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Photo courtesy of genericpharmafinance.com Indian drug maker Sun to buy troubled peer Ranbaxy for $4.0 bln Top Indian drug giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said Monday it had agreed to buy its troubled peer Ranbaxy for $4.0 billion in stock, ending its ill-fated six-year control by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo.
07 April 2014
Veteran US actor Mickey Rooney dead at 93: US media Mickey Rooney, whose long Hollywood career began as a child star in the 1930s, has died at the age of 93, US media reported.
07 April 2014
President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz. Photo courtesy of liveinternet.ru Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House The controversy over a "selfie" photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday.
07 April 2014
Photo courtesy of sfgate.com Police arrest 100 after California street party turns violent At least 44 people were injured and more than 100 were arrested after a California student street party turned into a huge brawl, police said.
07 April 2014
Pig virus threatens US outdoor grilling season A dark cloud is menacing the cherished US summer season of outdoor grilling: a deadly pig virus that has been sweeping through farms and driving up pork prices.
06 April 2014
US allows Boeing to sell plane parts to Iran The United States has issued a license allowing Boeing to do business with Iran for the first time since the US embargo of 1979, a company spokesman told AFP Friday.
05 April 2014
MKS Baratron Pressure Transducer. Photo courtesy of ebay.com Chinese man, Iranian indicted in US over Iran exports A Chinese man, an Iranian and two Iranian firms were charged in the United States with conspiring to export devices to Iran that can serve to enrich uranium, an indictment unsealed Friday said.
05 April 2014
Fort Hood gunman's motivation 'may never be known' Investigators said Friday they may never know exactly what drove a troubled US soldier to shoot dead three people and wound 16 earlier this week at Fort Hood.
05 April 2014
A dragon statue stands on a red carpet in preparation for the season four premiere of the HBO series "Game of Thrones". ©Reuters/Lucas Jackson Blood, sex and dragons: 'Game of Thrones' returns Millions worldwide will tune in for the fourth season of medieval fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" from Sunday as the hit show returns to television screens, promising to deliver its usual jaw-dropping mix of sex, violence and vengeance.
05 April 2014
Twenty years after suicide, Kurt Cobain still fascinates The road sign outside town reads "Welcome to Aberdeen. Come As You Are." The iconic Nirvana song title greets fans from around the world flocking to pay homage to Kurt Cobain.
04 April 2014
David Letterman. ©Reuters/Chris Bergin David Letterman saying good night to 'Late Night' David Letterman, a pillar of American late-night TV talk shows, announced Thursday that he'll be stepping down as host of "Late Night" on CBS next year after a 22-year run.
04 April 2014
Marvin Gaye. Photo courtesy of news.softpedia.com Late Motown icon Marvin Gaye remembered on 75th birthday Family, friends and fans of Marvin Gaye came together Wednesday to pay joyful hommage the late Motown legend and native Washingtonian on what would have been his 75th birthday.
04 April 2014
US Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal ©REUTERS Crisis in Ukraine will not re-start Cold War: US Assistant Secretary of State in Kazakhstan US Assistant Secretary Nisha Biswal declared that the United States did not expect the crisis in Ukraine to lead to resumption of the Cold War with Russia.
03 April 2014
Microsoft launches 'Cortana' smartphone assistant Microsoft on Wednesday took on Apple's Siri and Google Now with a smartphone personal assistant dubbed "Cortana."
03 April 2014
Four dead at Fort Hood including shooter, 16 wounded: commander Four people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the commander of the US base said.
03 April 2014
© Reuters Situation in Ukraine - US Assistant Secretary of State speaks to Kazakhstan students US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal lectured at Eurasian National University in Astana.
02 April 2014
Remains of 'missing US soldiers' repatriated from Cambodia Remains believed to be those of three American servicemen killed in Cambodia more than four decades ago during the Vietnam War were repatriated Wednesday for identification in the United States.
02 April 2014
©Reuters/Mike Segar Moscow threatens US retaliation over blocked funds transfer Moscow on Wednesday threatened retaliatory action against US diplomats after US bank JP Morgan blocked a transfer of funds carried out by a Russian envoy.
02 April 2014
Pavel Durov. ©vk.com/durov No joke as 'Russian Facebook' founder resigns amid dispute The founder of Russia's top social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, on Wednesday said he has resigned as chief executive in a bitter conflict with a major shareholder, a dramatic announcement some initially saw as an April Fool's joke.
02 April 2014
Director Peter Jackson.  ©Reuters/Phil McCarten Peter Jackson's jet joins search for missing MH370 The personal jet of Oscar-winning movie director Peter Jackson was reported Wednesday to have been called into assist with the search for the missing Malaysian airliner.
02 April 2014
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