Saturday, 15 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 16 :
Afghanistan is planning major tax breaks and incentives to lure investors ahead
of U.S.-led forces' withdrawal at the end of 2014, part of an effort to stem
accelerating capital flight,...
Beating sparks outcry against militia commanders in Afghan government
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 16 : When news broke of a suicide bombing
at an international military complex in Kabul last month, local police officer
Mohammad Ismail was promptly dispatched to the scene.
Ismail's orders...
Afghanistan: For ex-Taliban, it's peace or death
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 16 : When he was a Taliban member, Mawlawi Pir Mohammed Rohani feared
America and its allies. For years, he was scared even to visit his local
mosque.Now estranged from the group, out...
Child joins street singer, steals the show
Saturday, 15 December 2012
London, Dec 16 :
Parents always have extreme confidence in their kids' talents. But here's the
surprise: The kid is good and actually outshines the singer in the
video.It's a mystery how this adorable...
Loaded pistol found in package of frozen meat
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Washington, Dec 16:UFOs aren't the only unexplained oddity happening in Roswell these
days. A worker at an Albertsons grocery store in the New Mexico city found a
loaded pistol inside a package of frozen...
$700,000 in gold dust missing from Pfizer lab
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New York, Dec 16: Police in Missouri are trying to determine if hundreds of thousands
of dollars in gold dust missing from a Pfizer medical research lab was stolen or
simply misplaced.The St. Louis...
Dow, S&P rise on jobs, but Apple bites Nasdaq again
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New York, Dec 16 : The Dow and the S&P 500 advanced modestly, though another
sell-off in Apple depressed technology shares and kept the Nasdaq negative,
overshadowing a sharply better-than-expected...
Former IndyMac officers found liable for $168 million in negligent loans
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New York, Dec 16: Three former officers of IndyMac Bank
FSB's homebuilder division were found liable by a jury for more than $168
million for negligently lending to developers who were unlikely to repay...
Goldman Sachs fined $1.5 million for trading glitch
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Washington, Dec 16 : Goldman Sachs Group Inc was fined $1.5 million to settle charges it
failed to supervise its traders and allowing one futures dealer to hide billions
in dollars from sight and causing...
US Air makes merger offer, AMR pilots approve labor deal
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New York, Dec 16 : US Airways Group Inc has made a formal merger proposal to American
Airlines parent AMR Corp and its creditors that could value the combined airline
at around $8.5 billion, two...
Employment ducks Superstorm Sandy's punch
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Washington, Dec 16 :
Companies kept up their slow but steady hiring pace in November, defying
predictions that Superstorm Sandy would deal a big blow to the labor
market.While the unemployment rate...
US authorities probe SAC for Weight Watchers
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New York, Dec 16 : US authorities are investigating Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital
Advisors hedge fund for possible insider trading in the shares of the popular
diet company Weight Watchers International...
Pollution, encroachments mar Jhelum’s beauty at Bijbehara
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec
16 : Failure of the authorities to take measures for conservation of
river Jhelum here has pushed it on the verge of extinction. Considered
to be lifeline of held Kashmir, the river...
Porcupines trigger panic in Lolab villages
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Lolab, Dec 16 : The
sudden presence of porcupines locally called ‘trunz’ in villages has triggered
panic with residents forcing children to remain indoors since they fear they may
attack them with...
Ire brewing against pesky power cuts
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Srinagar, Dec 16 :
With power situation worsening in held Kashmir, people took to roads in several
parts of the summer capital here to protest against the erratic power supply
amid biting cold conditions.Anger...
Neuroscientists find greater complexity in how we perceive motion
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 16 : How we perceive motion is a significantly more complex process than previously thought, researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science, Stanford University and the...
Novel way to improve outcomes from umbilical cord blood transplants
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 16 : A new method to boost the
number of immune cells in umbilical cord blood prior to cord blood transplants
for cancer patients appears to lead to a quicker rebuilding of a new immune...
Massive DNA search uncovers new mutations driving blood cancer
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Islamabad,
Dec 16: The most comprehensive search to date of DNA abnormalities in
chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has unearthed several new altered genes that
drive this common blood cancer, a finding...
Cricket to become part of the curriculum in Afghanistan
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 15 : Cricket was one of the few sports in Afghanistan to survive the rule
of the Taliban. Now, the wildly popular sporting import is poised to leave the
playground and enter the classroom.Afghanistan's...
Kabul's roads, paved with good intentions
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 15:
Sometimes, you don't have to go far to find a story. For the past few months,
just stepping outside NPR's Kabul office has been a drama.The
neighborhood is in the midst of a major road...
Afghanistan's competitive pilgrims
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 15 : In
Afghanistan, as in other Muslim countries, pilgrims returning from the annual
Hajj are greeted with open arms – but here they are expected to reciprocate with
lavish entertainment...
Senators to screen 'Lincoln', seek a waiver for popcorn
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Washington,
Dec 15: As lawmakers struggle to solve the fiscal cliff, they're also
struggling for the right to snack on movie night.Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, D-Nev., will make a formal appeal...
New Fantasyland officially opens in Orlando
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Lake Buena Vista, Dec 15
: Derrick Weitlich and his friend Leslie Martinez arrived at the Magic
Kingdom, wanting to be among the first to visit the park's New
Fantasyland.Getting up early was worth...
Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Seattle, Dec
15 : Hundreds of marijuana enthusiasts huddled near Seattle's famed
Space Needle tower with pipes, bongs and hand-rolled joints to celebrate
Washington's new status as the first state...
Traders are absolutely prepared to crush stocks if fiscal cliff is unresolved: Colas
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New York, Dec 15: We call it the fiscal cliff, but
really it's a $5 trillion game of chicken, and neither side appears to be
budging.The White House is ''absolutely prepared" to allow economically
ruinous...
T-Mobile USA plans to ditch phone subsidies, sell iPhone in 2013
Saturday, 15 December 2012
New
York, Dec 15: T-Mobile USA said it planned to stop subsidizing
smartphones, the first major U.S. carrier to do so, in a move it hopes will cut
costs and woo customers frustrated with restrictions...
China insurer PICC debut shines through Hong Kong IPO gloom
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Hong
Kong, Dec 15: Shares in Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group (1339.HK) surged in its Hong Kong trading debut, a lone
bright spot in an otherwise dismal year for initial public offerings in the...
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