Order
of the British Empire - Moroccan Woman Awarded OBE
Honour
Ousted Kyrgyz prez’s son funded
bloodbath
Women offered favours in jobs on
condition of ‘friendship’
Viewing Of World Cup Banned In Somalia
'Kyrgyzstan heading towards
catastrophe'
Pakistan still financing Mumbai attack
mastermind
Setbacks Cloud U.S. Plans to Get Out of
Afghanistan
Huge
Obstacles In Exploiting Afghan Minerals
Iraqi Kurdistan must stop genital mutilation -
report
'LeT,
ISI nexus behind attacks on Indians in Afghanistan'
Top 100 'women friendly' mosques
revealed
Lashkar expands attacks in Afghanistan, targets
Indians
British
Afghanistan toll nears 300 as two more die
US top general in Iraq, Afghanistan collapses
during hearing
'Several hundred' dead in Kyrgyz unrest, says Red
Cross
Jihad on Thamm's behalf, in
spirit of Islam
Niger:
Imams warn against presence of dangerous Islamic
sect
Lessons from the Jews and conflict
resolution'
Pakistan action kills six in Bajaur:
officials
British
soldiers heckled by Muslim war protesters
‘Terror’ strikes Ahmedabad again, only this time
it is a mock drill
Emerging
humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan: US
Pak trying to act as bridge
between Karzai, Haqqani network
Malaysia child marriage: Developed states see the
highest incidence
Iran to
build 'powerful' new nuclear research reactor
After Belgium, Spain on track to restricting
burqa use
Canadian courts must face down Islamism’s
niqab
Stop the
carnage in Kyrgyzstan
US says it is recommitted to
diplomatic options with Iran
UN to take seized flotilla goods to Gaza:
Israel
The
oppressed, non-Muslims, minority sects feel the
heat
Omar wants to call a daughter Elizabeth... after
the Queen
Pune German Bakery blast: Abdul
Bhatkal granted bail
Malaysia deports 10 foreign terrorist
suspects
Islamic
finance 'must focus on regulations'
'M'sia used as terror
base'
Amnesty says Israeli flotilla
probe lacks transparency
Jama’at
planning to float party
'Economic cities create
jobs'
UN to
deliver seized Gaza cargo on ships
Suspected Hezbollah financier arrested in
Paraguay
Abbas wants Israel to open all Gaza
crossings
Iran
rejects possible EU sanctions as 'illogical'
Kerala daily to serve as conduit
for UAE police
Five
Nato troops, Afghan official die as attacks rise
Afghan Taliban denies link to Pakistan’s ISI:
report
Seven
injured in two Quetta explosions
FBI apologises to Pakistani in bomb case
Lebanese women to send Gaza aid
ship
Houses
of 10 Taliban torched in Bajaur Agency
Reporter Hayatullah’s children want murderers
arrested
12 Afghan police, 6 civilians
killed
Five
more targeted in Karachi; total 14 killed
Sindh govt fails to stop ‘target killings’ in
Karachi
Compiled by Asit kumar
Photo: Souad Talsi,
recipient of the OBE
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Saudi Clerics Advocate Breastfeeding Adult
Men
Robin Marty
16 June, 2010
I
haven't pulled any punches in the past discussing how bothered I am by the laws
against women in Saudi Arabia. From
ridiculous "guardianship" laws to burdensome rules on being in public with men,
to arresting women who even have too much of a tan, it's no wonder the public is
beginning to physically fight against the authority in the
land.
Obviously, the religious authority knows it has a
problem that must be dealt with. But is
this really the answer?
Women in
Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances
in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the
sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over
precisely how the milk should be conveyed.
A fatwa
issued recently about adult breast-feeding to establish "maternal relations" and
preclude the possibility of sexual contact has resulted in a week's worth of
newspaper headlines in Saudi Arabia. Some have found the debate so bizarre that
they're calling for stricter regulations about how and when fatwas should be
issued.
Sheikh
Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of
Justice, set off a firestorm of controversy recently when he said on TV that
women who come into regular contact with men who aren't related to them ought to
give them their breast milk so they will be considered
relatives.
One
cleric claims simply pumping and having the men drink the milk is enough to
create this familial bond. Another,
however, does say that "men should suckle the breast milk directly from a
woman's breast."
The
logic behind the edict is an apparently common practice known as "breast milk
siblings" where according to the article, if you provide 5 "fulfilling"
breastmilk meals to a male child before the age of two, you and your female
family members will not have to cover your faces in front of him later in life,
something that is apparently common among nieces and
nephews.
But,
when translated into somehow trying to provide this connection to an adult, and
use it as a loophole in order to allow women to be in the presence of men who
are not blood relations, a lot of obvious problems jump to mind. The first, of course, is the assumption that
every woman is lactating, when in fact the only candidates for this process
would be married mothers with children under the age of two, the traditional
cutoff point for breastfeeding in that country.
Women aren't just wandering around with milk in their breasts all of the
time, married or not, mothers or not. This would provide no outlet for any
unmarried woman, who tend to suffer the most under these strict guardianship
laws, nor for widows or the elderly.
The
second problem is what is meant by "fulfilling" meals. A grown adult obviously would take much more
to be "fulfilled" than an infant, or even a toddler, whose stomachs are smaller
than an apple.
Third,
even with this loophole available, clerics have decreed that it cannot be used
with a driver. As women in Saudi Arabia
are not allowed to have driver's licenses, no woman would be able to go anywhere
outside walking distance without having a man drive her. If this breastfeeding loophole can't be used
with someone who can drive them from place to place, they are still essentially
trapped without a family member to accompany them,
regardless.
Breastfeeding adult males in order to be allowed
to be with someone of the opposite sex who is not a family member is no real
solution to the issues of Sharia law. In
fact, it actually exacerbates them, as it simply reinforces the idea that a
woman sole purpose in existence is to extend and tend to the family unit. Women in the country deserve real freedom,
not that which is only granted to them if they act as the "sustenance" of the
family.
http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/saudia-arabia-creates-bizzare-breastfeeding-loophole/
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Order of the British Empire - Moroccan Woman
Awarded OBE Honour
16 June 2010
London -
Souad Talsi, member of the Moroccan expatriates' council (CCME), has been named
member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her services
for the Moroccan community in London.
The MBE
honors list was published on Saturday in the British official bulletin. The
recipients will get their awards at a ceremony to be held in the six months to
come at the St. James's Palace in London.
