Tag: affairs
Up to 2.5 million affected in Myanmar cyclone: U.N.
At what point will these rapidly incresing numbers make a difference to the actual distribution of aid at the ground level in Myanmar?"The United Nations said on Wednesday up to 2.5 million people might have been...
India Backs Iran's Nuclear Program
"ABU DHABI: India on Monday backed Iran's "peaceful" nuclear programme and said New Delhi would continue its "significant" engagement with Tehran since the oil-rich nation is an important-role player in the Middle...
Taiwan's first Aboriginal ambassador
Taiwan is utilizing its shared Austronesian heritage to gain more influence in Fiji.There is currently a huge uproar over Taiwan's dollar diplomacy strategy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was duped out US$30...
Press Release: Sanjay Jha joins NowPublic as Sout...
"Sanjay Jha has been appointed South Asia Bureau Chief at NowPublic. He will be based in Delhi, where he would be reporting on Indian and South Asian affairs. NowPublic is a participatory news network that showcases...
Patience for Martin's antics wearing thin
Update May 02, 2008: Brenda Martin returned home today from a Mexican prison, and now is on Canadian soil, arriving quietly at Waterloo International airport to a regional women's institution,where it is said she may...
WEBSITE OF THE DAY - nowpublic.com
Wow NowPublic was Website of the day. Na Web site of the year."News. The world is obsessed with it. Dip your toe in current affairs and you're soon sucked in by the maelstrom that is the news.Research suggests...
Supermarket trials carbon labels
Consumers concerned with the health of the environment may begin to turn to a special label on various food and home items to tell them critical information on the item's carbon footprint."Supermaket chain Tesco has...
Austrian 'admits daughter abuse'
Secrets of Austrian 'incest' dungeon exposed " The full extent of the ordeal suffered by Elisabeth and three of her children was illustrated when police released photographs of some of the rooms inside the...
Coalition Treats Afghans in Medical Outreach Effort
" BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 28, 2008 – Several hundred citizens from a village near Tag Ab Valley in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province swarmed a makeshift hospital April 19 during a village medical outreach hosted by Task Force Gladiator servicemembers....
Canada Justice: Suicide Bombers to get Life in Pr...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYep, only in Canada where a group calling itself the Canadians Against Suicide Bombing (CASB) has the Senates "Ear" in trying to pass a Bill S-210 which makes it a criminal...
Yes, It Is Apartheid
"The anchorwoman was clearly shocked: I don't have time now to respond to what you have said, she told the former U.S. president, allowing Jimmy Carter to make a narrow escape from her clutches. Then she added that...
U.N.: 300,000 Have Died in Darfur Since 2006
Despite a global public relations campaign to bring awareness to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, living conditions may have worsened rather than improved, and deaths in the region since 2006...
Canada: Tory MP China-Nazis Olympic comparison
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorTake it from a Lefty NDP like Bob Rae to come to China's defence when a Tory member of parliament states publicly that the China Olympics mirrors Hilters Nazi...
Mass Graves of Aboriginal School Children Revealed
"Squamish Nation Territory ("Vancouver, Canada")Location of Mass Graves of Residential School Children Revealed for the First Time; Independent Tribunal Established.At a public ceremony and press conference held...
Veterans Affairs Buying Spree on your Dime
Veterans Affairs Buying Spree on your DimeNote: Politisite is a former employee of the VA Medical Center (pictured) in Augusta, Georgia. The motto was, "Putting Veterans First". It appears that some...
