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College study says students from Ireland indulge in drinking more than others

A study of students from different countries has confirmed that Irish people really drink more than other nationalities. In the University College Dublin survey, one in seven of the Irish students questioned admitted they downed at least two drinks a day. Students also drank more if they went to a same-sex school. The study surveyed 3,500 students at the college. Surprisingly family ...
Helen Mirren new face of Marksamp Spencer

Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren is said to be the new face of lifestyle and fashion brand, Marks amp; Spencer. The 67-year-old was spotted shooting for brand's new ad campaign at London's St Katharine's Docks, here, Sunday, alongside TV personality Katie Piper, who is also believed to be starring in the advertisement, reports femalefirst.co.uk. It would be the first fashion campaign ...
Kourtneys motherhood tips to Kim

Socialite Kim Kardashian's sister Kourtney has reportedly asked the new mother to be more careful with her lifestyle now. Kim, 32, gave birth to her and rapper Kanye West's daughter June 15. Kourtney, mother of son Mason, 12, and 11-month-old daughter Penelope, believes that Kim's life is not going to be the same now. "Kourtney has told Kim that she has no idea what she's in for as a mom," ...
WICB president meets regional dignitaries

The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the sport in the region. Cameron's comments follow his latest round of meetings in which talks were held with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in Kingstown and Prime Minister of ...
Gene mutations linked to severe obesity

Increasingly research is revealing that not only lifestyle factors, but genetics also play an important role in determining an individual's susceptibility to obesity. Identifying the mutations that underlie the fraction of obese patients with monogenic obesity can help us to understand complex processes like metabolic rate, eating behavior, growth, and fat storage. In a new study, two ...

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Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuhet)

Dover Koshashvilis feature directorial debut, Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuhet), is a blistering (and often funny) critique of conservative family traditionalism intruding on the realm of romantic love. Taking place in Tel Aviv in a close-knit community of Jewish migrs from Soviet Georgia, it tells the simple story of how a family controls its adult sons life and how he is too weak to d ... ...

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North fitness boost for Lions

North limped off with a hamstring injury at half-time of last Tuesday's rout of Combined Country XV and has been battling to recover in time for the series opener against the Wallabies.But assistant ...
Can the NHS be paperless by 2018

To make the best decisions for patients, the NHS needs to be able to harness vast quantities of data and use it effectively. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the ...
Lauren Huttons nude modelling shots up for sale

Nude snaps of a teenage Lauren Hutton taken in 1962 are set to go under the hammer. The collection of risque modelling shots featuring the then-19-year-old beauty posing in various stages of undress are now up for sale after they were found in the archives of late Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione. Some of the pictures appeared in the September 1986 edition of the adult magazine, but the rest ...
NHS regulator exposed as not fit for purpose by maternity deaths

Care Quality Commission head says previous management was 'totally dysfunctional' after report reveals 'cover-up' over deaths of mothers and babies at NHS foundation trust in ...
Use of physical restraint on mental health patients at disturbing levels

Physical restraint can be humiliating, dangerous and even life-threatening, says Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind. Photograph: Graham Turner for the ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Individual choices affect society at broader level: Karmapa

Choices made by individuals affect society at a broader level, observed Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, while stressing that interdependence was a reality and a practical way of looking at the world.

Speaking at the launch of his book "The Heart is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out" here Tuesday, the Karmapa said an awareness of interdependence among people, and impact on others and the planet should be a cause for increase in love and compassion.

"It can keep us aware of the impact our actions have on others and on the planet. If we connect to others and to the planet with love and affection, our responsibility to bring about change does not have to weigh heavily on us at all," he said.

He said interdependence was a reality and a "practical way of looking at our existence".

He said individual concerns such as happiness and suffering depend on happiness and suffering of others.

"Individual concerns are, in fact, shared concerns. We need to understand this. It entails sense of personal responsibility to one another. Our choices as individuals, in fact, affect society at much broader level," the Karmapa said.

Citing the growing number of vehicles in Delhi, he said though the decision to purchase a vehicle is regarded as the choice of individual consumer, its impact extends far beyond. ...