Archive for April, 2011
Apr 30th, 2011
FEDERAL WAY, Wash.--(CRWENewswire April 29, 2011)-- Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) today reported net earnings of $99 million for the first quarter, or 18 cents per diluted share, on net sales of $1.6 billion. This compares with a net loss of $20 million on net sales of $1.4 billion for the same period last year.
Earnings for the first quarter of 2011 include an after-tax gain of $96 million on the previously announced sale of 82,000 acres of non-strategic timberlands in southwest Washington. Excluding this special item, the company reported net earnings of $3 million. This compares to a net loss before special items of $15 million in the f
Apr 30th, 2011
According to diplomats UN inspectors may say in an upcoming report that a Syrian Desert site bombed to rubble in 2007 was probably a covert nuclear reactor, opening the way for the UN Security Council to take up the case. The Vienna-based diplomats said that there are indications nuclear activity may have taken place at the Dair Alzour site, but the next reports could use more pointed wording. The IAEA has declined to comment bout the report, which will be presented to its 35-nation governing board in June.
The board possesses the power to refer to countries to the Security Council if they are judged to have broken IAEA rules base
Apr 30th, 2011
The peace envoy for Bosnia said that the European Union must engage more closely with Bosnia to help the ethnically divided country overcome a deepening political crisis. An Austrian diplomat overseeing Bosnia, Valentin Inzko, said the EU must view the nation as a test for its new diplomatic corps set up last year to raise the EU’s global profile. Inzko said in an interview that this is really important for Bosnia, adding, the country is split in many ways, but there is unanimous agreement that the European Union is the future.
He said that he is talking about a stronger focus on Bosnia. Bosnia is currently facing the worst polit
Apr 30th, 2011
On Friday Pakistan conducted the third test flight of nuclear capable Ra’ad (Hatf-8) cruise missile. An Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement announcing the successful test of the indigenously developed missile said. An Arabic word meaning thunder Ra’ad, has a range of 350km and has been developed for launch form a variety of aerial platforms. During the second test in May 2008, it was test-fired formal Mirage fighter of Pakistan Air Force.
Similarly, the third test was also conducted from a Mirage fighter and defense analysts say the test was highly successful in achieving the objectives. In August 2007 the first fl
Apr 30th, 2011
On Friday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fired the Russian space energy chief after a series of high-profile setbacks cast a shadow on the 50th anniversary year of Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight. The government said in a statement, while quoting an order signed by Putin, Anatoly Perminov will be replaced as head of Roskosmos by First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin.
The order said that Perminov had reached the maximum age for state employees but there have been clear indications for some time of growing frustration in the government with Roskosmos’ performance.
In December, Russia suffered one of its m
Apr 30th, 2011
The US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan says that India has to play an important role in supporting the Afghan people, as US expedites its diplomatic efforts to end the Afghan crisis. Mr. Marc Grossman, who made this statement on Friday in New Delhi, is currently visiting India, Pakistan and Afghanistan to encourage greater reconciliation in the region before June when President Barack Obama is expected to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.
Mr. Grossman will also be visiting Saudi Arabia, which is helping the Afghan government in reaching out to the Taliban insurgents for ending violence in the war-torn country.
Apr 30th, 2011
According to the rights activists and officials more than 50 Syrians were killed as tens of thousands of protesters rallied for a ‘day of rage’ after noon prayers on Friday, defying warnings of a harsh crackdown. Witnesses said that protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime were held in most major towns, in pro-democracy demonstrations after the weekly prayers.
Based in London, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said at least 32 civilians wee killed in the protest epicenter of Daraa, adding it had a list of names of those confirmed killed.
Military officials said that four soldiers were also killed and
Apr 30th, 2011
According to the senior military officials the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan is expecting a major spike in violence include suicide bombings across the country over the next week as Taliban-led insurgents push back against perceived coalition gains. Military Commanders belonging to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Washington have trumpeted successes against a growing insurgency since 30,000 extra US troops were sent to Afghanistan last year in an attempt to reverse losses before the start of a gradual troop withdrawal from July.
The senior commanders in Afghanistan have long anticipated a spike i
Apr 30th, 2011
American pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc said that its experimental arthritis drug met the focal goals of two late-stage clinical trials. Pfizer Inc is seeking for new products to equalize those that are losing patent protection and its arthritis drug, tofacitinib, is one of its most significant new products.
According to the company initial results from 2 studies: ORAL Standard, and ORAL Step, both trials met their main goals. The company said that ORAL Standard study tested patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis who did not react well to methotrexate, a standard treatment for the condition. The recent st
Apr 30th, 2011
Swedish film has won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film “She Monkeys” was directed by Lisa Aschan, the film depicts a complicated relationship between 2 teenage girls competing under intense pressure in the equestrian world. She Monkey’s won jury comments as haunting, resonant, but never posed.
Israeli director Alma Har’el’s “Bombay Beach”, a film about a small community on the Salton Sea in California, US received the best documentary feature award.
Shami Bizimana was the top male acting prize went to for his performance in “Grey Matter”, while
