India and Japan prime ministers meet in Tokyo
India 's new prime minister , Nar@@ endra Modi , is meeting his Japanese counterpart , Shin@@ zo Abe , in Tokyo to discuss economic and security ties , on his first major foreign visit since winning May 's election .
Mr Modi is on a five-@@ day trip to Japan to strengthen economic ties with the third largest economy in the world .
high on the agenda are plans for greater nuclear co-operation .
India is also reportedly hoping for a deal on defence collaboration between the two nations .
Kar@@ ra@@ tha police arrest 20-@@ year-old after high speed motorcycle chase
a motorcycle has been seized after it was ridden at 12@@ 5km @/@ h in a 70@@ km @/@ h zone and through bush@@ land to escape police in the Pil@@ bara .
traffic police on patrol in Kar@@ ra@@ tha this morning tried to pull over a blue motorcycle when they spotted it reaching 12@@ 5km @/@ h as it pulled out of a service station on Bath@@ gate Road .
police say the rider then failed to stop and continued on to Bur@@ ges@@ s Road before turning into bush@@ land , causing the officers to lose sight of it .
the motorcycle and a person matching the description of the rider was then spotted at a house on Wal@@ cott Way in Bulgar@@ ra .
Kar@@ ra@@ tha Police have charged a 20-@@ year-old man with failing to stop and reckless driving .
he is due to appear in Kar@@ ra@@ tha Magistr@@ ates Court on September 23 .
the motorcycle was seized and im@@ po@@ unded for three months .
George Web@@ ster accused of N@@ air@@ n and Pit@@ loch@@ ry hotel rap@@ es
a man is to stand trial accused of rap@@ ing women at two hotels .
George Web@@ ster , 28 , faced the charges during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow .
he is alleged to have raped a woman at the Scotland 's Hotel in Pit@@ loch@@ ry in Per@@ th@@ shire on June 7 , 2013 .
it is claimed Web@@ ster attacked her while she was `` unconscious , asleep and incapable of giving consent . ''
Web@@ ster is then charged with rap@@ ing a second woman at the Golf View Hotel in N@@ air@@ n in the Highlands on May 4 , 2014 .
judge Lady Ra@@ e set a trial date for November 17 at the High Court in Edinburgh .
re@@ connecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights
congres@@ smen Keith Ell@@ ison and John Lewis have proposed legislation to protect union organizing as a civil right .
`` As go unions , so go middle-class jobs , '' says Ell@@ ison , the Minnesota Democrat who serves as a Congressional Progressive C@@ auc@@ us co-@@ chair .
that 's why I 'm proud to introduce the Emp@@ loy@@ ee Em@@ power@@ ment Act with civil rights icon John Lewis .
this ground-@@ breaking legislation will give workers the same legal options for union organizing discrimination as for other forms of discrimination - stopping anti-@@ union forces in their tracks
amending the National Labor Relations Act to allow workers who face discrimination for engaging in union organizing to sue for justice in the civil courts - and to collect compensatory and punitive damages - is a sound and necessary initiative .
but it in certainly not a radical initiative - at least by American standards .
indeed , the best way to understand what Ell@@ ison , Lewis and the co@@ sponsors of their legislation are proposing is as a re@@ connection with a very American idea .
despite the batter@@ ing that unions have taken in recent years - in Wisconsin , Michigan and states across the country - Americans once encouraged countries around the world to embrace , extend and respect labor rights .
there was a time , within the living memory of millions of Americans , when this country champion@@ ed democracy , freedom of speech , freedom of the press and the right to organize in the same breath .
when the United States occupied Japan after World War II , General Douglas Mac@@ Arthur and his ai@@ des encouraged the country to adopt a constitution designed to assure that Hide@@ ki To@@ jo 's milit@@ arized auto@@ cracy would be replaced with democracy .
fully aware that workers and their unions had a role to play in shaping the new Japan , they included language that explicitly recognized that `` the right of workers to organize and to bargain and act collectively is guaranteed . ''
when the United States occupied Germany after World War II , General D@@ wi@@ ght David Eisen@@ ho@@ wer and his ai@@ des urged the Germans to write a constitution that would assure that Adolf Hitler 's fascism was replaced with muscular democracy .
