ZTE launches world's first 5G-Ready Smartphone

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPJBNxdj8esctIi4P9RmenKus7Rdi97ZBgnpR4ePKodm5bYtWgdpVRtlRkuFy1QCrT_tY7cA46r-02Dfvx70dnE5bD1-MeD32pw9ZUwRO_JApiE_cNjym24HmiYp5cNB9JOaT12oh5jf_/s1600/a-display-of-smartphones-at-last-year-s-mobile-world-congress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPJBNxdj8esctIi4P9RmenKus7Rdi97ZBgnpR4ePKodm5bYtWgdpVRtlRkuFy1QCrT_tY7cA46r-02Dfvx70dnE5bD1-MeD32pw9ZUwRO_JApiE_cNjym24HmiYp5cNB9JOaT12oh5jf_/s320/a-display-of-smartphones-at-last-year-s-mobile-world-congress.jpg" title="A display of smartphones at last year's Mobile World Congress. Lightening-fast 5G mobile internet is due to be up and running by 2020. (AFP/JOSEP LAGO)" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="gallery-tab-holder" style="background: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e4e4e; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start;"> <div class="main-slide" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="img active" style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 569px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: static; top: 0px; width: auto; z-index: auto;"> <span class="add-txt" style="background: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-size: 0.875rem; left: 0px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 11.0938px 14.7969px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 740px;">A display of smartphones at last year's Mobile World Congress. Lightening-fast 5G mobile internet is due to be up and running by 2020. (AFP/JOSEP LAGO)</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="tab-gallery-nav" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(55, 114, 138) 0px, rgb(28, 73, 93) 100%) rgb(55, 114, 138); box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e4e4e; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <ul style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; float: right; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <li class="btn-enlarge" style="background: none !important; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; float: left; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0.5em;"></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BARCELONA: Chinese telecoms giant ZTE on Sunday (Feb 26) unveiled what it said is the world's first smartphone compatible with the lightening-fast 5G mobile internet service that networks expect to have up and running by 2020.</span></h2> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><br> </div>

ZTE launches world's first 5G-Ready Smartphone

A display of smartphones at last year's Mobile World Congress. Lightening-fast 5G mobile internet is due to be up and running by 20...

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Samsung Display gets licence to invest US$2.5b more in Vietnam: State TV

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Samsung Display gets licence to invest US$2.5b more in Vietnam: State TV

Employees walk in the main office building of Samsung Electronics in Seoul, South Korea, in this file photo taken on January 6, 2016. REUT...

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Israel Arabs and Jews protest house demolitions

<br> <h2 style="border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="location" style="border: 0px; color: #191919; float: left; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><span class="location" style="border: 0px; color: #191919; float: left; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><span class="location" style="border: 0px; color: #191919; float: left; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><span class="location" style="border: 0px; color: #191919; float: left; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><span class="location" style="border: 0px; color: #191919; float: left; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><span class="location" style="border: 0px; color: #191919; float: left; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN-KiiGpbuTo34udFuN1pxAt0EJYDc1mhjMElBB2ikF9kusuUTMRXdy567PNs0U0-u1mA1HQJYWm6tgpbHpI8oBr9Xv6S1jr4TfU2qgqRoq40NoJaMzXSciLQU7yxJzFX5F2mFSY3xpqJ/s1600/c63f25722a2e3897a572b7c74c6f83c7d858c09f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN-KiiGpbuTo34udFuN1pxAt0EJYDc1mhjMElBB2ikF9kusuUTMRXdy567PNs0U0-u1mA1HQJYWm6tgpbHpI8oBr9Xv6S1jr4TfU2qgqRoq40NoJaMzXSciLQU7yxJzFX5F2mFSY3xpqJ/s320/c63f25722a2e3897a572b7c74c6f83c7d858c09f.jpg" width="320"></a></div> </h2> <h2 style="border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.08px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Israeli Arabs and Jews marched arm-in-arm through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the government to stop demolishing Arab homes built without permits that it rarely grants.</h2> <div> </div>

Israel Arabs and Jews protest house demolitions

Israeli Arabs and Jews marched arm-in-arm through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the government to stop demolishing A...

