RAWALPINDI: All the arrangements have been finalised to observe the second death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto with dignity and simplicity in view of Muharram-ul-Haraam here on Sunday.
The local leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party and the People’s Students Federation and a large number of PPP workers will arrive at the memorial and the surrounding area to pay homage and offer Fateha for their leader.
Meanwhile, police have finalised a special traffic plan to facilitate the people coming to the memorial.
Prior to the death anniversary, the martyrdom site was hosed down with rose water by the PPP local leaders and workers.
Under the plan, the Liaqat Road will be closed to all types of traffic from the Murree Road turn to the Gawalmandi Chowk.
Parking points have been made near the Gawalmandi bridge and the Rescue 15 for the vehicles of the participants of rallies and processions.
Special squads will be deployed for the implementation of traffic plan in letter and spirit.
Clear routes will be made available for the participants of procession who will visit the memorial.
Citizens have been asked to contact the Traffic Police Helpline 1915 in case of any help and assistance.
Meanwhile, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan said no institution, except parliament, could introduce amendments to the Constitution.
Addressing the PPP workers after visiting the martyrdom site at Liaquat Bagh, he said: “We will ensure protection of constitutional rights of institutions.”
He said new laws would be introduced to improve relations between the Ministry of Law and the lawyers’ fraternity.
He said the writ of the government be ensured at each and every inch of the homeland. “We will fight the internal and external enemies on all fronts.”
He said the people of Balochistan would be made owner of domestic resources of the province, adding that a meeting of the federal cabinet was scheduled to be held in Gwadar on December 30.
Earlier, he was warmly welcomed by local leaders and workers of the PPP on his arrival at Liaquat Bagh.
The workers chanted slogans in favour of Benazir Bhutto, the PPP and its leadership.
Babar laid a wreath at the memorial of Benazir Bhutto and offered Fateha.
PPP leaders Aamir Fida Paracha, Raja Khalid, Azhar Gilani, Asad Abbasi, Sajid Tanoli, Khurram Kiani, Ayaz Pappu and others were also present on the occasion...link
Sunday, December 27, 2009
10 more swine flu cases confirmed in Karachi
KARACHI: National Health Department (NHD) has confirmed that 10 more patients have been affected with swine flu virus on Saturday morning, Geo news reported.
Sindh Health Minster Dr. Sagheer Ahmed told Geo news, presence of swine flu virus was confirmed in 10 more patients admitted in different hospitals of Karachi on Saturday.
The Swine Flu Cell in charge Dr Shakeel Malik said that the laboratory of a private hospital confirmed swine flu virus in 10 more patients, raising the number of affected people to 65.
Five people have so far died of swine flu, he said....link
Sindh Health Minster Dr. Sagheer Ahmed told Geo news, presence of swine flu virus was confirmed in 10 more patients admitted in different hospitals of Karachi on Saturday.
The Swine Flu Cell in charge Dr Shakeel Malik said that the laboratory of a private hospital confirmed swine flu virus in 10 more patients, raising the number of affected people to 65.
Five people have so far died of swine flu, he said....link
Muharram 9th processions being taken out in country
ISLAMABAD: The processions in connections with the ninth of Muharramul Haram are being taken out across the country today.
A Majlis-e-Aza was held in Lahore area of Nicholson Road and later procession of Shabih-e-Zul-Janah was taken out attended by thousands of mourners amid heavy security around the Imambargah.
Also, the central procession of Muharram 9th has appeared from Pando Street Islampura and will end back on Pando Street.
On this occasion, walk-through gates were installed for the procession and the majlis.
In Islamabad also, the central mourning procession has emerged from central Imambargah in G-6; the procession will route through to Melody Chawk Islamabad.
The security for the today’s procession has further been beefed up in wake of yesterday’s terror incident in Karachi area of Paposhnagar. The procession has set off from Nishtar Park and will route through MA Jinnah Road to Husainia Iranian Imambargah Kharadar.
Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal said the City government made best arrangements in connection with Muharramul Haram and police and the CPLC have been provided with the facility of Command and Control room to monitor the procession from Nishtar Park to Tower with modern technology and cameras.
The procession of Ninth Muharram is on its way to the Central imambargah in Skardu.
In Multan also, the Muharram ninth is being observed with great religious reverence with majalis and processions being held across the city.
Both government hospitals functioning in the Federal Capital, have made special arrangements to meet any untoward incident during Ashura day of Muharram-ul-Harram.
According to hospital sources, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) has deployed additional staff in the emergency ward to provide better services.
Joint Executive Director PIMS Dr. Jehanzib Aurakzai said that a plan has been chalked for Ashura day and it will be ensured that doctors and paramedical staff are available in the hospital round the clock.
He said sufficient medicines and surgical equipment have been provided to the concerned departments while hospital staff have been directed not to leave the hospital till completion of duty hours.
He said all senior doctors will be on call to handle any emergency like situation while hospital''s ambulances will also be on alert.
