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BBC journalists and staff, some with black tape over their mouths to illustrate the silencing of free speech and journalists around the world, hold a minute of silence in support of the jailed journalists in Egypt, outside the BBC headquarters in central London, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison, each on terrorism-related charges, bringing widespread criticism that the verdict was a blow to freedom of expression. The three, Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed, have been detained since December charged with supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist organization, and of fabricating footage to undermine Egypt’s national security and make it appear the country was facing civil war. (AP Photo)

Former NCP members meet Speaker to validate resolution KOHIMA, JUNE 24 (NEPS): Former office bearers of the NCP, Nagaland unit led by its former India? Ha, ha, ha. Sorry hon- president Imtilemba Sangtam, ey, Barcelona will win the MLA, appeared before the SpeakFIFA world cup, not India. er of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Chotisuh Sazo at his The Morung Express Office Chamber on Tuesday to their resolution passed POLL QUESTIOn validate on June 16 for their formal “merger Vote on www.morungexpress.com claim” with the BJP in Nagaland.

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along with their party supporters with the BJP, Nagaland could be issued by Wednesday.

Sazo disclosed that he received documents from the three MLAs with their party resolutions and Nagaland BJP’s acceptance resolution of the merger on June 16.

“But I sought some more additional documents from them to furnish whether there was any resolution of the NCP national political party deciding to merge their party with the BJP or any authorization to the state unit of NCP to take any decision in this regard. At the same time, whether there was any resolution of the BJP national political

party accepting merger of the NCP with BJP” he said.

“Because this is a constitutional matter and I need to thoroughly examine by consulting legal and constitutional experts before any official notification with regard to the merger claim is issued from my office,” Sazo explained. “At the same time, I also have to listen to the views and counter views expressed by the parties concerned to the present development following the three NCP MLAs’ merger claim with the BJP.” The Speaker did not specify an exact date on which the official notification would be issued.

Barely a day after the NPF central office dissolved its Mokokchung division on June 23, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded simultaneously inside the NPF Mokokchung Division office, Sangtemla Ward, Mokokchung at around 12:30 AM this morning. There were no casualties.

The explosions occurred at two different rooms which were completely destroyed.

The NPF office is located just a walking distance from the official residences of the Mokokchung Superintendent of Police and Deputy Commissioner, and the area is considered as a high security zone.

The residence of the Commandant of the 31 Assam Rifles is also located in the same neighborhood. Mokokchung police informed that investigation into the matter is ongoing but that no one has been arrested so far.

It may be noted that voices of dissatisfaction have been doing rounds in the NPF Mokokchung division ever since two Ministers – Imkong L Imchen and Merentoshi R Jamir – were not included in the new DAN Government.

NPF Mkg President condemns Meanwhile, the ‘president’ of the NPF Mokokchung Division, Imtiyanger through a press release, strongly condemned the twin explosions at its party office and termed it as dangerous and callous action. He urged anyone with any information on the incident to give it to the police to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.

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imchen terms dissolution of nPf Mkg as ‘most extreme’

DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): MLA Imkong L Imchen today stated that the dissolution of the NPF Mokokchung division was “totally uncalled for.” Imchen, in a press note, stated that there are other punitive measures in the hands of the central party leadership but dissolution of the divisional office is the “most extreme.”

He said that the Mokokchung NPF division under its President, Imtiyanger has been “rendering excellent service for the foundation of party in the district, despite having so many unspoken constraints.” He asserted that the division has “committed no anti-party activities whatsoever at any point of time.”

“If the NPF Mokokchung division has spoken their anguish on the issue of drop-

ping myself and Merentoshi from the cabinet, it does not amount to committing antiparty activities, just that they have spoken the truth,” stated the MLA from Koridang A/C. Terming the move of the NPF central leadership as “very painful and regrettable,” Imchen stated that to establish a political party “is not a matter of joke and never an easy task.” He noted that the NPF Mokokchung division is the biggest division in the state having ten assembly constituencies, “with diverse political situation and environment.”

“They have overcome all these obstacles and successfully put the NPF party on solid ground firmly. I can only hope that this should not be the beginning of disintegration and dismantling of the NPF party itself,” he added.

and anguish at the incident, Imtiyanger said there can be no justification for the perpetration of these activities.

“If those behind them actually have a goal and a strategy then they should test it by putting it before the people.

The people behind this action are opposed to the democratic will of the people and want to drag us back to the past,” he added.

Stating that the perpetrators have no respect for the party workers, the party, the wider community or the future, Imtiyanger said that those behind this futile action should reflect on the possible ramifications and the number of people they are putting at risk. “At this juncture, when

the Division is going through a difficult phase, this cowardly action of the culprits has made a dent to the image of the division,” said Imtiyanger.

Imchen calls for early arrest of culprits MLA Imkong L Imchen also condemned the blast at the NPF Mokokchung office building on June 23 and called upon law enforcing agencies to apprehend the culprit at the earliest. “The incident took place when I was here in Mokokchung and as such their motive behind the incident was obviously to malign my image,” he stated. Imchen appealed to “all such elements in society to desist from committing such crimes in our land.”

nPGs urged to heed to ‘people’s voices’

DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): The All Commercial Vehicle Association (ACVA), Wokha district has asserted that the collection of tax by Naga Political Groups “cannot be allowed to jeopardize the basic rights of the common people in Nagaland.”

A press note from the ACVA, Wokha President, Y Bankathung Lotha and General Secretary, Renbi Ngullie informed that the association held a meeting on June 22 with regard to “circulation of a demand note/yearly vehicle tax served to all the commercial vehicle sub unions in Wokha district by the Lotha Region NSCN/GPRN (K).” The ACVA stated that the note was signed by “David Lotha Leacy, Wokha Region Finance and Starson Kilonser, Trade and Commerce Revenue NSCN/ GPRN (K).”

The “demand note,” a scanned copy of which was made available to the media, had asked the ACVA to “contribute annual tax for the fi-

nal year 2014-2015 along with 20132014.” The note, dated June 14, directed that the “contribution” be made on or before June 17. It further cautioned: “If you do not pay the entire percent amount, this time your transportation should be closed by the said government.” The ACVA stated that the note “has been given to all commercial vehicles.”

The association expressed its “displeasure” that “instead of listening to the voice and cry of the people, the rampant collection of tax has become a daily practice by the NPGs.” It reiterated that the rampant collection of tax would “do more harm to the common people in Nagaland; especially business establishments” and would force commercial vehicles into bankruptcy. It said that such actions would only serve to “worsen and alienate NPGs from the people of Nagaland.”

The ACVA, Wokha district stated that “respect and security for the peo-

ple in Nagaland should be their concern.” It reminded that the NSCN (K) had earlier also “threatened ACVA Wokha district to ban the Wokha commercial vehicles.” However, it stated that the ACVA Wokha had resolved to view this as a “direct challenge to the public of Wokha district in particular and to the Nagas in general.”

