Federer to play Madrid Masters
MADRID (Xinhua):- World number two Roger Federer will play at next week's Madrid Masters, organizers said on Thursday.
Federer won the Madrid Masters in 2006 and was a finalist in 2007 in the event, which this year begins on Saturday with qualification matches and ends on October 19.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
US initiative to take telemedicine to remote regions of Pak.
New York (PTI): A public-private partnership to expand the reach of telemedicine in remote regions of Pakistan has been launched by the US State Department in consonance with corporate major IBM.
Telemedicine is a system where medical information is transferred via telephone, the Internet or other networks.
New York (PTI): A public-private partnership to expand the reach of telemedicine in remote regions of Pakistan has been launched by the US State Department in consonance with corporate major IBM.
Telemedicine is a system where medical information is transferred via telephone, the Internet or other networks.
US national debt clock runs out of digits
New York (PTI): Such is the surge in America's debt that even technology is finding it difficult to measure its level as a clock earmarked for keeping a tab on country's national debt has run out of digits!
The operator of the National Debt Clock, installed at Times Square in New York, has now dropped the dollar sign in the total figure to accommodate a ten trillion dollar figure.
New York (PTI): Such is the surge in America's debt that even technology is finding it difficult to measure its level as a clock earmarked for keeping a tab on country's national debt has run out of digits!
The operator of the National Debt Clock, installed at Times Square in New York, has now dropped the dollar sign in the total figure to accommodate a ten trillion dollar figure.
Temple to Jain faith rises in California
Buena Park (AP): In a suburban landscape dotted with evangelical megachurches and auto malls, followers of an Indian religion thousands of years old spent days decorating marble idols and lighting incense to herald the opening of one of their faith's largest temples.
The new USD 20 million Jain temple complex, celebrating a religion that promotes nonviolence and vegetarianism, and shares with Hinduism the concepts of nirvana and reincarnation, is expected to attract pilgrims and scholars worldwide.
Buena Park (AP): In a suburban landscape dotted with evangelical megachurches and auto malls, followers of an Indian religion thousands of years old spent days decorating marble idols and lighting incense to herald the opening of one of their faith's largest temples.
The new USD 20 million Jain temple complex, celebrating a religion that promotes nonviolence and vegetarianism, and shares with Hinduism the concepts of nirvana and reincarnation, is expected to attract pilgrims and scholars worldwide.
Russian official blasts 'secretive' UN-NATO deal
Moscow (AP): Moscow has accused NATO and the United Nations of secretly forging an agreement that tightens their cooperation without informing Russia, a UN Security Council member whose relations with NATO are badly strained.
Russia's anger reflected its wariness that closer relations could give NATO more clout at the United Nations, where Moscow holds veto power as a permanent Security Council member.
Moscow (AP): Moscow has accused NATO and the United Nations of secretly forging an agreement that tightens their cooperation without informing Russia, a UN Security Council member whose relations with NATO are badly strained.
Russia's anger reflected its wariness that closer relations could give NATO more clout at the United Nations, where Moscow holds veto power as a permanent Security Council member.
'Iran could disrupt Iraq elections'
Baghdad (AP): A US commander said on Friday that he sees a risk of "nefarious" Iranian meddling in Iraq's upcoming provincial elections - including the possibility of assassinations.
Maj Gen Michael Oates, who commands an area south of Baghdad, said he expects an uptick in violence in the run-up to the voting.
But a particular risk, he said, "is Iran, and what they decide to do in terms of malign influence in Iraq."
Baghdad (AP): A US commander said on Friday that he sees a risk of "nefarious" Iranian meddling in Iraq's upcoming provincial elections - including the possibility of assassinations.
Maj Gen Michael Oates, who commands an area south of Baghdad, said he expects an uptick in violence in the run-up to the voting.
But a particular risk, he said, "is Iran, and what they decide to do in terms of malign influence in Iraq."
Human rights advocates top Nobel peace guesses
OSLO (AP): Human rights activists were seen as the favorites to win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize _ including Chinese dissidents Gao Zhisheng and Hu Jia, Russia's Lidia Yusupova, Vietnam's Thich Quang Do or the group Human Rights Watch.
Even mentioning a Chinese dissident as a possible winner brought threatening growls of disapproval from Beijing, which declared Thursday that Hu, a jailed dissident, was not a legitimate contender.
OSLO (AP): Human rights activists were seen as the favorites to win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize _ including Chinese dissidents Gao Zhisheng and Hu Jia, Russia's Lidia Yusupova, Vietnam's Thich Quang Do or the group Human Rights Watch.
Even mentioning a Chinese dissident as a possible winner brought threatening growls of disapproval from Beijing, which declared Thursday that Hu, a jailed dissident, was not a legitimate contender.
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