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Here’s how mice recognise one another

Washington, November 3 : Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that mice use a highly specialised set of proteins in their urine to recognise one another.

Pakistan was in bed with Taliban: Mahmud Ali Durrani

Washington, Nov 3 : Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Mahmud Ali Durrani has conceded that "Pakistan was in bed with the Taliban when they were governing Afghanistan, but for an excellent reason.

Dick Cheney transfers his `Darth Vader’ persona to his pooches!

Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, once described himself as the Darth Vader of the Bush administration.

Treadmills Help Down Syndrome Babies Walk Sooner: Study

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US TV documentary to unmask Iraqi weapons 'expert' as a fraud

London, Nov.3 : A television documentary has been successful in unmasking an Iraqi defector who claimed that Saddam Hussein's biological warfare capabilities were central to the US government's case for the 2003 invasion.

The informer, codenamed Curveball, was Rafid Ahmed Alwan who, in 1999, turned up at a refugee centre in Germany seeking political asylum.

Alwan claimed to have been a highly regarded chemical engineer working on the production of mobile biological weapons at a plant in Djerf al-Nadaf.

Pervez Musharraf rejects US Centcom chief’s offer of aid for Swat

Islamabad, Nov 3 : Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has rejected US Central Command (Centcom) chief Admiral William J Fallon’s offer of assistance in eliminating Taliban elements in trib

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