Sunday, 21 July 2013
Kabul, July 22 (Newswire): Thousands of bottles of alcohol were destroyed in Kabul this week, in what authorities described as the product of a crackdown on illegal smuggling and sales.The bottles were...
Suspected al Qaeda recruiter arrested in Germany
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Berlin, July 22 (Newswire): An Afghan national has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of recruiting or fundraising for international militant groups al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,...
Doubts cloud NATO handover in Afghanistan
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Kabul, July 22 (Newswire): Grave doubts over the ability of Afghanistan's fledgling security forces to beat back the Taliban are weighing on a transition from NATO control taking place in seven parts...
Bodies found in search for 2 Missouri sisters
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Edgerton, July 22 (Newswire): Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated "a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup...
Analysis: The summer Mitt Romney didn't want
Sunday, 21 July 2013
New York, July 22 (Newswire): Somehow, the summer of national economic discontent morphed into the summer of when Mitt Romney left Bain Capital and how many years' worth of tax returns he's released to...
LA sheriff: Man recovers car 42 years after theft
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Los Angeles, July 22 (Newswire): A Texas man whose prized sports car was stolen 42 years ago recovered the vehicle in California after spotting it on eBay, authorities said.Robert Russell told the Los...
GSK set for Human Genome takeover
Sunday, 21 July 2013
New York, July 22 (Newswire): GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce an agreement to acquire Human Genome Sciences for about $2.8 billion, ending three months of its hostile pursuit of the U.S. biotechnology...
Behind the TV channel blackouts: stalling profits
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Los Angeles, July 22 (Newswire): Channel blackouts such as the one that resulted from the recent spat between Viacom and DirecTV have become far more common over the past three years. Consumers can thank...
China's Lenovo inches closer to a global tech title
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Hong Kong, July 22 (Newswire): Lenovo Group Ltd is on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's biggest PC maker by sales as soon as this year, making it the first Chinese company to grab the...
Gasoline prices fall more, but slide may be over: survey
Sunday, 21 July 2013
London, July 22 (Newswire): Consumers have caught a break from the slowing economy as gasoline prices extended their steep three-month decline, but the cost of filling the tank may soon head back...
Nokia cuts price of flagship smartphone in half
Sunday, 21 July 2013
London, July 22 (Newswire): Nokia Oyj has cut the U.S. price of its flagship smartphone in half, barely three months after its launch, in an effort to stanch losses in market share to rivals such as Apple...
Analysis: In the US housing market, recovery or Lost Decade?
Sunday, 21 July 2013
New York, July 22 (Newswire): The worst U.S. housing crisis since the Great Depression has been declared over. But is it?What some of Wall Street's forecasts for a recovery may be underestimating are...
Civilians killing, firings by troops in IHK condemned
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Srinagar, July 22 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the APHC and other Hurriyet leaders and religious organisations have strongly condemned the continued killing of civilians by Indian policemen and paramilitary...
IHK HCBA urges world to help conduct plebiscite in J&K
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Srinagar, July 22 (Newswire): The High Court Bar Association of occupied Kashmir has called upon the world leaders to put pressure on India to honour its promise of plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir.The...
APHC to provide legal aid to arrested youth
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Srinagar, July 22 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference has expressed serious concern over the illegal arrest of hundreds of innocent youth and continued human rights violations...
Underwater sponges and worms may hold key to cure for malaria
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Islamabad, July 22 (Newswire): Healing powers for one of the world's deadliest diseases may lie within sponges, sea worms and other underwater creatures.University of Central Florida scientist Debopam...
Discovery suggests possible treatment strategy for aggressive leukemias
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Islamabad, July 22 (Newswire): Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified a mechanism that could explain how patients move into the worst phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).Their...
New genomics-based approach to understand origin of cancer subgroups
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Islamabad, July 22 (Newswire): Scientists have long recognized that cancers may look the same under the microscope, but carry different mutations, respond differently to treatment and result in vastly...
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