Monday, 22 July 2013
Kabul, July 23 (Newswire): Approximately 200 airmen, members of the 726th Air Control Squadron, are expected to touch down at Mountain Home Air Base, following a seven month deployment to Southwest Asia.The...
Afghanistan/ Iraq lessons learned
Monday, 22 July 2013
Kabul, July 23 (Newswire): Been off the blogosphere for the last month because of a project I was working on. Thought I'd get back into the saddle by looking into the latest on Afghanistan. ...
Afghanistan is no longer mirage country
Monday, 22 July 2013
Kabul, July 23 (Newswire): French warplanes have been operating over Afghanistan since October 2001, when French recon and electronic warfare aircraft, operating from Persian Gulf bases, flew missions...
Tech earnings help stocks end week with solid gain
Monday, 22 July 2013
Tokyo, July 23 (Newswire): A big earnings miss from Caterpillar wasn't enough to derail a rally that pushed the stock market up 2 percent for the week.Caterpillar Inc. fell nearly 6 percent after the...
Stalemate in Congress could be boon for travelers
Monday, 22 July 2013
Dallas, July 23 (Newswire): Gridlock in Congress could be a boon for airline consumers this weekend.Several federal air travel taxes expired Friday night as Congress failed to pass legislation to keep...
A boom in corporate profits, a bust in jobs, wages
Monday, 22 July 2013
Washington, July 23 (Newswire): Strong second-quarter earnings from McDonald's, General Electric and Caterpillar are just the latest proof that booming profits have allowed Corporate America to leave...
European stocks close higher
Monday, 22 July 2013
London, July 23 (Newswire): European stock markets closed higher, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares up 0.60 percent at 5,935.02 points.In Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.50 percent to 7,326.39...
Nigerian oil workers to strike over dispute with Shell
Monday, 22 July 2013
Abuja, July 23 (Newswire): Nigerian oil workers said they would strike next week to stop Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell from selling its oil blocks, claiming the process was not transparent."A three-day...
Mixed earnings hold back US stocks
Monday, 22 July 2013
New York, July 23 (Newswire): Mixed earnings reports -- with General Electric and McDonald's beating expectations, while Caterpillar fell short -- held back US markets, though Microsoft gave Nasdaq a...
Public outcry forces authorities to clean garbage around Wullar lake
Monday, 22 July 2013
Bandipora, July 23 (Newswire): Prompted by massive public outcry over unabated dumping of garbage around Asia's largest freshwater lake, Wullar, authorities here launched a drive to dispose off the waste....
Bandipora protests ‘discrimination’
Monday, 22 July 2013
Bandipora, July 23 (Newswire): Hundreds of political activists from various parties and along with people staged protest against alleged discrimination with Bandipora district on the developmental front.The...
Residents of Khanyar, adjoining areas stage protest
Monday, 22 July 2013
Srinagar, July 23 (Newswire): Accusing divisional administration of failing to compensate them residents of Khanyar and its adjoining areas, whose properties were dismantled for the road widening projects...
First artificial neural network created out of DNA: Molecular soup exhibits brainlike behavior
Monday, 22 July 2013
Islamabad, July 23 (Newswire): Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers at the California...
When injured muscles mistakenly grow bones: Researchers discover brain chemical that causes strange, serious complication
Monday, 22 July 2013
Islamabad, July 23 (Newswire): For hundreds of thousands of people, injuring a muscle through an accident like falling off a bike or having surgery can result in a strange and serious complication. Their...
Scientists create vaccine against heroin high
Monday, 22 July 2013
Islamabad, July 23 (Newswire): Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a highly successful vaccine against a heroin high and have proven its therapeutic potential in animal models.The...
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