Higgs boson: Pakistan’s contribution to a major breakthrough
At least some in Pakistan have the good grace to recognise Dr. Salam’s contribution in the field of science. Few Pakistanis know what the Higgs boson is and even fewer […]
Fiji lifts media ban
ifts ban on public meetings From:AFP June 02, 2012 11:37PM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fipad%2Ffiji-lifts-ban-on-public-meetings%2Fstory-fn6s850w-1226381557636%3Fsv%3Df943ddedbd9ed67cf072c48504f079ac&style=compact&apikey=R_c50c04b2cdfa518fbc5e4a1f15e215d6&service_api=R_c50c04b2cdfa518fbc5e4a1f15e215d6&source=TheHeraldSun EASING UP: FIJI WILL ALLOW PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE COMMODORE FRANK BAINIMARAMA SEIZED POWER IN 2006. PICTURE: AFP AFP FIJI has re-instated the right to hold public meetings, which […]
Big Ben’s tower to be renamed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II
MPs back proposal to change name of east tower at the Palace of Westminster despite republican A parliamentary proposal for the tower housing Big Ben to be renamed in honour […]
British medical worker among four rescued from cave by special forces in Afghanistan
A British medical worker kidnapped in Afghanistan has been dramatically freed in a special forces raid. The SAS are understood to have carried out the helicopter raid on the cave […]
Cancer ‘was made by modern man’
Only a handful of possible cancer cases emerged after scientists analysed almost 1,000 remains from ancient Egypt and Greece. They also found precious little reference made to the symptoms of cancer in ancient literature. Researchers did for the first time identify cancer in one Egyptian mummy but it was the […]
Fiji delegation contributes towards biodiversity science
USP Home » News @ USP Print Fiji delegation contributes towards establishment of major international biodiversity science policy Back to News » Members of the Fiji delegation that attended the Panama meeting: Mr Rahul Chand, Coordinator of the Fiji National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan and Professor Randy Thaman from USP, who served […]
Fijian students thank India for assistance
Fijian students in India thankful for assistance 13:38 Sun May 27, 2012 With Mereseini Marau at Fiji High Commission, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India.Taken from/By: Facebook Report by: Shireen Lata Fiji students studying in India received an increase in their allowance. Fiji’s High Commissioner to India, Yogesh Karan reminded […]
Deeper recession looms as factory output slumps
Britain and Europe share bleak economic outlook as report shows manufacturing dropping at biggest rate for three years. Britain and the rest of Europe are heading for a deeper recession […]
Archbishop of Canterbury: Queen likes to tease me
You might expect meetings between the Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury to be the most strait-laced of affairs, but Dr Rowan Williams has disclosed that the monarch likes to […]
UK: Older workers feel discriminated against by flexible working rules
Almost a third of older workers think that their employers put colleagues with young children first, leading to tensions in the workplace, new research shows. People aged between 45 and […]
Allah Save The Queen, say Muslims
PR Newswire LONDON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Ahmadiyya Muslim Community unveils national Jubilee programme A British Muslim community has set out plans to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with […]
UK Property prices creating generation of mummy’s boys
Soaring property prices have created a generation of “mummy’s boys” with a third of men in their 20s and early 30s now living with their parents, according to official figures. […]
UK: Ken Clarke says only extreme nationalists want ‘silly’ European referendum
A referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union would be “silly” and is only of interest to “a few extreme nationalist politicians,” Kenneth Clarke has said. The Justice Secretary […]
Yes, marriage is the ‘gold standard’
A survey shows that young people aspire to a good marriage – so why does the divorce rate continue to rise? By Judith Woods TELEGRAPH CO UK A well-dressed woman […]
The British Government Is Forcing People To Work For Free
Business Insider: Thousands more unemployed people will be forced to work for free or lose their benefits under controversial plans to be announced by the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, as the government is warned its drive to get people back into work appears to be floundering. The […]
BBC uses fake photo for Houla massacre
The British state-run broadcaster BBC has been caught passing off an old photo from Iraq in 2003 for the massacre in the Syrian town of Houla. In a report published […]
UK: Archbishop selection panel ‘dominated by liberals’
The panel chosen to appoint the next Archbishop of Canterbury is facing claims that it is dominated by clerics who reject orthodox teaching. The committee is unfairly balanced in favour […]
Richard Branson says UK coalition Government has failed to invest in businesses
In a dramatic call for a rethink on the economy, the ex-Tory favourite claims rhetoric has not been matched by real action. Richard Branson, whose support for Tory economic plans […]
Nick Clegg: eurozone foundations are ‘weaker than anyone could have predicted’
Nick Clegg has warned that the foundations of the eurozone are “weaker than anyone could have predicted”, as he urged Greece to stay in the euro and stick with its […]
From jail cell, Mikhail Khodorkovsky urges Britain to ban senior Russian officials from Olympics
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed oil tycoon, has called on Britain to prevent Russian ofrficials suspected of human rights abuses or corruption from attending the Olympics. In a letter passed […]