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Officials have said that the value and effectiveness of a U. S. Navy-led task force fighting extremism and terrorism in Africa has come under fire in a government report.

The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported on Monday that the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, issued the report on the purpose, function and accomplishments of the Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa.

Asset finance company Magma Fincorp has registered net profit of Rs 26.46 crore during the fourth quarter of 2009-10 as compared to Rs 7.43 crore during the same period of last year.

For the fiscal ended March 2010, Magma Fincorp's net profit was Rs 71.32 crore as against Rs 39.8 crore a year ago.

Mr. Sanjay Chamria, vice chairman and managing director, stated, "Increase in share of high-yield products, improvement is net interest margin helped the company achieve this profit level."

Here's good news for females who have experienced multiple miscarriages and all the pain it entails.

Even among the more than 80% women who've had two or more miscarriages will eventually have a successful pregnancy with supportive care.

Even though miscarriage is common, there have been relatively few well-conducted researches on its causes as well as treatments, Ruth Lathi, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Stanford University Medical Centre, said.

She said, "We can do better than this. We need more research."

Diamond Power Infrastructure, a power transmission and distribution (T&D) company, has declared that it has pocketed order from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam.

The scope of the order, which is valued at Rs 1.17 billion, includes the supply of different products.

The project is likely to be completed by the next 7 months.

Now, the company's order book stands at Rs 12.17 billion.

Formerly known as Diamond Cables Ltd, Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd's major activity is to make cables, conductors and sell outsourced products.

Health professionals have warned females, who carry on smoking throughout pregnancy that the health of their unborn babies is at risk.

The British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland stated that while the number of females smoking during gestation has dropped since the 1990s in spite of increasing evidence of the harm this can cause.

The organization is asking parents to mark World No Tobacco Day by quitting this deadly habit for the sake of their family's health.