US push on Myanmar enters new phase

by AFP
After a landmark visit by Myanmar's leader, the United States is looking to a new phase of greater cooperation to encourage reform with the former pariah state as it runs out of major symbolic steps.

Bausch & Lomb near $9 bn sale to Valeant: source

by AFP
Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant is close to a deal to acquire US eye health company Bausch & Lomb for about $9 billion, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.A deal could come as soon as next week, the person said.

Drone strikes illegal, reiterates government

by AFP
US president Barack Obama mounted a firm defence of his covert drone war as legal and just in a major speech on counterterrorism policy but warned that undisciplined use of the tactic would invite abuses of power

British security services in spotlight after soldier murder

by AFP
Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers.

Bird flu ‘may spread’

by Reuters
The H7N9 bird flu virus can be transmitted not only through direct contact but also through airborne exposure, find researchers

No exit strategy: Musharraf aide

by Express Tribune
Chaudhry Sarfraz Anjum Kahlon, political advisor to former president Pervez Musharraf yesterday categorically dismissed all claims about Musharraf leaving Pakistan for good
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