Maintaining that the association is not against the NPGs, it however tabled objections to the “policies of much collection of tax.” It reaffirmed the association’s decision to “wholeheartedly support ACAUT in letter and in spirit in its fight for One Government One Tax, in order to maintain good governance in the larger interest of the people of Nagaland.”

Meanwhile, with regard to the May 20 incident at Doyang DHEP area, the ACVA Wokha district requested the concerned authority to note that the “word donating will be read as collecting” in the third paragraph of the FIR.

nfHrcc, tribe hohos toughens stand

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Ten apex tribe Hohos today resolved to stand by the Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC). The apex tribal forums of the Chang, Khiamniungan, Sangtam, Yimchunger, Konyak, Phom, Lotha, Sema, Ao and Rengma while unanimously resolving to extend solidarity and support the foothill road movement have sought the expeditious completion of the much needed road.

With the Nagaland state government yet to respond to the NFHRCC ultima-

tum served on June 18, the NFHRCC convened a joint meeting of the ten tribe hohos on June 24 at the Town Hall, Dimapur to deliberate on further course of action in the event the government fails to respond. The stipulated seven-day deadline expires on June 25.

The NFHRCC, in the ultimatum, had demanded the cancellation of fresh work order recently awarded by the PWD (Road & Bridges) and that the work be allotted to contractors recommended by the committee. At the meeting today, a three-point resolution was adopted by

the NFHRCC and the ten tribe Hohos. The second of the three resolutions cautioned that the ten Hohos would “impose total bandh in Dimapur if no positive response from the state government is forthcoming”

bent PWD Minister “in the event the government fails to respond to the first phase of the agitation.” According to the NFHRCC, the bandh would be the first phase of agitation. In point number one of the resolutions, the ten tribes affirmed to not allow diversion of fund allocated for the foothill road project in any manner whatsoever.

Dimapur-based frontal women and student organisations of the ten tribes, along with the Eastern Nagaland People’s Union Dimapur also extended cooperation and support to the NFHRCC. The NFHRCC

Threatens to impose bandh if no positive response from Nagaland state government within the stipulated sevenday period. A date for the proposed bandh is yet to be decided.

The third resolution stated that the NFHRCC would be compelled to demand the removal of the incum-

had also invited legislators from the ten tribes to attend the day’s conclave. Out of the 46 MLAs from the ten tribes, only one could attend. It was disclosed in the meeting today that the NFHRCC was informed that 45 of them could not attend owing to official engagements in Kohima.

MLA SI Jamir, the lone MLA who attended the meeting,statedthathewould discuss the matter with his Assembly colleagues and expressed dismay at the way the PWD (R&B) has handled the allotment of work contract. “I can’t bring myself to understand why the contract was awarded to contractors not recommended by the NFHRCCC,” said Jamir.

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SCERT to start professional training for teachers WoKha, June 24 (DiPr): Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education & SCERT, Government of Nagaland, Deo Nukhu, inaugurated the DIET (District Institute of Education and Training) on June 24 near GHSS, Wokha.

Addressing the gathering at the inaugural function, the chief guest said that foundation of education during primary and elementary education is very important and with the objective to achieve quality education at all level, the department (SCERT) will soon start professional training for the teachers. The chief guest informed that, Wokha DIET centre is the 7th Institute in the State

State government to open three more DIET centres

and 8th DIET will be inaugurated tomorrow at Zunheboto, in a short time DIET centre in the three new districts will also be established, added the Parliamentary Secretary.

The chief guest also requested the Principal and staff of DIET, Wokha to bear with the inconvenience as the department will shortly be taking up infrastructure development like, quarters for teachers and non teaching staff, hostels, science lab and library and other facilities and expressed hoped

that the Lotha community and other departments in the district will give fullest support as the department takes up development activities in the district.

Director SCERT, Nagaland, Vipralhou Kesiezie, while giving the keynote address, said that restructuring the education system, the government has brought out policies to upgrade the Institution (DIET) to a higher level to ensure quality education and to achieve that teachers should be professionally trained. Beside that,

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he also added that there should be no untrained teachers and violation of the order will come to a State where government will stop funding. He also informed that very soon Wokha District will be having a BITE centre (Block Level Institute of Teacher Education) proposed to be established at Bhandari.

Deputy Commissioner, Wokha Vyasan R also delivered a short speech during the function. The function was chaired by Additional Director SCERT, Khrietuo Mezhur while welcome address was delivered by Principal, DIET, Wokha Imlikokla Longchar and vote of thanks was proposed by Sr. Lecturer, DIET, Wokha Tony.

Students coming out of class at a Myanmar government run school at Henpo, a Naga village in Myanmar. (Photo by Imti Longchar)

Scheme for modernization of meat shops under NMFP

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Kohima, June 24 (DiPr): An awareness programme on modernization of meat shops under National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) 2013-17 was held on June 24 at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima.

OSD, Industries & C o m m e r c e D e p a r tment, B. Longkumer, who chaired the programme, gave a short briefing on the scheme on modernization of meat shops and on the sale of safe meat in the market. He said that funds released for the purpose should be utilized in a proper manner and public should also see to it that the

schemes are implemented properly for the benefit of all concerned.

Deputy Director, Industries & Commerce, Khrielie Peseyie who gave an introduction of the scheme said that the majority of the population in India consumes meat from traditional meat shops, where individual butchers slaughter sheep/ goats for sale of meat in small quantities throughout the day. He stated that the scheme aims at improving the overall hygiene in the meat shops by providing basic infrastructure and equipments. This will also ensure food safety rules and

MMC issues directives to keep Mkg town clean

IMPCC Nagaland chapter NLSF 6th Biennial General Conference in Mokokchung coordination meeting on June 27

moKoKchung, June 24 (DiPr): In a move to keep Mokokchung town clean, Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC) has issued directives to the public to immediately stop throwing solid wastes/materials into the drainage system and stop dumping of building materials on the road side. The MMC also restricted parking off-road vehicles or repair of vehicles on the road side.

MMC Administrator and ADC Chubawati Chang in a notification warned that appropriate action would be initiated against those defaulters. He said MMC was compelled to issue the notice as citizens are indiscriminately throwing all kinds of solid wastes into the drainage thereby completely blocking the drainage system, causing damage to the roads and also overflowing of dirty water posing a serious health hazard.

He further said dumping of off-road vehicles and building materials on the road side cause congestion for safe vehicular traffic. He called upon people of Mokokchung town to strictly comply with the directives to make Mokokchung town a clean town

moKoKchung, June 24 (DiPr): Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) will held its 6th Biennial General Conference at Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung under the theme “Enriching Law” from June 25 to 27.

Minister, Roads & Bridges and Parliamentary Affairs, Kuzholuzo Nienu and Parliamentary Secretary Law & Justice, Jacob Zhimomi will be the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively.

regulation compliances as per FSS Act, 2006 and cater to public health concerns as a whole. He said that this would provide wholesome meat to the consumers.

Peseyie also said that modernization of meat shops will also help to protect and sustain the livelihoods of people involved and will improve the competitiveness in the supply of wholesome meat vis-à-vis the development of new retail chains.

