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Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country's top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice.
When flight instructor Jeff Welch authored a book to help pilots learn how to fly the Aviat Husky, he never imagined his book would have international reach. Welch, an Alpena resident and a certified flight instructor since 1971, wrote "Husky 101 Flying the Husky" which was published in 2008. He first thought of the idea to write a book about the Husky after he joined the Aviat Aircraft Inc.
The list of heads of state that will be arriving to COP-15 on Wednesday is pretty impressive. Rudd, Netanyahu, Chavez, Kirschner, Sarkozy, Berlusconi, Mubarak, Kibaki, Arroyo, Yudhoyono, more controversial figures such as Mugabe and Ahmadinejad and on and on to over 100.
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- China’s industrial production jumped, exports fell the least in 13 months and imports surged in November as rebounding trade with Asian nations underscored the region’s role in leading the world recovery.
When Akash and Anand Patel finally set foot in the United States this past August, it wasn’t quite what they had expected.
The rampage in Fort Hood, Tex., and the account of Virginia men who went to Pakistan challenge the idea that U.S. Muslims are less vulnerable to radicalization than those in Europe.
After a financially tough 2008 season for most Oregon and Washington apple growers, producers are facing another challenging year.
They sang each other's praises in the run up to the Copenhagen climate summit, but China and the United States traded sharp barbs in a superpower standoff that has helped set the UN talks on edge.
Divine signs show up in calf and cutting board, someone donates a pontoon boat to Goodwill, people assault each other with a bagel and doughnut, and more in this week’s issue.
Jitish Kallat, Public Notice 2, 2007. Fibreglass sculptures. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London ©Jitish Kallat, 2009. LONDON.-
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Bhopal, Dec 11 (PTI)India will sign special treaties with around 50 countries to share information on black money stashed by Indians in foreign banks, newly-appointed Revenue Member of the Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) Durgesh Shankar said.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) Software major Tata Consultancy Sevices (TCS) has been ranked as the top company in India in terms of its sustainability practices by research and consultancy firm CSR Asia.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Five young Americans detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said Friday.
Mohali, Dec 11 (PTI) Indian pacer S Sreesanth has been admitted in a private hospital here with swine flu symptoms but the doctors today assured that the cricketer is doing well.
The UN climate talks have produced the first official draft blueprint for a deal that would set targets for limiting global warming to 2.7 or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, AFP reported.So far several small island states and many African nations that are badly threatened by climate change have embraced the lower temperature goal, while the higher target has been supported by rich industrialized nations ...
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