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Print - 2008-02-11
China's phone subscribers to hit 976 million in 2008

China's phone subscribers to hit 976 million in 2008

China's phone subscribers both mobile and fixed line are expected to grow by more than 60 million in 2008 to hit a total of 976 million, according to the Ministry of Information Industry.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Election campaign gains momentum in Sialkot

Election campaign gains momentum in Sialkot

As few days are left in elections, the candidates belonging to major political parties including PPP, PML-N and PML-Q have further accelerated their election campaign in their respective constituencies of National and Provincial Assemblies.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
EC launches awareness campaign

EC launches awareness campaign

A campaign with the slogan 'Your Vote-Your Future' to create awareness among the people on how to cast vote has been launched by the Election Commission of Pakistan. The voters have been asked to reach the polling stations on time with the old or new Nati
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Seminar on building code today

Seminar on building code today

Ministry of Housing and Works in collaboration with Housing Department, Government of NWFP is holding a national seminar on awareness on Building Code today at the auditorium of Pakistan Academy for Rural Development (NIPA) auditorium, Peshawar.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
An unsustainable fiscal strategy

An unsustainable fiscal strategy

The government is faced with a very difficult situation on the budget front. Original projections for the year 2007-08 are in disarray due to slower growth in revenues, delay in privatisation process and huge demands for subsidies due to the unwillingness
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Nato and the Afghan crisis

Nato and the Afghan crisis

With snow still falling over most of the country, the stimulus for the currently heightened Afghanistan-centred diplomacy is not the feared vigorous spring offensive by the Taliban alone. There are equally serious other issues forcing a reappraisal of the
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
IT and Pakistan construction sector

IT and Pakistan construction sector

An overview of how the IT in the construction vertical is evolving. How has IT evolved over the last few years and how do you see it evolving over the next 2-3 years in this sector? The construction sector comprises companies involved in construction mana
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Claimants tiptoe around lucrative Antarctic rights

Claimants tiptoe around lucrative Antarctic rights

Nations claiming parts of Antarctica are quietly staking out rights to the seabed, in stark contrast to the North Pole where Russia ostentatiously planted a flag to back its claim.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
'Not so sweet sugar'

'Not so sweet sugar'

We are grateful to your printing our point of view in the esteemed 'Business Recorder', in the edition of February 03, 2008. We highly appreciate your adherence to the finest professional norms.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Counting suicide bombers

Counting suicide bombers

Suicide bomb attacks are occurring, most unfortunately, here and there quite frequently killing more and more innocent people, including the security agencies personnel. Such suicide bomb attacks difficult to check effectively and as such cannot be preven
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
ROVER'S DIARY: independent judiciary a safeguard against 58 2(b)

ROVER'S DIARY: independent judiciary a safeguard against 58 2(b)

Three views have recently come up on the issue of restoration of judiciary. First, the President said that this would need two-third majority of the parliament. Second, US Under-Secretary of State observed that the President may dissolve the newly elected
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Butt today

Martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Butt today

The 24th martyrdom anniversary of renowned leader of Kashmiri freedom movement Muhammad Maqbool Butt will be observed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the Indian held Kashmir on Monday, February 11 with the renewal of pledge to continue the mission
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Country passing through critical juncture: Majeed Malik

Country passing through critical juncture: Majeed Malik

Former Federal Minister Lieutenant General Abdul Majeed Malik (Retd) said on Sunday that country was passing through critical juncture and the election of 18th February will play significant role in the country's politics.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Rudd apologies to Aborigines

Rudd apologies to Aborigines

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Sunday that a planned official apology to Aborigines over the forced removal of children from their families will remove "a blight on the nation's soul."
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
US transfers 20 more prisoners to Afghan custody

US transfers 20 more prisoners to Afghan custody

The US military has handed over a group of 20 suspected Taliban fighters to Afghan custody under a programme to transfer all Afghan prisoners from US detention, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Druze leader warns of anarchy, war in Lebanon

Druze leader warns of anarchy, war in Lebanon

A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition on Sunday warned of anarchy and raised the spectre of war in the country, which is suffering its worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Kosovo independence by February 17, Serbia in crisis

Kosovo independence by February 17, Serbia in crisis

Kosovo is expected to declare its independence from Serbia by next Sunday, inviting the European Union to send in a planned supervisory mission and Nato to stay on at the head of a peacekeeping force.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Obama sweeps three states, Huckabee wins two

