Senator blasts feds over Khadr neglect Canada Dot Com | The federal government's refusal to return Omar Khadr to Canada for trial should be likened to the terrorist activities that Khadr is alleged to have committed, Senator Romeo Dallaire said Tuesday. | Testifying before a parliamentary subcommittee on human rights, the Liberal senator said the Unite...
New laws risk splitting rugby into two games: ARU The Australian | ARU chief executive John O'Neill has warned of a split in the code over the introduction of new laws which are designed to make the game a more attractive spectacle. | Australia has embraced the experimental law variations which are being trialled in the Super 14 series. | Although the IRB has ann...
Event Brief of Q3 2008 Watson Wyatt Worldwide Earnings Conference Call - Final Insurance Newsnet PARTICIPANTS | . Mary Malone, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Director, IR . John Haley, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, President & CEO . Carl Mautz, Watson Wyat Worldwide, VP & CFO . Ashwin Shirvaikar, Citigroup, Analyst . Jim Woods, UBS, Analyst . T.C. Ro...
Parker Hannifin Corp. at Merrill Lynch Global Industries Conference - Final Insurance Newsnet ANDREW OBIN, ANALYST, MERRILL LYNCH: I'm Andrew Obin. I'm Merrill's machinery analyst, and with us today, we have Parker Hannifin. We have Tom Williams, who is Senior Vice President and Operating Officer. We also have Pam Huggins and [Nigel Parson]. ...
UN chief offers hope and aid to Myanmar Khaleej Times | YANGON - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon took "a message of hope" to Myanmar's cyclone victims on Thursday and pressed the military government to allow large-scale international aid for the 2.4 million people left destitute. | The U.N. Secretary-General was...
Senator blasts feds over Khadr neglect Canada Dot Com | The federal government's refusal to return Omar Khadr to Canada for trial should be likened to the terrorist activities that Khadr is alleged to have committed, Senator Romeo Dallaire said Tuesday. | Testifying before a parliamentary subcommittee o...
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Malaysia's PM in danger as Mahathir quits party Canada Dot Com | KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi rejected calls to step down after his predecessor quit Malaysia's main ruling party on Monday, a move that could und...
There is more than meets the eye about the world food crisis Infowars | Food protests and riots have swept more than 20 countries in the past few months, including Egypt. | On 2 April, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told a meeting in Washington...
Obama's story, written by Obama International Herald Tribune | Barack Obama was a first-time author and rookie politician embarking upon his first run for public office. Hermene Hartman was the publisher of N'Digo, a magazine in Chicago aime...
Pakistan Supreme Court wants new hearing of Malik appeal International Herald Tribune | : Pakistan's Supreme Court wants Salim Malik's appeal against his life ban from cricket to be heard again by a civil court. | The Supreme Court said on Thursday it wanted a decision reached within two months. The lower court had previously rejected...
Tengku Adnan nonchalant after reading Royal Commission's report The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor who has been implicated in the V.K. Lingam video recording said he had read the Royal Commission of Inquiry report and was "cool" about it. | The Putrajaya MP said he had "o...
A-G orders investigation into all the finding The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has ordered a thorough follow-up on all the findings made by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the V.K. Lingam video clip, as well as the 14-minute recording. | Abdul Gani said he had dire...
Iran's surprise package tests waters Asia Times | By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | The White House has been quick to dismiss it, and certain European diplomats have criticized it for "sidestepping" the nuclear issue, yet a close scrutiny of Iran's "Proposed Package for Constructive Negotiations" reveals a new Iranian sentiment in favor of compromise and flexibility on the country's nuclear activities. | T...
Apple iPhone Tunes Into India Business Week | Earlier this month, two telecom operators-Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar-announced their plans to launch the Apple iPhone in India. Market buzz is that both subscribers will launch the iPhone around the country's Diwali festive season in October 2008, when consumer spending is at an all-time high. | "There is a certain thrill and euphoria aroun...
