IRAQ: Streamlining the state food aid system
web | Photo: Mike White BAGHDAD, 9 February 2010 (IRIN) - The Iraqi government has started excluding from distribution lists for state food aid those considered well-off, according to government offic...
Skyscanner introduces the top ten most unmarried populations in the world
| Those facing a lonely Valentine day’s may do well to visit a country where the chances of finding other singletons are highest. Flight comparison site Skyscanner introduces the top ten most un...
Fernvale Investments commits $75m to PAIP
| Arab News | JEDDAH: Fernvale Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd. is making a capital commitment of $75 million to Pan-African Investment Partners II Ltd. (the second Kingdom Zephyr fund, known as PAIP ...
Pacific island nations gather for UN meeting to review development goals
8 February 2010 – Top officials from 14 small island developing nations in the Pacific Ocean are gathering in Vanuatu today for a United Nations-backed meeting to review strides made in sustainable de...
OPT: Building back in Gaza - with mud bricks
web | Photo: Suhair Karam/IRIN GAZA, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Hassan al-Err, aged 67, and his seven-member family are moving into a mud house built by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in...
British Council renews ties with education sector
| The British Council is renewing its cooperation with Seychelles’ educational establishments, its representative Dawn Long said after meeting Education Minister Bernard Shamlaye last week. | She said...
EGYPT: Controversial organ transplant bill welcomed by WHO
web | Photo: COFS CAIRO, 7 February 2010 (IRIN) - A controversial organ transplant bill expected to become law in the next few weeks could regularize organ transplants and curb Egypt's booming illicit...
Caught in middle-income trap
| A graduate teacher starts at RM2,500 per month in Malaysia, compared to RM6,196 in Singapore and RM15,661 in Hong Kong. Malaysian wages have fallen behind partly due to the gross divergence between ...
National airline boosts travel for Seychellois
| Recently, Air Seychelles has been aggressively offering special promotional fares and other incentives, both in the local and European market, aimed at encouraging more Seychellois to travel with th...
Youth sports development
| More talents waiting to be groomed | YOUNG Seychellois sportsmen and sportswomen are blessed with talents but they need to be nurtured to realise their full potential. | After shifting its focus to ...
Frost & Sullivan Lauds VWS Envig for its Outstanding Leadership of the South African Water and Wastewater Services Market
| Download image | LONDON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in the South African Water and Wastewater Services Market is presented to VWS Envig (Pty) Ltd (...
Approval of Michigan Smoke-Free Legislation is Historic Win for Health
| Download image | WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: | (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/p...
Multichoice Africa Cements Longstanding Relationship With Eutelsat Through A 20 Transponder Lease on the W7 Satellite
Eutelsat to Support MultiChoice Resource Centre (MRC) Programme to Enhance Learning in Schools Across Africa | PARIS, January 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Pari...
Malay minister rejects invitation to World Tamil Conference
Coimbatore: A Malaysian minister on Saturday rejected Tamil Nadu government's invitation to attend the World Tamil Classical Conference in Chennai in June saying the state has "failed" to take up Sri ...
Call for strong global organisation to take up cause of Tamils
| Coimbatore: Deputy chief minister of Penang province in Malaysia Dr P Ramasamy today said he had rejected the official invitation to participate in the 'Bharatiya Pravasi Divas,' last year b...
Best for splashing the cash: Moscow
| Russia is in the throes of the coldest winter in a long while, and that, by any standard, is cold. Across Moscow, locals scuttle from A to B avoiding the huge phallic icicles which jut into the stre...
Golf and the flying trapeze at Club Med
| It was a pretty straightforward plan. I would go to Provence to celebrate the birthday of Club Med, an event I generally celebrate quietly at home. And upon arrival, I would take part in circus skil...
OPT: Gaza schoolchildren struggling to learn
web | Photo: Suhair Karam/IRIN GAZA, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - Nearly half a million children in Gaza returned to overcrowded and dilapidated schools on 1 February, many attending in a shift system, wi...
Interview with Young Male and Female Athletes of the Year Shane Mangroo and Alisen Camille
| Camille and Mangroo share big aspirations | HE wants to be better than was his big brother Steven Mangroo, and she hopes to imitate her three-time African senior singles champion cousin Juliette Ah-...
Reluctant saviour tries to buy time to settle Portsmouth tax debt
| Balram Chainrai, the Premier League's most reluctant owner, appears a more astute businessmen than his predecessors, but even he did not appreciate the complex realities of football's finances when ...
Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown
web | Photo: Hugh Macleod/IRIN SANAA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - From the Shiite rebellion in Saada in the north to the surge of secessionist movement in the south and the dangerous alliance forged betw...
Interview with Sportsman of the Year Steve Malcouzane
| ‘It was a pretty good year and one of the best for me’ | BADMINTON player Steve Malcouzane added the biggest sports honour – the Sportsman of the Year title – to his growing collection of silverware...
