Posts Tagged ‘secretary’

Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to say an office “has not been as vigilant as it should have been” on discrimination.

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Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education

Rwanda: Ruling Party Has the Right to Summon Officials - SG

Friday, March 5th, 2010

The Secretary General of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), François Ngarambe, yesterday said that the ruling party had the right to summon any public official to account for their mistakes.

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Rwanda: Ruling Party Has the Right to Summon Officials - SG

U.S. Envoys Head Out on a Mission to Rally Iran’s Neighbors

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Tensions over Iran’s nuclear ambitions have forced visits by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other diplomats to Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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U.S. Envoys Head Out on a Mission to Rally Iran’s Neighbors

Africa: UN Secretary General Launches Unite Campaign at Summit

Monday, February 8th, 2010

At the Africa Union Summit last week, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged all African leaders to show more political leadership by emphasizing an end to male violence against women and girls in their home countries by endorsing the UNiTE campaign.

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Africa: UN Secretary General Launches Unite Campaign at Summit

Nigeria: 36 State Governors Call For Yar’Adua to Go

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Thirty-six governors have unanimously agree to dumping of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

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Nigeria: 36 State Governors Call For Yar’Adua to Go

South Africa: Arms Deals Covered Up as UK Firm Pays Fines

Monday, February 8th, 2010

THE murky details of SA’s multibillion-rand arms deal are unlikely ever to come to light after weapons maker BAE Systems last week cut a deal with UK and US officials to plead guilty and pay fines on some charges in exchange for the dropping of probes on others.

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South Africa: Arms Deals Covered Up as UK Firm Pays Fines

Gates Offers Equipment to Allies

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert M.

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Gates Offers Equipment to Allies

Gates Shakes Up Leadership and Funding for F-35

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert M.

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Gates Shakes Up Leadership and Funding for F-35

Liberia: Hilary Clinton Endorses Sirleaf’s 2nd Term Bid

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

If there is any historical reason Liberians today regard poll politics as tele-guided and controlled by invisible hands, it is the consistency with which incumbent presidents won “landslide” or “volcanic” victories over contenders in the past.

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Liberia: Hilary Clinton Endorses Sirleaf’s 2nd Term Bid

South Africa: Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project Launched

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

A landmark project that converts gas from household waste into electricity has been officially launched in Durban.

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South Africa: Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project Launched