Prisons, Jails and Probation – Overview The Department of Justice reported that at year-end 2003, federal prisons held a total of 158,426 inmates, of whom 86,972 (55%) were drug offenders. By comparison in 2000 federal prisons held 131,739 total inmates of whom 74,276 (56%) were drug offenders, and in 1995 federal prisons […]
US President George W. Bush, in his first ever direct communication to North Korean
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush, in his first ever direct communication to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, urged him to fully disclose his nuclear programs by December 31, US officials said Thursday.The unprecedented personal appeal, in a letter dated December 1, came amid growing worries among Washington and its four diplomatic […]
US President George W. Bush, in his first ever direct communication to North Korean
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush, in his first ever direct communication to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, urged him to fully disclose his nuclear programs by December 31, US officials said Thursday.The unprecedented personal appeal, in a letter dated December 1, came amid growing worries among Washington and its four diplomatic […]
International News Fai
SUVA: A powerful hurricane was heading closer to Fiji’s main islands and tourist areas Friday, prompting warnings from authorities to evacuate low lying areas. Cyclone Daman strengthened overnight to category four on a five point scale and changed course closer to the South Pacific nation’s main populated areas, officials said. By late Friday morning Daman was packing […]
Grondona Wants Sport Tribunal
Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona held an emergency meeting with the rest of the board members on Thursday in an effort to begin establishing a board of athletics. This is all a cause of the current crisis striking South American football where European clubs arrive and pillage their youth development programs and take […]
HIV threat in Iran
With a population of 67.2 million in 2001 (HDR 2003), and a GDP of US$ billions 114.1 in 2001 (HDR 2003), Iran is the second most populous country and the second largest economy in the middle-eastern region. It is also the second largest OPEC oil producer and has the world’s second largest reserves of gas. […]
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