NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Five men accused of the rape and murder of an Indian student appeared in court on Monday to hear charges against them after two of them offered evidence possibly in return for a lighter sentence in the case that has provoked widespread anger. The five men, along with a teenager, are accused of raping the 23-year-old physiotherapy student after she boarded their bus...
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06
SJI International attains stellar grades in IB programme
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: St Joseph's Institution (SJI) International has reported its best results for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.The school said 99 per cent from the class of 2012 passed the exam, attaining an average score of 36.2 points out of the maximum 45.It added one in four students achieved 40 points.The top student is Monica Layarda, who had a perfect score.The...
Dropped call: Mobile biggies conspicuous by absence at CES
Labels: LifestyleEscalator up to the South Hall entrance of the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES 2012.(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Mobile is supposed to be a hot category in tech, right? You'd never know it looking at the announcements that are slated to start pouring in this week.Many of the major companies in the mobile industry have opted to skip or limit their presence at this year's Consumer Electronics...
Reel life: The mesmerizing saga of "56 Up"
Labels: Health (CBS News) Imagine what it would be like to have your whole life from age seven onwards be part a long running series of documentaries. As it happens, fourteen middle-aged people in Britain don't have to imagine it at all. How their real lives as they actually lived them came to be captured on reels of film is our Sunday Morning Cover Story, reported by Lee Cowan: It looks like any other group of...
Defiant Assad Vows to Hold Firm in Syria
Labels: Business President Bashar Assad called on Syrians to defend their country against religious extremists seeking to destroy the nation, dismissing any prospect of dialogue with the "murderous criminals" he says are behind the uprising even as he outlined his vision for a peaceful settlement to the civil war.In a one-hour speech to the nation in which he appeared confident and relaxed, Assad...
Assad "peace plan" greeted with scorn by enemies
Labels: WorldBEIRUT (Reuters) - A defiant President Bashar al-Assad presented what he described as a new initiative on Sunday to end the war in Syria but his opponents dismissed it as a ploy to cling to power. Appearing before cheering supporters who packed the Damascus Opera House, it was his first such speech since June and first public appearance of any kind since a television interview in November....
Jan
05
A*STAR develops instant speech-to-speech translator
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Singaporeans can now speak to its neighbours in Asia without having to worry about language barriers, thanks to a new instant translator, developed by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).The software detects users' speech on a handphone and translates it to the desired language.The new speech-to-speech translator project is a collaboration of eight...
What does the International Space Station sound like?
Labels: LifestyleCan you hear me, Major Tom? Hadfield rocks out in the ISS cupola. (Credit:Canadian Space Agency)If you're heading to the International Space Station, try to bunk in the Japanese section. It's as quiet as a Zen temple. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recently went aboard the ISS and has been recording what it sounds like. It's not quite the elegant "2001: A Space Odyssey" experience you might expect....
Tsunami warning canceled for Alaska, Canada
Labels: Health JUNEAU, Alaska A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.The magnitude 7.5 quake did generate a tsunami, but the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said the waves didn't pose a threat.The temblor struck at midnight Friday (1 a.m. PST Saturday) and was centered about 60 miles...
Debt Limit Negotiating Tactic? No Negotiating
Labels: Business President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk away from the podium after Obama made a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AnalysisNew for 2013: In the Washington, D.C. fiscal wars we’ve gone from everything must be on the table to politicians declaring...
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