2011:”Pakistan-China Friendship year”

  “Pak-China Friendship is higher than Himalayas and deeper than Oceans,” this statement was made in Islamabad, as Pakistan and China launched this year as the “Pak-China Friendship year-2011” on January 1; indicating a strengthening…

Tap Water of 31 U.S. Cities contains chromium 6

Tap water from 31 of 35 U.S. cities tested contains hexavalent chromium (or chromium-6), the carcinogenic “Erin Brockovich chemical,” according to laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG). The highest levels were detected in…

Beckham could star in 2012 Olympics

David Beckham could star at the London 2012 Olympics by playing or coaching the Great Britain football team, according to organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe. Although football is played as an Under-23 tournamenent at the…

2010 Economy in Retrospect

There are many words we could use to describe the year 2010… some say it’s the year that recovery began after recession, others claim that it only looked like an improvement…but one thing we can…

Robust rise in Chinese wages through 2015

China will likely see “strong” increases in salaries in the five years through 2015 as the nation’s supply of labor dwindles and consumers begin to spend more and save less, Credit Suisse Group AG said…

Early partial solar eclipse for 2011

People standing across a great swathe of the Earth’s surface will see the Moon take a big bite out of the Sun. Tuesday will see the first partial solar eclipse of 2011. For north Africa…