July 1, AP – Obama paid tribute to South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, by taking his family on a tour of the island prison where the ailing anti-apartheid leader spent 18 of his 27 years imprisoned. US President Barack Obama has visited Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island prison cell during the Cape Town leg […]
June 30, AP – On Sunday, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that after weighing up evidence for drug efficacy, benefits for the immune system and potential side effects, it would recommend raising the CD4 – the key immune cells targeted by HIV – threshold to 500 cells per microliter (1 milligram) of blood, up […]
June 30, AP – Manama: People performing Umrah will not be allowed to stay more than 15 days in Saudi Arabia, local officials said. The decision was attributed to the large numbers of crowds keen on spending more time in the two sacred cities of Makkah and Medina even though space has been heavily restricted […]
June 30, AP- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks, is flying to the West Bank on Sunday to have a third meeting in as many days with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials have declined to disclose […]
June 30, AP – A new survey shows that changing lifestyle has exposed women to the risk of cardiovascular diseases, shattering the popular belief that oestrogen hormone protects them from such ailments. The survey, ‘Visualising the Extent of Heart Disease in Indian Women’, revealed that 65 percent doctors believe that oestrogen’s deficiency due to changing […]
June 29, AP – The US State Department also authorised the departure of non-essential embassy staff for fear of further deadly violence in the face of the bitter antagonism between Mursi’s Islamist supporters and the mainly secular opposition. Washington warned against travel to Egypt after an American was among three people killed during rival demonstrations […]
June 29, JERUSALEM (AP) — Kerry is shuttling between meetings in Jerusalem and Amman, Jordan, to find a way to coax both sides back into negotiations to craft a two-state solution to their long-running conflict. U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials have all declined to disclose details of the talks. “Working hard,” is all Kerry would […]
June 29, AP – The ranking, which sees the Abu Dhabi landmark lined up alongside the Taj Mahal in India, Petra in Jordan and Machu Picchu in Peru, comes in TripAdvisor’s 2013 Travellers Choice Awards. The Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi city has been ranked among the world’s top 25 landmark attractions by […]
June 29, AP – U.S. women have their first baby at age 25.6 on average, according to 2011 figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is up slightly from 2010 and significantly older than the 1970 average of 21.4 years. As American women continue to delay parenthood, rates of […]
June 28, AP – Beirut: The Britain-based anti-regime Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the shelling overnight targeted the village of Karak, in eastern Daraa, and killed four women and four girls. Intense shelling by Syrian government troops on a village in the country’s south killed at least eight women and girls overnight as forces […]
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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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