Biden, in leaked memo, told Obama war plan flawed
As President Barack Obama considered adding as many as 40,000 U.S. forces to a backsliding war in Afghanistan in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden warned him that the military rationale for doing so was
US mulls new covert raids in Pakistan
US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighboring Afghanistan that they have considered launching s
Armstrong asks US panel to drop doping charges
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong asked a US Anti-Doping Agency review board on Friday to dismiss "spurious" allegations brought against him last week.
Armstrong's attorney Robert Lu
‘Stress can be good for your immunity’
Stress is bad for you — you’ve heard it a thousand times. But it can be good for your immune system, says a study.
Stem cells used to grow tiny liver, eye
Scientists in Japan claim to have developed a rudimentary human liver and a precursor of a human eyeball in the lab using stem cells; a feat they say could be a boon for the future organ replacement.
Bobby Jindal attacks Obama as the presidential race hots up
Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has launched yet another attack on the US President by alleging that Barack Obama's re-election campaign message is 'divide and blame' and not 'hope and change' of his 2008 campaign.
Americans don't need outsourcing pioneers in Oval Office: Obama
US President Barack Obama on Saturday attacked presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for outsourcing the jobs by his companies and said Americans don't need pioneers of outsourcing
‘Sahara had dairy farms, was green’
The sandy dunes may have made the Sahara a desolate desert now, but about 7,000 years ago, it was full of greenery that hosted early African dairy farms, according to new research.
Tamil Nadu ‘source’ of sex trafficking: US
The US has accused India of being a “source, destination and transit country” for forced labour and sex trafficking. An official report released by US secretary of state Hillary Clinton refers to the
Fed ramps up economic stimulus, ready to do more
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered another round of monetary stimulus and said it was ready to do even more to help an increasingly fragile U.S. economic recovery.
The central bank expan