The Hindustan Times back issues from Saturday, June 14:
Bitter row in Cyprus over Central Bank's gold reserves
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Nicosia, June 14 -- A bitter row broke out in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus as opposition parties accused the Government of President Dimitris Christofias of wanting to sell off part of the Central Bank's ...
Now, militants target brick kiln workers in Manipur
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Imphal, June 14 -- The activities of militant organisations have hit all sections of Manipuri society. Be they businessmen, medical professionals, teachers, students or farmers, everybody has suffered because of the ...
Unofficial "King" of Bhangra bag top British honours
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Jalandhar, June 14 -- Known as the unofficial "King" of Bhangra, Malkit Singh is the first Punjabi singer, who was recently honoured with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE). Malkit Singh ...
Gujjars to continue talks with Rajasthan government today
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Jaipur, June 14 -- The second round of talks between the 22-member Gujjar delegation and the Rajasthan Government will continue today. The meeting, which started on Friday, was positive. Both the party ...
Earthlings may all be ETs after all
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Analysing the meteorite fragments that crashed in Australia in 1969, scientists have come to the conclusion that an important component of early genetic material might have originated from ...
Doctor who designed 'Casino Royal' telemedicine scene is Bond makers' advisor now
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- The producers of James Bond films have joined hands with an Aberdeen doctor to advice them on how to shoot scenes involving doctors in their future movies, after being impressed by the sequence of ...
Sharif now wants trial of Musharraf instead of impeachment
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, June 14 -- Former premier Nawaz Sharif today said that Pakistanis now wanted President Pervez Musharraf's trial instead of impeachment, and asked the parliament to take decision according to peoples' ...
Nepal parties divided over army integration
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, June 14 -- The top three Nepal's parties are still divided on modality and process of integration between the Nepal Army and the Maoist combatants. Speaking at a function on Friday Nepali Congress ...
Prince Charles reveals his 'anxiety' over Harry's Afghanistan service
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Prince Charles has spoken openly about the anxiety and worry he endured when his son Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan. Talking to soldiers who served in Helmand Province and their ...
Early life infections raise rheumatoid arthritis risk
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- A new study has found that infections during the first year of life may lead to an increased risk of developing specific types of arthritis later in life. Researchers from the Karolinska ...
Kate Moss loses her tresses on the red carpet
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- English model Kate Moss was left red faced at a recent party in Germany, when her hair extensions fell out in front of a crowd of paparazzi. Moss had arrived at the Watergate Club looking ...
Pakistan to continue talks with militants: NWFP Governor
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Peshawar, June 14 -- North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani has said that the government will continue its talks with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) militants. "The ...
Food and essential supplies reach Darjeeling
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Siliguri, June 14 -- Supply of food and essentials were being restored to the Darjeeling hills after the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha (GJMM) decided to relax the indefinite shutdown call, till June 16. The GJMM ...
Forensic scientists rubbish Hitler's theory of Scandinavian racial purity
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Forensic scientists have rubbished Adolf Hitler's theory of Scandinavian racial purity with a new scientific research that involved the study of human remains found in two ancient Danish burial ...
Brain region behind 'daydreaming' may give clues to patients' chances of recovery
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- A new study suggests that a "default network" in the brain's cortex, which is believed to be associated with daydreaming, may provide clues as to whether severely brain-damaged patients may regain ...
Pakistan's accord with militants not acceptable: US
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Donald Camp, has said that Pakistani Government must bring the frontier areas under its control, and added that an agreement that ...
R Kelly acquitted in child pornography trial
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, June 14 -- A Chicago jury has acquitted R&B star R Kelly of all 14 charges of child pornography against him. The verdict has finally ended the six-year saga for the mega-popular singer that ...
Stick-like nanoparticles aid denser bone tissue production
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- In a breakthrough study, bioengineers and bioscientists at Rice University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, have discovered that it is possible to grow denser bone tissue by ...
Amy Winehouse plays private gig for Russian billionaire
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has performed at a private party for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Daria Zhukova. The 24-year-old singer performed at the launch of ...
Breakdown in Pak Army's unity of command can spill nukes: Krepon
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Leading nuclear expert Michael Krepon has said that the safety of Pakistan's nuclear weapons could be compromised if there was a breakdown of the unity of command within the army, and if there ...
Sharif knew about Kargil misadventure: Former ISI chief
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Lahore, June 14 -- Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was aware of the situation in Kargil in 1999 through the then Defence Secretary who had briefed him on the situation, a senior Pakistan Army official has ...