He said that all implementing agencies/organizations such as Government/PSUs/ Joint Ventures/NGOs/Cooperations/SHGs/Private Sector/Individuals engaged

Topics on “Sanitation & Environment protection”, “Access to Justice for all” and “The role of youth in combating corruption” will be dwelt upon by Er. I. Moa Longchar, SE, PHED, Mokokchung circle, Mayang Lima, Registrar Guwahati High Court Kohima Bench and Kezhokhoto Savi, Advocate & President, Nagaland Voluntary Organization ACAUT Convenor (Legal Cell) respectively during the three day General Conference.

in the operations of meat shops would be eligible for financial assistance under the scheme.

Kuko Nuh from FPI Cell, Directorate of Industries & Commerce gave a highlight of Prototypes of modernized meat shops where he gave a description on three types of prototypes, their specifications and abstract of cost.

Speaking on Machineries & Equipments, Mhasuphizo Khezhie, from FPI Cell, Directorate of Industries & Commerce gave a pictorial presentation on Machineries involved including Refrigerated Display

Kohima, June 24 (DiPr): The Station Director, AIR, Kohima & Chairperson, IMPCC, Nagaland, K.K. Rengma has informed that the Inter Media Programme Coordination Committee (IMPCC), Nagaland Chapter coordination meeting on Friday, June 27, 2014 at Time 1 p.m. at the Office Chamber of Station Director, All India Radio, Kohima.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss potential improvements for better implementation of all public welfare schemes and developmental proj-

Cabinets, Deep Freezers, Monolithic Epoxy Coated Flooring, Meat Hooks, Fly Proof, UV Lamps, Stainless Steel Chopping Table, Vacuum Packaging or Sealing Machines, Meat Mincer, Geyser, Knife Sterilizer, Generator Sets and Digital Weighing Scale.

Deputy Director, Vety & AH, Dr. Hevito Shohe who spoke on Quality of Livestock & Meat, Establishments and maintenance of Meat Shops, gave an overview on handling of meat animal transport, objectives of ante-mortem and post-mortem examination, modern retail meat shop,

ects, especially the centrally sponsored flagship schemes. It is also to provide an overview of the programmes, review the activities of each represented department, discussion on need for improvement and obtain input on purpose. The meeting will also discuss the upcoming programmes and seek queries.

The members/representatives of the following Departments are invited to depute a representative each to attend a Media coordination meeting, to discuss and exchange views on various

Seminar on marriage, divorce and inheritance held

Shamator, June 24 (DiPr): Seminar on marriage, divorce and inheritance was held on June 24 at GBs Court Shamator organised by Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW).

The theme speakers were president YTC, Thsesong, vice president YGOA, R. Thsanso; president YAA, Akiuba; president STPF, Tokiu and DB Shamator, Mahtre.

Thsesong spoke on the values of traditional marriage of our forefathers that is Yimchunger customary marriages and inter-marriages practices. He also

shared that present trend of marriage has become easy because of advancement communication system at the same time it is fragile for youngsters to breakup their marriage in the early stages of their post marriage. He reminded them to know the values of marriage practices by the forefathers and said that one should not take hasty decision to settle the rest of their life.

R. Thsanso also appreciated the initiative taken by NSCW for organizing such type of seminar even in the grassroot level. He asserted that in this fast changing so-

ciety, women play a vital role in shaping all social changes and further added that women deserve to be appreciated and be included in every aspect of the society and work hand in hand with men folk for better future generation. Akiuba also stressed on the topic of Divorce where men and women get equal justice as per the traditional practices according to the situation where he or she commits mistake. Tokiu and Mahtre supplemented the topic on Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance.

The programme was chaired by Member NSCW,

Asangla Cholong while invocation was pronounced

by Rev. R. Thsankiu, STBC. EAC Shamator, Asangla Yimchunger also exhorted the gathering while introductory remark was given

by Chairperson, NSCW, Dr. Temsula Ao. Folk song was presented by STSU and concluding remark was given by Member NSCW, Kakheki Jakhalu. The seminar was attended by YTC members, YAA, YBBA, Public Forum Shamator, Yimchunger Union Dimapur, DBs, GBs, VCM and VDB Secretaries from Yimchunger inhabited area.

establishment parameters, quality adherence practices, equipments involved, waste collection and disposal, facilities in retail shops, good hygienic practices, meat cutting and packaging, various methods of meat preservation and related regulation Acts and Rules.

A presentation on Food Safety Standards Authority of India was given by Kezhangulie, Food Safety Officer, Kohima. Earlier welcome address was delivered by Administrator, KMC, Lithrongla Tongpi and vote of thanks was given by Member, KCCI, Akhrie-a Mor.

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ATMA Kohima conducts prog Kohima, June 24 (mexn): Agricultural Technology Management Agency Kohima Block at Chedema Model Village conducted demonstration cum capacity building on swine production and management on June 23. Dr. Khriengunuo, Block Technology Manager, ATMA Kohima Block was the resource person.

The resource person discussed with the farmers the various aspects of Swine production and management practices; and answered to the queries put forward by the farmers in the rearing of livestock. The use and administration of medicines through different routes in swine were demonstrated for the benefit of the farmers. The resource person also treated sick animals. Altogether sixteen farmers attended the programme.

CANSSEA Peren unit meeting Peren, June 24 (mexn): CANSSEA Peren Unit will be holding Executive meeting on June 27 at GB Hall Peren, 12:00 Noon. Therefore, all the office bearers and Circle Representatives are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

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AND&DGU meeting on June 28 Kohima, June 24 (mexn): Members of All Nagaland Directorate and District Government Driver Union (AND&DGU) are requested to attend the 20th general meeting to be held on June 28 at Nagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union (NCSU) Conference Hall, PWD colony Kohima at 10:00 am.

DC Zunheboto informs Zunheboto, June 24 (DiPr): The Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto has informed all the candidates who have applied for the post of LDA-cumComputer Assistant and Dobashi that admit cards will be issued on 27th June 2014 during office hours and that written test for LDA-Cum Computer Assistant will be held on 30th June 2014 at Government Higher Secondary School Zunheboto, at 10 a.m. - 12 noon. Interviews for selected candidates will be held on 1st July for LDA-Cum Computer Assistant at 10 a.m. and for Dobashi at 12 noon, at the Deputy Commissioner’s office Zunheboto.

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CRUD supports Teengames June 29 to July 4 NFHRCC DimaPur, June 24 (mexn): The Changkikong Range Union, Dimapur has expressed solidarity and support to the NFHRCC. CRUD general secretary Alemwati in a press release said that the Union firmly agrees with the NFHRCC view that the road projects movement in the foothill areas will usher in a new era of economic prosperity in Nagaland.

The Union has declared its resolution to stand by the NFHRCC and fervently appeal to the public to extend their support towards the NFHRCC.

