Corruption in Foreign Employment Torments Nepal

The foreign employment business may be seen as both positive and negative. It has many dimensions and connotations in its perception. Some consider it a major source of human smuggling; and others see it as the main backbone of a country's national economy. Some feel it...

Gone Are The Days..

Gone Are The Days..   Very Rare Photograph of Rajiv Gandhi with Sonia Gandhi The Ex Prime Minister of India with His Wife (President of Congress) at India Gate enjoying Ice Cream on Road

Anna effect logjam nation -PM make statement in Parliament

Anna effect logjam nation -PM make statement in Parliament-PM leaves the lower house of parliament after making the statement and as the opposition leader Sushma swaraj rise to read her statement.House in ...

David Cameron Threatens 'Wild Animal Bill' Mark Pritchard MP

24th June 2011 Conservative MP Mark Pritchard says Downing street threatened him over calls for a motion in the House of Commons that would introduce a ban on the use of all wild animals in circuses from...

The Japanese political Titanic.

By, Uwe Paschen Current Prime Minister Naoto Kan beat former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama length of time in office last Tuesday, surpassing the term of his predecessor now. This may be the only good news in this weeks head lines here in Japan, at least for Mr. Kan, whose...

Chile's President Gives The Queen Mine Rock

" The billionaire is bringing lumps of rock from the bottom of the San Jose mine as gifts for both the Prime Minister and the Queen, who he will meet at Buckingham Palace after a last-minute invitation, according to The Times. President Pinera will visit Churchill's War Rooms...

BA Boss Willie Walsh Will Crush Strike With £2 Billion Reserve

 British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, says that he will use BA's £2 billion reserves to ride out the planned BA cabin crew strike claiming that 70% of flights will go ahead as normal during the...

Canada's last WWI veteran dead at 109

""His family mourns the passing of a great man. Canada mourns the passing of the generation that asserted our independence on the world stage and established our international reputation as an unwavering champion...

UN Chief: Israel, Palestinians must resume peace talks

""Permanent status issues, including Jerusalem, borders, refugees, security, settlements and water will be resolved only through negotiations," Ban said in a message to the UN meeting in support of...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Edward Natapei Loses Job: No Absence Notes

The Vanuatu Prime Minister Edward Natapei loses his job due to the fact that he didn't hand in any absence notes after being away. Vanuatu laws state that any member of parliament must provide a note for reasons for...

PM Stephen Harper in India with hopes of 'new era of partnership'

The Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper has arrived in Mumbai on a three-day state visit to India. He hopes his visit will mark "a new era of partnership" between the two countries. The two nations are...

'I hate whale meat,' Japan's Prime Minister confides: report

'I hate whale meat,' Japan's PM confides: reportJapan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country...

Harper to G20: Canada has 'no history of colonialism'

Stephen Harper has a controversial vision for Canada's future but that is less worrying than his dubious sense of the country's history.  This week he said: ""We also have no history of colonialism. So we have...

Japan's PM, Yukio Hatoyama to keep electoral promises.

By, Uwe Paschen. Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister intends to keep his electoral promises in spite of resistance on several fronts. Japan’s Democratic Party just won last August National...

Canada’s Moral Dilemma: Torture by CSIS – a crisis in democracy

It’s just like “The Stasi” treated dissidents, except this human rights abuse is happening in Canada today. Some call it no-touch torture. The Stasi called it Zerzetsen. In an article about the torture of a Canadian citizen at the behest of CSIS in the Sudan, The...

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