Thursday, 1 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 2 (Newswire): A decade after the fall of the cinema-hating Taliban, a group of Afghan directors have created a film love letter to their capital, rooted in the grim reality of everyday life...
Aurora heroes: Three who gave their lives
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Washington, Aug 2 (Newswire): Great evil often brings out the best in good men, men like Todd Beamer on Flight 93, Medal of Honor recipient Michael Murphy in Afghanistan and now the Aurora three -- the...
Canada’s Afghan legacy: Plan for Kandahar dam was dropped when mission ended, US says
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Washington, Aug 2 (Newswire): Canada had a plan to increase the water supply to desperate farmers in the Taliban heartland, but dropped it because Ottawa ended the Kandahar mission before the Dahla Dam...
Politician to post shirtless photos: Florida state Rep. Peter Nehr
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Florida, Aug 2 (Newswire): Some local media outlets noted they were sent to a political blog, which spurred Nehr's response. Nehr is running for re-election in the northern Pinellas-southern Pasco...
Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak was fired in Ariz.
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Concord, Aug 2 (Newswire): A dozen hospitals in seven states are scrambling to identify people who might have been infected with hepatitis C by a traveling medical technician who was charged a week ago...
Report shows US drought rapidly intensifying
Thursday, 1 August 2013
St. Louis, Aug 2 (Newswire): The widest drought to grip the United States in decades is getting worse with no signs of abating, a new report warned, as state officials urged conservation and more ranchers...
Centamin Egypt cuts 2011 gold output guidance
Thursday, 1 August 2013
London, Aug 2 (Newswire): Centamin Egypt cut its output guidance for the full year after announcing lower-than-expected gold production in the second quarter due to restrictions imposed on blast products.The...
Australian bond futures rally to two-year high
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Sydney, Aug 2 (Newswire): Australian debt futures rallied on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged and sounded less certain about the global economic outlook.The...
Yuan edges lower, but further gains seen
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Beijing, Aug 2 (Newswire): The yuan fell slightly versus the dollar on Tuesday after the People's Bank of China set a weaker mid-point, following a slight rebound in the dollar index after the passage...
BMW net profit more than doubles to 1.81 billion euros
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Frankfurt, Aug 2 (Newswire): The world's leading luxury car maker, BMW, said Tuesday that its second quarter net profit more than doubled from the same period a year earlier to 1.81 billion euros ($2.58...
Barclays profit down a third as fixed income trading falls
Thursday, 1 August 2013
London, Aug 2 (Newswire): Barclays said its half-year profits fell by a third after a fall in bond trading activity at its investment bank and a charge to compensate customers mis-sold insurance, offsetting...
Banks still vulnerable, German watchdog warns
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Frankfurt, Aug 2 (Newswire): Germany's banking sector is still vulnerable even though most lenders passed recent Europe-wide stress tests, the new regulator said Tuesday in an interview with the business...
Residents of Srinagar face shortage of essentials, medicines
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 2 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the residents of Srinagar are facing immense shortage of essentials and medicines due to continued undeclared curfew imposed by the authorities.Shafaat...
Unmarked grave discovered in Uri
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 2 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, forceful demonstrations erupted in Uri town of Baramulla district following the discovery of an unmarked grave near an Indian army camp situated in the...
Another Kashmiri boy succumbs to injuries
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 2 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, a 17-year-old boy, Tariq Ahmed Dar, who was injured when he was hit by a teargas canister fired by Indian troops on his head on Srinagar-Jammu highway...
Cancer killer found in the ocean
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 2 (Newswire): Biomedicine scientists identified and sequenced the genes of a bacteria called Salinispora tropica. It produces anti-cancer compounds and can be found in ocean sediments off...
Mining bacterial genomes reveals valuable 'hidden' drugs
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 2 (Newswire): A new tool to excavate bacterial genomes that potentially hide a rich array of pharmaceutical treasures has led to the discovery of a novel antibiotic. The study, reported...
Memory's master switch: molecular power behind memory discovered
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 2 (Newswire): Neuroscientists have long wondered how individual connections between brain cells remain diverse and "fit" enough for storing new memories.Reported in the science journal...
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