Demo on groundnut cultivation and SRI conducted

DimaPur, June 24 (mexn): ATMA Dimapur, Kuhuboto Block conducted demonstration on ‘Package of practices of groundnut’ and ‘System of Rice Intensification (SRI)’ on June 23 at Yehokhu Village with Akavi Holo, BTM (ATMA), Kuhuboto Block and Toivi Swu, AO & BTT Convenor (ATMA) Kuhuboto Block as the resource person.

Akavi Holo, highlighted the importance of groundnut as an oilseed in india.

Considering the low yield of upland rice and maize, groundnut can be a good substitute for these two crops. Its cultivation will not only increase the productivity and profitability per unit land area but also will bridge the gap of oilseed production. He further elaborated on the successful intercropping

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a brief introduction on the history and implementation of SRI. He further illustrated on the method and steps for the preparation of SRI while also elaborating on the highly systematic method of cultivation where the productivity is very high when compared to local system of cultivation. He also emphasized on the land preparation, spacing and a great care should be taken while transferring the seed to the field. He encouraged them to implement this system as it produce high yield though it needs much labour and more efforts. The participants were imparted a live demonstration at the end.

Altogether 26 farmers Participants along with resource persons and ATMA officials during the demonstration on ‘Package of practices of Ground- participated in the pronut’ and ‘System of Rice Intensification (SRI)’ held on June 23. gramme. Sentinaro, FI of groundnut with rice and field preparation, spacing, middle of May to middle of the package of practices of & BTT member (ATMA) maize. He also empha- seed rate and its varieties. June. He concluded by giv- groundnut on the field.

Kuhuboto Block, chaired sized on the climate, soil, Groundnut is sown during ing a live demonstration on Toivi Swu, firstly gave the programme.

Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Education and Communication Department of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council in connection with the ongoing U-LINK program is organizing TeenGames from June 29 – July 4 at Kohima Local Ground. It is a multi-day, multi-group, sport initiated value based program for teenagers.The Opening ceremony of the program will be at 2:00 pm on June 29, 2014. All teens from 13 to 19 years old are invited to attend this program. There will be a registration fee of Rs. 100. Registration can also be done through phone call or SMS. For more information and clarification contact (+91) 9856141487, (+91) 9856185990 and (+91) 9612035866.

Urban Development department notifies Kohima, June 24 (DiPr): The Urban Development Department Nagaland, Kohima has stated in a Notification No. UDD/2-ESTT/01/2014 dated Kohima the 22nd May 2014 that in pursuance to Office Order No. NIC(NSC)-ADMN/2014- 15/76 dated 1/5/2014 received from the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Department of Electronics & Information Technology (NIC) Sanjay Pandey Chetri, Scientist “C”, (E/Code-03756) has joined the NIC Cell of Urban Development Department and is hereby attached to Urban Development as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Parliamentary Secretary Urban Development.

Sunday vendors relocated to Old Tata parking side DimaPur, June 24 (mexn): In spite of repeated notices and directives, the Dimapur Municipal Council has found that till date, vendors are in the habit of sitting on the roadside near Dimapur City Tower junction and Dhobinala police point especially on Sundays. This practice is not only causing traffic congestion for vehicles but also to the movement of pedestrians especially to the church goers. Therefore, once again all the vendors are directed not to sit for selling their goods by the roadside on Sundays at City Tower junction. However, in the interest of the customers, vendors may shift their shop to sale their goods on Sundays to the Old Tata parking side near NST Central Workshop at Circular road, Dimapur. “Anyone found violin this order shall be penalized as per provision of law,” stated an order issued by K Tarep Imchen, Administrator, DMC. He also added that this order shall come into force with immediate effect and remain in force till further order.

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New Delhi, JuNe 24 (MexN): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is set to be finalized for a cross border bus service between India at Imphal and Myanmar at Mandalay. A statement from Government of India’s Press Information Bureau informed.

An Indian delegation led by Niraj Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways visited Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar on June 13 to attend an InterMinisterial Technical Level Meeting to negotiate and finalize the MoU and related protocol agreements for the proposed bus service. The Indian delegation consist-

ed of representatives from Ministry of External Affairs, State Government of Manipur and the Deputy Chief of Mission in Indian Embassy in Myanmar. The Myanmar side was led by Sann Aung, Director General, Transport Planning Department, and Ministry of Rail Transportation and had representatives from all concerned Ministries and Agencies of Myanmar Government, PIB’s statement informed.

During the discussions held in a cordial and friendly atmosphere, the leaders of the delegations from both sides highlighted the importance accorded to the bus service between Imphal and Mandalay for greater

Meghalaya fiscal position improved significantly: CAG

Major fire in Imphal; 12 buildings burnt

ShilloNG, JuNe 24 (Pti): The fiscal position of Meghalaya indicated significant improvement in the financial health of the state during 2012-13 in comparison to previous four years, a report of the CAG has said.

"The fiscal position of the state viewed in terms of key fiscal parameters - revenue surplus, fiscal deficit, primary deficit indicated significant improvement in the financial health of the state during 2012-13 relative to previous four years of 2008-12," a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report for the fiscal ending March 31, 2013 said.

During 2012-13, the state returned to the status of revenue surplus as revenue deficit which was Rs 180.34 crore during 201112 turned to a surplus of Rs 536.81 crore, it said.

This achievement was mainly due to increase of central transfer in the form of share of Union Taxes and Duties and grants-in-aid to the tune of Rs 614.98 crore (17.14 per cent) during 2012-13 against Rs 201.19 crore (5.94 per cent) during the previous fiscal.

The fiscal deficit as well as primary deficit of the state also significantly decreased during 2012-13 compared to the previous year when revenue receipts increased

by Rs 2,725.71 crore from Rs 2,810.64 crore in 200809 to Rs 5,536.35 crore in 2012-13, the report stated.

people to people contact and enhanced bilateral relations and the commitment of the two countries to work towards early start of the bus service by finalizing the MoU and related protocols, PIB stated.

PIB informed that the Indian side briefed the Myanmar side about the status of construction of road from Kalewa to Yargyi in Myanmar being implemented with Indian assistance and on steps being taken by the Government of India for construction of 70 bridges on the Tamu-KalayKalewa Friendship Road in Myanmar which forms part of the proposed India-Mynamar-Thailand Trilateral

iMPhal, JuNe 24 (NNN): Property worth over one crore of rupees have been destroyed in a major inferno in the heart of Imphal today. However, there was no human casualty reported due to the fire. Altogether 13 fire tender trucks took several hours to douse the fire. Around 12 buildings were affected by the fire.

According to the reports culled from thespot,thefirebrokeoutataround11:15 am behind Manipur Legislative Assembly Guest House from the house of one Rajni, a 52 years old widow of late Khumanjao Palmei, Majorkhul under City Police station. The exact cause of the fire is not ascertained but it is believed that it was caused by a leaking gas cylinder.

A 12 years old girl, a tenant of Rajni, was rushedtoahospitalafteroneofherhands was partly burnt by the fire while fleeing.

