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White House describes Indo-US N-deal as “critically important”

Washington, Apr 29 : The Indo-US nuclear deal is “critically important” and the US will never declare it as “dead”, said White House Press Secretary Dana Perino here last evening.

5th century Japanese royal tomb opened to scholars for first time

Washington, April 29 : A fifth century imperial tomb in Japan has been opened for the first time to scholars.

US doubts Pak peace deal with Taliban, FATA extremists

Washington, Apr 29 : The recent peace deal signed by Pakistan with the Taliban and other dissident elements in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is being seen with skepticism in the US

Oldest objects in Universe might be surprisingly immature

Washington, April 29: A new study has suggested that globular clusters, which are some of the oldest objects in the Universe, might be surprisingly less mature in their development than previously

US stock indices mixed amid Ford, Mars moves

New York  - US stocks were mixed Monday as billionaire Warren Buffett financed the 23-billion-dollar takeover of candy company Wm Wrigley Jr Co and investor Kirk Kerkorian bought a large stake in F

US newspaper circulation drops; Wisconsin paper takes action

usa flagLos Angeles  - Newspaper circulation fell 3.6 per cent in the six months ending in March as the transition from paper to online continued apace according to figures released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

At least one Wisconsin newspaper has taken the bull by the horns, stopping its nearly 100-year-old print edition and going entirely to online production.

The New York Times' circulation fall 3.85 per cent while its Sunday circulation dropped more than 9 per cent. The only major newspapers to buck the trend were USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, which both experienced gains of less than 1 percent.

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