"To be
recognized by her Majesty the Queen is a great honor and a privilege," Talsi
told MAP, stressing that this royal award acknowledges efforts made by the
Moroccan community in Great Britain over the past 50 years.
Talsi is
the founder of Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women's Centre in Great Britain. She is also
member of the National Muslim Women's Advisory Group (NMWAG) and the Boris
Johnsons' Migrant and Refugee Advisory Panel.
Global
Arab Network
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Ousted Kyrgyz prez’s son funded
bloodbath
16 June 2010
KYRGYZSTAN’S interim government has accused the
son of the deposed president of paying $ 10 million to organise clashes that
left 170 dead even as the country faces a humanitarian
crisis.
“ This
was all well organised, and the “ wallet” of these riots is the son of the
former president, Maxim Bakiyev, who started financing the riots back in April,”
first deputy president Almazbek Atambayev said at a news conference in
Bishkek.
Bakiyev,
the son of toppled president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, was arrested by British
authorities after he landed in a private plane at Farnborough airport in
England, Kyrgyz officials said on Monday. The Kyrgzy authorities will fight for
Bakiyev’s extradition, Atambayev said.
“ We
hope Britain will hand over Maxim Bakiyev,” Atambayev said. He is involved in
international criminal cases connected with money
laundering.
Bakiyev
is being investigated by the interim Kyrgyz government for corrupt business
practices relating to the fuel supply contracts he handled for a US airbase in
Kyrgyzstan, a key site for military operations in Afghanistan. Interim president
Roza Otunbayeva said Bakiyev supporters stoked the
conflict.
“ No one
has doubts,” she said.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev was toppled as president in
April in violent protests that left nearly 90 people dead. He and his family
fled the volatile Central Asian country and he was given refuge by Belarus, but
his son Maxim’s whereabouts were unknown.
In
Kyrgyzstan, the crisis for tens of thousands of refugees who fled ethnic
fighting intensified.
Even as
signs emerged of a slackening of the unrest, Uzbekistan struggled to cope with
the flood of ethnic Uzbek refugees who crossed the border to escape five bloody
days of clashes with ethnic Kyrgyz.
With
estimates of up to 100,000 refugees already inside Uzbekistan after fleeing the
southern cities, thousands more remained stranded after Tashkent closed its
border.
The
fighting has turned much of the southern cities of Osh and Jalalabad into
smoking wrecks and raised fears over the stability of the country of 5.3 million
where Uzbeks form 14 per cent.
The
ambassadors of the UN Security Council called for a return of rule of law to
Kyrgyzstan while Russia warned that the intolerable situation in the country
risked spinning out of control.
“ The
humanitarian situation in the conflict zone is
worsening.
There
are many refugees in need of help and attention,” said Kazakh diplomat Zhanibek
Karibzhanov, the special envoy of the Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe.
There
was sporadic gunfire in Osh at night and tension was high on Tuesday. Only a few
gunshots were heard in contrast to the steady firing of recent
days.
Mail
Today
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Women offered favours in jobs on condition of
‘friendship’
By Mohammad Ashfaq
16 Jun, 2010
PESHAWAR, June 15: Women applicants for posts of
contract lecturer have alleged that some low-ranking officials in the
directorate of colleges, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, tried to lure them into friendship
by offering them favour in appointment.
They
claimed that the officials had got their contact numbers from their application
forms submitted for the posts in their areas and had sent messages to them on
those numbers. Most of the officials, sources said, were dealing with collection
of application forms, scrutinising them and data entry.
Though,
when contacted, Prof Mohammad Tariq, assigned with the task of data entry and
scrutiny of the forms, termed the reports baseless and mere allegation, deputy
director (colleges) Sardar Hussain said an internee was involved in sending
messages to women applicants.
The
higher education department had advertised 531 vacancies of lecturers on
contract basis, among them 113 are for women.
Candidates were required to attach a recent photo
and mention the contact number with complete postal address in the application
forms, which were to be submitted by April 20. Around 28,000 candidates applied
for the posts in different colleges across the province, an official of the
higher education department told Dawn.
The
officials probably started sending messages to the female applicants after
scrutinising the applications, offering them favour if they made friends with
them, the husband of one of the applicants told Dawn.
“Instead
of my wife’s number I had mentioned my own cellphone number in the application
of my wife,” he said, adding he got several messages from two different numbers
in which the senders introduced themselves as officials of the directorate of
higher education.
He said
he traced the senders who turned out to be clerks in the directorate of higher
education. After some days, he said he received another message from some
official of the Government College, Peshawar.
“I
raised this issue with the director, colleges, who promised to take disciplinary
action,” he said. However, he said, no action had been taken so far. If the
director failed to take action, he said, he would approach the court against
him.
The
deputy director of colleges, Sardar Hussain, said he had come to know about the
issue a few days ago during his informal visit to the Government College,
Peshawar, where a data entry and scrutiny centre had been established. He blamed
an internee working in the centre for sending the messages.
Prof
Mukarram Khan, director of colleges, could not be reached on his cellphone
number despite several attempts. He was also not present when this reporter
visited his office.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/women-offered-favours-in-jobs-on-condition-of-friendship-660
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Viewing Of World Cup Banned In
Somalia
16 June 2010
World
Cup fever is all over Africa, but not in war-torn Somalia, where Islamic
insurgents have declared the ongoing FIFA tournament
sacrilegious.
The
Al-Qaeda linked groups of Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which control most of
southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu, have banned both public and
private viewing of the tournament.
“We are
warning all the youths of Somalia not to dare watch these World Cup matches,”
Hizbul Islam spokesman Mohamed Abdi Aros told the
BBC.
“It is a
waste of money and time, and they will not benefit anything or get any
experience by watching madmen jumping up and down."
Offenders will be given 30 strokes in
public.
Full
report at:
http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/sports/201006/48188.php
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'Kyrgyzstan heading towards
catastrophe'
Jun 16, 2010
BERLIN:
The crisis in Kyrgyzstan could soon become a "catastrophe" if the international
community does not swiftly intervene, the head of the United Nations High
Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday.
Speaking
on German radio during a visit to Berlin, Antonio Guterres said: "What is
happening is already a tragedy and it could become a catastrophe."