Spokesman of FGSH Dr. Sharif Astori said that all senior doctors will remain on duties in the hospital during Ashura day while paramedical staff have also been assigned special duties during these days.
He said special teams have been formed while sufficient medicines have been provided to the concerned departments. He added surgeons have been asked to remain in touch and immediately rush to the hospital in case of any emergency.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervez Rathore has directed that parking for all Majalis and Muharram processions be made at a safe distance, at least 200 meters away.
He said 134 mobile squads, 85 motorcycles, 75cars and 11 cars of Elite Force would also be deployed to ensure law and order at the venues. He said all entry and exit points of Majalis would be manned and rooftop deployment be made at Imambargahs, Majalis and routes of Ashura processions. He directed all divisional SPs to personally check deployment and patrolling of the mobile squad in their respective areas, besides paying random visits to sensitive places.
The CCPO said ulema and media had a leading role in maintenance of law and order and eradication of terrorism in the city. He also appealed to citizens, religious leaders and mosque administrations to depute guards at all places of worship from their own locality, so that they can recognize prayer sayers and point out any suspicious person. The CCPO appealed to ulema for cooperation on limiting the use of loudspeakers only to places of worship.
He expressed these views while addressing a meetingof Ulema and Mushaikh of the District Peace Committee Lahore held at Capital City Police Headquarters here on Saturday. He saida foolproof Ashura security plan had been chalked out after consultation with leaders belonging to various religious schools of thought and 184 potential trouble points had been identified in the city.
He said police officers and more than 25,000 policemen would provide security to Majalis and processions while armed personnel would also be deputed to provide security for functions to be held daily. Similarly, Lahore police will provide security to297 Imambargahas and 787 mosques along routes of the procession.
He said crises management centres had been set up in the city which would function around the clock while a special control room was set up in the CCPO office for coordination among various agencies.
He said the code of conduct would be strictlyimplemented during Ashura and 1068 members ofthe District Peace Committed would be present on the routes ofthe procession and Majalis, especially at sensitive places.Similarly, strict enforcement of the Loudspeaker Ordinance wouldbe ensured, he added.
In Karachi, the Saddar Town Administration completed arrangements for cleanliness along the route of Muharramprocession, Imambargahs and places of Majalis on Muharram 9 and 10,repair of roads and lighting.
The Town''s B and R Department has carpeted the roads, repaired the footpaths while ME Department repaired the high mast lights around Imambargahs and adjoining streets and erased wall chalkings.
The TMA has deployed sewerage disposal staff to ensure plugging of leakages along the Muharram procession routes.
The TMA is regularly supplying water to Imambargahs and Sabils since Muharram 1.
The Nazim Saddar Town visited Hussainian Iranian Imambargah Kharadar, Boulton Market, Denso Hall, Khaliqdina Hall, Tibet Centre, Burns Road, Regal Chowk, Preedy Street, Empress Market etc and reviewed the arrangements for Muharram processions.
For continuous monitoring of arrangements the Town''s Central Control Room at its Central Office is functioning round the clock and people can contact at telephone numbers 99211390 and 99211429.....link
A Majlis-e-Aza was held in Lahore area of Nicholson Road and later procession of Shabih-e-Zul-Janah was taken out attended by thousands of mourners amid heavy security around the Imambargah.
Also, the central procession of Muharram 9th has appeared from Pando Street Islampura and will end back on Pando Street.
On this occasion, walk-through gates were installed for the procession and the majlis.
In Islamabad also, the central mourning procession has emerged from central Imambargah in G-6; the procession will route through to Melody Chawk Islamabad.
The security for the today’s procession has further been beefed up in wake of yesterday’s terror incident in Karachi area of Paposhnagar. The procession has set off from Nishtar Park and will route through MA Jinnah Road to Husainia Iranian Imambargah Kharadar.
Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal said the City government made best arrangements in connection with Muharramul Haram and police and the CPLC have been provided with the facility of Command and Control room to monitor the procession from Nishtar Park to Tower with modern technology and cameras.
The procession of Ninth Muharram is on its way to the Central imambargah in Skardu.
In Multan also, the Muharram ninth is being observed with great religious reverence with majalis and processions being held across the city.
Both government hospitals functioning in the Federal Capital, have made special arrangements to meet any untoward incident during Ashura day of Muharram-ul-Harram.
According to hospital sources, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) has deployed additional staff in the emergency ward to provide better services.
Joint Executive Director PIMS Dr. Jehanzib Aurakzai said that a plan has been chalked for Ashura day and it will be ensured that doctors and paramedical staff are available in the hospital round the clock.
He said sufficient medicines and surgical equipment have been provided to the concerned departments while hospital staff have been directed not to leave the hospital till completion of duty hours.
He said all senior doctors will be on call to handle any emergency like situation while hospital''s ambulances will also be on alert.
