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Gandhi statue unveiled at New South Wales university

Gandhi statue unveiled at New South Wales university
Melbourne: A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled in the University of New South Wales in Sydney, as a mark of close ties the Indian community has with Australia. 

The sculpture that stands in the lawns of the library of the University was gifted to the institution by the Indian government, along with a collection of books, an official statement said. 
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Chandrayaan-2 will be more innovative

Bangalore: Chandrayaan-2, the proposed second Indian mission to moon, would undertake "extremely good" experiments and try out new technologies but accommodating foreign payloads on board does not appear to be a possibility at this stage. 

The first edition of the moon odyssey had six foreign payloads and five Indian ones on board but heavy orbiter (satellite) and lander weight this time has put constraints on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in terms of carry-load of instruments. 
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German town yields Persian coins

German town yields Persian coins
German archeologists have discovered 1,200-year-old silver coins which they believe were minted in modern day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and northern Africa.

A team of volunteers working with regional authorities and the University of Greifswald found 82 coin fragments and coins, the oldest of which dates back to the year 610 and the most recent one to approximately 820 CE. 
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Shakespeare's 3D image to be unveiled

The History Channel is slated to unveil a new 3D image of British playwright William Shakespeare, which is said to be the first to resemble the poet.

The picture will be revealed in the TV documentary Death Masks, which is to be aired on the History Channel on Sept. 13, 2010. 

According to the Daily Mail, the program will present a quite different picture of the poet which shows every wrinkle on the playwright's face. 

"They show strong evidence both forensically and historically that this 3D model...
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Colombian is world's shortest man at 27 inches

Colombian is world's shortest man at 27 inches
Colombia: Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car — preferably a Mercedes and wants to see the world. 

Top on his list of people he would like to meet are Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. 

What sets Nino (pronounced NEE-nyoh) apart is his size. 

He is slightly taller than a piece of carry-on luggage and weighs just 22 pounds (10 kilograms). 

Nino has just been officiall...
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WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production

WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production
HONG KONG: The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday.

The WHO declared last month that the swine flu pandemic that started in June 2009 was over, after it killed about 18,600 people worldwide, far less than the worse-case scenarios in which authorities said millions could die.

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