In Ovi magazine we talked loud about her murder and the responsible which somehow pointed at her worst villain, Vladimir! But now Russian investigators have identified the killer of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an aide to the prosecutor-general has said.
The suspect was not named, but the official, Vyacheslav Smirnov, said “all measures are being taken to [...]
March 29, 2008
Politkovskaya killer ‘identified’
March 29, 2008
Iraqi militia defy to disarm
The radical Shia Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr has defied a call by the Iraqi government for his powerful Mehdi Army militia to lay down its weapons.
Arms would only be handed over to an Iraqi government willing to end the US occupation, his senior official in Basra said. Security forces have been trying to wrest control [...]
March 29, 2008
Blade runner composer’s birthday
Vangelis Papathanasiou, born March 29, 1943 and he is mostly known through just his first name, has made a remarkable career in music composition.
The musical talents of Vangelis first became obvious at a very early age. His parents tried to encourage him to study with a professional teacher, but he did not respond well to [...]
March 29, 2008
Democrats to wrap up fight
US Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean has said he would like the party’s presidential nominating contest decided by 1 July to avoid bitter in-fighting.
Mr. Dean told US network ABC he did not want rivalry between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to “degenerate into a big fight at the convention” in August. Mr. Obama has begun [...]
March 29, 2008
Charges dropped
The US military has dropped all charges against one of the marines accused of involvement in the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005.
L/Cpl Stephen Tatum, 26, was about to face a court martial on charges of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say that US marines indiscriminately killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including women and [...]
March 29, 2008
Argentine farmers halt tax strike
Farmers in Argentina have suspended a crippling strike called in protest at rises in export taxes on farm products.
A farmers’ spokesman said the 16-day protest – which included roadblocks and caused food shortages – had been halted to allow talks with the government. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez had refused to negotiate with them until the [...]
March 29, 2008
Apologies for the …ghost
A hospital has apologized to a patient after a nurse claiming to be a medium said she had seen a ghost on a ward.
Gillian Davies, who was recovering from surgery, complained about the incident and the level of care she received at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Denbighshire. An independent review ruled that the hospital “skirted over” [...]
March 29, 2008
Pakistani PM vows to fight terror
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gillani, has told parliament in Islamabad that his top priority will be the fight against terrorism.
Setting out plans for the first 100 days of his coalition government, he told MPs that “terrorism and extremism” were the country’s “greatest problems”. The National Assembly endorsed him without a vote of confidence.
Mr. [...]
March 29, 2008
Zimbabwean vote
People in Zimbabwe are voting in an election that will decide whether President Robert Mugabe, in power since 1980, wins a sixth term in office.
His challengers are Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC opposition party and Simba Makoni, a defector from Mr. Mugabe’s Zanu-PF now standing as an independent. Correspondents say queues formed early at many [...]
March 29, 2008
The Ovi magazine today
Think free, people of Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
There are people from Zimbabwe who read the Ovi magazine, there are people in Zimbabwe who read the Ovi magazine; we know, we can see it in the statistics and the visits in the server. I have only one thing to say to them, Mugabe is terrified of [...]
