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| Upheaval In Nepal |
| FOR more than two decades, Nepal, a resource-rich, impoverished country wedged between China and India, has teetered between paralysis and upheaval... |
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| NO RESPECT FOR UNIONS |
| THE Great Divergence by Timothy Noah is a book about income inequality, and if you're thinking, "Do we really need another book about income inequality?" the answer is yes. We need this one. ... |
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| | Ageing eyes hinder biomentric scans | | IDENTIFYING people by scanning the irises of their eyes may not be as reliable as some governments and the public might think. That's according to new research suggesting that irises, rather than being stable over a lifetime, are susceptible to ageing effects that steadily change their appearance over time.
With iris recognition now being used at border control in countries such as the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, this has huge implications, says Kevin Bowyer, a professor of computer science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. At the very least, it could cause delays if people have to be scanned again. At worst, it implies that people might increasingly be able to evade detection when moving between countries.
Bowyer and his colleague Samuel Fenker, also at Notre Dame, used state-ofthe- art, commercial irismatching software to measure differences in the software's performance when comparing more than 20,000 different images of 644 irises, taken between 2008 and 2011.... | | | Miley Cyrus engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth | | MILEY Cyrus, the former Disney Channel child star whose growing pains have been played out in the glare of the world's media, announced her engagement at the age of 19 to Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth.
Cyrus, whose Hannah Montana TV series made her a teen idol, said she was engaged to marry her Australian boyfriend Hemsworth, 22, after a three-year romance.
The news quickly became one of the world's top trends on Twitter, bringing thousands of congratulations from fans, as well as questions over the wisdom of settling down so young.
Cyrus and Hemsworth have been dating on and off since meeting in 2009 on the set of film romance The Last Song.
"I'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam," Cyrus told People magazine.
"Thank you for all the love today.
I'm happy to share this news with you all. I feel like all my dreams are coming true," the young star posted on Twitter.
Cyrus's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, who starred with her on Hannah Montana, said he was delighted.
.. | | | English Vinglish written with Sridevi in mind: R Balki | | ACTRESS Sridevi's comeback film English Vinglish was written with only her in mind, says producer R Balki, whose wife Gauri Shinde has directed the movie.
"English Vinglish is a very special film for me because it marks the comeback of Sridevi, possibly one of the greatest performers. It was written and discussed keeping Sridevi in mind," Balki said.
Sridevi scorched the silver screen with films like Sadma, Chandni, Chaalbaaz, Mr India and Lamhe. Her last movie, Judaai was , released in 1997.
In English Vinglish, Sridevi plays a woman who struggles to speak in English.
She plays a simple woman who struggles with English language. In India, there is a major problem - either you need money, or you need fame or you need to talk in English to be considered a part of the upper class.
"There is a lot of struggle and lot of people in the country who are insecure because they don't know English. The film tackles that," said Balki, an adman-turned-filmmaker, who earlier directed critically acclaimed movies like Cheeni Kum and Paa.
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