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A mother said she kicked her child for not brushing her teeth. Now the girl is dead

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLIAinwDASGWfwNMNnbDHkZqLu5Ctiai3vpr7FzdfMH_fEZi245pG3Ntl-3biDDAFJt9ZVnZQC78vHDpScHO3FsFMtzP85ah9cgo5ZTfRVXRk_5q2LhTqoye-N_tO4DSqftk2-f0czoPM/s1600/Hernandez-Rivas-Iris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLIAinwDASGWfwNMNnbDHkZqLu5Ctiai3vpr7FzdfMH_fEZi245pG3Ntl-3biDDAFJt9ZVnZQC78vHDpScHO3FsFMtzP85ah9cgo5ZTfRVXRk_5q2LhTqoye-N_tO4DSqftk2-f0czoPM/s320/Hernandez-Rivas-Iris.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <h2> <span style="color: #111111; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></h2> <h2> <span style="color: #111111; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 18px;">At first, police say, Iris Hernandez-Rivas couldn’t explain the traumatic injuries that left her 4-year-old daughter, Nohely, barely alive.</span></h2> <span style="color: #111111; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 18px;"></span><br>

A mother said she kicked her child for not brushing her teeth. Now the girl is dead

At first, police say, Iris Hernandez-Rivas couldn’t explain the traumatic injuries that left her 4-year-old daughter, Nohely, barely al...

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US court rejects immediate overturn of halt of Trump travel ban

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US court rejects immediate overturn of halt of Trump travel ban

WASHINGTON: A US appeal court early on Sunday (Feb 5) denied an emergency appeal from the US Department of  Justice to restore an immig...

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German mini-world park builds a wall around US

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojYaYF6UzTpVu4iH_gcsMhac5eqkJS7sRv4er0jetvFiVsfX-xMZcBP5VBR43I9_qetNteJ8bl1Rp9OFkuhRniWBaekvUuL4fmgchErrQmCsLRQuveliGT1sbvS6adJm8yiGiDLuO2PUA/s1600/a-wall-with-barbed-wire-on-its-top-is-seen-in-front-of-the.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojYaYF6UzTpVu4iH_gcsMhac5eqkJS7sRv4er0jetvFiVsfX-xMZcBP5VBR43I9_qetNteJ8bl1Rp9OFkuhRniWBaekvUuL4fmgchErrQmCsLRQuveliGT1sbvS6adJm8yiGiDLuO2PUA/s320/a-wall-with-barbed-wire-on-its-top-is-seen-in-front-of-the.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></h2> <h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">HAMBURG, Germany: A German tourist attraction that features miniature models of various parts of the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump's plan to build a full-sized one on the border with Mexico.</span></h2> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></div>

German mini-world park builds a wall around US

HAMBURG, Germany: A German tourist attraction that features miniature models of various parts of the  world has put up a wall around th...

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LabCorp explores acquisition of clinical trials firm

<div class="ttl-frame" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e4e4e; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQoJCNAlGXWdzXTah8MKFAGSeh5iBO1zgXf_qjKR1ovzHT1CiBPm_L78KQreoweBgb5OPpgH3Ftc1GorEEesyU6QwfUjeFMjod2EL6xueIXSiWJHeV8DNyLA7m9ad1iUUiVjK2lqRvZgz/s1600/a-post-graduate-student-working-in-cancer-research-laboratories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQoJCNAlGXWdzXTah8MKFAGSeh5iBO1zgXf_qjKR1ovzHT1CiBPm_L78KQreoweBgb5OPpgH3Ftc1GorEEesyU6QwfUjeFMjod2EL6xueIXSiWJHeV8DNyLA7m9ad1iUUiVjK2lqRvZgz/s320/a-post-graduate-student-working-in-cancer-research-laboratories.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 947px;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></h2> <h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 947px;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></h2> <h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 947px;"> <span style="color: #333333;">REUTERS: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) is in talks to acquire </span><span style="color: #333333;">contract researcher </span><span style="color: #333333;">Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC </span><span style="color: #333333;">(PPD) for more than </span><span style="color: #333333;">US$8 billion,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.</span></h2> <div> <span style="color: #333333;"></span><br> </div></div>

LabCorp explores acquisition of clinical trials firm

REUTERS: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) is in talks to acquire  contract researcher  Pharmaceutical Product De...