Meanwhile, locals say the fire service was informed minutes after the fire broke out but they reached the spot after 45 minutes. On the other hand, the fire service authority has attributed the traffic rush and con-

the meeting initialed the copies of the agreed texts of MoU, Protocol and its annexures and exchanged the copies of the initialed documents with the understanding that the initialed text of the MoU, the Protocol and its Annexures shall be submitted to competent authorities on both sides for final approval within the shortest possible time by both sides.

It was agreed that both sides will work towards signing the MoU and Protocol at the earliest on mutually convenient date and venue in order to facilitate early starting of the Imphal- ¬Mandalay bus service, PIB stated.

Smoke billowing from a burning building in Imphal on Tuesday, June 24. (NNN Photo)

gestion if there was any delay from its part in reaching the spot. As the fire raged, several explosions were heard as the cooking gas cylinders exploded. The haze from the burning buildings was a big obstacle for fire tenders from carrying out their work.

Manipur chief minister O Ibobi visited the spot but was unable to go near due to thick smoke billow-

ing from burning buildings. Ibobi watched the raging fire from atop the four-storeyed Manipur Press Club building located about 100 metres north of Majorkhul. Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam and several other leaders also visited the spot. Volunteers of Red Coss Society and Disaster Management helped in evacuating the people from the site.

TSA to organise seminar in New Delhi New Delhi, JuNe 24 (MexN): The Tangkhul Scholars Association (TSA) is organizing an International Seminar on the theme “Northeast Region in the Context of Indian Nationhood” in New Delhi in November 28 and 29. The seminar shall intensively look into each issues of North-East region in relation to India and vice versa. A press note received here informed.

Some of the major subthemes for the seminar include: Locating the Presence/Absence of Northeast Region in the Grand Narrative of Indian History, Political Assertion of Northeast

as a ‘Region’ in Contemporary Indian Political Dynamics, Interrogating the Special Provisions for Northeastern States in Indian Constitution, Role of Mass Media in Constructing the ‘Image’ of Northeasterners in Indian Popular Culture, Habitus of Demographic Change of Northeast in metropolitan cities, Analysis of Indian Economic Policies on Northeast Region, Indian States response to insurgency movement in the Northeast India, and, any other topics in conformity to the theme- North-East Region in the Context of Indian Nationhood.

TSA in this regard has

Proposed Greenfield airport in Arunachal Pradesh faces hurdles itaNaGaR , JuNe 24 (Pti): The proposed Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, near here, is facing hurdle with an Itanagarbased organization opposing the move of the state government to appoint a nodal officer for the project.

The Greenfield Airport Land Affected Peoples Forum of Hollongi ( GALAPFH), in a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister Nabam Tuki yesterday, has opposed the decision of the government to appoint a circle officer as nodal officer-cum-executive magistrate of the project.

"Such appointment of officer above the department of Civil Aviation, Land Management and District Administration will unnecessarily create misunderstanding among the stakeholder departments of the state who are looking after the much awaited project," the forum has said.

It pointed out that civil aviation was handling the entire correspondence between union Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Papum Pare district administration and land management department was looking after the land acquisition process on the ground smoothly.

"The land affected people are cooperating with the

Highway and also the preferred route for the ImphalMandalay bus service.

PIB further informed that the text of MoU, which was earlier finalized in the bilateral inter-ministerial technical level meeting held on 17 September, 2012 was reviewed clause by clause by the representatives of the two delegations and adopted during the meeting. The draft text of the Protocol for implementation of the MoU exchanged by the Parties was taken up for clause by clause discussion and adopted an agreed text of the protocol and its annexures.

The leaders of the delegation at the conclusion of

government and district administration since beginning for immediate setting up of this dream project," the memorandum said.

Further they added, "At this juncture when everything is going on smoothly, appointment of any officer as nodal officer for the project will undermine the working competence of other

officers of the land management department, district administration and civil aviation department who have been discharging their duty efficiently from day one.

The forum also threatened to launch non-cooperation movement against the government in case their demand was not met, the memorandum said.

invited paper presentations in the form of ‘Abstract submission’. For further information, one may contact the Seminar Organizing Committee, Tang-

khul Scholars Association (TSA), New Delhi, at the contact numbers +919953079227/9711087936 or Email at tsaseminar14@gmail.com.

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Guwahati, JuNe 24 (Pti): There were differences of opinion within the party over the demand for a change in the leadership, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today, after an hour-long meeting with party observer Mallikarjun Kharge.

"Differences of opinion are there. Some want change in the leadership," Gogoi said after his meeting with Kharge, who was sent here by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to assess the political situation following demands by dissidents for a change in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leadership.

"Congress has to be united and work together to fight against the NDA and BJP. We have to face the next Lok Sabha polls," the chief minister said.

Asked what could be the outcome of Kharge's visit, Gogoi said, "I cannot predict Kharge's report. He gave a patient hearing to each one's views. The ultimate decision will be taken by the high command."

Besides, meeting Gogoi yesterday and also this morning, Kharge met ministers, 71 MLAs, MPs and Congress leaders individually on the matter. Sources

BJP trying to divert attention on visa free entry: Tarun Gogoi

Guwahati, JuNe 24 (Pti): Amidst the controversy about a proposal on visa-free entry to Bangladesh nationals, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday accused the BJP of diverting people's attention on the sensitive issue.

In a statement here, the Chief Minister said that he brought the matter before the people as "illegal migration from Bangladesh is a very sensitive issue for Assam as well as other states of the Northeastern region.

He said that the proposal for visa-free entry to Bangladesh nationals under the age of 18 years and over the age of 65 years came up during an inter-ministerial meeting convened by the Ministry of External Affairs and chaired

by Foreign Secretary in New Delhi on June 11. "Our Government strongly opposed the proposal on the ground that illegal migration from Bangladesh was a very sensitive issue in Assam and other Northeastern states and that visa-free entry would have repercussions in terms of negative public reactions," Gogoi said.

"As the Ministry of Home Affairs conveyed that this new proposal would require more time for processing, the Ministry of External Affairs suggested that this could be initially considered for Bangladesh citizens of age below 10 years and over 70 years," he said.

Stating that the proposal was turned down by the state government, he said "Our stand is clearly stated in the record of discussion." in the Congress said that 55 MLAs from the dissidents camp led by Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Kharge and openly demanded change in the CLP leadership. Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi also spoke to

him over the phone.

On how soon a decision would be taken in this matter, Kharge said: "Only the high command can decide."

Rest of the 79 Congress MLAs and Ministers are stated to be Gogoi loyalists.

24,000 hit by Assam floods Guwahati, JuNe 24 (iaNS): Over 24,000 people have been affected by floods in four districts of Assam, officials said Tuesday. State Disaster Management Authority officials said flood waters have entered parts of Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Darrang and Udalguri districts in the past one day.

A total of 43 villages have been affected in the floods. The district administra-

tions have opened five relief camps in Darrang and Udalguri to shelter the marooned people. A total of 9,528 people have taken shelter in these relief camps.

