Syria in Crisis with Arab League’s Peace Move

Published By StarCityNews On Monday, August 29th 2011. Under World Tags: activists, Arab League, Damascus, day of prayers for martyrs, Killings, law, Media, political reforms, proposed peace plan, Protests, social reforms, Syria

Ties of Syria with the Arab league were thrown into crisis over a proposed peace plan, as it reformed press laws while activists called a day of prayers for martyrs of the anti-regime uprising. According to forces as the security forces have killed five more people across the country, Damascus ... Read More

Nepal’s New PM Is A Maoist Ideologue

Published By StarCityNews On Monday, August 29th 2011. Under Politics Tags: Baburam Bhattarai, Jhalanath Khanal, Maoist Ideologue, Maoist insurgency, Maoist party, Marxist ideology, Nepal, Prime Minister, rebel guerrillas, Shah Rulers, UML party, Unified Marxist Leninist party

Baburam Bhattarai, Nepal’s new PM, is a Maoist party ideologue who played a key role in transforming the rebel guerrillas into a political set-up that won elections in 2008. The 57-year old engineer who hails from the rural western Nepal, is the vice chairman of Maoist party, which waged a ... Read More

A New Study Claims That Baby Fever Is A Real Thing And Not Just In Women

Published By StarCityNews On Monday, August 29th 2011. Under Health Tags: baby fever, biological organisms, Brooklyn., Emotion, Gary Brase, Kansas State University, phenomenon, psychological journal, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sandra Brase, visceral

A new study in the latest edition of the psychological journal “Emotion” claims that baby fever that unexpected, visceral, and almost irresistible urge to have a baby not only exists, it can be found in both men and women. Associate Professor of psychology Gary Brase and his ... Read More

Oil Falls On Slow US Economic Growth

Published By StarCityNews On Monday, August 29th 2011. Under Business Tags: Ben Bernanke, Brent crude, commodity futures, Federal Reserve, gasoline, gasoline import terminals, Hurricane Irene, London, New York, New York Mercantile Exchange, North Carolina, NYMEX, Oil, oil prices fell, power plants, refineries, US economy, US National Weather Service, West Texas Intermediate crude, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service

On late Friday, the oil held above $85 per barrel after news that the US economy did not grow as fast as previously expected. The US government said that the economy grew at just 1% in second quarter, down from previous estimates of 1.3%. Head of Federal Reserve Ben ... Read More

Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt Disqualifies For a False Start at the IAAF 2011 World Championship

Published By StarCityNews On Monday, August 29th 2011. Under Sports Tags: Christine Ohuruogu, Daegu South Korea, disqualified, Dwain Chambers, false start, IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations, Jamaican athlete star, Jamaican sprinter, London 2012 Olympics, Nick Davies, olympic, Olympic runner, Steve Cram, Usain Bolt, World Athletics Championships

On Sunday, the world athletics governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) meets with the power to change the false-start rule that saw Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt disqualified for a false start in the men’s 100- meter final at the IAAF 2011 World Championship ... Read More