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The Most Popular Sport Betting Strategies

<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk4Y2eHFsufZ4vpbDqURzOHtwle_BQkdYsEoTleDCHUSh9Rz3yzuKvC2877GtsR6NLTpYuhDAj7J3CV0_RA_U1Z8Oh_I8m01Ksx8HlWkvkBPNaSjfrrS6liihDdKd1LJuCm5LO7PbxYsB/s1600/2015-10-09-1444414293-4246321-romanempire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk4Y2eHFsufZ4vpbDqURzOHtwle_BQkdYsEoTleDCHUSh9Rz3yzuKvC2877GtsR6NLTpYuhDAj7J3CV0_RA_U1Z8Oh_I8m01Ksx8HlWkvkBPNaSjfrrS6liihDdKd1LJuCm5LO7PbxYsB/s320/2015-10-09-1444414293-4246321-romanempire.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></span> <h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">The Roman Empire, first settlers, modern era – sport betting together with the sport itself became an inherent part of our lives since the earliest times. We can imagine how first fans were sitting next to each other </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, serif; font-size: 13px;">at some sporting event and cheering for the team. You perfectly recognise this feeling of anxiety when at home you and your better half put a stake on something that is very important to you both. Anyway, that is just an example how much of the betting is now in our blood and DNA. Generations and generations were practising betting. The Gladiator fights demonstrated us first organised betting, and also first fixed fights. That is the only thing that can make us annoyed or rich, that depends on the information you may have on fixed game or fight. That is the reality of the modern sport and we must accept it.</span></h2> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, serif; font-size: 13px;"></span></div>

The Most Popular Sport Betting Strategies

The Roman Empire, first settlers, modern era – sport betting together with the sport itself became an inherent part of our lives since ...

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Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: US judge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdRTtC-k13j6qWaB0dddFJ3tBSNDQLdq8BiW2agehIgUx9aGOL8sBM-iDiAs5keovYzNE4qhv-582XKqnbsfX3LNVMRjKJNTmNvNyth0rM1Dg37bU4PZFbEwRs46Z1qPbsxLHaDTneJUu/s1600/a-security-guard-keeps-watch-as-he-walks-past-a-logo-of-google.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdRTtC-k13j6qWaB0dddFJ3tBSNDQLdq8BiW2agehIgUx9aGOL8sBM-iDiAs5keovYzNE4qhv-582XKqnbsfX3LNVMRjKJNTmNvNyth0rM1Dg37bU4PZFbEwRs46Z1qPbsxLHaDTneJUu/s320/a-security-guard-keeps-watch-as-he-walks-past-a-logo-of-google.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <br> <h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">REUTERS: A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft Corp.</span></h2> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></div>

Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: US judge

REUTERS: A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside  the United States, diver...

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ICC begins 'Big Three' rollback despite India objection

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPj-MzMMDHGdI3ECn8z-aZd64L730hBs6L43fd4EsJ0pWbXStKhFIpdkUTWIyuMjMVeZFEn5otCYuksZ3-PYPqcvnlyw4SXRPAfcITjRwVzA-Nt7z3PuV5H1_KDJvJMrTxVKq-R1bhKd7/s1600/BCCI-Vs-ICC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPj-MzMMDHGdI3ECn8z-aZd64L730hBs6L43fd4EsJ0pWbXStKhFIpdkUTWIyuMjMVeZFEn5otCYuksZ3-PYPqcvnlyw4SXRPAfcITjRwVzA-Nt7z3PuV5H1_KDJvJMrTxVKq-R1bhKd7/s320/BCCI-Vs-ICC.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br>http://trak.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BCCI-Vs-ICC.jpg</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 789.156px;"> <br></h2> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 789.156px;"> NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has agreed "in principle" </h2> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 789.156px;"> to reverse the 2014 decision which effectively put India, England and Australia</h2> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 789.156px;">  in control of the game's finances and administration.</h2>

ICC begins 'Big Three' rollback despite India objection

http://trak.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BCCI-Vs-ICC.jpg NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has agreed "in prin...

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Australia agrees to meet FIFA deadline on broader Congress

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbGs5QucNNqwDtlqiXfhhiq3QxC4bM45f3wy_ljnus-NlZRFDzSbI0KZ_A4l1EYKMtckQnqdNNJ7Vwg5YP6_A9T68K9ReCdwTH3qzM8g7QFPLs5rKDHb-KF-wdGSk2d4hXJ8usjbqC7gE/s1600/snow-covered-landscape-is-reflected-in-a-logo-in-front-of-fifa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbGs5QucNNqwDtlqiXfhhiq3QxC4bM45f3wy_ljnus-NlZRFDzSbI0KZ_A4l1EYKMtckQnqdNNJ7Vwg5YP6_A9T68K9ReCdwTH3qzM8g7QFPLs5rKDHb-KF-wdGSk2d4hXJ8usjbqC7gE/s320/snow-covered-landscape-is-reflected-in-a-logo-in-front-of-fifa.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="gallery-tab-holder" style="background: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e4e4e; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start;"> <div class="main-slide" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="img active" style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 569px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: static; top: 0px; width: auto; z-index: auto;"> <span class="add-txt" style="background: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-size: 0.875rem; left: 0px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 14.2031px 18.9375px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 947px;">The snow-covered landscape is reflected in a logo in front of FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="tab-gallery-nav" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(55, 114, 138) 0px, rgb(28, 73, 93) 100%) rgb(55, 114, 138); box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e4e4e; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div> <span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><br></span></div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2> SYDNEY: Football Federation Australia will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to expand its Congress ahead of the FIFA-imposed deadline of March 31 after talks with the president of soccer's world governing body in Zurich this week.</h2> <div> </div>

