Japan`s youth cheers pop-savvy Aso for PM

"Some 61 percent of general LDP supporters back Fukuda while 27 percent prefer Aso, according to a survey published in the top-selling Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday. After listening to both speeches, 64-year-old...

Fukuda announces candidacy for Japan PM

""We've had lots of requests from many people and I decided that I have to run," Fukuda was quoted by AFP as telling reporters. Fukuda, the eldest son of late former premier Takeo Fukuda, served as chief cabinet...

RI to get $15 million from Japan to fight bird flu

""We don`t know yet when the grant will be available as the MoU is only to show the Japanese government`s commitment to realizing the scheme," Primo said. The signing of the agreement was a follow-up to a visit of...

Japanese prime minister resigns

"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he is resigning as Japan's prime minister after a bruising election in July and poor poll ratings. Mr Abe had faced growing calls to go since his Liberal Democrats...

36 Israelis soldiers wounded by Gaza rocket attack

"The strike, the most bloody for months, was likely to add further pressure on the Israeli government to find a way to end the incessant rocket attacks. The rockets struck the Zikim base located north of the Gaza...

APEC leaders promise to support RI as UNFCCC president

"The leaders of 21 APEC member countries have promised to give full support to Indonesia as president of the 13rd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be...

Asia-Pacific predicted to see big rise in greenhouse gases

Sydney (ANTARA News) - Economic growth in Pacific rim countries will increase emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming by 130 percent by 2050, a new Australian study released Sunday...

Malaysian PM`s apology must be appreciated: legislator

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The official apology offered by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi over the torture of an Indonesian karate referee by Malaysian police last week must be appreciated, a...

Lagislator appreciates Malaysian PM`s apology

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Yusron Ihza Mahendra, deputy chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission I, said here on Friday the apology made by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi over...

Malaysian premier offers Indonesia an apology

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Malaysian government, in this case Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Baidawi, has offered an official apology to Indonesia for the incident in which several Malaysian policemen had beaten...

Disarming the young urban soldiers

If we are to prevent the senseless killings of young people on our streets this summer at the hands of guns and knives, we need to adopt a holistic approach to youth work. Claudia Webbe explores some of the issues and proposes a greater use of Detached Youth Work to tackle...

Brown era off to an obscure start

British Chancellor Gordon Brown launched his bid to become Prime Minister of the UK with a press conference that saw part of his head obscured by a teleprompter. The man who will almost certainly succeed Tony...

THANK YOU TONY BLAIR

On MAY 1rst 1997  a Young man became British Prime Minister and the Blair Years Started.One decade Later as Tony Blair Considers what the Future Holds for him` I would like to say THANK YOU to Tony Blair for Serving his Country with Pride in often Differcult times, I...

A kick in the teeth from Tony Blair

Tony Blair's comment that the black community "need to be mobilised in denunciation of this gang culture that is killing innocent young black kids" is a kick in the teeth to five generations of the...

Power To One's Royalty!

"His first words in public were likely litte more than "ga ga" and "goo goo". Now, almost a quarter of a century later, his future destiny as King means Prince William has been hailed as one of the most powerful men in Britain. But then again, so has Jamie Oliver!"

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