Shoshana Metal Ltd the Israeli leading manufacturer of folding stretchers, will display its state-of-the-art eight-fold EMSCompact Stretcher at Eurosatory 2008 in Paris, June 16-20, at booth number C240h.Shoshana Metal develops, manufactures and markets the EMSCompact Stretcher our flagship state-of-the-art eight-fold
Kamianets-Podilskyi- A Turkish minaret and minbar (pulpit) are being disputed in the central Ukrainian town of Kamianets-Podilskyi (Khmelnytskyi Region). A Muslim organization, Allah's Party, has sued the Roman Catholic community, demanding that it return the minaret and minbar. RISU's Ukrainian-language
Lviv- The Armenian community in western Ukrainian Lviv, headed by the pastor of the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Mother of God, Fr. Tadeos Georgian, held a number of events to commemorate the Armenians who died during
Kyiv—A scholarly colloquium entitled "Religious minorities of Ukraine: Status and problems" was held in Kyiv on 23 April 2008. It was organized by the Department of Religious Studies of the H. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of
The primary purpose of this address is the desire to encourage people to pray. In what sense to pray? To pray not in the way that we suggest to God our solutions, as if we were the advisers of the
Vatican (Zenit.org).- On 27 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI urged the continuation of dialogue toward Christian unity when sending greetings to the Eastern churches that are celebrating Easter.
Kyiv—During his visit to Kyiv on 28 April 2008, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov met with Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), in the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves. He was accompanied by Russian Ambassador
The sale of the Adolf Hitler doll in Ukraine has been condemned by the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Kyiv-Patriarchate (UAOC). In doing so on Orthodox Good Friday, the 25th of April, 2008, the UAOC asked all Christian Ukrainian leaders in
It's January 6, 2008. In the distance you can hear the haunting, melodious tones of the abeng, the traditional war horn of the Maroons, as well as the steady beat of the Gumbay drum.
Members of various route-taxi associations say they are not prepared to accept the Government's 25 per cent increase on route-taxi fares and would be lobbying in the coming week for a further raise. Transport Minister Mike...
Efforts are being made to get the required documentation organised for Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill to take up a $15 million bail offer on Monday.Carlos Hill and his brother Bertram Hill, both of whom are facing fraud charges...
WASHINGTON (AP): Worldwide, the environment for journalists grew more hostile last year, extending a six-year downturn, United States researchers reported Tuesday.Setbacks for press freedom outnumbered advances two to one across the globe, although the...
The Guangdong government has vowed to launch a province-wide investigation to end child labor after local newspapers reported that more than 1,000 children from Liangshan, Sichuan province, were working at factories of Dongguan.The emer ...
An exhibition on the history and development of Tibet has drawn much public attention since it opened on Wednesday at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing.Some 160 exhibits and 400 pictures provide glimpses of the great chang ...
China's economy could be 2.5 times that of the US by 2030, based on Japan's experience and the yuan's appreciation against the greenback, a senior Chinese economist says in Harvard Business Review's Chinese edition.The forecast by Justi ...
Death toll from a mass intestinal virus infection rose to 22 after another child died in eastern Fuyang City, Anhui Province, local authorities said on Friday afternoon. By the wee hours of Friday, 3,321 children had been sickened b ...
Central China's Hubei Province has seen 340 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease this year, but no deaths reported, local health authorities said on Friday. At least five cases were caused by an intestinal virus known as enterovirus 71, ...
Tibet's sightseeing sites reopened to Chinese tourists as the Labor Day holiday kicked off on Thursday.The region's major tourist sites such as Potala Palace and Norbu Lingka received a number of tour groups from other provinces and reg ...
Tighten your belts and brace for two years of tough times, large State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been told by the minister supervising the country's 150 largest SOEs."Please keep a close watch on your purses and do not splurge," Li ...