"We
urgently need to find a political solution ... the country's neighbours and the
international community must do everything in their power to help the interim
Kyrgyz government restore peace and stability," he added.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Kyrgyzstan-heading-towards-catastrophe/articleshow/6054242.cms
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Pakistan still financing Mumbai
attack mastermind
Jun 16 2010
Lahore :
The government of Pakistan's Punjab province provided Rs 82.77 million to
Jamaat-ud-Dawah and its allied institutions during the last fiscal year,
according to official documents.
The
supplementary budget for the past fiscal tabled in the Punjab assembly for
approval revealed that the PML-N-led provincial government made a grant of over
Rs 79 million to the Markaz-e-Tayyaba, the JuD headquarters in Muridke near
Lahore.
Another
Rs 3 million was given as grants to schools run by the JuD in different
districts of Punjab, according to the official
documents.
Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, under a
cloud for his links to banned groups like the Sipah-e-Sahaba, admitted that the
money had been given to the JuD.
Full
report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pakistan-still-financing-mumbai-attack-mastermind/634566/
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Setbacks Cloud U.S. Plans to Get
Out of Afghanistan
By PETER BAKER and MARK
LANDLER
16 June 2010
WASHINGTON — Six months after President Obama
decided to send more forces to Afghanistan, the halting progress in the war has
crystallized longstanding tensions within the government over the viability of
his plan to turn around the country and begin pulling out by July
2011.
Within
the administration, the troubles in clearing out the Taliban from a second-tier
region and the elusive loyalties of the Afghan president have prompted anxious
discussions about whether the policy can work on the timetable the president has
set. Even before the recent setbacks, the military was highly skeptical of
setting a date to start withdrawing, but Mr. Obama insisted on it as a way to
bring to conclusion a war now in its ninth year.
Full
report at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/world/asia/15military.html
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Huge Obstacles In Exploiting
Afghan Minerals
Jun 16th, 2010
It could
take years and possibly even a peace settlement for Afghanistan to reap profits
from nearly $1 trillion in mineral resources that US geologists say lie beneath
its rugged terrain some in areas currently controlled by Taliban insurgents or
warlords.
Geologists have known for decades that
Afghanistan has vast mineral wealth, but a US department of defence briefing
this week put a startling price tag on the country’s reserves of iron, copper,
cobalt, gold and other prized minerals: at least $908
billion.
Full
report at:
http://www.asianage.com/international/huge-obstacles-exploiting-afghan-minerals-820
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Iraqi Kurdistan must stop
genital mutilation - report
Jun 16, 2010
(Reuters) - The practice of female genital
cutting, or "circumcision", is widespread in Iraq's northern Kurdish region and
authorities must develop a long-term plan to eradicate it, Human Rights Watch
said on Wednesday.
It is
estimated that more than 130 million women worldwide have undergone female
genital mutilation (FGM), a centuries-old practice still common in some
countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, western and southern Asia and parts of
the Middle East.
In a
report titled "They took me and told me nothing", the New York-based rights
watchdog said the most common form practiced in Iraqi Kurdistan was the partial
or total removal of the clitoris and/or prepuce (clitoral
hood).
Full
report at:
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49343520100616
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'LeT, ISI nexus behind attacks
on Indians in Afghanistan'
Jun 16 2010
New York
: In what clearly showcases Pakistan’s wicked face, several Afghan and
international intelligence officials and diplomats stationed in Kabul have
confirmed that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), with the help of the Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI), has expanded its anti-India operations into Afghanistan and
set up training camps, adding new volatility to the relationship between New
Delhi and Islamabad.
The LeT
is believed to have planned or executed three major attacks against Indian
government employees and private workers in Afghanistan in recent months,
officials said.
Pakistan
maintains that it no longer supports or assists the LeT, responsible for the
ghastly November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, but its expanded activities in
Afghanistan, particularly against Indian targets, prompt suspicions that it has
become one of Pakistan’s proxies to counteract India’s influence in the war
ravaged country, The New York Times reports.
Full
report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/let-isi-nexus-behind-attacks-on-indians-in-afghanistan/634515/
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Top 100 'women friendly' mosques
revealed
June 16, 2010
The top
one hundred mosques for meeting the needs of Muslim women has been
launched
A
directory of the 100 most 'women-friendly' mosques in England has been launched
today.
The list
has been compiled inter-faith, community cohesion and conflict resolution
organisation, Faith Matters with support from the government and Muslim women's
groups.
Every
mosque in the ‘women friendly’ directory is listed as either five or four star
depending on how many of the five key criteria, identified by Muslim women as
important to them in their places of worship, they met.
The five
key criteria include the provision of separate prayer space for women; services
and activities geared towards women; and an Imam or female scholar who is
accessible to women.
Full
report at:
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1242380_top_100_women_friendly_mosques_revealed
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Lashkar expands attacks in
Afghanistan, targets Indians
Alissa J Rubin
Jun 16, 2010
KABUL,
Afghanistan — A Pakistani-based militant group identified with attacks on Indian
targets has expanded its operations in Afghanistan, inflicting casualties on
Afghans and Indians alike, setting up training camps, and adding new volatility
to relations between India and Pakistan.
The
group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, is believed to have planned or executed three major
attacks against Indian government employees and private workers in Afghanistan
in recent months, according to Afghan and international intelligence officers
and diplomats here. It continues to track Indian development workers and others
for possible attack, they said.
Lashkar
was behind the synchronized attacks on several civilian targets in Mumbai,
India, in 2008, in which at least 163 people were killed. Its inroads in
Afghanistan provide a fresh indication of its growing ambitions to confront
India even beyond the disputed territory of Kashmir, for which Pakistan’s
military and intelligence services created the group as a proxy force decades
ago.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lashkar-expands-attacks-in-Afghanistan-targets-Indians/articleshow/6053914.cms
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British Afghanistan toll nears
300 as two more die
16 June 2010
LONDON -
Two British soldiers were shot dead Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, the
Ministry of Defence said, taking the country’s military death toll since the
US-led invasion to nearly 300.
The
announcement came after the ministry said earlier that a marine had died Monday
of injuries sustained in a firefight.
The
latest deaths made 2010 the second-worst year for British troops in Afghanistan,
with 53 people losing their lives so far.
