A row over the extradition of a former left-wing militant will not damage Rome’s relations with Brazil, according to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian leader spoke out after meeting the son of one of Cesare Battisti’s victims, who was himself crippled in the shootout in which his father died.
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Race Row Hits “The Hobbit†Casting
December 1st, 2010 |
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Peter Jackson’s troubled The Hobbit project has hit another snag amid allegations of colorism in casting. A casting agent was fired this week after the man told a would-be extra that she was “too dark” to play one of the pint-sized creatures. What year is it again? “No such instructions were given, the crew member [...]
Ronaldoâ€s girlfriend Irina Shayk in nude photo row
November 25th, 2010 |
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Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo”s girlfriend Irina Shayk is upset with Spanish GQ after nude photos of her were published in the magazine. The 24-year-old Russian beauty”s agents threatened to sue the mag over the pictures, which they claim have been digitally altered. However, the magazine insists the underwear model happily stripped off — and has threatened [...]
Banned Satyajit Ray Sikkim film screened in Kolkata lands in copyright row
November 12th, 2010 |
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After nearly four decades, Satyajit Ray’s banned documentary ‘Sikkim’ was finally screened at the Kolkata Film Festival (KFF), only to be tangled in a copyright controversy. A Sikkim-based trust has claimed to own exclusive rights over the film, reports the BBC. The Art and Culture Trust of Sikkim (Acts) – an organisation promoted by former [...]
Bar and bench in tense row
October 4th, 2010 |
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LAHORE – Judicial crisis in Punjab turned graver yet on Monday, when more judges and judicial officers jumped into counter-protest against the lawyers.
A large number of civil and additional judges tendered resignation as a counter-protest against the lawyers who were taking out rallies to protest against police torture upon lawyers and pressing for the transfer of District and Sessions Judge Lahore Zawar Ahmad Sheikh.
The judicial officers also expressed solidarity with Zawar Sheikh and complained against the insulting attitude of the lawyers. A day earlier too, around 100 civil judges had resigned, vowing not to return to courts until their prestige was restored to them. They alleged that some top lawyers wanted their favourites to fill in certain posts in judiciary and for that very reason they did not want an honest man like Zawar Sheikh in the District and Sessions seat.
Later reports tell that around 1,300 judicial officers, mostly civil judges, in other parts of the province also tendered their resignations to the respective D&SJs for expressing solidarity with Justice Zawar Sh but Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif rejected resignations of the judicial officers asking them to continue performing their duties in the interest of the poor litigants and others.
He also advised the judicial officers to serve the masses without any greed and fear.
Meanwhile the lawyers throughout Punjab completely observed black day on the call of the Pakistan Bar Council. In Khyber PK and Balochistan too, lawyers went on boycott of the courts, while in Punjab not only boycott was observed, but rallies were also taken out and protest meeting held. In Multan, a clash took place between the lawyers and the police when the former broke open main gate of the court premises and came out to protest against violence on their community in Lahore.
They pelted stones at the police and set the effigies of IG Punjab and Secretary Home on fire. At some places of Sargodha, Gujranwala, judges sat in courtrooms without hearing cases for some time, but late reports said, these judicial officers have also tendered their resignations. In Faisalabad, lawyers took out a rally from District Courts up to Clock Tower Square.
In City, heavy police contingents were deployed around the court premises and other sensitive points in the city, yet the lawyers took out rally on the Mall in violation of the section 144 Cr PC. The city rally was led by Vice Chairman Pakistan Bar Council Kazim Khan, Vice Chairman Punjab Bar Council Mumtaz Mustafa, former President SCBA Ali Ahmad Kurd, LHCBA Secretary Babar Murtaza, Secretary SCBA Raja Zulqurnain and Lahore Bar office bearers and others. Police was seen sitting in the Nasir Bagh, giving free hand to the lawyers to stage their protest.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah held a press conference in which he imputed the Federal law Minister Babar Awan as responsible for the crisis.
In Sindh, lawyers held a meeting at Karachi Bar and gave three days deadline to authorities to address grievance of the lawyers failing which they vowed to join the protest.
