N.korean officials denounced a conspiracy the news in sept.08,that kim jong II was seriously ill.he had missed the celebrations of the 60th year of the country's founding.
voluntary euthanasia is promoted by the voluntary euthanasia society or exit.voluntary euthanasia includes active steps for taking life and the with holding of life-supporting treatment.this practice was decriminalised in the netherlands in 1993.a law in 2001 made it fully legal undeer certain conditions.
thaksi shinawatra,former thai prime minister ,who lives in self exile in londo own the soccer team manchester city.he was deposed in a military coup while he was abroad in 2006.
thailand's constitutional court ruled in sept.08 that the prime minister samak sundaravej must resign for having breached the constitution by doing paid work as a television chef.
singer bhupen hazarika was awarded the asom ratna for his contribution to music on his 83rd birthday.the highest honour in assam,it consists of a citation and cash award of Rs.20 lakh.
the president of india's salary has been raised to Rs 1,50,000 a month and that of the vice president to Rs 1,25,000 .the governor's salary is rs 1,10,000 now.
indian nursing counsil is to train 100,000 nurses in AIDS care and treatment,with a $31 m ,aid from global fund for AIDS,tuberculosis and malaria,geneva.
about 95 p.c of kalashnikov rifles in africa -the most commonweapon in civil wars and other conflicts there -come from outside the continent.NGOs have been trying for a ban on weapons sale and transfers where they are likely to be used to commit serious human rights violations
a system designed to promote well -being through the control of posture(named after the australian born actor and educationist frederick mathias alexander,1869-1955)
the smoking rate for men in india is 29 p.c , while it is three per cent for women.tobacco chewing rate is 29 p.c for men and 12 p.c for women .smoking and chewing tobacco have resulted in over 800,000 deaths in the country,it is estimated.
a projection at the front of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx (so named from the notion that a piece of the forbidden fruit became lodged in adam's throat).
an eponym is a word derived from the name of a person .this could be the name of a real,fictonal,mythical or spurious charecter or person .many familiar english words are eponyms as they have been derived from someone's name