They
also took to 298 the number of British troops killed since operations began in
October 2001. Of these, at least 264 died as a result of hostile
action.
he two
soldiers killed Tuesday were shot in separate incidents in the Nad-e Ali
district of southern Helmand Province. They were both from 1st Battalion The
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/June/international_June691.xml§ion=international&col=
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US top general in Iraq,
Afghanistan collapses during hearing
Jun 16, 2010
WASHINGTON: US Gen. David Petraeus, who is in
charge of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, briefly collapsed at a Capitol Hill
hearing on Tuesday, most likely from dehydration, and then regained his
composure.
Petraeus, a fitness fanatic who was treated for
prostate cancer last year, appeared to slump over his seat before being helped
by aides and walking out of the room.
"It
wasn't Senator McCain's questions," he joked later after recovering, referring
Arizona Senator John McCain who was questioning him at the time over the pace of
military action in Afghanistan during the Senate Armed Services Committee
hearing.
Full
report at:
http://arabnews.com/world/article66678.ece
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'Several hundred' dead in Kyrgyz
unrest, says Red Cross
By YURAS KARMANAU & SERGEI
GRITS
Jun 16, 2010
OSH,
Kyrgyzstan: Rioting has killed at least several hundred people in the Central
Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as new reports
strengthened suspicions that the violence was deliberately ignited to undermine
the interim government.
The
southern part of the impoverished Central Asian nation has been convulsed by
days of rioting targeting minority Uzbeks, which has left the country's
second-largest city, Osh, in smoldering ruins and sent over 100,000 Uzbeks
fleeing for their lives to neighboring Uzbekistan.
The
International Committee of the Red Cross had no precize figure of the dead, but
spokesman Christian Cardon said "we are talking about several hundreds." That
figure is significantly higher than the current official
estimate.
Uzbekistan closed the border Tuesday, leaving
many camped out on the Kyrgyz side or stranded behind barbed-wire fences in
no-man's land.
Full
report at:
http://arabnews.com/world/article66674.ece
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Jihad on Thamm's behalf, in
spirit of Islam
Jun 16, 2010
Dr F
Amod: I wish to comment on the use of the word "fatwa", which means "a religious
ruling", in "Feminists lack a funny bone? Don't make me laugh!" (June 6)
.
The writer's use of this word is incorrect and
insulting to Muslims.
Certain
government agencies and groups have hijacked Islamic concepts to suit their
political agendas by distorting the original meaning to demonise Muslims and
malign Islam. Some examples are:
"Jihad",
which means "to strive to your utmost to achieve any good" - a student makes
jihad to achieve the best results in the exams. My writing this letter to you is
also considered a jihad.
Full
report at:
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article500614.ece/Jihad-on-Thamms-behalf-in-spirit-of-Islam
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Niger: Imams warn against
presence of dangerous Islamic sect
Dipo Laleye, Minna
16 June 2010
The
league of Imams in Niger State has alerted the state government to the existence
of an Islamic sect, Kalakato, that could be more dangerous than the Boko
Haram and Daru Islam sects that were dislodged last
year.
The
imams asked the government to take immediate action to check the activities of
the sect before it started violence.
The
sect, according to the imams, believed the Quran discouraged their members from
upholding the provisions of the hadith and that they had been growing in large
number and spreading to several locations in the Niger State
capital.
Full
report at:
http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/6903-delta-commends-monarchs-role-in-peace-security-agenda
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Lessons from the Jews and
conflict resolution'
Jennie S. Bev, San
Francisco
16 June 2010
The
historical backdrop of the Israel-Palestine conflict can be traced back 5,000
years to 3000 BC.
The
story of struggling Jews is part legend, part scriptural, part psychological,
and entirely political.
Religions happen to be in the picture because the
Middle East is the birthplace of three monotheisms — Judaism, Christianity and
Islam — thus making it “the cradle of
civilization”.
This
“cradle” status ensures the region is continuously in the limelight. Religions
are involved, yet they are not the main concern. Instead, this conflict is a
humanitarian issue of massive proportion. Like the Mindanao conflict, the
Israel-Palestine conflict also centers on a piece of
land.
Full
report at:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/16/lessons-jews-and-conflict-resolution.html
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Pakistan action kills six in
Bajaur: officials
Jun 16, 2010
KHAR:
Pakistani attack helicopters and heavy artillery on Wednesday killed six
militants in a tribal district on the Afghan border where commanders had said
the Taliban were purged, officials said.
Pakistani troops have been fighting in Bajaur
since August 2008, trying to smash Taliban and Al-Qaeda hideouts, but there are
indications that militants are trying to make yet another comeback.
Commanders claimed victory in February 2009 but
violence returned when the military switched attention to fighting the Taliban
in South Waziristan and Swat, elsewhere in the northwest.
Troops
mounted another offensive in Bajaur earlier this year and declared the terrain
again free of Taliban in March.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-action-kills-six-in-Bajaur-officials/articleshow/6054402.cms
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British soldiers heckled by
Muslim war protesters
Jun 16, 2010
LONDON:
A group of Muslim protesters heckled British soldiers and brandished placards
opposing the war in Afghanistan during a homecoming parade for troops in east
London.
The
protesters, wearing black shirts, gathered in Barking town centre, as members of
the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment marched through the streets on Tuesday.
There
were about 25 to 30 Muslim protesters, carrying placards saying "Muslims Against
Crusades" and "British Soldiers go to Hell."
A
Metropolitan Police spokesman said two people had been arrested for public order
offences.
Barking
and Dagenham councillor Liam Smith said the march was unaffected by the protest.
He said:
"I'm glad the actions of a vocal minority failed to spoil what was a proud day
in the borough's history and one we will remember for all the right reasons in
years to come.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/British-soldiers-heckled-by-Muslim-war-protesters/articleshow/6054579.cms
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‘Terror’ strikes Ahmedabad
again, only this time it is a mock drill
Jun 16 2010
Ahmedabad : Operation a success; to be held at
regular intervals for combat readiness of law enforcers, says Gujarat ATS
chief
A
‘Terrorr Strike’ at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura brought back the
horrors of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, causing panic in the city on Tuesday
afternoon. Shopkeepers downed shutters and fled; passersby took to their heels;
people frantically called up their kith and kin and asked them to stay safe as
news of the ‘attack’ spread like wildfire across
Ahmedabad.
Only
later did people realise that the well-orchestrated attack was actually part of
a mock drill, the details of which were known only to a few senior police
officers.
