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El Nino may be behind melting of Antarctica`s Pine Island Glacier

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 19:42

The floating ice shelf at the tip of Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest routes for ice to flow from Antarctica into the sea, has been melting and thinning for the past four decades causing the glacier to speed up and discharge more ice, researchers say.

Japan volcano creates island in the shape of Snoopy

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 17:36

A recent underwater volcanic eruption in the Pacific Ocean has created an island in the shape of Snoopy, the fictional character created by Charles M Schulz.

140 CISF personnel flagged off for UN mission in Haiti

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 21:08

A 140-member squad of paramilitary CISF was flagged off for rendering United Nations mandated security duties in Haiti in the Caribbean island.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sells private island for $8 million

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 14:03

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has sold a private island in northwestern Washington state to undisclosed buyers for $8 million, his real estate agent said on Monday.

India test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 17:39

India test-fired nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile on Monday from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast with a strike range of over 3000 km, defence sources said.

Easter Island collapse disputed by anthropologist in new theory

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 19:09

A new theory suggests that the Easter Island inhabitants didn’t actually fail, instead they succeeded.

`Mandela was constant source of inspiration at Robben Island`

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 13:11

Chiba spent 18 years on the island with Mandela and other political prisoners.

`Mandela was constant source of inspiration at Robben Island`

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 13:11

Chiba spent 18 years on the island with Mandela and other political prisoners.

Mandela`s jailer praises the anti-apartheid icon

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 16:30

He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island.

‘Mandela`s jailer praises the anti-apartheid icon

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 08:45

He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And, like millions around the world, he has been hit hard by Mandela`s death.

EU makes action plan to stop migrant tragedies

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 23:03

The European Union published a list of proposals Wednesday aimed at avoiding tragedies like an October sinking of a refugee boat off Italy`s Lampedusa island that killed 300 people.

DMK to flag Lanka`s alleged war crimes, Katchatheevu island issues in Parliament

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 20:13

DMK would demand a resolution for an independent inquiry into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka and raise the issue of retrieving Katchatheevu from Sri Lanka in the Winter session of Parliament.