| Longest
NZ glacier shrinking 500 metres a year
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Wellington,
Apr 24:
The Tasman Glacier - New Zealand's longest - is retreating at
the rate of more than 500 metres a year because of global warming,
a scientist said Thursday.
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| Bush
seeks boost for Abbas, Mideast peace bid
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Washington,
Apr 24:
President George W. Bush hosts Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas at the White House on Thursday to try to bolster him and
shore up a fragile U.S.-backed peace effort with Israel.
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| Jet
to become 37th airline to operate from Abu Dhabi
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Abu
Dhabi, Apr 24:
When its inaugural flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
land at Abu Dhabi International Airport late Wednesday night,
India's Jet Airways will become the 37th airline to operate
from the UAE capital.
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| ANZ
Bank to soon outsource 4000 more jobs to Bangalore
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Melbourne,
Apr 24:
ANZ Bank, Australia's major financial institution offering different
financial services, has decided to outsource nearly 4000 back
office jobs to Bangalore in India within months.
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| Praise
as good as cash to brain
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Chicago,
Apr 24:
Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward
center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers
said.
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