Spokesman of FGSH Dr. Sharif Astori said that all senior doctors will remain on duties in the hospital during Ashura day while paramedical staff have also been assigned special duties during these days.
He said special teams have been formed while sufficient medicines have been provided to the concerned departments. He added surgeons have been asked to remain in touch and immediately rush to the hospital in case of any emergency.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervez Rathore has directed that parking for all Majalis and Muharram processions be made at a safe distance, at least 200 meters away.
He said 134 mobile squads, 85 motorcycles, 75cars and 11 cars of Elite Force would also be deployed to ensure law and order at the venues. He said all entry and exit points of Majalis would be manned and rooftop deployment be made at Imambargahs, Majalis and routes of Ashura processions. He directed all divisional SPs to personally check deployment and patrolling of the mobile squad in their respective areas, besides paying random visits to sensitive places.
The CCPO said ulema and media had a leading role in maintenance of law and order and eradication of terrorism in the city. He also appealed to citizens, religious leaders and mosque administrations to depute guards at all places of worship from their own locality, so that they can recognize prayer sayers and point out any suspicious person. The CCPO appealed to ulema for cooperation on limiting the use of loudspeakers only to places of worship.
He expressed these views while addressing a meetingof Ulema and Mushaikh of the District Peace Committee Lahore held at Capital City Police Headquarters here on Saturday. He saida foolproof Ashura security plan had been chalked out after consultation with leaders belonging to various religious schools of thought and 184 potential trouble points had been identified in the city.
He said police officers and more than 25,000 policemen would provide security to Majalis and processions while armed personnel would also be deputed to provide security for functions to be held daily. Similarly, Lahore police will provide security to297 Imambargahas and 787 mosques along routes of the procession.
He said crises management centres had been set up in the city which would function around the clock while a special control room was set up in the CCPO office for coordination among various agencies.
He said the code of conduct would be strictlyimplemented during Ashura and 1068 members ofthe District Peace Committed would be present on the routes ofthe procession and Majalis, especially at sensitive places.Similarly, strict enforcement of the Loudspeaker Ordinance wouldbe ensured, he added.
In Karachi, the Saddar Town Administration completed arrangements for cleanliness along the route of Muharramprocession, Imambargahs and places of Majalis on Muharram 9 and 10,repair of roads and lighting.
The Town''s B and R Department has carpeted the roads, repaired the footpaths while ME Department repaired the high mast lights around Imambargahs and adjoining streets and erased wall chalkings.
The TMA has deployed sewerage disposal staff to ensure plugging of leakages along the Muharram procession routes.
The TMA is regularly supplying water to Imambargahs and Sabils since Muharram 1.
The Nazim Saddar Town visited Hussainian Iranian Imambargah Kharadar, Boulton Market, Denso Hall, Khaliqdina Hall, Tibet Centre, Burns Road, Regal Chowk, Preedy Street, Empress Market etc and reviewed the arrangements for Muharram processions.
For continuous monitoring of arrangements the Town''s Central Control Room at its Central Office is functioning round the clock and people can contact at telephone numbers 99211390 and 99211429.....link
Muharram 9th processions being taken out in country
ISLAMABAD: The processions in connections with the ninth of Muharramul Haram are being taken out across the country today.
A Majlis-e-Aza was held in Lahore area of Nicholson Road and later procession of Shabih-e-Zul-Janah was taken out attended by thousands of mourners amid heavy security around the Imambargah.
Also, the central procession of Muharram 9th has appeared from Pando Street Islampura and will end back on Pando Street.
On this occasion, walk-through gates were installed for the procession and the majlis.
In Islamabad also, the central mourning procession has emerged from central Imambargah in G-6; the procession will route through to Melody Chawk Islamabad.
The security for the today’s procession has further been beefed up in wake of yesterday’s terror incident in Karachi area of Paposhnagar. The procession has set off from Nishtar Park and will route through MA Jinnah Road to Husainia Iranian Imambargah Kharadar.
Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal said the City government made best arrangements in connection with Muharramul Haram and police and the CPLC have been provided with the facility of Command and Control room to monitor the procession from Nishtar Park to Tower with modern technology and cameras.
The procession of Ninth Muharram is on its way to the Central imambargah in Skardu.
In Multan also, the Muharram ninth is being observed with great religious reverence with majalis and processions being held across the city.
Both government hospitals functioning in the Federal Capital, have made special arrangements to meet any untoward incident during Ashura day of Muharram-ul-Harram.
According to hospital sources, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) has deployed additional staff in the emergency ward to provide better services.
Joint Executive Director PIMS Dr. Jehanzib Aurakzai said that a plan has been chalked for Ashura day and it will be ensured that doctors and paramedical staff are available in the hospital round the clock.
He said sufficient medicines and surgical equipment have been provided to the concerned departments while hospital staff have been directed not to leave the hospital till completion of duty hours.
He said all senior doctors will be on call to handle any emergency like situation while hospital''s ambulances will also be on alert.