The Central Water Commission said the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level at Numaligarh while the Jia Bharali river was flowing above the danger level in Sonitpur district.

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His Excellency the Governor of Nagaland Dr. Ashwani Kumar has kindly consented to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest.

Hon'ble Parliamentary Secretary, School Education, Shri. Yitachu will grace the function as the Guest of Honour.

Chief Guest Chairperson

INAUGURAL PROGRAMME

Welcome address Invocation Kaynote address Special No Speech

: Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Governor of Nagaland : Shri. M. Patton (IAS), Commissioner & Secretary SCERT & School Education Govt. of Nagaland. : Chairperson : Rev. Shan Kikon, Pastor Faith Harvest Church, Kohima. : Shri. Vipralhou Kesiezie, Director, SCERT Nagaland. : : Shri. Yitachu, Parliamentary Secretary, School Education.

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The Morung Express

Drink Of Sin: The liquid of death

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

(Proverbs 20:1) he very title depicts the stance of a man who wallows in the mud of confusion and who swims in the pool of sin. This drink not only brings about ruin and destruction to families but it also destroys the salvation of many. In confusion they drink and in the end they destroy both their body and soul. The ill effects of alcohol has done more harm than good. It is written that death and destruction are never satisfied and the truth is also that drunkards will never be satisfied until they get drunk (Proverbs 27:20). In regard to the evils of this drink, the scripture states, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. Proverbs 26 :11).

To support the war against this evil, I quote the scripture again, which says “Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine (Isaiah 5:11).

This is the drink which makes people crazy and the more they drink it, the crazier they become.

The notion is this: If a person thinks like a fool, his actions will reflect his thoughts. The Word of Life says that the drunkards eats the bread of wickedness and drinks the wine of violence

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(Proverbs 4:17). The drunkards will stumble but they may never know what made them fall. A wicked man will be ensnared by his evil deeds and will be bonded by the cords of his or her sins. In the end he will die for lack of discipline and led astray by his own folly (Proverbs 5:22-23).

The ways of sinners are always dangerous and destructive.

The sins of drunkards multiplies with every bottle of wine they consume. The lovers of poison and sin are likened to a wicked man because of what their actions are. In reference to them, the scripture states… “The wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. There is no peace says my God for the wicked (Isaiah 57:20,21 ). This drink is a killer drink indeed because it kills the body, the soul and the joy of our loved ones. The prevailing situation is this: The sinning father dies first and his wife and children follows him to his grave. The love of a drunkard father is likened to a lunatic who destroys the salvation of his loved ones. Truth is, many children will suffer the torments of hell because of the sins of their parents. The man who drinks will hardly show love to his wife because of his affair with death. If parents fails to teach their children God’s ways, they shall ultimately be judged. We should

never think of fathering children without actually knowing ourselves first. If you teach your sons and daughters how to drink, they will be in hell with you. Chances are that because of the sinful act of one, the whole generation may perish. The father who drinks will be remembered as the man who sinned against God and His people. Our children imitates our every acts, and if our acts are sinful, they become sinful. What a tragedy will it be if our own family perishes because of us. We were not born to die in sin but we were born to live with the life which God offers. Can we ever expect our children to listen to us when we are mentally unstable? The answer is absolutely not, for the ways of the drunkards are the ways of sin.

A true story is told of a young boy who came home from school with his results, and when he asked his dad to sign it, the father took it and scribbled the whole pages of the mark sheet. The father acted this way because he was drunk and his foolish act depicts the ways of the fools. This is not to be viewed with disdain for these are the words of God and we shall certainly fall under judgment if we heed not these words. And if we teach not our children, our children will be in hell because of us, and their blood shall be upon our heads.

Being heads of our own families, we should know who we are and

what we should be doing. Our failure to do the right things will result in tragedy, miseries and regrets.

The truth is we cannot teach our children the ways of God if we do not live by the truths of His Word.

And if we teach not our children, the devil will make them his and the pits of hell shall become their ultimate destiny. The ways of the world has not only corrupted our minds but it has also defiled the lives of many of our men and women. If you remain a slave to wine and sin, the spirit of death shall swallow you up. In your desire to sin you not only make a mess of your life but you become a stumbling block to all the ones who loves you. In your anger you abuse the woman who left her home, her parents and sacrificed everything just to be with you and the evil in you only continues to control you from within. If you cannot love your wife and children it is better that you don’t marry for by your actions you will either be acquitted or condemned. You acknowledge not the love and concern that your wife and children shows you, rather you torture them mentally, physically and verbally. If this is your attitude, the gates of hell are now opened for you. This is not to be taken as an offence because it is a warning in itself not from me but from God. Do not let this drink lead you

to hell because your salvation is as important as the salvation of your whole family. Truth is you became a family that you may love each other with the love of Christ. It is not the Lord’s will for any one to perish but for all to come to repentance. Judgment is a matter for concern for those who are still in sin. The time has come for you to repent and obey the truth. God desires you to shun evil and love Him. This is not a message of judgment and criticism but this is a message of truth which is given to you with love. The Holy Spirit will help you change and as you read this the power of His Word will pierce your heart. If there is no conviction in this message, I do not write by the truth. But if there is a power of conviction in this truth you shall be set free by it. The One that is in me is greater than the one that is of the world. And whatever had been promised in the Word shall come to pass. The anointing of the Holy Spirit is in this Message and the power of it will never fail to convict anyone whom Christ loves. Break the bottles of sin and return to Christ. Salvation is now at your door. Embrace it.

Ambrose.J.Chakre Founder President Ambrose Foundation in Christ Ministries Kohima Nagaland

businEss Narendra Modi govt mulls LPG, kerosene price hikes in ‘small doses’ every month

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MuMbai, June 24 (PTi): After rail fare and sugar price hikes, the government is considering raising cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene rates in small dozes of Rs 5 per cylinder and Rs 0.50-1 a litre every month to wipe out Rs 80,000 crore subsidy on the two fuels.

The previous UPA government had in January 2013 decided to raise diesel prices by up to 50 paisa litre every month.

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But for aberrations on two occasions, the monthly increases have taken place regularly to trim subsidy on diesel to an just Rs 1.62 a litre.

This too looks set to be wiped off to make the fuel deregulated or free, with the new government continuing with the UPA decision. Following the diesel model, the oil ministry is now proposing monthly increases in LPG and kerosene rates, sources privy to the development said.

Subsidy on LPG currently is a staggering Rs 432.71 per 14.2-kg cylinder and at Rs 5 per month increase it will take 7 years to wipe out the subsidy. Sources said the ministry is of the view that the monthly increases can be as high as Rs

10 if the political leadership takes a stand.

On kerosene, the subsidy currently is Rs 32.87 per litre and at Re 1 hike per month it would take more than twoand-a- half years to wipe out the subsidy.

Fuel subsidy, they said, is the biggest drain on the exchequer. In the current fiscal, subsidy on diesel, LPG and kerosene is estimated at Rs 115,548 crore. Of this, LPG accounts for Rs 50,324 crore and kerosene Rs 29,488 crore.

