Delhi court legalises gay sex Irish Times Saddam saw Iran as main enemy, records suggestSarkozy drops pit bull image for more serene personaPakistanis start to rebuild their lives after routing of the TalibanJackson's ex-wife may fight for custodyPrenuptial victory in UK court for German heiressAlgerian star accused of kidnap and trying to ...
Yudhoyono rides anti-corruption wave Asia Times | By Patrick Guntensperger | JAKARTA - The conviction on corruption charges of a close relative to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has significantly bolstered his graft-fighting credentials just weeks before presidential polls set for July 8. Former Bank of Indonesia governor Aulia Pohan, the fat...
Maymont Park offers activities and events for Richmond families throughout Summer 2009 The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | Maymont Foundation and Park: | Maymont Park is a 100-acre estate that was left to the people of Richmond upon the owners’ death in 1925. From 1925 to 1975, Maymont was owned and operated by the City of Richmond. In 197...
China doll Irish Times 12Portrait of a LadyA taste of AmericaThrills and spills | WOMEN: In the West, the Barbie doll symbolises particularly superficial form of consumerism, but in China, it has become associated feminist movement that is challenging long-established patr...
New Minamata criteria a compromise Daily Yomiuri | It appears that legislation for compensation of Minamata disease sufferers who have not been recognized by the government in the past will pass during the current Diet session. | Fifty-three years have passed since the first official confirmation o...
Poll automation is back on track Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines — After four days that generated plenty of politicking, the two companies that won the contract to conduct automated elections in 2010 have settled their differences. | Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Jose Melo announced...
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Water scarcity in Sindh canals to end: Qaim The News International Wednesday, July 01, 2009 | By Badal Mallah | LARKANA: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Tuesday that shortage of irrigation water in Sindh canals would soon end. Talk...
Thai ex-PM's fortunes boosted by electoral results The Miami Herald | BANGKOK -- Two consecutive victories in local elections by allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have buoyed backers' hopes for resurrection of their disgraced leade...
Thai ex-PM's fortunes boosted by electoral results Denver Post | BANGKOK—Two consecutive victories in local elections by allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have buoyed backers' hopes for resurrection of their disgraced le...
Libertarians slam new law forcing witnesses to speak up NZ Herald 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 | By | A new bill that would force people to reveal relevant evidence will leave citizens without protection and give the state total power, say civil libertarians. | The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has labell...
Internet fraud case NZ's first majority verdict NZ Herald 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 | In what is believed to be New Zealand's first majority verdict, a jury has found Dieter Rudolf Bedenknecht guilty of being an online auction cheat. | The law was only changed last week to allow juries to return verdicts...
Smack in the chops for New Zealand parents The Australian | THE slap is the big barbecue-stopper in Australia. | In New Zealand, it's the smack. | The Australian slap comes in the best-selling book by Christos Tsiolkas, who writes of the tumultuous consequences, the angst, that result from a slap administer...
De Castro unveils good governance agenda Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Noli de Castro may be playing coy about his presidential ambition but he already has a blueprint for nation-building should he finally decide to run for President in the 2010 elections. | De Castro unveiled his 10-point framework for good governance when he spoke before hundreds of local architects in Mandalu...
Air India won't sack employees: Praful Patel The Times Of India | 4 Jul 2009, 2019 hrs IST, PTI Text: CHENNAI: Cash-strapped public carrier Air India would not sack employees but financial and organisational restructuring was on the cards, union minister of state for civil aviation Praful Patel said today. | "There is no question of sacking;employees wi...