Spokesman of FGSH Dr. Sharif Astori said that all senior doctors will remain on duties in the hospital during Ashura day while paramedical staff have also been assigned special duties during these days.
He said special teams have been formed while sufficient medicines have been provided to the concerned departments. He added surgeons have been asked to remain in touch and immediately rush to the hospital in case of any emergency.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervez Rathore has directed that parking for all Majalis and Muharram processions be made at a safe distance, at least 200 meters away.
He said 134 mobile squads, 85 motorcycles, 75cars and 11 cars of Elite Force would also be deployed to ensure law and order at the venues. He said all entry and exit points of Majalis would be manned and rooftop deployment be made at Imambargahs, Majalis and routes of Ashura processions. He directed all divisional SPs to personally check deployment and patrolling of the mobile squad in their respective areas, besides paying random visits to sensitive places.
The CCPO said ulema and media had a leading role in maintenance of law and order and eradication of terrorism in the city. He also appealed to citizens, religious leaders and mosque administrations to depute guards at all places of worship from their own locality, so that they can recognize prayer sayers and point out any suspicious person. The CCPO appealed to ulema for cooperation on limiting the use of loudspeakers only to places of worship.
He expressed these views while addressing a meetingof Ulema and Mushaikh of the District Peace Committee Lahore held at Capital City Police Headquarters here on Saturday. He saida foolproof Ashura security plan had been chalked out after consultation with leaders belonging to various religious schools of thought and 184 potential trouble points had been identified in the city.
He said police officers and more than 25,000 policemen would provide security to Majalis and processions while armed personnel would also be deputed to provide security for functions to be held daily. Similarly, Lahore police will provide security to297 Imambargahas and 787 mosques along routes of the procession.
He said crises management centres had been set up in the city which would function around the clock while a special control room was set up in the CCPO office for coordination among various agencies.
He said the code of conduct would be strictlyimplemented during Ashura and 1068 members ofthe District Peace Committed would be present on the routes ofthe procession and Majalis, especially at sensitive places.Similarly, strict enforcement of the Loudspeaker Ordinance wouldbe ensured, he added.
In Karachi, the Saddar Town Administration completed arrangements for cleanliness along the route of Muharramprocession, Imambargahs and places of Majalis on Muharram 9 and 10,repair of roads and lighting.
The Town''s B and R Department has carpeted the roads, repaired the footpaths while ME Department repaired the high mast lights around Imambargahs and adjoining streets and erased wall chalkings.
The TMA has deployed sewerage disposal staff to ensure plugging of leakages along the Muharram procession routes.
The TMA is regularly supplying water to Imambargahs and Sabils since Muharram 1.
The Nazim Saddar Town visited Hussainian Iranian Imambargah Kharadar, Boulton Market, Denso Hall, Khaliqdina Hall, Tibet Centre, Burns Road, Regal Chowk, Preedy Street, Empress Market etc and reviewed the arrangements for Muharram processions.
For continuous monitoring of arrangements the Town''s Central Control Room at its Central Office is functioning round the clock and people can contact at telephone numbers 99211390 and 99211429.....link
A Majlis-e-Aza was held in Lahore area of Nicholson Road and later procession of Shabih-e-Zul-Janah was taken out attended by thousands of mourners amid heavy security around the Imambargah.
Also, the central procession of Muharram 9th has appeared from Pando Street Islampura and will end back on Pando Street.
On this occasion, walk-through gates were installed for the procession and the majlis.
In Islamabad also, the central mourning procession has emerged from central Imambargah in G-6; the procession will route through to Melody Chawk Islamabad.
The security for the today’s procession has further been beefed up in wake of yesterday’s terror incident in Karachi area of Paposhnagar. The procession has set off from Nishtar Park and will route through MA Jinnah Road to Husainia Iranian Imambargah Kharadar.
Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal said the City government made best arrangements in connection with Muharramul Haram and police and the CPLC have been provided with the facility of Command and Control room to monitor the procession from Nishtar Park to Tower with modern technology and cameras.
The procession of Ninth Muharram is on its way to the Central imambargah in Skardu.
In Multan also, the Muharram ninth is being observed with great religious reverence with majalis and processions being held across the city.
Both government hospitals functioning in the Federal Capital, have made special arrangements to meet any untoward incident during Ashura day of Muharram-ul-Harram.
According to hospital sources, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) has deployed additional staff in the emergency ward to provide better services.
Joint Executive Director PIMS Dr. Jehanzib Aurakzai said that a plan has been chalked for Ashura day and it will be ensured that doctors and paramedical staff are available in the hospital round the clock.
He said sufficient medicines and surgical equipment have been provided to the concerned departments while hospital staff have been directed not to leave the hospital till completion of duty hours.
He said all senior doctors will be on call to handle any emergency like situation while hospital''s ambulances will also be on alert.
Spokesman of FGSH Dr. Sharif Astori said that all senior doctors will remain on duties in the hospital during Ashura day while paramedical staff have also been assigned special duties during these days.
