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troops will be withdrawn and how many will be permanently assigned there after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...
Morgan Stanley to cut jobs, may signal more pain ahead
Sunday, 20 January 2013
New York, Jan 20 : Morgan Stanley plans to slash 1,600 jobs in what may be just the
beginning of a new round of layoffs at large investment banks, this time driven
by a deeper reassessment of Wall Street...
China exports pick up more than expected in December
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Beijing, Jan 20 : China's export growth rebounded surprisingly sharply in December to
a seven-month high, in a strong finish to the year for an economy that had
slowed for seven quarters, but the spike...
As public fumes, AIG says will not sue US over bailout
Sunday, 20 January 2013
New York, Jan 20 : Facing anger from Congress and the American people, AIG Inc said it
would not sue the U.S. government over terms of the company's multi-billion
dollar bailout.
Insurer American...
507 cases of graft pending in IHK courts
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Jammu, Jan 20 : Around
507 cases related to corruption charges are pending disposal before two special
anti-corruption courts in held Jammu and Kashmir.
The information was
given in a meeting held...
Consumer watchdog tightens mortgage lending rules on banks
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Washington,
Jan 20 : More than five years after the housing market collapsed, the
U.S. government's newly created consumer watchdog said it will force banks to
verify a borrower's ability to repay...
Cops beat teenage boys, reveals video
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 20 : Police
started investigation into YouTube video showing stripping, beating of teenagers
by police in held Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
A police spokesman said
that an FIR...
Khanabal-Sarnal road turns into death trap
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 20 :
The stretch of the Khanabal-Pahalagam (KP) road in Islamabad town is turning to
be a death trap for the pedestrians.
Reason: The ill planning of the
Roads and Building department...
New leads in the case against drug-resistant biofilms
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 20 : Films of bacteria that form around foreign materials in the body can
be very difficult to defeat with drugs, but research led by Brown University
biologists has identified a couple...
Prostate cancer treatment linked to higher rate of colon cancer
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 20 : Men treated with hormone-based therapy for
prostate cancer faced a 30 percent to 40 percent higher risk of colorectal
cancer, compared to patients who did not receive this treatment,...
Does long-term cell phone use lead to brain tumors?
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 20 : The highest-quality research data available suggests that long-term
exposure to microwaves from cellular phones may lead to an increased risk of
brain tumors, reports a paper in...
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