Lawyers in their protest rallies chanted slogans against Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif and demanded him to quit the office.
General House of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association and Balochistan High Court Bar Association passed condemnation resolution against thrashing of Lahore lawyers and held boycott of the courts.
The Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif held a meeting with his senior judges, Registrar and others to discuss the situation.
Meanwhile, senior lawyers and former judges have also showed their concern on the situation.
Commenting on the situation, Justice retired Wajih uddin said that the issue should be resolved through discussion because some elements could take advantage of the dispute.
AK Dogar said civil judgeÂ’s resignation marks a protest but the issue should be patched up as soon as possible.
Justice Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui said the dispute should be resolved but if we accepted the lawyers demand it would set a new trend.
EU unity battered in Roma row
September 17th, 2010 |
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Unity in the EU took a battering with reports of “violent” exchanges between France and the EC – and claim and counter-claim between France and Germany. The summit was dominated by the French expulsion of Roma people, believed by the Commission to be discriminatory. French president Nicolas Sarkozy claimed Germany is about to follow suit.
Beatle Bob Celebrates 5000th Show In A Row
July 28th, 2010 |
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THAT’S ALOT OF SHOWS!
 Beatle Bob |
It’s a record! St. Louis icon, Beatle Bob, will be attending his 5000th consecutive concert in the famous
Duck
Room at Blueberry Hillon Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 6:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m., thus making his mark in music history.
What began Christmas Eve of 1996 has turned Beatle Bob into a fixture both locally and on the national scene, and
St.
Louisans are invited to celebrate this amazing record breaking milestone along with Beatle Bob and some of his
favorite
local musicians such as The Trip Daddys, Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats, Devil Baby Freakout!, DJ Sparkiss among
others. In addition to this, Beatle Bob will be interviewed during the day and the entire evenings events will be
broadcast LIVE via UStream. www.ustream.tv
Five thousand consecutive concerts is a lot of concerts! An incredible record! You’ll want to be there to mark the
amazing historical music moment along with us at St. Louis’s landmark Blueberry Hill located in the Delmar Loop.
It’s
going to be a Beatle Bob BASH! Beatle Bob has been featured in Rolling Stone, SPIN, Blender, Paste
Magazine
and
recently in The Nashville Scene, and Bonnaroo Beacon.
Tickets are 15.00 and can be purchased at Blueberry Hill anytime.
Bastille Day revolt over African role
July 14th, 2010 |
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A row has broken out in France over an invitation to troops from former African colonies to march in Bastille Day parades, euronews reports. 12 African leaders have also been invited to a lunch hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
A row over mining taxes in Australia: Digging in a minefield
June 3rd, 2010 |
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A government proposal exposes a rich seam of discord
MINING, as both the firms doing it in Australia and the government would acknowledge, is the goose that laid the golden egg. But the two camps have sharply divergent views of the government’s proposed new tax on it: it is either an innocent egg-collecting operation or a vicious goose-killer. The so-called Resource Super-Profits Tax (RSPT) would be levied from 2012 on mining profits above a “normal” rate of return (defined as the ten-year government bond yield, currently below 6%), at the stiff rate of 40%.
After details of the proposed tax were unveiled a month ago, the boss of at least one huge global mining firm was reportedly livid. Mick Davis, chief executive of Xstrata, called the tax the “biggest assault on the mining industry I have witnessed.” Rio Tinto’s Tom Albanese also chipped in, branding Australia his “number one” sovereign risk, ahead of several countries not known for their stability, including Guinea and Mongolia. …
Protests grow in Kaczynski burial row
April 15th, 2010 |
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Protests increased in Poland over the planned burial of President Lech Kaczynki and his wife Maria at a highly symbolic royal palace in Krakow. More than 2,000 people protested Wednesday evening in Krakow against the decision of church authorities to bury the couple in the crypt of Wawel castle, the Polish Press Agency PAP said.