He said special teams have been formed while sufficient medicines have been provided to the concerned departments. He added surgeons have been asked to remain in touch and immediately rush to the hospital in case of any emergency.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervez Rathore has directed that parking for all Majalis and Muharram processions be made at a safe distance, at least 200 meters away.
He said 134 mobile squads, 85 motorcycles, 75cars and 11 cars of Elite Force would also be deployed to ensure law and order at the venues. He said all entry and exit points of Majalis would be manned and rooftop deployment be made at Imambargahs, Majalis and routes of Ashura processions. He directed all divisional SPs to personally check deployment and patrolling of the mobile squad in their respective areas, besides paying random visits to sensitive places.
The CCPO said ulema and media had a leading role in maintenance of law and order and eradication of terrorism in the city. He also appealed to citizens, religious leaders and mosque administrations to depute guards at all places of worship from their own locality, so that they can recognize prayer sayers and point out any suspicious person. The CCPO appealed to ulema for cooperation on limiting the use of loudspeakers only to places of worship.
He expressed these views while addressing a meetingof Ulema and Mushaikh of the District Peace Committee Lahore held at Capital City Police Headquarters here on Saturday. He saida foolproof Ashura security plan had been chalked out after consultation with leaders belonging to various religious schools of thought and 184 potential trouble points had been identified in the city.
He said police officers and more than 25,000 policemen would provide security to Majalis and processions while armed personnel would also be deputed to provide security for functions to be held daily. Similarly, Lahore police will provide security to297 Imambargahas and 787 mosques along routes of the procession.
He said crises management centres had been set up in the city which would function around the clock while a special control room was set up in the CCPO office for coordination among various agencies.
He said the code of conduct would be strictlyimplemented during Ashura and 1068 members ofthe District Peace Committed would be present on the routes ofthe procession and Majalis, especially at sensitive places.Similarly, strict enforcement of the Loudspeaker Ordinance wouldbe ensured, he added.
In Karachi, the Saddar Town Administration completed arrangements for cleanliness along the route of Muharramprocession, Imambargahs and places of Majalis on Muharram 9 and 10,repair of roads and lighting.
The Town''s B and R Department has carpeted the roads, repaired the footpaths while ME Department repaired the high mast lights around Imambargahs and adjoining streets and erased wall chalkings.
The TMA has deployed sewerage disposal staff to ensure plugging of leakages along the Muharram procession routes.
The TMA is regularly supplying water to Imambargahs and Sabils since Muharram 1.
The Nazim Saddar Town visited Hussainian Iranian Imambargah Kharadar, Boulton Market, Denso Hall, Khaliqdina Hall, Tibet Centre, Burns Road, Regal Chowk, Preedy Street, Empress Market etc and reviewed the arrangements for Muharram processions.
For continuous monitoring of arrangements the Town''s Central Control Room at its Central Office is functioning round the clock and people can contact at telephone numbers 99211390 and 99211429.....link
Avoided ‘Pakistan Na Khapay’ slogan due to Zardari: Zulfiqar
| Avoided Pakistan Na Khapay slogan due to Zardari: Zulfiqar |
| Updated at: 0300PST, Sunday, December 27, 2009 |
| RATO DERO: Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza has said we were much more determined to chant slogan of Pakistan Na Khapay No need of Pakistan, following assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto but we deliberately opted otherwise just because of President Asif Ali Zardari....link |
Monday, August 3, 2009
China bans bad breath in space
Telegraph.co.uk - Malcolm Moore - 17 hours ago
Would-be Chinese astronauts should be free of scars, tooth cavities and bad breath, as well as having a 'pleasant and adaptable disposition'.
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Would-be Chinese astronauts should be free of scars, tooth cavities and bad breath, as well as having a 'pleasant and adaptable disposition'.
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Georgia says Russia trying to seize more land
The Associated Press - Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili - 38 minutes ago
TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia accused Russia on Monday of trying to take more territory outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia as tensions rose before the first anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war last summer.
A year after Georgia war, tensions still simmer Daily Times
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TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia accused Russia on Monday of trying to take more territory outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia as tensions rose before the first anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war last summer.
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Politics gets dirty in Jammu and Kashmir
Instead, the session has degenerated into a morass of allegations and name-calling without precedent in Indian political history. More seems likely to follow.
Omar's trial by fire continues Hindustan Times
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Soldier killed, five hurt in more Kashmir attacks
SRINAGAR, India - Suspected Muslim militants shot dead an army soldier and injured five civilians in separate attacks in Indian Kashmir amid an upsurge in violence in the restive region, police said Monday.
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Bomb in Afghanistan Kills at Least 10
KABUL, Afghanistan - A bomb exploded near a police convoy Monday morning in Herat, the main city in Western Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 29.
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Israeli gays left feeling vulnerable
Mourners attend the funeral of Nir Katz, 26, a counselor slain at the community center run by the Tel Aviv Gay and Lesbian Assn. The “basement is our home,” and the teens who frequent it “our kids,” said one person.
