People - страница 50

resignation politics Peru news Minister career Americas United States software Guatemala

Peru labor minister quits for mistreating airport worker Peru's labor minister resigned Sunday amid an uproar for allegedly roughing up an airport worker as he rushed to catch a departing plane.

11 December 2012

Software pioneer McAfee seeks return to United States US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said Sunday that he has filed legal motions with the Guatemalan government to avoid extradition to Belize, in hopes of being sent instead to the United States.

11 December 2012

Nobel-winners vow Europe will emerge stronger from crisis The three European Union leaders in Norway to collect the Nobel peace prize moved Sunday to defuse criticism of the 2012 award, vowing the crisis-hit bloc would emerge strong and remain on a course of peace.

10 December 2012

Second US lottery winner 'only played twice in year' A lucky player in Arizona, a married man in his 30s, has claimed the second winning ticket in the US Powerball lottery's near-record jackpot of $587.5 million.

09 December 2012

Royal hoax DJs taken off air amid anger over death Two Australian radio presenters who made a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine have been taken off the air after the nurse who took the call apparently killed herself.

08 December 2012

Mexico gay rights groups cheer court's marriage ruling Mexican gay rights groups voiced hope Thursday that a Supreme Court ruling against an Oaxaca state law that banned same-sex marriages will lead to similar decisions across the nation.

07 December 2012

Brasilia architect Oscar Niemeyer dead at 104 Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian icon who revolutionized modern architecture and designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, died in Rio Wednesday.

06 December 2012

Murdoch matriarch devoted to charity work Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was not just a leading philanthropist but also matriarch of one of the world's most powerful families and a key confidant to son Rupert as he built his global media empire.

06 December 2012

Nepal woman aged 105 finally granted citizenship A pensioner has been granted Nepalese citizenship more than a century after she was born in a remote village of the Himalayan nation.

06 December 2012

TENGRI LIFE

TENGRI TRAVEL

US goes gaga over Britain's royal baby-to-be News that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aka Prince William and wife Kate, are having a baby lifted Americans' fascination with the British royal family to new heights on Tuesday.

05 December 2012

World's oldest person dies in US, at 116 The world's oldest person, American Besse Cooper, died on Tuesday at the age of 116.

05 December 2012

Immigrants in OECD nations hit by economic crisis: report Immigrants in OECD nations have been badly hit by the economic crisis especially in vulnerable states such as Ireland, Spain and Italy.

04 December 2012

Russian drivers stuck for days in traffic jam Russian officials struggled on Sunday to contain a monster highway traffic jam sparked by heavy snowfall that left many drivers stuck for days.

03 December 2012

Desmond Tutu rejects Nobel Peace Prize for EU Archbishop Desmond Tutu and two other Nobel Peace laureates have written to the foundation in protest at the decision to award the 2012 prize to the European Union.

01 December 2012

New media world won't end need for journalists: study Bloggers, "crowdsourcing" and computer-generated articles are making contributions to the news media, but they cannot replace professional journalists in digging up important news.

30 November 2012

WikiLeaks' Assange has lung trouble: Ecuador envoy WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy for five months, has a lung condition that could get worse.

30 November 2012

Seoul's working population to fall 1 mn by 2032 South Korea's capital stands to lose one million people of working age over the next 20 years -- a fallout from the country's status as one of the world's most rapidly ageing societies.

29 November 2012

Hijab first in British parliament A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab.

24 November 2012

Queen Elizabeth takes spin in motorhome Queen Elizabeth II may be more used to palaces and state carriages but the British monarch nonetheless enjoyed a spin in a motorhome on Thursday, callling it a "real home from home".

24 November 2012