Friday 30th of July 2010
Newspedia.eu - Home of the news
All you got to know about the world
 

Search results for party

  Troops out in Pakistan s Punjab
Date: February  26, 2009  

Paramilitary troops have been called out in Pakistan s Punjab province to maintain order after street protests by supporters of former PM Nawaz Sharif.Demonstrators are blocking roads by making bonfires in many places and raising slogans against the government.Legislators of Mr Sharif s PML-N party are sitting on the stairs of the Punjab assembly a
  Darling faces RBS pension anger
Date: February  26, 2009  

Profile: Sir Fred GoodwinChancellor Alistair Darling has admitted the government could have stopped ex-RBS Sir Fred Goodwin from receiving a £650,000-a-year pension.But it did not realise this at the time when it agreed to pump £20bn of taxpayers money into the firm, he said.It thought 50-year-old Sir Fred s early retirement deal was "an unav
  Brazil priest suspended for views
Date: February  26, 2009  

By Gary DuffyBBC News, Sao PauloA Roman Catholic priest in Brazil who defended the use of contraceptives and the rights of homosexuals has been suspended by his local archbishop.Father Luiz Couto has been told he can resume his priestly duties in the north-eastern state of Paraiba if he publicly renounces his views. The priest is also a member of C
  China condemns Christie s auction
Date: February  25, 2009  

China has condemned what it calls the illegal auction in Paris of two bronze artefacts taken from a Chinese palace 150 years ago.It has also warned Christie s auction house of unspecified consequences.The strong statement said China did not recognise the 31m euros (£28m, $39m) sale of the bronze rat and rabbit.The two items were sold as part of
  Wonder to get White House award
Date: February  25, 2009  

Motown legend Stevie Wonder is to be honoured with a special prize during a ceremony at the White House later.US President Barack Obama will present the multi-Grammy winning soul star with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress.The award commemorates a composer or performer for their lifetime contributions to popular music
  Election ban for Sharif brothers
Date: February  25, 2009  

Pakistan s Supreme Court has barred former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, from elected office.Mr Sharif s PML-N party holds power in Punjab province. His brother is the chief minister there.Last June, the high court in the city of Lahore upheld an earlier ruling which barred Mr Sharif from running
  Detainees split Zimbabwe cabinet
Date: February  25, 2009  

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said the country s attorney general is blocking the release of political detainees. About 30 activists are currently being held, including a senior member of Mr Tsvangirai s MDC party, Roy Bennett.Mr Tsvangirai said President Robert Mugabe had agreed a deal that would see the release of the detainees.Bu
  Iraqi lawmaker s immunity lifted
Date: February  25, 2009  

The Iraqi parliament has lifted the immunity of an MP, leaving him liable to arrest over several fatal attacks.Sunni lawmaker Mohammed al-Daini was earlier on a flight to Jordan when the plane was made to turn around and return to Iraq.Allegations against Mr Daini include claims he was involved in the bombing of the Iraqi parliament in 2007.He says
   All clear for web auction tool
Date: February  25, 2009  

A third-party add-on for eBay has been given the all clear after being flagged by Google as potentially malicious.Servers powering Auctiva s website, which provides tools for sellers on the popular auction service, had become infected with a trojan virus."Google has rescanned our site and given it a clean bill of health," said the firm s Robert Gre
  MP breaks language law in Turkey
Date: February  24, 2009  

By Sarah RainsfordBBC News, Silopi, TurkeyA prominent Kurdish politician has defied Turkish law by giving a speech to parliament in his native Kurdish.Ahmet Turk was addressing his party in parliament when he suddenly switched language from Turkish to Kurdish.The live broadcast on state TV was immediately cut, as the language is banned in parliamen


Select a page: 123456  from  470                Previous pageNext page



US ready to aid Mexico drug fight
Delicate mission
North Korea seeks rare UN talks
Donors asked to pledge Gaza cash
Bangladesh manhunt for mutineers
US cell assault video released
Asean group seeks economic action
Violence flares over race movie
Shark attacks Australian surfer
Hariri court set to formally open
Pious protector
Missiles hit Pakistan border area


 
The news are provided by BBC World News™.
 
Media Studio Network : Worldy.info | Pictravel.eu | Zones.ro | Mediastudio.ro | Newspedia.eu | theAgency.ro
Sfaturi pentru shop online
© 2007. Newspedia.eu