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Each year for the last four years Nepal has organised an International Elephant Race, attracting hundreds of onlookers — both locals and tourists — to one of the country’s best-loved pastimes, which honours one of the country’s most-loved animals.Appropriately time to fall between Christmas and New Year, at the peak of the year’s festive season, the elephant race is an event that mahouts across Nepal prepare for all year.

Electronics maker Pioneer has unveiled the world’s thinnest flat-screen TV, at only 9mm thick.

A Romanian passenger plane hit a ground service vehicle on Sunday before take-off from Bucharest’s Henri Coanda airport, but no one was injured. The Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 plane, belonging to Romania’s TAROM airlines, was taxiing into the runway.

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Many commonly-held beliefs are medical myths.

Noblemen in Russia murder Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas joins the United States as the 28th state; Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia; First YMCA opens in Boston.

A scene from the new movie ‘There Will Be Blood.‘.

Pakistani opposition leader and former premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack on Thursday, plunging the nation into turmoil less than two weeks before elections.

A Minnesota family enjoyed a particularly merry Christmas this year, with their 2-year-old daughter home and relatively unharmed less than a week after she stabbed herself in the eye with a screwdriver.

Twirling your pen or pencil through your fingers is being elevated to a form of art in Japan.

Imagine seeing a three-dimensional image of your heart, or your brain. It’s now possible thanks to the Brilliance iCT scanner, an X-ray machine so powerful it can capture an image of the entire heart in just two beats.

Check out these indigenous Australian dancers as they put on their own unique version of ‘Zorba the Greek.’ The music was composed for a 1964 classic movie, which starred Anthony Quinn.

A small rooftop wind farm in Hong Kong is demonstrating how alternative power can be very inexpensive.

Residents from across the port city of Kaohsiung have come up with a unique plan to celebrate Christmas and promote environmental awareness over the holiday season.

Ice is hot. Check out the newest trend in Hollywood - elaborate ice sculptures.

A look at the Graphics, Sound, Processors and Memory that the Xbox 360 can pump.

U.K. singer Paul Potts was discovered on the popular show “Britain’s Got Talent.” He stops by the Second Cup Cafe to sing “O Holy Night,” from his debut album, “One Chance.”

NASA says an asteroid has a 1-in-75 chance of slamming into Mars come Jan. 30. The impact could create a crater of about a half-mile in diameter.

A lot of hair for a Christmas Tree…

An industrial high-speed food packing robot is named Japan’s ‘Robot of the Year’ 2007.

Caviar extracted from snail’s eggs has started to emerge in Paris restaurants.But those wanting a taste need to be prepared to pay a premium price.

The toddler set is going hi-tech with gadgets that mimic parents gear, but with a kid friendly twist.