Britain scraps tests for nurses from EU

LONDON – Foreign nurses in Britain will no longer need to sit for rigorous competence exams before treating patients, as European Union (EU) rules demand that the tests be axed, a media report said Monday.

Nurses from EU will no longer be required to even show they have looked after patients in the past three … Original article on : Britain scraps tests for nurses from EU.

Blagojevich prosecutors preparing to rest case; what’s been proven about the former governor?

What have prosecutors proven about Blagojevich?
CHICAGO – Federal prosecutors have spent five weeks showing Rod Blagojevich spewed a river of profanity while lavishing money on his wardrobe and ducking his job as governor of Illinois.
But will jurors believe he was a racketeer who schemed to sell or trade Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate …. Original source  : Blagojevich prosecutors preparing to rest case; what’s been proven about the former governor?.

‘Improve dialysis facilities for Delhi’s HIV-positive patients’

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High court has directed the central government to chalk out a plan with the Delhi government to increase the number of city hospitals offering dialysis to HIV-positive patients.

“The number of hospitals which offer maintenance dialysis to HIV-positive patients are perhaps just three, including the All India Institute of Medical …. Source  : ‘Improve dialysis facilities for Delhi’s HIV-positive patients’.

Court curbs on converting park into water tank

NEW DELHI – The judicial battle of the residents of the Rohini neighbourhood to save a park has started on a positive note with the Delhi High Court restraining, for now, the civic agencies from converting the green area into an underground water tank.

“Till further orders, the respondents (civic agencies) are directed to maintain …. Source article  : Court curbs on converting park into water tank.

Brit Journalist to sue South Africa’s Police Commissioner on defamation charges

CAPE TOWN – A British journalist, Simon Wright, of the Sunday Mirror, who had been accused of trying to undermine World Cup security is considering suing South Africa’s Police Commissioner Bheki Cele for making defamatory remarks about him.

According to Sports 24, Wright paid a R750 fine on Saturday after admitting to breaking South Africa’s immigration … Read : Brit Journalist to sue South Africa’s Police Commissioner on defamation charges.