All that glitters Oct 27, 2009
Page last updated at 01:07 GMT, Tuesday, 27 October 2009. Indian royal splendour on display. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Now for Italy's good news bearers Oct 14, 2009
ROME: Dissatisfied with his direct and indirect control over most of Italy's media, the Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has devised a campaign to stop the world's press sniping at him over his sex life and legal woes. An emergency taskforce is to be set up within a month to monitor airwaves and news-stands the world over for coverage of Italy and bombard foreign newsrooms with good news about the country. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Rally Held In Rome To Defend Press Freedom Oct 4, 2009
As premier, he and his conservative coalition have indirect control on the state-run broadcaster RAI.. The premier has recently sued two leftist newspapers over their coverage of a sex scandal that has been engulfing him. (CBS News -- World)
Ask the pilot Sep 25, 2009
On the Boeings that I fly, we have direct and accurate control over temperature, but only indirect control over flow. If you asked me to please "cut it back to 20 percent," I would politely inform you that this is impossible. (Salon)
Entering Gaza: The Hard Way in from Egypt Sep 20, 2009
"Israel continues to exert substantial and indirect control over the possibility of opening Rafah Crossing and uses that control to exert pressure on the residents of Gaza, as part of a policy of collective punishment," the Gisha report says. Egypt, for its part, "which has the physical capacity to open Rafah Crossing," keeps it closed as the result of outside pressure and a desire to keep Islamist Hamas isolated from Egypt's own opposition groups. (Time.com)
Research examines organization of militaries and its effects on society Aug 12, 2009
Praetorian Militarization These forces are not controlled by a democratic society, but rather have direct or indirect control over the government in power ... "In short, this study indicates that both social militarization and praetorian militarization direct or indirect control of the government by the military, as indicated by high levels of spending on relatively small militaries adversely affect civilian populations," concludes Carton-Ford. (EurekAlert!)
Pakistan Says Taliban Leader Mehsud May Have Been Killed in Missile Attack Aug 7, 2009
His base has been in South Waziristan, a district of rocky, forested mountains along the border with Afghanistan where Pakistans government historically has exercised only limited indirect control. Home Targeted. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
TIM Participacoes Announces Filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F and Compliance with SOX 404 Jun 27, 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TIM Participacoes S.A. (BOVESPA: TCSL3 and TCSL4; and NYSE: ), which retains direct control of TIM Celular S.A. and indirect control of TIM Nordeste S.A., providing nationwide telecommunication services in Brazil, announces that it has filed its annual report Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2009. The annual report can be accessed on TIM Participacoes S.A. investor... (PR Newswire)
* What the Roh case can teach us May 31, 2009
Soon after his death, some South Koreans were already starting to ask if the media and the judiciary might not have come down too hard on Roh X something that would equally apply to the Chen case in Taiwan, where a large sector of the media falls under direct or indirect control of the KMT, and where the government has been accused of meddling in the judiciary. It is interesting to note, too, that much like the KMT, the GNP has its roots in a military dictatorship, in this case that of Park... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
GoldTrain Shareholder News Release May 9, 2009
On April 30, 2009, the Offeror acquired from the Issuer indirect control of an additional 2,177,956 common shares of GoldTrain at a deemed value of $0. 10 each to settle certain debts and pay certain fees, together with 106,989 class A warrants and 1,750,000 class B warrants of GoldTrain. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Porsche completes mandatory offer for Scania Feb 13, 2009
That gave it indirect control of Scania because Volkswagen controls 41 percent of the capital in the Sodertalje-based truck maker and most of the voting rights. The law doesn't require Porsche to take a majority stake of Scania's capital, but simply to make an offer to shareholders. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
