Friday, 2 August 2013
San Diego, Aug 3 (Newswire): For three years, Marine Warrant Officer Jeremy Piasecki has been trying to organize a national water polo team for Afghanistan.His theory is simple: the people of such...
Mapping violence against journalists in Afghanistan
Friday, 2 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 3 (Newswire): Last week, Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, a 25-year old stringer for the BBC, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan. Khpulwak's death, as the many that came before...
Afghanistan seeks to disband some armed militias
Friday, 2 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 3 (Newswire): Government officials seeking to break up hundreds of small independent militias in the volatile northern province of Kunduz have ordered more than 4,000 members to surrender their...
South Korean Im breaks archery world record
Friday, 2 August 2013
London, Aug 3 (Newswire): South Korea's Im Dong-hyun broke his own 72-arrow world record in the archery ranking round for the London Olympics with a score of 699.Im and his South Korean team mates, Kim...
Orangutan sent to Island to kick smoking habit
Friday, 2 August 2013
New York, Aug 3 (Newswire): Hollywood stars always make headlines when their handlers send them to a far-off location to kick an unhealthy habit, but it turns out they're not the only ones.Grabbing headlines...
Anaheim police shoot at burglary suspect
Friday, 2 August 2013
Anaheim, Aug 3 (Newswire): Anaheim police have opened fire on a burglary suspect, days after officer-involved shootings killed two people and sparked violent protests.Sgt. Bob Dunn says it's unclear whether...
Chevron 2Q profit slips 7 percent
Friday, 2 August 2013
New York, Aug 3 (Newswire): Chevron's net income fell nearly 7 percent in the second quarter as oil prices and production declined.The oil giant said it earned $7.21 billion, or $3.66 per share, last...
ECB may take losses in second Greek debt restructuring
Friday, 2 August 2013
Brussels, Aug 3 (Newswire): European policymakers are working on "last chance" options to bring Greece's debts down and keep it in the euro zone, with the ECB and national central banks looking at taking...
Why TrimTabs' CEO is 100% Bearish
Friday, 2 August 2013
New York, Aug 3 (Newswire): Despite Mario Draghi's reassurance that the ECB will do everything in its power to save the euro zone, Europe is not going to do anything meaningful and central bank action...
US auto sales tick up
Friday, 2 August 2013
Detroit, Aug 3 (Newswire): Major automakers posted July US sales that ticked higher from the slump of recent months, but failed to dispel doubts about the strength of the economy and the mood of American...
Standard Chartered bank profits rise 20pc
Friday, 2 August 2013
London, Aug 3 (Newswire): Standard Chartered, the British-based emerging markets bank, said Wednesday that net profits rose 20 percent in the first half to a record US$2.52 billion (1.78 billion euros)...
Hitachi to move to outsourcing of TV production
Friday, 2 August 2013
Tokyo, Aug 3 (Newswire): Japan's Hitachi Ltd said on Wednesday it will outsource all television production as early as this business year as it expects demand to shrink in an increasingly price-competitive...
‘Use of force can’t suppress liberation movement’
Friday, 2 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 3 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, has maintained that the ongoing movement can't be suppressed through use of...
Youth shot at in Srinagar, one martyred, several injured
Friday, 2 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 3 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, one youth was killed and several others injured when Indian troops shot at protesters in Qamarwari area of Srinagar, this morning. Locals told mediamen...
Dance of death continues in occupied Kashmir
Friday, 2 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 3 (Newswire): In occupied Kashmir, the killing spree by Indian troops continues as at least 17 protesters have been killed and over three hundred injured in two days due to the indiscriminate...
Pediatric neurologists use MRI to understand how strokes impair verbal abilities
Friday, 2 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 3 (Newswire): Children who have speech-impairing strokes often learn to talk again, while adult stroke victims can lose their verbal abilities for good. By giving reading and verbal tests...
When memory-related region of brain is damaged, other areas compensate
Friday, 2 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 3 (Newswire): Many neuroscientists believe the loss of the brain region known as the amygdala would result in the brain's inability to form new memories with emotional content. New UCLA...
Tongue piercing may cause gapped teeth; could cost thousands of dollars in orthodontic repairs
Friday, 2 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 3 (Newswire): Mark this one down as a parental nightmare.First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts "playing" with the tiny barbell-shaped...
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