March 20, 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina-- Officials in Argentina's Mendoza province have authorized chemical castration for rapists after a significant increase in sexual assaults last year.
March 20, 2010 Mexico City, Mexico-- Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said.
March 20, 2010
he government has appointed Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada as the governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).
A cabinet meeting Friday evening appointed him to the top post of the central bank,
Khatiwada, a noted economist, was the vice chairman of National Planning Commission before being appointed NRB governor. He was recommended to the post by the CPN (UML).
March 20, 2010
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working for the welfare of women has filed a habeas corpus writ on Friday at the Supreme Court for the release of 27 women arrested from X-bar in Sundhara Wednesday night.
March, 19, 2010
The Unified CPN (Maoist) has decided to expel its Brahman and Chhettri members of its Lumbuwan State Committee, for joining the newly formed organisations of Brahmans and Chhettris.
