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Ruling with a vapour-thin majority of one seat:
Australia PM under pressure over Qantas
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
was Sunday under growing political pressure over the economically
damaging grounding of her country’s national airline, Qantas. The
prime minister is struggling to handle the explosive crisis created
when Qantas made the stunning decision Saturday to ground all
flights indefinitely in a bid to bring a standoff with unions to a
head.
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Marking the latest stage of global population:
World’s seven billionth person to be born today
The world’s seven billionth person will be born
Monday into what UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls a “world of
contradiction” — and facing an uphill battle if it is on the wrong
side of the poverty line. While many countries around the world will
be choosing their own symbolic baby, holding rallies and other
events to mark the latest stage of the global population explosion,
Ban will not be seen cuddling a newborn.
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ICC fears Gaddafi son may flee justice
The international Criminal Court said on
Saturday that Libya’s Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via
intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had
information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly
African nation.
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Sham US universities expose student visa scams
Nirupama Rao urges Clinton to view the case ‘in
totality’:
A case working its way through a federal court
in California has exposed huge student visa scams by “sham”
universities cashing in on Indians and other foreigners looking for
a quick path to jobs in the United States.
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