Bell Canada Enterprises might be taken private

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE), one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, announced Tuesday that it is in talks with a consortium of Canadian pension funds to explore the possible sale of the company. If successful in their bid, the consortium would take the publicly-traded company private, which Read more…

Afghan women’s rights official shot dead

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban‘s repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Read more…

Pakistan’s military ruler sacks Chief Justice

Friday, March 9, 2007 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has suspended the country’s top judge, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry under section 209 of the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan for “misuse of authority”, the country’s information minister Mohammed Ali Durrani has announced. Justice Javed Iqbal, the next in line has Read more…