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  • NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court

    Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...

  • Minnesota cities breathing easier from boost in state aid

    There was plenty of talk about breathing easier and the end of a long fiscal storm among the eight mayors who joined state Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans Wednesday to hail the 2013 Legislature's big boost in state aid to cities, through a revamped Local Government Aid (LGA) program. The $80 million increase over three years is the first substantial boost cities have seen since the ...

  • Your reflection in the mirror

    It can be puzzling, and be deemed 'wrong' to some, that some traditions have, in the sanctuary of their shrines, a mirror. People pay obeisance to their God standing in front of this mirror that reflects them; its placement symbolising that God is inside oneself and it is of no use to seek God elsewhere. And with this realisation, since everyone else reflects God too, we are enjoined ...

  • Congress support to JD in Bihar trust vote could seed a national alliance

    Congress MLAs heightens the possibility of a future JD(U)-Congress alliance, which could even be in the shape of seat adjustments during the 2014 general elections. A second politically significant outcome of the trust vote was the resignation of six BJP legislators who now plan to join the JD(U), a development that may cause more MLAs to break ranks. The BJP, which had earlier issued a whip to ...

  • In South Sudan Ending Child Marriage Will Require a Comprehensive Approach

    As South Sudan marks the Day of the African Child on Jun. 16 with the rest of the continent, it should take immediate and long-term steps to protect girls from this harmful practice and ensure the fulfillment of their human ...


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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a curio of early-80s international cinema: A story about a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java set in the early years of World War II, it was produced by internationally minded British producer Jeremy Thomas (who has ... ...

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  • Editorial Moderates win raises hopes of new dawn in Iran

    By any yardstick, the resounding victory by moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani in the Iranian presidential election was a welcome surprise. It had been widely believed the poll would be won by a hard-line candidate who would be even more difficult to deal with than the outgoing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Yet again, however, the Iranian people seized the opportunity to express their disapproval of their ...

  • Turkey A Long and Eventful Week in Istanbul

    It has been a long and eventful week in Istanbul. It will be hard for many who were there to forget the scenes reminiscent of war on the streets around Taksim Square and Gezi Park, the site of the protests, on Tuesday evening and into the night. After apparently conciliatory tweets from Istanbul governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu to the young protesters occupying Gezi Park just a day earlier, and ...

  • Globe Editorial Accountability not lack of money is the real problem on federal reserves

    A new report that says half of all status First Nations children in Canada live in poverty paints a dire picture but should also be a source of optimism. In a refreshing break from the usual handwringing, the report points out that injecting more money into First Nations reserves won't accomplish a thing until what it accurately describes as a "dysfunctional accountability system" ...

  • Farewell to hotel room service

    A cart with finished room-service orders at the New York Hilton Midtown, June 2, 2013. In August, the hotel will discontinue food and drink service to all 2,000 of its rooms; in its place will be a new cafeteria-style restaurant that will be stocked with grab-and-go ...

  • Editorial City of Reginas referendum tactic didnt hold water

    It had a bad smell about it from the get-go. We refer to the City of Regina's unsuccessful 11th hour bid to change the rules around the issue of holding a public vote on its public/private partnership (P3) plan to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant.As the Regina Water Watch lobby group closed in last week on the required number of petition signatures to force a referendum on the ...

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