New wave of repression as Mugabe prepares for second round of leadership contest. By Jabu Shoko in Harare President Robert Mugabe is heaping pressure on the country’s civil society organisations and the human rights lawyers who represent them ahead of the presidential run-off later this month. On June 5, Zimbabwe’s public service minister Nicholas Goche […]
China Loves Austrialia PM
Chinese president Hu Jintao likes Australia’s new Prime Minister, who served as a diplomat to China in the 80s, so much that he invited Kevin Rudd and his family to next year’s Olympics months before Rudd would go on to defeat incumbent John Howard in this past weekend’s election. What might Chinese bloggers make of […]
Iraqi Kidnap Victims’ Wives Face Financial Struggle
Women whose husbands go missing find it difficult to obtain government aid. By Hind al-Safar and Zaineb Naji in Baghdad Firdaw al-Baghdadi has not seen her husband in three years. He was abducted in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, and although his family paid a ransom for his release, they never heard from the captors […]
UN study :More widows in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
According to a UN study, Tamil Nadu and Pondy (Puducherry) has the rare but unfortunate distinction of having most number of young widows in their states than the national average. If the national average is 5.13 per hundred women interviewed in the age group of 15-59, Tamil Nadu has a shocking figure of shooting more […]
NY Times Building Climbers Protest Wrong Causes
Two climbers have scaled the New York Times headquarters building opposite the Port Authority using the ceramic bars designed by architest Renzo Piano as so many step-ladders. The New York Police Department greeted at the top by arrest, charging them with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass. A French climber unfurled a banner protesting global warming […]
A beautiful but remote area need attention of the authority
Pensioners demanded for increasing of monthly in upcoming budget. CHITRAL: Old age citizen especially those who have been retired from government services are facing numerous problems in present era when prices of essential goods are sky touching. Former general secretary of Pensioners Association Chitral and presently Nazim UC Kosht Ameer Khan Jalali who […]
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