Oct 24, – The risk from saturated fat in foods such as butter, cakes and fatty meat is being overstated and demonised, according to a cardiologist. It is time to “bust the myth of the role of saturated fat in heart disease”, he writes in an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal. But the […]
Oct 23, – A federal German court has ruled that owners of brothels should not profit from a reduced VAT rate for the hotel sector that was introduced in 2010. The judges said such places were not established to foster tourism. Renting out rooms to prostitutes for them to pursue the oldest profession in the […]
London: A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a number of sexual assaults near the University of Manchester. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with five counts of sexual assault. He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Manchester city magistrates court on […]
Oct 20, – Manama: Kuwaiti diplomats have denied media reports that Kuwait would supplant Saudi Arabia at the United Nations Security Council. Riyadh last week said that it rejected its rotating Security Council seat hours after winning it, saying that the council was incapable of ending wars and resolving conflicts in the Middle East. Reports […]
Oct 20, – United Nations: Arab nations on Saturday appealed to Saudi Arabia to reverse a decision to reject a seat on the UN Security Council. Arab UN ambassadors made the appeal after an emergency meeting on Saudi Arabia’s surprise announcement Friday that it would not take up a Security Council seat to protest the […]
Oct 19, – At least 16 Syrian soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing and fighting that followed in a Damascus suburb, activists say. The blast triggered clashes at a checkpoint near the mainly-Christian area of Jaramana, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. State media blamed “terrorists” for the explosion but did not […]
Oct 04, – He’s the Great Houdini of world politics. Buffeted by scandal, convicted of corruption, abandoned by allies, Silvio Berlusconi has been written off countless times over the two decades in which he has dominated Italian politics — and each time he made a miraculous escape from the political dead. Not tales of hot […]
Oct 01. – Local resident Lee Seung-ryong is riding a Segway around Haenggun Plaza in Suwon. He’s currently working as a volunteer at the EcoMobility World Festival, which has been underway in his neighborhood this month. “I like the Segway because it doesn’t use coal or oil,” the 29-year old says. “But, walking is probably […]
Sep 15, – Nearly 100 militants who have held scores of people hostage for a week in a southern Philippine city have been killed or captured in an offensive to retake rebel-held coastal communities, officials said on Sunday. Army troops and police special forces have regained rebel-held grounds and are pressing an assault deeper into […]
Sep 09, WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed President Barack Obama’s attempt to win congressional approval of a military strike in Syria, saying Monday that any move by the Assad regime to surrender its weapons to international control would be an “important step.” But Clinton cautioned that the removal of its […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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