Australia agrees to meet FIFA deadline on broader Congress

The snow-covered landscape is reflected in a logo in front of FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd ...

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Five on Friday: 5 single-ingredient Singapore restaurants to get you drooling

<h2 class="news_brief showBrief" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px auto 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: auto;"> In our regular light-hearted look at what's been making the headlines, Hidayah Salamat checks out the restaurants that dish out one main ingredient but serve up many different ways of eating it. </h2> <div> </div>

Five on Friday: 5 single-ingredient Singapore restaurants to get you drooling

In our regular light-hearted look at what's been making the headlines, Hidayah Salamat checks out the restaurants that dish out one mai...

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Altria investigating if recalled tobacco products were tampered with

<h3> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>REUTERS</b>: Altria Group Inc said on Friday it was working with authorities </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to investigate if the smokeless tobacco products it recalled earlier this week </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">were tampered with.</span></h3> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></div>

Altria investigating if recalled tobacco products were tampered with

REUTERS : Altria Group Inc said on Friday it was working with authorities  to investigate if the smokeless tobacco products it recalled ear...

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Pietersen fined for on-air criticism of BBL umpire

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>SYDNEY: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been charged with misconduct</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> for his on-air comments criticising an umpiring decision while playing for the Melbourne</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> Stars during a Big Bash League semi-final, Cricket Australia said on Friday.</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Lgyc-e5Z7s0PYcslQVTXvp8C2ZG9WFdOSgnL9bLw2LT7g6nxn9UyK3z9BWeANmz20T8L-u376EFZN0dp5NvVYmSJfQd7Fx7-sx4x9d8LtREmme_QUjvR-ziuQREVv-HZ7SGLEWnf4ebY/s1600/glamorgan-v-surrey-lv-county-championship-division-two-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Lgyc-e5Z7s0PYcslQVTXvp8C2ZG9WFdOSgnL9bLw2LT7g6nxn9UyK3z9BWeANmz20T8L-u376EFZN0dp5NvVYmSJfQd7Fx7-sx4x9d8LtREmme_QUjvR-ziuQREVv-HZ7SGLEWnf4ebY/s320/glamorgan-v-surrey-lv-county-championship-division-two-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> The controversial former England captain was wearing a microphone when he</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  slammed the umpire's decision to turn down a caught behind appeal against Perth Scorchers</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  batsman Sam Whiteman in the Jan. 24 Twenty20 tournament match.</div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>Match Referee David Talalla proposed a fine of AUS$5,000 (3,055 pounds) for</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> Pietersen after going through the umpires' report.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> "That was a shocker, an absolute shocker," Pietersen was heard saying while </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> fielding during the Scorchers' run chase.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>"He says it could have been glove or pad, and I said, 'well, he's got big gloves </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>big pads </b><b>to reach that'.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> "Massive nick."</div> </div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>Pietersen accepted the charge but disputed the fine, resulting in a hearing on Thursday.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> Match referee Talalla stuck to the original sanction after going through </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>additional submissions from Pietersen and video footage.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> Cricket Australia said Pietersen had 48 hours to decide if he wanted to appeal</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  the match referee's decision.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>The 36-year-old was also on the receiving end, temporarily at least, of some criticism </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>from Australia coach Darren Lehmann for his performances in the BBL following </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>the semi-final defeat.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> "@KP24 @BBL time for stars to move KP on, spent too much money on him and didn't win.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  Don't want to listen to his excuses any more," Lehmann wrote in a tweet which</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  he deleted later.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b><a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/pietersen-fined-for-on-air-criticism-of-bbl-umpire/3489894.html">                                        (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by John O'Brien)</a></b></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div>

Pietersen fined for on-air criticism of BBL umpire

SYDNEY: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been charged with misconduct  for his on-air comments criticising an umpiring decision...

