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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) _ Pakistan's currency slumped to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Friday as rising oil prices exacerbate concern about its yawning trade deficit and high inflation. 

By Peter Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - From screaming skulls and headless horsemen to murdered brides and phantom farmers, English folklore is full of spine-tingling ghost stories. 

Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) The stage is set for a battle of nerves Saturday between an upbeat Congress and a defensive Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in the first phase of Karnataka election where the fortunes of about 950 candidates will be decided by 17. 

Canberra, May 9 (ANI): An Indian environmentalist has warned that the Nargis cyclone that devastated Burma is a "sign of things to come", as climate change caused extreme weather to increase in intensity. 

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The rupee traded stronger in midday trade on Friday, as exporters sold dollars to lock in profits on the local unit's fall, but gains were limited by dollar demand from oil companies. 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Friday a marginal increase in the annual wholesale price inflation rate in late April had come as a major relief, and was not statistically significant. 

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India will lodge a protest with Pakistan after soldiers came under heavy cross-border fire while trying to stop a group of armed men from sneaking into its part of Kashmir, a security official said on Friday. 

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) _ Vice captain Michael Clarke has withdrawn from the start of Australia's three-test cricket tour to the West Indies to remain in Sydney for family reasons. 

London, May 9 (PTI) British Airways has taken beef off its menu for economy-class passengers on most international flights in a bid to avoid offending Hindus. 

Washington, May 9 (ANI): Locust migrations have been viewed as one of the most spectacular events in nature. In seemingly spontaneous fashion, around 10 billion critters can suddenly throng the air and carpet the ground, bringing destruction. 

Washington, May 7 (ANI): People with leg cramps caused by narrowing blood vessels often stop walking because of the pain, but those who take naftidrofuryl - a drug that relaxes blood vessels - don't have to pause nearly as often, according to a new review by Belgian researchers. 

London, May 7 (ANI): A British musician is desperately looking forward to a cure for his hiccups - which have been going on for 15 months. 

She predicts Bollywood's reigning superstar Shah Rukh Khan to make a shift to politics soon. The Indian Premier League is 'cricket on cocaine', she thinks. As for the controversy surrounding cheerleaders, her answer is short and simple - 'Fans are not complaining, only the politicians. 

The father of the 'problem child' has left for a trip to the other world. 

Washington, May 2 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new model of inner Earth, which pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion. 

There are some people who believe that they have a larger calling in life and are willing to give up everything to fulfill that. Samira Awasthi, textile designer, is one such person. 

At around four in the afternoon on April 26, Erik Kurzweil, counsellor in the German embassy, witnessed an incredible sight in the first-floor guestroom of his Malcha Marg bungalow - a huge bird sitting on the bed and flapping its giant wings. 

She's the London-based heiress and philanthropist who paid Bill Clinton a whopping $4,50,000 to speak at the fund-raiser of her Fortune Forum in London. 

Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): You can reverse the damage caused to liver and other vital organs due to unhealthy eating habits, by simply quitting the detrimental lifestyle, says a leading liver specialist at Saint Louis University. 

Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Emulating Shah Rukh Khan, actor Shahid Kapur is growing his hair and going for six-pack abs for his upcoming project, a musical to be directed by Ken Ghosh. 

By Peter Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - From screaming skulls and headless horsemen to murdered brides and phantom farmers, English folklore is full of spine-tingling ghost stories. 

Washington, May 9 (ANI): A new research has attributed the cause of most dinosaur skeletons exhibiting pits, grooves and furrows to flesh and bone-eating insects, which gnawed on the dinosaur bones. 

Melbourne, May 9 (ANI): To overcome his form slump, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has turned to high-tech plasma screen technology before the tour to the West Indies. 

LUCKNOW, India (AP) _ Irate villagers chased, shot and burned a 4-year-old leopard after it strayed into their area from a nearby north Indian tiger reserve, a forest official said Friday. 

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) _ Vice captain Michael Clarke has withdrawn from the start of Australia's three-test cricket tour to the West Indies to remain in Sydney for family reasons. 

London, May 9 (PTI) British Airways has taken beef off its menu for economy-class passengers on most international flights in a bid to avoid offending Hindus. 

Washington, May 9 (ANI): Locust migrations have been viewed as one of the most spectacular events in nature. In seemingly spontaneous fashion, around 10 billion critters can suddenly throng the air and carpet the ground, bringing destruction. 

London, May 9 (ANI): An anti-virus firm has warned that name of the Brit-nominated British group 'Girls Aloud' is being misused by some cyber-criminals to spread a new computer virus, which can scan a hard drive to get personal information so as to exploit it for identity theft. 

Washington, May 9 (ANI): A new study from University of Missouri has shed light on how bread mould can play a vital role in eliminating disease-causing genes, by identifying a mechanism in the reproductive cycle of a certain species of mould that 'silences' unmatched genes during cellular reproducti 

Washington, May 9 (ANI): A new study on mice has found that the lack of an enzyme that contributes to Alzheimer's disease can result in the development of a number of schizophrenia-like behaviours.