Steaua Bucharest owner jailed in Romania for abuse of power
Source: Reuters
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-05-20 10:47:56 -0700 | political-news
Topics Romanian lawmaker and soccer club owner George ''Gigi'' Becali is seen in Bucharest April 17, 2012. George Becali, a Romanian MP and owner of the soccer club Steaua Bucharest, was jailed for three years on Monday for abuse of...
Slovakia, Spain confirm unchanged position on Kosovo
Source: B92
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-05-16 10:31:39 -0700 | political-news
FM Ivan Mrki on Thursday spoke on the phone with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajak, focusing on the Brussels agreement between Belgrade and Pritina. The Serbian MFA said in a statement that Lajak assured Mrki that his country would not...
Women In Combat: Some Lessons From Israel's Military
Source: National Public Radio
Caracal :: Romania | updated 2013-05-16 09:44:22 -0700 | political-news
As the U.S. moves to open up combat positions to women, it's catching up with other other countries that have been doing it for years. But the experience in these countries, including Israel, suggests that access to combat jobs doesn't...
IHT Rendezvous: Should Governments Cash In on Smokers?
Source: The New York Times
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-05-10 04:20:02 -0700 | political-news
Tomas van Houtryve for The New York Times French smokers have been forced out on to the street since a 2008 indoors smoking ban. Governments have an ambivalent attitude about tobacco, on the one hand lecturing smokers at every turn...
Holocaust memorial races to collect victims' names
Source: Fox News
Dorohoi :: Romania | updated 2013-05-07 11:38:40 -0700 | political-news
Israel With a hand on her chest, 82-year-old Rivka Fringeru battled back tears as she reeled off a list of names she has rarely voiced in the past 70 years: her father, Moshe, then her mother, Hava, and finally...
Bulosan work leads Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American exhibition
Source: Inquirer.net
Apa :: Romania | updated 2013-05-06 12:54:34 -0700 | political-news
D.C.Acclaimed Filipino American writer Carlos Bulosan's poem I Want the Wide American Earth crowns the Smithsonian's banner exhibit honoring the more than 17 million Asian Pacific Americans in this country with a banner exhibit celebrating their history, culture and literary...
The radioactive Romanians! Pair stopped at Austrian border test positive after storing their food ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-05-05 12:41:22 -0700 | political-news
5 May 2013 Austrian police discovered two radioactive Romanians during a routine check at the border after the pair decided to keep their food and water cold by storing it next to potentially deadly chemicals. Gheorge Ionescu, 43, and Dorin...
Going to School Away From School
Source: Inter Press Service
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-05-04 10:27:57 -0700 | political-news
Segregation in schools means Roma children grow up to find few decent jobs...As the Czech government comes under fire for apparently backtracking on commitments to inclusive education, Roma children and teenagers continue to be systematically shut out of Eastern Europe's...
The Saturday Profile: A Sadrist Governor Is a Folk Hero to Iraqis
Source: The New York Times
Amara :: Romania | updated 2013-05-03 19:57:52 -0700 | political-news
The Saturday Profile A Sadrist Governor Is a Folk Hero to Iraqis Adam Ferguson for The New York Times It doesn't make a difference if you are Sunni or Shiite or Christian...One man poked his head in the scrum and...
'Any Swedish job pays better than in Romania'
Source: The Local
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-05-02 23:01:30 -0700 | political-news
Romania has never won the Eurovision Song Contest and few from their community in Malm expect their entry It's My Life to break that trend on May 18th. This year's Romanian contender features the lyric "Its my life and I...
Azerbaijan: Georgia Proposes Joint Military Jet Business
Source: Eurasianet
Apa :: Romania | updated 2013-05-02 10:23:53 -0700 | political-news
Georgia is in discussions with Azerbaijan to jointly produce Su-25 close air support jets, Azerbaijani military sources have told the news agency APA: Military sources told APA that Georgia plans to produce the modernized versions of SU-25 aircrafts at the...
B'nai Brith slams controversial UBC talk by Leila Khaled
Source: The Globe & Mail
Apa :: Romania | updated 2013-04-30 21:24:00 -0700 | political-news
A Jewish advocacy group has called on the University of British Columbia to prevent a controversial figure from speaking at a conference devoted to Palestinian issues, saying Leila Khaled's past should preclude her from having any public platform in Canada....
China's terracotta warriors come to Bucharest
Source: China News
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-04-29 14:43:58 -0700 | political-news
Four of China's precious terracotta warriors and one terracotta horse are on display at an exhibition named "Treasures of China", which opened Monday in Bucharest, at the National Museum of Romania's History. In his speech at the opening ceremony of...
Girl dies in cupboard fall (NZ Newswire)
Source: Xtra News
Alba Iulia :: Romania | updated 2013-04-29 20:40:31 -0700 | political-news
Journey Invite friends to discover what they are reading by connecting to Facebook. Connect with friends on Facebook and start sharing new and exciting content. Girl dies in cupboard fall NZ Newswire April 30, 2013, 6:42 am A young Auckland...
HM receives credentials of envoys
Source: Times of Oman
Bucharest :: Romania | updated 2013-04-28 19:32:13 -0700 | political-news
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received the credentials of a number of ambassadors of countries accredited to the Sultanate at Hisn Al Shumoukh in the wilayat of Manah, yesterday evening. His Majesty received the credentials of Lungile Pepani, ambassador...
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