The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion Al Jazeera | Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the Afghan Presidential Palace, on the first anniversary of the US military's brilliantly successful raid against Osama bin Laden, to mee...
Dollar Prevails while Gold Slumps below US$1,550 Tempo Interactive | , New York:Gold prices have plunged further to their lowest price this year due to concerns over Greece’s political deadlock, which triggered the appreciation of the US dollar. | Prices of gold commodities for June fell by 3.9 points or 0.3 percent to the level of US$1,557.1 per troy ounce. Gold p...
DPM: 3.3mil jobs available within the next eight years The Star | PAGOH: There will be 3.3mil jobs available in the country within the next eight years, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Saturday. | He added that currently the country unemployment rate is at two percent. | Muhyiddin adde...
IIT-JEE: Bombay zone can boast of few toppers DNA India | Big numbers, but they fail to pack a punch. The Bombay zone has upheld its reputation of having the maximum number of candidates - 5,562 of the 77,550 who appeared - to have qualified for the joint entrance examination (JEE) of the Indian Institute...
Solar insiders upbeat on industry's future Xinhua A visitor is fascinated by the light and freely moving Bionic Handling Assistant made by Festo, a leading world-wide supplier of automation technology, at the Sixth SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai on Friday. The machine can be used in the photovoltaic...
Afghanistan provides dilemma for NATO Xinhua | by Xinhua Writer Wang Fengfeng | CHICAGO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries are convening in Chicago this weekend to discuss a variety of issues affecting the alliance's future, with no other agenda...
China's nuclear industry reeling Xinhua | By Liu Yiyu | BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan's nuclear emergency of last year has left a mark on Chinese nuclear manufacturers, which have since seen billions of yuan worth of orders postponed, a senior industry official said. | "Work stalled...
Afghan Whigs debut first new song in five years, 'See and Don't See' IMDb | "The only way I can get through the day..." is to check out this new song from the reunited Afghan Whigs. "See and Don't See" is a damned bummer of a cover, but great news for fans of the band -- which hasn't performed together live in 13 years. Th...
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House OKs continued war in Afghanistan Tulsa World WASHINGTON (AP) - The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after...
NATO: 2 international troops killed in Afghanistan The Guardian | KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An insurgent attack in Afghanistan has killed two members of the international military coalition. | NATO says the two died Friday in eastern Afghanis...
China shadow looming, Taiwan's Ma set for 2nd term The Guardian | TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou is set to begin his second presidential term caught between China's desire to exert greater influence over his democratic island and...
China pursuing steady military build-up: Pentagon France24 | AFP - China is exploiting Western commercial technology, conducting aggressive cyber espionage and buying more anti-ship missiles as part of a steady military build-up, according to the Pentagon. | Beijing aims to take advantage of "mostly US" defe...
Japan eye women's voleyball Olympic berth France24 | AFP - Hosts Japan are hoping home advantage in the final Olympic women's volleyball qualifying tournament starting Saturday will help them secure a berth at London 2012 as they bid to end a 28-year medal drought. | Eight countries -- Japan, Cuba, P...
JEE: Qualified, but they may miss IIT DNA India | Not all candidates who have qualified through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to appear in the shortlist are going to get seats in IITs this year. | With the new marking system in place, many candidates have been able to score enough to be qua...
Centre Keen to Enhance Cross-LoC Trade: Home Secy Kashmir Observer | Srinagar, May 17: Centre was contemplating enhancing cross-LoC trade between two sides of Kashmir, Union Home Secretary R K Singh announced on Thursday during his visit to LOC Trade Facilitation Centre near Poonch. Secretary was in Chakan-da-Bagh a day after his visit to Salamabad Uri where he discussed issues concerning trade across the Line of ...
Singapore's economy grows 1.6 percent in first quarter Xinhua | SINGAPORE, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's economy grew by 1.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, slower than 3. 6 percent growth in the preceding quarter, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on Thursday. | On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted annualised basis, the economy expanded by 10.0 percent, reversing...
