Britain could join a proposed new EU system to enhance border security and combat illegal migration through satellite surveillance and fingerprinting of all foreign visitors, it emerged yesterday. The scheme, put forward by Franco Frattini, the EU justice and security commissioner, would apply to the 24-nation passport-free Schengen zone, recently expanded to include countries in […]
Madonna Hosts Controversial Un Fundraiser
The United Nations is facing criticism over claims that a star-studded fund raising event hosted by Madonna at its headquarters last night was used to promote the controversial Kabbalah Center and a new Gucci store. Bloggers and some media reports criticized the use of the UN building in New York for the event because it […]
Tehran lashes out at George W Bush
Iran is approaching the “peak” in its nuclear programme and will not yield to Western pressure to halt its activities, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday. Ahmadinejad was speaking in the south-western town of Bushehrnear the site of Iran’s planned first nuclear power plant, being built with Russian help, and predicted the country would have […]
Nurses feel the heat in the Philippines
At no point in time, the nursing profession has greatly rekindled new hopes for parents who have used much of their savings and other resources just to send their siblings to various nursing schools in the Philippines. Despite the low salary that a staff nurse has to get by the time she is employed in […]
Biyar Local Support Organization held open Forum
Open forum held at Booni (Open katchery). People open offices of complaints. CHITRAL: An Open forum was held here at Booni some 75 KM from here which was organized by Biyar Local Support Organization (BLSO). District Nazim Chitral, District Coordination Officer (DCO), heads of all line departments as well as representatives of non government organizations […]
Divisions in Nato After Us Doubts Afghanistan Tactics
Deepening divisions within Nato over its military operations in Afghanistan emerged today after Robert Gates, the US defense secretary, said America’s allies did not know how to fight insurgencies. In arguments often used by British defense officials against American military tactics, Gates told the Los Angeles Times: "I’m worried we’re deploying [military advisers] that are […]