Monday, 5 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 6 (Newswire): The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the watchdog agency charged with monitoring the more than $70 billion the U.S. has committed to rebuilding...
Afghanistan after Petraeus: From defeat to 'transition'
Monday, 5 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 6 (Newswire): In July 2010, when General David Petraeus assumed command of both U.S. forces and the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF), as the NATO mission in Afghanistan is...
Afghans who risked lives for US are left in dark on visas
Monday, 5 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 6 (Newswire): Thousands of Afghans who have worked with American troops and diplomats here, often at great risk, have become stranded for years in a murky wait to emigrate to the United States,...
Did moon the swallow its sister in ‘big splat’?
Monday, 5 August 2013
London, Aug 6 (Newswire): In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller...
British teen slain by polar bear in Norway Arctic
Monday, 5 August 2013
Oslo, Aug 6 (Newswire): A polar bear attacked a group of British students camping on a remote Arctic glacier as part of a high-end adventure holiday, killing a 17-year-old boy and injuring four other...
Teachers can’t ‘friend’ students in Missouri
Monday, 5 August 2013
Missouri, Aug 6 (Newswire): Missouri students will soon be unfriended by their teachers.Under a new law that takes effect August 28, teachers in the Show-Me State will no longer be able to "friend" students...
Woman is accused of murder after breast-fed son is found to have meth in his system
Monday, 5 August 2013
San Francisco, Aug 6 (Newswire): A Northern California woman has been accused of knowingly killing her infant son by breast-feeding him shortly after ingesting large amounts of methamphetamine, which...
Scientists find signs water is flowing on Mars
Monday, 5 August 2013
Washington, Aug 6 (Newswire): The possible presence of liquid water is certain to revive speculation that Mars is teeming with microbial organisms. The recipe for life, at least as we know it, calls for...
Chinese officials seized and sold babies, parents say
Monday, 5 August 2013
Longhui County, Aug 6 (Newswire): Many parents and grandparents in this mountainous region of terraced rice and sweet potato fields have long known to grab their babies and find the nearest hiding place...
Spanish GDP contracts 0.4% in second quarter
Monday, 5 August 2013
Madrid, Aug 6 (Newswire): Spanish gross domestic product contracted 0.4% in the second quarter, versus the prior quarter, according to preliminary estimates released by the national statistics office....
Shanghai may mark shares tied to multi-year losses
Monday, 5 August 2013
Los Angeles, Aug 6 (Newswire): The Shanghai Stock Exchange is considering new rules that would add a special tag to shares of firms with two or more years of consecutive losses and make delisting stocks...
ECB must 'step up to the plate': Robert Mundell
Monday, 5 August 2013
Washington, Aug 6 (Newswire): Robert Mundell, the economist known as the father of the euro, told CNBC that the European Central Bank (ECB) needs to step up to solve the euro zone crisis.He said: "The...
Renunciations by US citizens fall
Monday, 5 August 2013
Washington, Aug 6 (Newswire): The number of Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship fell by nearly two-thirds in the second quarter, according to a list released by the Treasury Department.The drop, to...
Is gold getting ready for take-off?
Monday, 5 August 2013
New York, Aug 6 (Newswire): Is gold taking off? It wasn't really very much — gold measured by the floor close of the CME August gold contract ended the week up $35.2 or 2.22% — but it's really got people...
Apple discussed investing in Twitter
Monday, 5 August 2013
New York, Aug 6 (Newswire): Apple Inc. and Twitter Inc. held discussions more than a year ago about Apple possibly making a strategic investment in the short-messaging service, at a time when many technology...
Defunct drain irks Jamia Masjid neighbourhood, SMC ‘unmoved’
Monday, 5 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 6 (Newswire): The residents of Nowhatta living on the western end of Jamia Masjid are up in arms against the Srinagar Municipal Corporation's Right River wing saying the engineers have been...
Gastroenteritis breaks out in Manasbal
Monday, 5 August 2013
Ganderbal, Aug 6 (Newswire): At least 30 persons putting up in Manasbal and other adjoining areas were hospitalized following the outbreak of gastroenteritis. According to locals over three dozen...
IHK population 12548000
Monday, 5 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 6 (newswire): There has been 23 percent increase in the population of occupied Jammu and Kashmir in the last ten years and according to the latest census figures it stands at 12548000 while...
An advance toward an 'electronic nose' urine test for TB
Monday, 5 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 6 (Newswire): Scientists are reporting an advance toward a fast, inexpensive urine test to detect and monitor the effectiveness of treatment for tuberculosis (TB), which is on a rampage...
Drinking just one measure of spirits increases the risk of acute pancreatitis
Monday, 5 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 6 (Newswire): Drinking just one 4cl measure of spirits can increase the risk of an acute attack of pancreatitis, but wine or beer does not appear to have the same effect, according to a...
Potential anti-cancer therapy that starves cancer cells of glucose identified
Monday, 5 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 6 (Newswire): Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified a compound that attacks the Achilles' heel of certain cancer cells by depriving them of their energy source,...
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