Thursday, 13 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 13 : With a vast, empty desert as a backdrop, the militants recorded the
execution of Khan Wali on video. As someone held a camera, the others encircled
the condemned man to read out his...
Afghans begin new exodus, often at great cost
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 13 : Convulsed by war and civil strife for decades, Afghanistan has
experienced some of the largest ebbs and flows of migration anywhere in the
world.
It began with the Soviet invasion in...
Afghan politicians struggle to script 2014 transition
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 13 : Late last month, Afghan President Hamid Karzai received the
blueprints for a new home he hopes to occupy in 2014, vacating his official
residence at the Arg — the royal citadel built...
Netflix to get Disney films in TV distribution deal
Thursday, 13 December 2012
New York, Dec 13 : Walt Disney gave a much needed boost to Netflix, becoming the first
major Hollywood studio to use the video service to bypass premium channels like
HBO that traditionally controlled...
Sen. Marco Rubio just finished paying off student loan debt
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Washington,
Dec 13 : Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announced that he had finally
finished paying off his student loan debt this year using proceeds from sales of
his autobiography.
Rubio was honored the...
LA police: 4 arrests in killings of 4 outside home
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Los Angeles, Dec
13 : A man accused of gunning down four people outside an overcrowded,
unlicensed boarding house in Los Angeles was arrested at a Las Vegas
casino-hotel along with three alleged accomplices,...
Middle school wrestler lets boy with cerebral palsy win match
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Washington,
Dec 13 : Justin Kievit, a middle-school wrestler from Tennessee,
showed off his sportsmanship when he matched up against Jared Stevens, who has
cerebral palsy.
The match, which was taped...
John McAfee: I've escaped to Guatemala
Thursday, 13 December 2012
New York, Dec 13 :
John McAfee's bizarre run from authorities in Belize took another strange turn
with the millionaire anti-virus software company founder now claiming he has
escaped the country and...
Woman, 116, listed as 'world's oldest' dies in Ga.
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Monroe, Dec 13 : The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person died in a
Georgia nursing home at age 116.
Besse Cooper died peacefully in Monroe,
according to her son Sidney Cooper. Monroe...
White house may overplay hand on tax increases: Valliere
Thursday, 13 December 2012
New York,
Dec 13: In many ways, the fiscal cliff negotiations are a bit like
sudden death overtime, the winner-take-all solution to games that otherwise
would end in a tie.
The stakes are heightened,...
American Air passenger service agents vote on unionizing
Thursday, 13 December 2012
New York,
Dec 13 : American Airlines passenger service agents, the only major
employee group at the carrier not unionized, began voting on whether to be
represented by the Communications Workers of...
MF Global customer claims near resolution: Trustee
Thursday, 13 December 2012
New York, Dec 13 : The trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global's failed futures
brokerage said he expects the more than 28,000 customer claims that have been
filed to be fully resolved...
Ex-Goldman director to stay free on bail: Court
Thursday, 13 December 2012
New York, Dec 13: Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta can remain
free on bail while he appeals his insider-trading conviction, an appeals court
ruled.
Gupta had been scheduled to...
How Wal-Mart got a foot in the door of India's retail market
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Mumbai,
Dec 13: Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) prepared its entry into India's
supermarket sector in 2010 with a $100 million investment into a consultancy
with no employees, no profits and a scant $14,000...
China economy may grow 8.2 percent in 2013: Top think-tank
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Beijing,
Dec 13 : China's economic growth may quicken to 8.2 percent in 2013
from an expected 7.7 percent this year in response to official growth-promoting
polices, but downside risk remains from...
Tiny protozoa may hold key to world water safety
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 13 : Right now, it looks a little like one of those plastic containers
you might fill with gasoline when your car has run dry. But Scott Gallager is
not headed to the nearest Mobil station.
The...
How natural drug, abscisic acid, fights inflammation
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 13 : Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia
Tech have discovered how abscisic acid, a natural plant hormone with known
beneficial properties for the treatment...
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