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Sarah Palin got 150,000 dollar Republican Party spruce up

Sarah Palin got 150,000 dollar Republican Party spruce upWashington, Oct. 22 : The Republican National Committee (RNC) is reported to have spent over 150,000 dollars sprucing up Sarah Palin''s appearance

According to a report by the web site Politico, the wardrobe makeover began in September and included bills from Sak''s Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York totaling nearly 50,000 dollars, a 75,000 dollar shopping trip at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis in September and 4,700 dollars spent on hair and makeup.

Climate change leading to increase in tiger attacks in Sundarban islands

London, Oct 22 : Conservation experts have said that the number of tiger attacks on people is growing in India’s Sundarban islands as habitat loss and dwindling prey caused by climate change drives them to prowl into villages for food.

The Sundarbans, a 26,000 sq km area of low-lying swamps on India’s border with Bangladesh, is dotted with hundreds of small islands criss-crossed by water channels.

According to a report in New Scientist, wildlife experts said that endangered tigers in the world’s largest reserve are turning on humans because rising sea levels and coastal erosion are steadily shrinking the tigers’ natural habitat.

60% Of British Kids See Disturbing Images On Net – A Survey

60% Of British Kids See Disturbing Images On Net – A SurveyAccording to a new survey, 60% of British kids have seen disturbing images on the internet, which has actually raised concerns over the exposure of kids to the unsuitable material on net.

Keeping this thing in mind; the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) advices that new computers should be equipped with carry high-security “blocking” software; which could stop them from surfing through aggressive or vulgar material available over the vast world of Internet.

McCain will fight till end, as Republicans face major identity crisis: Washington Post

McCain will fight till end, as Republicans face major identity crisis: Washington PostWashington, Oct. 22 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain will fight the 2008 election to the end, though his path will be difficult.

According to a Washington Post analysis, McCain still has a fortnight left to try to change the trajectory of the race. The paper also predicts that unexpected things can happen in the remaining days, though the GOP’s future is almost certain to be different to what it has been the last decade.

Dinos may not have been the first great migrators

Washington, Oct 22 : A new study has suggested that contrary to popular belief, polar dinosaurs may not have traveled nearly as far as originally thought when making their bi-annual migration, which questions dinosaurs as being truly the first great migrators.

University of Alberta researchers Phil Bell and Eric Snively undertook the study.

Bell and Snively have suggested that while some dinosaurs may have migrated during the winter season, their range was significantly less than previously thought, which means their treks were shorter.

The idea that these animals may have traveled distances nine times further than mule deer or four times those of wildebeest would have made them the greatest migrators in history.

Global slowdown can marginally hit Indian sector

National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said that global slowdown would affect Indian IT world in indirect manner. Indian information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are vulnerable to a short term impact of world financial crisis. The IT companies have started to slowdown their decision making activities. They are investing and spending very carefully. But Indian companies are still hiring the employees and confident to restore the normalcy very soon.

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