Monthly Archives: July 2013
Teachers’ commission withdraws contempt charge against union
Kenya’s Teachers’ Service Commission ( TSC) has withdrawn an application at the Industrial Court seeking to have Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) officials...
Egypt plans election amid bloody turmoil
Egypt’s interim leadership has laid out a fast-track timetable to elect a new president and parliament by early next year, in a move that...
Judge urges re-think over “unjustified” sponsor income requirement
On Friday (July 5), the High Court handed down its judgment in a Judicial Review of the minimum income threshold for spouses/partners and children...
Pope visits island of African immigrants, attacks “globalisation of indifference”
Pope Francis this week made his first pastoral visit outside of Rome since his election in March by visiting Lampedusa, a tiny fishing island...
Police shoot monks on Dalai Lama’s birthday
Police in a Tibetan region of southwest China opened fire on a group of Buddhist monks who had gathered to mark the birthday of...
Train disaster death toll now at least 13
Investigators report that at least 13 have been killed, with a further 37 missing, as they begin to comb the site of an enormous...
Fukushima situation worsens
The owners of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, announced this week that the situation in the power station – which went into meltdown...
TV show charts another new beginning
Nineties RnB trio SWV are attempting a return to the limelight by appearing in a US documentary-style reality show, ‘SWV - Sisters With Voices’,...
Enraged 50 Cent disowns son during text tirade
Five months before being arrested recently on domestic violence charges, 50 Cent had a major falling-out with his 16-year-old son after the rapper paid...
Paris Jackson off to special school
Paris Jackson is set to be enrolled at a boarding school for troubled teens, at a cost of £10 million, when she leaves hospital...