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2012年3月15日星期四

Morning Digest: U.S. commander defends moving massacre soldier out of Afghanistan

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03/15/2012

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U.S. commander defends moving massacre soldier out of Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - A senior U.S. commander defended on Thursday moving a U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians out of Afghanistan to a military detention centre in Kuwait, saying it would help ensure a proper investigation and trial..

Army gains ground on anniversary of Syria uprising

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria marked the first anniversary on Thursday of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, with recent army gains unlikely to quell the revolt and no diplomatic solution in sight..

Stock index futures signal early gains

(Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.19 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.36 percent at 0956 GMT..

Obama, Cartoon Network target bullying in documentary

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appears in an upcoming Cartoon Network documentary aimed at encouraging bullied children and others to speak up, and says that as the father of two young girls he is deeply concerned about the issue..

Bulls overcome Rose absence to beat Heat

(Reuters) - The Chicago Bulls overcame the absence of league MVP Derrick Rose to earn a 106-102 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday with third-string point guard John Lucas III scoring 24 points to emerge as an unlikely game winner..

China's new microblogging rules to make Weibo more attractive

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - New real-identity rules to be imposed on China's Weibo are likely to make the country's most popular microblogging platform more alluring to advertisers, as Sina Corp seeks to start generating revenue from its product later this year..

Leukemia gene mutations linked to survival odds

(Reuters) - Advances in genetic profiling are paving the way for more precise, and effective, treatment of the aggressive bone marrow cancer known as acute mylogenous leukemia, or AML, according to new research..

Korean, educated and female? Find a matchmaker

SEOUL (Reuters) - If you are thirty-plus and a woman with a masters degree in South Korea, you may need the help of a matchmaker to find love -- and your worried mother may even end up doing the legwork for you..