PowerPivot Raises the Bar on Row Limitations
April 1st, 2010 |
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Microsofts PowerPivot add-in for its forthcoming Excel 2010 spreadsheet enables users to work with much larger sets of data than is possible with Excel alone.
– Microsofts
PowerPivot is an add-in for the companys forthcoming Excel 2010 spreadsheet
application, which
first grabbed my attention by the way it enables users to work with much larger sets of
data than is possible with Excel alone. For instance, I used PowerPivot to load
and browse through a …
Heathrow `naked’ image row: woman plans legal action
March 25th, 2010 |
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A 29-year-old airport security worker plans to take legal action after a colleague passed a lewd remark on her `nude’ image when she mistakenly walked into an X-ray machine, a media report said Thursday.
Jo Margetson plans to sue the authorities concerned and spent Wednesday in talks with Heathrow owner BAA, The Sun reported.
She has spoken [...]
Britain expels Israeli diplomat in passport row
March 24th, 2010 |
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Britain has expelled an unnamed Israeli diplomat for Israel’s supposed forgery of 12 British passports in the murder of a Hamas official in January. France has also opened an investigation into forged French passports.
Turkey, Sweden in Armenia genocide row
March 12th, 2010 |
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Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament voted narrowly to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in World War I. The Turkish government condemned the resolution, saying it was “based upon major errors and without foundation”.
Brown visits soldiers in Afghanistan amid defense row
March 6th, 2010 |
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The prime minister has visited British troops in Afghanistan as a row grows over his evidence to the Iraq inquiry. Gordon Brown’s aides told the BBC he rejected criticism from two former Army chiefs that as chancellor he denied pleas to send more equipment to Iraq.
Dutch cabinet falls in Afghan row
February 20th, 2010 |
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The Dutch government has collapsed over disagreements within the governing coalition on extending troop deployments in Afghanistan. After marathon talks, Christian Democratic Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende announced that the Labor Party was quitting the government.
Argentina escalates row with Britain over Falklands
February 17th, 2010 |
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Argentina escalated Tuesday a row with Britain over oil drilling in the Falklands by ordering all ships heading to the disputed islands through its waters to seek permission from Buenos Aires first. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner signed the decree, ratcheting up tensions between
CCI meet proposed over water row
February 12th, 2010 |
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ISLAMABAD – Senior PPP leader Senator Raza Rabbani on Friday called upon the Prime Minister to convene meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to resolve the water disputes among the provinces.
Speaking on a point of order in the Senate, Senator Rabbani said that the prevailing water crisis was badly affecting the relations between Punjab and Sindh provinces, adding that the ‘Babus’ of Indus River System Authority (IRSA) were neither capable nor interested in resolving disputes among the provinces over the issue of water. The Prime Minister should, therefore, instantly convene CCI meeting so that political leaders of the four provinces could settle the issue, Senator Rabbani said. He said that under Article 153 of the Constitution, the CCI was the right forum to settle disputes among the provinces.
Earlier, while taking part in the debate on law and order situation in the country, JUI-F Senator from Sindh, Khalid Mehmood Soomro, demanded provision of due share of water to Sindh. He said that power plant project on Chashma Link Canal was violation of the 1991 Accord and that Sindh had been deceived over the issue. He also called for purging Karachi from weapons to ensure lasting peace.
Senator Prof Khurshid while taking part in the debate urged for imparting enhanced training to police as well as bringing parity in their salaries. He also regretted that Government had not fulfilled its commitment regarding release of missing persons and implementation on Supreme CourtÂ’s verdict in the NRO case.
Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash said that Pukhtuns were fighting the war of PakistanÂ’s survival but regretted that they were being treated as third class citizens in other provinces.
The House also offered Fateha for the victims of Bannu blasts.
Egypt envoy back in Algiers after football row
February 7th, 2010 |
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Egypt’s ambassador to Algeria, recalled in November after a bitter football row, has returned to Algiers, the foreign ministry told AFP on Sunday. Abdel Aziz Seifelnasr returned to Algiers on Saturday, spokesman Hossam Zaki said. Cairo withdrew the envoy after attacks on Egyptian