In the nine months since being given the legal right to serve openly in the military, gay service members are increasingly speaking out about the double lives they led under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. As gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and their supporters celebrate June as “Pride Month,” two senior officers — a Navy woman and an ...
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Writer, director Nora Ephron dies
Los Angeles – Writer and film director Nora Ephron, known for her work on movies such as When Harry Met Sally, has died in New York at age 71, according to media reports on Tuesday night, hours after it was first revealed that she was gravely ill and near death. A spokesperson for her…
Read More »Syria is in a “state of war”, says President Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has declared on Tuesday that his country is at war. Assad urged his government to continue the fight against the foreign back terrorist rebels at all costs. The fate of the nation is a stake! In a statement broadcast live on Syrian TV Assad said: “We live in a real state of war from all angles,” ...
Read More »UN Expert: Justice For All Victims Of Human Trafficking
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 2:36 pm Press Release: OHCHR UN Expert Calls For Justice For All Victims Of Human Trafficking … Even The ‘Imperfect’ Ones GENEVA (26 June 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, said that the human rights of trafficked persons are not yet the primary consideration ...
Read More »Carter attacks Obama over assassinations and drone attacks
In an article written for the New York Times headlined "A Cruel and Unusual Record", Mr Carter, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work trying to resolve conflicts around the globe, suggested that the US is in violation of 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human…
Read More »Shrine fire: Shutdown disrupts life in Kashmir
Srinagar: Life across Kashmir was disrupted Tuesday due to a strike called by separatists over gutting of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib shrine in Khanyar area of the city. Schools, colleges, offices, shops and other commercial establishments were closed due to the strike called by almost all separatist groups including both factions of…
Read More »David Cameron urged to sign up to ‘banking union’
The European Commission is warning the UK that it would lose influence over EU-wide rules affecting the City of London unless it joins the drive towards banking union, which will be discussed at a summit of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday. Despite the warning, the…
Read More »Infants’ death sparks protest in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 17 (ANI): Locals in Jammu and Kashmir protested here on Thursday against increasing crib deaths due to negligence of the hospital authorities. Reportedly, over 300 infants have died in the…
Read More »Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Why I won’t be going to the London Olympics
Iran’s president stays away but other controversial national leaders will attend, causing a headache for David Cameron President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad applauded Iran’s athletes but said he would not be going to London to watch them. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said he would like to come to the London Olympics but will not be attending because ...
Read More »Greek caretaker government sworn in
Athens: The Greek caretaker government, which will lead the country to the second round of national polls in June, was sworn in on Thursday morning at a ceremony held at the Presidential mansion in Athens. Headed by Panayiotis Pikrammenos, top judge of the Greek Supreme Administrative Court until his appointment to the post on Wednesday, it is tasked to “preserve ...
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