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An Indian minister who drank a glass of dirty water from a 'holy' river to prove to locals it's safe has been hospitalised after falling ill. Bhagwant Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab, was airlifted to New Delhi after downing the polluted water from the Kali Bein. Video showing Mann scooping up a glass of water and downing the filthy liquid has since gone viral. A couple of days after drinking the water, Mann started to complain of a stomach ache. He was taken to the Apollo Indraprastha Hospital in Sarita Vihar and was admitted overnight . Medics said Mann had...

A man who says he desperately needed to use an airplane bathroom after eating something bad in Honduras faces a federal charge after being accused of twisting a flight attendant's arm to get to the lavatory, the FBI said Wednesday.

CINCINNATI - Hispanic leaders are demanding a public apology from a radio station that put up billboards showing a Mexican flag, a donkey, and a mustachioed man in a sombrero with the headline "The Big Juan." The Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA complained that the advertising by WLW-AM stereotyped Hispanics. The community leaders said at a news conference Tuesday that they plan to meet with station executives to talk about sensitivity training and creating a multicultural community advisory board. WLW, which calls itself "The Big One," is the Cincinnati area's radio ratings leader. The Hispanic Chamber and the League of United...

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Sunday July 3, 12:03 AMWater vapor column shoots 1 kilometer into air over Pacific Ocean: Report A 1-kilometer (3,300-foot) -high column of water vapor shot up from the Pacific Ocean off a tiny Japanese island on Saturday, indicating a possible undersea volcanic eruption, a report said. The water vapor, resembling the steam emitted by a boiling kettle, was seen from the island of Iwo Jima by Japanese troops stationed there, Kyodo News agency said. The vapor was roughly 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of the island, and was believed to have been caused by an erupting volcano on the ocean...

15 minutes ago U.S. National - AP WASHINGTON - Twenty-seven Americans have been abducted in Mexico's northern border region over the past six months and two have been killed, the State Department said Thursday. Spokesman Richard Boucher cited those numbers in defending an alert to American citizens about the risks of traveling in the area. Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez had said the State Department public announcement, issued Wednesday, exaggerated the danger. Boucher said he was aware of the Mexican objections but added that the administration believes it is important to inform Americans about security along the border. "We're...

Travellers suffering from "Montezuma's revenge" or "Delhi belly" can take comfort from the discovery that the bacteria responsible for the runs may protect against cancer. The find also suggests a new way to treat colorectal cancer. Researchers were struck by how the cancer strikes disproportionately more often in industrial nations than developing countries. Conversely, traveller's diarrhoea, caused by intestinal Ecoli infections, is more prevalent in developing countries. Dr GianMario Pitari and colleagues at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, report today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the growth rate of a population of actively dividing cancer cells...