Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am delighted to stand before this august House and deliver my maiden budget speech, albeit at the mid year, to appraise the House and the Nation about our economic and budget performance in the first half of the Fiscal Year and present …
Nigeria on Saturday deployed thousands of police for a governor’s election in Bayelsa, the oil-rich home state of President Goodluck Jonathan that has been wracked by pre-vote violence.
World stocks rose Wednesday as Japan’s powerhouse exporters got a boost from hopes of new moves to weaken the yen while a deal appeared within reach between Greece and its creditors to cut the country’s massive debt load.
HONG KONG (AFP) – A woman has admitted arranging for mainland Chinese women to give birth in Hong Kong, reports said Saturday, the first prosecution of its kind as the southern city cracks down on the practice.
NEW DELHI (AFP) – The European Union looked to push India at a summit on Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) — An announcement from al-Qaida that Somalia’s al-Shabaab was a formal affiliate confirms what most analysts already know, a U.S. official said.
Morocco and Saudi Arabia responded with a heavy hand this week to messages posted by citizens on Facebook and Twitter that the kings deemed insulting to their values.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 10 (UPI) — A Saudi national who faces blasphemy charges and possible execution in his homeland is likely to be returned there, Malaysian officials said Friday.
SINGAPORE : The winners of the Japan Hour Homeviewers’ Contest have been drawn and will be announced on February 21.
A list of some headlines in the British papers a day after Fabio Capello resigned as England coach and Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was cleared of tax evasion charges: — – — “‘Arryvederci” — The Sun. — – — “England expects.” — The Times. — – — “Harry walks, Fabio runs.” — The Times back page.
Josefina Vazquez Mota also must overcome voter dissatisfaction with National Action Party’s handling of drug war
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (UPI) — China and oil-rich Canada, in line with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plans to diversify trade, signed nine agreements Wednesday. Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast Ads
Going by accounts of airline crew and a few tour operators, it appears that the number of tourists coming to the Maldives has registered a decline in the last few days. A…
Testimony at an inquest into the death of one of Zimbabwe’s most powerful men has ended with the court refusing appeals from his family for his body to be…
A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu folk singer returned from the dead after being held captive by zombies for the past two years has been detained on suspicion of fraud.
Last week, a discussion got started on Google + by Brian Ahier about whether or not ONC’s aggressive support of Direct is undercutting many a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO). What got this whole conversation started was an article in the January …
If you’re interested, here’s the FDA’s draft of their guidance on biosimilars , up on their site today. This is a slow-moving story that’s going to end up having a big effect on the industry. Look at the number of top-selling drugs that are biologics, look at …
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The 50th Session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) opened with a focus on poverty eradication, youth unemployment and socially inclusive policies and on how to shape
On the eve of a ninth round of UN -sponsored negotiations , Stefan Simanowitz assesses the chances of a resolution of the conflict in Western Sahara.
Researchers from the University of Reims in France, have…
A Camp Pendleton sniper unit posed for photographs with a flag bearing a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS, Marine Corps officials acknowledged Thursday.
More than 70 people died in violence across Syria on Thursday, activists said, with the majority killed in a fierce assault by regime forces on the flashpoint central town of Homs.
British Airways and Japan Airlines have agreed a tie-up on flights between Europe and the world’s third-biggest economy in a new cost-cutting initiative, BA parent group IAG said on Wednesday.
Europe’s 20 richest football teams defied the continent’s financial woes to generate total revenue of $5.8 billion last season, according to a new report by business advisory firm Deloitte.
VIENNA (Reuters) – The business climate in Hungary plunged in the quarter to January, dragging down the average for the European Union’s developing eastern economies, a Thomson Reuters survey showed on Tuesday…
(Reuters) – JP Morgan has replaced Asia ex-Japan fixed income investor sales head Simon Derrick with Sharad Desai and Sudhir Goel as part of a reorganization of its business in the region, according to sources familiar with the matter. Desai will…
Two senior Indian politicians were forced to resign after they were caught watching a pornographic film during a session of their state assembly.
The ousted president of the Maldives claimed yesterday he had been forced out at gun-point and said he would fight to regain his position. He accused the vice president – the man who sworn in to replace him – of helping plot the coup that overthrew
Rick Santorum, the social conservative who roared back to snatch three states from the supposed front-runner, Mitt Romney, in the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday night, said his campaign had raised a quarter of a million dollars online within a few hours…
AP – Weapons from China, Russia and Belarus are fueling the nine-year-old conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, Amnesty International said in a report late Wednesday.
LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) — At least 11 people including women and children died when a three-story medicine-making factory collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, authorities said.
AH, the fury of the hypocrites since mining magnate Gina Rinehart snapped up…
MALE (Reuters) – The new president of the Maldives stressed on Wednesday that he did not take power in the Indian Ocean resort islands in a coup and said that his succession was in line with the constitution.