Obama sweeps three states, Huckabee wins two

Barack Obama easily swept Democratic presidential contests in three states on Saturday, striking the latest blows in a bruising back-and-forth battle with Hillary Clinton for the party's nomination.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Bush hails 'headway' on highlighting Iranian threat

Bush hails 'headway' on highlighting Iranian threat

President George W. Bush said in an interview aired Sunday the United States had made headway convincing Middle East states that Tehran is a threat, and that sanctions are having an impact on Iran's economy.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
38 killed in Iraq clashes, car bombing

38 killed in Iraq clashes, car bombing

Gunmen stormed a compound of an anti-Qaeda "Awakening" group in Iraq's northern Nineveh province on Sunday, sparking clashes that left at least 15 people dead, the US military said. In another incident a suicide car bombing killed 19 people and wounded 29
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Israel threatens to hit Hamas leaders in Gaza

Israel threatens to hit Hamas leaders in Gaza

Israel threatened on Sunday to target Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip as pressure grew on the government to act after a boy hit by shrapnel in a rocket strike from the territory had a leg amputated.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Iran high on agenda for Olmert's Berlin talks

Iran high on agenda for Olmert's Berlin talks

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to use a visit to Germany beginning on Sunday to lobby for tougher measures to force Iran to curb a nuclear programme he has called a threat to Israel's existence.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Investment in Iraq stressed

Investment in Iraq stressed

US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez on Sunday, insisting that security in Iraq has improved, urged businesspeople to look at potential opportunities to invest in the war-ravaged country.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Inflation in focus for British investors next week

Inflation in focus for British investors next week

British inflation data is expected to play a key part in dealers' thinking next week as they seek to drive higher the London stock market, which has slumped on lingering fears of a US recession. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares ended the week at
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Australian shares may face more turbulence

Australian shares may face more turbulence

Australian share prices are expected to remain volatile as concerns continue to mount about the US economy, dealers said on Friday. For the week ending February 8, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed the week down 184.9 points or 3.2 percent at 5,658.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Taiwan shares may rise on ample liquidity

Taiwan shares may rise on ample liquidity

Taiwan share prices are expected to strengthen after the Lunar New Year holiday amid ample liquidity, as funds continue to flow on appreciation of the local currency, dealers said on Friday. A significant reduction in margin trade was also likely to stabi
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Philippines shares expected to mark time: dealers

Philippines shares expected to mark time: dealers

Philippines share prices are expected to mark time next week as investors await fresh economic data from the United States which is courting a recession, dealers said. "Investors will be on a wait and see mode as they await more economic data from the US,
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Indian shares likely to lose further ground

Indian shares likely to lose further ground

Indian share prices were seen slipping further in the absence of fresh overseas inflows and increasing investor worry over the global economic outlook, dealers said. They said uncertain global market trends could impact emerging markets such as India in c
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Malaysian shares to make little headway

Malaysian shares to make little headway

Malaysian share prices are expected to make little headway in the coming week, and are vulnerable to a downturn amid growing fears of a US recession, dealers said.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Asian currencies mixed against the dollar

Asian currencies mixed against the dollar

Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the dollar as worries about the US economy persisted and after finance chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations met in Japan.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Tokyo shares to face difficulty amid subprime woes

Tokyo shares to face difficulty amid subprime woes

Japanese shares face a test next week to see if they can hold above the key 13,000 points level against a backdrop of growing worries about the health of the US economy, dealers said on Friday. After dipping below 13,000 points briefly on Thursday, the be
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Thailand shares likely to rise: dealer

Thailand shares likely to rise: dealer

Thai share prices are likely to rise as investors hope that the kingdom's new government will introduce stimulus measures to shore up the economy, a dealer said on Friday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Wall Street tumbles as economic stimulus gets OK

Wall Street tumbles as economic stimulus gets OK

US stock markets tumbled heavily in the week to Friday, giving Wall Street a fresh battering, despite Congress granting a green light to a giant economic stimulus package sought by the White House.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Singapore shares expected to track US stocks

Singapore shares expected to track US stocks

Singapore share prices are expected to track the performance of US stocks next week amid signs the world's biggest economy was heading for a recession, dealers said.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Fujifilm's nine-month earnings more than double

Fujifilm's nine-month earnings more than double

Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on February 08 its net profit for the nine months to December more than doubled on robust sales of camera phone lenses and flat panel display materials.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Fujifilm's nine-month earnings more than double

