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.
February 14, 2013
LONDON: Online retailer Amazon has beaten Apple and Google to become the most respected company in the US, a report has said.
Online retailer Amazon has beaten Apple and Google to become the most respected company in the US, a report has said.
February 14, 2013
KOLKATA: A vast majority of salaried class people employed in a host of trade and industry sectors want the Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram to raise the exemption limit of income tax to at least Rs 3 lakhs and increase deductions such as medical and educational allowances in the Union Budget so that they are left with more purchasing power, a comprehensive Assocham survey across major cities, has indicated.
February 14, 2013
LONDON: Months after the landmark discovery of a potential Higgs boson particle, CERN scientists will shut down its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to upgrade the machine for advance experiments.
