Four journalists injured in attempted assassination on Pakistan interior minister

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued new warnings about journalist safety in Pakistan after four journalists were injured in a suicide bomb attack aimed at Aftab Khan Sherpao, the Pakistan interior minister, in the north-western district of Charsadda on April 28.

?This incident highlights the dangers that face journalists in Pakistan,? IFJ President Christopher Warren said.

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Montano Says He Would Regulate Labor Contractualization

Manila–Since contractualization has become a trend in
Filipino employment, Senatorial Candidate Cesar
Montano said that he would regulate such a trend if
given the chance to serve in the halls of the Senate
so that he can make situations more favorable to
laborers.

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Greenpeace, SolarGeneration challenge governments to choose clean, safe

Bangkok, 1 May 2007??The message is clear: we must choose clean and safe
energy solutions–anything else is a betrayal to the earth?s future
generations.? Greenpeace and SolarGeneration youth issued this challenge
to world governments this week as they presented renewable energy and
energy efficiency solutions at the opening of the UN?s Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III meeting held in Bangkok.
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Senator Launches Book on How Philippines’s Anti-Terror Law Was Crafted

MANILA –Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) will launch a book on how the Senate
crafted the Human Security Act of 2007, the country?s
version of the anti-terrorism legislation which was
approved after more than six years of deliberations.
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Philippines Senator Slams ‘Inept’ Napocor Execs Over Coal

MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) scored top officials of the state-owned
National Power Corporation (Napocor) for their failure
to stock up enough coal to meet higher fuel demand
power generation during the summer months when its
hydroelectric plants are shut down due to low water
levels in dams, lakes and rivers.
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