Drunk Truck Driver Kills 6 People in Hong Kong
Region: Hong KongIt happened just before the Chinese Lunar New Year. A drunken truck driver crashed on a taxi with 5 passengers and one driver. The truck hit the taxi from the top and drove the taxi for about 50 meters and fell on the taxi... more
Views: 2374Obama Signs First Bill into Law: Fair Pay
Region: United States
President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law today: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. The law makes it easier for workers to sue for discrimination by eliminating the statue of limita... more
Views: 2047Husbands Relax! New Criminal Procedure Renders IPC Sec 498A Toothless
Region: IndiaWith President Pratibha Patil giving assent to the newly revamped and amended CrPC (Amendment) Act 2008, and once the amended law comes into force, Section 498A (popularly known as dowry law) would be rendered a toothless ... more
Views: 9566Remembering the 60th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Region: United StatesWhile the process of criminalizing politics is being intentionally accelerated in the world, the world on Tuesday is remembering the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) for its 60th year. Satellite-guided... more
Views: 1059Op-Ed: India Must Fight Terrorism Aggressively
Region: IndiaI want to know whether the resignation of the ministers is enough to fight terrorism? Do we don't want to have strong anti- terror law, better equipped police force so that people like Hemant Karkare do not die? Isn't it i... more
Views: 1485Google Settles with Publishers and Authors, But Who Really Benefits?
Region: CaliforniaGoogle’s $125 million settlement with book publishers and authors may change the way people access books. But is it really a win-win for everyone? Google Settles with Publishers Google Inc. said it wi... more
Views: 1160iTunes for the Blind
Region: Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS – The visually impaired no longer have to be musically impaired as well, thanks to an agreement reached between Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Apple Inc, makers of the hugely successf... more
Views: 1951Man With 86 Wives Detained
Region: Nigeria
LAGOS – An 84-year-old Islamic preacher, Alhaji Bello Masaba, has been detained by a Muslim court here after his failure to divorce all but four of his 86 wives. Masaba pleaded not guilty to charges of “insult... more
Views: 1802Mirwaiz asked to introduce Islamic system of banking in JK Bank
Region: India
Srinager, Septembert 20: For the first time, Huriyat conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has, asked authorities of the State-controlled Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd (JKB) to abandon the traditional usury system and introduce... more
Views: 956Syrian Blogger Proud to be 'Backwards Extremist'
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
Posted by Amira Al Hussaini to Global Voices Online Syrian blog Mohammed Online [Ar] posts six pieces of advice on how to become “backward” and an “extremist.” He also goes on to tell us why he wou... more
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