International

Study: Missing DNA linked to childhood obesity
08/12/2009 05:00
British researchers have found edidence that lack of particular chunks of DNA, which kicks hunger into overdrive, will cause severe childhood obesity. In the study, which was published in the journal Nature on Dec. 6, the researchers checked the...
U.S. economic expansion to be moderate: Bernanke
08/12/2009 05:00
The U.S. economy is likely to expand moderately, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers remarks during the December Luncheon meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, at the...
29 killed, 60 injured in twin blasts in Pakistan’s Lahore
08/12/2009 05:00
Two explosions killed 29 persons, injured at least 60 others in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Monday evening, local TV channels reported. TV grab taken on Dec. 7, 2009 shows people gathering at the explosion site at the Moon Market in Lahore in...
Bolivian incumbent president Morales wins in elections
07/12/2009 05:00
Bolivian incumbent president Evo Morales is expected to win a five-year second term until 2015 in the general elections on Sunday, exit polls showed. People celebrate Evo Morales winning the presidential election in La Paz, Bolivia, on Dec. 6,...
Intel to scrap 1st advanced graphics chip
07/12/2009 05:00
Intel Corp plans to cancell first advanced graphics chip based on a novel design dubbed Larrabee after concluding that delays in the project would make it uncompetitive. A man walks past an Intel wall at the 2009 Computex trade show in Taipei...
Dubai crisis rings bells of prudent investment
07/12/2009 05:00
Until last month, Dubai was acclaimed worldwide as an exotic Manhattan on the sea. File photo shows Kuwaiti traders follow the market’s movement at the Stock Exchange in Kuwait City Dec. 1, 2009. (Xinhua File Photo/Noufal Ibrahim)...
Geoana wins Romanian presidential run-off: exit polls
07/12/2009 05:00
Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana has won Romania’s presidential run-off on Sunday, according to the first exit poll announced as voting ended at 9:00 p.m. ( 1900 GMT). Romanian Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana (C) celebrates his victory...