Ukraine’s Hryvnia Tumbles as Gas Feud With Russia Deepens (Bloomberg) Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s hryvnia dropped to the lowest in nine days against the dollar as a feud with Russia over gas prices worsened, threatening supplies to Europe.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 559 (AP via Yahoo! News) As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 559 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST.

Xenomics, Inc. Discusses HPV Screening Test Based on Transrenal DNA Technology at 52nd All India Congress of ... (Centre Daily Times) Xenomics, Inc. (XNOM.PK), a developer of non-invasive next-generation molecular diagnostics, announced today that Dr. Samuil Umansky, Chief Scientific Officer, presented today at the 52 nd All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AICOG) in Jaipur, India. Dr. Umansky provided an overview of the current state of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) detection and cervical cancer diagnostics and ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 559 (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 559 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 559 (The State) As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 559 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST. Of those, the military reports 406 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 559 (The Charlotte Observer) (The Associated Press) As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 559 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST. Of those, the military reports 406 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, ...

Ukraine’s Hryvnia Falls to Two-Week Low on Russian Gas Dispute (Bloomberg) Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s hryvnia fell to the lowest level in two weeks against the dollar on concern a dispute with Russia over gas supplies may further hobble the economy.

Xenomics, Inc. Discusses HPV Screening Test Based on Transrenal DNA Technology at 52nd All India Congress of ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.----Xenomics, Inc. , a developer of non-invasive next-generation molecular diagnostics, announced today that Dr. Samuil Umansky, Chief Scientific Officer, presented today at the 52nd All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Jaipur, India.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 559 (Las Vegas Sun) Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (6:30 p.m.) As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 559 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

Scramble for the seabed (Express India) For nearly 30 years, legal control of the sea has actually stopped 200 miles from the shore, but even that is about to change. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea allows states to extend their limits beyond 200 miles if they can show that the continental shelf beyond their coastline extends that far.