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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
By Alaa Riyadh in New York -
Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, is participating in a three-day (May 24 -26) International Book Fair organised in New York .
With more than 2,000 exhibits, 500 authors, over 60 conference sessions, the book fair includes more t
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
The committee responsible for documenting and protecting the historical constructions met on Tuesday under the auspices of Salim bin Mohammed al Mahrouqi, Under-Secretary of Heritage and Culture Ministry, Head of the Committee.
During the meeting, the committee discussed the mutual co-operation be
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
Psychologists have offered a new theory suggesting that kids learn their first words in moments of insight rather than through repeated exposure as is currently believed.
The study was conducted by postdoctoral fellow Tamara Nicol Medina and professors John Trueswell and Lila Gleitman, from the dep
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
For many movie stars, their age is a well-kept secret. The same is true of the actual stars in space.
Like our sun, most stars look almost the same for most of their lives. So how can we tell if a star is one billion or 10 billion years old? Astronomers may have found a solution - by measuring the
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
The most unforgettable photos are those that depict people, not static indoor scenes or landscapes, however beautiful or appealing they might be, a study suggests.
"Pleasantness and memorability are not the same," says Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate student and study co-author
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
“Manly” hands might signal an increased risk of suffering a knee injury, if one study is correct.
The study, which targeted more than 1,000 middle-aged and older US adults and was published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, found a higher risk of knee injuries among men with a bigger discrepancy in the le
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
Every year, just more than four out of every thousand Swedish women are diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, far fewer than those in the United States, according to a Swedish study.
For men, the number of new cases hovered just under two per 1,000 per year, according to the study led by Isam Atro
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
By Thomas Schoerner -
Almost 40 per cent of Internet users have had to deal with a virus infection on their computers at some point or another, says German IT industry association Bitkom.
Most of those attacks aim to steal payment or access data for Internet shops or communities. Proper protectiv
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Thursday, 26 May, 2011
Postmenopausal women who often consumed baked or broiled fish had a 30 per cent lower risk of developing heart failure, as compared to women who seldom ate it. And dark fish like salmon and mackerel are particularly good.
A maximum serving of five or more per week of baked or broiled fish was linke
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Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
By Raafat Sara -
A Human from this Era is the title of the new drama directed by the Omani director Anees al Habib and written by Ahmed Darwish al Hamadani. The play is about Rashid, a 58-year-old man, sick and living in a dark apartment…”.
Anees al Habib
When I asked Anees my usual question:
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