Thursday, 23 May 2013
Srinagar,: The residents of Siraj Bazar, Zaina Kadal and its adjoining areas in Shaher-e-Khaas are up in arms against the authorities for failing to macadamize the road in the area, post excavation.
A...
No sponge in human family tree: sponges descended from unique ancestor
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, : Since the days of Charles Darwin, researchers are interested in reconstructing the "Tree of Life", and in understanding the development of animal and plant species during their evolutionary...
Movement without muscles: zoologists on trail of evolution of body contractions
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad,: All animals move -- cheetahs faster, snails more slowly. Muscle contractions are the basis of movement in many, but not all, species. Some animal groups don't have any muscles at all, as they...
Human brain's most ubiquitous cell cultivated in lab dish
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, : Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system. Long considered to be little more than putty in the brain and spinal cord, the star-shaped astrocyte has found...
Security threats increase against education
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Kabul,: Afghan Deputy Minister of Education at a press conference in Kabul warned that threats from armed opposition against education of the country have increased.
He added that in the past five years...
Afghanistan faces growing unemployment
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Kabul, : The Afghan Ministry of Economy said that half of a million of labour force enters Afghanistan’s markets annually without finding employment.
The ministry of economy said that short term projects...
Woman accused of slapping deputy so she’d go to jail and quit smoking
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : A woman allegedly slapped a Sacramento County deputy in order to get arrested. Why? So she would go to jail and be forced to give up smoking cigarettes.
CBS-Sacramento reports that Deputy...
Woman accused of slapping deputy so she’d go to jail and quit smoking
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : A woman allegedly slapped a Sacramento County deputy in order to get arrested. Why? So she would go to jail and be forced to give up smoking cigarettes.
CBS-Sacramento reports that Deputy...
Huge cyber bank theft spans 27 countries
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs...
Prosecutor to seek murder charges against accused Ohio kidnapper
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Cleveland, : An Ohio prosecutor vowed to seek murder charges that could carry the death penalty against a former Cleveland school bus driver accused of kidnapping and raping three young women who endured...
Bail set at $8 million for kidnap suspect; prosecutor may seek death penalty
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Cleveland, (Newswire): A judge set bail at $8 million at a brief hearing for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and keeping three young women as captives for a decade. The lawyer prosecuting...
Jimmy Carter named most trusted U.S. politician in new poll
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Washington, (Newswire): Americans really, really trust Hollywood. They are, however, far more skeptical of Washington, D.C.
A new survey on the most trusted people in America finds actors taking the...
Washington State system hacked, data of thousands at risk
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Seattle, (Newswire): The website for the Washington State court system has been hacked and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and a million driver's license numbers may have been accessed, officials...
Enzi pushes back release of mineral payments bill
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Cheyenne, (Newswire): Wyoming's senior U.S. senator is delaying the release of legislation that aims to block the federal government from cutting mineral royalty payments to 35 states.
Sen. Mike Enzi,...
American Airlines settles safety claims for $24.9M
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Dallas, May 23 : American Airlines has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle $162 million in potential fines that were proposed by U.S. safety regulators.
American called the payment "a reasonable resolution"...
S&P 500 slips, snaps five-day streak of record closes
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : The S&P 500 broke a five-day streak of record closing highs, ending a fairly volatile session lower as the market's recent momentum faded and Apple's shares declined.
The Dow also broke...
Amplats set to announce details of revised restructuring plan
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Johannesburg, May 23 : Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J) said it would announce the details of its revised plan to turn around its struggling South African operations at midday South African time.
En...
Dollar hits 100 yen, stocks slip after rally
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, May 23 : The U.S. dollar broke through 100 yen, its highest level against the currency in over four years, while stocks in major markets slipped from recent record levels.
Investors sold the...
China issues new rules targeting wealth management fund pools
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Shanghai, (Newswire): China's bond market regulator closed off a loophole that allowed banks that sell high-yielding wealth management products (WMPs) to evade regulatory requirements by moving money...
Keep on, or enough already? Fed officials spar over QE3
Thursday, 23 May 2013
San Francisco, May 22 : Little over a week after U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to keep buying bonds to spur economic growth and hiring, they are airing their differences...
Icahn, Southeastern propose alternative to Dell buyout deal: WSJ
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, (Newswire): Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc, two of Dell Inc's largest shareholders, have proposed an alternative to a $24.4 billion buyout deal led by founder...
Sopore man electrocuted
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Sopore, (Newswire): A 45-year-old man was electrocuted in his home at Dobgah area here in held Kashmir.
The deceased Ghulam Rasool Khan is survived by three children and a wife.
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‘Kashmir being supplied with poor quality mutton’
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Srinagar,(Newswire): The Peoples Voice Civil Society expressed serious concern over what it said “supply and sale of third grade quality mutton in Kashmir.”
A PVCS delegation presented a memorandum to...
Students, parents demand release of re evaluation results
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Srinagar, (Newswire): Students who had applied for re evaluation of their papers in class 12th have demanded early release of results of the re evaluation of the papers they had applied for.
They criticized...
Enzyme may drive breast cancer growth
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, (Newswire): A recently discovered enzyme drives the production of a potent form of estrogen in human breast cancer tissue, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of...
Wii key to helping kids balance
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, May 23 (Newswire): By cleverly linking five Wii Balance Boards, a team of Rice University undergraduates has combined the appeal of a video game with the utility of a computerized motion-tracking...
Too much of a good thing: important mechanism in hormone-sensitive breast cancer uncovered
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, (Newswire): Two thirds of breast cancers are ERalpha-positive, i.e., many estrogen receptors of the ERalpha- type are found in their cells. "These molecules can interact with the estrogen hormone...
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