Saturday 28th January, 2012
Caffeine consumption ups estrogen levels in Asian women
Moderate caffeine intake increases estrogen levels in Asian women, but lowers in whites, according to a new study. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and colleagues found that Asian ...
75% Pak children unable to read single sentence in English: Report
Seventy-five percent of children in Pakistan are unable to read a sentence in English, a survey report launched by South Asia Forum for Education Development has found. The report of the Forum, ...
World Travel This Week: Oregon, Asia, Jamaica and Portland Foodies
OregonTravelDaily.com , much is ado about traveling around the world and in Oregon, with some items of particular interest to foodies in the Portland ...
US military says Philippines offer a boost
Channel News AsiaWASHINGTON: The United States on Friday welcomed the Philippines' offer to allow more US troops on its territory, saying it would boost US power in Asia, and assured it was not seeking to ...
Asian Stocks Advanced for Sixth Week as Fed Pledges Low Rates
Business WeekJan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a sixth week, with the regional benchmark posting its longest winning streak since 2010, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke pledged to keep ...
Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan
Associated PressTOKYO (AP) -- A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or ...
Willard: U.S. Welcomes Rotations, Not Bases, in Asia-Pacific
Defense LinkBy Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012 – The United States has no interest in establishing new military bases in Asia and the Pacific, but welcomes opportunities to ...
US seeks greater military ties with China
Channel News AsiaWASHINGTON: The US commander handling Asia on Friday called for greater military relations with China, saying that dialogue between the Pacific powers has not advanced beyond broad strategic ...
French forces to leave Afghanistan a year early
Channel News AsiaPARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that France would pull its forces out of Afghanistan a year earlier than planned, a week after the killing of four French servicemen by a renegade ...
Musharraf delays Pakistan return without setting new date
Channel News AsiaDUBAI: Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has delayed his return home, the head of his party announced on Friday after repeated threats by the country's leadership that the ...
Far North Queensland barramundi battered by Asian imports
Cairns.com.auBARRAMUNDI is as Australian as the backyard barbecue but with a flood of imported barra coming in from South East Asia the local aquaculture industry is facing some stiff ...
Pakistani family wants justice in CIA killing
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) -- One year after a CIA contractor shot to death two Pakistanis, relatives of the victims are living off generous compensation they received in a deal that led authorities to free the ...
U.S. has "no desire" for new military bases in Asia: admiral
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is placing renewed priority on Asia as it winds down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but has no desire for new bases in the region, the head of U.S. forces in ...
Losses in Europe and Asia hurt Ford's fourth-quarter profits
Associated PressFord Motor Co. reported a giant annual profit, but much of the gain came from a special tax allowance, and the company said its operating earnings were hurt by losses ...
France to resume Afghan training
BBCFrench troops will resume training Afghan soldiers on Saturday but Paris will pull out most of its troops from the country by the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy has said. The withdrawal ...
Tibetan 'dies in Sichuan unrest'
BBCChinese security forces have shot and killed a young Tibetan man in Sichuan province, Tibetan campaign groups say. The death in Aba prefecture would be at least the third such killing this week. ...
VIDEO: Faulty drugs given to 46,000 Pakistanis
BBCMore than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said. The deaths, which span a three-week period, are linked to a batch of faulty drugs ...
Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia
Christian Science MonitorThough nuclear power still has a strong foothold in Asia, anti-nuclear sentiment and protest are growing from Mongolia to South Korea to Taiwan and even - in modest ways - in ...
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