Lahore, Oct 18 : In a bid to train the Pakistani forces how to fight out the Taliban, the US military has begun a training effort inside Pakistan this week.
Washington - The successor to Windows Vista now has a name: Windows 7.
Although the new operating system is not due to hit store shelves until late next year, Microsoft felt that now was the time not only to unveil the name of the next version of the world's most-used operating system but, more importantly, the rationale for the abandonment of the "aspirational" naming scheme of recent versions of Windows.
Washington - A US government agency declared a cluster of beluga whales off Alaska's Cook Inlet to be endangered by extinction, in a statement issued Friday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Services announced the decision. Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, sits at the end of Cook Inlet, which opens onto the Gulf of Alaska, Kodiak Island and the Pacific Ocean.
Washington - US stocks dropped on Friday, closing out a wild week that saw most major indices make strong gains amid uncertainty and recessionary fears among US investors.
US stocks had been up as much as 4 per cent earlier in the trading day but were struck with a late sell-off - a common trend during the ongoing financial crisis.
The Commerce Department reported that construction of single homes fell to a 26-year low in September, signalling the housing downturn at the heart of the financial turmoil has yet to reach bottom.
Washington - US troops will be protected under a new agreement with Iraq on the future US presence in the country, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
Gates said members of Congress had reacted "positively" to the Iraq forces deal, which reached tentative agreement between US and Iraqi negotiators on Wednesday but still has to be approved by the legislatures of both countries.
Washington - North Korea is again making progress in dismantling its nuclear facilities after the United States and North Korea broke an impasse last week over the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the US and South Korea said Friday.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and South Korean Defence Minister Lee Sang Hee in a joint statement welcomed the process being brought back on track and warned that freeing the Korean peninsula from nuclear weapons was key to security in the region.
Washington - The successor to Windows Vista now has a name: Windows 7.
Washington - A US government agency declared a cluster of beluga whales off Alaska's Cook Inlet to be endangered by extinction, in a statement issued Friday.
Washington - US stocks dropped on Friday, closing out a wild week that saw most major indices make strong gains amid uncertainty and recessionary fears among US investors.
Washington - US troops will be protected under a new agreement with Iraq on the future US presence in the country, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
Washington - North Korea is again making progress in dismantling its nuclear facilities after the United States and North Korea broke an impasse last week over the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the US and South Korea said Friday.
