Posts Tagged ‘AHN’

Canada agrees to reform First Nation education

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government and the Assembly of First Nations of Canada agreed Thursday to institute major reforms in the education of aborigine children. The move aims to reverse decades of failure. To pursue the initiative, an expert panel will submit by the middle of 2011 [...]

Porn Actor Lambasts Adult Healthcare Clinic, Calls For Mandatory Condom Use

Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor Los Angeles, California, United States (AHN) – A 24-year old actor who tested HIV-positive after appearing in straight and gay porno films goes public for the first time as an advocate of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, calling for the mandatory use of condoms in the adult film industry, improved [...]

McGuinty, Ford Hold First One-on-One Meeting

AHN News Staff Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and new Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will hold their first one-on-meeting Tuesday. On top of their agenda is the Transit City, which Ford had vowed to halt. During the campaign Ford expressed his disagreement with above-ground subway lines that slow down vehicular traffic. [...]

Tesco Posts Strong 3Q Sales

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Cheshunt, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British supermarket chain Tesco on Tuesday reported solid third quarter performance, buoyed by double-digit growth in international markets and consumer recovery in the United Kingdom. Total revenues for the world’s third-largest retailer in the period ended Nov. 27 rose 8.8 percent compared to [...]

Dutch Govt Plan To Let Only Locals In Marijuana Shops May Backfire

Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor Amsterdam, Netherlands (AHN) – A new plan by the Dutch government to issue special passes only for locals to enter neighborhood shops that allow smoking of marijuana is drawing criticism as encouraging more crime by visiting foreign marijuana users. Tilburg University researcher Nicole Maalsté sees no positive effect on [...]

Ericsson Chairman To Resign

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Stockholm, Sweden (AHN) – The world’s biggest manufacturer of mobile network equipment announced on Monday that its chairman, Michael Treschow, will resign next year or in 2012. Telefon AB LM Ericsson said Treschow has informed the company’s nomination committee that he will step down from the board within two [...]

Zambia Detains 700 Somali Refugees

Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia (AHN) – Witnesses in Zambia’s capital city of Lusaka on Sunday said that at least 700 Somali refugees were taken in to custody by Zambian security forces. “Hundreds of Somali refugees in Zambia were called and told they would be given ID Cards by the United [...]

Report: Poor Canadian Children Lag In Well-Being

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – A UNICEF report released Friday ranked Canada 17th among 24 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in terms of overseeing the material well-being of the poorest children. However, Ottawa placed ninth in the area of health and third in education. The report titled “The [...]

Britain Pushes For More Workplace Equality

AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone said Thursday that the United Kingdom will initiate positive action to ensure workplace equality. Among the initiatives the coalition government would make are: to name and shame companies that do not provide equality for women workers, give preference to applicants from [...]

Millions Of Blinds Recalled By Lowe’s

Hansen Sinclair – AHN News Reporter Wilkesboro, NC, United States (AHN) – Home improvement retailer Lowe’s has recalled approximately 11 million blinds and Roman shades after concerns that children would strangle on the cords. The recall includes all styles and models of Roman shades and roll-up blinds sold by the home improvement store – about [...]

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