Government to appeal 'unusual' court ruling
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecution (DPP), Geoffrey Henderson, says the State intends to "pursue all of its options, including an appeal" as a High Court Thursday freed two persons ...
Europe commemorates Holocaust anniversary
WARSAW, Poland (AP): EUROPEAN LEADERS remembered the Holocaust on Friday, the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, with commemorations shadowed by concern over anti-Israeli remarks by Iran's president.
Resistance will continue -Hamas
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP): A PROMINENT Hamas leader, whose group achieved an overwhelming victory in legislative Palestinian elections this week, pledged yesterday to continue resistance against Israeli occupation ...
Gates pledges US$900m for TB fight
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP): MICROSOFT CORPORATION chairman and co-founder Bill Gates said yesterday that his charitable foundation will triple its funding for tuberculosis (TB) eradication, pledging another US$600 million by 2015.
President cuts own salary
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP): BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT Evo Morales cut his salary in half and ordered that no Cabinet minister collect a higher wage than his own, with the savings being used to hire more public school teachers.
High Court rules in favour of Opposition
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): THE GRENADA High Court has ruled in favour of Opposition Leader Tillman Thomas for the courts to hear and determine an application for judicial review of a ruling made during the Commission of Inquiry ...
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