Full
report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Terror--strikes-Ahmedabad-again--only-this-time-it-is-a-mock-drill/634465
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Emerging humanitarian crisis in
Kyrgyzstan: US
Jun 16 2010
Washington : Observing that the situation in
Kyrgyzstan is tense especially along the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, US which is in
touch with several countries in the region including Russia has said there is an
emerging humanitarian crisis in this Central Asian
republic.
Assistant Secretary of State for South and
Central Asia, Robert Blake who is in the region, spoke with the Interim
President Roza Otunbayeva to get updated on the current situation there and
discussed efforts internationally to provide assistance to
Kyrgyzstan.
Blake
will be going to Tashkent today from where he will then travel down to the
Fergana Valley to see firsthand the current situation involving individuals who
have crossed over the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and evaluate
directly the humanitarian situation there.
Full
report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/emerging-humanitarian-crisis-in-kyrgyzstan-us/634505/
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Pak trying to act as bridge
between Karzai, Haqqani network
Jun 16 2010
Islamabad : Pakistan is trying to mediate for a
rapprochement between Afghanistan's dreaded Haqqani network and the Hamid Karzai
government, in an apparent effort to have a major say in the country's set up
after the American troops withdraw in 2011.
Pakistan
has entered the reconciliation process in Afghanistan by taking on the task of
acting as a bridge between the network of militant commander Sirajuddin Haqqani
and the government in Kabul, a media report said
today.
"Preliminary contacts have been established with
Siraj Haqqani and other leaders of his group through intermediaries in a bid to
engineer a rapprochement with the Karzai administration," an unnamed senior
Pakistani security official was quoted as saying by the Dawn
newspaper.
Full
report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-trying-to-act-as-bridge-between-karzai-haqqani-network/634595/
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Malaysia child marriage:
Developed states see the highest incidence
Jun 16, 2010
KUALA
LUMPUR - More than 470 children under the age of 15 were preparing to get
married in Malaysia last year, according to government statistics, showing the
practice of child marriage is more prevalent than previously
thought.
The
phenomenon came under the spotlight in March when two girls aged 10 and 11 were
married off to men in their 40s in the northern state of
Kelantan.
But,
data from a recent Health Ministry report on premarital HIV screening for Muslim
couples show that these are not isolated cases, reported The New Straits
Times.
The
report said that last year, 32 girls under the age of 10 and 445 girls between
the ages of 10 and 14 underwent HIV testing, a compulsory requirement for
Muslims wanting to get married. Two boys under the age of 14 were also screened
for HIV.
Full
report at:
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100614-0000054/Msia-child-marriage--Developed-states-see-the-highest-incidence
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Iran to build 'powerful' new
nuclear research reactor
Jun 16, 2010
TEHRAN:
Iran is designing a new nuclear reactor for radio-isotope production that is
"more powerful" than its existing Tehran research facility, atomic chief Ali
Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday.
Salehi
said Tehran will also adopt a "dual-track" policy in dealing with the world
powers which imposed new sanctions on Tehran even as they offered to talk with
the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme.
"Iran is
designing a reactor to produce radio isotopes which will be more powerful than
the Tehran reactor and this reactor will be commissioned soon in the country,"
Salehi was quoted as saying on state television's website.
Salehi,
who implements Iran's nuclear programme which Western powers suspect masks an
atomic weapons drive, said Tehran wanted to commission several such reactors
across the country.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/Iran-to-build-powerful-new-nuclear-research-reactor/articleshow/6054340.cms
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After Belgium, Spain on track to
restricting burqa use
Jun 16, 2010
MADRID:
Spain’s government on Tuesday said it favors barring the use of burqas in
government buildings, joining other European countries considering similar moves
on the grounds that such garments are degrading to women.
Total
body-covering Islamic veils demean women and the restriction will be included in
an upcoming bill on religious issues, justice minister Francisco Caamano said.
The
minister said garments like the burqa are “hardly compatible with human dignity”
or with identifying a person in public spaces such as town halls or public
schools.
The
so-called religious freedom bill would also prohibit religious symbols like
crucifixes or statues in state-owned buildings including hospitals.
Belgium’s lower house recently approved a ban on
veils, though it has to be ratified by the upper
chamber.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/After-Belgium-Spain-on-track-to-restricting-burqa-use/articleshow/6052666.cms
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Canadian courts must face down
Islamism’s niqab
Jun 16, 2010
Once
again, the niqab looms large over an Ontario court as a symbol of Islamist
oppression of Muslim women.
Cultural
theory suggests symbols and artifacts, such as the face-covering niqab, reveal
the deeper sentiments underlying a culture. These include the values we hold
dear. They also include the norms and assumptions that drive our behaviour. The
niqab to many symbolizes deep-rooted sexism, patriarchal control and inveterate
misogyny. By far, it remains the most pernicious symbol of female subjugation,
as many believe the niqab greatly stigmatizes and marginalizes women in
society.
That
perception is hardly mistaken. Despite pronouncements by niqab-clad women to the
contrary, the niqab is just that – a means of control over women’s bodies,
movements and activities.
Full
report at:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadian-courts-must-face-down-islamisms-niqab/article1603937/
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Stop the carnage in
Kyrgyzstan
16 June 2010
Kyrgyzstan remains on the brink. In fact, over
the past couple of days things have gone from bad to worse. Nearly 150 people
have been killed in the ethnic clashes and the carnage by marauding mobs with
thousands still trying to flee the chaos in Osh.
There
are fears that the toll could be much higher.
Situation will perhaps become clear only when the order is restored in
the Central Asian republic. When will
that happen, though?
With
Kyrgyzstan’s neighbours as well as big powers that have long been engaged in
power games in the region both remaining callously indifferent, that looks like
a remote possibility for now. After four
days of bloody clashes, the United Nations has responded to the crisis by
calling for creating an “aid corridor” in the country, allowing in international
aid and rescue missions.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/2010/June/editorial_June30.xml§ion=editorial&col=
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US says it is recommitted to
diplomatic options with Iran
Jun 16, 2010
WASHINGTON: US has said it is recommitted to
diplomatic options with Iran, but its goal remains the same-to prevent Iran from
acquiring nuclear weapons.
"I don't
think that there should be any doubt in Tehran's mind that we stand ready. When
we were with the Iranian representative in Geneva on October 1st, we made clear
that we hope to have a follow-up meeting.
At that
meeting, Iran itself said that it was willing to meet again. Then subsequently
Iran failed to follow up," state department spokesman P J Crowley, told
reporters here.
