http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Car: Renault Age: 15 years Top speed when new: 110 MPH Present Top speed: 70 MPH Age of driver: 62 years Reason for ticket: Driving the narrow streets in Romania at 310 MPH. Yes you read it right! Toader Moise... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/2157553 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:38:23 -0800 "How do you measure a blonde's intelligence? Stick a tyre gauge in her ear!" Jokes like these printed on a leaflet advertising his store and Christmas offers got Bob Singh into a lot of trouble! The jovial shopkeeper was stunned... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/2157538 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:28:24 -0800 The Germans are indeed strict! They have banned a lady driver from driving till her car passes a 'tidiness' test. Her car is stuffed with clothes, magazines, some furniture so much that her face gets pressed to the windshield when... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/2157523 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:23:27 -0800 There were at least 3 bomb blasts in Lahore and at least three people were injured in these bomb blasts reports say. The first two blasts occurred shortly after 10.30 pm outside the Al-Hamra Arts Council and the third occurred... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1854675 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:41:14 -0800 Harbhajan Singh is now the third Indian and the 22nd world cricketer to reach the landmark of 300 wickets in test cricket. Ricky Ponting was his 300th wicket in the test match against Australia today. Harbhajan has had a spicy... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1732867 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:02:37 -0800 Indian students going in for higher education or job-specific courses overseas will find it tough to get loans from Indian banks. Most banks are going slow on clearing such loan applications as the employment scenario has turned adverse due to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1728695 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:42:51 -0800 In a case of political espionage, an unknown "foreign entity" had hacked the entire computer systems of the US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain this summer, triggering a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe. In midsummer, the Obama campaign's... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1728668 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:39:51 -0800 Global financial services provider, Barclays, on Friday launched its global retail and commercial bank India website in Hindi, the first foreign bank in the country to do so. Barclays customers would now be able to access all the information about... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1726985 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:21:56 -0800 The world is going gaga over the victory of 47-year-old Barack Husein Obama in the United States, but miles and miles away a tiny nation on the lap of Himalayas made a quiet entry into history by electing the world's... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1726943 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:16:37 -0800 The government said on Thursday it is not considering any cut in fuel prices at the moment as oil companies continue to make losses on sales of diesel, kerosene and domestic LPG. "I am not aware of cuts in fuel... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1723810 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:18:15 -0800 At least eight people were killed and over 40 others injured on Thursday when a suicide bomber struck a tribal council, which was discussing ways to take on the local Taliban , in Pakistan's restive Bajaur Agency. The jirga or... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1719080 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:30:11 -0800 Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital here following chest congestion. Chatterjee, 79, was admitted to the hospital yesterday (November 5) and is likely to remain under treatment there for a few... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1716608 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:10:13 -0800 Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) has rolled out from its Irrungattukottai plant the first batch of all new i20 cars, premiered at the Paris Motor Show last month. The maiden consignment, comprising 2,820 cars, has just been flagged off from... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1714860 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:27:00 -0800 Kolkata: A total of 120 passengers of two aircraft had a narrow escape on Wednesday, when a collision between a Jet Airways flight, which was about to land, and a Kingfisher Airlines plane, taxiing on the runway, was averted at... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1714607 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:22:04 -0800 In India, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is hopeful that President Obama would strenghten the Indo-US bond. Singh also extended an invite to Barack Obama to travel to India. This amidst fears that Obama's foreign policy pronouncements may hurt India.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1714592 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:19:38 -0800 Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, his public relations firm said in a news release. He "died unexpectedly,"... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1711653 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:42:14 -0800 Putting behind the disappointment of the Olympic Games, shooter Gagan Narang won the gold in the men's 10 metre air rifle event with a world record score in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok Wednesday morning. In a strong field... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1711639 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:39:05 -0800 Democrat Barack Obama, who was elected as the 44th President of the United States, is known to be an admirer of world's largest democracy as well as father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi: Following are excerpts of some of his... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1710806 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:34:01 -0800 Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1710226 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:37:19 -0800 Undeterred by a slowdown in car demand, Japanese auto major Toyota said it would almost double its investment for its second plant at Bangalore to Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion) by pumping an additional Rs 1,553 crore (Rs 15.53... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1710222 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:33:59 -0800