recognizing that workers would need to organize and make their voices heard in the new nation , the Germans included a provision that explicitly declared : `` The right to form associations to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions shall be guaranteed to every individual and to every occupation or profession .
agreements that restrict or seek to impair this right shall be null and void ; measures directed to this end shall be unlawful .
when former First Lady Ele@@ an@@ or Roosevelt chaired the International Commission on Human Rights , which drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that would in 1948 be adopted by the United Nations as a global covenant , Roosevelt and the dra@@ f@@ ters included a guarantee that `` everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests . ''
for generations , Americans accepted the basic premise that labor rights are human rights .
when this country counsel@@ ed other countries on how to forge civil and democratic societies , Americans explained that the right to organize a trade union - and to have that trade union engage in collective bargaining as an equal partner with corporations and government agencies - had to be protected .
now , with those rights under assault in America , it is wise , indeed , to recomm@@ it to the American ideal that working people must have a right to organize and to make their voices heard in a free and open society .
as the Rever@@ end Martin Luther King Jr. said fifty years ago :
history is a great teacher .
now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it .
by raising the living standards of millions , labor miracul@@ ously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to und@@ re@@ amed of levels of production .
those who attack labor forget these simple truths , but history remembers them .
history remembers , as should we .
the formal recognition of labor rights as human rights - and the extension of civil rights protections to prevent discrimination against labor organizing - is long overdue .
Keith Ell@@ ison and John Lewis are renewing ideals that have historically enlarged America and made real the promise of democracy .
judge temporarily blocks law that could close all Louisiana abortion clinics
a U.S. federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked enforcement of a Louisiana law that advocates say would likely have closed all five abortion clinics in the state .
the measure , signed into law by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jin@@ dal in June and due to take effect Sept . 1 , would require doctors who perform abortions to have patient admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their practice .
however , the judge 's ruling means that for the time being doctors can continue to perform legal abortions while seeking such privileges .
`` Pla@@ in@@ ti@@ ffs will be allowed to operate lawfully while continuing their efforts to obtain privileges , '' Federal Judge John de@@ Grav@@ elles wrote in the decision .
a hearing will be scheduled within a month for the judge to make a more permanent ruling on the law .
abortion rights activists applauded the decision , the latest in a string of rulings against similar measures , saying it would give doctors more time to seek hospital privileges .
`` Today 's ruling ensures Louisiana women are safe from an under@@ handed law that seeks to strip them of their health and rights , '' said Nancy North@@ up , president and chief executive of the Center for Re@@ productive Rights , which su@@ ed to block the law on behalf of three of the state 's five clinics .
it was not immediately clear whether the ruling applied to doctors from the two clinics who were not plain@@ ti@@ ffs in the suit and have also applied for admitting privileges .
Louisiana is among 11 states that have passed similar laws , with courts recently ruling un@@ constitutional such measures in Alabama and Mississippi .
key parts of a Texas law that would have shut@@ tered most remaining clinics in that state were blocked by a federal judge on Friday .
abortion rights campaigners , along with the American College of obst@@ et@@ ri@@ cians and Gy@@ nec@@ ologists and the American Medical Association , say admitting privileges laws impose medi@@ cally unnecessary requirements on doctors .
anti-@@ abortion advocates have countered that the measures aim to protect women 's health , though some have also lau@@ ded their effect of shut@@ tering clinics .
only one doctor who performs abortions in Louisiana has hospital admitting privileges , the Center for Re@@ productive Rights said .
if all other doctors in the state are forced to stop performing abortions , that doctor , fearful for his safety , would stop carrying out the procedure , the group said .
in arguing against the ruling , Louisiana officials said they would not punish doctors performing abortions while their applications for admitting privileges were pending .
delayed diagnosis and inability to access best treatment mean o@@ vari@@ an cancer kills more in rural areas
Angel@@ ina Jo@@ lie and her brother James have posted a video tribute to their late mother who died of O@@ vari@@ an cancer in 2007 .
women living in rural Australia are at higher risk of dying from o@@ vari@@ an cancer than their city counterparts .
researchers analysed medical records of more than 1100 Australian women diagnosed with o@@ vari@@ an cancer in 2005 , finding just 35 per cent lived for five years after diagnosis .
lead researcher Susan Jordan , of the Q@@ IM@@ R Bergh@@ ofer Medical Research Institute , said those living in regional and remote areas of the state were about 20 per cent more likely to die during the study than those in urban areas .
small STU@@ DY : new drugs may slow lung , o@@ vari@@ an cancer
the researchers tracked the women 's medical journeys across seven years .
