Thursday, 17 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 17 : An icy wind blasted in
our faces as we trudged up a rocky slope on the southern outskirts of Kabul, the
war-shattered capital of Afghanistan. Around us rose a moonscape of treeless,...
Mr Benn where has our £400m Afghan aid money gone?
Thursday, 17 January 2013
London, Jan 17 : Hundreds of millions of pounds in British aid has been pumped into
Afghanistan to help children like little Dawoud. And yet he is
dying.
Head swollen, stomach distended and muscles...
Afghan women's quiet revolution hangs by a thread
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Kabul, Jan 17 : Each morning, the policewoman puts on her uniform, goes to her
precinct office, sits behind a bare desk.
She is one of several officers
appointed to make it easier for women to report...
Handset makers scurry to join Year of the Phablet
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Singapore, Jan 17: Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the
clunky mobile phone - closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple
of years back - is here to stay.
A...
Nancy Pelosi defends doctored photo of women in the new Congress
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Washington, Jan 17 : As part of the festivities
marking the first day of the 113th Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
organized a photo of with female Democratic lawmakers on the Capitol steps...
Nancy Pelosi defends doctored photo of women in the new Congress
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Washington, Jan 17 : As part of the festivities
marking the first day of the 113th Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
organized a photo of with female Democratic lawmakers on the Capitol steps...
Britain's coalition leaders seek to regain voters' trust
Thursday, 17 January 2013
London, Jan 17: The leaders of Britain's fractious coalition pledged to cap the cost
of long-term care for the elderly and to improve state pensions in an effort to
re-engage with electors midway into...
How you can use Facebook to help this leukemia patient find his missing donor
Thursday, 17 January 2013
London, Jan 17 : It was literally a one in ten million
chance when Paul Zamecnik was matched up with a stem cell donor who could
finally help the 53-year-old Virginia man get a sustainable treatment...
Weather disrupts Shell efforts to free Alaska oil rig
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Anchorage, Jan 17: The U.S. Coast Guard and Shell were making fresh preparations to tow
a grounded Alaska oil rig, saying crews would keep trying to connect a tow line
after rough weather prevented...
Analysis: Air assaults raise doubts about Myanmar's reformist rulers
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Bangkok, Jan 17: Unprecedented aerial attacks on ethnic
Kachin rebels by Myanmar's military have raised doubts about whether the retired
generals in a government hailed for its reforms have really changed...
Mosaic 2Q 2013 revenue down, profit up
Thursday, 17 January 2013
London, Jan 17 :
Mosaic announced its fiscal 2Q 2013 results in an official release.
The
agricultural chemicals firm's net sales totaled $2.5 billion, and its bottom
line was $629 million ($1.47 per...
Analysis: Fiscal crisis seen hurting tech earnings
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Boston, Jan 17 : Warning to investors: major U.S. technology companies could miss
estimates for fourth-quarter earnings as "fiscal cliff" worries likely led some
corporate clients to tighten their belts...
Sharp president: Oct-Dec operating profit better than forecast
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Osaka, Jan
17 : Japan's Sharp Corp had a better-than-expected operating profit
for the October-December quarter due to higher year-on-year sales, particularly
in large household appliances, its top...
Will these virtualization stocks soar in 2013?
Thursday, 17 January 2013
London, Jan 17:
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Complaining about expensive valuations in...
Stocks gain, pushing the S&P 500 to 5-year high
Thursday, 17 January 2013
New York, Jan 17 : The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at its highest level in five
years after a report showed that hiring held up in December, giving stocks an
early lift.
The S&P 500 finished...
Woman’s body found at Bemina
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 17 : A 35-year-old
unidentified woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Bemina
locality here, police said.
The woman’s body was lying near an empty
bunker near the Bypass...
Citi's Corbat builds bridges with regulators
Thursday, 17 January 2013
New York, Jan 17 :
Citigroup Inc's Michael Corbat has been meeting with bank regulators in his
first months as CEO, as he looks to bolster relationships and finalize the
bank's plan to return capital...
Kashmiri officers without accommodation in Jammu
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 17: Several officials of the rank of Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary
and Additional Secretary posted in civil secretariat have alleged that State
Government has left them high and dry ...
Cancer survivors likely to experience pain at some point in care
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 17 : Surviving cancer may also mean
surviving pain, according to a study by the University of Michigan Health System
showing 20 percent of cancer survivors at least two years post diagnosis...
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