Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's anti-terrorism unit said on Thursday.
Swine Flu Hysteria in Russia Makes Anti-Virus Millions
Pravda
Prices for anti-virus medicine in Moscow pharmacies have responded to the increased demand and informational panic caused by the media in regard to the so-called swine flu epidemic.
Anti*Pop:A look back
Orlando Sentinel
After hearing some rumblings earlier this year that there might not be an Anti*Pop Music Festival, I want to say that I'm happy that it happened again for the fifth year.
Court order sets back anti-smuggling drive, says PASG
Philippine Daily Inquirer
A court order suspending the operations of the controversial Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) would prevent the agency from checking the entry of imported goods in the run-up to the holiday season, officials admitted Friday.
FEAR THAT UK ISLAMIC SCHOOLS MAY GROOM CHILDREN FOR TERROR
Daily Express
But anti-terror police fear that extremists could indoctrinate pupils with anti-Western sentiments. Last year, pupils at madrassas reported being slapped and punched by teachers. The row prompted Keighley MP Ann Cryer to say: “We should hav...
$1M youth anti-violence program in Chicago
UPI
CHICAGO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The University of Chicago opened a $1 million anti-violence program for Chicago's public schools that it will methodically assess to see if it's cost effective.
San Francisco Anti-Bigotry Resolution Back in Court
NBC Bay Area
When Cardinal William Levada of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco told Catholic agencies not to let same-sex couples adopt children in 2006, it pissed off a majority of the Board of Supervisors. So the supes passed a resolutio...
House health care vote may be delayed
CNN
Anti-abortion Democrats, led by Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, have argued that provisions designed to prevent tax dollars from being used to pay for such services directly are inadequate. Stupak is one of up to 40 anti-abortion Democrats re...
Wickmayer suspended for anti-doping rules violations
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Bali, Indonesia (Sports Network) - Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer has been suspended, effective immediately, by the Flemish Doping Tribunal for failing to notify officials of her location. Following the suspension, Wickmayer, a US O...
Gasquet to appear in front of arbitration court in Switzerland
CNN Sports Illustrated
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub. The World Anti-Doping Agency and International Tennis Federation have as...
China continues anti-dumping measures on some imported TDI
People's Daily
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Friday that it will maintain anti-dumping measures on some imported Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) from Nov. 21. The anti-dumping measures target TDI, a widely used organic compound in the chemical i...
Sex tape backlash: Carrie Prejean a no-go for anti-gay Defenders of ...
Examiner
Carrie Prejean will not be defending traditional families in New Jersey tonight. The dethroned Miss California USA was scheduled to be the headliner at a Defenders of the Family fundraiser, but she was removed from the roster following news...
Firms violating anti-child labor law to be closed down
ABS-CBN
MANILA - Any business establishment caught violating the anti-child labor law more than 3 times will face closure, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned. DOLE made the statement as it issued Department Circular No. 3 series o...