Tuesday, 18 December 2012
New York, Dec 18 : The U.S. military has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers who
were captured in the war for about a year at a time at a military prison next to
Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan,...
Rural Afghan town feels caught between US and Taliban
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Maidan Shahr, Dec
18 : Every day except Friday, the little midwife school bustled with
activity. Students practiced listening for fetal heartbeats and cutting
umbilical cords. New mothers and babies...
Extreme franchising: Bringing RadioShack to Afghanistan
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 18 : The next time you stroll through downtown Kabul, you might be able
to buy batteries from a RadioShack (RSH) outlet, the result of a new effort by
the U.S. to shore up Afghanistan’s economy:...
Ingersoll-Rand to spin off security business
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
New York, Dec 18 :
Ingersoll-Rand Plc (IR) is expected to announce it will spin off its security
division, two people familiar with the matter said, as the industrial
conglomerate cedes to pressure...
Islamic banks to expand, compete for mainstream clients
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Manama, Dec 18 : Islamic banks are set to expand as they compete increasingly with
conventional lenders in attracting mainstream customers, according to a report
by consultancy Ernst & Young...
US, UK bank seizure plans focus on absorbing losses
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Washington, Dec 18 : Both the United States and United Kingdom have developed viable
approaches to seizing and unwinding failing global financial institutions, but
more work is needed on the UK...
Mayor Bloomberg weighs buying Financial Times: NYT
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Washington, Dec 18 : New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is weighing up whether to make
a bid for The Financial Times Group, which includes the namesake paper and a
half interest in The Economist...
Fiat, chocolate giveaways in fight for holiday traffic
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
New York, Dec
18: As the holiday season chugs through its traditionally slower
period following the Black Friday rush, retailers are pulling out all the stops
- even Fiat giveaways - to drive consumer...
AIG to sell up to 90 percent of ILFC to Chinese group
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
New York, Dec
18 : American International Group Inc (AIG) said it would sell up to
90 percent of its ILFC airplane leasing business to a Chinese consortium led by
New China Trust Co Ltd in a deal that...
Unscheduled power cuts haunt Baramulla residents
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Baramulla, Dec 18 : The Power Development Department here often attributes the frequent
power cuts to extra demand of power in winter.However, according to
sources, it is the ‘ailing’ power distribution...
For 25 years, Bandipora man serves Education Dept at Rs 25/month
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Chaki Arsalan, Dec 18 : A 70-year-old man from
Chaki Arsalaan Khan area of this occupied Kashmir district is serving the State
Education Department on a monthly salary of Rs 25 for the past two
decades. Muhammad...
IHK to get e-toilets
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Kochi, Dec 18 : Kerala's own electronic
toilets (e-toilets), one of the prominent innovations of the state in public
health, hygiene and sanitation sector, would now be set up in held Kashmir. A
2.5...
Why humans are more sensitive to certain viruses: Primate immune system differences identified
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 18 : The greater
susceptibility of humans to certain infectious diseases when compared to other
primates could be explained by species-specific changes in immune signaling
pathways,...
PSA test better predicts cancer in men taking prostate-shrinking drug
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 18 : The PSA screening test for prostate
cancer is not perfect. It can indicate cancer when none is present and miss
life-threatening tumors. But a new study suggests the test is more...
Immune cell plays unexpected role in autoimmune disease
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 18: A new study provides fascinating insight into the underlying
pathology associated with the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE).The research, published by Cell Press...
Woman pleads guilty in 'total identity theft' case
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Wichita, Jan 18 : An illegal immigrant accused of assuming the persona of a Texas
teacher pleaded guilty in a case that put a face on the growing crime of "total
identity theft" in the United States.
Benita...
Man in Calif. school shooting not fit for trial
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Oakland, Jan 18 : A judge ruled that a man accused of killing seven people at a small
Northern California Christian college is not mentally fit for
trial.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Carrie...
Possible victims of 'speed freak killers' sought
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
San Francisco, Jan 18 : The FBI began the excavation of an abandoned well in Central
California in a renewed search for possible victims of two men known as the
"Speed Freak Killers."
A team...
Casey Anthony appeals four convictions for lying
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Orlando, Jan 18 : Lawyers for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murdering her
2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, will be back in a Florida court to appeal
her four convictions for lying to the authorities.
The...
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