Jammu, January 21(Scoop News) – Laying stress on conservation and protection of rich bio-diversity of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday emphasized the need for rejuvenating the depleted forests and raising massive plantation on vacant available areas. “Protection of forest wealth and rejuvenation of degraded forests are all the more necessary to […]
The Amanda Knox Case: An Alleged Scenario with no Known Parallel in the History of Crime
British exchange student Meredith Kercher was murdered on November 1, 2007 in Perugia, Italy, the victim of a knife attack and a sexual assault. The case received widespread media coverage in both Europe and the United States largely because both the victim and one of the accused, Amanda Knox, were attractive young women. Sexually motivate […]
WMD seized entering U.S., but details remain a mystery
A U.S. customs officer is quoted by a local San Diego TV news show as saying that government protection personnel intercepted what was termed a weapon of mass effect. Other than that statement, which was televised on February 11, there were few details. When asked if U.S. homeland security agencies intercepted chemical agents or other weapons at U.S. ports of […]
Storm Laila Nearly 30,000 people were evacuated
Normal life has been badly affected in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district `Laila’.= heavy rains and strong winds caused by cyclone eight persons were killed as heavy rains Laila which continued its collision course with the Andhra coastline and is now set to make a landfall close to Machilipatnam in the late afternoon The cyclone […]
Budget and Tax thoughts for Dobbs Ferry
Tough economic times will require a local budget response. By mid August of this year financial firms globally have posted $493 billion in write downs and credit losses according to Bloomberg News. The World Bank reports this figure may rise to one trillion dollars. New York State is especially vulnerable to the financial service […]
Hunger Striker Hospitalized, Others Rally on Capitol Hill
by Mike Hall This morning, Christopher Glory, in the eighth day of a water-onlyhunger strike to demand the U.S. government put an end to the abuses in a visa program that workers’ rights advocates liken to human trafficking, was rushed to a Washington, D.C., hospital for strike-related health problems. A spokesman for the New Orleans Workers’ Center for […]