Egyptian President-elect to Appoint Woman, Christian Vice-Presidents

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | June 27th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday announced that he would nominate six vice-presidents, including a woman and a Christian, in a bid to keep his word to be a president to all Egyptian. The move is also perceived as a step toward ending the reign of the military, which is [...]

Junta and Opposition in Guinea Announce 2-year Transition

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 19th 2012 | no comments

Guinea-Bissau’s junta and opposition on Thursday pressed for a long transition to democracy, of at most two years, defying the international claim for a return to democracy as soon as possible. World Bank and the African Development Bank suspended their programs in the [...]

India Launches Missile That Can Reach Chinese Cities

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 19th 2012 | no comments

India on Thursday announced the launch of a nuclear-capable missile Agni-V, which can reach the Chinese cities of Beijing or Shanghai, adding to the complex web of rivalries between countries that are disputing the supremacy in Asia, among emerging countries that are taking a more [...]

Sudan’s Bashir To Liberate South Sudan of Leaders, Army

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 19th 2012 | no comments

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir on Thursday threatened to free the South Sudan from its leadership, and to teach the newly created state a “final lesson by force” as the conflict in the Heglig oil field area seems to intensify, fueling the concerns of the international community [...]

Former Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko To Stand New Trial

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 19th 2012 | no comments

The state of Ukraine on Thursday opened a new case of embezzlement and tax evasion against jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko related to the period she was the head of the state power provider in the 1990s. If convicted, Tymoshenko will serve another 12 years in prison. The [...]

Breivik Said He Had Planned To Bomb Norwegian Royal Palace

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 19th 2012 | no comments

The case of Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in July 2011, reached a fourth day, after three days in which the defendant made shocking statements and the prosecution presented the facts that led to the most tragic event in modern history of Norway. The [...]

Pressure Mounts to Pull South Sudan from Heglig Oil Field

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 18th 2012 | no comments

Sudan is pursuing both military and diplomatic ways to drive South Sudan from the Heglig oil field it had occupied eight days ago, the foreign minister of Sudan said on Wednesday, as the international pressure is mounting for the two sides to move into a neutral zone [...]

NKorea Renounces the Deal Made in February with the U.S.

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 18th 2012 | no comments

NKorean regime on Wednesday threatened it was ready to retaliate as a result of the criticism directed against it as a result of the failed satellite launch attempt, which was considered by the western states as a violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution prohibiting [...]

Opinion Poll: Sarkozy Loses Ground, Hollande Wins First Round

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 18th 2012 | no comments

Incumbent president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is said to have lost ground to his Socialist contender Francois Hollande days before the elections which are scheduled for next Sunday. The latest opinion poll, measured on April 16 and 17, says that Sarkozy is falling behind his opponent [...]

Ten Candidates to Egyptian Presidency Disqualified By Electoral Commission

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 18th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission on Tuesday confirmed the decision to bar the access of 10 candidates to the presidential elections scheduled to be held in May, causing the disqualified candidates to say that the military wanted to stay in power after the [...]

U.N. Observers Begin Deployment in Syria

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 18th 2012 | no comments

Syrian foreign minister Walid Mouallem on Wednesday said that the original plan to send 250 international observers of peace was “reasonable and logic,” thus discarding the proposal of the U.N. secretary general Ban Ki-moon, who said that a larger contingent was needed to [...]

Anders Behring Breivik Appears In Court For the 3rd Trial Day

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 18th 2012 | no comments

Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian accused of killing 77 people in July 2011, comes on Wednesday in court for the third day in his trial, which started on April 16, after the new medical examination declared him fit for trial, mentally sane, which could bring him the maximum [...]

Web Hosting, We All Need It Eventually

Posted in: Featured, Technology by Theo Grigore | April 17th 2012 | no comments

Having a powerful brand/company will never be complete without a significant online presence. Taking advantage of social media is not enough: you will need to provide users with an interactive online platform that best describes the products/services that you offer. [...]

Tymoshenko’s Ally Sentenced To 5 Years in Prison

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 14th 2012 | no comments

A former ally of Ukrainian former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced on Thursday by a court in Kiev to five years in prison for accusations of embezzlement and abuse of office. Former acting Defense Minister Valery Ivashchenko was sentenced for abusing office and [...]

Second Day of Ceasefire in Syria, UN Prepares Observer Mission

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 13th 2012 | no comments

Thousands of Syrian protesters are reported to have poured into the streets of Syria on Friday, as the activists called them to test the determination of the regime to keep its promise to respect the complete ceasefire that took effect on Thursday morning and has been observed since, [...]

Military Coup Attempted In Guinea-Bissau

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 13th 2012 | no comments

Eyewitnesses reported to international media on Friday that soldiers have taken over the streets of West African state of Guinea-Bissau in what appears to be a coup. The troops are said to have attacked the house of presidential front runner candidate Carlos Gomes Jr., the outgoing [...]

NKorea Fails To Launch Satellite, Admits It

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 13th 2012 | no comments

North Korea launched on Friday morning the rocket which was expected to place a satellite into orbit. The regime in Pyongyang acknowledged that the rocket did not reach orbit and disintegrated in the air. The announcement was made by the NKorean television four hours after the launch, [...]

South Sudanese President Says Army Will Not Pull Out of Heglig

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 12th 2012 | no comments

United Nations Security Council on Thursday demanded of South Sudan to pull back its troops from the oil-rich field of Heglig, which was recognized as part of South Kordofan, Sudan, and of the Sudanese air forces to break their aerial attacks on the South Sudanese territory. The two armies [...]

Egyptian Parliament Adopts Lustration Bill

Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | April 12th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian parliament on Thursday decided by a bill it passed to strip the senior figures of the former regime of their political rights for a period of 10 years, a move which would take out of the presidential competition former chief of intelligence and vice president of Mubarak, Omar [...]