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China says Uighur leader's family condemn her
Paramilitary police on patrol in Urumqi, capital of western China's Xinjiang province. Police in western China have detained another 319 people suspected of involvement in ethnic unrest Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP China stepped up pressure on the ...
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Sufi Muhammad charged with treason, terrorism
PESHAWAR: Charges of rebellion against the state have been laid against Tehreek-e-Nafiz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi chief Sufi Muhammad in Saidu Sharif Police Station in Swat district on Sunday, police said.
Case against Sufi registered Pakistan Observer
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Pakistan court adjourns leaving LeT founder Hafiz Saeed free
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourned an appeal hearing on Monday to decide whether to re-arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who is said to have been behind the attacks on Mumbai last November.
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Christian schools close after Pakistan killings
KARACHI - Christian schools and colleges went on strike in Pakistan Monday to protest against the killing of seven Christians in bloody riots that heightened fears of widening unrest, officials said....link
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Scary, Honest Truth About Race
President Obama, in his Cairo speech, spoke about religion and how one of the difficulties in resolving issues in the Middle East was that people would say one thing in public and then say what they really thought in private.
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saif n kareena| Love is all you need
Don't expect anything new in 'Love Aaj Kal'. It's one of those sweet, breezy romances you need to watch once in a while Love is rarely a prosaic thing in our movies.
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Jailbreak iphone 3.0.1 Firmware with redsn0w
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iphone OS 3.0.1 has been released to fix SMS exploit which could remotely control the victim's iphone. This guide will help you update to the latest iphone firmware 3.0.1 while keeping your jailbreak and unlock intact.
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iphone OS 3.0.1 has been released to fix SMS exploit which could remotely control the victim's iphone. This guide will help you update to the latest iphone firmware 3.0.1 while keeping your jailbreak and unlock intact.
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Canada's role in shuttle mission hard to ignore, astronaut Julie ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Canada's role in space exploration is hard to ignore after a mission that involved two Canadian astronauts and crucial Canadian robotics, astronaut Julie Payette said after a safe return to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Canada's role in space exploration is hard to ignore after a mission that involved two Canadian astronauts and crucial Canadian robotics, astronaut Julie Payette said after a safe return to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour.
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Singh departed from draft to invoke Vajpayee
The lines that caught the most attention when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke on the Indo-Pak joint statement last week in the Lok Sabha were not part of his prepared draft but were added on the floor of the House to drive home his argument.
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Obama warns recession is far from over
President Barack Obama has given warning that the US economy will not recover for "many more months" and said the recession was worse than anyone had thought.
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Twin blasts kill 2 NATO troops in Afghanistan
KABUL - NATO says two of its troops have been killed in twin blasts in southern Afghanistan. The military alliance did not provide other details about the Saturday attack.
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Britain has "taken on a poisoned chalice" in Afghanistan and urgently needs to reduce its role in the country, a powerful committee of MPs says.
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Three American tourists held in Iran
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Get Flash Two men and a woman apparently strayed across the Iranian border while on a hiking trip in Iraq's mountainous Kurdistan region.
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Pakistani Rioters Kill 7 Christians, Destroy 40 Homes in Punjab
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Seven Pakistani Christians were killed during several days of violence involving members of a radical Muslim group in the country's central Punjab province, after allegations that a Koran had been desecrated, a government minister ...
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21 killed in Karachi building collapse
PTI 2 August 2009, 11:27am IST KARACHI: At least twenty-one people, mostly women and children, were killed when a five-storey building collapsed here, authorities said.
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India responds to Pak queries on Mumbai attacks
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday gave Pakistan a new seven-page dossier of evidence to investigate the Mumbai terror attacks and prosecute Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of the incident.
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From courts to parliament
Parliament should fix the number of judges for the supreme and high courts. - File Photo by APP Pakistan at the moment is passing through contestations of a kind and intensity not witnessed since 1971.
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Israeli police are searching for a gunman who killed two people and wounded at least 10 at a gay support centre in the city of Tel Aviv.
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Britain has "taken on a poisoned chalice" in Afghanistan and urgently needs to reduce its role in the country, a powerful committee of MPs says today.
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Analysis: Obama must regain momentum after Gates
WASHINGTON - The success of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda - from health care and climate change to education - could depend on how quickly he recovers from the sharp drop in support among white voters after criticizing a white policeman's ...
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MANILA - Thousands of mourners paid their final respects to former Philippine President Corazon Aquino on Sunday, lining up to file past her coffin in silent tribute to the "People Power" democracy leader.
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Mumbai: In the light of the India-Pakistan joint statement and the de-linking of terror from the composite dialogue, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Saturday brought India's foreign policy into question.
