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Economy key in Zimbabwe polls | | July 30 - Zimbabwe's frail economic recovery hangs in the balance as Robert Mugabe squares up to arch rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, in general elections. As David Pollard reports, the finance ministry has already warned that the polls are hitting growth. |
An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries | | Saad Mohseni has brought soap operas, sitcoms and reality TV to his native country, Afghanistan, and with them a modicum of normalcy. Now he is looking to expand to Egypt, Libya and Iraq. |
Every millisecond counts, say laser clock creators | | July 29 - A new optical lattice clock, designed in France, is so precise its creators say it could help improve the resolution of global positioning systems (GPS), help Smartphones download data faster and refine high-frequency trading on financial markets. The research team at the Paris Observatory who devised it says it will neither gain nor lose a second over a period of 300 million years. Tara Cleary has more. |
QA Verifying Gmail on the Road | | If you do not have access to your cellphone for Gmails verification process, there is an option to print out a set of codes. |
Well Australians Are Getting Fatter | | Australia may be known for its rugged outdoor lifestyles but recent statistics suggest a different reality. Australia and its equally outdoorsy neighbor, New Zealand, are now two of the fattest countries in the developed world. |
Well Nightmares After the I.C.U. | | Patients who have prolonged stays, getting intubated and sedated, may experience severe hallucinations, putting them at risk of PTSD for years to come, studies show. |
The Week A New Shrew and Mice Memory | | Recent developments in health and science news. Also this week cheetahs body temperatures while hunting and the effect of pesticides on honeybees. |
The American dream in Mexico | | After awaiting reforms that may or may not come, thousands of young undocumented immigrants have abandoned their American Dream voluntarily or because they were deported. They still consider themselves DREAMers, but now they dream in Mexico. |
Blame the U.S. for Mexico obesity? | | Experts are putting forward all sorts of reasons Mexico recently became more obese than the United States -- and one of the most overweight countries in the world. |
Senate Republicans feud over defunding 'Obamacare' | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nasty, name-calling spat between Tea Party conservatives and older, more moderate Republican senators is playing out in public this week, fueling a battle over the best way to kill President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law. |
Ice melt speeding up, study finds | | Two decades of satellite readings back up what dramatic pictures have suggested in recent years The mile-thick ice sheets that cover Greenland and most of Antarctica are melting at a faster rate in a warming world. |
Iran nominee seen as olive branch to United States | | DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - If Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani wanted to signal his determination to rebuild relations with the United States and strike a "grand bargain," he could hardly do better than pick Mohammad Javad Zarif as his foreign minister. |
FACTBOX-Banks' rights issues since 2008 | | LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Barclays announced plans on Tuesday to raise 5.8 billion pounds ($8.9 billion) from its shareholders to answer pressure from Britain's regulator for the bank to boost its... |
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