Who and what is running Afghanistan and how much of it is being ruled by government or is under the rule of law? Situations in the region have become tenser and those in Pakistan very dire. There is a need
The push worldwide for solar panel production has resulted in a boom in solar energy companies in China. But the solar energy companies are facing one major problem: where do they dump the toxic waste that is the by-product of
UAE Economy Minister HE Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri underlined that the UAE economy grew by 7. 4 per cent last year compared to 2006, citing the economic diversification policies adopted by the UAE...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday called upon Arab media leaders to focus on training and qualifying the...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com
Nahwa al-Muwatiniya (Na-aM) is a three-year-old NGO that focuses on altering the norms of participation and accountability within the Lebanese political milieu. Founded in 2005 by a diverse group of young professionals interested in enacting change, Na-aM focuses its efforts
Forbes magazine's annual survey of the world's billionaires for 2008 included on its list 10 persons of Lebanese descent, among them six members of the family of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, two members of the Mikati family, as
Fourteen students gather around an oval table for a class on transitional justice as part of what is being billed as the world's first minor in Human Rights and Transitional Justice, launched at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The
The Indonesian Battalion (Indobatt) operating as part of the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a sport activities and leisure program on Saturday at the unit's headquarters in the Southern village of Adhsit al-Qusayr. The program was attended by
March 14 candidates swept through primaries held by the Order of Engineers and Architects at its headquarters in Bir Hassan on Sunday, with the opposition coalition securing a sole victory in a close contest in the agricultural branch. The primaries
A Special Police Officer today suffered grievous injuries after a civilian attacked him while he was frisking people at a check point in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The angry civilain attacked SPO Nick Baba when he was asked
The protestors, including lawyers, political party workers and civil society activists, were stopped by riot police at the barbed barricade erected outside the residence of deposed supreme court chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Police fired teargas at the protestors to
Addressing a news conference with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in the hill resort of Murree near the capital, Zardari said Fahim had been rpt had been invited for the talks but could not attend as he was otherwise occupied. But
Over 2.7 lakh voters will be eligible to vote in the elections to the local Municipal Council to elect 101 members for nine local bodies. Though polls were held for three bodies in Batticaloa district in 2006, this would the
The combined wedding of Mona, a class III student, and her elder sister Leela (19) was fixed at Nathupur village and the grooms were due to arrive from Naya Bans in Delhi when it was called off, a district administration
The fishermen, all from Tamil Nadu, were taken into custody while they were fishing in the sea off Kanyakumari. Six boats carrying the fishermen were thoroughly searched to ensure that the detained men were not involved in smuggling anything to
Raj Bhavan sources said as per constitutional norms, the present assembly, which is under suspended animation following imposition of Central rule, should be dissolved by the President on recommendation of the Governor. After having satisfied that a stable government could
We have arrested one person and more arrests will be made soon," Inspector General of Police Kishan Kumar told. The state police had earlier in the day detained three persons in the connection of murder of British teenager Scarlette Eden
Gandhi will be addressing the General Body of the Congress Parliamentary Party, the first in the budget session of Parliament. The meeting assumes significance as it comes in the wake of Left parties warning of serious consequences if the government
Shyam Lal Goyal (80), a retired officer in the Union Finance Ministry, is still lying unconscious at AIIMS, where he was admitted. The incident took place at a residence in Sarvodaya Enclave of South Delhi's Malviya Nagar. Goyal, his wife