This subsidy is met through a combination of direct cash dole from the budget and contribution by state-owned firms like ONGC. In 2013-14, the government paid Rs 70,772 crore in cash subsidy while

upstream firms shelled out Rs 67,021 crore.

In the previous year, the government payout was Rs 100,000 crore and upstream contribution Rs 60,000 crore.

For diesel, the subsidy estimated is Rs 35,736 crore but this will come down if the monthly increases continue as planned, sources said. Petrol price was deregulated in June 2010 and retail rates have more or less moved in tandem with the cost.

With the beginning of monthly increases in January, subsidy on diesel tripped to less than Rs 3 a litre in May last year before a fall in rupee value led to it widening to Rs 14.50 per litre in September, 2013.

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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A Realistic View For The World

1. Unknowing God is the crux of all evils in the world and knowing God is the only solution.

2. The world cannot expect a better world unless a realistic step is taken towards seeking who the true God the Creator of the heavens and the earth is , instead of remaining fanatic in superstitious beliefs.

3. If this truth is acknowledged , it is a step towards winning over evils and healing the sickness of the world.

4. If it is denied , it is a denial of justice to God and to mankind.

5. Without taking any new step , good constitution , tight administration , stringent laws , public slogans of condemnation and thousands of resolutions cannot save the people.

6. Knowing God can transform murderers , robbers , rapists , deceivers , human traffickers , terrorists , thrillers of bomb blast and the like into humanitarian men and women.

7. If knowing God transformed countless men and women into men and women of the light of the world , all men and women in the world too can.

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“ Journeyed To Dzukuo Valley Added A New Experience Of Life”

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iving in Kohima town for the last almost 30 years, but not yet visited Dzukou Valley makes my life incomplete in Nagaland. Not only me, many more friends were also there, this we came to know the other day when we happened got together and interacted to one another. In the interaction we all expressed for longing to visit Dzukuo valley.

I started seeking necessary information from Tourism department, Local villagers, from knowledgeable persons, friends as well in regards to distance, rest house services, necessary equipments to be carried, type of road conditions etc. We were suggested to visit probably either in the last week of May or 1st week of June because Lily flower blooms at this time, but due to monsoon season approaching we scared of raining. So we decided to go on 14th May 2014 which also happened to be a Gazetted holiday for Govt.employees on account Buddha Purnima.

On this fateful day, we hired three Sumo taxis. We were around 26 members of both young and old. Our trip was under the aegis of “Tangkhul Couples’ Trekking Trip to Dzukuo Valley”. At 6:00 AM of 14th May, we started our journey from the premises of our church invoking blessing from God pronounced by Revd.AS.Vaoshok our Church Pastor. We reached the ending point of motorable road which is about 8 KMs from the junction of Viswema.

From that point, we started climbing upwards walking over steps after steps for almost 45 minutes without rest till we reach the mountain-top where plain area starts.

While climbing up the steps, one of our members who is now a Govt.pensioner started showing the signal of difficulty in climbing up the steps. We felt a bit hesitation whether we could further continue our mission or not.

There we took group photographs with our camera-man taking photographs with different postures and styles.

From there, we resumed our journey till we reach our destination. It took us one hour forty five minutes to reach the Rest-House constructed by Tourism Deptt, Govt. of Nagaland. At the time we reached the Rest-House it was already time,say10:30AM tohaveourdeliciousmealwhereeveryone of us prepared what he/she is talented in cooking, say some prepared fried meat, Ahuni Chutney, Pans-tenga Chutney, friedfishandwhatnots.Aftertakingthefood,itisaphysiological nature that some of us felt lazy and sleepy to continue the journeytoreachthebeautifulvalley.Manyofushadthedetermination to reach the goal, so we continued till we reach the beautiful valley and the small hillock where a cross is erected.

As soon as we reached our destination we all got together and took many photographs with very very romantic styles some of us recalling back the youthful days like Mr.Kanrei kapai for which he said, “I am remembering my youthful life just at this moment”.On our way of returning back to the Rest-House, we accessed to one of the caves where visitors used to stay,cook food,sleep at night as shelter.

Coming back again to the Rest-House, there we once again got together and had a fellowship sharing the word of God in reference to Jesus’ sermon on the mount from our Pastor and praising Him for His wonderful and beautiful creations. After which we had an interaction sharing one’s comment on the visit to Dzukuo Valley. Our Pastor Revd.

AS.Vaoshok while praising God for His beautiful creations lamented for the destruction made by human beings after seeing the standing lifeless trees in a very vast area where it got burnt during the last previous year forest burning. He further said, God will not be happy seeing all these destructions done by human being. One of our elderly members R.Sorei also praised God for His beautiful creations on earth. He thanked God for bringing us to have a glimpse of this beautiful valley. He further said that, he was more interesting to visit when he saw a printed programme of having fellowship in the valley. Besides, one of our friends Ayo Shaiza also said, “seeing the mountain view, it’s very beautiful, but lacking one thing is that , there is no soft grass for lying down to rest”. During our to and fro long journey of almost four hours walking in the plain part we did not sit down and take rest because there was no soft grass as well as a shelter constructed for. I also expressed my comment, saying that “God’s creations are really very beautiful especially those small hillocks are like man- made thing, but on one side I lamented that not a single bird flying and chirping during our long coverage of the whole visit because of forest trees got burnt and no living big trees standing”. We returned back home on the same day. On our way back home, a memorable journey was created by no other than our elderly man R.Sorei, his tiredness made him difficult to continue walking now and then, we some of us who are in the age group of thirties and forties even offered ourselves to carry him one after another, but anyhow he could managed to reach up to the spot where vehicles were waiting for us. In an adventurous journey where there is no tiredness and exhaustion of energy, it does not serve the meaning of TREKKING. All of us undertook this long adventurous journey after a gap of several years. In other words we can say that after coming to live in urban we hardly walk long distances not like those days living in rural where we used to walk long distances. That’s why we all got tired somewhere or somewhat, but reached home safely. I would like all readers whoever has not visited Dzukuo valley to make a trip at least during your stay in Nagaland. Nothing to be scared of. Even a man and woman of 60 years plus could undertake this adventurous journey, then why not a young and energetic man and woman like you. Please experience a new life.

Thanks God and praise God! Let us all preserve the beauty of nature.

Ng Yangya, Convenor

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One arrested for kidnapping, rape DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): Dimapur Police have arrested one person in connection with the kidnapping of a minor girl on June 24. A press note from Dimapur police informed that the accused, an autorickshaw driver, was hired by the victim and her grandmother when they arrived at the Dimapur railway station from Jagir Road, Assam at around 1:00 am on June 24.

Acting on a complaint from the victim’s grandmother, Dimapur Police rescued the victim the same morning from the railway station

The accused under police custody.

itself. On examination of the rescued victim, it was revealed she was kidnapped after her grand-

mother was threatened and pulled out from the auto by the driver on reaching an isolated area.

