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Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Nov 11 (EFE) Internet users can now take a virtual pilgrimage in Spain thanks to Google's Street View service.

Sydney, Nov 10 (IANS) Children aged nine to 11 prefer being well-liked to being popular, a new study says.

Washington, Nov 10 (IANS) Researchers have discovered ways to create tastier and healthier ice-creams.

London, Nov 10 (IANS) Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Child rights activists and cyber law experts have together demanded a ban on Rapelay -- a Japanese video game that challenges a player to rape women.

Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Deep under the sea, a sand grain sized fossil nestles among a billion of its closest dead kins. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of calcium carbonate can tell you the sea level, temperature, and ocean conditions of Earth millions of years ago -- that is, if you know what to look for.

Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Calcium and vitamin D supplements can improve bone density during a crucial growth period for young girls.

Toronto, Nov 9 (IANS) Women with heavier busts who have been treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of its recurrence, says a new study.

Karachi, Nov 9 (IANS) The website of the legislative assembly of Pakistan's Sindh province has stopped functioning after United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ended its aid contract, an official said.

Jammu, Nov 5 (IANS) Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah told Home Minister P. Chidambaram to reconsider the continuation of the ban on pre-paid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir when Chidambaram concluded his day-long visit to the state Wednesday night, officials said.

Pokhara (Nepal), Nov 3 (IANS) Ask them the capital of Belgium and each of the 25 students, bubbling with excitement, clicks away on Google search. Within seconds, uncertain only of the pronunciation, they cry as if in unison, 'Brussels!' They are Class 9 students in Jaljale village of central Nepal.

Moscow, Nov 2 (RIA Novosti) A carrier rocket with two European satellites has been successfully launched from the Plesetsk space centre in northwest Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said Monday.

Sydney, Nov 2 (IANS) An increased waistline is not only bad for your health but can lead to decreased bedroom activity, according to researchers.

Chennai, Oct 31 (IANS) India does not look at other Asian countries like Japan and China as competitors in the space sector as its programmes are based on its needs, said

Washington, Oct 29 (DPA) A Detroit mosque leader accused of heading a Muslim militant group died Wednesday in a shootout with federal agents conducting raids that led to the arrests of eight suspects.

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) He laid the foundation of India's huge atomic energy establishment almost singlehandedly, nurturing and expanding it with his dynamic vision. Thanks in no small measure to Homi J. Bhabha's dream, India's atomic energy programme has acquired global stature today, capable of designing and testing nuclear weapons and aspiring to meet its growing demands for nuclear energy.

Dhaka, Oct 29 (IANS) Bangladesh's national capital is going in for a facelift that will include a skyrail, flyovers, underground railways and orbital waterways as part of the effort to decongest the city's roads.

Lima, Oct 27 (EFE) A tomb at the Sipan archaeological site in northern Peru confirms that the ancient Moche people were contemporaries of Christ, scientists say.

Bangalore, Oct 25 (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman-designate K. Radhakrishnan, who takes over Oct 31, has said his first priority would be to see that the indigenously built cryogenic engine is made ready for the GSLV launch by the year-end.

Washington, Oct 24 (IANS) Cleanliness is next to godliness, so goes an old adage, which has now been borne out by a new study.