[World] Hong Kong's foreign maids lose legal battle for residency

Hong Kong's foreign maids lose legal battle for residency
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/hong-kong-top-court-rejects-maid-residency-appeal/articleshow/19184807.cms
HONG KONG | Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:42am GMT. HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a landmark decision Hong Kong's highest court on Monday ruled against granting residency to two Filipino maids, dashing the hopes of several hundred thousand other domestic ...

For Homesick Russian Tycoon, Instant of Ruin Came in Court
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/europe/for-homesick-russian-tycoon-instant-of-ruin-came-in-court.html?pagewanted=all
LONDON - The moment of ruin for Boris A. Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch who was found dead on Saturday outside London, came not when he fell out with the Kremlin, or when his latest long-term relationship broke up, or even when Russia ...

Egypt's President warns may move to protect nation
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Egypts+Islamist+president+warns+about+take+measures+protect/8145060/story.html
Cairo, Mar 24 (PTI) In a stern warning to the opposition, Egyptian President Muhammed Mursi said today that he may be close to taking unspecified measures to "protect this nation", days after deadly clashes took place between Muslim Brotherhood ...

Clashes in Lebanon as PM Mikati resignation accepted
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/9949450/Lebanon-government-resigns.html
By Erika Solomon. BEIRUT | Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:22am EDT. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Clashes were reported in Lebanon on Saturday as outgoing prime minister Najib Mikati called for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over, a day after he resigned due to a ...

Police battle same-sex marriage foes in Paris
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21920736
PARIS - French riot police battled Sunday with anti-gay marriage protesters who forced their way onto the world famous Champs Élysées.

Take time to consider how to live today
http://www.newsday.com/news/world/pope-emphasizes-hope-and-youth-in-palm-sunday-mass-1.4888107
Recently many around the world watched a little chimney on the roof of one of the most iconic places of worship in the world, the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

South Korea hails new military pact with US
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/112241-south-korea-hails-new-military-pact-with-us.html
south-korea-usa-flag-400 SEOUL: A new South Korea-US pact providing for a joint military response even to low-level provocation by North Korea offers an added deterrent at a time of elevated tension, the South's defence ministry said Monday.

The Walking Dead Review: Family Ties
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/03/walking-dead-season-3-episode-15-recap-this-sorrowful-life.html
The prison versus Woodbury war is still on the horizon, but I wasn't surprised that no major battle between the sides took place.

Report: Zygier gave Hezbollah intel about Lebanese agents working for Mossad
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-zygier-gave-hezbollah-intel-about-lebanese-agents-working-for-mossad.premium-1.511628
Der Spiegel release expose on Prisoner X affair reveals that the two Lebanese agents, Ziad al-Homsi and Mustafa Ali Awada, were subsequently arrested in May 2009 and sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for espionage.