India’s environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, is fond of saying that the policy of his ministry is to strike a balance between economic development and environmental protection. But his critics aren’t convinced. Currently, they’re trying to…
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The sell-off in Wall Street continued on Wednesday as political tensions in Libya showed no signs of easing. After Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said in a defiant speech on Tuesday that he would not step…
Mario Gomez struck in injury time as Bayern Munich took a huge step towards avenging their defeat by Inter Milan in the 2010 Champions League final. The Bundesliga top scorer pounced on an error by…
A Pakistani intelligence official said Monday that an American being held for killing two men was an undercover CIA contractor, in remarks set to stoke a brewing crisis with the US. Washington insists that Raymond…
Battles for positions are heating up at the WTA Qatar Ladies Open tennis tournament in Doha, capital of Qatar. During the first round matches played on February 22, early winners and losers were vissible. …
Another unlikely collaboration resulted in Chinese Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo becoming the latest Chinese person to win a Grammy Award this year. In a recent interview, Lhamo shared her life story and career story with…
In a preliminary study, researchers found that 50-minute cell phone use was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism (a marker of brain activity) in the region closest to the phone antenna, but the finding is…
The US government is setting the terrain for the 2012 presidential elections in Venezuela, soliciting funding to back anti-Chavez groups and help prepare a “candidate” to oppose Chavez. Republicans call for an “embargo” against the…
The Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology reported on recently that it discovered an ancient tomb group covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters 100 kilometers south of Hami City in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region….