Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Washington, May 9 (ANI):Terming Pakistan as the "nerve center of al Qaeda's global operations", the US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that top commanders of the outfit are utilizing the terror safe havens situated in country's ungoverned tribal regions to plot terror strikes around ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): If you think that massage after exercise improves blood flow to the muscle, better think again, for a study conducted by Canadian scientists at Queen's University suggests the contrary.
The researchers say that their study debunks the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 6 (ANI): New Antarctic seabed sonar images have revealed that the extent of ice covering the continent of Antarctica at the end of the last ice age around 10,000 years ago was much larger than it is today, which could help scientists to predict future sea-level rise.
Using sonar ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Mumbai, May 5 (ANI): 35-year-old, single-lane, south-bound Lal Bagh flyover in Mumbai, is being demolished in order to construct a new flyover, to ease the flow of traffic in the city.
The daily users of the Lal Bagh flyover have welcomed the decision, as they had to face traffic snarls everyday, ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Weizmann Institute scientists have shown that white blood cells move like millipedes in order to get to the site of infection or injury.
Professor Ronen Alon and his research student Ziv Shulman, who led the study, say that their finding contrasts the current opinion about the ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Nicosia, May 5 (ANI): Despite the global financial crisis and the recession recorded in the last months of 2008, Dubai Airport Free Zone has shown a remarkable increase of occupancy by 58 per cent in 2008 compared with the previous year.
The Zone also recorded 84 per cent increase of ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
London, May 4 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a scenario that suggests a huge tsunami crashed into the New York City region 2,300 years ago, dumping sediment and shells across Long Island and New Jersey and casting wood debris far up the Hudson River.
According to a report by ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Lahore, May 4 (ANI): Pakistan will approach the World Bank (WB) for the appointment of an impartial expert to resolve the Kishanganga power project dispute with India.
Indus Water Treaty Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah said on Sunday that Pakistan was taking the step because the commission on its own ...
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Islamabad, May 1 (ANI): After the Baglihar Dam issue, Pakistan is considering an approach to the World Bank (WB) to appoint a neutral arbitrator to resolve the Kishanganga water dispute with India.
The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) claims New Delhi has not responded positively to Islamabad's call to resolve the issue ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): How the brain gives meaning to letters on a page has been a mystery for scientists. Now, a new study has tried to solve the puzzle.
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that an area known to be important ...
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