Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Stanford, Jan
22 : As Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai meets with President
Obama in Washington this week, and the Senate prepares to consider Mr. Obama’s
nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary...
$450,000 Stolen from the Afghan National Bank
Monday, 21 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 21 (Newswire):
About half a million dollars was stolen from three branches of the Afghan
National Bank in Kabul, Kunduz and Badakhshan.
At least $200,000 of the
total was stolen from the...
Afghan archaeologist discusses Bamiyan site
Monday, 21 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 21:
Zemaryalai Tarzi, internationally recognized as the senior Afghan archaeologist,
will speak and answer questions on recent finds at Bamiyan and the crisis of
looting and vandalism for...
From monkeys to surfers, San Diego braces for cold
Monday, 21 January 2013
San Diego, Jan 21 : Strawberry growers covered their crops while San Diego zookeepers
turned on heaters for the chimpanzees as Southern California braced for a cold
snap that was expected to drop...
Afghanistan: Girls and women traded for opium debts
Monday, 21 January 2013
Helmand, Jan 21 : On 4 November 2006, Nasima, 25, a member of a local women's council,
grabbed the AK-47 from the policeman guarding the council meeting in the Grishk
district of southern Helmand province...
Whew! Huge asteroid apophis won't hit earth in 2036
Monday, 21 January 2013
London, Jan 21 : The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies
extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA
scientists announced. The chances of an...
Daughter claims Klaus Kinski abused her as child
Monday, 21 January 2013
Berlin, Jan 21 : Klaus Kinski's eldest daughter claims the late German actor raped
her when she was a child, showering her with gifts as he used her as a "sex
object," according to an interview published...
Hero teacher talks shooter into dropping gun
Monday, 21 January 2013
New York, Jan 21 :
A California high school teacher is being hailed a hero for talking a
16-year-old shooter into putting down his gun and turning himself in after
opening fire on a classroom and wounding...
Sheriff: Calif. teen planned attack on classmates
Monday, 21 January 2013
Taft, Jan 21 : A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into a rural
California high school, shot one student and fired at others and missed before a
teacher and another staff member talked...
Boeing to cut 40 percent jobs at El Paso plant
Monday, 21 January 2013
New York, Jan 21 : Boeing Co (BA) said it will cut a little more than 40 percent of
jobs, or 160 positions, at its El Paso plant as it looks to reduce the impact of
planned U.S. defense budget cuts.
The...
Sandy victims surprised by 'new' home
Monday, 21 January 2013
New York, Jan 21: She
and her husband, Burt Metz, lost their home in Breezy Point, part of New York
City's Queens borough, after it was completely ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in
October.
When they...
Private equity eyed Legg Mason but were spurned
Monday, 21 January 2013
New York, Jan 21 : Legg Mason Inc (LM) has been approached in recent months by some of
its senior managers and private equity firms with plans to take the struggling
asset manager private, but the board...
Ford hiring 2,200 U.S. white-collar staff as vehicle lineup expands
Monday, 21 January 2013
Detroit, Jan 21 : Ford Motor Co plans to fill 2,200
white-collar positions this year in product development and other units based in
the United States as the automaker expands and updates its vehicle...
Fed hawks worry about threat of inflation
Monday, 21 January 2013
Madison, Jan 21 : Two
top Federal Reserve policymakers expressed discomfort with the U.S. central
bank's easy monetary policy, in comments suggesting Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
may face more dissent...
Analysis: Glimmer of Japan reform hope among clouds of skepticism
Monday, 21 January 2013
Tokyo,
Jan 21 : Doubting politicians' commitment to economic reform is a
tough habit for Japan experts to kick, so the air of cautious optimism around
the appointments of dynamic CEOs to advise on...
American Express to cut 5,400 jobs, take charges in fourth quarter
Monday, 21 January 2013
New
York, Jan 21: Credit card company American Express Co said it would
cut about 5,400 jobs, or 8.5 percent of its workforce, as it restructures its
business and pay legal bills.
The steps will cost...
Narrow roads cause inconvenience, frequent traffic jams
Monday, 21 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 21: The narrow roads in this held Kashmir town are causing tremendous
inconvenience to the people besides causing frequent traffic jams.
The
roads network in the town is below...
A 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 20 : Afghan
President Hamid Karzai's visit this week to Washington marks one of the final
big decision points in America's 11-year Afghanistan war.
This week's
meetings are likely to determine...
The open question of Afghanistan
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Kabul,. Jan 20 : Most
speculation has focused on how rapidly the remaining 60,000-plus U.S. combat
troops will be withdrawn and how many will be permanently assigned there after
2014. But as the U.S....
Saving Afghanistan
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 20 : In the year 2000, well
before the tragic Sept. 11 attacks on the United States and the subsequent
liberation of Afghanistan, a secret meeting took place in northern Afghanistan,
one...
Gun Owners on Gun Violence: Education, enforcement, but not fewer guns
Sunday, 20 January 2013
New York, Jan 20: The NRA's Wayne LaPierre stoked emotion
on both sides of the gun-control debate in December when he suggested that armed
guards in American schools would prevent tragedies like the...
Trail of Cheetos leads to store robber
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Washington, Jan 20 :
Police nabbed a South Carolina teenager when they followed a trail of Cheetos
leading from a convenience store to a local residence where he was
staying.
Austin Lee Westfall Presler,...
Teachers flock to gun courses as gun-violence debate heats up
Sunday, 20 January 2013
New York,
Jan 20 : Free gun courses aimed at teachers and school administrators
in Utah, Texas, North Carolina and Ohio have attracted hundreds of applicants in
the wake of the shootings at an elementary...
Attorneys spar over fate of California boy who killed neo-Nazi dad
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Riverside, Jan 20 : A lawyer for a California boy accused
of murdering his neo-Nazi father urged a judge on Wednesday to convict his
client of a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, citing what...
Mother of serial killer Ted Bundy dies in Wash.
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Tacoma, Jan 20 : Louise Bundy, who was a staunch defender of her serial killer son,
Ted Bundy, before he made a series of death-row confessions, has died. She was
88.
She died last month in her hometown...
NYC crane collapses, 7 people hurt, 3 seriously
Sunday, 20 January 2013
New York, Jan 20 : A 200-foot crane collapsed onto a building under construction near
the East River waterfront Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of them
seriously.
A two-story framework for...
BlackRock to buy Credit Suisse's European ETFs
Sunday, 20 January 2013
New York, Jan 20 : BlackRock Inc has won the bidding for Credit Suisse Group AG's
European exchange-traded fund business, according to a source familiar with the
situation.
The deal is expected...
KFC's parent apologizes to China customers over handling of food scare
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Shanghai, Jan 20 : Fast-food chain KFC's parent Yum
Brands Inc apologized to customers in China over its handling of a recent food
scare that has hit the company's sales in its biggest market.
"We...
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