Briefly World: Indian-American nominated to key US administration post

US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Arun Majumdar to a key administration post in the Department of Energy

Indian-American nominated to key US administration post

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Arun Majumdar to a key administration post in the Department of Energy. An IIT-Mumbai alumni,Majumdar has been nominated as the US Under Secretary of Energy,the White House said Wednesday.

Stealing drug recipe: Indian charged in US

WASHINGTON: A 42-year-old Indian scientist has been charged with stealing secret recipes from a US drug company and turning them over to his brother-in-law back home. Prabhu Mohapatra worked for Frontier Scientific Inc that supplies chemicals for research.

Turkey slaps Syria with sanctions

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BEIRUT: Turkey slapped tough economic sanctions on Syria Wednesday,freezing assets of some government officials over crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising,suspending ties with the nations central bank and banning all military sales. This is in addition to sanctions imposed by Arab League.

Progress in uranium enrichment: N Korea

SEOUL: A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday North Korea is making rapid progress on work to enrich uranium and has build a light-water nuclear power plant.

200 arrested in Occupy LA raid

LOS ANGELES: In a massive show of force,1,400 police officers stormed the Occupy Los Angeles camp Wednesday,driving protesters from the park and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave.