Saleem Samad – AHN News Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – Bangladesh, the world’s poorest Muslim majority country, unveiled a $22 billion deficit budget high on defense expenditures and low in farm spending. The government projects revenue income at $16.01 billion in the coming fiscal year, up from nearly $13 billion. The budget was placed in [...]
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Tokyo Electric reports $15.2 billion loss due to nuclear crisis
Tokyo Electric Power reported on Friday a group net loss of $15.2 billion (JPY 1.24 trillion) for fiscal year 2010. The amount excludes compensation to residents and businesses affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. View full post on All Stories
Environmental group opposed to proposed nuclear power plant
A group wants to build a clean energy park in southeast Pueblo County including a nuclear power plant, but not everyone supports it. Puebloans for Energizing Our Community want to build the energy park south of Highway 50, about 25 miles east of Pueblo. The land is zoned for agricultural use, but Tuesday night they [...]
Human Rights Group Calls on Gaza to Abolish Capital Punishment
The Media Line Staff Gaza, Palestinian Territory (TML) – A military court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has sentenced at least four men to death, prompting a Palestinian human rights organization to level harsh criticism against capital punishment. The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), a Ramallah-based organization, said that the permanent military court in [...]
Understanding the Nigerian Power problems
analysis On completion NDA was to sell electricity to ECN for onward distribution, but ECN requested to take over transmission system built by NDA under the loans, and indeed refused to pay for power… View full post on All Stories
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