Sexual Trials offences to be completed within two months

New Delhi: Trials in all sexual offences including rape will now be completed within two months as far as possible and all victims will have the right to appeal against a court order, under new amendments to CrPC....

Spain takes up the EU Presidency under new leadership structure

New Delhi: With the start of the New Year, Spain has taken the reins of the European Union presidency, the first for the EU under its new leadership structure which involves its first full-time president and a new...

Lithuania closes its nuclear power station

New Delhi: Lithuania has closed the nuclear power station at the request of the European Union when it joined the bloc. The EU considered the Soviet-era plant having similar hidden trouble in safety to the one...

UN Security Council passed resolution, arms embargo on Eritrea

New Delhi: United Nations Security Council has passed the resolution on arms embargo on Eritrea and targeted sanctions on its leaders for aiding Somali rebels and refusing to withdraw troops from its disputed...

Money or Life? Which is more important?

  Where has our outrage gone? There was a time when a crime involving children was cause for an outcry. The desire for revenge against the monsters that harm our children. But lately, it seems, as if a...

CN Engineers on Strike, Talks break Down

Talks between the Canadian Teamsters Union and Canadian National Railways (CNR) broke down at midnight and the Locomotive Engineers of CNR are now on strike. The union says that the talks broke down over their...

Union Mad at a Boy Scout Project?

In what has to be the ultimate in entitlement think, a union official in Allentown, Pennsylvania is considering filing a lawsuit against the city for allowing a Boy Scout to do volunteer work on city...

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address:Anniversary of Human Equality

Today is the 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.  The speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863 is one of the most famous speeches in American history.  Four and a half months...

Many Teachers 'face false claims' - William Golding Was Right.

"Nearly 30% of school staff have been the subject of a false allegation of misconduct by a pupil, a survey by a teaching union suggests.The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said false claims blighted careers and damaged private lives. The ATL, which surveyed 1,155...

Jet Airways Pilots End Strike : Sacked Pilots will be Reinstated

The 5 days old mass "sick-leave" strike by the pilots of Indian airliner Jet Airways that crippled the services of the carrier finally ended. The striking pilot's union - National Aviator's Guild - and the...

EU Angered By US Proposal To Charge For Online Visas

The United States is planning on charging $10-$20 for issuing previously free visas to citizens of the European Union and other visa-excempt countries. The EU and the US have an agreement that allows EU citizens and others that live in countries participating in the visa...

VIA Rail and Union settle on Arbitration - Strike Over

340 unionized locomotive engineers walked off the job Friday afternoon, after a noon deadline passed without a new contract.  This essentialy shut down all passenger rail travel in Canada. In a joint...

Europe gas pipeline deal agreed

" Four European Union countries and Turkey have signed an agreement to construct the long-planned 3,300km Nabucco natural gas pipeline. Once completed, the line will bring up to 31 billion cubic metres of gas a...

Update: Toronto CUPE Strike Supense

Update 2: Add to the Insult, Macleans Magazine's Cover feature Mayor Miller in a garbage can with a banana peel with raccoons all around him.  That adds to more insult to the city and brownie point to the unions.  Yikes, now we know who Maclean sided with!Update:...

Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB

Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in this video — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president.  What he...

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