Nepal’s peace process in UN Security Council
Region: NepalA meeting of the UN Security Council is reported to be approving the extension of the United Nations Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) that monitors and reports about the ongoing peace process in Nepal. Media reports in Kathmandu c... more
Views: 1537Invest more in women and girls to meet MDGs: Ban Ki-moon
Region: United States
On the occasion of the World Population Day 11 July 2009, UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon urges nations to invest well in women and girls in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals. “Investing in girls&rsq... more
Views: 1418UN condemns promotion of army officer involved in crimes against humanity
Region: NepalKathmandu-based Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Richard Bennett has voiced concern over Nepal government’s decision to promote Toran Jung Bahadur Singh from Ma... more
Views: 1417Microsoft Corporate Communications Team Using Twitter
Region: United States
Techcrunch reports that Microsoft Corporation is now tweeting on the Twitter service. Microsoft’s competitors comprising Google, Sun, Oracle and Zappos are also tweeting. The Microsoft Twitter account has ov... more
Views: 2566NFL 2009 Team Schedules
Region: United StatesNFL 2009 TEAM SCHEDULES NFL 2009 TEAM SCHEDULES AFC NORTH BALTIMORE RAVENS Baltimore Ravens Wk Date Matchup Time (ET) 1 Sun. Sep. 13 vs. Chiefs 1:00 PM 2 Sun. Sep. 20 at Chargers 4:... more
Views: 1666Delay in bridge reconstruction in Chitral's Yarkhun valley traps 40,000 people
Region: Pakistan
Over 40,000 people stranded as bridge awaits reconstruction By Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: The government’s failure to reconstruct a bridge in a far-off valley of Chitral has left its over 40,000 resid... more
Views: 1737Fireworks and guns heard in Lebanon as election results stream in
Region: LebanonPer Reuters, the Hezbollah alliance, backed by Iran and Syria, has lost the parliamentary elections to the United States-backed March 14 party and its allies, according to a senior politician. Other news outlets, including... more
Views: 1766Tokyo experiences moderate earthquake
Region: JapanPer the USGS, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday afternoon near Honshu, Japan, and it was felt in Tokyo just 110 kilometers (70 miles) away. It is not yet clear if the quake was an aftershock of a 6.3 quake that s... more
Views: 2580Let's form govt under Maoist leadership: Khanal
Region: Nepal
Nepal’s Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) Chairman Jhalanath Khanal has proposed in his party meeting on Friday for the new national government under the leadership of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist (UCPNM)... more
Views: 943Arab World Divided on Ahmadinejad's Racism Comments
Region: Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech, and the way European Union representatives reacted to it at the United Nations Conference on Racism in Geneva (Durban II), has stirred debates among bloggers across the Middl... more
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