Indians, get ready for the avalance of women politicians. Indian cabinet approves fifty percent of seat reservation for women in "Panchayats" (Village councils) in the country. Thus August 27 , 2009 had become a...
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The European Union introduced new rules to help restore stocks of endangered bluefin tuna in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, meaning there will be significant cuts to fishing quotas by 2011 and the time fishermen...
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Work in the Lower courts across the Indian capital New Delhi and in the neaby areas were affected as the lawyers have announced an all India strike on Wednesday, to protest against the Government inaction towards...
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105 polar bears will still be able to be killed by hunters in Nunavut's Baffin Bay as the environment minister has agreed to leave the quota the same, despite the fact that the bears are endangered species ...
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OPEC has agreed to cut production due to rapidly falling oil prices. Airlines and other Oil dependent companies rushed to buy call options to lock in the current prices. A call option means buyers can...
Following in the footsteps of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf who had reserved 33 per cent seats for women in the local governments under the devolution of power plan introduced in 2002, the elected Pakistan government is considering to also enhance quota of women in...
Rwanda will go down in the history books as the first democratic government in history to be dominated by female representatives. In the second democratic election to be held in that country, women won 44 of...
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" Monday, 08 September 2008 VIENNA (AFP) — Iran led calls on Monday for OPEC to cut output ahead of a meeting of the oil producer group, with analysts expecting the cartel to begin scaling...
The UK's fisheries minister, Jonathan Shaw, has formally warned theScottish executive that in his opinion the moratorium on fishing quotes is illegal and not allowed under devolution rules. The Scottish Parliament...
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Iceland's commercial whale hunt is set to begin on Tuesday after whalers were allowed by the government to hunt a quota of 40 minke whales. "Whalers had been seeking a quota of about 100, but ministers settled on...
"The war of words or rather the war of pictures between the MNS and Amitabh Bachchan continues, with a latest rather tongue-in-cheek poster hung oustide the Big B's Juhu residence. The Big B was recently in the...
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"fair deal for Africa?
RTÉ Europe Editor Sean Whelan takes a look at Economic Partnership Agreements and wonders if they provide a fair deal.
The first summit in seven years between the European Union and the 52 nation African Union takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, on the...
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"Financial independence is the single most important issue in the lives of women in Ireland today, according to the findings of an Irish Times/Behaviour & Attitudes social poll.
A total of 65 per cent of women rank financial independence as a very important item in their...
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This announcement--which reduces this year's quota for seal hunters by one quarter--will likely draw a lot of ire from environmentalists and activists, who were looking for the hunt to be canceled altogether. "The...
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