Sao Paulo, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Some 2,700 Brazilian troops seized control Saturday of the Mare slum complex, Rio de Janeiro’s last major drug-gang stronghold. The previously announced operation began at 5:00 a.m. when armored cars and tanks rolled into the main “favelas,” or shanty towns, that make up the complex, home to roughly 120,000 people. After […]
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New laws to further protect children from sexual abuseCoalition Government introduces legislation to further protect childrenfrom sexual abuse.Two additional criminal offences.Coalition Government building a better Victoria for the youngest andmost vulnerable in the community.The Victorian Coalition Government will today introduce legislation into Parliament to create two additional criminal offences that will further protect children from […]
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on N. Srinivasan, saying that the BCCI chief must step down to enable a fair investigation into the allegations of betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Making it clear that no fair investigation will be possible unless he quit, the court said if […]
Washington, March 25 (IANS) A Michigan State University researcher has claimed to plug the hole in famous theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s black hole theory. “In 1975, Hawking discovered that black holes are not all black. They actually radiate a featureless glow, now called ‘Hawking radiation’,” professor Chris Adami from Michigan State University said. In […]