– By IWPR staff in Bishkek (RCA No. 543, 25-Apr-08) Legislative changes allowing the Kyrgyz government to privatise the potentially lucrative energy sector without consulting parliament have raised concerns that it wants to speed ahead with sales with little accountability or transparency. On April 18, parliament passed three bills relating to energy privatisation in the […]
Best Friends Once Again
"How can I just shake your hand? Come here and give me a hug!" Of course what was expected to be a heated battle between individuals that were complimentary at the height of their respective lives. For Diego Maradona and Guillermo Coppola their lives intersected after 1986 and throughout his days in Napoli and as […]
Ray Charles’ Children & Long-Time Manager To Get Into Legal Battle Against Each Other
According to a recently published report in the Los Angeles times, several of Ray Charles’ children ranging from 16 to 50 years of age have waged a feud with Joe Adams, who was Charles’ long-time manage. The children have claimed that Adams has mismanaged the estate of their late father and abusing his position as […]
Snow Falling on Cedars : A Book Review
I have never seen snow falling on cedar trees but have seen snow fall over spells in the Himalayas covering every thing in sight gradually with a curtain and a cover of snow. It has a bit of a mystical experience for me – ethereal beauty of certain intensity on one end and a deep […]
Murder of Indian Express Principal Correspondent: R.K.Sharma and three others convicted
After an elapse of more than nine years of the murder of Mrs.Shivani Bhatnager in her Flat in East Delhi, the perpetrators of the crime, Mr.R.K.Sharma and three of his accomplices were held guilty by a Sessions Court of criminal conspiracy and murder. The Court had, however, acquitted two others. According to the prosecution, […]
Witchcraft Strife Storms Malawi
Cases of witchcraft have stormed Malawi that the Malawi Police Service has confessed that without any backing legislation it is failing to handle such cases, which are coming in hundreds each week. Just last week scores of police officers had to be deployed to a certain district of Mzimba which borders with Zambia, in […]
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