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The Grand Head Hunt
A record six million people have fanned out all over China, to count the number of people in the country. The Chinese government wants to check if the target set for the year 2000, is in place. But is it already too late? Read on ...
Bead Calculator
The abacus is the ancestor of the modern day calculator. But unlike the computer, it is relatively simple to operate as it consists of vertical rods on which wooden beads slide freely. Some people still swear by the abacus even today, and use it to solve some tough calculations. Read on ...
Messing Up, Alphabetically
To signal their newly-independent status from the rule of the Soviet Union, countries of Central Asia abandoned the Russian script and adopted other scripts. But nine years down the line, they've realized that changing scripts is somewhat more difficult than changing governments. Read on ...
Hanoi's Good Samaritan
Like other tourists Jimmy Pham too, was taken in by the charming street children of Vietnam's cities. Unlike other tourists though, Pham stayed back to help them find a future. Read on ...
Finns Favour Freezing Swim
The burning craze in Finland is ice swimming where a hole is cut in the ice and people bathe in the frigid waters. Though sending shivers down the spine, doctors say it is very refreshing to the body and mind. Read on ...
Bid your Name into a Bestseller
Gone are the days when publishers vied with each other to buy a particular author's book. Today the authors are auctioning characters in their forthcoming books to the highest bidder to create a character in the bidder's name. Read on ...
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What Lies Beneath
The excavation of a huge graveyard at Iraq's Umm al-Ajarib site, sheds fresh light on the magnificent Sumerian civilization of yore. Read on ...
Dead Poet's society
The new poet-laureate for the city of Birmingham in England is Roshan Doug, an Indian. And he is determined to make English poetry available to the sizeable Asian community in Birmingham. Read on ...
Winner Juice
When Japanese sportswoman, Naoko Takahashi, won the women's marathon at the Sydney Olympics, the juice that she drank for energy made as much news as her win. For this wonder juice, made of the stomach juices of hornets, is known to improve the stamina of the drinkers, phenomenally. Read on ...
Too Much Information
In this age of shrinking physical distances, the internet and computers have made an enormous amount of information available to people, at the mere click of a mouse. The only problem is, there's too much of it, says a report that has recently been published in the United States. Read on ...
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