Friday, 11 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 11: A large crystal chandelier cast a weak glow over U.S. special envoy
Marc Grossman and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin as they talked up
the results of the envoys' two days...
Afghan Olive farms waiting for water
Friday, 11 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 11: The
southeastern Afghan province of Nangarhar was once home to thousands of hectares
of olive groves, but residents say water and electricity shortages, combined
with land-grabs and...
The Swede who convinced Taliban to allow girls schools
Friday, 11 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 11 : These days Anders Fange, 65, lectures on Afghanistan in his native
Sweden.
His main challenge is to convince skeptical audiences to shed
preconceptions when they think about Afghanistan....
Watch Night marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's proclamation
Friday, 11 January 2013
Charleston,
Jan 11: Congregants at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
cried out in testimony, prayer and song at a New Year's Eve service recalling
the vigils held by blacks 150 years ago as...
Analysis: Young, urban Indians find political voice after student's gang rape
Friday, 11 January 2013
New Delhi, Jan 11 : When Preeti Joshi heard of the gang
rape of a fellow student, she joined a movement of thousands of outraged young
Indians who have taken to the streets of New Delhi almost every...
Woman stumbles, falls on NYC subway tracks, dies
Friday, 11 January 2013
New York, Jan 11 : New York City police say a young woman stumbling around on a
Manhattan subway platform not far from Times Square fell onto the tracks and was
killed by a train.
The accident...
LA photographer killed while shooting Bieber's car
Friday, 11 January 2013
Los Angeles, Jan 11 : Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking
photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari on a Los Angeles street.
Los
Angeles police Officer James Stoughton says...
Pop star Rain in trouble over paparazzi photos
Friday, 11 January 2013
Seoul, Jan 11:
South Korean pop star Rain is facing questions after paparazzi photos showed him
out on the town with a top actress.
Seoul's Defense Ministry said it is
investigating whether Rain broke...
Retailers' run may be over, says analyst
Friday, 11 January 2013
New York, Jan 11 :
After a strong 20 percent run-up in consumer discretionary stocks this year, one
analyst is predicting a more challenging 2013.
"We've had a great
three-year run in consumer discretionary...
Gold may be down but bulls aren't counting it out
Friday, 11 January 2013
Washington, Jan 11 : As investors collectively wring their hands over the outcome of the
U.S. "fiscal cliff" negotiations, one asset in particular has emerged as one of
the biggest losers: gold.
Both...
US-China relations will define global politics in 2013
Friday, 11 January 2013
New York, Jan 11 : The relationship between the world’s great economic powers — the
U.S., Europe and China — will be in transition in 2013, and changing political
leadership is a big reason why, says...
Facebook’s mobile strategy in 2013
Friday, 11 January 2013
London, Jan 11 : Shortly
after its historic IPO in May, Facebook (FB) stock lost half of its value as
investors became increasingly anxious about the social network’s ability to make
money from mobile...
Google will face greater competition in 2013
Friday, 11 January 2013
New York, Jan 11: Google (GOOG) controls 67% of the search engine market in the U.S.
and nearly 90% of market in the U.K.
The former underdog defied odds by
trying to alter the shape of the Internet...
2013 Set for global grind but these economies could see an upside surprise
Friday, 11 January 2013
New York, Jan 11 : As 2012 closed, many have hopes for
an improved economy in the new year.
Editors at The Economist are not so
optimistic and believe the global economy in 2013 will be more of a
"grind."
"There...
Conflict aggravated miseries of women in IHK
Friday, 11 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 11 :
Taking the Indian civil society head-on for its alleged ‘discriminatory’ role,
the Kashmir based civil society members and human rights activists said the
armed conflict going on...
Kangan villages reel under darkness
Friday, 11 January 2013
Kangan, Jan 11 : Many
villages in this held Kashmir area are reeling under darkness from past many
weeks as transformers in their areas have developed a technical
snag.
Residents of Kijpora, Thune...
Most consumers want predictive tests to learn if a disease is in their future
Friday, 11 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 11: Consumers may place a high value on
information to predict their future health, and may be willing to pay out of
pocket to get it. In a national survey conducted by researchers at...
3 decades on, Health Department fails to upgrade Kupwara SDH
Friday, 11 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 11: Inadequate staff and shortage of
vital equipment is taking a toll on patient-care at the Kupwara Sub-District
Hospital. The Health Department has failed to upgrade the health...
Antibiotic resistance is not just genetic
Friday, 11 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 11 :
Genetic resistance to antibiotics is not the only trick bacteria use to resist
eradication- they also have a second defence strategy known as persistence that
can kick in.
Researchers...
Double doses of chicken pox vaccine most effective
Friday, 11 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 11 : When vaccinating children against varicella (chicken pox),
researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found, two doses are better than
one. In fact, the odds of developing chicken...
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