Lab uses skin cells to help repair heart muscle
23 May 12
PARIS: Lab scientists on Wednesday reported that for the first time they had taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle. The technique has so far been tested on rats and it could take up to a decade of problem-solving before trials can go ahead on humans, the scientists cautioned.
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Loading ...Parents’ smoking deals long-term harm to kids: Study
23 May 12
SYDNEY: Children exposed to their parents’ cigarette smoke are at greater risk of suffering serious cardiovascular health problems later in life, a study showed Wednesday.
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Indian army chopper crashes over Siachen; pilot killed
23 May 12
Staff Report NEW DELHI: An Indian army pilot was reported killed when a helicopter crashed over Siachen glassier, Indian media reports Wednesday. A New Delhi-based news TV reported that ‘Cheetah Helicopter’ was on a routine maintenance flight when met the incident
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Army helicopter missing; feared crashed near Gujranwala
23 May 12
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(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Balochistan case: CJP signals emergency imposition in province
23 May 12
Staff Report QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry said the government is not meeting constitutional requirements, adding if Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani does not take up measures, then the constitution will take its course. Heading a three-judge bench hearing a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in Balochistan at Quetta Registry of the apex court, CJ Chaudhry expressed disapproval while talking to Principal Secretary of the PM Khushnood Lashari and remarked reaction of the federal government did not come to the fore despite frequent summons for explanation. Justice Jawwad S
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Pakistan suffers Rs 100 bln loss due to NATO supplies
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suffered Rs 100 billion loss due to NATO supplies to Afghanistan via Pakistan, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told, Samaa rapporter. Chairman of the National Highway Authority (NHA) Muhammad Ali Gardezi told the PAC that the NATO supplies have caused Rs 100 billion loss to the country “but not a single penny was paid for repairing the damaged highways.” The PAC met on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Nadeem Afzal Gondal. — SAMAA
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Strike in Sindh against Karachi rally firing
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport KARACHI: Various cities of Sindh observed shutter-down and wheel-jam strike on Wednesday on a call given by nationalist parties of the province against firing on a political rally and subsequent violence in Karachi, Samaa rapporter. At least eleven people were killed and more than 30 wounded after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a political rally organised by Awami Tehrik (AT) and backed by several other parties in protest against proposed Mohajir province and the recent operation in Lyari.
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23 May 12
No one wants to look old. People who don’t look after themselves enter in to old age before time.
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Dr Afridi gets 33 years’ jail on treason charges
23 May 12
A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was on Wednesday sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, embedsmænd sagde. Shakeel Afridi, who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago, was found guilty under the tribal justice system of Khyber district, part of Pakistan s semi-autonomous tribal belt
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Art educationist Ali Imam’s death anniversary today
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport KARACHI: An important art educationist, a painter, art connoisseur, art critic, gallery owner and a teacher to many art lovers, Ali Imam is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Wednesday).
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Karachi unrest: Sindh education boards, universities cancel papers
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport KARACHI: Universities and education boards of Sindh cancelled Wednesday’s papers in the wake of strike call given by nationalist parties against violence in Karachi, Samaa rapporter. At least eleven people were killed and more than 30 wounded after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a political rally organised by Awami Tehrik (AT) and backed by several other parties in protest against proposed Mohajir province and the recent operation in Lyari
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...SHC hears plea on disqualification of PM Gilani
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to various people including Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fahmida Mirza, Attorney General and Law Minister, SAMAA reports Wednesday.
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Missiles strikes kill 4 suspected militants in North Waziristan
23 May 12
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(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Another electricity bomb in the making; NEPRA moved for power hike
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) Wednesday requested National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to raise power tariffs by two rupees per unit. According to the NEPRA, the purchasing agency moved the regulatory authority to hike power tariffs by two rupees/unit under fuel adjustment for the month of April. The NEPRA officials say electricity amounting 6.57 billion units were sold to distributing companies during April; 41 percent of power was produced from costly furnace oil
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Tom Cruise screens Scientology-inspired film
23 May 12
LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson has screened his new film about a Scientology-like sect leader for Tom Cruise, Scientology’s most famous follower, in the hopes of heading off a conflict with the group, TheWrap has learned. According to two individuals close to the movie, Anderson recently screened the film, loosely based on the life of Scientology-founder L. Ron Hubbard, for Cruise.
(Ingen stemmer endnu) Loading ...Bullets sprayed on Karachi minibus in Banaras; 1 dies
23 May 12
Bedømmelsesrapport KARACHI: The heinous incidents of violence that erupted yesterday could not be brought under control as a man was killed and another injured when unidentified miscreants opened gunfire on a bus this morning, SAMAA reports Wednesday. According to the Rescue sources, the saboteurs sprayed bullets on a passenger minibus plying from Banaras Colony area of the city, killing a man and injuring the other
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