Fujifilm's nine-month earnings more than double

Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on February 08 its net profit for the nine months to December more than doubled on robust sales of camera phone lenses and flat panel display materials.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Air Canada lands fourth-quarter profit

Air Canada lands fourth-quarter profit

Air Canada reported a fourth-quarter profit on February 07 helped by higher operating revenue. Canada's largest airline earned C$35 million, or 35 Canadian cents a share for the quarter, which included gains on foreign currency monetary items of C$20 mill
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Air Canada lands fourth-quarter profit

Air Canada lands fourth-quarter profit

Air Canada reported a fourth-quarter profit on February 07 helped by higher operating revenue. Canada's largest airline earned C$35 million, or 35 Canadian cents a share for the quarter, which included gains on foreign currency monetary items of C$20 mill
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Societe Generale could still escape a take-over

Societe Generale could still escape a take-over

Societe Generale's (SocGen) survival as an independent bank has been thrown into doubt after it lost 4.9 billion euros ($7.2 billion) in a rogue trader scandal but France's number two lender may still escape the clutches of a predator.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Turk Islamic banks see stellar growth

Turk Islamic banks see stellar growth

Poor markets forced Islamic bank Kuveyt Turk to pull its IPO in Turkey this month, but prospects for Sharia-compliant banks remain bright as growth is set to outstrip conventional rivals. Turkey's Islamic banks, which do not charge or pay interest but rew
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Investors flee Japan hedge funds, prompting shake-up

Investors flee Japan hedge funds, prompting shake-up

Investors pulled $7.7 billion out of laggard Japanese hedge funds last year, more than a fifth of their investments, prompting a shake-up of the industry and draining the faltering economy of prized foreign capital.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Investors flee Japan hedge funds, prompting shake-up

Investors flee Japan hedge funds, prompting shake-up

Investors pulled $7.7 billion out of laggard Japanese hedge funds last year, more than a fifth of their investments, prompting a shake-up of the industry and draining the faltering economy of prized foreign capital.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Albayrak eyes more IPOs after planned REIT deal

Albayrak eyes more IPOs after planned REIT deal

An IPO of the real estate trust of Turkey's Albayrak will go ahead despite sharp stock market losses and the media-to-logistics group is looking at two more offerings next year, a senior company executive told Reuters.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Albayrak eyes more IPOs after planned REIT deal

Albayrak eyes more IPOs after planned REIT deal

An IPO of the real estate trust of Turkey's Albayrak will go ahead despite sharp stock market losses and the media-to-logistics group is looking at two more offerings next year, a senior company executive told Reuters.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Credit turmoil flight boosts Islamic banking

Credit turmoil flight boosts Islamic banking

The credit crisis is boosting Islamic finance, a senior Credit Suisse banker said, luring investors in search of assets not tainted by the turmoil hitting other parts of financial markets.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Google-based prototype phone by this week

Google-based prototype phone by this week

British chip designer ARM will show a prototype mobile phone based on Google's Android platform Monday at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, a source close to the company said on Thursday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Apple rolls out new iPhone, iPod Touch models

Apple rolls out new iPhone, iPod Touch models

Apple on Tuesday rolled out new iPhone and iPod Touch models with beefed-up memories and bumped-up prices. A premium iPhone with 16 gigabytes of memory and a 499-dollar price tag is now the top of that line, ahead of a model with half the memory and a pri
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Internet back to normal in Egypt

Internet back to normal in Egypt

Internet service in Egypt should be restored to normal by Monday after repairs to undersea cables are completed, an official at Egypt's state-controlled telecoms firm said on Friday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Dell offers AMD powered systems

Dell offers AMD powered systems

United States computer maker Dell Inc said on Friday that it was offering the majority of its consumer personal computers with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc chips through retail stores and by phone rather than the Internet.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Dotcom-era magazine reborn

Dotcom-era magazine reborn

Storied dot-com era magazine The Industry Standard, which closed in 2001 like many of the Internet companies it documented in its pages, re-launched on Monday as a website and a virtual tech futures market.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Ericsson inks deal with TDC

Ericsson inks deal with TDC

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Thursday it had signed the Nordic region's largest managed services contract, a seven-year deal with Danish telecoms operator TDC that includes the transfer of 220 staff to the Swedish company.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Safer Internet Day on February 12

Safer Internet Day on February 12

Safer Internet Day will be observed throughout the globe on February 12. The theme for Safer Internet Day 2008 is "Life online is what you make of it":
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Yahoo switches online music channel to Rhapsody

