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Sri Lanka To Import Swine Flu Vaccine
Region: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is planning to Import Swine Flu Vaccine to the Country with courtesy from the World Health Organization(WHO) according to the Epidemiology Unit.Officials of Epidemiology Department and the Ministry Of Health are currently holding discussions with WHO in this regard. Ministry Of Health decided to import the Swine Flu Vaccine due to the Deaths Reported from Matara,Kandy and Anuradhapura Distr... more
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J&K CM expressed hope ties between Civil & Military are good & will grow further to serve State
Region: India
. Jammu,November 19 (Vijay Kumar) - Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the relation between the armed forces and the civil administration particularly with Army and expressed hope that the ties between the two will grow further to serve the state and its people in the best way. “The working relations betwe... more
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Greek Social worker still not recovered from Taliban
Region: PakistanTanveer Usman Chitrali Advocate selected as Civil Judge. CHITRAL: Prominent Lawyer and General Secretary of District Bar Association Chitral Tanveer Usman Advocate was selected as Civil Judge who was recommended by Public Service Commission NWFP. Some 11 candidates appeared in written test from Chitral against the vacant posts of Civil Judge at NWFP Public Service Commission. Total seats were 60. Three candidate... more
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Sri Lanka Removes Security Restrictions for Jafna Civilians
Region: Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Government today announced that the Special Security Clearence which is a must for Jafna Civilians who are reaching Colombo via Land Routes is no longer needed from today onwards.Now the Jafna Civilians can travel to Colombo freely by producing only their National Identity Card or someform of Identification Paper Government Information Department quoting the Government said in a S... more
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Sri Lankan President To Inform Ministers Tonight On The Presidential Election Date
Region: Sri Lanka
As Government Sources said that the Presidential Elections hold first before the Parliamentary Elections within the Month Of January President Mahinda Rajapaksha is scheduled to inform the Ministers the Date of the Presidential Elections tonight during the Cabinat Meeting it has been reported. Meanwhile President last night informed all the District Party Leaders of the Main Governing Party the Sri Lanka Fr... more
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Should Central Asia Fear Taleban Spillover?
Region: Russian FederationUpsurge in militant activity in Central Asia will be contained, although security should be stepped up in border areas. By Sanobar Shermatova in Moscow (RCA No. 595, 06-Nov-09) In the eight years the United States-led Coalition has been in action in Afghanistan, the northern provinces have remained largely calm – until recently, that is. Taleban attacks focused on southern Afghanistan, and the overland rou... more
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Iran's Green Movement Spreads Despite Crackdown
Region: Iraq
Government violence reduced number of street protests, but movement has become more difficult to control. By Behzad Yaghmaian (MR No 16, 13-Nov-09) The presidential election of June 12, which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared to have won, gave birth to a grassroots movement that has been evolving politically, embracing broader segments of the population, discovering new methods of struggle, and refusin... more
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Nicaraguan Farmers Express Thoughts on Rural Development Through Video
Region: Nicaragua
Seed by theogeo http://www.flickr.com/photos/theogeo/ / CC BY 2.0 The Alzar las Voces (Raise the Voices) project in Nicaragua brings farmers in rural communities the possibility to speak out through video telling of their concerns, their projects, their wishes and ideas. There are six organizations in Matagalpa Honduras who are working on this project including women's collectives, Matagalpa Organization... more
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Japan's Deer Wrangling and Antler-Cutting Practices Come Under Fire
Region: Japan
Nestled in the heart of the Kansai region of Japan, Nara City exudes a subdued atmosphere unique from its neighboring Osaka and Kyoto. If there is a particular symbol of Nara recognized nationwide, it is either the Buddha of Todai-ji (東大寺) or the deer of Nara Park. Over the long weekend in mid-October, the annual deer antler-cutting ceremony [ja], known as Shika no Tsunokiri (鹿の角きり) took place. In the q... more
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In Italy, Online Activism Fires Up “No Berlusconi Day”
Region: Italy
On October 9, Italy's highest Court ruled that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's immunity from prosecution while in office — guaranteed by a special law passed by his own center-right government in 2008 — was unconstitutional. This decision has reopened two pending trials that accuse Berlusconi of false accounting and bribery. Since the court decision, the prime minister has launched a campaign accusing &... more
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