Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Bamiyan, Dec 25 : Foreign investment in Afghanistan's mining sector was meant to bring
peace and prosperity. But here in Bamiyan province, it has so far put locals out
of jobs and fueled a spreading...
An Afghan mystery: Why are large shipments of gold leaving the country?
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Kabul, Dec 25 : Packed into hand luggage and tucked
into jacket pockets, roughly hewed bars of gold are being flown out of Kabul
with increasing regularity, confounding Afghan and American officials...
With the war in Afghanistan ending, where does the peace movement go next?
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Washington, Dec 25: President Barrack Obama plans to
remove all but 6,000 to 9,000 US troops from Afghanistan by 2014, ending the
American combat role, saving tens of billions of dollars, and leaving...
Cases of illness linked to E. coli prompt recall of frozen hamburgers
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Ottawa, Dec 25 : Grocery chain Loblaw Companies has
recalled two more frozen beef products because of possible contamination from E.
coli bacteria.
The affected products are Butcher's Choice Hickory...
Can mental screening predict mass murder?
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
London, Dec 25 : A
"Minority Report" technology to predict murder remains wishful science fiction
thinking.
But a mass shooting that killed at least 20 children and 8
adults at a school in Newton,...
Case of 'food poisoning' passed from mother to child
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
New York, Dec 25 : A newborn became ill after he acquired a type of E. coli bacteria
from his mother during delivery, one that is typically linked to food poisoning,
Swiss researchers report.
The mother...
Porcupine quills inspire new type of hypodermic needle
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
London, Dec 25 : The hypodermic needle has been around a while—many believe the
concept even dates back centuries.
Of course, there have been upgrades
throughout the years, and now there might be another:...
Mystery of mass squid 'suicides' possibly solved
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
London, Dec 25 : Thousands of jumbo squid have beached themselves on central
California shores this week, committing mass "suicide."
But despite
decades of study into the phenomenon in which the squid...
Distant galaxy regains title as oldest in universe
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Los Angeles, Dec 25 : A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title,
scientists reported.
Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the
team recalculated the galaxy's age and determined...
Fairfax selling $651 million stake in trade Me, AFR Reports
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Sydney, Dec
25 : Fairfax Media Ltd. (FXJ), Australia’s second-largest newspaper
company, is selling a stake in Trade Me Ltd. (TME) worth A$616 million ($651
million), the Australian Financial Review...
SoftBank merger wouldn’t limit Sprint’s startup efforts, exec says
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
New
York, Dec 25 : A new Sprint Nextel Corp. effort to become more active
in the Kansas City startup scene should withstand its incoming merger with
SoftBank Corp., a Sprint executive said.
A story...
China biotech in review: China leads emerging countries Pharma M&A
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Beijing, Dec 25 : Drug companies are increasing
their M&A spending in emerging markets, and China is garnering the lion's
share of activity, according to data.
All together, including capital
from...
China wealth fund: "Not optimistic" about debt crisis in eurozone
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Sanya,
Dec 25 : China's sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp is "still
not optimistic" about the debt crisis in the eurozone, a top executive
said.
Jesse Wang, an executive vice president at...
Voestalpine mulls $1 billion US plant: report
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Vienna, Dec 25 :
Austria's group Voestalpine (VOE.VI) is considering
a plan to build a $1 billion plant in the United States that would convert iron
ore into concentrate used in steelmaking, Trend...
Renault taps Logan creator for $5,500 India car
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Paris, Dec 25:
Renault's (RNO.PA) move into low-cost cars, which
has kept the French automaker afloat as mass-market peers drown in European
losses, may soon help it sink competitors beyond the old...
14-year-old girl commits suicide
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Srinagar, Dec 25 (Newswire): A
14-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in Kupwara district of held
Kashmir.
The girl consumed some poisonous substance at her Trehgam
residence, 120 kms from here,...
Police bar screening of ocean of tears at KU
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Srinagar, Dec 25 :
Demonstrations rocked University of Kashmir after the held Jammu and Kashmir
Police barred screening of a documentary film ‘Ocean of Tears’ in the
campus.
The documentary has been...
Magnetic particles used to accelerate process of heart healing
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 25: Interventional cardiologists used magnetic
particles to accelerate the process of healing after the placement of a stent.
To do this, they extract cells from the interior of a patient's...
Unregistered medical shops, nursing homes in dock
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Srinagar, Dec 25 : Occupied Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Secretary Health
and Medical Education, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police
(SSPs) of all districts of the...
Topiramate effective therapeutic medication for drinking
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec
25: Neuropharmacologists ran clinical trials to find that a drug
called topiramate is an effective therapeutic medication for decreasing heavy
drinking and diminishing the physical and...
Autonomous molecular robot made out of DNA
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 25 :
A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the
University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
have programmed an autonomous...
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