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Discovery of 2 billion year old rocks may shed light on mantle formation

Old RocksWashington, April 12: Geologists have unearthed ancient rocks from the ocean floor of the N

Pakistan closer to true democracy than ever before, says ex-US envoy

Pakistan closer to true democracy than ever before, says ex-US envoyWashington, Apr 12 : A former US diplomat, who once served in Pakistan, has said that after Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani taking over as the new prime minister of Pakistan, the country was now closer to “true democracy” than ever before.

Ambassador Joseph H Melrose Jr, who represented the US in several countries, including Pakistan, during his three-decade long foreign service, said that now it was highly unlikely that Pakistan could fall under the control of extremists.

Call for urgent redressal of Asia's "Rice price crisis"

International Rice Research InstituteWashington, April 12 : The International

Troops, militants clash in Baghdad's Sadr City

US and Iraqi militaryWashington/Baghdad - The US and Iraqi military killed severa

IBM uses "spintronics" to make memory leap

San Francisco- IBM announced a new kind of computer memory on Friday that could increase storage capacity 100-fold.

Yahoo board meets to discuss competing offers

San Francisco - YahooThe board of Yahoo met Friday to discuss a long-simmering takeover offer from Microsoft

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