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U.S. to Place its Antiballistic Missile Defense System in Britain |
 ...ions from the Russian Federation, despite the fact that the U.S. said its defense system was to be installed to fight against Iran and not to aim towards Russia.
The spokeswoman of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that Britain was secretly lobbying for the installment of the U.S. antiballistic missile defense system for some time. She also mentioned that Britain believes that U.S. system represents an importa... |
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China Denies the Accusations on its Military Build-up |
 ...ed, Britain or Russia.
For the diplomatic efforts made to solve the nuclear crisis, Peoples Republic of China was highly appreciated. It is to remind that, during the Beijing talks, the Vice Foreign Minister of North Korea agreed to shut down the main nuclear reactor in exchange for energy aid.
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Iraq Asks for Help to Stop Violence |
| ...Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, at a regional conference in Baghdad asked Iraq's neighbors for help. He opened the conference with an address to back his efforts to stop violence in Iraq by refusing to finance attacks. Mr. Nouri al-Maliki mentioned that people who cross the country's boarder to participate in attacks whether as suicide bombers or militia members represent danger for the country and they must be st... |
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Only Diplomatic Means Are Allowed to Solve the Iranian Nuclear Issue |
| ... He said that no other means other than diplomatic should be used to solve the conflict around the Iranian nuclear program.
On the press-conference, where the President of Russia and Italy's Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, have concluded their official meeting, Putin stated that the same diplomatic means should be also used in resolving other conflicts, like the ones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and any other case. Accor... |
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Nearly one third of Americans think Internet is useless |
 ...called Park Associates, outlined that 29% of households from the United States (which is about 31 million homes) do not even intend to get access to Internet in the next 12 months.
Park Associates administered the 2nd annual National Technology Scan that made it clear why potential customers do not look forward to subscribe to Internet service. Thus the scan states that the reason is low value to the daily lives that hou... |
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Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II |
| ...The apology on Japan's contribution to forced women prostitution, made by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was not convincing enough to acknowledge their responsibility.
Earlier this month Shinzo Abe disapproved Japan's implication into the women's sex slavery during the World War II and that caused negative response all over the world.
More than 200,000 women from Korea and China were exploited for sexual service i... |
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Russia Sells Arms to Tehran - USA Concerned |
 ...s, which took part in the TOR-M1 defense system contract: Russian official arm dealer, Rosoboronexport, and two other Russian arm dealing companies.
On the other hand Sergei Ivanov, Russian Defense Minister, mentioned even back in February in a speech that Russia did not break any international agreements and does not intent to do it. His argument was the fact that Iran is not Russia's leading trade partner and the fact... |
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Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia |
| ...Note: Current chronology covers mainly the latest events with a small introduction of events leading to them.
September 26, 2006 - Estonian Prime-Minister Andrus Ansil intends demolition of the Soviet Soldier monument, standing on the central square of Tallinn. He claims that in 1944 the Soviet army did not free the Estonian capital from fascist occupation. The Government said that the fascists have left Tallinn by the... |
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Chinese Products - to Buy or not to Buy? |
 ...med that a lot of pets died after eating Chinese tainted wheat gluten and rice protein. There have also been reports of toxins and disease in other goods exported from China.
Li Chuanqing, a vice-minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine spoke at a forum devoted to the issue. The forum organized in Beijing was co-hosted by the International Consumer Product Health and Saf... |
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Toilet Flushes Cuts in Prison |
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A new state government restrictions introduced into state's prisons regulations are meant to save water. Water wastage in prisons is a big problem in Brisbane and Queensland, Corrective Services Minister Judy Spence said.
The innovative technology will be installed in the showers where water will be turned off automatically after the set time. The toilet flushes went under restrictions too, leaving the prisoners ... |
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Schools turn back on 40 HIV kids |
 ...mbers. They will pass exams in isolated place once a year. Neeta Damle, a teacher who is teaching these kids, said that they tried to give informal education to them in the hostel.
Hassan Mushrif, Minister of State for School Education promised to deal with the matter and discuss it with the local authorities. A teacher from the hostel was asked to appoint one more teacher for the kids but local primary education offic... |
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15-Year-Old Boy Performs Caesarian Surgery |
 ...h, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, his video where a boy uses scalpel to perform a caesarian surgery on an expectant mother, the doctors were shocked by what they've seen.
The health minister of the state, K.K. Ramachandran, was the one to wonder how a professional doctor can "convert the his nursing home into a butcher's shop". He mentioned that he was ordering an inquiry and serious measures will be tak... |
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Terrorists Threaten the British Queen and the ex Prime Minister Personally |
| ...Al-Qaeda has directly threatened the Queen of England and ex Prime Minister, Tony Blair, for honoring British-Indian novelist Ahmed Salman Rushdie the title of knight.
Messages to the Queen and Tony Blair were found on the Internet. The threats were maid by the second most sought after terrorist, Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri. As ground for threats was the fact that the British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie was hono... |
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In Vitro Babies to Have Their Father's Name in Birth Certificates |
 ...Ministers ask for changes in existing fertility bill to give all IVF babies the possibility to have information on their biological parent written in their birth certificate.
The previous UK fertility law that was published in May would be almost completely rewritten as substantial changes are expected in such issues as development of "savior siblings", the use of surplus babies for research purposes and having in vitr... |
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Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing |
 ...ity of Japan.
"As the only country to have suffered atomic bombings in human history, we have the responsibility to hand down stories of this sad experience to the international community," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
It is worth mentioning that the bomb had killed more than 140,000 people by the end of 1945, while the whole population of Hiroshima is 350,000. Later thousands more fell ill and received deadly i... |
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