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Solon withdraws support for law creating 16 new cities Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – One of the authors of the law that turned 16 municipalities into cities has joined the pending appeal before the Supreme Court for the reversal of its decision in December last year upholding the creation of 16 new cities. | Former Negros Oriental representative Jacinto Paras...
Let the law takes its course in Dr Ling's case, says DPM The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: No one is above the law when it comes to crime, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin referring to the case of former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik who was charged with cheating over the PKFZ scandal. | He urg...
Indian community in Australia welcomes first use of race-hate laws Newstrack India | Melbourne, Jul 29 (ANI): Victorian Premier John Brumby and Indian community leaders in Australia have welcomed the first use of race-hate laws after Victorian police charged two men with inciting racial hatred during a 45-minute drunken assault on ...
Clendon Residents To Protest Liquor Licencing Laws Scoop Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 5:16 pm | Press Release: Clendon Residents Group | Clendon Residents To Protest Against Liquor Licencing Laws. | A lack of community consultation is the direct cause of this Saturday’s peaceful protest, says the Clendo...
Clendon residents to march against liquor laws Scoop Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 9:29 am | Press Release: Clendon Community Support | Clendon Residents to march in protest against liquor licensing laws. | Clendon Community marched in May 2007 and will march again. It will be a peaceful march and is endors...
EW welcomes aquaculture law proposals Scoop Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:58 pm | Press Release: Environment Waikato | EW welcomes aquaculture law proposals | Environment Waikato is welcoming Government plans to implement changes relating to the development of aquaculture, including in the Waikato...
Punitive laws thwart fight against HIV in homosexual men in Asia-Pacific - UN United Nations | 21 July 2010 – The continued criminalization of male-to-male sex in the Asia-Pacific, resulting in harassment and other human rights violations, is hurting the region's response to HIV, a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has found. |...
Punitive laws thwart fight against HIV in homosexual men in Asia-Pacific - UN report United Nations 21 July 2010 – The continued criminalization of male-to-male sex in the Asia-Pacific, resulting in harassment and other human rights violations, is hurting the region's response to HIV, a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has found. | O...
'Dalai's tactics to create Sino-India fissures won't succeed' Zeenews Beijing: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's recent claim that 'he is a son of India' was aimed at "trapping" New Delhi, the state media reported today, adding that his tactics would not work as both India and China have evolved a "consensus" to develop friendly ties. | "There is a key problem which needs to be resolved before the Dalai Lama clai...
Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift The New York Times | WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy, amid increasing signs that the economic recovery is weakening. | On Thursday, James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, warned that the Fed’s current policies were putting the ...
