'The Family's' influence in Uganda is not so invisible anymore according to Jeff Sharlet, author of "The Family", an investigative look at a US fundamentalist group at the heart of Uganda's anti-gay ...
Commonwealth leaders have got behind a proposal from the UK and France to create a climate change fund that would see wealthier countries supporting poorer countires to combat global warming and climate change....
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British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has finally made it official. The British PM has raised "real concerns about Sri Lanka's bid" to host 2011 Commonwealth summit. The 60th Commonwealth Heads of Government...
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to raise the issue of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which opens tomorrow in Port of Spain, the capitol...
Uganda's anti-gay bill has the potential to divide Commonwealth leaders who are scheduled to meet in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, from November 27-29, where the global challenges of climate...
Fiji dictator Frank Bainimarama is facing increasing pressure from the 53 member Commonwealth which appears ready to suspend Fiji from its organization. Spokesman for the Commonwealth Eduardo del Buey has...
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"15 May 2009 London Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has reiterated his deep concern at the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka as a result of the ongoing military conflictHe urged all sides...
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The military government in power in Suva tightened its grip of the country Friday, swearing in an ex-military chief as vice-president. Commodore Bainimarama has stated that no elections will be held until...
Every now and then I'll hear something in the news that makes me proud that I am from Australia. Today Australia is pledging aid and money to those less fortunate in Zimbabwe. Australia has an embassy in...
The Commonwealth Women’s Antarctic Expedition will see women from eight countries – Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom – brave blizzards, crevasses...
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"Thokchom Nanao Singh continued his blazing form and stunned Cadet World Championship bronze medallist Grigoriy Nikolaychuk of Russia 15-5 to clinch the gold at the inaugural AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Army boxer ended up being India’s...
"Saina Nehwal survived some nervous moments to claim the girls singles gold of the third Commonwealth Youth Games at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Friday. Fifteen-year-old Sikki Reddy gave Saina the jitters before the Beijing Olympic Games quarter-finalist wrapped up...
"Cousin of Vijender Singh, Balwinder Beniwal, lived up to expectations as Indian boxers shone in the rings with three gold and one silver in the third Commonwealth Youth Games on Friday at Pune. It was Nanao Singh Thokchom of Army Sports Institute who opened the account...
"The first round of the country’s first ever multi-party election was conducted in a “highly transparent” manner, finds a Commonwealth observation team, in the Maldives throughout the polls.Yet in a...
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"The Commonwealth countries of Asia should reduce the expenditure on defence and armaments and use the resources thus saved for the uplift of the poor who are the worst affected by the rise in prices of food and energy, the civil society organisations of Commonwealth states...