Preliminary hearings have been held for the surviving hostage-taker of the Beslan School raid in southern Russia. The trial is set to commence on 17 May and will be held at the Supreme Court of North Ossetia, the place where the raid took place. General Nikolai Shepel, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor said it will be open to the public.
More than 1,000 were held in a school for nearly three days before authorities raided the school to free the hostages. 330 people were killed in the ensuing gunfire and explosions, at least half of them were children.
Saving the Tigers from extinction It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.
The EIP factor - what you should learn from it When we grow older, or get older for the sake of the argument, we tend to start seeing the world only from one side. We tend to believe, no, not believe but know, how things are done. If you are smart, you understand that it shouldn't be that way, you understand this is wrong.
Whether we want to admit it or not, even now, in year 2012, there are still big gender biases in some fields of life. While it's generally understandable that men should do more heavy lifting than women and knitting fits a bit better for the women (even though I am aware even here there are many people who want to disagree), art is one of those things where our gender really should not play any significant role at all. And within the past decade things have started to change even on this front and even on the more conservative arenas such as Bukowskis - the top Nordic auction house.
