News for October 2009
ORGANISERS of this year’s Birmingham Diwali celebrations are inviting people from all religions and ethnicity to join in on a mass open air Indian folk dance this weekend.
Thousands are expected to descend on Millennium Point …
PAKISTAN bowler Mohammad Asif has been ruled out of Pakistan’s forthcoming series against New Zealand for fear of being arrested if he travels to the United Arab Emirates.
Asif was detained for 19 days in Dubai …
ATHENS, Greece — Incumbent Karolos Papoulias announced on Monday (October 19th) that he will run for re-election in the March 2010 presidential race. His candidacy enjoys the support of both the socialist PASOK party, led …
Educational authorities in Seoul are moving to merge two elementary schools which have seen a steady decrease in the number of students in recent years as the country’s birthrate dwindles.
Gangnam District Office of Education …
THE Foreign Office has launched a campaign offering travel advice to British Asians travelling to Pakistan and India after a report showed nearly 1,500 needed consular assistance in one year alone.
The ‘Know Before You Go’ …
HINDU groups across the country have united to slam claims made by BNP leader Nick Griffin that British Hindus support the policies of the BNP.
In a joint statement the Hindu Council UK, National Council of …
CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba (ACN) – Farmers from this central Cuban province started sowing a new variety of pineapple that triples the yield of previous ones and has higher concentrations of sugar and Vitamin C, according …
IF Barack Obama really is serious about solving the crisis in the Middle East, he could do worse than sign up Amir Khan and Dimitriy Salita as examples of religious tolerance.
Their world title fight on …
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) – Sprint star Usain Bolt received the medal of the Order of Jamaica on Monday at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony.
The sprint star, who holds the Olympic and world titles and world …
BIRMINGHAM kicked racism into touch last weekend when hundreds of budding football enthusiasts took part in a Futsal festival in the city.
The weekend festival was held as part of the One Game One Community week …
Fearing terrorist attacks, Indonesian police will impose a security cordon around the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in Senayan when Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is sworn in today (October 20) for his second five-year term …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Al Arabiya)
Israel and the United States launched a major air defense drill on Wednesday as part of what Israeli public radio called preparation for a faceoff with Iran, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …
A Dhaka court yesterday (October 18) cleared Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and three others of charges in a corruption case following an appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
ACC deputy director Mohammad Moniruzzaman Khan, also the …
CAIRO (AFP)
A “drunk” Sudanese passenger unsuccessfully tried to hijack an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo on Wednesday and divert it to Jerusalem to “liberate” the city, an Egyptian security official said.
About 30 minutes after …
Photo: Nancy Palus/IRIN
People fleeing Diabir, on the outskirts of Ziguinchor, in September 2009
DAKAR, 19 October 2009 (IRIN) – Aid workers are evaluating the needs of families recently displaced by armed conflict in Casamance, southern …
Serbia “has done a good and serious job in co-operating with The Hague tribunal and in meeting its obligations regarding the war crimes”, according EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.
By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times …
