Navy bases

IRAN’S STATE media has revealed that the country has opened new naval facilities east of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entrance to the Gulf, which is key to oil

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Forestry guards

PORTUGAL’S MINISTER of Agriculture, Jaime Silva, has announced that the country’s forestry guards will be licensed to carry and use guns. This change, which was approved during a ministers’ meeting

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Military day celebrations

PORTUGAL’S MILITARY day was celebrated in the Manuel Bivar gardens of Faro with a parade involving 1,200 soldiers on Sunday, October 26. The celebrations, which took place between October 23

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Race against breast cancer

PORTUGUESE POP singer Tony Carreira is supporting and will attend the Corrida Sempre Mulher breast cancer awareness race, which is due to take place on November 9 at the Parque

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Sex trafficking

MORE THAN 600 adults who are involved in child prostitution have been arrested in raids across the US. According to the FBI, co-ordinated operations involving federal, state and local law

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Legal ivory sale

MORE THAN 100 tonnes of Ivory went on sale legally on Tuesday, when the first officially sanctioned auction of the material in southern Africa for almost a decade was opened.

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Stark financial picture

By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PROPERTY and financial sectors have to wake up to the economic reality of a prolonged recession, lasting up to three years, in which nothing will

October 30, 2008by shareitIn