Saturday, 5 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 5 : Marine Cpl. Brett Bass will do what a lot of American service
members hope to this Christmas Day: “I’m going to give myself a gift of not
turning on my alarm clock,” he said.
Maj. Bryan...
Army to build 'Afghan compound' on Salisbury Plain
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 5: Compounds designed to replicate Afghan villages are to be built on
Salisbury Plain to better prepare troops for deployment.Defence
Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has been given planning...
Afghan asylum bids hit 10-year high
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 5 : More Afghans
fled the country and sought asylum abroad in 2011 than in any other year since
the start of the decade-long war, suggesting that many are looking for their own
exit strategy...
Soyuz capsule docks with space Station
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Almaty, Jan 5 : A Soyuz
capsule packed with three astronauts successfully docked with the International
Space Station, taking the size of the full crew at the orbiting laboratory to
six.American Tom...
West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Los Angeles, Jan 5: Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette
butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last
year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's...
Bears were used in test flights of world’s first supersonic jet bomber
Saturday, 5 January 2013
London, Jan 5 : A bear sits in the ejection capsule of a
B-58 after successfully returning to the ground. (U.S Air Force video …When the
U.S. Air Force was designing its first supersonic jet bomber...
Hundreds of flights canceled as storm pounds eastern US
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Washington, Jan 5 : A powerful winter storm forced the cancellation of about 200 U.S.
flights, snarling holiday travel as heavy snow and high winds pummeled the
northeastern United States.The National...
NY newspaper's handgun permit map draws criticism
Saturday, 5 January 2013
New York, Jan 5: A newspaper's publication of the names and addresses of handgun
permit holders in two New York counties has sparked online discussions — and a
healthy dose of outrage.The Journal News,...
Private picture of Mark Zuckerberg's family leaked
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Seattle, Jan 5: Even Mark Zuckerberg's family can get tripped up by Facebook's
privacy settings.A picture that Zuckerberg's sister posted on her
personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director,...
Ten-year JGB yields rise to three-month high
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Tokyo, Jan 5:
Yields on benchmark 10-year Japanese government bonds rose to 0.80 percent,
their highest level in three months, on expectations that new Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe will push for more...
Maine heating oil prices unchanged for 2 weeks
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Augusta, Jan 5 :
Maine energy officials say the average statewide price of home heating oil
remains unchanged for the second consecutive week.The Governor's Energy
Office says heating oil prices were...
Wheat futures drop 2.4 percent, extending declines
Saturday, 5 January 2013
New York, Jan 5 : Wheat prices fell as traders returned to work after the Christmas
holiday.March wheat fell 19.25 cents to $7.7450 a bushel, a decline of
2.4 percent.Wheat futures have dropped 10 percent...
These stocks are poised for healthy gains in 2013
Saturday, 5 January 2013
London, Jan 5 : "Our biggest liability in the stock market has been the total
destruction to confidence," James Paulsen, chief investment strategist at
Minneapolis-based Wells Capital Management, which...
VIX jumps near 20 level as stocks fall
Saturday, 5 January 2013
New York, Jan 5 : The
CBOE Volatility Index surged near the 20 mark yesterday as equity indexes lost
ground again.The S&P 500 was down 6.83 points to 1419.83, finishing
the day below its 20-day...
Wells Fargo doesn't have to pay clients $203 million
Saturday, 5 January 2013
San Francisco,
Jan 5 : A US appeals court vacated an injunction and a $203 million
restitution order against Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) in consumer litigation over
the bank's overdraft policies, according...
Vandalisation of Jhelum in full swing
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 5 : In
blatant violation of environmental norms and public outcry, construction of
Skewed bridge across river Jhelum here is going on at a full swing.The
under-construction bridge has...
Lolab stream turns into garbage dump
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Kupwara, Jan 5 : Lolab
stream, considered to be lifeline of Lolab and Kupwara area, is marred by
extensive pollution and has become a garbage dumping site. From a
distance Lolab stream flowing...
‘Night soil of 60000 latrines goes into open drains’
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Jammu, Jan 5 : Night soil of over 60 thousand latrines is disposed into open drains
without any sewage treatment in held Jammu and Kashmir, according to figures
released by state's Directorate of Census...
Self-regulation of the immune system suppresses defense against cancer
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 5 : Regulatory T cells (Tregs), which are
part of the body's immune system, downregulate the activity of other immune
cells, thus preventing the development of autoimmune diseases or...
Viagra against heart failure: Researchers throw light on the mechanism
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 5 : How sildenafil, the active
ingredient in Viagra, can alleviate heart problems is reported by Bochum's
researchers in cooperation with colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester...
Oxidative DNA damage repair
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 5 : Oxidative stress
damages DNA. Researchers in the Vetsuisse Faculty have now decoded the mechanism
that repairs DNA damaged in this way.This repair mechanism could lead
to less invasive...
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