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LONDON: Muslims in Middle East, Europe and various other countries are celebrating three days of sacrifice called Eid-ul-Adha today . Described as one of the special festivals celebrated by Muslims, Eid-ul-Adha is a time when the sacrificing of domestic animals...

Before deciding where to buy a laptop for his daughter on Black Friday, Nate Bryan was scouring the web for deals. But he was not just looking at retailers' websites. "I use Twitter and Facebook a lot for Black Friday,"...

Dell will be launching its new laptop, the "Adamo XPS" model. Benefiting from a futuristic design that is really quite striking, it claims to be the thinnest on the market. At barely one centimetre thick, it gives the "MacBook Air"...

Millions of people around the world have witnessed the controversial pageant life of Former Miss California and 1st Runner-up Miss USA 2009 Carrie Prejean. We featured her as one of the dazzling “Beauty Queens gone Wild”, due to some naughty...

NEW YORK : Online auction giant eBay apologized on Sunday for a technical glitch that caused a one-day crash of its website search functions it attributed to a surge in holiday shoppers. "The unanticipated technical issue resulted from a surge...

GENEVA : AIDS has now killed 25 million people around the world but the number of new infections is slowing sharply, the UN said in its annual report on the crisis on Tuesday. Almost 60 million people have been infected...

New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite, it was revealed today. A study by scientists from the American space agency Nasa has found chemical signatures in the rock...

LOS ANGELES : There's no doubt that 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' will rise to the top of the domestic box office again over the coming long holiday weekend. But Warner Bros. should peel more than a few young males...

Tim Minchin isn't afraid of much. In performances, the wild-haired, panda-eyed musical comedy star - formerly of Perth and Melbourne, these days of London - pokes fun at everything from religion and romance to US consumerism and middle-class environmentalism. No...

Beach-bound Bay Area residents should watch out for high surf Friday, the National Weather Service announced today. More Bay Area News The agency issued a high surf advisory for the coastal region stretching from Point Reyes south through the Big...