one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
The region’s largest meeting of the year, the Pacific Islands Forum, kicks-off next week in Cairns and will be without official representation from Fiji or its interim prime minister and coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
“Breaking Barriers – Access to Information”: Mark Scott, Session 6 Relationships and Role of Development Partners – Friends or Neo-Colonialists Pacific Partner, Pacific Friend: ABC International
At the start of this year, India was rocked by revelations that the huge software and outsourcing group Satyam had overestimated its profits to the tune of around $US1 billion. Before his arrest, chairman and IT poster-boy Ramalinga Raju said he had been “riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten”.
The governor of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, has resigned amid a US$190 million corruption case. The nation’s anti-corruption commission found Apirak Kosayodhin had a case to answer over irregularities in the purchase of hundreds of fire trucks and boats. While resigning, the governor continues to protest his innocence.
Over this past weekend, it was confirmed that Britain had revoked the visas of fugitive former Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, and his wife – barring them from re-entering the UK. The billionaire had been living in London after skipping bail in August to avoid corruption charges in Thailand. On Monday, the Reuters news agency … Continue reading “Thaksin continues to dodge extradition to Thailand”
An Indian court in July became the first in the world to convict a suspect based on evidence from some widely-unproven brain scanning technology. In one Indian state alone, around 75 crime suspects and witnesses have undergone the controversial technique since 2006. But fellow scientists, ethicists and the forensics community are extremely apprehensive about the … Continue reading “Court first for Indian brain scan technology”
From WorldWide Religious News.
Coalition forces, national guardsmen and party political leaders in IRAQ have suffered a week of violence, assassinations and political uncertainty, with their landmark election fast approaching.
Two children aged eight and eleven, with parents from BANGLADESH, VIETNAM and MALAYSIA, yesterday (wedn) took out the NEW SOUTH WALES Premier’s Spelling Bee state finals.
We like to watch. But while we sometimes may not like to be watched, which wanton watching are we worried with?