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Children in India killed by mystery illness linked to eating unripe lychees

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>A mystery illness that has affected hundreds of children a year in northern India is</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> caused by eating unripe lychee fruits on an empty stomach, scientists have discovered.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> Since 1995, children in Muzaffarpur, Bihar have been seen to initially sustain a fever.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  <b>They then have seizures and convulsions before slipping in and out of consciousness. </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>In Muzaffarpur, which is India's largest lychee cultivation region</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> the illness was branded locally as "chanki ki bimari" or "tinsel disease".</b>  </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> In a joint investigation conducted by scientists from May-July 2014 - which coincided with</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  the lychee harvesting season - it was determined that 122 out of 390 children who suffered</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  from the disease had died.  </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> The investigation, which was reported in the British medical journal </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lx0SbuVZY4ZrlfOvfeBABlVMPYzGOyHuoPjlVkIw5Xb5GIY6LpURyXczkglxEkl705h8f1rYmoAuJZe1u6bH0jLH3BI7s5cOkCriJgh1I-VLTKjyO65u8nehdKZiQprmu-MoEcAgu_WB/s1600/indian-lychee-vendor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lx0SbuVZY4ZrlfOvfeBABlVMPYzGOyHuoPjlVkIw5Xb5GIY6LpURyXczkglxEkl705h8f1rYmoAuJZe1u6bH0jLH3BI7s5cOkCriJgh1I-VLTKjyO65u8nehdKZiQprmu-MoEcAgu_WB/s320/indian-lychee-vendor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>The Lancet Global Health on Tuesday (Jan 31), suggests that the deaths were</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> caused by eating lychees on an empty stomach. </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> The researchers, who were from the US Centers for Disease Control and India’s National Centre</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;">  for Disease Control, compared test results of children who had developed </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> the mysterious illness, and children who had not.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>Analysis of blood and spinal fluid samples showed no signs</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> of infection or exposure to chemicals and insecticides.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>However, most of the children who had fallen ill had eaten lychee fruit recently.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> They were also more likely to have visited a fruit orchard in the previous 24 hours</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> the study said.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> The effect was compounded when the children skipped dinner </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> resulting in "night-time hypoglycaemia". </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>As these children already had low blood sugar levels, the impact of eating lychees that </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>contain toxins that inhibits the body's ability to produce glucose would sometimes </b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>see the children suffer seizures and convulsions in the middle of the night as a result</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> of acute swelling of the brain</b>. </div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> The toxins are found in higher quantities in unripe fruits, the report said. </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b>The research findings has led to health officials in the region informing parents</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b> to ensure their young children ate dinner and reduce the number of lychees consumed. </b></div> <div class="news_detail" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e4e4e; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px;"> <div style="box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; 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Children in India killed by mystery illness linked to eating unripe lychees

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French soldier fires on man trying to enter Louvre museum, man wounded

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PARIS: A <b>French</b> soldier shot and wounded a man armed with a machete and carrying two bags on his back on Friday (Feb 3) as he tried to enter the Paris Louvre museum in what police said looked like a terrorist attack.</span><br>

French soldier fires on man trying to enter Louvre museum, man wounded

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Indian police bust US$550-million internet scam that duped thousands

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1raiz1_AxNWWln2dPdyocq3CY4zOxTimPEDywfVxfJVVAFYLbC_sSIIqpbTcb_HylaprHmnV5sY0yTAvCW5bkmD1dPbVDPN0BawyHWtYxoYsfcMo3QuSzCTqc45dcfPVl9wpe-0AVBYa/s1600/Online-scammer.jpg"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1raiz1_AxNWWln2dPdyocq3CY4zOxTimPEDywfVxfJVVAFYLbC_sSIIqpbTcb_HylaprHmnV5sY0yTAvCW5bkmD1dPbVDPN0BawyHWtYxoYsfcMo3QuSzCTqc45dcfPVl9wpe-0AVBYa/s320/Online-scammer.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; direction: ltr; float: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 75rem; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; width: 774.156px;"> <b><br>NEW DELHI</b>: <b><a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/indian-police-bust-us-550-million-internet-scam-that-duped-thous/3490480.html">Indian police</a></b> have busted an internet scam in which around 650,000 people lost a combined 37 billion rupees (US$549 million) after sending money to a company that promised they would earn cash by clicking on web links, police said on Friday.<br> </div>

Indian police bust US$550-million internet scam that duped thousands

NEW DELHI : Indian police have busted an internet scam in which around 650,000 people lost a combined 37 billion rupees (US$549 million)...

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