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British troops pull out from Basra, Iraq

British troops Monday withdrew from their last base in the Iraqi city of Basra with Prime Minister Gordon Brown rejecting suggestions that it was a "defeat" and insisting that the pullout, which......

British journalist abducted in Iraq

Gunmen abducted a British journalist from his hotel in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Thursday night, according to reports.They threatened to kill him if US forces did not pull out from the......

Iraqi south to announce secession

Basra Deputy GovernorSalam Uda al-Maliki says he plans to announce the separation of some Iraqi southern governorates from the rest of the country, claiming the interim Iraqi government was......

5 blasts, 68 dead in Basra

Five car bombings near police facilities in and around the southern Iraqi city of Basra killed at least 68 Iraqis on Wednesday, report agencies.The dead included 20 schoolchildren and at least 16......

Four killed in Basra bombing

Four Iraqi men and a boy were killed when a car bomb exploded near Buraq Hotel in the southeast city of Basra on Thursday, according to reports.An old Mercedes Benz was used in the attack,......

BPCL to import 1.4 million barrels of Iraqi crude

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd will import 1.4 million barrels (0.2 million tonnes) of Iraqi Basra Light crude oil during September-December."We are actively talking to Iraq's State Oil Marketing......

RIL shortlisted for multi-billion dollar oil project

Iraq shortlisted Reliance Industries and six other firms for developing its Nasiriya oilfield and the construction of an associated 300,000 barrels per day refinery.Besides RIL, French energy giant......

COLUMN: The world's new energy economy

India needs to move beyond old assumptions and respond with flexibility, writes Nitin Desai.Two recent developments in the global energy dialogue require us to re-examine some old verities about......

UP farmers get justice at cost of urban flat buyers

Friday's Allahabad high court order quashing the acquisition of land by the Greater Noida Authority in Sahberi village of Gautam Budh Nagar district could affect several people who had booked......

A 40 km per litre diesel Tata Nano soon!

Tata Motors is planning to launch a Nano model that will run 40 kilometres on a litre of diesel, matching the mileage of a typical 180cc motorcycle. It will be the most fuel-efficient car in......

PIX: Jiah Khan, Geeta Basra walk the ramp

Actress Jiah Khan walked the ramp in a majestic white Anita Dongre dress at a fashion show organised by the Cotton Council at JW Marriott in Juhu, a western Mumbai suburb, on May 8. The actress......

Obsessed fan stalks Geeta Basra, threatens suicide

Bollywood starlet Geeta Basra is being stalked by a young man for the past six months and even though she has taken the matters to the police, there hasn't been much respite. Though the 26-year-old......

PIX: Vivek Oberoi, Ravi Kishan at Zila Ghaziabad premiere

Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi did not attend the premiere of their new film, Zila Ghaziabad on February 21, but the event saw a bevy of beauties and a handful of stars. The premiere was held at......

PIX: The HOT item songs in Zila Ghaziabad

This Friday's release Zila Ghaziabad has quite a few things going for it -- a good star cast of Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Vivek Oberoi, and two sizzling hot item numbers by Geeta Basra and......

Photo: Vivek Oberoi romances Charmy in Zilla Ghaziabad

Bollywood seems to be in the mood for gangster biopics.After John Abraham in Shootout At Wadala, we will see Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Minissha Lamba and Charmy Kaur in Anand Kumar's......

PIX: Ambanis, Geeta Basra, Rahul Bose cheer Mumbai

Nita Ambani wears her emotions on her sleeves when she is at IPL matches. -IPL PHOTOS: HOT Shilpa Shetty's prayers answered! Industrialist and Mumbai Indians' owner Mukesh Ambani was also......

IPL: WAGS and film stars watch as Pollard makes it a night to remember

The match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad went right down the wire. And, it was that big West Indian Kieron Pollard, whose fireworks inspired Mumbai to a superb win at the Wankhede......

India look to seal the series in fourth ODI

Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth seeking to clinch their first-ever series......

At 30, Rohan Bopanna is just starting

That Rohan Bopanna is 30 is anything but a deterrent. The player from Coorg is finally enjoying his tennis and getting the results that are expected from him, says Bikash Mohapatra. At......

New Zealand board rules out sacking Vettori

The Test and One-day thrashing at the hands of India has prompted New Zealand Cricket to start a review of the team's performance but the body has ruled out sacking captain Daniel Vettori. NZC......

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Q. what are main scientific contributions of genius of Ibn al-Haitham ?
Truth Exposed: A. more

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Q. Do you know Harbhajan Singh will marry Geeta Basra soon?
Dev Shah: A. Ab Al al-asan ibn al-asan ibn al-Haytham (Arabic: , Latinized: Alhacen or (deprecated)[4] Alhazen) (965 in Basra c. 1040 in Cairo) was a...... more

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Q. who was Alhazen and his works?
Khabardar: A. he should have married mayawati insted. more

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Q. Identify the father of optics and pioneer of scientific method and experimental physics and is also considered the "first scientist"?
Onlytruth: A. Ab Al al-asan ibn al-asan ibn al-Haytham (965 in Basra c. 1040 in Cairo) was a MuslimMuslimscientist and polymath described in various sources as...... more

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Web results for Basra

22 people killed in spate of bombings in Iraq

The death toll in a series of car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra on Monday rose to 22, with at... ...

http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/214655818/scat/b8de8e630faf3631

Seven killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD: New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives... ...

http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=36439

Guatemalas Highest Court Overturns Genocide Conviction of Former Dictator

BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 60 people, including Iranian Shia pilgrims, were killed in a series of car bombings and shootings across Iraq Monday,... ...

http://www.mumbainews.net/index.php/sid/214653947/scat/b8de8e630faf3631

Wave of attacks hits in Iraq kill 86 people

Baghdad: A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than... ...

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/wave-of-attacks-hits-shiite-and-sunni-areas-of-iraq-killing-at-least-86-people-369246?pfrom=home-world

Iraq PM to alter security strategy as...

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said today he will overhaul Iraq's security strategy as a two-day wave of violence killed 89 people including 24... ...

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/iraq-pm-alter-security-strategy-violence-rages

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