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'One small step for man'... 45 years later
Rediff.com24 Jul 2014US President Barack Obama marks the 45th year of the Apollo 11 moon mission.
Review: Jennifer Lawrence steals the show in Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Rediff.com6 Dec 2013Hunger Games: Catching Fire is clinical at times but nevertheless a smooth ride, according to Paloma Sharma.
Obama's Fed pick Yellen puts focus on jobs, stability
Rediff.com10 Oct 2013The nomination would put Yellen on course to be the first woman to lead the institution.
Stats: Australia close in on their worst losing streak
Rediff.com22 Jul 2013After dominating for nearly two decades, Australia are slipping towards their worst period in Test cricket.
America says goodbye to first moon-walker Neil Armstrong
Rediff.com13 Sep 2012Hundreds of mourners turned out on Thursday to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, at a special public interfaith meeting ahead of the planned burial at sea.
First man on the moon Neil Armstrong is dead
Rediff.com26 Aug 2012July 20, 1969 became a watershed date in the history of mankind after Armstrong, commanding the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the moon, and accompanied by fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon
EPL: Van Persie strikes as United edge Fulham 3-2
Rediff.com25 Aug 2012The shade of the shirt may have changed but Robin van Persie remains a red-hot Dutch master after marking his first Manchester United start with a goal in a 3-2 Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday.
The Hunger Games poised to surpass Twilight series?
Rediff.com21 Mar 2012The Hunger Games is creating al the right buzz ahead of its US release.
Review: Abduction is an unengaging bore
Rediff.com23 Sep 2011The film slaps one idiotic scene after another and within minutes of its starting dissolves into a sorry joke.
League Cup: Owen brace cheers United, Spurs ousted
Rediff.com21 Sep 2011Michael Owen struck twice in his first game of the season as Manchester United thrashed bitter rivals Leeds United 3-0 in a League Cup third-round tie at Elland Road on Tuesday.
Stats: Kenya's Obuya registers rare record
Rediff.com14 Mar 2011Statistical highlights from the Australia vs Kenya World Cup match played in Bangalore on Sunday.
Kenya make Australia toil for victory
Rediff.com13 Mar 2011Defending champions Australia claimed a place in the last eight of the World Cup but were made to work hard by Kenya for a 60-run victory.
Images: Kenya go down fighting to Aus
Rediff.com13 Mar 2011Images from the World Cup match between Australia and Kenya, at the Chinnaswamy stadium, in Bangalore, on Sunday.
Check out the 14 squads for the World Cup
Rediff.com21 Jan 2011All the 14 participating teams have confirmed their 15-member squads. The fans now know which of their favourite stars will be in action in the 45-day extravaganza. Most of the squads are predictable, with the members having chosen themselves, based on their performace.
IPL auction: The players, their price
Rediff.com7 Jan 2011As many as 350 leading cricketers from India and abroad will go under the auctioneer's hammer in Bangalore on January 8 and 9 when Indian Premier League franchises bidding for their services in the fourth season of the lucrative Twenty20 League. Here's the list of those to be auctioned with their base prise.
Grease song is best-selling duet of all time
Rediff.com3 Jan 2011Get your lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood, right here!
Who will grab 2009 Man Booker Prize?
Rediff.com8 Sep 2009The judges for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced the shortlisted books for this year's prize. The shortlisted titles are The Children's Book by A S Byatt (Random House, Chatto and Windus), Summertime by J M Coetzee (Random House, Harvill Secker), The Quickening Maze by Adam Fould (Random House, Jonathan Cape), Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins, Fourth Estate), The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (Little, Brown) and The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Little,
Obama honours three 'genuine American heroes'
Rediff.com21 Jul 2009In an impressive ceremony at the White House, commemorating the 40 years of the Moon mission, Obama honoured Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and hailed them as 'three iconic figures'.
Natasha Richardson: Truly a luminious actress
Rediff.com19 Mar 2009She was never a movie star but in the eyes of the Broadway audiences, who each pay something like $75 to see a hit play, she was a luminous actress.
African Cup: Guinea stun Morocco
Rediff.com25 Jan 2008Guinea brought more drama to the African Nations Cup with a shock 3-2 win over Morocco while hosts Ghana struggled to beat rank outsiders Namibia 1-0.
Making Happy Days' music
Rediff.com12 Oct 2007Telugu composer Mickey J Meyer on making the music of Happy Days.
A Q Khan shock may be yet to come: Report
Rediff.com14 Oct 2006Marlon Samuels replaces Mohammad for 3rd, 4th Test
Rediff.com17 Jun 2006Lara's wish for a genuine fast bowler was ignored by the West Indies' selectors.
Rooney's shadow over Beckham and Yorke
Rediff.com14 Jun 2006The 23-man team lists for the 2006 World Cup
Rediff.com16 May 2006e 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday.
Liverpool rout Fulham 5-1
Rediff.com16 Mar 2006Liverpool are third, with 58 points in 30 games with Manchester United on 60 and Chelsea on 75.
Kanishka bombing: Reyat denied parole
Rediff.com5 Mar 2006Because he has served two-thirds of his five-year sentence, Reyat was automatically due for parole in June.
Why outsourcing to India is a great idea
Rediff.com25 Jan 2006Liverpool down Luton in a thriller
Rediff.com8 Jan 2006Xabi Alonso scored twice as the European champions rallied from 1-3 down to win 5-3.
4 Indians among world's top 50 business gurus
Rediff.com20 Dec 2005Business gurus C K Prahalad, Ram Charan, Vijay Govindarajan and Rakesh Khurana rank among the world's best management brains.
Liverpool beaten, Spurs hold Man United
Rediff.com23 Oct 2005European champions Liverpool were beaten 0-2 by Fulham in the English Premier League.
Van Nistelrooy lifts Man Utd
Rediff.com2 Oct 2005The Dutch striker scored twice in a 3-2 triumph at Fulham.
Gatlin wins 100m gold
Rediff.com8 Aug 2005He won the world 100 metres gold medal in the biggest winning margin in the history of the championships.
Murdoch's son quits News Corp
Rediff.com30 Jul 2005Discovery blasts off
Rediff.com26 Jul 2005Lara rested for ODIs against Pak
Rediff.com17 May 2005The West Indies selectors kept Brian Lara out of the ODI squad to preserve him for Tests against Pakistan
Lee steers Australia to victory
Rediff.com26 Jan 2005Brett Lee captured four wickets and smashed 38 runs in a fine allround performance to steer Australia to a 73-run win over West Indies.
Windies agony as rain saves Australia
Rediff.com21 Jan 2005The world champions had collapsed to 45 for five in reply to West Indies' total of 263 for nine when the match was abandoned because of thunderstorms.