Singapore announces 60 percent pay raise for ministers
International Herald Tribune
By Seth Mydans
April 9, 2007
Available from: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/09/news/sing.php
SINGAPORE: How much money does it take to keep a Singapore government minister happy? The government says a million dollars is not enough, and on Monday it announced a 60 percent boost in ministers’ salaries, to an average of 1.9 [...]
Second poll likely for Timor
By Karen Michelmore in Dili (Australian Associated Press)
April 09, 2007
Available via the Herald Sun (Australia): http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21528500-5005961,00.html
COUNTING is underway tonight in East Timor’s first presidential elections since independence, but the tiny nation likely faces a second poll next month with analysts predicting no clear winner.
There were few signs of the violence some [...]
Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) correspondent Mehdi Geramifard interviewed Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker on their international English programming (based out of London) regarding his view of US policy in the Middle East, particularly regarding the already-made decision to attack Iran. Here is an example of Mr. Hersh’s articles on the topic.
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Joint Statement Between The People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation
Available at: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t309361.htm
President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China paid a state visit to the Russian Federation from 26 to 28 March 2007 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation. The two presidents [...]
Toward a Fundamental Reform: The Role of the United Nations in a Divided World
Harvard International Review
2 November 2006
Available from: http://hir.harvard.edu/articles/1462/
William JM van Genugten is Professor of International Law at the University of Tilburg and was Professor in Human Rights Law at Nijmegen University from 1991 to 2006.
The United Nations is often blamed for its [...]
Iran’s calculated end to hostages drama
The Financial Times - Editorial Comment
April 5 2007
Available from: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a4c2ad1e-e311-11db-a1c9-000b5df10621.html
It was a weirdly effective performance. Invoking the “anniversary of the death of Jesus Christ” and the spirit of forgiveness, Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran’s mercurial president, ended a characteristically prolix press conference yesterday with a coup de theatre: freeing the 15 British [...]
In light of the hostage event between Iran and the United Kingdom, there have been a number of scathing reviews of the UK’s failure and what it comes to represent. Distinguished British journalist and author Melanie Phillips described the resulting high ground Iran has gained in its nuclear standoff with the West.
Britain on its knees
April [...]
I used to watch Captain Planet all the time!! When I was applying to college, I noted on my curriculum vitae membership in the Planeteer Club as an extra-curricular activity. I think it might still be on there… hey! Its not like I’m lying!
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North Koreans Arm Ethiopians as U.S. Assents
New York Times
April 8, 2007
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK MAZZETTI
Article can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/world/08ethiopia.html?ex=1333684800&en=06a910f57a146691&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
WASHINGTON, April 7 — Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country’s nuclear test, Bush administration officials [...]
Mr. Jim Connelly, a geometry, political theory teacher and track and cross-country coach, was fired from Saint Ignatius College Prep. After teaching at the Jesuit institution for 40 years, Connelly was sacked when a female student accused him of sexual molestation. The incident allegedly occurred in a Saint Ignatius hallway prior to the school’s entrance [...]