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The ODDEST moments of 2018

These 22 bizarre photos are perfect examples of the weird and sometimes hilarious world we live in. Best moments in 2018: Bull runs, royal weddings and supermoons! Kindly click on the image below......

'Historic moment' as Irish parliament legalises abortion

Ireland’s parliament passed a landmark legislation to make abortion legal for the first time in the Catholic-majority country, a “historic moment” which came after an Indian......

Leo Varadkar takes over as Irish prime minister

Leo Varadkar, a 38-year-old Indian-origin doctor, on Wednesday scripted history by becoming Ireland's youngest and the first openly gay prime minister of the Catholic-majority country,......

Irish Prez intervenes in row over Savita death inquiry

Irish President Michael D Higgins has intervened in the row over the inquiry into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion,......

Cillian! Cillian! Cillian!'

Students and principals at the primary and senior schools that Oscar winner Cillian Murphy attended in Cork, Ireland, tell Rediff.com what the triumph means to them. All Photographs and Videos:......

Thousands Say Goodbye To Sinead O'Connor

Thousands of fans and well-wishers lined up the streets of Bray in Ireland to say their last goodbyes to Sinead O'Connor on August 8. The funeral procession went past her home, as people celebrated......

No man on screen was ever quite as magnificent as Peter O'Toole

'He was the manliest of them all, a true man's man. Warrior, King, Pioneer, Thespian, Womaniser, Drunkard, Scoundrel -- he made it all look grander than ever, and he did so with fluent......

Lawrence Of Arabia actor Peter O'Toole dies at 81

Irish actor Peter O'Toole, the starred in 1962 Oscar-winning epic Lawrence of Arabia passed away on Sunday, December 15. He was 81. The actor's agent Steve Kenis said, "He was one of a......

Collateral: Formidable entertainment!

Moving with red hot speed, Collateral grabs attention right from the start, and though it limps a bit towards the end, it still emerges asformidable entertainment. Though the film mayattract mainly......

Sports Shorts: Cueist O'Sullivan blasts new snooker record

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to compile 1,000 career century breaks. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty......

ICC fears split in world cricket

Iain Higgins,left, Head of Legal and Company Secretary, ICC and Narayanaswami Srinivasan, Chairman ICC chat during an ICC board meeting. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images for ICC The ICC......

Advani eyes corporate lift to continue pro circuit journey

When Pankaj Advani was rewriting history books on the professional circuit, he had hoped that corporate sponsorship would come in good measure but that was not to be. The eight-time world champion......

Advani rewrites history, enters quarters of Welsh Open

Pankaj Advani continued his dream run in the Welsh Open Pro Snooker Series as the eight-time world champion on Thursday rewrote history by entering the quarter-finals of a major ranking event,......

Welsh Open: Advani creates history, enters pre-quarters

Pankaj Advani on Wednesday created history by becoming the first Indian cueist ever to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the BetVictor Welsh Open Pro Snooker Series, defeating former world champion,......

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