The Obama administration announced Sunday it will subject the citizens of 14 nations who are flying to the United States to intensified screening at airports, including being subjected to full-body pat downs or body scanners. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the government should adhere to longstanding standards of individualized suspicion and enact security measures that are the least threatening to civil liberties and are proven to be effective.
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The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry did not confirm Tuesday the news about the start of negotiations for the release of the Bulgarian sailors, but Deputy Foreign Minister Marin Raykov said the talks might be starting any time.
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Yushchenko ordered delegation to go to Oman to bring Ariana sailors home. On Tuesday, a Ukrainian delegation set off to Salalah, a port in southern Oman, to finally bring home 24 Ukrainian nationals from the MV ARIANA, a cargo ship released by pirates already a month ago.
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All 24 Ukrainian sailors of the Ariana ship, which was freed by Somali pirates already easrly December 2009, have arrived in Ukraine according to a statement by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which said that on Wednesday, January 6, at 12:15 a plane with the Ukrainian sailors arrived in the Odesa airport.
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Despite four years into high-flown “Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015” initiative, Roma people of Europe still reportedly live in apartheid like conditions, Hindus and Jews emphasize.
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TORONTO—Canadians may have been hit hard by a worldwide economic recession, but it appears Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs are enjoying a soft landing.
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The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) increased 1.0% and the Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) rose 2.2% in November, mainly as a result of higher prices for petroleum and metals.
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The US has toughened security measures for US-bound airline passengers from or via 14 countries, mostly Muslim, raising fears of profiling based on nationality.
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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday stressed that Pakistan wants peace in the region; however, no foreign pressure is acceptable in this connection.
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Hindus have applauded Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan) for engaging youth in a project involving interfaith dialogue, calling it a “step in the right direction”.
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