President-Elect Barack Obama is expected to announce his National Security team and Attorney General picks on Monday, December 1st. Most likely, he will nominate former rival and former First Lady Senator Hillary Clinton to the post of Secretary of State and current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to stay in his job, at least for […]
Mock Bombings Test India’s Terrorism Preparedness
Hyderabad November 26, 2008 Not yet recovered from last year’s three-bomb blast killing more than 50 people, the city of Hyderabad today under went an unprecedented security drill to test the preparedness of the emergency services to deal with a similar situation. As part of the drill, organized by the National Disaster Management Authority, […]
Probe into forest fund demanded
Forest Department under Fire in Zilla Council Session. CHITRAL: A meeting of Zilla Council Chitral held here under the chair of Convener Sultan Shah. This was one point agenda to ascertain criteria of distribution of fund in head of forest royalty and establishment of Joint Forest Management Committee (JFMC). Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Forest […]
Probe into forest Royalty demanded
Forest Department under Fire in Zilla Council Session. CHITRAL: A meeting of Zilla Council Chitral held here under the chair of Convener Sultan Shah. This was one point agenda to ascertain criteria of distribution of fund in head of forest royalty and establishment of Joint Forest Management Committee (JFMC). Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Forest […]
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to Lead Homeland Security
One last Cabinet post appears to be filled tonight. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano will be offered the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration. Governor Napolitano comes to the Department with extensive experience in running successful government bureaucracies, as well as in the Department of Justice and as head of the […]
30,000 children exposed to diseases
Over 70,000 people, including 30,000 children, have been left homeless in quake-hit areas, Unicef said Friday, as health workers warned that deadly diseases were spreading. The UN children’s agency said they and Pakistani government officials assessed the situation in the worst-hit districts of mountainous Balochistan province and were "concerned about the urgent needs of children […]
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