Washington, Oct 1 : Ahead of the Nov 4 US presidential poll, Pentagon is planning for a sea change in the strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, that would encompass expanding airfields, pre-positioning military forces and equipment, and preparing for a more robust effort soon against Islamist extremists along the Pak-Afghan border.
Washington, October 1 : A new research has revealed that subsurface life in the form of single-celled organisms feast on an extensive number of oil compounds.
The research, led by David Valentine of UC (University of California) Santa Barbara and Chris Reddy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, was conducted thousands of feet below the bottom of the sea, off the shores of Santa Barbara in the US.
They detail how the microbes are dining on thousands of compounds that make up the oil seeping from the sea floor.
New York, Oct 1 : The failure of the House of Representatives to pass the 700 billion dollar plan to unclog the credit markets represented a colossal failure of American leadership -- not just by President Bush and the congressional leadership but also by the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.
Washington, Oct 1: CIA Director Michael Hayden has said the threat from al Qaeda is real and the group’s growing strength along the tribal areas along the Pakistan- Afghan border could be the single greatest threat to US national security
“Al Qaeda represents the most clear, most present danger, to the United States, certainly,” he said.
Washington, Oct 1: Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his rival Sarah Palin are training hard and not taking anything for granted before the only vice presidential debate of 2008 on Thursday.
The veep debate at Washington University in St. Louis is expected to center on domestic and foreign policy, and the list of topics could run the gamut, FOX News reported.
Washington, Oct 1: The American Senate is set to vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal today, after the US House of Representatives passed the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement by a clear majority (298-117 votes) three days ago.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid said that the legislation on the deal would in all probability be taken up after another pending legislation the Rail Safety Amtrak Bill is voted on by lawmakers.
Reid said on the Floor of the Senate at the start of the day''s proceedings that he was quite sure that it could be finalized so that there could be a vote on the deal.
Washington, Oct 1 : Ahead of the Nov 4 US presidential poll, Pentagon is planning for a sea change in the strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, that would encompass expanding airfields, pre-positioning military forces and equipment, and preparing for a more robust effort soon against Islamist extremists along the Pak-Afghan border.
New York, Oct 1 : The failure of the House of Representatives to pass the 700 billion dollar plan to unclog the credit markets represented a colossal failure of American leadership -- not just by President Bush and the congressional leadership but also by the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.
Washington, Oct 1: CIA Director Michael Hayden has said the threat from al Qaeda is real and the group’s growing strength along the tribal areas along the Pakistan- Afghan border could be the single greatest threat to US national security
Washington, Oct 1: Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his rival Sarah Palin are training hard and not taking anything for granted before the only vice presidential debate of 2008 on Thursday. 
Washington, Oct 1: The American Senate is set to vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal today, after the US House of Representatives passed the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement by a clear majority (298-117 votes) three days ago.
