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  • Nepal Ban urges all parties to maintain momentum to hold elections within timetable Nepal Ban urges all parties to maintain momentum to hold elections within timetable

    24 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all parties in Nepal to overcome remaining political obstacles to hold the country's next elections within the existing timetable. In a statement, Mr. Ban's spokesperson said the Secretary-General "has been following events in Nepal closely," and "urges all parties to maintain momentum by overcoming the remaining political obstacles ...

  • UN rights experts call for stronger protection of victims of caste-based discrimination UN rights experts call for stronger protection of victims of caste-based discrimination

    24 May 2013 150 More than 260 million people across the world are still victims of human rights abuses due to caste-based discrimination, United Nations independent experts warned today, urging South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to protect them. "Caste-based discrimination remains widespread and deeply rooted, its victims face structural discrimination, marginalization and ...

  • Nepals Tibetan Refugees Struggle Under Chinas Shadow

    KATHMANDU Tibetan refugees in Nepal say they face increasing restrictions from Nepalese authorities due to pressure from China. VOA correspondent Aru Pande talks to Tibetans who, for decades, have made the Himalayan country their home. Dolma Lama learned to weave Tibetan carpets from her mother - who fled Tibet and settled in Kathmandu after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese ...

  • Obama Urges Military to Stamp Out Sexual Assaults

    U.S. President Barack Obama says sexual assaults in the U.S. military undermine trust in the armed forces. The president used a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Friday to tackle recent reports of widespread sexual violence in the military. "Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that ...

  • Legacy of cruelty by Islamists should end Bangladesh educationist

    Bangladesh educationist Azad Chowdhury called for the banning of the country's biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and blamed the organisation for misusing Islam and committing the wartime atrocities during the 1971 liberation war. In an interview, Chowdhury blamed the Jamaat for butchering intellectuals in huge numbers. "Jamaat is an organized party, they had a legacy of this sort of ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest [DVD]

The Importance of Being Earnest [DVD]

As the most oft-produced of Oscar Wilde's plays and one of the great stage comedies of all time, The Importance of Being Earnest has reached a level of cultural familiarity that, surprisingly enough, has not detracted one bit from its ability to amuse. Not really laugh-out-loud funny, it is rather one that keeps you constantly smiling and chuckling because the wit and wisdom that were Wilde ... ...

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  • Suicide blast leaves 4 killed several injured in NW Pakistan

    Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber hit a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city Friday afternoon, local media reported. Urdu TV channel Dunya said that the blast happened at about 2: 00 p.m. (local time) when an unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the mosque located in a seminary in Hafiz ...

  • PCB to soon bring umpires under domain

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it would soon introduce new rules to bring Pakistan umpires under its 'domain' so that they can keep a check on their behaviour. The PCB made this statement in the wake of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to withdraw Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf from the ICC Champions Trophy following his questioning in connection with the ...

  • Pak releases 45 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

    Pakistan has freed 45 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a goodwill gesture, officials have said. Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso decided last week to release the Indian fishermen who have already served their sentences, reports The News. The authorities released a group of 45 prisoners from Karachi, Malir prison who later boarded a bus that will take them to the eastern ...

  • China clears Boeing 787s for commercial service

    Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued a certification for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Thursday, a milestone for the 787 to begin commercial service in China. The CAAC presented Boeing with a Validation of Type Certification (VTC), indicating that the design of the 787 Dreamliner is compliant with China's aviation regulations and that China endorses ...

  • Sub-standard construction material led to Bangladesh building collapse says govt report

    A Bangladesh Government report into the collapse of a multi-storied factory building has uncovered a series of violations. The report revealed that the building had been constructed with sub-standard materials on unsuitable land. According to the BBC, it also recommended life sentences for the building's owner and the owners of five garment factories operating there. The Rana Plaza collapse ...

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