International Trademark Laws Vital to Global Businesses Companies go to great lengths to protect their trademarks and logos. A recent conference by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) highlighted the importance and the difficulty of...
Inte rnational Tourists Flock to Sabang Despite Sharia Law Despite strict Sharia laws mandating that Muslim women wear headscarves and banning alcohol consumption, international tourism on the island of Sabang in Indonesia's Aceh province is growing....
Istanbul International Film Festival Kicks Off This week the city of Istanbul is hosting a ground-breaking international film festival. Called Crime and Punishment, it is focusing on military coups. Turkey is no stranger to coups with its military se...
International Right to Know Day Observed September 28 is International Right to Know Day. Since 2003, advocates have marked the occasion by calling for greater access to government-held information. Among those observing Right to Know Day is the Lond...
Amnesty International Says War Crimes Conducted in Libya Libyan forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi may be guilty of war crimes, Amnesty International said Friday. In a new report, the international watchdog described ongoing attacks against the c...
Amnesty International: Many Bahraini Protesters Shot, Some at Close Range The global rights group Amnesty International has a fact-finding team in Bahrain this week. Members have been meeting with government officials, human rights advocates and oppo...
Reading: International Women's Day 国际妇女节 How far have British women come in their journey for equal rights? A newsurvey gives a mixed picture. The poll was done to celebrate the 100th anniversary of InternationalWomen's Day, which is today....
International Migrants Day takes place on the 18th of December every year. It is on this date because this is when, in 1990, the United Nations adopted an international convention called the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members...
Come on everybody. Get up and do something. December the 5th is International Volunteer Day. This highly important day was started by the United Nations in 1985. Its aim is twofold: first, to thank volunteers around the world for giving their time to...
International Students' Day is on November the 17th every year. It has a tragic beginning, at the start of WWII. Nazis attacked the University of Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia. On November 17, 1939, nine students were executed and 1,200 sent...
