Pakistani party rejects foreign concerns over deal with militants

The ruling party in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP), which recently concluded a peace deal with militants in the restive Swat Valley, has rejected the foreign, particularly the US, concerns over the enforcement of Islamic Shariah in the...

No oxygen in the IMF ventilator

"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....

Meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland ...

Is this a case of too many cooks spoil the broth?"On 22 August 2008, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eka Tkeshelashvili and State Minister for Reintegration Issues Temur Iakobashvili held a meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office,...

President calls for feasibility study on Sunda Strait Bridge

""A careful feasibility study should be made immediately. If it is possible from the economic and geographic points of view to construct the bridge, we can go ahead with this major development project," the president said at the peak event of a program to mark the 27th World...

Independence issue not discussed in meeting between US congressman

""The issue of giving the Papuan people the right of self determination was actually raised at the meeting but the US Congressman refused to comment on it," Governor Suebu said here on Wednesday.Suebu said the US Congressman`s intention to visit Papua was to obtain first-hand...

No government decision yet on implementation of nuke power plant project

"Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman said here on Saturday no decision had been made by the government yet regarding its plan to set up the plant in Central Java. "Until now the government has not made any decision on whether it will be continued or not," he...

"BORDERLESS eVILLAGE"

""BORDERLESS eVILLAGE" Project Details * Project Information * Objectives and innovation * User Profile * Results * Sustainability * Transferability * Keywords * Background Information * Contacts View in PDF Project Information Project...

WALHI accuses BRR of destroying Aceh`s ecology

""The BRR has had a major domino affect in ecological destruction in Aceh because projects funded by BRR often ignore the status and procedures of protected areas," Aceh`s WALHI Executive Director Bambang Antariksa said here on Saturday. Antariksa considered BRR as having no...

Movies on Demand... At the Cinema

The concept discussed in the article below is fairly similar to seat-back entertainment systems on  airplanes, where the user can choose from a series of preloaded digital films. So far, though, traditional cinemas have not taken advantage of the flexibility of digital...