Monday, 7 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 7 : The Afghan policewoman suspected of
killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental
illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children...
Security tops concerns in Afghanistan in 2012
Monday, 7 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 7 :
The year 2012 has seen frantic efforts by the government of President Hamid
Karzai in putting in place an effective security apparatus and a viable economic
plan in preparation for the...
The high cost of disengagement
Monday, 7 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 7: The United States
has spent nearly $600 billion over the past 10 years putting combat forces into
Afghanistan.
Now it’s going to cost an additional $5.7 billion over the
next year or...
Deep snow at Utah resorts is change from last year
Monday, 7 January 2013
Salt Lake City, Jan 7: A week long storm clearing northern Utah left ski resorts with more
than 3 feet of fresh snow, marking a big change from the dry holidays of last
year.
The Wasatch...
Fearful of ban, frenzied buyers swarm gun stores
Monday, 7 January 2013
New York, Jan 7 : The phones at Red's Trading Post wouldn't stop ringing. Would-be
customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if the Twin Falls, Idaho
gun shop had firearms in stock....
Animal rights group to pay circus $9.3 million in elephant dispute
Monday, 7 January 2013
New
York, Jan 7 : A major animal welfare group has agreed to pay $9.3
million to the owners of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to settle
a lawsuit brought in response to now-dismissed...
Apple to drop patent claims against new Samsung phone
Monday, 7 January 2013
San Francisco, Jan
7 : Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new
Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to
sell the product in the crucial U.S....
Boeing, Textron win $1.4 billion deal for 21 V-22 Opreys: Pentagon
Monday, 7 January 2013
Washington, Jan 7 : Boeing Co (BA) and Bell
Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc (TXT), have won a contract valued at $1.4
billion for 21 V-22 tiltrotor Osprey aircraft, the U.S. Defense Department
said.
In...
US judge approves Toyota's $1.1 billion acceleration deal
Monday, 7 January 2013
San Francisco,
Jan 7: A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval to Toyota Motor
Corp's $1.1 billion settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by consumers
who lost value on their cars due to sudden,...
Housing, factory data point to momentum in economy
Monday, 7 January 2013
Washington, Jan 7 : Contracts for U.S. home resales hit a 2-1/2-year high in November
and factory activity in the Midwest expanded this month, suggesting some
strength in the economy despite the threat...
Lockheed gets up to $4.9 billion in further F-35 funding
Monday, 7 January 2013
Washington, Jan
7 (Newswire): Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded up to $4.9 billion in additional
funding for its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the Pentagon announced,
providing a significant end-of-year...
Insight: Under siege, Japan central bank wakes up to political reality
Monday, 7 January 2013
Tokyo, Jan 7 : Within a day of Shinzo Abe's Liberal
Democratic Party sweeping to power in elections this month, elite bureaucrats in
Japan's central bank rushed to ready what amounted to a surrender...
Rankipora-Dachan road in shambles
Monday, 7 January 2013
Beerwah, Jan 7 : The
condition of Rankipora-Dachan road in Budgam district is pathetic as the stretch
has not been repaired by R&B Department for last five years.
Despite
being the only road which...
Protests against power cuts in Khansahib
Monday, 7 January 2013
Khansahib, Jan 7 :
Protests broke out in Khansahib and adjacent villages against Power Development
Department against unscheduled power cuts.
People took to streets and
all the activities were...
How to look younger without plastic surgery
Monday, 7 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 7:
How to look younger without plastic surgery? Psychologists of the Jena
University (Germany) have a simple solution: Those who want to look younger
should surround themselves with...
Victims narrate horror, terror
Monday, 7 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 7 : Writhing in
pain and anger at the Bone and Joints Hospital here, 14-year-old Muhammad Younis
Mir, one of the injured in Pulwama firing, accused the forces of resorting to
indiscriminate...
Bacteria eyed for possible role in atherosclerosis
Monday, 7 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 7 : Dr. Emil Kozarov and a team of researchers at the Columbia
University College of Dental Medicine have identified specific bacteria that may
have a key role in vascular pathogenesis,...
Women with multiple sclerosis more likely to have ms-related gene than men
Monday, 7 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 7 : Women who have multiple sclerosis (MS)
are more likely to have a gene associated with multiple sclerosis than men with
the disease and it is this gene region where environment interacts...
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