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TEHRAN - Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, a key opposition supporter, denounced on Sunday the trial of around 100 people accused of rioting after the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Longer Life for the Space Station Is Advised
Members of the government panel reviewing NASA’s human spaceflight program said Tuesday that the life of the International Space Station should be extended past its planned demise in 2016.
After the shuttle Endeavour, which undocked from the space station Tuesday afternoon, returns to Earth, NASA has seven flights left on its schedule before the shuttle fleet is to be retired in September 2010. At that point the space station, under construction since 1998, would finally be complete, but current plans call for operating it only through 2015 before it is deliberately disposed of in the ocean the following year.
Part of the Obama administration’s charge to the 10-member review panel, which made its recommendation Tuesday at a public hearing in Houston, was to look at extending the station’s life. But the panel is also to consider how NASA is to push beyond low-Earth orbit in the coming years and fit the entire program within tight financial constraints.
The meeting was the second held by the panel, which is led by Norman R. Augustine, a former chief executive of Lockheed Martin. At the first meeting, last month in Washington, the members listened to an array of information and opinions from others. On Tuesday, they began debating among themselves what options they will offer to the administration at the end of next month.
“We think all the options going forward should continue I.S.S. extension in some form,” said Sally K. Ride, a former NASA astronaut who was the first American woman in space.
Dr. Ride, who led a subcommittee looking at the space station, said the schedule for the remaining seven shuttle flights had little cushion left and was likely to slip into 2011, at an additional cost of $1.5 billion.
The shuttles can carry a far greater load into orbit than any other rockets now in use, and can also bring heavy items back to the ground. “We’re putting I.S.S. in a very fragile situation the moment we retire shuttle,” Dr. Ride said.
With one extra external fuel tank available, one more shuttle flight could be flown in 2012, at a cost of $2.7 billion, she said.
Another possibility would be to fly one or two shuttle missions through 2014, Dr. Ride said, but reviving the manufacturing lines used for the shuttle would make sense only if NASA canceled its plans for its next-generation rockets and switched to a shuttle-derived design.
Another member of the panel, Edward F. Crawley, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, cautioned that continuing present programs would delay plans for returning to the Moon or aiming for Mars.
“This is NASA’s conundrum at the highest level,” Dr. Crawley said, “which is that the agency really doesn’t in its current budgetary structure have the resources to continue a world-class, world-leading space program and also simultaneously develop the next step.”
The panel members will continue their discussions at two more public meetings this week, in Huntsville, Ala., on Wednesday in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Thursday. link...Musharraf shuns Pakistan court hearing on misrule
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistan Supreme Court hearing into allegations of misrule by former president Pervez Musharraf resumed on Wednesday, without any lawyers present to defend the ex-army chief, who left for London two months ago.
Last week, a 14-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry ordered Musharraf to answer charges that he had violated the constitution by ousting the judiciary and imposing emergency rule in November, 2007 in a desperate move to extend his rule.
Fighting a Taliban insurgency in the northwest, dire economic challenges and doubts about its own standards of governance, Pakistan's fragile civilian government can ill-afford the distraction of raking over the past, according to critics.
Others say leaders should be held accountable if democratic institutions are to grow, and future generals should be made to think twice before launching coups against civilian governments.
The army, which stepped back from politics after Musharraf's ouster, would be loathe to be dragged into the controversy, but generals, having backed Musharraf's actions in 2007, would not want to see their old chief humiliated, according to analysts.
Opening proceedings on Wednesday, Chaudhry received no response when asked who was present to represent Musharraf.
"We haven't received any notice so far and once we get it then we will decide whether to appear before the court or not," Saif Ali Khan, a member of Musharraf's legal team, told Reuters by telephone from London.
Musharraf, who came to power in a military coup in 1999, had previously voiced both his intention to defend himself and his expectation of a fair hearing from a court headed by the judge who became his nemesis. link...Car Bomb Wounds Dozens in Northern Spain
MADRID — A powerful car bomb that authorities blamed on the violent Basque separatist group ETA exploded early Wednesday outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of policemen and their family members, a police spokeswoman said.
The was no warning call ahead of the explosion, which occurred just before 4 a.m. as some 90 police and their families slept in the barracks, according to the spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with police rules.
The blast injured 46 people, including six children, none of them seriously, she said. It sent the car flying into the air and shattered windows in nearby houses.
Television images showed charred wreckage from the car presumed to have caused the blast and gaping holes across the façade of the tall brick building, where windows had been blown out. One neighbor, who was interviewed by Spanish National Television, said she was thrown from her bed by the blast.
ETA, which is considered a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department and the European Union, has killed more than 825 people during its decades-old violent campaign for an independent Basque homeland.
The group, which frequently targets the police, was blamed for a car bomb that killed a policeman last month as he got into his vehicle just outside the Basque city of Bilbao.
A car bomb near a police barracks in Legutiano, in the northern Basque region, in June last year killed a policeman who was on guard outside. Members of the civil guard, which is a rural police force, often live in barracks.
