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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New York Statesman.com http://www.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:23:45 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:23:45 -0500 30 Iran will strike back at any location from where attacks against it are mounted, Fars news agency quoted a senior military commander as saying Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251231/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251231/cs/1/ Implementation of the India-US civil nuclear deal, sanctions against Iran and the Af-Pak situation are among the host of bilateral and regional issues expected to figure in talks between Indian Foreig http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269995/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269995/cs/1/ Diabetic women who become pregnant are four times more likely than other women to deliver babies with birth defects, which include heart disease and spina bifida, a study reveals. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269994/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269994/cs/1/ Most athletes would swear by the pain-relieving, muscle recovery-promoting benefits of massaging, which has now been validated by scientific evidence. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269786/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:50:14 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269786/cs/1/ An "alarming" 4,500-plus children subjected to abuse in the US ended up in hospitals and 300 of them died of injuries in a single year, a study reveals. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267694/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:02:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267694/cs/1/ Britain is under the spell of snow, ice and freezing temperatures and the prevailing condition may last through February. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267693/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267693/cs/1/ The aid from Britain to India must be cancelled immediately, demanded some British parliamentarians after India's finance minister said they don't need it. The row broke out after India favoured a Fre http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267679/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267679/cs/1/ China Monday asked the US to abandon its "Cold War mentality" and cease making groundless accusations against Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267669/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:11 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267669/cs/1/ Newly-divorced middle-aged women are more vulnerable to contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, a study reveals. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267661/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:09 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267661/cs/1/ Russia has successfully completed the first stage of clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, an official said Monday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267659/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267659/cs/1/ AC Milan club's vice president Adriano Galliani is sure that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be banned for three games and would be able to face Juventus in Italian Serie A. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267657/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267657/cs/1/ AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri said he was satisfied with his side's goalless draw with Napoli at home in the Italian Serie A league match. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267655/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267655/cs/1/ Santos star striker Neymar scored his 100th career goal on his 20th birthday but it did not ensure victory for his side. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267036/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267036/cs/1/ Argentine veteran footballer Javier Zanetti, who has been with Inter Milan for 17 years, apologised to fans for the team's "worst performance of the season" where they were thrashed by Roma 0-4 at the http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267032/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267032/cs/1/ A Mysore-born Indian American public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265728/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:11 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265728/cs/1/ Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will brief the Qatar leadership about Pakistan's talks with Afghanistan during a three-day official visit to Qatar, a country where the Taliban is to open a political http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265725/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265725/cs/1/ Singer Jennifer Lopez, who is dating dancer Casper Smart, wants to make him a star. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265719/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265719/cs/1/ Russia will develop by June this year a detailed 30-year plan to strengthen its naval forces, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his twitter account. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265718/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265718/cs/1/ Two people were killed when a three-storied building collapsed early Monday in Pakistan's Lahore city. At least 50 others were feared trapped in the rubble of the collapsed structure, a media report s http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265712/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265712/cs/1/ In-form Test bowler Ben Hilfenhaus has replaced Brett Lee in the Australia ODI squad for the ongoing cricket tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265701/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265701/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has said he saw no basis for rumours that Iran may be planning an attack on the US. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203264715/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203264715/cs/1/ A Cuban sculptor uses tobacco leaves to create wonderful pieces of art, and has made life-size as well as miniature sculptures of Winston Churchill, Che Guevara, John F. Kennedy, Charles Chaplin, Luci http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263949/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:10 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263949/cs/1/ A vaccine against heroin addiction that has been patented in Mexico will be ready for human use in around five years. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263948/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:06 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263948/cs/1/ China's airlines are not allowed to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU) nor are they allowed to hike freight or add other fees without government permission, authoritie http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263946/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263946/cs/1/ Russian helicopter maker Rostvertol has partnered with a Chinese firm to set up a plant in northern China, authorities said. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263938/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263938/cs/1/ Iran is planning to send a new generation of satellites into orbit to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic republic's establishment, Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has said. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263934/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263934/cs/1/ Three people, including two boys, were killed Sunday in an explosion at a home in the north-western US state of Washington. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262877/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262877/cs/1/ An experimental stent-like device removed blood clots in stroke patients more effectively than standard mechanical treatment, a study reveals. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262650/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262650/cs/1/ A couple in Lahore has been arrested for torturing their nine-year-old domestic help, who was found with a swollen face and shivering in the cold. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262636/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:11 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262636/cs/1/ Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) happens to be the nastiest and most common brain tumour, affecting 10,000 patients in the US alone every year. Now, a novel non-invasive procedure called Tumour Treating http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262635/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:10 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262635/cs/1/ In Spain, thousands of African immigrant girls are facing the danger of becoming victims of female genital mutilation, an ancestral practice that sub-Saharan immigrants have brought with them and whic http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262633/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262633/cs/1/ Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its quality, avoids the refining process and reduces the cost of manufacture, a media report said Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262629/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262629/cs/1/ The Indian Supreme Court's decision to cancel 122 controversial mobile phone licenses has opened up a new round of scepticism about India as a destination for foreign investment, according to Time mag http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262622/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262622/cs/1/ Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will hold a series of concerts in Argentina. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261813/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261813/cs/1/ Some 180 half-naked people in the northwestern city of Medellin positioned themselves to form the word "stop" to demand an end to bullfighting in Colombia. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261810/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261810/cs/1/ The toll in the shipwreck off the northeastern Dominican Republic has risen to 16, a navy spokesperson said Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261520/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261520/cs/1/ A total of 58 people have died of flu in Mexico so far this year. The deaths were caused by different strains of flu virus, the predominant one being swine flu. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261358/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203261358/cs/1/ Four people in Pakistan's port city of Karachi died after consuming poisonous food, Geo News reported. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203260257/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203260257/cs/1/ Princess Diana's life is set to be made into a movie, and producer Stephen Evans is lining up a Hollywood actress to play the late British royal. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203260256/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203260256/cs/1/ The European Union may introduce a new package of sanctions against Syria, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has said. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203259747/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203259747/cs/1/ Actor Brad Pitt does not think he will have another year of professional success like the last 12 months. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258719/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:04 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258719/cs/1/ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday paid a short visit to Bulgaria and discussed energy issues and military cooperation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Xinhua reported. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258718/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258718/cs/1/ L.A. Reid has reportedly signed up to be a judge on the second series of the American version of "The X Factor". http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258717/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258717/cs/1/ The head of a Chinese firm that owns 36 schools and companies across the country has been detained after he failed to repay 2.2 billion yuan (around $350 million) in debt to about 1,000 private lender http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258716/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203258716/cs/1/ A total of 135 passengers, included Norway's crown prince Haakon and his wife, crown princess Mette-Marit, were evacuated from an aircraft at the Copenhagen airport after smoke was detected in one of http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256399/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256399/cs/1/ American comedian Joan Rivers claims she has had a total of 739 surgical procedures. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256398/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256398/cs/1/ About 400 protesters threw objects and tried to storm the Syrian consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul Sunday, Xinhua reported. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256397/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256397/cs/1/ Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian crisis. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255294/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255294/cs/1/ British singer Jessie J says that she will snog pop stars Rihanna and Ed Sheeran if she wins three Brit awards. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255293/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255293/cs/1/ The Abu Dhabi International Airport Sunday launched an online auction for 60 tickets to 30 destinations. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254076/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254076/cs/1/ The UAE and Romania have held discussions on boosting cooperation in the education sector. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254075/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254075/cs/1/ Demi Moore has checked into a rehab in the US. The actress was hospitalised last week as she was suffering from seizures. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254074/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:04 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254074/cs/1/ An autistic woman was banned from having sexual intercourse on the ground that she lacks the mental capacity to consent to the act, the Daily Mail reported. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254072/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254072/cs/1/ Then US president John F. Kenendy took the virginity of a White House intern in a side room a few feet away from where staffers were drinking at an after-work party, the Daily Mail Sunday quoted a new http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252950/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:50:07 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252950/cs/1/ Drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, Daily Mail reported Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252946/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252946/cs/1/ An Austrian skydiver will try to break the sound barrier during a free fall from a balloon on the edge of space later this year, The Telegraph reported Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251723/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251723/cs/1/ At least four people were killed and six injured after an avalanche hit some villages in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Xinhua reported Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251228/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251228/cs/1/ China will considerably increase spending on health services in the Tibet region, an official said Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251227/cs/1/ The British government may soon formulate a law laying down "substantial" jail terms for stalkers. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251224/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251224/cs/1/ Malaysia will loan $3 billion to Bangladesh to construct a river bridge, a minister said Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251223/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251223/cs/1/ Over 6,000 individuals have applied for joining NASA's Astronaut Corps, twice as many as the US space agency usually receives, NASA said Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251219/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251219/cs/1/ A British survey has found one in eight people claiming to have visited ancient wonders of the world that turned non-existent centuries ago! http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251217/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251217/cs/1/ A man who shot dead three people in eastern China Sunday has been arrested, police said. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250229/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250229/cs/1/ China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250227/cs/1/ India' joy at winning their first match on the Australian tour was short-lived as they slumped to a 65-run defeat against the hosts in the tri-series opener Sunday. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250223/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250223/cs/1/ Many agitated parents in Britain have decided to boycott one of country's biggest retailers for selling a garment that jokes about child abduction. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250220/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250220/cs/1/ Pakistan has lost Rs.8,500 billion ($94 billion) in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the rule of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, graft watchdog Transparency International Pakistan http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250218/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250218/cs/1/ Police in China's Shanghai city is on the lookout for three notorious teenagers suspected of having brutally killed 10 stray cats during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248512/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:22 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248512/cs/1/ English football club Nottingham Forest's owner Nigel Doughty, who stepped down as the club's chairman in October, was found dead at his home in Lincolnshire. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248510/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:18 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248510/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria and calling for a democratic transition, but Russia and China vetoed it, saying it amounted to ad http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248501/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:07 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248501/cs/1/ Using a new technique, Layered Voice Analysis, can decipher whether CEOs are lying or not, a study reveals. