Kagame: Rwanda and Congo are making very good progress toward peace in conflict-wracked regionSeptember 21st, 2009 Rwanda and Congo making progress toward peaceNEW YORK — Rwanda's president said Monday his country and neighboring Congo are making "very good progress" in restoring peace to war-torn central Africa. Paul Kagame said a January offensive by forces from both countries aimed at disarming Rwandan Hutu fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved a "major breakthrough" by drastically decreasing fighting and seriously weakening the command of the Hutu rebels.
California reaches agreement with AstroTurf about lead levels in its productsAugust 14th, 2009 AstroTurf maker reaches deal with Calif. officialsOAKLAND, Calif.
Cherie Blair wants UN to recognise International Widows DayJune 24th, 2009 LONDON - Cherie Blair, the wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair and a leading human rights lawyer, has appealed to the UN to recognise June 23 as International Widows Day. The appeal came Tuesday on the campaigns 5th anniversary celebrations at the House of Lords, Britains upper house of parliament.
UK set to also welcome Gurkha widows'June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Widows' of dead Gurkha soldiers are all set to be welcomed into Britain on the orders of new Home Secretary Alan Johnson, The Sun can reveal. Johnson decided to overturn predecessor Jacqui Smith's decision after discovering that 95 widows - most in their 70s - were to be barred.
Residency cases ordered reopened in lawsuit over spouses who died during immigration processMay 1st, 2009 LA judge orders widows' green card cases reopenedLOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to reopen the immigration cases of dozens of foreign widows whose American citizen spouses died before they could get their green cards. U.S. District Judge Christina A.
Now Deepa Mehta's brother makes documentary on Indian widowsMay 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Inspired by Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated film 'Water', her brother Dilip Mehta has done a documentary on the lives of widows from across India and says unlike his sibling he didn't face any problem in making it. Entitled 'The Forgotten Woman', the documentary moves from the dying derelict widows of Varanasi to the young widows of the soldiers who died in the 1999 Kargil war.
Anupam Kher to help Kashmiri Pandits set up a trustApril 12th, 2009 JAMMU - Bollywood actor Anupam Kher Sunday said he will stage plays to raise money for a trust that will launch welfare schemes for the displaced Kashmiri Pandits living in camps here. He said that the living conditions in the camps were 'pathetic'.
Politicians, estate agents least trusted professionals in Britain: PollApril 1st, 2009 LONDON - Estate agents and politicians have been voted as Britain's least trusted professions in a new survey. Bar Standards Board, which conducted the survey, struggled to find anyone who could trust the two occupations.
More women joined politics in 2008, says a global reportMarch 7th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The 143-member Inter-Parliamentarian Union Thursday said the number of women occupying seats in the legislative institutions worldwide reached record levels in 2008, with one out of every five elected members was woman. The Women in Parliament 2008 report released by the union said of the 12,879 seats in 66 parliaments in 54 countries last year, women occupied 2,656 seats, or 20.6 percent.
Government breaks promise to widows of Assam militancyMarch 3rd, 2009 GUWAHATI - Middle-aged Khudija Khatun lost her husband, Mohammad Arab Ali, to militants' bullets in 1998. Eleven years later, Khudija is yet to receive a single penny from the government - not even the ex-gratia amount given to families of victims of insurgency.
New pension schemes for widows, disabled in interim budgetFebruary 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Monday announced two new pension schemes for widows and physically disabled in the interim budget 2009-10. The Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme will provide a pension of Rs.200 to widows in the age group of 40-64, while the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme aims to provide pension to 'severely disabled persons', acting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in his budget speech in parliament.
Widows, disabled brought under social security ambitFebruary 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Widows and the disabled living below the poverty line have been brought within the ambit of a social security scheme for senior citizens over the age of 65, it was announced here Thursday. 'The cabinet today (Thursday) approved the expansion of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to include other vulnerable groups of the society,' Home Minister P.
Sikh seeks damages for being forced to remove turbanJanuary 28th, 2009 TORONTO - A Sikh security guard, who says he was forced to remove his turban and wear a helmet on duty at a Home Depot retail outlet here, has sought $40,000 in compensation from the home furnishing giant. Home Depot is Georgia-based American home furnishing retail giant with outlets across North America.
DR Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda arrestedJanuary 22nd, 2009 KINSHASA - Laurent Nkunda, Tutsi rebel leader of the National Council for the Defence of the People (CNDP) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), has been arrested, a statement from a joint Rwandan-DR Congo military operation said Friday. The statement said Nkunda was captured Thursday evening when he was fleeing to neighbouring Rwanda.
India, Africa must be on UN Security Council: RwandaJanuary 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda, Monday said it is 'absurd' India and Africa do not have any say in the expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC), adding that the two regions ought to have permanent seats in the council. 'It is absurd that with a combined population of about two billion people, neither India nor Africa is represented in the United Nations Security Council,' Kagame said at the India-Africa Business Summit here.
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