GLOBAL PULSE: China’s Milk Shakeup (10/02/2008)

Officer: Marines Oppose Lifting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

But, Commandant Gen. James Conway said, if the ban on gays serving openly in the military is repealed, the Corps will deal with it. The Senate is expected to take up the issue next month. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Record number of women standing in Afghan poll

Despite everyday prejudice and Taliban death threats a record number of female candidates are standing in September polls A record number of women are running in Afghanistan’s critical parliamentary elections next month despite many being inundated with threatening phone calls, including death threats from insurgents. Amid ever-rising violence, which some people fear could foster a [...]

Blast Kills 7 In Area Of China Plagued By Ethnic Strife

A government official said 14 people were wounded after a man drove a three-wheeled vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd in southwestern Xinjiang, where long-standing tensions between the Turkic Muslim Uighurs and China’s majority Han flared into open violence last summer. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Record A-level passes as one in 12 get new A*

A-level pass rate rises for 28th year, sparking intense battle for university places A-level pass rates today rose to another record high of 97.6% while an unprecedented 27% of entries achieved an A, in results which will sharpen the intense battle for places at university this year. Just over 8% of the entries were awarded [...]

Mosaic: World News From The Middle East – June 15, 2007

Tourists Seek Real Berlin On Bridge, Find Controversy

The Admiralsbruecke has become hugely popular with 20-somethings who fly in on discount airlines. But residents are so annoyed with the drunken antics, the broken glass and the electric music that local authorities have brought in a team of professional mediators to create a dialogue. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Privacy concerns over Facebook tool

Facebook Places, which will launch in the US only at first, will allow users to ‘check in’ at a location Facebook risks a privacy backlash today when it launches a feature that automatically shares information on the location of users with their online friends. The feature allows users to “check in” at locations which will [...]

Iraqi orphans, widows in need

Last U.S. Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq

Capt. Christopher Ophardt, spokesman for the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, says the last of the unit’s vehicles were crossing the border into Kuwait early Thursday. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us