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Washington, October 09, 2008 drug ranolazine is a safe and effective treatment for chronic stable angina and adds to the treatment options for patients with this condition. Heart disease continues to be the largest cause of death in the US, where 9.1 million people have the condition, some three percent of the population. For every patient admitted to hospital with a heart attack, there are 30 angina patients. There are a wide variety of angina treatments including Beta blockers, statins, aspirin, and diet ... Read More

Pakistan-- A suicide bomber detonated at the home of a lawmaker in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 30 others, a police spokesman said. The target of the attack, national assembly member Rashid Akbar Nawani, sustained injuries to his legs, according to a spokesman for his party. Nawani is a senior member of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party (PML-N).The entire province of Punjab has been placed under high ... Read More

Prince Harry was tonight preparing to pull out of Afghanistan as the Taliban threatened more attacks in the face of what it has described as "aggression against Muslims".According to a Taliban spokesman, the prince's presence in Helmand province is a direct sign of the British Royal Family's stance against Muslims and warned it would merely encourage further insurgent attacks against British soldiers. Zabihullah Mujahid said: "Prince Harry's presence in Afghanistan encourages our fighters to launch more attacks on British forces. "The Royal ... Read More

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Special Correspondent WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopefuls - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - clashed sharply over their stance on Pakistan, the Iraq war and other issues in a heated debate Tuesday night, one week before a pivotal group of primaries. Seeking to regain lost momemtum, Mrs Clinton slammed Obama for having unwisely ‘threatened to bomb Pakistan’ if President Pervez Musharraf failed to act against Al-Qaeda militants. “Last summer, he basically threatened to bomb Pakistan, which I don’t think was a particularly wise ... Read More

By ROB HARRIS Associated Press Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said. Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney. The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at about 1 a.m. and was centered about 125 miles north of London, the British Geological Survey said. Julian Bukits of the geological survey called it the most powerful quake in Britain ... Read More

US to blast satellite after space shuttle lands (Reuters) 16 February 2008 WASHINGTON - The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled US spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a US general said on Friday. “The window will open when the shuttle is on the ground,” said Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director of operations for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff. The space shuttle is scheduled to land on Wednesday at 9:06 a.m ... Read More

India opens massive weapons fair, denies arming for war (AFP) 16 February 2008 NEW DELHI - A massive defence fair opened in India’s capital Saturday, with hundreds of global weapons firms competing for billions of dollars of sales to one of the world’s largest armies and biggest spenders. Some 450 firms from countries including the United States, Russia, Britain, Russia and Israel are displaying their latest hardware to technology-hungry India, the top arms buyer among emerging nations and expected to shell out 30 ... Read More

OIC warns of 'bigger conflict' ISTANBUL (AFP) - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference denounced Friday the reprinting of a profane Danish cartoon of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), warning it could lead to confrontations between Muslims and Christians. “By reprinting these cartoons we are heading towards a bigger conflict and that shows that both sides will be hostages of their radicals,” OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, a Turk, told AFP in Istanbul. “It is not a way of improving your rights and exercising ... Read More