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Aziz's take: And the first round goes to Romney

Romney may not have scored a knock-out, but like Joe Frazier in the first of Smoking Joe's fights with Ali, he was the clear winner on points, says Aziz Haniffa The hype for the first of the three......

Tori, the smoking orang-utan, to kick the butt

Tori, a 15-year-old orang-utan who has a penchant for puffing on cigarettes at an Indonesian zoo will be forced to quit her habit, zookeepers have said. The star attraction of the Taru Jurug Zoo......

Here's one war Obama needs to win

A 'stubborn' Barack Obama has made progress in his bid to quit smoking but continues to "wrestle" with the habit, the White House said on Friday, amid a warning by the US Surgeon General that even......

Should India and Pak smoke the peace pipe? Tell us

India and Pakistan are smoking the peace pipe amid a cloud of uncertainty over the post-26/11 trial and tribulations. Though the ice has been broken at Thursday's foreign secretaries' meet in New......

Giving up smoking may raise diabetes risk

People who give up smoking are at a greater risk of developing diabetes because people who kick the habit put on weight, says a new study.Researchers from Johns Hopkins suspect the elevated......

Paresh Maity designs for ITC, upsets anti-smoking lobby

India's leading cigarette maker, ITC, has roped in artist Paresh Maity to design a limited edition packing for its Flake brand, with the launch of the Paresh Maity Collector series, to be......

Cigarette smokers pay more than MRP

The statutory warning on the box says 'Smoking kills; tobacco causes cancer'. But it is now turning detrimental for your wealth, too, as cigarette prices have increased 9-12 per cent in the past......

Quit smoking, Pranab urges people

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who gave up his smoking pipe years ago, feels that others too deserve encouragement to kick the habit and hence has subject tobacco products to higher taxation,......

New technique to produce 'green' steel

MIT researchers have found a new method through which steel-making - one of the world's leading industrial source of greenhouse gases -- can be made completely 'green' and carbon-free.Steel-making......

Help yourself to get filthy rich

With the cunning of a master thief, author Mohsin Hamid has stolen the form of a self-improvement guide with chapter heads that alternate between the mundane and the cynical One of the most......

PHOTO: Neha Dhupia works hotpants!

Neha Dhupia looks smoking hot on the cover of FHM magazine. The 32-year-old actress, who rarely lets us down with her impeccable style sense, makes for a quirky-meets-sexy cover girl in a bra,......

Ranbir Kapoor fined for smoking in public

Ranbir Kapoor has been fined Rs 200 for smoking in public by a district court in Udaipur.The 29-year-old actor was accused of violating the Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act after a local daily......

Jason Statham: I have always admired Sylvester Stallone

To many of us, he'll always be Bacon from Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. But Jason Statham has done so, so much more. From The Italian Job remake to the Crank movies, from The Transporter......

'We wanted to top Borat in The Babymakers'

Indian American actor-director Jay Chandrasekhar's films usually deal with young men indulging in beer drinking, pot smoking, a lot of dirty jokes and nudity. All of this appeals to the films'......

Shah Rukh Khan says no to smoking

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Shah Rukh Khan, who has been selected as the youth role model by a survey, was reprimanded by his daughter Suhana for smoking,......

Balotelli fined for smoking in train toilet

AC Milan’s maverick forward Mario Balotelli was caught smoking in the toilet on the train during the team’s journey to Florence and will be fined, chief executive Adriano Galliani said......

Smoking helps me think, says Greece coach Santos

Greece coach Fernando Santos will devise his tactical masterplan to upset Germany in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 in a cloud of smoke after stating on Thursday that he thinks clearer when......

Rajasthan court summons Shah Rukh in smoking case

Bollywood actor and co-owner of IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders Shahrukh Khan was served summons by a court in Rajasthan to appear before it on May 26, in a case related to him smoking in......

Terry mulls legal action over Indian anti-smoking picture

England captain John Terry's representatives plan to take legal action after a blurred picture resembling the player was used in India's anti-smoking campaign, a local newspaper reported on......

Warne caught smoking inside airport premises

Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne was caught on camera puffing a cigarette inside the Airport premises.Warne, who reached here with his teammates a day ahead of his team's clash against Kochi......

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Q. why does smoke curl up in air ?
Raju: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-does-smoke-curl-up-in-air-/25652360/answers/

Q. no doubt that OMG is a very good movie. but what message does it give in the end ... ??? existence of God is accepted or denied ... ???
Radhika Ahuja: A. Smoke contains hot gases which being lighter in weight, follows a curved path because of the eddy currents that are set up in the air. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/no-doubt-that-omg-is-a-very-good-movie.-but-what-message-doe/25647848/answers/25652390

Q. does hookah harm our body more den a cigarette??
Fahad Ansari: A. it is accepted but there is no God.all smoke more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/does-hookah-harm-our-body-more-den-a-cigarette/25642483/answers/25647852

Q. What is a fog?A. A form of dewB. A low stratus cloudC. A cumulus cloudD. Type of smoke
Pravin: A. hookah sents a washed or purified smoke, because it comes through water.. Yet it is harmful, because however the smoke is cleaned, its bad elements never vanish. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-a-foga.-a-form-of-dewb.-a-low-stratus-cloudc.-a-cumu/25634614/answers/25642524

Q. How to reduce blood pressure naturally
Narendra Sharma: A. a low stratus cloud more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-to-reduce-blood-pressure-naturally/25627663/answers/25634620

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When it comes to smoking, women join the pack

45% of women surveyed in city smoke; 60% in the age group of 18-27 blame work stress. Sunanda (name changed) lit up her first cigarette at 23. It... ...

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Five gunmen, policeman killed in Taliban attack

Kabul: Explosions have rocked central Kabul for several hours after Taliban gunmen launched a major suicide and gun attack centered on a compound... ...

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Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug.... ...

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Forced landing shuts Heathrow

A British Airways flight, with 80 passengers and crew on board, made an emergency landing at the Heathrow Airport in London on Friday morning after... ...

http://www.asianage.com/india/forced-landing-shuts-heathrow-761

Shutdown, clashes in Palhallan

Baramulla, May 24: One person was injured during sporadic clashes between youths and police that erupted in Palhallan area of north Kashmir on... ...

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/May/25/shutdown-clashes-in-palhallan-26.asp

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