International

New finding could lead to cure of pulmonary arterial hypertension
25/10/2009 05:00
A groundbreaking discovery has been made by U.S. researchers that may lead to future drug therapies to extend the life of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have identified...
Google announces deal with Twitter
21/10/2009 05:00
Google on Wednesday said it has reached an agreement with Twitter to include updates from the micro-blogging service in its search results, hours after a similar deal was unveiled by Microsoft. “In the past few years, an entirely new type of data...
U.S. to keep sanctions against DPRK until denuclearization: Clinton
21/10/2009 05:00
The United States will not have normal ties with DPRK or relax its sanctions against the country until Pyongyang abandons nuclear arms, Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton said. The US Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton In her policy...
Morgan Stanley returns to profit in third quarter
21/10/2009 05:00
Morgan Stanley said on Wednesday that it had returned to profitability in the third quarter. The New York-based bank holding company said it earned 498 million U.S. dollars or 38 cents a share, beating expectations. Earnings from continuing...
Pakistani schools closed over security concerns
20/10/2009 05:00
The education department of southeast Pakistan’s Sindh province has announced to close all private and government schools in the province for a week, while universities are to be closed on Oct. 21 only. Pakistani university students gather and...
Kyrgyz cabinet resigns over president’s government reform
20/10/2009 05:00
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov and his cabinet resigned Tuesday over President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s government reform plan, the president’s office said in a statement. Bakiyev has signed a decree on the resignation of the government,...
Sun Microsystems to cut 3,000 jobs
20/10/2009 05:00
Sun Microsystems Inc. is planning to cut 3,000 jobs or about 10 percent of its workforce in the next 12 months, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. In the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sun Microsystems...