Aug 27, – Erdogan was speaking outside a congress meeting of the ruling AKP in Ankara, where tens of thousands of people had thronged to hear his final address as party leader after more than a decade at the helm, before he ascends to the presidency. Turkish president-elect Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he would […]
Aug 20, RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A Pakistani court on Tuesday indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf on murder charges in connection with the 2007 assassination of iconic Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, deepening the fall of a once-powerful figure who returned to the country this year to make a political comeback. The decision […]
Aug 18, – A total of 214 films from 59 countries will be presented during the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival, which opened Friday night in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Large crowds gathered in front of the National Theatre to welcome film stars and professionals. Danis Tanovic, director of the 2002 Oscar winner “No […]
July 26, – UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded that Mursi and his high-level backers “be released or have their cases reviewed transparently without delay,” said deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for the release of Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Mursi as his supporters and the military who toppled him sought […]
July 19, KIROV, Russia — A Russian court is deliberating on a surprise request by prosecutors to free opposition leader Alexei Navalny one day after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. Navalny is a registered candidate for this fall’s Moscow mayoral election. The request put Friday to the court […]
July 17, – State Education Minister P.K. Shahi told media persons that preliminary investigation suggests that oil used to cook the meal was contaminated. “But everything will be clear only after the probe,” he said. At least 10 children died and over 60 children fell ill Tuesday after eating a mid-day meal at a state-run […]
July 15, DHAKA, Bangladesh — A special tribunal of three judges announced the decision against Ghulam Azam in a packed courtroom in Dhaka, the capital. The panel said the former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party deserved capital punishment, but received a jail sentence instead because of his advanced age and poor health. A 91-year-old former […]
July 08, ISTANBUL — An Istanbul park that was at the center of weeks of anti-government demonstrations opened for a few hours Monday, but Turkish authorities quickly closed it and fired a water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters heading to the area for a planned rally. The attack — the second by […]
July 08, CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists protesting the military’s ouster of the president in bloodshed that left at least 42 protesters dead, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party for all-out rebellion against the army. The […]
July 08, AP – Demonstrators from both the secular-liberal and Islamist side of Egypt’s political divide rallied on Sunday, with each drawing tens of thousands of supporters. Supporters and opponents of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a show of support for the army action that toppled him. The […]
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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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