Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 8 (Newswire): War is expensive, and no one wants to risk American lives by fighting on the cheap. But in Afghanistan, the U.S. government's open checkbook has too often produced the sort of...
Fraud fouls up fight against IEDs in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 8 (Newswire): A key aspect of the military's effort to protect troops from roadside bombs has been sabotaged from within, according to a report by Pentagon's special inspector general for Afghanistan.A...
CIA closing bases in Afghanistan as it shifts focus amid military drawdown
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Kabul, Aug 8 (Newswire): The CIA has begun closing clandestine bases in Afghanistan, marking the start of a drawdown from a region that transformed the agency from an intelligence service struggling to...
Couple dies on route to popular rock formation
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Salt Lake City, Aug 8 (Newswire): A lottery system for hikers makes it difficult for many to win a permit to visit a rock formation called The Wave — and that may have colored the judgment of a couple...
Anniversary hike ends in tragedy near scenic spot
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Salt Lake City, Aug 8 (Newswire): They left their two young children with relatives and set off to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary at one of the most beautiful hiking destinations in the Southwest.Months...
Boston magazine releases chilling new photos of Tsarnaev
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Washington, Aug 8 (Newswire): Rolling Stone's decision to put accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its upcoming cover touched off a firestorm of controversy earlier this week among readers,...
Facebook blogger goads Zimbabwe's ruling party
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Johannesburg, Aug 8 (Newswire): A mysterious Facebook blogger purporting to be a disgruntled "Deep Throat" in President Robert Mugabe's party has become an unlikely election campaign star in Zimbabwe,...
Wrongful death suit in Quebec train crash filed in U.S.
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
New York, Aug 8 (Newswire): The guardian of a girl whose Canadian father died in the tragic Quebec train crash this month filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Illinois against a number of railway and fuel...
Ninety-four illegal immigrants held in Mexico, including 19 Asians
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Mexico City, Aug 8 (Newswire): Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants, including 19 from the Indian subcontinent, packed into a truck bound for the U.S. border, authorities said.Among the people found...
WellPoint beats second-quarter estimates, raises 2013 outlook
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
New York, July 8 (Newswire): WellPoint Inc (WLP) reported a much higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by lower than forecast medical costs in its employer-based insurance business and improvements...
Analysis: Cabela's building on gun sale gains by leveraging data
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
New York, Aug 8 (Newswire): Few companies have benefited more from the record number of gun sales in the U.S. than hunting, fishing and outdoor products retailer Cabela's (CAB).Its shares are up more...
Apple wobbles in China as rivals offer more, for less
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
San Francisco, Aug 8 (Newswire): A sharp drop in Apple Inc's China revenue in April-June underscores the challenges it faces in its second-largest market as the technology gap with cheaper local rivals...
Lilly beats forecast, helped by drugs soon to face generics
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
New York, Aug 8 (Newswire): Eli Lilly and Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by cost cuts and strong sales growth of depression and impotence treatments that will soon lose patent...
Dell shareholders convene again to vote on founder's buyout offer
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Round Rock, Aug 8 (Newswire): Dell Inc shareholders converge on Texas to vote on CEO Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout offer for the company after a previous meeting was pushed back a week in the hope...
Strong iPhone sales buoy Apple's third quarter, shares climb
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
San Francisco, Aug 8 (Newswire): Sales of Apple Inc's iPhone trumped Wall Street estimates after U.S. shipments soared 51 percent in the third quarter, lifting its stock 5 percent even as profit fell.The...
Pamposh Colony faces water shortage
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 8 (Newswire): Residents of Pamposh Colony, Nati Pora complained that there was acute scarcity of drinking water in the area. The residents said since the advent of Ramazan, the water...
Nowshera protests nocturnal raids, arrests
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 8 (Newswire): Occupant police used force to disperse scores of people in Nowshera area of Soura who were protesting against the arrest of more than a dozen youth by the cops during nocturnal...
IHK rulers breach ban on re-employment
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Srinagar, July Aug 8 (Newswire): In blatant violation of the ban on re-employment of government officers after their retirement, service of Shankar Kotwal Singh a senior law officer Jammu Development...
Magnetic particles used to accelerate process of heart healing
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 8 (Newswire): Interventional cardiologists used magnetic particles to accelerate the process of healing after the placement of a stent. To do this, they extract cells from the interior...
Topiramate effective therapeutic medication for drinking
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 8 (Newswire): Neuropharmacologists ran clinical trials to find that a drug called topiramate is an effective therapeutic medication for decreasing heavy drinking and diminishing the physical...
Autonomous molecular robot made out of DNA
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 8 (Newswire): A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have programmed an...
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