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• Kurdish President: Conditions Favorable for Independence
• Iraqi PM Hopes for New Government by Next Week
• Obama ‘Worst President’ Since WWII, Poll Finds
• Spying Report Mars Senator McCain’s Trip to India
• Cousteau’s Grandson Surfaces After Record Underwater Stay
• Hong Kong, Beijing Consider New Reality After Pro-Democracy Referendum
• Illicit Ivory Sales Booming in Bangkok
• Myanmar Prepares for Return of Foreign Banks
• New Security Policy Fosters US-Japan Alliance
• US Condemns Killing of Palestinian Teen
• Ukrainian, Russian FMs Agree to Discuss Resuming Cease-fire
• US: Anti-Western Fervor Motivated Benghazi Suspect
• Protesters Released After Massive Hong Kong Rally
• New ISIL Emir Could Be Troublesome for Lebanon
• Iran, World Powers Arrive in Vienna for Nuclear Talks
• Sunscreen users more influenced by fear of skin cancer, than actual data
• Aspirin and smoking affects ageing of cancer genes
• Less sleep can make your brain age faster
• Fish can remember things even after 12 days
• Afghan election result delayed until Monday for fraud audit

Kurdish President: Conditions Favorable for Independence Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:34 PM PDT As Iraq's attempts at building a new government failed on Tuesday, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said he would push for a referendum on independence for Kurdistan. Barzani spoke with VOA’s Persian service on Tuesday in Irbil, the largest city in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The Iraqi army has struggled against offensives by the Islamic […]

Iraqi PM Hopes for New Government by Next Week Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:33 PM PDT BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that he hoped to overcome the challenges blocking the formation of a new government, a day after the new parliament’s first session ended without agreement on top government posts. “A state of weakness occurred but God willing in the next session [planned for next Tuesday] […]

Obama ‘Worst President’ Since WWII, Poll Finds Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:13 PM PDT A new U.S. poll shows Americans think President Barack Obama is the country’s worst president since World War II. The independent Quinnipiac University poll said Wednesday that its survey taken late last month of more than 1,400 U.S. voters showed that 33 percent put Obama at the bottom of the list of 12 presidents who […]

Spying Report Mars Senator McCain’s Trip to India Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:12 PM PDT NEW DELHI —A visit to India by U.S. Senator John McCain on Wednesday was overshadowed by a row over reports that the National Security Agency was authorized to spy on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in 2010. McCain cancelled a news conference due to be held outside India’s Foreign Ministry after India summoned a senior […]

Cousteau’s Grandson Surfaces After Record Underwater Stay Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:11 PM PDT MIAMI — Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, emerged from the turquoise waters off the Florida Keys on Wednesday morning, marking the end of a record-breaking, 31-day stay in an underwater habitat with a team of scientists and documentary filmmakers. The younger Cousteau, 46, along with two "aquanauts," took the 60-foot (18-meter) […]

Hong Kong, Beijing Consider New Reality After Pro-Democracy Referendum Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT Hong Kong and Chinese officials and lawmakers are considering how to deal with a new political reality in which almost 800,000 Hong Kong residents made an unprecedented show of support for greater democracy by participating in an unofficial referendum. Occupy Central With Love and Peace, a movement of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who organized the […]

Illicit Ivory Sales Booming in Bangkok Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:03 PM PDT BANGKOK — The sale of ivory products is booming in Bangkok, according to a new study. The number of items in shops in the Thai capital has nearly tripled in the past year-and-a-half. And the number of outlets – primarily targeting Chinese tourists – has steeply risen. According to the study conducted by the wildlife […]

Myanmar Prepares for Return of Foreign Banks Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:02 PM PDT BANGKOK — After more than five decades, foreign banks are set to fully return to Myanmar later this year as part of the government's policy reforms aimed at developing the economy and infrastructure. The foreign banks will also provide a key source of funding in a country hungry for capital for development. Foreign banks that […]

