Negotiations for hijacked Saudi oil tanker begin

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Thursday, November 20, 2008 Vela International Marine, the Saudi Arabian company that owns the MV Sirius Star oil tanker which was captured by pirates on November 15, has begun negotiations with the Somali pirates. The Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal said that talks had begun, but he did not say whether a ransom would […]

Police stop LGBT march in Istanbul for third consecutive year

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 On Sunday, police stopped Istanbul Pride, a yearly LGBT march in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul. Police officials reportedly used rubber and plastic bullets and sprayed tear gas to prevent the participants from parading, after the Istanbul Governor’s office ordered them on Saturday not to conduct the march, asserting security reasons. This […]

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Aviation Min, Dial Refute Cag’s Findings

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Get More Information Here: Avlaw The Ministry “strongly refutes the loss figures and other allegations made in the report” and the calculation of “presumptive gain from the commercial use of land at Delhi Airport was totally erroneous and misleading,” an official statement said. Asked about the report, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said “it is […]

Film from Nunavut in Canada’s north to open TIFF

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006 A film by Isuma Productions of Canada’s north will open the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Produced by an Igloolik, Nunavut company, the film is titled The Journals of Knud Rassmusen, and co-directed by Zacharias Kunuk of Igloolik and Norman Cohn of Montreal. The company received critical acclaim for their […]