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248507/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:14 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248507/cs/1/ Five policemen and two civilians, including a child, died in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kandahar city Sunday. http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250225/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:14 -0500 IANS http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250225/cs/1/ Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed at a meeting in Qatar on Monday to form a unified Palestinian government for the West Bank and Gaza headed by Palestinian President and Fatah chief ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268227/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:54:08 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268227/ An official of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in Quezon points to a map showing the epicentre of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit central Philippines on Feb. 6, ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268228/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:54:02 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268228/ Sauli Niinisto smiles at the Helsinki Music Center after the second round of the Finnish Presidential elections on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A conservative former finance minister was headed toward a ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268188/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:18 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268188/ NAIROBI, Kenya -; A relative of Barack Obama says the president's step-grandmother suffered minor injuries after a car she was traveling in rolled over. The relative said Monday that Sarah ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268189/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:16 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268189/ LAGOS, Nigeria -; As a fire at a Chevron Corp. gas rig off Nigeria's coast continues to burn, locals say they're seeing signs of its effects on the environment and the health of those ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268190/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:13 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268190/ FILE - In this Jan. 1, 1966 file photo, AP special correspondent George Esper poses with a Vietnamese boy in Quang Ngai Province, south of Da Nang. Esper, the tenacious Associated Press ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268191/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:10 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268191/ SOFIA, Bulgaria -; Authorities say a dam has collapsed following heavy rain in southern Bulgaria, flooding a nearby village. A radio report says at least 3 people have died. The civil defense ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268193/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:04 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268193/ Syrians stand near the body of a man local residents say was an activist who was tortured to death by the Syrian government and dumped by the side of the road in Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday, Feb. ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268194/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:01 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268194/ HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's death is ending, leaving the last hours of Gen. Solomon Mujuru's life shrouded in suspicion he was ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268195/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:58 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268195/ In this picture taken on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, Woman picks grapes of Pinot Noir from a vineyard as the sun rises near the village of Stosikovice na Louce, Czech Republic. Following an unusually ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268196/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:55 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268196/ CORRECTS MAGNITUDE - Bartolome Bautista, deputy director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), points to the epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake which hit central ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268197/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:51 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268197/ Photo credit: Bruce Gilbert | James Abberton, Senior Director of Pharmacy Services for the North Shore LIJ Health System has two medications: Faslodex and Rituxan, two drugs prescription drug ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268149/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:16 -0500 Newsday http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268149/ South Floridians will see plenty of rain and hear rumbling thunder on Monday. Morning skies are cloudy as a light rain falls. Heavy rain and thunderstorms can be expected during the day and into the ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268236/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:45:51 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268236/ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The trial of a University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend is set to begin in Charlottesville.Jury selection is scheduled to start Monday in ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268237/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:45:47 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268237/ CLINTON, S.C. -- An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death of a Presbyterian College football player.School spokesman Hal Milam says another student found 21-year-old Kyle Allen of St. ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268239/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:45:44 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268239/ OSLO, Norway -- The right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people goes before a Norwegian court Monday in the last scheduled detention hearing before his ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268245/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:45:15 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268245/ An Iranian government-affiliated agency has banned dolls of the Simpsons cartoon characters, which join Barbie and others on a toy blacklist, a newspaper has reported.The report said the Simpsons ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268250/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:40:57 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268250/ American TV bosses have apologised after London-born singer MIA swore and flashed her middle finger at the camera during the half-time performance at the Super Bowl.The rapper and singer, real name ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268251/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:40:55 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268251/ An Irish ultra runner who is the only man on the planet to run seven marathons in less than seven days on seven continents is expected to break his own record.Richard Donovan is on course to ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268252/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:40:52 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268252/ Arab countries should push ahead with action to end the violence in Syria, William Hague urged, promising the backing of Western countries after Russia and China blocked United Nations support.The ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268254/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:40:50 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268254/ An appeals court ruled on Monday that Alberto Contador, a three-time winner of the Tour de France, used a performance-enhancing drug when he won the race in 2010, the latest black mark on a sport ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267708/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:32:49 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267708/ PARIS: French airports announced some delays and cancellations on the first day of a four-day strike by aviation workers Monday but flight disruptions were initially limited.At Paris's Charles ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267705/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:31:17 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267705/ DAMASCUS: Syrian forces on Monday pounded the powderkeg city of Homs with rockets and mortars, killing 17 people and wounding scores amid outrage over a Russia-China veto of a UN resolution to stop ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267706/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:31:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267706/ At least 12 people have been killed as Syrian troops shelled parts of the city of Homs, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas, activists said.The bloodshed came one day after ... http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268216/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:23:29 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.newyorkstatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203268216/