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- HIV-positive Ivorians to receive free anti-retroviral treatment
- ABIDJAN AFP — Ivorians with HIV/AIDS can now get free anti-retroviral treatment in public health centers with foreign funders picking up much of the tab, according to a decree of which AFP obtained a copy Friday. "Antiretroviral treatment is free in all public health establishments," said the decree signed...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tosses $200K discrimination
- The St. Louis Fire Department was complying with a court order when it rejected the applications of two white men in favor of black candidates, a federal appeals court said as it threw out a $200,000 verdict. Michael Martinez and Eric Deeken sued the city of St. Louis...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- President detained in Mauritania coup
- NOUAKCHOTT AFP — Troops overthrew Mauritania's president in a military coup on Wednesday after he tried to sack senior army officers accused of being behind a political crisis destabilising the country. President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was arrested as troops rolled through the capital Nouakchott and took over the...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- Story of life under fatwa is possibility: Rushdie
- LONDON AFP — Booker prize-winning British author Salman Rushdie said in an interview broadcast Monday that he may one day write a book about his life under an Iranian decree calling for his death. Asked by the BBC about his personal safety, Rushdie, who was given a knighthood by...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Comoros regime tightens screw on 'un-Islamic' trends
- MORONI AFP — The Comoros has in recent weeks launched a crackdown on "loose morals", prompting concern among women and intellectuals that the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago was poised to become a Sharia state. In the name of the preservation of "the Comoran identity", Minister for Islamic Affairs Mmadi...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- Mongolian president declares state of emergency
- ULAN BATOR, Mongolia AFP — Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared Tuesday a four-day state of emergency as protestors went on the rampage in the capital claiming that weekend elections were rigged. "From 11:30 pm (1530 GMT) on Tuesday there will be a four-day state of emergency," said a presidential...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Indonesia accused of caving in to extremism
- JAKARTA AFP — Liberal Indonesians on Tuesday accused the government of caving in to extremists after it issued a quasi-ban against a minority Islamic sect in the face of violent protests by Muslim hardliners. Islamic conservatives welcomed the move and demanded an all-out ban on the Ahmadiyah sect, but...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Alitalia's emergency loan good for a year: Rome
- MILAN AFP — The Italian government's emergency loan of 300 million euros (460 million dollars) to struggling Alitalia will allow the national carrier to survive for 12 months, lawmakers were assured on Thursday. The loan "shows the willingness of the government to safeguard the continuity of Alitalia's operations for...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- McCartney marriage ends, two months after divorce
- LONDON AFP — Paul McCartney's marriage to ex-model Heather Mills was formally ended Monday as a judge granted them a decree nisi, two months after they struck a high-profile bitter divorce settlement. High Court judge Hugh Bennett pronounced the decree on the basis that the couple had not lived...
- Research articles 2008-05-12
- Minister: Muslim decree to condemn suicide bombings
- WASHINGTON -- High-ranking Shiite and Sunni leaders are preparing to issue a religious decree condemning suicide bombings and other forms of violence, according to an Anglican minister who has led efforts to bring the two Muslim sects closer. The draft decree, also called a fatwa, cites...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Agrium Inc. reaches an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission on the terms of a consent decree which Agrium says it is optimistic will allow for the closing of the acquisition of UAP Holding Corp
- Agrium Inc. reaches an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission FTC on the terms of a consent decree which Agrium says it is optimistic will allow for the closing of the acquisition of UAP Holding Corp. It is undertaking the divestiture of up to seven retail centers (out of...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Chadian president pardons French charity workers
- NDJAMENA AFP — Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno pardoned Monday six French charity workers sentenced three months ago to hard labour for trying to fly children from the Darfur border to France. "A presidential pardon has been granted to the six French members of Zoe's Ark," read the first...
- Research articles 2008-03-31
- Lexington, Ky., Agrees to Major Sewer System Upgrades
- To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lexington- Fayette Urban County Government LFUCG in Kentucky has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $290 million, to eliminate...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- French village bans death
- PAU, France AFP — The mayor of a French village has issued a decree banning residents from dying in his territory unless they own a spot in the overcrowded cemetery. "It is forbidden for any person not having a plot in the cemetery ... to die on the territory...
- Research articles 2008-03-06
- Spanish football Federation is not above the law says government
- MADRID AFP — Spain's chances of competing at Euro 2008 dimmed on Monday when the Spanish Sports Council CSD declared the Spanish Football Federation RFEF were not above the law and should proceed with elections before March 31 and not in November as they want to do. The CSD,...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- State of emergency imposed in Armenian capital after clashes
- YEREVAN AFP — Authorities in ex-Soviet Armenia imposed a state of emergency Saturday after rising tension over a disputed presidential election erupted into violent clashes between protesters and riot police. The state of emergency will be in effect in the capital Yerevan until March 20 under a decree signed...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Free petrol boon for Turkmen car drivers
- ASHGABAT AFP — Turkmens will be taking to their cars with a spring in their step from Saturday after the government declared it will be giving drivers 120 litres of free petrol every month. Drivers of trucks, tractors and buses will get 200 litres for free every month and...
- Research articles 2008-02-09
- Romanian government reopens secret police archives
- BUCHAREST, Feb 6, 2008 AFP — Romania's government adopted an emergency decree Wednesday re-authorising access to the archives of the communist-era secret police, days after a court blocked a commission from studying the files. "This decree was necessary because, 18 years after the fall of the communist regime, we...
- Research articles 2008-02-06
- Unchaperoned Saudi women can stay in hotels: rights group
- RIYADH AFP — Saudi women will in future be allowed to stay in hotels unchaperoned under a royal decree issued in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, a rights organisation said on Tuesday. "We have become aware of a royal decree authorising Saudi women to stay in hotels without being accompanied...
- Research articles 2008-01-22
- Three Parties Agree to Pay for Cleanup of Iron Horse Park Superfund Site in Massachusetts
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007, or TDD, +1-202-514-1888; or Environmental Protection Agency, +1-617-918-1017 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- Boston and Maine Corp., BNZ Materials Inc., and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA, have agreed to perform environmental cleanup work expected...
- Research articles 2008-01-16
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