|
|
|
|
| Bangladesh lifts its rag trade pay 80pc |
| DHAKA: Bangladesh has raised minimum monthly wages for its millions of garment workers by about 80 per cent after months of violent protests over poor pay and conditions, a Government minister said yesterday.Garment workers in... |
For further information, click here ...
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:50 a.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Village shocked by baby deaths |
| A gentle arc of eight candles in glass holders - five red, two yellow and one blue - stands before the locked gate of 8 Sentier du Pre.It is an odd house, with a dull cream front and a sloping roof, as if it was originally a shed.... |
For further information, click here ...
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:49 a.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Big bucks for Chelsea Clinton's big day |
| RHINEBECK: Imagine spending $346,500 on flowers. Or $28,000 on a cake. How does $20,000 to $25,000 for toilets sound?Wedding industry experts say that when Chelsea Clinton gets married tomorrow at a private estate in upstate New... |
For further information, click here ...
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:45 a.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| FBI on the trail of Afghan leaks |
| A criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could reach beyond the military, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday, and he did not rule out that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange... |
For further information, click here ...
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:55 a.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Greg Ansley : Voters to choose macho or makeover |
| So much for vision and the big picture. If Australians tick their ballot papers according to the weight of media coverage of this campaign so far, the outcome of the August 21 election will rest as much on hairdos, macho men and dirty... |
For further information, click here ...
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:30 a.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| City that chose to outsource everything |
| When two uniformed police officers approached Hector Hernandez as he arrived at the City of Maywood's official Fourth of July celebrations, he feared the worst.The stocky 22-year-old - whose neck tattoo of a Playboy bunny indicates... |
For further information, click here ...
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:30 a.m. |
|
|
|