Yahoo switches online music channel to Rhapsody

Yahoo said on Monday that it will let the website Rhapsody handle its online subscription music service and concentrate on letting people access free songs on the Internet.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Premier League confident overseas expansion will happen

Premier League confident overseas expansion will happen

The Premier League are confident that their plan to play matches abroad will become reality after a positive initial reaction from the English FA, chief executive Richard Scudamore said on Sunday. "I think it will (happen)," he told BBC radio. "I think it
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
KKI weekly market review

KKI weekly market review

Khanani & Kalia International (Pvt) Limited Weekly Market Review on Sunday (February 10, 2008).
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Cyprus polls seen going down to wire

Cyprus polls seen going down to wire

Half a million Greek Cypriots vote for a new president next week in a cliff-hanger race which could influence Turkey's EU accession hopes and affect Nato-EU cooperation in trouble spots worldwide.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Spain opposition gains ground on immigration focus

Spain opposition gains ground on immigration focus

The popularity of Spain's ruling Socialists slid four weeks before general elections, a poll showed on Sunday, after the conservative opposition jumped on immigration as its new policy battle ground.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Rock-steady women build Africa's villas

Rock-steady women build Africa's villas

Standing in scorching heat, Mansa waits for the stone breakers to fill a large metal bowl with more than 30 kg (66 lb) of stones and places it on her head. She carries it about 100 metres, climbs two flights of stairs of a house under construction, emptie
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Sri Lanka says fighting in north kills 46

Sri Lanka says fighting in north kills 46

Forty Tamil Tigers and six soldiers have been killed in a series of battles along the "border" that separates state from rebel-held territory in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Sunday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Wed in Kenya!

Wed in Kenya!

While many tourists were cancelling trips to Kenya, fearful of being caught up in its deadly political crisis, Tina and Craig Washbrook were planning their wedding there. Determined to prove that a country they adored was still safe to visit, despite the
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Very serious humanitarian crisis sought in Kenya

Very serious humanitarian crisis sought in Kenya

The United Nations' top emergency relief official said Sunday that Kenya had a "very serious humanitarian problem" resulting from weeks of violence sparked by disputed elections. UN emergency relief co-ordinator John Holmes expressed hope that a political
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Kenya on the verge of a peace deal

Kenya on the verge of a peace deal

Kenya's feuding parties on Sunday headed into a decisive week of negotiations on a compromise deal to end a crisis over disputed elections that has left more than 1,000 dead.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Russian election candidate calls for nationalisation

Russian election candidate calls for nationalisation

The head of Russia's Communist Party, a candidate in a presidential election next month, has said key industries should be "returned to the people," the party said in a statement on Sunday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Bahrain's House to develop energy hub in Libya

Bahrain's House to develop energy hub in Libya

Bahraini Islamic investment bank Gulf Finance House has signed a memorandum of understanding with Libya on Sunday to build an economic zone for energy firms operating in the country, officials in Tripoli said.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Clean-up, probe begins into London tourist spot blaze

Clean-up, probe begins into London tourist spot blaze

Parts of London's trendy Camden Market area will be closed in coming days, police said Sunday, as a clean-up operation and probe began into a blaze that destroyed shops, bars and homes.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Two undersea cables off Egypt, UAE, repaired

Two undersea cables off Egypt, UAE, repaired

Services on two of three broken undersea cables providing Internet services to parts of the Middle East and Asia have been restored after both cables were repaired, an Indian-owned cable operator said on Sunday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
New gas supply rift between Russia and Ukraine emerged

New gas supply rift between Russia and Ukraine emerged

A new row over gas supply payments burst into the open on the eve of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's visit to Russia, threatening to complicate attempts to consolidate ties between Moscow and Kiev.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Iran raises motorists' New Year fuel ration

Iran raises motorists' New Year fuel ration

Iran will grant private motorists an additional 100 litres of gasoline for the Iranian New Year holidays, which start on March 19, nine months after the country introduced fuel rationing, media reported on Sunday. The world's fourth-largest oil producer l
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
UAE 'green city' to cost $22 billion

UAE 'green city' to cost $22 billion

State-controlled Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co (Masdar) said it would cost $22 billion to develop a "no-carbon" urban district it is planning in the United Arab Emirates. The district, Masdar City, on the edge of the city of Abu Dhabi, will eventually be hom
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Mobile Fair-EU pressures operators to lower data roaming rates

