February 16, 2013
By Khalil Abdullah, NAM
ARLINGTON, VA — The Virginia legislature is debating a unique opportunity this legislative session. If the state participates in the Medicaid expansion made possible by the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 400,000 Virginians could gain access to healthcare through their ability to afford health insurance.
February 16, 2013
Unrest has persisted in Kashmir since last week's execution of Mohammed Afzal Guru. A strict curfew has been imposed in the area after several were killed in clashes with the police; however, shuttering a population has deeper implications than keeping people off the street.
February 15, 2013
The meteorite then raced across the horizon, leaving a long trail of white smoke in its wake which could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away in Yekaterinburg.
Russia: A meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia early and sent fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows, setting off car alarms and injuring 150 people.
February 15, 2013
ARLINGTON, VA – The patient had been managing his high blood pressure with medicine prescribed by his doctor until he lost his job and his insurance. As a childless adult, he did not qualify for Medicaid under Virginia's formula, so he cut his medications in half to extend his supply.
February 15, 2013
A Pakistani citizen was killed in car crash with an American diplomat Friday in Islamabad. Two additional Pakistani citizens were injured in the accident.
February 15, 2013
Bangladesh has banned a Japanese cartoon over fears that children who are hooked on the Hindi-dubbed version and are struggling to learn native Bengali. The cartoon, Doraemon, is about a robotic cat who travels from the 22nd century to help pre-teen boy.
February 15, 2013
Indian troops shot a Pakistani soldier Friday near the boarder of disputed Kashmir. It was the first deadly exchange since a ceasefire was enacted on January 16.
February 15, 2013
A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Friday when an office building-size asteroid will speed past the Earth faster than a bullet and closer than some communications and GPS satellites.
It will be the nearest recorded brush with a space rock so large, NASA scientists said last week.
February 15, 2013
New Delhi — India and the United States have begun exploring an agreement in the area of training of United Nations peacekeepers.
At a meeting of India-US Joint Working Group on UN Peacekeeping in Washington Wednesday, the two countries advanced a number of goals laid out in the Declaration of Principles the Joint Working Group agreed upon in 2011.
February 14, 2013
Conservatives have come out against the holiday, calling it a "western-inspired event that's spreading vulgarity."
Romance is not dead in Pakistan, but it's under attack.
