Food safety needs public science

Food safety needs public science :  public service professional union speaks out The national union representing professionals and scientists in the public service has launched a campaign to advocate for...

U.S. court reinstates Bhopal water pollution case

" A lawsuit contending that thousands of people in India were exposed to polluted drinking water after the 1984 Union Carbide toxic-gas disaster in Bhopal was reinstated on Monday by a U.S. appeals court, which...

US Chamber of Commerce backing anti-union Senators

Big business lobbies against Employee Free Choice Act that would make it easier to organize a union

Conservatives wins Lithuanian ballot

" © AP 2008-10-26 23:49:04 - VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - A conservative party critical of Russia won Lithuania's parliamentary ballot, the Baltic country's election commission said Sunday, signaling the return of a center-right government after seven years of leftist...

Sri Lanka says no to EU rights probe for trade deal

A garment-related trade deal between Sri Lanka and the EU may be cancelled after the country decided not to allow the EU to investigate human rights abuses there."Sri Lanka said on Monday it will not allow a...

No Political Buttons Allowed for Teachers if DOE desire

"The Department of Education has the right to bar teachers from wearing political campaign buttons in school, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday. The ruling by Justice Lewis Kaplan came in response to a lawsuit filed by the United Federation of Teachers seeking...

Pinjore Heritage Festival in Yadvindra Gardens in Full Swing

"Panchkula (Mera Chandigarh):-The three-day Pinjore Heritage Festival was inaugurated by Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni, in the Yadavindra Gardens on Friday."

EU force to fight Somali pirates, video russian warship/pirates

Somali piracy doubled in 2008, 60 ships attacked, $30 million paid in ransom. Sarkozy fights the pirates. The french announcement was made after the EU defence minister meeting at Deauville France VIDEO...

Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash

" LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Metrolink engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into a freight train last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said...

Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash

" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday....

No freedom of movement for Turks in EU, says Labour

Stricter conditions should apply to the freedom of movement for the inhabitants of Turkey if the country joins the European Union, says the Dutch Labour party. The demand is included in Labour’s...

Poll disaster for Bavaria leaders

Elections in the German region of Bavaria yesterday saw a major blow dealt to Germany's conservative party. The result was the party's worst result since 1954. The result is bad news for Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel."Bavaria's ruling conservatives, the Christian Social...

NASA turns 50

It is NASA's golden anniversary! The NASA website informs that "The Life @  NASA Mission Guide, commemorating NASA's participation in the conference, will help you chart a course through the exciting world of...

UAE dirham revaluation to come with 2010 currency union? « Peter J. Cooper...

"In economics the inevitable always happens, and while the Gulf States have definitely rejected the idea of unilateral revaluation by individual countries, there is now almost a universal sentiment that revaluation is going to be a natural part of the 2010 currency union. "

Legal Action Launched Against UK's Twice Magazine

The National Union of Journalists in the UK has intervened after multiple complaints against Twice Magazine, a free independent lifestyle and entertainment publication headed by EiC Graham Gartside-Bernier and publisher Gary Greenwood."The main concern is a lack of payment...

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