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Obama limits US use of nuclear arms
President Barack Obama unveiled a new policy on Tuesday restricting US use of nuclear weapons but sent a stern message to nuclear-defiant Iran and North Korea that they remain potential targets. Kicking off a hectic week for Obama’s nuclear agenda, his administration rolled out a strategy review that renounced US development of new atomic weapons [...]
China says considers attending Iran nuclear meeting
China said on Tuesday it was considering whether or not to attend a nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran later this month, after Iran said the Chinese would take part. Iran, embroiled in a deepening nuclear row with the West, says experts and officials from 60 countries have been invited to the April 17-18 meeting in [...]
TIMELINE-The obstacle course for U.S.-China ties in 2010
April 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has postponed a report due out on April 15 that could have branded China a “currency manipulator”. The decision follows an announcement in Beijing that Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend a nuclear security summit in Washington from April 12-13 and seems to be a move [...]
China’s yuan casts shadow over U.S.-India talks
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will try to strengthen bilateral ties with India during talks in New Delhi this week, but his visit may be overshadowed by Washington’s tense relationship with China. Both the United States and India will be simultaneously pushing trade and foreign exchange agendas with China, as they discuss cooperation on infrastructure [...]
U.S. delays China yuan ruling ahead of Hu visit
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday he was delaying an April 15 report on whether China manipulates its currency but pledged to press for a more flexible Chinese currency policy. The decision follows Thursday’s announcement in Beijing that Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend a nuclear security summit meeting in Washington April 12-13 [...]
US aims to ease India-Pakistan tension
Washington, Apr 5(ANI): United States President Barack Obama has reportedly issued a secret directive to its top foreign-policy and national-security officials to intensify their efforts aimed at easing tensions between India and Pakistan. According to the Wall Street Journal, the directive was summarized in a memo written by National Security Adviser James Jones at the [...]
Obama to throw first ceremonial pitch on Opening Day
Washington, April 4 (ANI): President Barack Obama will be trying his best to throw a strike as he carries forward a century-old tradition on Monday when he tosses out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day in Washington. The commander-in-chief has been traditionally throwing out the “first pitch of the season” since William Howard Taft [...]
Nearly half of Japan’s voters support no party
Nearly half of Japan’s voters support no political party, according to a poll released on Monday, a sign of mounting frustration with both ruling and opposition parties ahead of an election expected in July. Hoping to attract some of these dissatisfied voters, former finance minister Kaoru Yosano and other opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rebels [...]
The Omni Group Announces Two Apps for iPad
OmniGraffle and OmniGraphSketcher Bring Hands-on Productivity, Diagramming and Graph-Drawing Tools to iPad SEATTLE–(Business Wire)– The Omni Group today announced the availability of its OmniGraffle and OmniGraphSketcher Apps for iPad on the App Store. OmniGraffle is a popular diagramming and concept visualization program, while OmniGraphSketcher is a tool for fast, simple graph drawing and data plotting. [...]
Northwest Pipe Appoints Richard A. Roman Chief Executive Officer; Brian W. Dunham Continues as President
VANCOUVER, WA, Apr 02 (MARKET WIRE) — Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ: NWPX) today announced that the Board of Directors has accepted Brian Dunham’s resignation as Chief Executive Officer, and appointed Richard A. Roman to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Roman has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since [...]
Arizona murder prompts calls to tighten security
(Reuters) – The murder of a prominent Arizona rancher near the Mexican border is spurring charges that Washington is doing too little to stop Mexico’s raging drug war from spilling over into the United States. U.S. | Mexico Robert Krentz was shot last Saturday while working at his remote cattle ranch some 30 miles northeast [...]
Jennifer Aniston keeps fit by running around horse track
Washington, September 20 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston has been running hard to maintain her fitness while shooting new film ‘The Bounty.’ The actress reportedly woke up at 5a.m in the morning and ran laps around New Jersey’s Monmouth Park racecourse to the surprise of the crewmembers. “She showed up every morning at 5am to run laps [...]
2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre discovered in Israel
Washington, September 19 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has discovered a 2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre near Tiberias in Israel. According to a report in the Haaretz newspaper, Archeologist, Doctor Valid Atrash, from the Israel Antiquities Authority, said that the remnants of the Roman amphitheatre peaks from 15 meters below ground. The 1990 findings came as a [...]
HIV uses several routes to escape immune system pressure
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center have shown that HIV relies upon a number of strategies rather than use any preferred escape route to escape immune system pressure. The human immune system has the ability to temporarily overpower HIV in early infection. Studies conducted in the recent past have shown that [...]
Invading black holes cause ‘cosmic flashes’
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Mathematicians at the University of Leeds, UK, have determined that cosmic flashes, known as gamma ray bursts, are produced by jets of plasma that originate from invading black holes. Gamma ray bursts are beams of high-energy radiation that are similar to the radiation emitted by explosions of nuclear weapons. The orthodox [...]
Young age at first drink can turn under-15s into alcoholics
Washington, Sept 19 (ANI): Drinking at young age may affect genes linked to alcoholism and make youngsters vulnerable to severe problems, says a new study. The study led by Dr Arpana Agrawal, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, revealed that the younger an individual was at first drink, the greater the risk [...]
Pak Army’s plans to use private militia against Taliban may backfire: Report
Washington, Sep.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Army’s initiative to sponsor local militias, or the lashkars, as they are commonly known, may have been working in its favour against the Taliban, however some people feel such move could back fire in future. Backed by the Army, which had initiated an all out operation against the Taliban in [...]