Observing that the sanctions are a means to an
end, Crowley said ultimately, US want to see Iran change its current course.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-says-it-is-recommitted-to-diplomatic-options-with-Iran/articleshow/6052992.cms
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UN to take seized flotilla goods
to Gaza: Israel
Jun 16, 2010
JERUSALEM: The United Nations will take to Gaza
tons of aid supplies languishing in an Israeli port for two weeks since they
were seized in a bloody sea confrontation, the Israeli military said on Tuesday.
Robert
Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, told the UN
Security Council in New York that Israel agreed to release the cargo "on the
understanding that it is for the United Nations to determine its appropriate
humanitarian use in Gaza."
The
military said the aid, taken from a six-ship Gaza-bound flotilla, would fill 70
trucks.
Up to
now, the Hamas rulers of Gaza have refused to accept the aid as a protest
against Israel's three-year blockade of the territory. Hamas had no comment on
the arrangement, under which the UN would take charge of seeing that the aid
would be used in authorized humanitarian projects.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/UN-to-take-seized-flotilla-goods-to-Gaza-Israel/articleshow/6053950.cms
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The oppressed, non-Muslims,
minority sects feel the heat
By Mahtab Bashir
Jun 16, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Insani Haqooq Ittehad (IHI) has taken
a strong exception to the reported government move to appoint Senator Muhammad
Shirani as chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and called upon the
government to cancel the putative appointment as the decision will be contrary
to the basic criteria required for such responsible
positions.
The call
was made at a press conference addressed by representatives of over 30 NGOs that
make part of IHI, in addition to individuals and groups. Those who spoke on the
occasion included human rights activists Tahira Abdullah, Kishwar Naheed, Wasim
Wahga, Shabana Arif, Samina Nazir, Dr Zareena and Gul Naz Shiekh.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\16\story_16-6-2010_pg11_1
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Omar wants to call a daughter
Elizabeth... after the Queen
Jun 16, 2010
"I
haven't given up on it yet, I'm going to reapply."
Six-times married Zaina is sure she has found
lasting happiness with former scrap metal contractor Omar, who is on a global
publishing tour promoting his book and currently in
Thailand.
As well
as a home in the UK, the couple also hope to have a base in the USA, where the
9/11 attacks killed almost 3,000 people. Incredibly, the Bin Ladens are actually
WELCOMED in America.
Zaina
said: "The Americans have been amazing to us and Omar's book has sold well
there, as well as other countries around the
world."
She
insists that, despite her age, doctors have told her the IVF procedure has the
same chance of working for her as for anyone else.
Full
report at:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3015844/Osama-Bin-Ladens-son-wants-to-call-daughter-Elizabeth-after-the-Queen.html?OTC-RSS
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Pune German Bakery blast: Abdul
Bhatkal granted bail
16 June 2010
NEW
DELHI: Abdul Samad Bhatkal, arrested in 2009 illegal arms seizure case and a
suspect in the Pune German Bakery blast case was granted bail by a court on a
surety of Rs 25,000.
The
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad had arrested Abdul Samad Bhatkal from
Mangalore. Acting on a tip off from intelligence agencies, Bhatkal was arrested
Mangalore's Bajpe airport shortly after he arrived from Dubai last month.
The
investigating agency, in its report, had identified four more suspects involved
in the blast, including the planters of the bomb-laden bag which went off in the
German Bakery.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pune-German-Bakery-blast-Abdul-Bhatkal-granted-bail/articleshow/6050756.cms
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Malaysia deports 10 foreign
terrorist suspects
16 June 2010
KUALA
LUMPUR: Malaysia has arrested and deported 10 foreigners suspected of trying to
recruit university students to revive a regional terrorist network, police said
Tuesday.
The
foreigners were arrested over the past six months at different locations,
national police chief Musa Hassan said. They allegedly tried to recruit students
to work abroad for the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian group Jemaah
Islamiyah.
Jemaah
Islamiyah is blamed for several deadly attacks in the region, including the 2002
bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali that killed 202
people.
“All
have been deported,” Musa told The Associated Press, declining to give further
details.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/21-malaysia-deports-10-foreign-terrorist-suspects-sk-09
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Islamic finance 'must focus on
regulations'
16 June 2010
To
continue to grow, Islamic finance needs to examine its foundations and ensure
they are strong enough to support the massive growth the industry has seen in
recent years.
That was
the message from Central Bank of Bahrain Governor Rasheed Al Maraj to delegates
at the first Annual World Islamic Banking Conference Asia Summit in Singapore
yesterday.
In a
keynote address, he said that three issues the industry had to address were
concerns about achieving certainty in contracts, the need to enhance the
industry's ability to manage risk and the development of a regulatory framework
to keep pace with the rapid growth of the industry.
Full
report at:
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=BANK&artid=181504
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'M'sia used as terror
base'
16 June 2010
KUALA
LUMPUR - FOREIGN militants are using mainly Muslim Malaysia as a base to beef up
their violent struggle and recruit new members, a senior minister said on
Tuesday.
Hishammuddin Hussein, in charge of domestic
security, confirmed that there were Islamic and non-Islamic militant groups
operating in the country.
The
militants were using Malaysia to carry out financial transactions, information
sharing and recruitment of new members, he said. 'Among those targeted for
recruitment are students of local higher learning institutions,' he was quoted
as saying by the official Bernama news agency.
Mr
Hishammuddin's remarks come after Musa Hassan, inspector-general of police, on
Monday said 10 foreigners had been deported for trying to recruit students to
wage holy war overseas.
Full
report at:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_540667.html
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Amnesty says Israeli flotilla
probe lacks transparency
Jun 16, 2010
LONDON:
Amnesty International criticised on Tuesday Israel's planned internal probe of
the deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, saying it would lack transparency and
was unlikely to ensure accountability.
The
Israeli committee, which will include two foreign observers, was formed to
conduct an investigation into the legal aspects of the May 31 operation in which
commandos killed nine Turkish activists and wounded many more.
"The
format of this government-appointed commission represents a disappointment and a
missed opportunity," Malcolm Smart, Amnesty's director for the Middle East and
North Africa, said in a statement.
