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Five health benefits of broccoli
20Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Five health benefits of broccoli

    Your parents knew what was up when they told you to eat your broccoli. This verdant vegetable is a powerhouse of nutrients. It is reputed to benefit the cardiovascular system, immune system and to have anti-inflammatory and even cancer-preventing properties. It is also a fat-free vegetable. Here are the top 5 health benefits of broccoli: 1. Cancer prevention: Consumption of broccoli may prevent cancer. Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable, and all vegetables in this group may be protective against some stomach and intestinal cancers. 2. Cholesterol reduction: Broccoli can help lower cholesterol because the soluble fiber in the vegetable binds with the cholesterol in the blood. This binding makes the cholesterol easier to excrete, and consequently lessens cholesterol levels ...
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British school girls who fled Bethnal Green to join Isis in Raqqa are feared dead after families lose contact
20Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

British school girls who fled Bethnal Green to join Isis in Raqqa are feared dead after families lose contact

    Three British schoolgirls who left their homes in London to join Isis in war-ravaged Syria are feared to have been killed after their families lost all contact with them. Shamima Begum, 16, Kadiza Sultana, 17, and Amira Abase, 16, all of whom attended Bethnal Green Academy in East London, ran away from home in February last year, purportedly after being radicalised by Isis propaganda distributed online. They travelled to Isis’ “hellishly dangerous” Syrian stronghold of Raqqa and are understood to have maintained contact with their family while living under the terror group’s control. But a lawyer who represents the families of Shamima and Kadiza has revealed that all contact with the girls was lost in mid-December – around the time British, American and Russian warplanes s...
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EU deals fresh migrant blow to David Cameron’s renegotiation
20Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

EU deals fresh migrant blow to David Cameron’s renegotiation

    David Cameron is to launch a major diplomatic push today to secure a June referendum, as plans emerged in Brussels to end Britain's ability to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers. Jean-Claude Juncker's office is preparing to tear up the "Dublin" rules that dictate asylum seekers must stay in the first European country they step foot in. The influx of a million migrants via Greece to Germany has rendered them a farce, and the Financial Times reported that EU officials are planning to abandon them within months. Such a move would be present Downing Street a bruising battle in the middle of the renegotiation. The current rules allow Britain to deport around a thousand failed asylum seekers a year to other EU states. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has said the imm...
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27 Bangladeshi workers held in Singapore for supporting IS, al-Qaeda
20Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

27 Bangladeshi workers held in Singapore for supporting IS, al-Qaeda

    Twenty-seven male Bangladeshis working in Singapore have been arrested for supporting the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda. Some of them had considered waging armed jihad overseas, but they were not planning any terrorist attacks in Singapore, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said today. The men, who were working in the construction industry here, were detained arrested under the Inter-nal Security Act (ISA) between November 16 and December 1 last year. Of the 27, 26 were members of a closed religious study group that subscribed to extremist beliefs and teachings of radical figures like Anwar al-Awlaki, an American and Yemeni Islamic lecturer alleged to have ties with militant group al-Qaeda. Awlaki was killed in a drone st...
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Bacha Khan: at least 30 dead in attack on Pakistan university
20Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Bacha Khan: at least 30 dead in attack on Pakistan university

    At least 30 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in a gun attack on a university in Pakistan. Four armed men in suicide vests opened fire at the Bacha Khan University campus in Charsadda, in the north-west of the country. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killings. Local media reports the attack appeared to have begun at a hostel for male students, although the victims include both men and women. The gunmen climbed over a wall to reach the building at around 9.30am local time (4.30am GMT), before firing indiscriminately on students and staff. “They were directly shooting at the heads of the students,” one student named Naseer told The Guardian. Eyewitness reports suggest that grenades or suicide bombings may have also formed part of the a...
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Mum of 12 Cheryl Prudham plans to splash £4,000 on boob job using £40k a year benefit money
19Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Mum of 12 Cheryl Prudham plans to splash £4,000 on boob job using £40k a year benefit money

    A mother-of-12 who receives £40,0000-a-year in benefits is planning to spend £4,000 on a boob job, it's reported. Cheryl Prudham, who has been dubbed Britain's most shameless mum, has apparently been fed up with her saggy breasts since the birth of her youngest child in July. The 33-year-old is set to go under the knife at Liverpool's MYA Cosmetic Surgery Clinic to boost her from a B cup to a 34D, the Daily Star Sunday reported. Cheryl, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, wants to become more like her idol Katie Price and missed the fact her boobs were bigger during pregnancy, according to pals. A source told the newspaper: "Cheryl can’t wait to have her boobs done and wants them modelled on Katie’s. "She doesn’t feel very sexy after 12 children and has always admired Katie for...
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IS Holds 3,500 Women And Children As Slaves
19Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

IS Holds 3,500 Women And Children As Slaves

    Islamic State is holding an estimated 3,500 women and children as slaves in Iraq, the United Nations says. Those being held are primarily women and children from the Yazidi community, but a number are from other ethnic and religious minority groups, according to a report issued in Geneva. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the UN's human rights office have documented widespread abuses that "in some instances amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide". They also say that IS militants have imposed a harsh rule marked by gruesome public executions. Methods of execution include shooting, beheading, bulldozing, burning people alive and throwing them off the top of buildings. The UN also said it had verified reports on child soldiers, saying that 8...
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Iraq conflict: UN documents staggering violence
19Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Iraq conflict: UN documents staggering violence

    The UN says the violence suffered by civilians in Iraq remains staggering, with at least 18,800 killed between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015. Some 3.2 million people have also been displaced internally over the same period, according to a new report. The UN accuses so-called Islamic State of systematic and widespread violence, including holding some 3,500 mainly women and children as slaves. Alleged abuses by troops, militiamen and Kurdish forces were also recorded. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein said the report "starkly illustrates what Iraqi refugees are attempting to escape when they flee to Europe and other regions. This is the horror they face in their homelands". Gruesome spectacles The report, by the United Nations Assistance Mission...
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UK ban risks making Donald Trump a martyr, MPs are warned
19Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK ban risks making Donald Trump a martyr, MPs are warned

    Banning Donald Trump from the UK risks martyring him, MPs heard amid warnings the US presidential hopeful could fuel the flames of terrorism. The controversial billionaire businessman was labelled a wazzock and criticised by several MPs for his repugnant remarks about Muslims, Mexicans, women and others during a three-hour parliamentary debate. Calls to bar Mr Trump emerged from some MPs and Labour's Jack Dromey (Birmingham Erdington) warned he should not be allowed within 1,000 miles of our shore. This is because he would embolden the EDL on the one hand and fuel the flames of terrorism on the other hand, according to Mr Dromey. But many Conservatives criticised the debate, saying MPs were playing into Mr Trump's hands by fuelling the publicity over his comments while als...
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North Korea claims to have invented the world’s first hangover free alcohol
19Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

North Korea claims to have invented the world’s first hangover free alcohol

    North Korean scientists claim to have invented the world’s first hangover-free alcohol, adding that drinkers love it because it makes them look suave. The liquor is said to have been made from the plant extract ginseng, which Pyongyang officials have previously declared the elixir of life and falsely claimed to be a cure for SARS and Aids. Called Koryo Liquor, the drink is made at the state-run Taedonggang Foodstuff Factory where scientists have been working for years to replace the alcohol in sugar with burnt rice. They have now declared the process a success, saying that after years of working on different formulas they have finally stopped the drink being unpalatably bitter – with the added unexpected bonus of the drink being hangover-free. Koryo Liquor, which is made o...
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