20 Jan, 2010, Vietnam
A court in Vietnam has convicted four activists that includes prominent human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh, of trying to overthrow the Communist government. The four men had received sentenced of up to 16 years on charges of subversion. Dinh was sentenced to five years, whereas the internet entrepreneur, Tran [...]

20 Jan, 2010, Peshawar, Pakistan

Politicians with three others have been injured in the bomb blast in Peshawar in north-west Pakistan. Aurangzeb Khan, the Awami National Party’s member that governs the North-West Frontier Province was seriously hurt. His vehicle was destroyed in the blast that took place not far from his residence [...]

21 Jan, 2010, America
The US president, Barack Obama indicated that he is willing to make some concessions so as to pass a bill to reform the healthcare after the Republican victory in a senate election in Massachusetts. The victory of Scott Brown removed the Democratic Party’s supermajority of 60 senate seats that would [...]

17 Jan, 2010, Xinhua, PORT-AU-PRINCE, china
On Sunday the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon arrived in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Caribbean nation Haiti that which was destroyed by a Tuesday quake that registered 7.3 on the Richter scale. Ban had come to see the first hand effects of the catastrophe so as to show the [...]

18 Jan, 2010, Africa

Thirty four Islamic scholars in Mauritania signed a fatwa or a religious opinion to ban the practice of female genital mutilation. The fatwa signed in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott states that the procedure has been proven to be harmful either at the time or subsequently.
The Female genital mutilation has been [...]

17 Jan, 2010, Baghdad, Iraq
On Sunday, Iraq gave a final approval to a deal by a Shell-led consortium for developing one of its largest oil fields, marking the crucial step towards the nations postwar. Royal Dutch Shell PLC and its partner, Malaysia’s state-run Petronas have won a right to develop the 12.5 billion barrel [...]

15 Jan, 2010, Tibet, China
China has selected a former soldier as their new governor of Tibet as the previous one had resigned unexpectedly. Padma Choling, the new governor is an ethnic Tibetan who served for 17 years in China’s army before joining the regional government. Qiangba Puncog, the previous governor was in office [...]

14 Jan, 2010, Israel
In time with a Turkish-imposed ultimatum, the Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon sent on Wednesday evening an apology letter to the Turkish ambassador to Israel Oguz Celikkol.
The letter said in a part that the disputes between Israel and Turkey will be solved in a respectful and mutual manner between the two [...]