Full
report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK/Amnesty-says-Israeli-flotilla-probe-lacks-transparency/articleshow/6052258.cms
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Jama’at planning to float
party
Jun 16th, 2010
The
Jama’at-e-Islami is planning to launch own political party even when it is being
accused of holding on to the doctrine of religious absolutism by the CPI(M) and
Congress ally Indian Union Muslim League. Jama’at leaders are consistently
denying any such move but sources in the organization admit that it could float
a political party after the Kerala Assembly polls in April-May
next.
Officials in the Intelligence wing of the Kerala
Police, which has intensified its watch on the outfit in the context of the
allegations being raised by major political parties that its ideology has
pro-extremist leanings, say that the Jama’at could soon launch a political
organization. As part of the initial efforts to launch a party, the Jama’at is
presently in the process of constituting local-level forums known as Janakeeya
Vikasana Samithis (People’s Development
Committees).
Full
report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/262829/Jama%E2%80%99at-planning-to-float-party.html
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'Economic cities create
jobs'
By P.K. ABDUL
GHAFOUR
16 June 2010
JEDDAH:
Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation,
emphasized Tuesday the role of economic cities in attracting domestic and
foreign investment and creating new job opportunities for young Saudi men and
women.
Prince
Sultan made the comment during his visit to King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)
in Rabigh. “The launch of mega economic cities by Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques King Abdullah came in line with his futuristic vision,” the crown prince
wrote in the visitors’ register.
He said
the economic cities would also activate the private sector’s role in achieving
balanced development in various parts of the country. The four economic cities
in Rabigh, Madinah, Hail and Jazan are expected to attract investments worth
SR300 billion.
Full
report at:
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article66832.ece
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UN to deliver seized Gaza cargo
on ships
16 June 2010
The United Nations has agreed to deliver to
Gaza cargo aboard three aid ships seized by Israel on May 31 and has won the
consent of Israel and the cargo’s Turkish owners to do
so.
Israel’s
navy took control of a six-ship convoy trying to run the Jewish state’s blockade
of Gaza and forced it to dock in Israeli ports. Nine people were killed aboard
one vessel, the Turkish-registered Mavi Mara, provoking an international outcry.
Israel said its commandos acted in self-defense.
U.N.
Middle East envoy Robert Serry told the Security Council the United Nations was
ready to take responsibility for delivery of the aid cargo “on an exceptional
basis.”
The
world body “has obtained the consent of the cargo owners of the three
Turkish-registered vessels to take possession of and responsibility for the
entire cargo and ensure its timely distribution in Gaza for humanitarian
purposes as determined by the United Nations,” Serry
said.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/June/middleeast_June487.xml§ion=middleeast
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Suspected Hezbollah financier
arrested in Paraguay
16 June 2010
ASUNCION - Interpol said on Tuesday it has
arrested a Lebanese national suspected of funneling money to the Shia militant
group Hezbollah in Paraguay in the tri-border area with Argentina and
Brazil.
Moussa
Hamdan, 38, was arrested in Ciudad del Este, part of the Triple Frontier, a
region the United States has repeatedly cited as being exploited by militant
groups that “finance terrorist activities.”
Local
media, citing local security officials, said Hamdan was financing Hezbollah,
which fought a devastating 2006 war with Israel and is blacklisted as a terror
group by Washington.
The
Interpol chief in Paraguay, Jose Chena, said justice officials would decide
within about six weeks whether to extradite Hamdan to the United States, where
an arrest warrant has been issued against him.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/June/middleeast_June488.xml§ion=middleeast
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Abbas wants Israel to open all
Gaza crossings
16 June 2010
SHARM
EL-SHEIKH: Israel should open all seven of its crossings to Gaza, Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday, as a Lebanese women's group said it was
sending an aid ship carrying medical supplies to
Gaza.
Welfare
Minister Isaac Herzog said Israel was examining ending the closure in its
existing form, calling the current policy counterproductive and confirming
remarks by Middle East envoy Tony Blair that change was
likely.
Israel
has come under international pressure to lift the blockade following the fallout
from its assault on a flotilla of aid ships on May 31 in which Israeli forces
killed 9 people.
Full
report at:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article66752.ece
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Iran rejects possible EU
sanctions as 'illogical'
By PARISA HAFEZI & HOSSEIN
JASEB
16 June 2010
TEHRAN:
Iran on Tuesday rejected as "illogical and wrong" the European Union's plans for
tighter sanctions against the Islamic state over its disputed nuclear
activities, which the West fears is a cover to build
bombs.
Moving
beyond a fourth round of UN sanctions imposed on Iran last week, the EU will
push ahead with plans for tighter sanctions against Iran on Thursday, including
measures to stem investment in the energy sector, a draft obtained by Reuters
showed.
European
Union foreign ministers, who are responsible for agreeing a bloc-wide position
ahead of an EU summit on Thursday, signed off on a statement on Monday that goes
substantially beyond the fourth round of UN
sanctions.
Iran has
repeatedly shrugged off the impact of international sanctions, but analysts say
the new measures could be more painful for the major oil producer because they
target Iran's energy sector.
Full
report at:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article66615.ece
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Kerala daily to serve as conduit
for UAE police
16 June 2010
ABU
DHABI: A Kerala-based newspaper has agreed to serve as a media conduit for
police in the United Arab Emirates with the Indian community in the
country.
A
memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed on Sunday by Lt. Col.
Khalid Al-Shamsi, deputy director for technical security and media affairs in
Abu Dhabi police, and M.K.M. Abbas, editor in chief of Siraj, a
Malayalam-language newspaper also published from Dubai. The ceremony was
attended by Maj. Gen. Khalil Dawood Badran, director general of finance and
services at the Abu Dhabi police and Kanthapuram Abubakr Musliar, chairman of
Siraj Publishing Group.
Welcoming the agreement, Maj. Gen. Badran praised
the efforts made by the newspaper to educate the 1.5 million-strong Kerala
community in the UAE about the country’s laws and
regulations.
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article66736.ece
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Five Nato troops, Afghan
official die as attacks rise
16 Jun, 2010
KABUL:
Five Nato troops including one American died Tuesday, continuing a grim trend
that could make June among the deadliest months of the nearly 9-year-old Afghan
war.
Five
Afghan policemen and a district governor were also killed Tuesday in separate
fighting across the country, which has seen an uptick in attacks by insurgents
in response to increased offensives by the international
coalition.
