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Ironicallly, this cute little heater is supposed to keep your immediate surroundings warm and toasty this winter, but in another way, it can also help you keep your cool. You see, it was dubbed the Tipsy Heater for a very good reason - you can kick, tip, punch or toss it around, and it won’t fall over, allowing you to vent the day’s frustrations at it.

Slain security men’s families to be given petroleum dealerships November 29th, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS - New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Murli Deora Saturday said the government will give dealerships for petroleum products to the families of security personnel killed in the Mumbai terror attacks.After attending ...

'Cold-blooded killer' sentenced to 24 years for drugging lover with favourite dish A "cunning, evil and devious" Australian woman who drugged her lover and left him to die in a burning house has been jailed for 24 years.

By Evan Ackerman Happy Black Friday, here’s some rocket porn: This is the first full mission duration test of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 (9 for 9 engines) launch vehicle. All together, the engines produced 855,000 pounds of thrust, and burned over half a million pounds of liquid oxygen and kerosene.

TORONTO - A man convicted of killing his sister-in-law in India 11 years ago by dousing her in kerosene and setting her on fire will be allowed to sponsor his new wife for immigration to Canada, the Federal Court has ruled.

The egg-shaped Tipsy electric room heater cannot fall down. If kicked, it rocks like a bop bag inflatable punching bag and returns to an upright position. Most heaters have an automatic power-off function that engages when the heater is not upright. After the heater turns off, it needs to be manually restarted.

Patna, Nov 22 (IANS) Parents of over 100 infants in Bihar’s Samastipur district have boycotted a polio vaccination drive in protest against the non-supply of subsidised kerosene to them for six months.A district official said the boycott took place in the Jitvapur-Vishnupur and Sindghiya Khurd villages, 100 km from Patna.

Hindu militants bribing supporters to kill Christians, say campaigners November 21st, 2008 Posted in Religious Liberty, suffering church | By Judy West, Religious Intelligence Hindu militants in India are offering rewards of money, food and liquor to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to partners of human rights organisation, Release International.

When emergencies caused by fire occur, our basic instincts tell us to grab a pail of water and throw it over to the burning object. We do this mostly when our pounding and beating of the fire does not work. This is a good thing to do, however there are only few instances where you can use water to put out fire.

Jatropha is a weed that grows in plenty in nations like India, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania and is often a serious threat to food crops as it grows at a rapid pace and uses up all nutrients in soil. But Air New Zealand along with Boeing and Rolls Royce’s testing unit are turning this unwanted pest into biofuel for flights of tomorrow.