Arson, looting and vandalizing are fast becoming the ‘standard’ way to lodge a protest. So, all across the world today we see dominant groups starting a riot over even trivial issues just to drive home their point and mob going on a rampage, bringing public life to a standstill. Once the storm blows over, the […]
J&K CM expresses hope that India Govt. will not repeat past mistakes
Tangdhar/Srinagar, August 29 (Scoop News) – J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Sunday said that Union Government is actively working for political solution to Jammu and Kashmir centric issues and expressed hope that the day will not be too far to the settlement of problem amicably and peacefully. Addressing a large public gathering […]
Fate of Sunken Treasure Stirs Controversy
A U.S. diving company has vowed to contest a judge’s suggestion that the treasure retrieved from a sunken Spanish ship be returned to Spain. Decision is Nonbinding On June 3, 2009, a magistrate judge in Tampa, Fla., stated that the loot allegedly from the Spanish warship La Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes which was sunk […]
New government in Iceland
The political parties has finished their talks and will announce today formally the birth of an new government which consist of the Social Democratic party (S) and the Left-Green movement (VG) but will be backed up by the Progressive party and Liberal party. The birth will be formally announced 4 PM GMT at Hótel Borg, […]
Obama to AFL-CIO Council: He’s Counting on Union Movement
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW Barack Obama told the AFL-CIO Executive Council he is counting on the union movement’s largest-ever voter mobilization to play a key role in his drive to take back the White House for working families on Election Day. Speaking via video conference at the council’s two-day meeting in Chicago this […]
War Against LRA Looms in Congo
Government troops look set to take on Ugandan rebels who terrorise and plunder Congolese villagers. By Peter Eichstaedt in Doruma, Democratic Republic of Congo On the morning of Good Friday, March 21, third-grade schoolteacher Raymond Rpiolebeyo rode his bicycle down the dirt track leading to his home village of Gurba, expecting to spend the Easter […]