Pakistan names new governor of central bank

The Pakistan government on Monday reportedly named new governor of the central bank of the country, who will take charge of his office on completion of three-year tenure of incumbent Dr Shamshad Akhtar whose tenure ends on January 1, 2009."Chief Executive of Pakistan Business...

Ganguly to retire after Australia series

"Sourav Ganguly has announced he will retire after the upcoming Test series against Australia. “This will be my last series,” said Ganguly at the end of a routine press conference in Bangalore. “Before...

McCain Opposed Palin Earmarks

"McCain Opposed Palin EarmarksThree times in recent years, John McCain's catalogs of "objectionable" spending have included earmarks requested by Sarah Palin during her tenure as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Her town of 6,000 people received $11.9 million in earmarks from 2000...

Wendy Alexander suspended from Scottish Parliament for one day

Wendy Alexander, Labour's leader in the Scottish Parliament, is being suspended for one day for failing to declare campaign donations. Alexander maintains she did nothing wrong." Wendy Alexander claims she is the victim of a political witch hunt after being recommended for...

Jammu & Kashmir May Get Local Hero General Vij As its Governor

"Srinagar (ABC Live): The Tenure of present Jammu& Kashmir’s Governor Lt. Gen. S.K. Sinha is ending on June 4 and replacement for him on Indian government top agend"

Gov't Opposition Leader Dion: I want Loyalty.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's Federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is demanding Loyalty from his Party, in what is rumoured to be a putsch by party members.My Final ThoughtMr. Dion, time and...

Emergency Looms on the Horizon Pakistan

"Emergency looms on the horizon Absar Alam ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure smooth re-election of the president, the government is expected to slap emergency on the country, apparently to ward off the rising...

Chrysler Taps Nardelli

    Chrysler has tapped former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli as its new chief executive. The move follows the recent acquisition of Chrysler LLC by private equity firm Cerberus from German based...

China executes ex-food and drug chief

I oppose the death penalty strongly, but what if such justice was practised in the United States when politicians purposefully take chances with the lives of their customers?  - The...

What Kind of Genius Are You?

"A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet. In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut” course in 17th-century Dutch art. On the...

Eulogy for a Tyrant

"At 6:00 pm on December 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging in the gallows of Camp Banzai, the same used by his own intelligence services throughout the tenure of his regime in Iraq. His death brought...

Israel, EU condemn Iran's Holocaust conference

"Israel's prime minister, German leaders and the European Union's top justice official are among those who condemned Iran on Tuesday for hosting a controversial conference questioning the Nazi genocide of...

Annan as the Next Jimmy Carter

"In a virtuoso display of the sleaze that has marked his tenure as UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan used his farewell speech today at the Truman library to blast the Bush administration, this performance...

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