Kulhudhufushi MP Mohamed Nasheed has said that early presidential elections can only held after amending the constitution. In an interview to DhiTV, the famous lawyer said that the constitution is very clear about the five-year term of presidency. He said that there …
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nations opposing a European Union law that forces all airlines to pay for their carbon emissions will next week debate an array of counter-measures, a draft agenda seen by Reuters on Friday showed, raising the risk of an aviation trade war.
BEIJING (Reuters) – About 50,000 residents in a southern Chinese city had their water supplies disrupted after a fish farm discharged sewage into the local water source, state media said Sunday, in the
Editor: So, are you still a journalist or a novelist? Tom Friend: Same thing out here…. Editor: Make something out of it. And if you can’t do that, sir, then make it up! — From the cinematic classic Masked and Anonymous
The world has seen at least five years of kicking the can down the road on the Iranian nuclear program, in a long cycle of imposing incrementally tougher sanctions, waiting, getting a report, noting noncompliance, and imposing more sanctions. There virtually appeared to be an official policy of procrastination and…
If the Saudis allowed women in the Olympics, there would exist the horrendous prospect that people might, you know, see them. Maybe even without niqabs. Not to mention the elaborate chaperoning and possibly futile attempts to avoid interaction with unrelated
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – It used to be the impenetrable fortress of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. Only workers or members of the toppled Libyan leader’s inner circle could see inside. Now, six …
Newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch has told staff at The Sun he is planning to launch a Sunday version of the newspaper. It follows the demise of the News of the World last year.
BEIJING, China – China said Saturday that it supports the Arab League’s proposals for ending the violence in Syria, a striking show of support just two weeks after Beijing vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing the league’s plans.
New NBA sensation Jeremy Lin has sparked a war of words between Taiwan and China as the rivals seek to lay claim to being the New York Knicks player’s true ancestral homeland.
How did North Korean leader Kim Jong Il really die? South Korean spies are skeptical about the official Pyongyang line that Kim died of a heart attack while hard at work on a train Saturday morning, the Los Angeles Times’ John …
Morocco has banned the distribution of Thursday’s edition of Spain’s influential El Pais, as a cartoon published by the newspaper allegedly tarnished King Mohammed VI’s name, an official said.
Club officials in Mexico have threatened their unproductive players with punitive measures, including withholding wages.
During the 1950s, being a racial moderate in the South could sometimes be uncomfortable. For Bill Snider it meant having a cross burned on his lawn
London, Feb 18 (IANS) If Iran acquires nuclear weapons it could lead to a new cold war in the Middle East, a former British foreign secretary has warned.
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said Greece found all the extra cuts needed to lower spending by 325 million euros ($427 million) to secure a bailout aimed at averting the region’s first sovereign default.
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to be questioned next week by police investigating an alleged prostitution ring in Lille, northern France, a police source said. The former finance minister, who left the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
BOSTON — The Mount Desert Islander was named the best weekly newspaper in New England in the Class 1 division at the annual meeting of the New England Newspaper and Press Association here Saturday. The honor …
As news spread of the death of Times reporter Anthony Shadid, Mr. Shadid’s fellow journalists took to Twitter to express their admiration.
The bombing of Darwin by Japanese aircraft 70 years ago was Australia’s darkest day, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.
SYDNEY, Feb 19, 2012 (AFP) – - The billionaire owner of struggling Gold Coast United, Clive Palmer, has labelled Australia’s A-League a joke and his club as “insignificant”, in comments published Sunday.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Make-Up – North America Industry Guide” report t
Canada needs bold business leadership and sound public policy to ensure global competitiveness, says CN President and CEO Claude Mongeau
By Joe McDonald, The Associated Press BEIJING, China – World stocks fell Thursday amid growing fears the latest deal to resolve Greece’s debt crisis is faltering. Oil hovered below $102 a barrel in Asia …
Lafarge, the biggest cement maker in the world, reported on Friday a near one-third drop in net profit last year and announced a programme of asset sales exceeding a billion euros ($1.3
World stocks rose Friday as optimism grew that Greece’s debt crisis would soon be resolved and upbeat U.S. economic data added to evidence of a recovery in the world’s No. 1 economy.
Hong Kong’s competitiveness as a regional centre for business and trade is under threat from the very thing often credited with its success — its tax system, analysts say.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Ultra HNWIs in Hong Kong to 2015″ report to their off
The New York Fire Department says a crane dropped metal beams at the World Trade Center site, damaging a construction vehicle.
ITT Exelis delivered an updated Joint Tactical Radio System Bowman Waveform to the JTRS Information Repository as part of a $4.2 million delivery order tha
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, February 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –AEGON announces the appointment of Adrian Grace, Chief Executive Officer of AEGON’s operations in the United Kingdom, to its Management Board. Mr. …
LONDON, February 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Dangerous UK copyright rulings prevail; UK business users of Google News will be licensed nextToday’s Copyright Tribunal ruling makes it clear that the UK’s copyright …
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The European Union and the U.S.-based Carter Center criticised Congo’s government on Friday for banning a protest planned by the Catholic Church as tensions following a …
