| |  English Inmates offended by 'killing' remark Inquirer MANILA, Philippines -- Prisoners confined at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City were 'angered and gravely hurt' by scathing remarks by Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Jr. regarding their supposed propensity to 'kill each other' inside their detention cell. The convicts belied Gonzalez's claim and even challenged him to cite any recent... photo: AP / Bullit Marquez Nicholas D. Kristof: Can this be pro-life? International Herald Tribune The Bush administration this month is quietly cutting off birth control supplies to some of the world's poorest women in Africa. Thus the paradox of a "pro-life" administration adopting a policy whose result will be tens of thousands of additional abortions each year - along with more women dying in childbirth. The saga also spotlights a clear... photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein Lavrov looks beyond army pull-out BBC News BBC: Minister, the withdrawal from the buffer zone has now started. Can you guarantee it will be completed by the end of 10 October? LAVROV: Absolutely. The withdrawal was conditioned on the deployment of EU observers in the areas of Georgia adjacent to the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The withdrawal started very soon after the first... A win-win situation for India BBC News The Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, signed by President Bush after being approved by the US Congress, ends India's nuclear isolation and recognises the world's largest democracy as the de facto sixth nuclear power. It is a historic breakthrough for India, which struggled against sanctions and denials of high technology as a nuclear pariah for more... EU offers to cut farm tariffs 60 percent The News Tribune GENEVA -- The European Union said Monday it would slash farm tariffs by 60 percent as part of a new global trade pact, a deeper cut than it has ever offered. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told reporters at the World Trade Organization that the offer was meant to kick-start an important week of global commerce talks on a new global commerce... |
