Friday, 12 July 2013
Kabul, July 13 (Newswire): When a team media team and I visited the southern Afghan district of Arghandab in the fall of 2009, we headed out on patrol with the U.S. Stryker battalion. We soon found ourselves...
Advisers strive for cooperation among Afghan units
Friday, 12 July 2013
Camp Clark, July 13 (Newswire): With Afghan military and police now responsible for security in their country, U.S. Army advisers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division are encouraging...
The danger of talking with the Taliban
Friday, 12 July 2013
Kabul, July 13 (Newswire): The opening of a Taliban office in Qatar prompted fresh optimism over the prospect of a political settlement being reached that could end the 12-year conflict in Afghanistan....
Lightning strikes Ind. summer camp, 3 kids hurt
Friday, 12 July 2013
Indianapolis, July 13 (Newswire): Indianapolis police say three children were injured when lightning struck a summer camp on the north side of the city, including one child who was critically hurt.Officer...
Southwest bakes in 115 to 120-degree heat
Friday, 12 July 2013
Las Vegas, July 13 (Newswire): A man died and another was hospitalized in serious condition in heat-aggravated incidents as a heat wave blistered this sunbaked city and elsewhere in the Southwest.Forecasters...
Man who became paralyzed after saving drowning girl dies at 43
Friday, 12 July 2013
New York, July 13 (Newswire): Michael Patterson, the 43-year-old Georgia man who dived into a creek to save a 4-year-old girl from drowning and became paralyzed from the chest down during the rescue,...
UK man charged with defacing Constable painting
Friday, 12 July 2013
London, July 13 (Newswire): Police say a man has been charged with defacing a John Constable painting in Britain's National Gallery.London police said 57-year-old Paul Douglas Manning would appear in...
Grenada to punish offensive online comments
Friday, 12 July 2013
St. George's, July 13 (Newswire): Legislators in Grenada have approved a bill that makes it a crime to offend people through websites such as Facebook and Twitter.The measure was approved as part of an...
WHO wants HIV patients treated sooner to save lives, halt spread
Friday, 12 July 2013
London, July 13 (Newswire): Doctors could save three million more lives worldwide by 2025 if they offer AIDS drugs to people with HIV much sooner after they test positive for the virus, the World Health...
Siemens to cut 1,700 jobs in energy operations: report
Friday, 12 July 2013
Frankfurt, July 13 (Newswire): Siemens (SIE.DE) is expected to cut around 1,700 jobs in the restructuring of its energy business, a German magazine reported, citing an unnamed senior manager.WirtschaftsWoche...
RCS Mediagroup may be split into three after cash call: report
Friday, 12 July 2013
Milan, July 13 (Newswire): RCS Mediagroup (RCS.MI), the publisher of influential Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, could be split into three units after a capital hike that is changing the balance...
ThyssenKrupp mulls selling part of European steel business, paper
Friday, 12 July 2013
Frankfurt, July 13 (Newswire): ThyssenKrupp, Germany's biggest steelmaker, is examining the possibility of selling part of its European steel business to an investor, Rheinische Post newspaper said on...
Axel Springer eyes cost cuts of over 20 million euros: CEO
Friday, 12 July 2013
Frankfurt, July 13 (Newswire): Germany's Axel Springer (SPR.DE), Europe's largest newspaper publisher, is targeting at least 20 million euros ($26 million) of savings in a restructuring plan, its chief...
Poland economic policy to protect growth: Tusk
Friday, 12 July 2013
Chorzow, July 13 (Newswire): Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the government will run an economy balanced between fiscal discipline and economic expansion, signaling it will not sacrifice growth to spending...
France to seek 14 billion euros in cuts next year: paper
Friday, 12 July 2013
Paris, July 13 (Newswire): France will pursue 14 billion euros ($18.2 billion) in spending cuts next year as it attempts to reduce the public deficit to 3 percent of economic output by 2015, Le Monde...
Rambagh without drinking water
Friday, 12 July 2013
Srinagar, July 13 (Newswire): Residents of Payeen Rambagh have complained of shortage of drinking water in the locality. They alleged that some people are using water pumps to use drinking water for irrigation...
Man sets son on fire, attempts suicide
Friday, 12 July 2013
Srinagar, July 13 (Newswire): A father-son duo suffered severe burn injuries after the man allegedly set himself and the child on fire in Baramulla district of held Kashmir.Parvez Ahmad Dar set himself...
Father kills 4-year old daughter for compensation
Friday, 12 July 2013
Sopore, July 13 (Newswire): Two weeks after four-year-old Muskan was found murdered in an orchard at Laiser Rafiabad village in held Kashmir district of Baramulla, police said her father Altaf Ahmad has...
DNA through graphene nanopores
Friday, 12 July 2013
Islamabad, July 13 (Newswire): A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology announces a new type of nanopore devices that may significantly impact the way we screen DNA molecules, for example...
'Dawning of a new age' in bacteria research
Friday, 12 July 2013
Islamabad, July 13 (Newswire): Lowly bacteria are turning out to be much more complex than previously thought.In the July 2010 issue of the journal Molecular Microbiology, Loyola University Health System...
New method helps nerves grow after trauma or injury
Friday, 12 July 2013
Islamabad, July 13 (Newswire): University of Calgary scientists have discovered a way to enhance nerve regeneration in the peripheral nervous system. The finding could lead to new treatments for nerve...
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