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Pack of lions take on angry crocodile in vicious battle over prey.

It was a battle of claw versus jaw, but the king of the jungle reigned supreme in his battle against a crocodile over feeding rights at a river in Kenya, Africa.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2859042/The-mother-food-fights-Pack-lions-angry-crocodile-vicious-battle-prey.html

4 December 2014

Pemba underwater hotel opens for business.

Described as an 'inverted fish tank' the underwater hotel room forms part of a secluded mini island off the coast of Tanzania and Zanzibar where holidaymakers can enjoy the ultimate getaway.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2858813/Sleep-fishes-Underwater-hotel-room-opens-13ft-Indian-Ocean-sink-budget-1-000-night.html

4 December 2014

Incredible moment sperm whale gives birth

The amazing images of the female whales acting as midwives and bringing the baby whale to the surface for air were captured by wildlife photographer Kurt Amsler, while diving in the Azores.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860586/Baby-s-breath-incredible-moment-sperm-whale-gives-birth-midwives-escort-newborn-surface-air.html

5 December 2014

Russian driver removes wheel from his car and replaces it with sledge

When Russian driver Bodgan Evseyev suffered a flat tyre and was without a spare, he decided to remove the tyre and replace if with his son's sledge by wedging it under the wheel axle.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860794/That-s-one-way-solve-flat-tyre-Innovative-Russian-driver-removes-wheel-car-drives-home-SLEDGE-place.html

5 December 2014

Aw! Baby elephant slips and falls into a pool of water

The young elephant fell into the water at South Africa's Addo National Park and amateur photographer Adele van Schalkwyk captured the amazing pictures of the rescue.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2860552/Baby-elephant-slips-falls-pool-water-quickly-rescued-herd.html

5 December 2014

Here's looking at you, kid: Pictures of children and their pets

The stunning selection of pictures is taken by Elena Shumilova, who captured the moving moments children from Moscow and Andreapol, in Russia, enjoy with their pets.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860522/Here-s-looking-kid-Heart-warming-pictures-powerful-bond-children-pets.html

5 December 2014

A Drug Might Heal Spinal Injuries By Sparking Nerve Growth

A scientist who chose to ignore the mainstream nearly 30 years ago has found a new way to regenerate nerves in the spinal cord, at least in animals. A drug that Jerry Silver, a professor of neuroscience at Case 1 Reserve University, helped design a drug that has allowed paralyzed rats to re...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/12/03/368058568/a-drug-might-heal-spinal-injuries-by-sparking-

Forget maternity leave - 'women should get PAID menstrual leave'

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Gedis Grudzinskas, a London-based professor of obstetrics and gynecology, says menstrual leave is already recognised in countries such as Japan and Indonesia.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2857096/Forget-maternity-leave-women-PAID-menstrual-leave-month-men-just-lump-leading-doctor-claims.html

4 December 2014

Eye-opening interactive map ranks perceptions of corruption.

North Korea's public officials are thought to be the most corrupt in the world, with bribery and backdoor payments just some of the consequences of its crooked institutions.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2859721/North-Korea-world-s-corrupt-country-Eye-opening-interactive-map-ranks-country-s-transparency-Denmark-topping-list.html

4 December 2014

Does a year abroad really expand the mind? Maybe not...

A third of travellers admitted they struggled to make the transition from carefree lifestyle to a nine-to-five work mentality and half said they quickly reverted back to their old ways after a gap year.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2858907/Does-year-abroad-REALLY-expand-mind-New-research-says-no.html

4 December 2014

Home birth best for mums.

VIDEO:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30305936#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

We've been drinking alcohol for TEN MILLION years, study finds

The study, led by Professor Matthew Carrigan from Santa Fe College in Florida, looked at the alcohol gene ADH4 from various times in almost 70 million years of primate evolution.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2856241/We-ve-drinking-alcohol-TEN-MILLION-years-study-finds.html

2 December 2014

Millions of crabs take over Christmas Island as they begin migration.

Over 120 million red crabs swarm Christmas Island on their way to the Indian Ocean to breed, forcing roads on the island to close, allowing the crabs to cross and bringing the island to a standstill.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855889/Parting-red-sea-Spectacular-moment-120-million-crimson-coloured-crabs-emerge-jungle-head-warm-waters-Indian-Ocean.html

2 December 2014

The dirty side of soap.

Please click on the web-link below:-

 http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/11/19/the.dirty.side.soap

Kottawa to Mathara on the Southern Highway, Sri Lanka.