Study uncovers 3,000 "genomic hotspots" in embryonic stem cells
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have made a chart showing over 3,000 "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches", ...
China increases lead over US as the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- A new study has found that China has increased its lead over the US as the world's leading emitter of carbon dioxide, with a 8 percent increase in the country's emissions in ...
Shower curtains harbour over 100 toxic chemicals
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- A new study has revealed that as many as 100 toxic chemicals associated with adverse health effects are released into the air from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) shower curtains. According to ...
Prime Minister briefs President Patil on petrol price hike
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New Delhi, June 14 -- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today called on President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Issues like recent national and international developments were discussed during the ...
Barbers participate in AIDS awareness campaign
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Patna, June 14 -- Barbers in Patna have taken up AIDS awareness programme to educate people in the region. In an effort to spread awareness on safe sex and sexually transmitted diseases amongst the locals, ...
Communal clash in Nasik leaves nine injured
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Nasik, June 14 -- At least nine people were injured in a violent clash between two communities here on Friday. Officials said the violence was fallout of an ongoing conflict between the two ...
27 dead, seven trapped in China coal mine blast
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Xiaoyi (Shanxi), June 14 -- Twenty-seven miners were killed and seven were trapped after a blast tore through a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province. The blast took place in the facility of the Anxin ...
Maoists do not have mandate to lead the country alone
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, June 14 -- The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has stated that Maoists did not have people's mandate to lead the country alone, Khanal said ...
Left parties meet today to solve ongoing crisis in Darjeeling
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Siliguri, June 14 -- The Left parties in West Bengal will meet today in an attempt to find a solution of the ongoing violence in the Darjeeling hills. The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) on Friday rejected the ...
Concerns over 'newly emerging superbug' overhyped
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- The concerns over 'newly emerging superbug' in hospitals have been over-hyped, suggest experts. While writing in British Medical Journal, experts insist that warnings about emergence of ...
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe officially divorced
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon officially ended her seven-year marriage with actor Ryan Phillippe on June 12. The couple finalized their divorce this week with court documents filed ...
Nude royal princess caught 'frolicking like a nymph' in school grounds
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Princess Eugenie of York was found frolicking naked in the grounds of her posh school during a booze-filled night with friends. Eugenie, who is the younger daughter of the Duke and Duchess ...
US, Pakistan must repair their relationship: NYT
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. New York, June 14 -- Washington and Islamabad must now do everything they can to repair relations, starting with a joint investigation and a full public report on bombing by US forces on the Pak-Afghan border leading ...
Ancient minerals suggest harsh climate destroyed surface of Earth's earliest continents
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents. Zircons, the ...
Maoist ministers' resignation will not be forwarded to PM Koirala
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, June 14 -- Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has decided not to forward the resignations by the Maoist ministers to the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for the time ...
The new Royal Ascot dress code - no minis, no halters, no knickers on show
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Organisers of Britain's most famous and fashionable race meeting, Royal Ascot, have issued a dress and etiquette guide for those attending - no minis, no streaky fake tan and no knickers on ...
Microchip sets record of using 30,000 times less power in sleep mode
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- University of Michigan researchers have developed a low-power microchip that uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode, and 10 times less power in active mode, as compared to the chips that are ...
Musharraf a shattered vehicle with only radio working, says Aitzaz
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Islamabad, June 14 -- Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Aitzaz Ahsan has compared the condition of Pervez Musharraf to a vehicle, which is completely shattered but its radio is on and ...
Residents in Punjab forced to buy water
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Shergarh, June 14 -- Shortage of water in Shergarh village in Punjab has forced the residents to buy water from Rajasthan. People are facing water problem for more than six months. Their fields are parched and ...
Jolie spoke openly about self-harm to help fellow sufferers
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Angelina Jolie has revealed that she openly speaks about her past as a self-harmer because she wants to help fellow sufferers beat their problems. The actress, who is due to give birth ...
Traffic pollution can up kids' risk of allergies by 50 per cent
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Researchers from Germany have found that traffic-related pollution in metropolitan areas is associated with an increased risk for atopic and respiratory diseases in children. The ...
Methodist Bush converting to Catholicism?
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- US President George W Bush might convert to Catholicism after the splendid welcome he received from Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Instead of greeting him, like all previous high-ranking ...
Portugese players accuse Scolari of hypocrisy, betrayal
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Portugal boss and new Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was accused of hypocrisy and even betrayal by his own Portuguese players. The Portugal boss stunned his stars with the shock ...
