Saturday, 27 July 2013
Kabul, July 28 (Newswire): The Office has been adapted for an Afghanistan television audience.The sitcom, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has previously had foreign versions set in France,...
Pentagon: US funds ended up with Taliban
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Washington, July 28 (Newswire): Money from a multibillion-dollar U.S. transportation contract in Afghanistan has made its way into the hands of the Taliban, the Pentagon said Monday, while promising to...
Afghan army fights for respect, equipment in south
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Company Outpost Ware, July 28 (Newswire): Afghan commander Maqim Sediqi has spent more than half of his life on battlefields but says that these days he is more preoccupied fighting for respect than firing...
Rifle in Colo. theater shooting jammed
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Washington, July 28 (Newswire): A federal law enforcement official says the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting jammed during the attack.The official said the...
Denver shooting suspect in solitary confinement, denies interview request
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Centennial, July 28 (Newswire): Flags outside the Arapahoe County Detention Facility flew at half-staff for the victims killed and wounded in the Denver-area movie theater massacre.Beyond the jail's walls...
Father's emotion shows pain of Batman shooting
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Aurora, July 28 (Newswire): An overwhelming tragedy was distilled into one human moment by the agony of a father who outlived his son.Tom Sullivan's emotion was captured in a photograph that ran on dozens...
Ex-bankers go solo in the Gulf
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Dubai, July 28 (Newswire): After a 16-year career at Morgan Stanley (MS) Lebanese-born banker May Nasrallah detected a gap in the Middle East market for advising small companies, prompting her to leave...
EU sets terms for Hutch's Orange Austria bid
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Frankfurt, July 28 (Newswire): EU regulators will allow a bid by Hongkong's Hutchison 3G to buy France Telecom's (FTE.PA) Orange Austria if the new combined group permits other Austrian operators to access...
European Investment Bank agrees to fund Greek firms
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Athens, July 28 (Newswire): The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide 1.44 billion euros ($1.75 billion) in loans to struggling Greek firms, providing a stimulus to the debt-laden country's ailing...
NBA: Ads on jerseys are a slam dunk
Saturday, 27 July 2013
New York, July 28 (Newswire): The NBA is about to go where none of the four major U.S. sports league has gone before - allowing teams to put advertising on player jerseys.Speaking at a press conference...
ECB's Draghi says euro not in danger
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Paris, July 28 (Newswire): The euro zone is not in danger of breaking up despite some analysts' worse case scenarios, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said, judging that the bloc was inevitably...
Wall street week ahead: Apple, facebook take the spotlight
Saturday, 27 July 2013
New York, July 28 (Newswire): The trend of better-than-expected earnings will be put to the test in the coming week when investors hope Apple (AAPL) can exceed already high expectations for the tech giant...
IHK authorities censor video release of Forum
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Srinagar, July 28 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the authorities censored the video circulated by the forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani and issued a letter to all...
Forum releases video CD about ‘Quit Kashmir campaign’
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Srinagar, July 28 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has released video Compact Disk (CD) urging the troopers to join the ongoing...
Puppet admin responsible for IHK custodial killings
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Srinagar, July 28 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the Omar Abdullah-led puppet administration is responsible for...
Food additive may one day help control blood lipids and reduce disease risk
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Islamabad, July 28 (Newswire): Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose. That substance is a component...
Inhibiting fatty acids in immune cells decreases atherosclerosis risk
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Islamabad, July 28 (Newswire): Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to significantly reduce atherosclerosis in mice that does not involve lowering cholesterol...
Invention enables people with disabilities communicate and steer a wheelchair by sniffing
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Islamabad, July 28 (Newswire): A unique device based on sniffing -- inhaling and exhaling through the nose -- might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved...
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