See the series of photos on this trip on Youtube with music. Click on web-link below:-

http://youtu.be/SelUFoAJjEQ

Indian girls reveal why they attacked sexists on the bus with belts

Sisters Pooja, 19, and Aarti, 22, were filmed beating up a group of men who were verbally and physically abusing them on a bus in Rohtak, a district in the northern state of Haryana.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855840/Indian-sisters-filmed-fighting-against-harassers-bus-University-students-praised-video-emerges-beating-attackers-belt-public-transport.html

1 December 2014

Tourists attempt to test their strength against jet engine blast

Saint Martin's airport is famed for its dangerous airport which backs right on to a popular beach, with holidaymakers testing their strength against jet engine blasts by clinging onto a dividing fence.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2855743/Tourists-Caribbean-attempt-test-strength-against-jet-engine-blast.html

2 December 2014

HIV's ability to cause AIDS is weakening over time, study finds

Rapid evolution of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to a study of more than 2,000 women in Africa.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2856491/HIVs-ability-cause-AIDS-weakening-time-study-finds.html

1 December 2014

Here's how to turn an ordinary balloon into a smartphone case

This balloon costs the rocket bottom price of just 99 cents and will take just 10 seconds to put on. If you've ever been in the market for a new phone case this handy balloon could do the trick.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2854057/Here-s-turn-ordinary-balloon-smartphone-case-just-10-seconds.html

30 November 2014

Scientist who discovered DNA forced to sell his Nobel prize.

James Watson (pictured) said he has become an 'unperson' since he made controversial claims that black people were not of equal intelligence to white people during a 2007 interview.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2853855/Scientist-discovered-DNA-forced-sell-Nobel-prize-shunned-inflammatory-race-comments.html

30 November 2014

New technique for pain relief could alleviate suffering.

Scientists at Saint Louis University in Missouri managed to block a pain pathway in rodents with chronic neuropathic pain, which develops due to nerve damage.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2852925/Off-switch-pain-discovered-Brain-receptor-hold-key-alleviating-suffering-cancer-patients.html

30 November 2014

Bhopal's toxic legacy lives on, 30 years after industrial disaster

On December 2, 1984, the factory owned by the U.S. multinational Union Carbide Corp accidentally leaked cyanide gas into the air, killing thousands in the city of Bhopal.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2852911/Bhopals-toxic-legacy-lives-30-years-industrial-disaster.html

30 November 2014

A review of 'Tales of an enchanted Boyhood' by Dr.C S Nannayakkara.

To purchase the book click on the web-link below to see the details:-

http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2014/08/tales-of-enchanted-boyhood-alupola-to.html

“History, like the drama and the novel grew out of mythology, a primitive form of apprehension and expression in which – as in fairy tales listened to by children or in dreams dreamt by sophisticated adults - the line between fact and fiction is left undrawn. It has for example been said of the ILIAD that anyone who starts reading it as history will find that it is full of fiction but, equally, anyone who starts reading it as fiction will find that it is full of history.

            All histories resemble the ILIAD to this extent that they cannot entirely dispense with the fiction element. The mere selection, arrangement and presentation of facts is a technique belonging to the field of fiction…”

“A study of History”

Arnold J. Toynbee.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Historian

Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH was a British historian, philosopher of history, research professor of International History at the London School of Economics and the University of London and author of numerous books. Wikipedia

  

 Born: April 14, 1889, London, United Kingdom

 Died: October 22, 1975, York, United Kingdom

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A Silver/Gold-smith at work, Puwakpitiya, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Please click on the web-link below with speakers on:-

http://youtu.be/Mrk68-NRz_8

Muhammad Ali can't remember his third world title, daughter reveals

Ali, who has been fighting Parkinson's Disease for 30 years, cannot remember beating Leon Spinks in Las Vegas in 1978 to regain his heavyweight world title, his daughter said.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851482/Fading-boxing-great-Muhammad-Ali-t-remember-world-title-daughter-reveals-talks-making-comeback-win-again.html

28 November 2014

Secret £3billion bunker to protect former Yugoslav leader Josip Tito

The complex is dug into a mountain outside Konjic, 25 miles south of Sarajevo in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and was built to protect former leader Josip Tito from nuclear attacks.

Read the full story:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851750/Inside-secret-3billion-bunker-dug-920-feet-mountain-protect-former-Yugoslav-leader-Josip-Tito-nuclear-attacks.html

28 November 2014