Friday, 26 July 2013
Kabul, July 27 (Newswire): Many residents of Afghanistan's troubled Wardak province welcomed the arrest of a former interpreter for U.S. special-operations forces who was allegedly involved in the killing,...
Bomb analysis lab in Kabul hunts for killer clues
Friday, 26 July 2013
Kabul, July 27 (Newswire): In a discreet laboratory in Kabul, a French military officer scans a long list of telephone numbers scrolling down a computer screen. "This is the call that triggered the explosion,"...
Chellaney: Afghanistan’s looming partition
Friday, 26 July 2013
Washington, July 27 (Newswire): The United States, still mired in a protracted Afghan war that has exacted a staggering cost in blood and treasure, has agreed to formal peace talks with the Taliban, its...
First 3 gorings in Spain's San Fermin bull runs
Friday, 26 July 2013
Pamplona, July 27 (Newswire): An American and two Spaniards were gored during a danger-filled sixth bull run of Spain's San Fermin festival, with one loose bull causing panic in the packed streets of...
Report: Climate change causing energy disruptions
Friday, 26 July 2013
Washington, July 27 (Newswire): Climate change and extreme weather already are causing disruptions in the U.S. energy supply that are likely to worsen as more intense storms, higher temperatures and more...
Astronomers make landmark planet color discovery
Friday, 26 July 2013
London, July 27 (Newswire): Astronomers have for the first time managed to determine the color of a planet outside the solar system, a blue gas giant some 63 light years away.An international team of...
'Boston Strangler' case: Will new DNA evidence finally bring resolution?
Friday, 26 July 2013
New York, July 27 (Newswire): For nearly two years back in the early 1960s, a man who came to be known as the "Boston Strangler" preyed on women, sexually assaulting and killing 11 of them – many in their...
House farm bill leaves food stamps in limbo
Friday, 26 July 2013
Washington, July 27 (Newswire): House Republicans achieved the elusive goal of passing a farm bill by slicing federal support for food programs from the bill, breaking a half-century long legislative...
Quebec town takes small steps toward normalcy after train disaster
Friday, 26 July 2013
Lac-Megantic, July 27 (Newswire): Shell-shocked residents of Lac-Megantic in Quebec took a small step toward normalcy after homes and businesses reopened just yards away from the lakeside town's devastated...
Ahead of the bell: Gap
Friday, 26 July 2013
New York, July 27 (Newswire): A trio of analysts lifted their price targets for Gap, following the retailer's better-than-expected June results for revenue at stores open at least a year.Gap Inc....
For Icahn, $10.7 million profit from Dell is not enough
Friday, 26 July 2013
New York, July 27 (Newswire): Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake are looking increasingly likely to get shareholder approval to take Dell Inc (DELL) private in a $24.4 billion deal. But...
Analysts vs. market strategists: Who’s more accurate?
Friday, 26 July 2013
Washington, July 27 (Newswire): With literally trillions of dollars at stake, investing is serious business. And for those who make their living off managing other people's money or advising them what...
UPS says 2Q profit smaller than analysts expected
Friday, 26 July 2013
Atlanta, July 27 (Newswire): UPS says its second-quarter earnings will be hurt as customers use cheaper options.The package delivery and logistics company also says it's seeing a slowdown in the U.S....
High-frequency trading is making a joke of the markets
Friday, 26 July 2013
London, July 27 (Newswire): "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made!" –Groucho MarxI suspect the SEC, FINRA, and CFTC are big fans of Groucho Marx, or...
Wells Fargo profit rises 20 percent, sets aside less for bad loans
Friday, 26 July 2013
New York, July 27 (Newswire): Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, reported a higher-than-expected 20 percent rise in quarterly profit as it set aside less money to cover bad...
Illegal sand extraction goes unabated in Pulwama streams
Friday, 26 July 2013
Pulwama, July 27 (Newswire): Despite the puppet IHK government banning illegal extraction of stones, boulders and sand from streams in the State, the practice is going on unabated in Rambi Ara stream...
8 yrs on, IHK’s e-governance nowhere in sight
Friday, 26 July 2013
Srinagar, July 27 (Newswire): All efforts by the puppet Jammu and Kashmir regime to ensure e-governance in the Sate seem to be going in vain as major schemes funded by India have been grounded before...
Damaged roads blot Pahalgam beauty
Friday, 26 July 2013
Pahalgam, July 27 (Newswire): The circuit road, one of the vital road links leading to the hutment area in this held Kashmir tourist resort, is in shambles causes tremendous inconvenience to the locals...
Detecting Alzheimer's early
Friday, 26 July 2013
Islamabad, July 27 (Newswire): Building upon a recent discovery that the same Alzheimer's disease process that goes on in the brain also occurs in the eye, researchers have developed a pair of optical...
Burger diet boosts kids' asthma and wheeze risk, study finds
Friday, 26 July 2013
Islamabad, July 27 (Newswire): Eating three or more burgers a week may boost a child's risk of asthma and wheeze -- at least in developed nations -- reveals a large international study, published in Thorax.Conversely,...
Probiotics use in mothers limits eczema in their babies, study finds
Friday, 26 July 2013
Islamabad, July 27 (Newswire): Mothers who drank milk with a probiotic supplement during and after pregnancy were able to cut the incidence of eczema in their children by almost half, a new study published...
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