Mobile Fair-EU pressures operators to lower data roaming rates

After forcing Europe's mobile operators to cut rates for making and receiving phone calls abroad, the European Union's top telecoms regulator has set her sights on prices for downloading and surfing the Web wirelessly.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Japan has no plan for fiscal measures: finance minister

Japan has no plan for fiscal measures: finance minister

Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga on Sunday ruled out any plan to introduce a stimulus package or tax cuts despite growing calls for concerted efforts to help combat a US mortgage crisis.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Tata to bring Nano to Europe in four years: magazine

Tata to bring Nano to Europe in four years: magazine

Tata Motors plans to introduce its ultra-cheap Nano car to the European market in four years' time, the head of compact car projects at Tata Motors told German magazine Focus.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Iraq MPs resolve row blocking 2008 budget

Iraq MPs resolve row blocking 2008 budget

Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday resolved a dispute over budget allocations for the autonomous region of Kurdistan, removing the main obstacle holding up passage of the 2008 budget, legislators said. A vote on the $48 billion budget was expected to take place on
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Cairn plans further gas survey off Bangladesh

Cairn plans further gas survey off Bangladesh

British oil and gas firm Cairn Energy Plc will conduct further exploration work in Magnama off Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal after it failed to find gas, a senior government official said on Sunday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Israel to hold tender for solar energy plants

Israel to hold tender for solar energy plants

Israel will publish a tender at the end of February to build two solar power plants in the southern Negev desert, the National Infrastructure Ministry said on Sunday. Several international companies have expressed interest in participating in the tender,
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Bush says to sign stimulus bill on Wednesday

Bush says to sign stimulus bill on Wednesday

President George W. Bush said on Sunday he would sign on Wednesday a $152 billion package aimed at boosting the US economy and ward off a recession. "I will be signing this bill Wednesday," Bush said in an interview on Fox News Sunday.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Top seed Chakvetadze wins Paris Open

Top seed Chakvetadze wins Paris Open

Top seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia claimed her seventh WTA title on Sunday, beating Hungary's Agnes Szavay in three sets at the Paris Indoor Open. The 20-year-old from Moscow maintained her unbeaten record in finals as she won through 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in 2
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Arthur will remain as a selector: CSA

Arthur will remain as a selector: CSA

South Africa coach Mickey Arthur will remain on the national selection panel after the governing body said on Sunday its general council had no authority to remove him as a selector.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Just how low should blood sugar go?

Just how low should blood sugar go?

Conventional thinking among doctors who treat people with type 2 diabetes has been the lower the blood sugar levels, the better. Many doctors are now taking a second look.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Vibrating machines, shoes to help you lose weight

Vibrating machines, shoes to help you lose weight

Shedding pounds may soon be moving beyond exercise and a controlled diet, with vibrating machines, shoes and even clothing that may help in cutting that extra flab on your body.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
New study clears triple vaccine of any link to autism

New study clears triple vaccine of any link to autism

A new study published on February 05 dealt a fresh blow to accusations that a triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) is linked to autism. The investigation by British doctors comes nearly 10 years to the day since a paper, appearing in Th
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
German car buyers turning to low emission cars

German car buyers turning to low emission cars

German car buyers have become sensitised to climate change and are increasingly turning to cars with reduced greenhouse gas emissions, the president of the German automotive industry association said on February 06.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Yoga helps survivors of natural disasters

Yoga helps survivors of natural disasters

A one-week yoga programme reduced stress and anxiety among survivors of the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean islands of Andaman and Nicobar in December 2004, researchers from India report.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
British team creates human embryo with three parents

British team creates human embryo with three parents

Scientists in Britain claimed a first ON February 05, saying they have created a human embryo using DNA from one man and two women, which they say could help provide treatment for genetic diseases.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Climate set for 'sudden shifts'

Climate set for 'sudden shifts'

Many of Earth's climate systems will undergo a series of sudden shifts this century as a result of human-induced climate change, a study suggests. A number of these shifts could occur this century, say the report authors, BBC reported.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Google Apps adds work group features for businesses

Google Apps adds work group features for businesses

Network administrators, the custodians of an organisation's passwords and privileges, may want to find another job as Google Inc helps business users set up and manage their own work groups.
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
Google ramps up email defence offerings

Google ramps up email defence offerings

Google on Tuesday began marketing new online tools for protecting email from spam and other problems as it continued to encroach on the terrain of software king Microsoft. Google unveiled email security services built with technology from Postini, a start
Published 11 Feb, 2008 12:00am
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