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DPP picks Hsieh as chairman
Monday, January 14, 2008
AP
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party selected presidential candidate Frank Hsieh as its new chairman Monday, following the party's drubbing in... |
| Taiwan, 14.01.2008 |
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Interpol boss Jackie Selebi to be charged with corruption
By Muchena Zigomo in Pretoria
January 12, 2008 08:02am
SOUTH Africa's prosecuting authority will charge Jackie Selebi, national police chief and head of Interpol, with corruption, a spokesman said.
"A... |
| London, 12.01.2008 |
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Increased pre-christmas sales of Pilsner Urquell
Pilsen, Jiri Marecek - 20. 12. 2007 - Press release
People spend more at Christmas also in Poland
While the overall beer sales have remained average in December, the premium Pilsner Urquell beer has been... |
| Plzeò, 10.01.2008 |
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Czech President Klaus will Visit Slovakia Before the End of his Term
Czech President Vaclav Klaus will observe the tradition of Czech presidents and he will pay the last visit in his term in office to Slovakia. He will arrive for an official two-day visit of Slovakia on... |
| Bratislava, 10.01.2008 |
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Gates donates $US10m for telescope in Chile
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has donated $US10 million ($11.46 million) to help build a $US400 million high-powered telescope in Chile, media reports have said.
Another Microsoft alumnus, Charles Simonyi,... |
| Chile, 06.01.2008 |
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Japan, India to sign 6 billion dollar currency swap deal - official
TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japan and India are set to sign a currency swap deal totaling 6 billion dollars to guard against a possible financial crisis, a Japanese official said Friday.
Finance Minister... |
| Tokio, 04.01.2008 |
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Castro's assembly seat empty, but influence intact
By Patrick Markey
HAVANA (Reuters) - Convalescing Fidel Castro's seat in the Cuban National Assembly stood empty next to his brother on Friday as Communist party delegates convened to discuss policy, but... |
| Havana, 31.12.2007 |
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Prime Minister Fico Promises Price Stability after Euro Adoption
The Slovak government wants to strictly punish unjustified price rises after Slovakia introduces the euro in 2009, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on the public Slovak Radio on Saturday. He said that after a... |
| Bratislava, 29.12.2007 |
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Nepal strikes deal with Maoists to abolish monarchy
By Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's government agreed on Sunday to abolish the centuries-old monarchy in a political deal with Maoist former rebels, but the decision only comes into effect after... |
| Kathmandu, 27.12.2007 |
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In Christmas homily, pope deplores selfishness, harm to environment
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday used his Christmas homily to speak out against selfishness and the degradation of the environment as he celebrated midnight mass at Saint Peter's Basilica.
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| Vatican, 25.12.2007 |
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![Foto : Jackie Selebi
Jacob (Jackie) Sello Selebi (born March 7, 1950 in Johannesburg)[1] is the suspended national commissioner of the South African Police Service,[2] and a former president of Interpol,[3] after his resignation to fight corruption charges in his native South Africa.
Selebi was a representative of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest, Hungary from 1983 - 1987. Thereafter he was elected Head of the ANC Youth League and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC in 1987. In 1991 he was responsible for the repatriation of ANC exiles and in 1993 was appointed Head of the Department of Welfare of the ANC. Selebi was elected Honourable Member of Parliament during the 1994 elections. In 1995, Selebi was appointed South Africa's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geneva. Switzerland.[1] In 1998 he received a Human Rights Award from the International Service for Human Rights.[4] [5]](/foto//f_00810_m.jpg)
![Foto : Nepali Congress's spokeperson Arjun Narsingh K.C. speaks to the media at the Prime Minister's residence in Kathmandu December 23, 2007.
Nepal, officially known, according to its Interim Constitution, as the State of Nepal[5] (previously known as Kingdom of Nepal) (Nepali: नेपाल [neˈpaːl] (help·info)) is a landlocked nation in South Asia, bordering the People's Republic of China (Tibet) to the north and India to the south, east and west. Nepal previously had been the world's only officially Hindu state (India, while having a Hindu majority is secular), with over eighty percent of the people following this faith. However, since 18 May 2006, Nepal has become a secular state. On 24 December 2007, it was announced that the monarchy will be abolished in 2008.[6]
For a relatively small country, the Nepali landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid Terai in the south to the lofty Himalayas in the north. Nepal boasts eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest. Kathmandu is the capital and largest city. The exact origin of the name Nepal is uncertain, but the most popular understanding is that it is derived from Ne (holy) and pal (cave).
After a long and rich history, during which the region has splintered and coalesced under a variety of absolute rulers, Nepal became a constitutional monarchy in 1990. This arrangement has been marked by increasing instability, both in the parliament and, since 1996, throughout large swathes of the country that have been fought over by Maoist insurgents. The Maoists have sought to overthrow the monarchy and establish their own form of republic; this has led to a civil war in which more than 12,000 people have died. On the pretext of quashing the insurgents, who now control about seventy percent of the country, the king unilaterally declared a](/foto//f_00796_m.jpg)
