Archive for April 18th, 2008

Portugal approves extradition convention for CPLP countries

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Portuguese government Thursday approved the Extradition Convention among the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) member states. The accord obliges the CPLP countries to hand over people in their territories being s ...

Report: EU detects more dangerous products last year

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The number of dangerous products removed from the European Union (EU) market rose by 53 percent in 2007 compared to that in 2006, thanks to better surveillance, the European Commission said Thursday. An annual report on the EU's rap ...

Nepali gov’t to launch students’ enrollment campaign

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Nepali Ministry of Education and Sports is all set to launch a door-to-door campaign from April27 to May 7 to increase the enrollment of students at the primary level, The Himalayan Times daily reported on Friday. According to the n ...

Canadian woman dies in crash with husband

Friday, April 18th, 2008

A Canadian woman died after a car collision with her husband just minutes' drive from their home, local media reported Thursday. The tragedy took place in Drummondville in the eastern province of Quebec Saturday evening. The 36-year ...

Mexican leftist parties continue protests against energy reform

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Mexican leftist Ample Progressive Front (FAP) on Thursday continued its protests for eight days against Mexican President Felipe Calderon's energy reform. FAP legislators from the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), Labor Party (PT) ...

Colombian military concerned about staff’s links to anti-gov’t group

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Colombian military on Thursday voiced its concerns over arrested army staff's links to anti-government group or drug-traffickers as one of them had once attended military intelligence meetings presided over by President Alvaro Uribe. ...

Vietnam imposes rice export curb

Friday, April 18th, 2008

"Food prices are going up every day. Luckily, the state has decided to lower rice export this year to stabilize domestic market price," teacher Nguyen Thi Hoa said while shopping at a market in Vietnam's Hanoi capital city. Like man ...

92 Ecuadorian immigrants rescued on high seas by U.S. coastguard return home

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Ninety-two Ecuadorian illegal immigrants returned to their home country Thursday, two days after being rescued on the high seas, some 344 km west of Costa Rica, by the U.S. coastguard, Ecuador's Navy reported. Ecuador's Navy Departm ...