By Peterking Quaye – One of UK’s Leading events management company, ACE Event Management Ltd, UK, leaders in high end trade fair exhibition creation and development has announced the forthcoming European Desalination Society (EDS) International Exhibition of Desalination and Services, which runs alongside the EDS Conference on Desalination for the Environment Clean Water and Energy taking place at the Barcelona International Conference Centre (CCIB) from 24-26 April 2012. This international exhibition accompanies the conference and therefore provides an outstanding opportunity for providers of equipment and services in the desalination and wastewater reuse sector to bring their products and services to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Own correspondent with support from Daily Mail – A woman cut off a man’s penis as he allegedly attempted to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence against him. Monju Begum, 40, attacked the man in Bangladesh after he burst into her shack and reportedly launched his sex attack. The victim then wrapped up the penis in polythene before handing it over to officers, police said. Mozammel Haq Mazi was taken to hospital where he is being treated – but is denying attempted rape. He claims he was having an affair with the mother-of-three and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Own Correspondent with support from OSCE – Ratko Mladić, Colonel General, former Commander of the Main Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war against Bosnian Muslim, Bosnian Croat and other non-Serb civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992-1995 war. As set out in the Indictment, Ratko Mladić together with Radovan Karadžić was a key member of a joint criminal enterprise to permanently remove Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats from the territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed by Bosnian Serbs. To achieve this... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, May 26th 2011 |
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The United Nations launches the first global Decade of Action for Road Safety in a bid to reduce a scourge that kills an estimated 1.3 million people annually and leaves millions of others injured or permanently disabled. Governments around the world are holding public events this week and unveiling national safety plans as they kick off the Decade of Action, which the UN World Health Organization (WHO) hopes will provide the necessary spur for a united response to the problem. In a remark, the Director-General of WHO, Margaret Chan, describes road traffic accidents as a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, May 12th 2011 |
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The United Nations Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction has opened in Geneva, Switzerland with a call for an accelerated efforts to strengthen the capacity to withstand disaster across the world. The UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon who made the call noted that the destruction brought by such events can be avoided or mitigated by enhancing resilience through technology and other measures aimed at boosting preparedness. “We must accelerate our efforts. The world’s vulnerability to disaster risks is growing faster than our ability to increase resilience,” Mr. Ban said that as... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, May 11th 2011 |