Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Kabul, Feb 6 : Afghan political parties strongly rejected the decision of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to use the old registration system for the 2014 presidential election, warning of a...
America's non-committal relationship with Afghanistan
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Kabul, Feb 6 : "A decgade of war is now ending," the president announced in his
inaugural address, even as soldiers continue to prepare for nine-month
deployments to destinations including Uruzgan and...
Chicago woman loses 4th child to gun violence
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Chicago, Feb 6:
At least five people were gunned down in Chicago, including a 34-year-old man
whose mother had already lost her three other children to
shootings.
Ronnie Chambers, who was his mother...
Afghanistan's new generation: Modern, ambitious ... naive
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Kabul, Feb 6 : Behind the thick walls of one of Kabul's newest districts, Tooba
Hotak practices driving her parents' Mercedes in a parking lot lined with
cream-colored apartment buildings.
The car...
1 officer killed, 2 wounded near La. casino
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
New Orleans, Feb 6 : Police arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer
and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies after allegedly setting fire to a
mobile home in south Louisiana,...
Trying to unlock secrets of dead serial killer
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Anchorage, Feb 6 : The suspect, hands and feet shackled, fidgeted in his chair, chuckling at times as he confessed to a brutal killing.
Israel Keyes showed no remorse as he described in merciless detail...
Friar accused of abuse in 2 states kills self
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Philadelphia, Feb 6: A Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing students at Catholic
high schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania killed himself at a western Pennsylvania
monastery, police said.
Brother...
Pa. man gets drive-thru send-off after funeral
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
York, Feb 6 : Mourners at a Pennsylvania fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse — and the rest of the procession — to make one last drive-thru visit before...
EU, Mercosur to unblock trade talks, hurdles remain
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Santiago, Feb 6: EU leaders won a promise from Argentina and Brazil to revive stalled
talks on a free-trade deal that would be a major prize for Europe as it emerges
from crisis, but disputes over key...
Casey Anthony Files for Bankruptcy in Florida
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Tampa, Feb 6:
Casey Anthony filed for bankruptcy in Florida, claiming about $1,100 in assets
and $792,000 in liabilities.
Court records show that Anthony, who was
acquitted of killing her 2-year-old...
China December industrial profits up 17.3 percent on year
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Beijing, Feb 6: Profits earned by China's industrial companies rose 17.3 percent in
December from a year earlier to 895.2 billion yuan ($143.91 billion), official
data showed, as a fourth-quarter recovery...
ECB's Asmussen warns against unilateral forex moves
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Frankfurt, Feb 6: European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen called for international cooperation to address the current debate about competitive currency devaluation, saying central...
Afghanistan's oldest woman passes away
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Kabul, Jan 26:
Afghanistan's oldest woman Khanum Hasno has passed away, a local newspaper Daily
Mandegar reported.Khanum Hasno, having 465 grandchildren and far
grandchildren, died at age 136. According...
Afghan Air Force Complete by 2016: Isaf
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Kabul, Jan 26 : The
Afghan air force is expected to be complete by 2016 in both equipment and staff
training, Isaf spokesman Gen. Gunter Katz said."Isaf will continue its
enduring support [for the...
Afghanistan in 2015
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Kabul, Jan 26 : Almost two years remain
before a NATO-led international military force in Afghanistan is supposed to
turn over full security responsibility to the Afghan military.But the
Obama administration...
Mindy McCready's boyfriend commits suicide
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
London, Jan 26 :
David Wilson, the boyfriend of country singer Mindy McCready, died from an
apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, The New York Daily News
reports.See celebrities we've lost this yearThe...
2 killed, 1 injured in shooting in parking lot of Kentucky college
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Louisville, Jan 26 : A gunman firing into a vehicle
killed two people and wounded a juvenile as they sat in the parking lot of an
eastern Kentucky community college.The campus was locked down for more...
Tennessee declares state of emergency over ice storm
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Nashville, Jan 26 : Tennessee officials declared a state of emergency as ice storms hit
a swathe of territory in the mid-south of the United States and concerns grew
about flooding and dangerous road...
Human heads held by Chicago airport customs no mystery after all, were used for research
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Chicago, Jan 26 : It sounded ghoulish enough: a
shipment of 18 frozen human heads discovered and seized by customs officials
during routine X-ray screening of cargo arriving at O'Hare International...
Pa. girl snatched at school found barefoot in park
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Philadelphia, Jan 26 : A passer-by found an abducted 5-year-old girl huddled beneath a
playground slide in the pre-dawn cold, nearly 20 hours after a stranger claiming
to be her mother signed...
Calif. teacher with past in porn loses appeal
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Oxnard, Jan 26 :
A middle school teacher who was fired after students learned she had appeared in
pornography has lost her appeal to return to the classroom, her lawyer
said.A three-judge panel unanimously...
Wal-Mart plans $50 billion "buy American" push
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
New York, Jan 26 : Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) will buy an additional $50 billion in
U.S.-made products over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and
high-end appliances in what the world's largest...
Bank of America capital markets co-head to lead commercial banking
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
New
York, Jan 26 : Bank of America Corp has named capital markets co-head
Alastair Borthwick as its head of commercial banking, in a shuffling of veteran
executives.Borthwick, a former Goldman Sachs...
Singapore, Hong Kong look to cool not kill property markets
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Singapore,
Jan 26 : Singapore and Hong Kong now have identical 15 percent levies
to slow the foreign money that has added fuel to their overheated property
markets - measures that will help first-time...
Insight: How cleantech tarnished Kleiner and VC star John Doerr
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
San
Francisco, Jan 26 : In the spring of last year, John Doerr received
some bad news: Miasole, the solar-panel maker backed by his famed venture
capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,...
AMR pilot contract would cover US Air pilots in merger: memo
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
New York,
Jan 26 : If American Airlines and US Airways Group (LCC) merge, pilots
of the carriers would initially be governed by the contract currently in place
with American's pilots, according to...
Analysis: Once reliable technology sector drags down earnings
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
New York,
Jan 26 : This earnings season, the U.S. technology industry is in an
unusual position - dragging corporate America down, rather than lifting it
up.Wall Street expects the tech sector's fourth-quarter...
Boy goes missing at Karfali Mohalla
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Srinagar, Jan 26 : A boy of
Karfali Mohalla in Shaher-e-Khaas went missing today after he left for private
tuitions.Police said 11-year-old Aman Ahmad Hazim son of Farooq Ahmad
Hazim of...
Boy goes missing at Karfali Mohalla
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Srinagar, Jan 26 : A boy of
Karfali Mohalla in Shaher-e-Khaas went missing today after he left for private
tuitions.Police said 11-year-old Aman Ahmad Hazim son of Farooq Ahmad
Hazim of...
Boy goes missing at Karfali Mohalla
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Srinagar, Jan 26 : A boy of
Karfali Mohalla in Shaher-e-Khaas went missing today after he left for private
tuitions.Police said 11-year-old Aman Ahmad Hazim son of Farooq Ahmad
Hazim of...
Gas agency at Bohri Kadal takes consumers for a ride
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Srinagar, Jan 26 : Many LPG consumers of Old City today accused Zargar Gas Agency at
Bohri Kadal, here of hoodwinking them.“I had submitted all the documents
to get the gas connection. After submitting...
Candidate applies as female, appears ‘male’
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Srinagar, Jan 26:
The recently held written test for appointment of Junior Assistants at the
University of Kashmir has triggered a lot of suspense after a candidate applied
as female but appeared as...
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