Timeline: A short history of breast implants

(Reuters) - Following is a look at the history of breast implants. Jean-Claude Mas, whose company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) sparked a global health scare by using substandard silicone, was arrested Thursday. Breast implants are pockets of liquid that are placed inside a breast to increase its size or adjust its appearance. There are two main kinds, containing either saline (salt water) or ...

The Lessons to Be Learned From Afghanistan

Last week, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that Americans will exit Afghanistan in mid-2013, 18 months earlier than planned. The U.S. has been there since 2001, and in 2010, the war in Afghanistan marked the second-longest military conflict in United States history.

Passport Potash Adds Former United States Congressman to the Board of Directors

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Passport Potash Inc. is pleased to announce that former U. S. Congressman Matthew Salmon has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective February 1, 2012.Mr. ...

Facebook users polled 'unlike' new Timeline feature

A whopping 70 percent of Facebook users surveyed by SodaHead voted thumbs down on the social network's now mandatory Timeline feature.

Timeline: Assange fate in hands of UK top court

(Reuters) - Here is a timeline of the main elements in the WikiLeaks saga as the website's founder, Julian Assange, appealed to Britain's top court to prevent him being extradited to Sweden on sex crime charges: April 5, 2010 - WikiLeaks releases a video showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff. -- Eight days later U.S. Defense ...