bombs ripped through different parts of the ...

  • Akon ordered to pay child support

    A court judge has ordered Akon to shell out 5,000 dollars a month in child support for his two kids. The 'Smack That' hit maker had filed a paternity case against Rozina Negusei in September 2012, as he wanted the court to establish custody, child support and legally recognize him as the father of their two sons, TMZ.com reported. After the singing sensation listed his income as 40,708 dollars ...

  • Shell out more to buy booze in thirsty Delhi

    Get ready to pay more for booze. On Monday, the Delhi government approved a hike in alcohol rates as part of the new excise policy.As per the Cabinet decision, the rates of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will go up by five per cent, while that of country-made liquor will see a rise of up to 11 per cent. The hike was cleared at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The new ...

  • Abu Dhabis TAQA denies London bourse move

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has said it is looking at ways to improve the liquidity of its shares but had not taken any steps to remove a barrier to foreigners holding its ...

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Crash (2005)

Crash (2005)

The message of Crash is simple and direct: Racism not only still exists, but it perniciously affects -- both directly and indirectly -- the everyday experiences of people from all walks of life. To make this point and drive it home, first-time director Paul Haggis (who wrote the screenplay fo ... ...

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  • Saudi Aramco invites bids for Jizan power plant

    Saudi Aramco has invited bids for the construction of a 2,400 megawatt (MW) power plant in Jizan, near a 400,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery which it is currently building, two industry sources said on ...

  • Shell feared disaster days before Alaska rig grounding official

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company official told a U.S. Coast Guard panel on ...

  • Oil Prices Dip to Around $96.50 as Supplies Weigh

    U.S. crude futures eased to about $96.50 a barrel in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as ample supplies weighed on prices, despite support from equity ...

  • Investment View Reputations are at stake but Shell is a better bet than BP

    Legal issues are some of the great X factors when assessing a company's investment potential. You can estimate earnings, costs, likely dividend, economic prospects of the markets in which businesses operate, quality of product and of ...

  • Drilling of Well 1-HRT-11-AM Concluded

    May 20, 2013 /CNW/ - HRT Participaes em Petrleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary HRT O&G Explorao e Produo de Petrleo Ltda ("HRT O&G") concluded the drilling of well 1-HRT-11-AM, on the Cajazeira prospect, located at Block SOL-T-172, in the Solimes Basin, Municipality of Coari, ...

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