Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...
The ruling coalition in Pakistan faces imminent threat of break up as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which is leading the coalition government, doing everything except fulfilling the major demands of the second largest party in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim...
The millionaire Stuart Wheeler's Quixotic quest to force a referendum on the Lisbon reform treaty has been dealt a blow today as the High Court has rejected his legal challenge. His argument is that because the...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 176 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Supoprters of Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani Prime Minister, burned effigies today against a court ruling that bars Sharif from running in this weeks' parliamentary by-elections.Here is a link to a picture of...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 222 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
To put more pressure on President Pervez Musharraf for restoration of sacked Judges, Lawyers in Pakistan are descening in capital Islamabad today from all over the country. Lawyers have spearheaded a campaign...
created by Sanjay Jha | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 353 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has got another front to tackle. He is already under siege from coaliation government over cutting his power. Lawyers have started their rally demanding reinstatment of...
created by Sanjay Jha | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 166 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Certainly a First in Canada where a Prime Minister listens to the Victims of Crime, vows to make changes to the "Young Offenders Act" so no one has to suffer the loss of a loved one again, by a Justice system...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 798 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Air Hostess have been fighting of overweight issue for long time but now court has settle this issue and asked the Air Hostesses to cut the flab. Hopefully this decision would force flight attendent to losr weight and become more slim. " An Indian court has upheld the right...
created by Sanjay Jha | 5 years ago 182 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
After the announcement by supreme court Justice Michel Bastarache, the search is on for a new top judge. But the process for how the new judge will be chosen is going to be a little different. From now on, prospective supreme court judges will be vetted by MPs and politicians...
Four artists have been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, with film and sculpture dominating the nominees. "Artist Mark Leckey has been included for his solo exhibition Industrial Light & Magic, which...
created by Amy Judd | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 809 views | 0 recommendations | 14 comments
The first sign of crack in the Pakistani coalition government has appeared. Nawaz Sharif led PML-N has decided to withdraw from the government on the issue of reinstatement of sacked judges. Earlier Mr...
created by Sanjay Jha | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 201 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Further turmoil for Pakistan over the judges issue. "One of the main parties in Pakistan has announced it is pulling out of the government, just three months after landmark general elections.Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif says his PML-N is quitting because of differences over the...
This is going to be a gong show. No really."Comedy Central has greenlighted "The Gong Show With Dave Attell," ordering eight half-hour episodes of an updated version of the classic talent show to premiere July...
All senior judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf during the unrest last year will be reinstated on May 12.A former Pakistani PM made the announcement earlier today, when he led his PML-N party in two days of talks with the largest party in the new coalotion, the PPP, to...