The Bill of Rights Forum has delivered its recommendations to the Human Rights Commission.
The report has been compiled by a group representing the main political parties and different sectors of society. for more click here
Outcry over a Dutch politician’s anti-Islam film continued Monday, with hard-line Muslims in Indonesia calling for the man’s death.
A group of about 40 demonstrators from the Islamic Defenders Front gathered outside the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta, some of them carrying placards saying “Kill Geert Wilders,” the film’s creator. for more click here
The first excavation inside the ring at Stonehenge in more than four decades gets under way on Monday.
The two-week dig will try to establish, once and for all, some precise dating for the creation of the monument.
It is also targeting the significance of the smaller bluestones that stand inside the giant sarsen pillars. for more click here
LONDON (AFP) — The coroner investigating the death of Princess Diana said Monday there is no evidence she was murdered by British intelligence, as claimed by her boyfriend’s father.
The assessment by Lord Justice Scott Baker came as he began summing up the inquest into the death of Diana and Dodi Fayed, which began in October. for more click here
Anyone still clinging to the notion that the latest slump in house price growth was just a ‘blip’, like the 2004/05 slowdown, would have had their faith badly shaken in the past few days.
Nationwide building society reported last week that annual house price growth fell to just 1.1%. The group warned that it expects house prices to fall this year.
That was just the start of it. Recent moves by banks and building societies to pull good mortgage deals off the market as rapidly as they can, have catapulted the credit crunch into the evening news.
What was a fairly obscure financial crisis is now making itself felt in the everyday lives of the man and woman in the street. For a large chunk of the population, house prices have been a barometer to measure both their personal wealth, and the health of the economy at large.
Sadly, they’re about to find out that much of that wealth – and the apparent health of the UK – were entirely illusory…
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Robert Mugabe today was desperately trying to cling to power, despite his clear defeat in Zimbabwe’s presidential election, by blocking the electoral commission from releasing official results and threatening to treat an opposition claim of victory as a coup. for more click here
WASHINGTON (AP) — The situation in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan where al Qaeda has established a safe haven presents a “clear and present danger” to the West, the CIA director said Sunday. for more click here
US Attorney General, Michael Mukasey has warned that the huge profits generated from piracy and counterfeiting are fostering terrorism.
Terror groups are taking their cues from organised crime and funding their operations with money they make committing intellectual property crimes, he told a gathering of Silicon Valley executives. for more click here
A top Australian neurosurgeon says the world’s heavy reliance on mobile phones could be a greater threat to human health than smoking and even asbestos. for more click here
At least 10,000 jobs could be lost in the UK’s financial services industry during the next three months, according to a forecast by the CBI.
The employers’ organisation’s quarterly survey of the sector found that most companies thought the credit squeeze would get worse in the next six months. for more click here