Thursday, 20 December 2012
Maidan Shahr, Dec
20 : Every day except, the little midwife school bustled with
activity. Students practiced listening for fetal heartbeats and cutting
umbilical cords. New mothers and babies sometimes...
US military facing fresh questions over targeting of children in Afghanistan
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Washington, Dec 20: The US military is facing
fresh questions over its targeting policy in Afghanistan after a senior army
officer suggested that troops were on the lookout for "children with potential...
What future for Afghan woman jailed for being raped?
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 20 : Two high profile cases of violence have sparked domestic and
international outcry over the treatment of Afghan women, but campaigners fear a
winding down of the military campaign will...
9 Maine students suspended over pot-laced cookies
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Cape Elizabeth, Dec 20 : Marijuana-laced cookies taken by a student to a Maine high school on
a day ethics and values were being discussed have sickened some
classmates.
Nine students have been...
Ex-policeman gets life for 1957 death of Ill. girl
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Sycamore, Dec 20: Friends and family who had all but given up on seeing anyone brought
to justice for the murder of a young Illinois girl more than 50 years ago said
they were at peace after a former...
Ancestral Russia lures land-hungry Mexican Mennonites
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Cuauhtemoc, Dec 20 : More than a century after Mennonite farmers left Russia for North
America in search of new lands and religious freedom, hundreds of their
descendants in Mexico are thinking...
HSBC says it will pay $1.9 billion fine in money laundering case
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Hong
Kong, Dec 20 : HSBC said it will pay a fine of $1.92 billion in a
deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over the
London-based bank's inadequate compliance with anti-money...
PMorgan No. 1 in U.S. customer survey, while rivals fall back
Thursday, 20 December 2012
New York,
Dec 20 : JPMorgan Chase & Co jumped to first in a U.S. customer
satisfaction survey, as its three biggest rivals, including perennial leader
Wells Fargo & Co, posted a decline in...
2013 rings in more dovish Fed and maybe some dissent
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Chicago, Dec 20: The Federal Reserve may tip toward doing even more to boost the U.S.
economy in 2013 as two outspoken advocates for a super-easy monetary stance
rotate into voting spots on its policy...
Hide and seek signals for white blood cells
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 20 :
The white blood cells that fight disease and help our bodies heal are directed
to sites of infection or injury by "exit signs" -- chemical signals that tell
them where to pass...
New study shows promise for preventing preterm births
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 20 : A new study co-authored by the University of Kentucky's Dr. John
O'Brien found that applying vaginal progesterone to women who are at a high risk
of preterm birth significantly...
Less blood clot damage with extra treatment
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 20:
Roughly half the people who get a serious blood clot in the leg experience
lasting damage. Norwegian researchers are the first to show that a little-used
supplementary treatment...
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