ETA declared what it called a permanent cease-fire in 2006, but reverted to violence within months after peace talks with the Spanish government went nowhere. link...Terror allegations against NC man shock neighbors
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man described as family-oriented and quick to help neighbors was recruiting and training aspiring terrorists to wage jihad, federal authorities say, accusations that family and neighbors find hard to believe.
Daniel Boyd, 39, spent three years traveling to the Middle East, secretly buying guns, and leading a group of men planning to kidnap, kill and maim people abroad, according to charges in an indictment released Monday. Neighbors of the family who live in an unassuming lakeside home in a rural area south of Raleigh are having a hard time reconciling the man they know with what prosecutors are alleging.
"If he's a terrorist, he's the nicest terrorist I ever met in my life. I don't think he is," said Charles Casale, 46, a neighbor in Willow Spring who recently got pointers on planting vegetables from the Boyd, who worked as a drywall contractor, and his wife.
Boyd was arrested along with six others — including two sons — accused of being the ringleader of the group involved in three years of nefarious international travel, gun buys and military-style training trips. Authorities claim the group, including an eighth suspect believed to be in Pakistan, were gearing up for a "violent jihad," though prosecutors haven't detailed any specific targets or timeframe. If convicted, the men could face life in prison.
At least one of Boyd's trips abroad caught the attention of Israeli authorities: Boyd's wife told a Raleigh newspaper that he was denied entry to the country in 2007 and detained for two days.
Prosecutors said Boyd received terrorist training in Pakistan and brought the teachings back to North Carolina, recruiting followers willing to die as martyrs waging jihad — the Arabic word for holy war.
Boyd's wife, Sabrina, urged the public not to rush to judgment. Their sons Zakariya, 20, and Dylan, 22, were also named in the indictment. Another son, Luqman, died two years ago in a car accident.
"We have the right to justice, and we believe that justice will prevail," she said in a statement. "We are decent people who care about other human beings."
In an interview with the News & Observer of Raleigh, Boyd said her husband and sons' trips abroad were pilgrimages, specifically denying prosecutors' allegation that Daniel Boyd took a son to Gaza in 2006 to meet with others bent on violence. She told the newspaper on Tuesday that her husband took another son named Noah, who's not named in the indictment, to see Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem that year.
"The point of a pilgrimage is to see the Al-Aksa mosque, the Dome of the Rock, to hear the call to prayer and to make a prayer," she said.
In 2007, Daniel and Zakariya Boyd were denied entry to Israel at the airport in Tel Aviv, detained for two days, then flown to France, she said. The newspaper didn't say whether Israeli authorities gave the men a reason for denying them entry.
Prosecutors said that this year Boyd, frustrated by Raleigh-area mosques that he saw as too moderate, started breaking away to hold prayers in his home. In the last two months, he took two group members to private property in north-central North Carolina to practice military tactics and use weapons.
"It's clear from the indictment that the overt acts in the conspiracy were escalating," U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding said.
Boyd's wife told the newspaper she knew nothing about the training site cited by prosecutors, and she said the family had firearms because they enjoyed hunting and shooting.
Boyd's neighbors also defended him.
A friend and neighbor, 20-year-old Jeremy Kuhn, said the family seemed closer and more loving than any of the other nearby households.
"If it turns out they were terrorists, I will be the most shocked person in the world," he said. "I think they have seven innocent people sitting in jail waiting to have their lives ruined."
The other four men arrested range in age from 21 to 33. Only one is not a U.S. citizen, but he is a legal resident.
An attorney who met with one of the defendants, Ziyad Yaghi, 21, said Yaghi was disappointed.
"Our concern is that people are rushing to a judgment and there's no evidence that anyone's been shown," attorney Robert Nunley said.
Public defenders assigned to Boyd did not return messages seeking comment, and there were no attorneys for the other men listed in court records. They are expected to appear in court Thursday for a detention hearing, facing charges of providing material support to terrorism; conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad, and firearms counts.
Authorities believe the eighth suspect is in Pakistan, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of . A second law enforcement official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect was Jude Kenan Mohammad, 20. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation.
Authorities believe Boyd's roots in terrorism run deep. When he was in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 1989 through 1992, he had military-style training in terrorist camps and fought the Soviets, who were ending their occupation of Afghanistan, according to the indictment.
In 1991, Boyd and his brother were convicted of bank robbery in Pakistan. They were also accused of carrying identification showing they belonged to the radical Afghan guerrilla group, Hezb-e-Islami, or Party of Islam. Each was sentenced to have a foot and a hand cut off for the robbery, but the decision was overturned.
The indictment said some of the defendants took trips to Jordan, Israel and Pakistan to engage in jihad, but only discussed the results of one of those trips. After traveling to Israel, Boyd and his two sons returned to the United States in July 2007 "having failed in their attempt," according to the documents.
Associated Press writers Devlin Barrett in Washington; Adam Goldman in New York and Alysia Patterson in Willow Spring contributed to this report. link...
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