New study to identify species prone to extinction under environmental change
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Canberra, June 14 -- A new ecological study led by a University of Adelaide researcher would help identify species prone to extinction under environmental change, and species that are likely to become a ...
Critics dub 'world's oldest church' discovery 'ridiculous'
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- The recent discovery of the world's first Christian church by a Jordanian archaeologist has been dismissed by critics as "ridiculous." A team of archaeologists in Jordan led by ...
Nepal Maoists wanted mixed media model
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kathmandu, June 14 -- Nepalese Maoist leader Mohan Baidya has said that the Maoist party is against both the current 'liberal' model of media and the communist model, and wants to develop a mixed version of communist ...
Pak nukes are risk prone
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Pakistan's nuclear capabilities present at least four challenges to American nuclear policy and its arsenal was described as risk-prone at a Senate hearing. Among those who testified ...
NASA probe's instruments begin inspection of Martian soil samples
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Two instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have begun inspecting Martian soil samples delivered by the scoop on the probe's arm. The instruments are a microscope and a bake-and-sniff ...
TRAF1/C5 gene location linked to multiple autoimmune diseases
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Scientists have revealed that the location of TRAF1/C5 gene on chromosome 9 plays a vital role in multiple autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus ...
Alcoholism drug curbs urges of pathological gamblers
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Naltrexone, a drug commonly used to treat alcohol addiction, has a likewise effect on pathological gamblers, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers. The study ...
NBC's Tim Russert dies of heart attack
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Television journalist and NBC Bureau chief Tim Russert died of heart attack on June 13, aged 58. Russert died while at work in the NBC news bureau. "It is my sad duty to report ...
Rheumatoid arthritis is an important cardiovascular disease risk factor
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- A new study has shown that rheumatoid arthritis is an important cardiovascular disease risk factor. The study found that risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for people with rheumatoid ...
Genetic variation in syphilis bacteria may hold clinical, evolutionary significance
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Researchers at Emory University, Atlanta, have discovered that variation in a gene called, acidic repeat protein (ARP), in syphilis causing bacteria may hold important clinical, epidemiological ...
'Pak power politics putting grave economic, terrorism challenges on back burner'
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- The power struggle in Pakistan is distracting the Government from coping with grave economic and terrorism challenges facing the country, a senior South Asia expert has said. Lisa ...
Chocolate can actually keep you cancer free
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Now, chocoholics have a justified reason to savour their favourite sweet - a new study has found that a synthetic chemical based on a compound found in cocoa beans slows growth and accelerates ...
Transplant tourism adversely affecting lives of poor in India, Pakistan
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- Some top surgeons believe that governments across the world should introduce radical reforms to regulate the practice of transplant tourism, which they say is adversely affecting people in ...
Large footprints discovered on Borneo may belong to Bigfoot
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Kuala Lumpur, June 14 -- Two extra large footprints discovered in a village on the Borneo island may belong to the mythical 'Bigfoot'. Bigfoot is one of the more famous creatures in cryptozoology, and, like ...
Minnie Driver turns to green foods for baby girl
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- English actress Minnie Driver has revealed that she has been craving for green apples and cucumbers after dreaming that her unborn baby loves all things veggie. Driver had been sure that ...
Sugar-sweetened beverage intake not linked to weight gain in kids
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- There is almost no link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and teens, according to an analysis of 12 recent studies. Dr. Maureen Storey, ...
Former Pak Army Chief wants Musharraf to leave presidency
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Rawalpindi, June 14 -- Former Pakistan Army Chief General (retired) Mirza Aslam Baig has urged President Pervez Musharraf to leave the Presidency as he was not a constitutional president. Dawn quoted Baig as ...
Lebanese writer wins Impac award for debut novel
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. London, June 14 -- A Lebanese writer has been awarded the International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his first novel 'De Niro's Game' Author Rawi Hage emerged victorious over seven other authors and has ...
Antarctica's Wilkins Ice shelf experiences further break-up
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Paris, June 14 -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica has broken up further, with an area of about 160 km sq. breaking off from May 30 to May 31, 2008. The Wilkins Ice Shelf, a broad plate of floating ice ...
Dwarf dinos once roamed Count Dracula's domain
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- New evidence has confirmed that dwarf dinosaurs existed in Transylvania, the land of the mythical, blood-drinking Count Dracula. According to a report in Discovery News, the sister of an ...
Iraqi Shia leaders publicly reject Bush's policy to occupy the country indefinitely
Jun 14, 2008 ... Report from Asian News International brought to you by HT Syndication. Washington, June 14 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has publicly rejected key US terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a new militia offensive ...