Dr Jordan said a woman 's age at the time of diagnosis , o@@ vari@@ an cancer type , having existing illnesses and socio-economic status also impacted on survival chances .
older women and those whose cancer was more advanced at the time of diagnosis had the poorest survival rates .
those living in regional and remote areas of the state were about 20 per cent more likely to die during the study than those in urban areas .
although the study was not designed to determine why women living outside the city were more likely to die from o@@ vari@@ an cancer , Dr Jordan suggested delayed diagnosis and inability to access best treatment might be factors .
`` This disease is best treated by gyn@@ a@@ ecological onc@@ ology surgeons and they 're mostly based in major cities , '' she said .
despite improving tel@@ e-@@ medicine services to lessen the tyranny of distance , she suggested more fl@@ y-@@ in , fl@@ y-@@ out services to allow specialists to treat women closer to home and programs to support people in treatment away from their communities could help .
Dr Jordan said regardless of geographical status , the study found long-term survival among women with o@@ vari@@ an cancer was poor , reinforcing the need for better treatment and prevention strategies .
the research , funded by the Rio T@@ into Ride to Con@@ quer cancer , will be published today in the Medical Journal of Australia .
in March 2012 , at 33 years of age , young Gold Coast m@@ um El@@ isha Ne@@ ave was told that she had an aggressive form of o@@ vari@@ an cancer .
garden centres rue fall in home@@ owners
the drop , coupled with a particular decline in the number of home@@ owners aged under 35 , could result in garden centres losing out on tens of millions of pounds a year when today 's young consumers reach the `` core gardening age group , '' according to the HT@@ A 's study , which was reported by the Financial Times .
according to the report , people renting properties spend an average of 55 per cent of the amount that those with their own homes spend on their gardens .
it cited the rise in people living in highly urban@@ ised areas with no gardens , the popularity of paving over front gardens for parking and shrinking garden size as other factors threatening the industry , which is worth an estimated £ 5 billion in sales each year .
greater London , where home ownership has fallen from 61 per cent to 43 per cent in six years , has Britain 's lowest spend per household on gardening products .
the HT@@ A and Royal Hor@@ ticultural Society said that renting property or a lack of garden space did not mean people could not grow plants .
guy Bar@@ ter , chief hor@@ ticultural adviser to the R@@ HS , said : `` Container gardening , for example , is especially popular with ren@@ ters who can move their plants when they relocate . ''
the HT@@ A report identified the period between 1997 and 2005 as the garden retail sector 's ` golden age '' as a result of increased home ownership and economic prosperity from the late 1980s to mid-@@ 1990s .
it also predicted an improved market this year due to better weather following unfavourable conditions in March and April last year .
in Pakistan , the protest movement led by political opponent , Im@@ ran Khan , and the spiritual leader , Tah@@ ir@@ ul Qad@@ ri , continues .
in the capital city of Islamabad , around 1000 demonstrators stor@@ med the government-@@ run television station , P@@ TV .
however , information minister , Per@@ v@@ ai@@ z Ras@@ hid , said that soldiers had been able to force the protesters back out of the building .
the TV station stopped broadcasting for approximately 40 minutes , but has since begun to broadcast again .
at the same time , around 3000 demonstrators attempted to reach the official residency of Prime Minister Na@@ wa@@ z Shar@@ if .
approximately one kilometre away , they c@@ lashed with security security services , armed with sticks and stones .
the police used tear gas .
the demonstrators demanded Shar@@ if 's resignation , which he refused .
the Pakistan Army called for a political solution to the conflict `` without delay and without resorting to violence . ''
following a meeting at its headquarters on Sunday evening , the military announced : `` The Army remains committed to its task of ensuring security for the State . ''
the military plays an important role in Pakistan and has taken power by force several times in the past .
the opposition politician , Im@@ ran Khan , acc@@ uses Prime Minister Shar@@ if of rig@@ ging the parliamentary elections , which took place in May last year .