Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from polls
Yangon, March 10 (DPA) Myanmar's new election laws have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners from contesting polls planned this year, state media reports said Wednesday.

Under the Political Parties Registration Law, published in state-run newspapers Wednesday, all prisoners are barred from joining political parties that register to contest a general election.

This condition effectively excludes Suu Kyi and 2,100 other political prisoners from running in the upcoming ... Read More

US minted more millionaires in 2009
Washington, March 10 (IANS) America's millionaires are on the rise again after their ranks thinned out during the 2008 market meltdown, according to a new survey.

US households worth $1 million or more grew to 7.8 million in 2009, up 16 percent from 2008, according to the survey from Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based market research and consulting firm, released Tuesday.

The firm's report also found that the number of ultra high-net-worth households, worth $5 million or ... Read More

43 percent Americans have less than $10,000 for retirement
By Arun Kumar

Washington, March 10 (IANS) As the number of American workers with virtually no retirement savings grew for the third straight year, over four in 10 had less than $10,000, according to a new survey.

The percentage of workers who said they had less than $10,000 savings grew to 43 percent in 2010, from 39 percent in 2009, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's annual Retirement Confidence Survey released Tuesday.

That excludes the value ... Read More

Resolve Tibet issue through dialogue, reiterates Dalai Lama
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Wednesday reiterated his commitment to settle the Tibetan issue through dialogue and within the framework of Chinese law.

"Whether the Chinese government acknowledges it or not, there is a serious problem in Tibet...For more than 30 years, I have tried my best to enter into talks with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to resolve the issue of Tibet through the middle-way approach that is ... Read More

Record 237 nominated for 2010 Peace Nobel
Oslo, March 10 (DPA) A record 237 candidates have been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said Wednesday.

The tally comprises 199 individuals and 38 organisations and beats the 205 nominations made last year, when the coveted award went to US President Barack Obama.

This year's figure has been released after the five-member Nobel Committee formally registered all the nominations during its first session earlier this week.

The Nobel Committee advises ... Read More