US
officials insisted the Afghan campaign is on track, although they concede that
pacifying the insurgent-riddled south will take longer than
expected.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-five-nato-troops-afghan-official-die-as-attacks-rise-rs-04
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Afghan Taliban denies link to
Pakistan’s ISI: report
June 16, 2010
WASHINGTON: The Afghan Taliban is denying a
report that it receives funding, training and protection from Pakistan's ISI
intelligence agency, a US monitoring group said
Tuesday.
A
message viewed by the US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors
communications linked to international terrorism, said the Afghan Taliban
described the reported link this week as “void of all truth, false and untrue
propaganda.”
The
comment came in reaction to a report for the London School of Economics (LSE)
based on interviews with nine Taliban field commanders in Afghanistan between
February and May of this year.
That
report claimed the relationship between the ISI and the militants goes far
beyond current estimates and that the Pakistani intelligence agency
“orchestrates, sustains and strongly influences the
movement.”
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-afghan+taliban+denies+link+to+pakistan+isi+report-hs-04
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Seven injured in two Quetta
explosions
June 16, 2010
QUETTA:
Seven people including two women were wounded on Tuesday in two different bomb
explosions in two different areas of Quetta.
Police
sources said that unidentified motorcycle riders threw a hand grenade in a shop
in the Almo chowk area, injuring three people.
In
another incident, four people including two women were injured when an explosive
material went off in a house in Kali Agrab.
Police
shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital and has initiated
investigation.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/12-seven+injured+in+two+quetta+explosions--bi-04
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FBI apologises to Pakistani in
bomb case
16 Jun, 2010
NEW
YORK, June 15: A New York man whose house was raided during the probe into the
attempted car bombing of Times Square says the FBI has offered him an apology.
Mohammad
Iqbal says agents returned his Pakistani passport and other items they seized in
the raid on his home in Shirley, on Long Island, according to Newsday newspaper.
Authorities were looking for possible links to
Faisal Shahzad, who they say drove a car with a homemade bomb into Times Square
on May 1. Mr Iqbal says he never met Shahzad. Mr Iqbal said he believed the FBI
“felt bad for all the bother to someone who is really loyal to this
country.”.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/fbi-apologises-to-pakistani-in-bomb-case-660
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Lebanese women to send Gaza aid
ship
16 Jun, 2010
BEIRUT,
June 15: An aid ship transporting medical supplies to Gaza is to leave Lebanon
in the coming days with dozens of women activists on board, one of the
organisers said on Tuesday.
“We are
all independent women who believe in breaking the (Israeli) siege on Gaza,” said
Samar Hajj, who is coordinating the trip.
But
Israel warned that it would not allow the boat to pass or for Lebanon’s
Hezbollah group to use it to transport arms to the Gaza Strip.
“We will
not let Iran or an organisation like Hezbollah bring weapons and rockets into
Gaza which could kill Israelis,” a senior Israeli government source said,
insisting the boat would not be allowed to reach Gaza.
Full
report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/international/lebanese-women-to-send-gaza-aid-ship-660
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Houses of 10 Taliban torched in
Bajaur Agency
June 16, 2010
BAJAUR
AGENCY: Houses of 10 terrorists were set ablaze by the law enforcement agencies,
local jirga and the political administration in tehsil Mohmand of the Bajaur
Agency on Tuesday. These terrorists were wanted in crimes of heinous nature. The
security forces conducted search operations at the Malangai, Zaray and Zagai
areas of the tehsil Mohmand and destroyed several hideouts of the terrorists.
Separately, 16 terrorists surrendered to the security forces in tehsil Mohmand
of the Bajaur Agency.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\16\story_16-6-2010_pg1_7
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Reporter Hayatullah’s children
want murderers arrested
By Iqbal Khattak
16 June 2010
PESHAWAR: Children of assassinated reporter
Hayatullah Khan have expressed anguish over the government’s failure to
apprehend the murderers, demanding the government take the culprits to task at
the earliest.
“The
government must tell us who killed our father, it must arrest the murderers,”
said Kamran Hayat, Khan’s eight-year-old son.
Khan was
abducted on December 5, 2005 and his handcuffed body was found near Mir Ali in
North Waziristan in 2006.
He had
been shot in the head, and his thin body suggested that he underwent
considerable suffering in the six months in captivity that preceded his
death.
Full
report at:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\16\story_16-6-2010_pg7_16
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12 Afghan police, 6 civilians
killed
16 June 2010
KABUL
(Afghanistan)—A string of militant attacks in Afghanistan have killed 12 police
officers while six civilians died in bombings, authorities said Tuesday. Also, a
U.S. service member was killed Tuesday in a gunbattle in eastern Afghanistan,
said Col. Wayne Shanks, a spokesman for U.S. forces. And a British Marine died
in a hospital in Britain from injuries sustained in a firefight Sunday in
southern Helmand province, the British Defense Ministry said. Both NATO troops
and Afghan security forces have been suffering heavier casualties in recent
weeks. Including the latest deaths, 41 international service members have been
killed in Afghanistan so far this month, 27 of them
American.
http://dailymailnews.com/0610/16/Brief/Brief5.php
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Five more targeted in Karachi;
total 14 killed
June 16, 2010
KARACHI:
At least five more citizens have been targeted killed overnight in metropolis
including a law enforcement agency’s personnel, mounting the killing tally to 14
during last three days, Geo news reported.
All the
alleged killed persons were shot dead in cold blood in various parts of Karachi,
sources said.
Police
personnel namely Zahid was gunned down by unknown gunmen in New Karachi
Sector-5. Deceased received 11 bullets into his
body.
Zahid
was deputed at Nazimabad police station and was heading to home after his duty
was over.
Javaid
Pathan alias Javedaan was shot dead near Maripur bus stop who was allegedly
wanted in 15 criminal and drug cases.
Full
report at:
http://thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=106747
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Sindh govt fails to stop ‘target
killings’ in Karachi
16 June 2010
KARACHI — Despite warnings and fresh powers
being given to law enforcement agencies by the government to deal firmly with
those involved in target killings there was no let up in the crime in Karachi on
Tuesday as seven more people including a 12-year-old boy were shot dead during
the last 24 hours.
Sindh
government, under fire for its inability to curb the incidents of target
killings that had left the city at the mercy of killers, on Tuesday banned
public meetings for the next 30 days.
Karachi
police, backed by Rangers, appear to be helpless in preventing the target
killings and no one has been arrested so far although the recent surge in the
crime started five days back.
Full
report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/June/international_June715.xml§ion=international&col=
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