New Security Policy Fosters US-Japan Alliance Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:01 PM PDT The United States has welcomed Japan's decision to adopt a new policy of “collective self-defense,” allowing its military to engage in a wider range of operations. Despite criticism from China and South Korea, a U.S. Defense Department spokesman sees the policy revision as fostering the U.S. “re-balance” to the Asia-Pacific region. U.S. State Department spokeswoman […]

US Condemns Killing of Palestinian Teen Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:59 PM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry has strongly condemned what he termed the “despicable and senseless abduction and murder” of Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, a teenager who Palestinian residents suspect was kidnapped and killed in revenge for the deaths of three Israeli teens. The Israeli youths were abducted June 12 while on their way home from […]

Ukrainian, Russian FMs Agree to Discuss Resuming Cease-fire Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:57 PM PDT The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have agreed that talks aimed at resuming a cease-fire between Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatist forces should begin no later than Saturday. The four top diplomats said in a statement after meeting in Berlin on Wednesday that the goal of the talks among representatives of Ukraine, […]

US: Anti-Western Fervor Motivated Benghazi Suspect Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:56 PM PDT U.S. prosecutors said the militant accused of carrying out the deadly 2012 attacks on American outposts in Benghazi, Libya, was motivated by his extreme anti-Western fervor. American authorities detailed some of their allegations against the suspect, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, before a judge in Washington on Wednesday ordered him held in prison until his trial. He […]

Protesters Released After Massive Hong Kong Rally Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:56 PM PDT Hong Kong police say they have released the majority of about 500 protesters arrested overnight following a massive pro-democracy rally in the city that drew a crowd of half a million people. Quoting a police spokeswoman, AFP reported that by late Wednesday, approximately 100 people remained in custody and 18 were released on bail, while […]

New ISIL Emir Could Be Troublesome for Lebanon Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:55 PM PDT BEIRUT — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the al-Qaida offshoot spearheading the militant Sunni insurgency in Iraq, has announced a new "emir," or prince, in Lebanon, a country analysts say could be a major target of the jihadist group as it seeks to expand its power across the region. He is […]

Iran, World Powers Arrive in Vienna for Nuclear Talks Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:54 PM PDT As delegates from Iran and six world powers arrive in Vienna for a marathon final round of talks, Iran says it is ready to take concrete steps to ensure its nuclear program remains peaceful, but will not ”kneel in submission.” Speaking in a video message posted on YouTube, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged […]

Sunscreen users more influenced by fear of skin cancer, than actual data Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:06 PM PDT Washington,  A new study has found that fear and worry about skin cancer has a bigger influence on people's use of sunscreen than information about the statistical likelihood of developing the disease. Marc Kiviniemi, lead researcher and assistant professor of community health and health behavior said that the study is important because most of the […]

Aspirin and smoking affects ageing of cancer genes Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:05 PM PDT London,  New study shows that while regular use of aspirin reduces ageing of cancer genes, smoking can accelerate them. Scientists had discovered in the 1990s that regular use of aspirin over long periods of time decreases the risk of developing colorectal cancer by an average of 40 percent, but it is unknown how exactly the […]

Less sleep can make your brain age faster Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:04 PM PDT Washington,  New study has claimed that staying up for longer hours can make the older adults' brain age faster. Past research had examined the impact of sleep duration on cognitive functions in older adults. Though faster brain ventricle enlargement is a marker for cognitive decline and the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, the […]

Fish can remember things even after 12 days Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT Washington, Contrary to the belief that fish have a memory span of 30 seconds, it turns out that the aquatic creatures are smarter than we think, and can recall context and associations even 12 days later. According to the Canadian scientists, who studied African Cichlids, a popular aquarium species, fish demonstrate several complex behaviours, including […]

Afghan election result delayed until Monday for fraud audit Posted: 02 Jul 2014 02:31 PM PDT Kabul  - Afghanistan’s delayed presidential election result will be announced on Monday, officials said, as the two candidates wrangle over alleged fraud in a political crisis that threatens the country’s first democratic transfer of power. The five-day delay is to allow an audit of nearly 2,000 of the 23,000 polling stations nationwide in an anti-fraud […] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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