London, Nov 7: Hollywood star and governor of America’s most populous state, Arnold Schwarzenegger, could be offered the role of Energy Secretary in the Obama Administration due to his impressive record on green policy and support for renewable energy.
Speculation is rife after the authoritative politico. com website said that the incoming Obama Administration can offer California Governor Schwarzenegger the role of energy czar, the Guardian reported.
The U.S. marshals sent by the Food and Drug Administration seized some supplies of contaminated blood thinner containing material from China, from an Ohio company’s supplies. Eleven lots of heparin from Celsus Laboratories Inc. of Cincinnati were seized from the company that distributes heparin to drug and medical-device manufacturers both in the United States and internationally.
Mike Chappell, the FDA's acting associate commissioner for regulatory affairs said, "This action will help prevent this contaminated heparin from finding its way into the marketplace."
Washington, Nov 7 : Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will not be charged with any crime over his role in a prostitution scandal, federal prosecutors say.
Spitzer was forced to resign from the office just after two years, following the allegations that he was a regular client of a prostitution ring known as the Emperor''s Club V. I. P.
According to the New York Times, U. S. attorney in Manhattan, Michael J. Garcia announced that Spitzer will not face any federal charges, reports People.
Islamabad, Nov 7: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has refuted media reports that his government had borne all the expenses of President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent Saudi Arabia visit.
Zardari went to Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit on Tuesday with a delegation of up to 200 people to seek financial assistance package from the kingdom.
Talking to reporters here last evening, he said that he wanted to clarify that the expenses of the “large” delegation were borne by the President, reported the Dawn.
Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said women who suffer migraine headaches may have as much as a 30 % lower risk of developing breast cancer. The study published in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, said the reason for this reduced risk could be the lower estrogen levels which migraine sufferers have.
Wellington - A new bride died in a car crash on the way home from her wedding reception in Auckland, police said Friday.
Yan Liu, 26, a Chinese immigrant, suffered fatal head injuries Thursday night when the car she was travelling in hit a traffic island in the suburb of Mount Wellington after the reception in a Chinese restaurant.
Her husband was not travelling in the same vehicle. Police said a man and a woman who were also in the car were in serious condition in hospital but the male driver had been discharged.
Yan Liu moved to New Zealand three years ago and worked at an early child-care centre.