Geneva ‘Rights’ Record Review Set - Manila Bulleting Online
26 May 2012, 7:20 am
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima will lead the Philippine Delegation, which is composed of representatives from various government agencies. Secretary De Lima is a human rights advocate and a former chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights.

Tunisia seeks extradition of Ben Ali, traces hidden assets - YAHOO!
22 May 2012, 11:57 am
Tunisia's government has faced persistent criticism over its failure to persuade Saudi Arabia to hand over Ben Ali and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, a former hairdresser whose lavish lifestyle and clique of wealthy relatives had come to be seen by many ...

De Lima: How will CJ explain dollar accounts? - ABS-CBN
21 May 2012, 7:19 am
MANILA, Philippines - Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is at a loss on how Chief Justice Renato Corona will explain his supposed 82 dollar accounts as testified to by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales before the Senate impeachment court. Speaking before ...

Program at elementary school aims to end bullying - Lancaster Eagle Gazette.com
21 May 2012, 5:03 am
LANCASTER -- Fourth-grader Leila Linker has seen bullying at her school and she doesn't like it, especially when a bully is targeting her friend. She remembers one time in particular when a friend was crying because some other girls were making ...

Catholic student Leila loves her footy - CathNews
20 May 2012, 4:32 pm
Leila Gurruwiwi recalls being at kindergarten in Bendigo and understanding what the other children were saying but not being able to respond, reports the Bendigo Advertiser. "Even though I understood English, I spoke my traditional language so ...

Fate brought beauty queen, condemned Iranian teen together - Calgary Herald
19 May 2012, 5:30 pm
Nazanin was not even the official name of the teenage girl in Iran. Her real name was Mahabad but her older sister Leila had decided the girl, even before she was born, should be called Nazanin, a Persian word meaning kind and beautiful. As a result ...

Leila K. Foster Runner - San Mateo Daily Journal
19 May 2012, 6:53 am
Leila K. (Butenschoen) Foster Runner, a longtime resident of Napa and San Mateo counties died peacefully May 7, 2012 (one month shy of her 105th birthday) at Carlmont Gardens in Belmont. She was born in Iowa, and lived for nearly 60 years in Blandinsville ...

UK daily slammed for mentioning Israel’s nat'l bird - Jerusalem Post
18 May 2012, 12:49 am
Meanwhile, a Manchester bookstore has canceled a launch for a book on Palestinian terrorist and plane hijacker Leila Khaled, whom it described as “the young woman who hijacked a passenger jet in 1969.” Blackwell’s bookstore in the Manchester city ...

Cannes 2012 preview: Un Certain Regard jury unveiled - Examiner
15 May 2012, 4:59 pm
Headed up this year by actor-director-producer Tim Roth, the jury is rounded out by French actress Leïla Bekhti, French director-producer Tonie Marshall, film critic Luciano Monteagudo, and the artistic director of the La Rochelle Film Festival ...

Cannes 2012: Un Certain Regard Fills Out Jury - Hollywood Reporter
14 May 2012, 6:45 am
The fest announced that British actor-director Roth will be joined by French actress Leïla Bekhti, French director and producer Tonie Marshall film critic Luciano Monteagudo from Buenos Aires and Sylvie Pras, who serves as both head of Cinemas at Centre ...