Police informed that thereafter, she was taken to an unknown place and allegedly raped by the kidnapper. A search was conducted with the assistance of the Dimapur Auto Drivers Union during which the accused was located and arrested from Purana Bazar junction. The accused has been identified as Safigul Islam (28). A case of kidnapping and rape has been registered against the accused in this connection.

One arrested for illegal collection DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): A nineteen yearold man was arrested for extorting money from businesses at the Dimapur railway station. According to the police, the man, identified as Deep Ghosh alias Vicky, hailing from Lumding and a resident of Khermahal, Dimapur, was arrested around 3:00 am on June 24. One .32 calibre pistol alongwith five rounds of ammunition and Rs. 3010 The arrested alongwith the confiscated arms and cash. in cash was confiscated lice stated. Investigation absconding accomplices, from his possession, po- was on to arrest two other it was added.

Human trafficker nabbed in Dimapur DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) nabbed one human trafficker on June 18 at Dimapur railway station. In a press release, Khekuto Jakhalu, Secretary, NSCN (IM) UT-I informed that the accused identified as Rahul Dev alias Saful has been trafficking women from Dimapur to various cities in India. The accused is from Assam and was residing at Signal Angami Dimapur.

According to the confession statement of the accused, the release said, Farak Islam of Hojai, As-

The accused Rahul Dev.

sam is the main boss. On the day of his arrest, the accused was sent by Farak Islam to Dimapur for passage of women to Hojai for prostitution, the note stated.

The release further informed that Farak Islam has been restricted from entering Dimapur and Rahul Dev has been exiled from Dimapur forever. If they are found in Dimapur at any point of time they will be at their own risk, it cautioned.

Also, the NSCN (IM) UT-I secretary has appealed to all the right thinking citizens to condemn the “ugly act committed by the non-local under the pretext of businessmen in Dimapur, many Naga girls have also been victimized with their handsome money.”

Hygienic meat shops in Nagaland soon Our Correspondent Kohima | June 24

Nagaland state will soon have hygienic and systematic meat shops with the introduction of the scheme of modernization of meat shops during the remainder of 12th Five Year Plan (2013-2017) under National Mission for Food Processing (NMPF), Government of India.

This scheme aims at improving the overall hygiene in the meat shops by providing basic infrastructure and equipments. This will also ensure food safety rules and regulation compliances as per FSS Act,

Good hygienic practices *Wear clean protective clothes *Washing hands before starting work *Repeatedly washing hands during work *No finger rings, watches, bracelets *Access to protective areas with working clothes only *Clipping of hairs and nails *Strict toilet hygiene must be observed *Periodic examination of staff 2006 and cater to public health concerns as a whole.

The implementation period for the modernization of meat shop shall be 9 months but not exceeding 12 months from the date of approval of the grant-inaid. The state government will undertake monthly re-

view of the progress of the projects under the scheme.

The meat shop dealers of the state can now approach the departments concerned like veterinary and animal husbandry, industries & commerce etc. for applying this scheme.

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DMCEA threatens to resume agitation DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): The Dimapur Municipal Council Employees Association (DMCEA) has stated that the association would be compelled to resume its agitation, if its demands on the system of collecting revenue earnings in the DMC are not addressed. The DMCEA, in a letter dated June 24, apprised the DMC Administrator that the former had called off its agitation following the appointment of Secretary to the Nagaland state government, Benjamin Newmai as an inquiry officer to look into the DMC revenue collecting system. It stated that the DMCEA has accorded co-operation to the proceedings of the inquiry, with its President and General Secretary making personal appearances before the inquiry. It was stated that the DMCEA had also submitted a written statement on March 3, 2014, as per the direction of the inquiry officer. Stating that three months have elapsed since the inquiry was conducted, the DMCEA lamented that no steps have been taken by the concerned authority till date. In this regard, a meeting of the DMCEA was held on June 19. It was resolved that if its demands are not addressed by July 1, the association would resume its agitation from August 1.

Fake work orders for NEC stresses on development Dikhu HEP marketed of education sector in NE States DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): The Manu Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd., through a press note issued by its Managing Director, I Rama Rao has informed that, “some unscrupulous persons are creating fake work orders of Dikhu Hydro Electrical Project as issued

by Manu Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. or department of power and marketing the same in Nagaland and other parts of India.” MES has cautioned the persons involved to cease indulging in such practice and urged the public not to be deceived. It may be noted that MES has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Nagaland state government to build the 186 MW Dikhu Hydro-Electric Project.

Watsu Mungdang on ACAUT MoKoKchUNg, JUNE 24 (MExN): Watsu Mungdang, the apex Ao women organization has stated it “is observing the herculean task undertaken by ACAUT in fighting against corruption and unabated taxation

with great appreciation.”

Watsü Mungdang in a release issued by its president Achila Imsong and general secretary Etisangla hoped that ACAUT Nagaland’s endeavour for the good of the society will not be in vain.

KohIMA, JUNE 24 (DIPR): Ameising Luikham, Secretary, NEC on June 23 reviewed the ongoing NEC funded projects which were sanctioned under the HRD & E Sector, NEC and implemented in the States of North East.

The officials of the departments concerned of the State Governments in the North East Region attended the meeting. Secretary, NEC emphasized the need for timely completion of the projects/schemes by the implementing agencies to achieve the objectives of the various projects for the development of the education sector in the NE States.

The meeting on regional plan for education sector was also held on the same day, which was chaired

by Prof. Ashoke K. Dutta,

Member, NEC. M.P. Bezbaruah, the other Member in NEC was also present.

The meeting was attended

by Vice Chancellors from the Universities of Tripura, Nagaland, Dibrugarh and representatives from institutions like NEHU, Gauhati University, IIT, Gwahati, NERIE, UGC and officials from the State Governments.

Various aspects of the education sector were discussed, especially the prevalence of high school dropout rates in all the states of the region, popularisation of teaching of science and mathematics including provisioning of laboratories especially at school level through modern methods, the need to provide hostels especially for far flung areas, teach-

ers training, promotion of distance education, establishment of centres of excellence especially at the university level, incentives for attracting faculties, low private sector participation, etc. There should be a focus to have updated and sufficient data on various aspects of the education sector so that a regional plan could be formulated, the meeting asserted. Studies could also be conducted so that there is renewed focus on the areas that need immediate attention of both the state governments and the NEC, it added.

Prof. Dutta also stressed on the need to use new technology for the education sector and a closer interaction between the industry and universities of the Region.

Assam Rifles recovers illegal liquor DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): Troops of 37 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 6 Sector AR had recovered large quantity of illegal liquor at Jharnapani.

A press release informed that two Mahindra Bolero and two Maruti Gypsy moving from Dimapur towards Zunheboto were searched and 3561 bottles of illegal liquor were recov-

ered from the vehicles. The drivers of the vehicles were apprehended and handed over to Excise Department, Dimapur alongwith the vehicles and recovered illegal liquor, added.

One weapon peddler apprehended In another search operation on June 20, 5 Assam Rifles apprehended

one weapon peddler from Khumishe-B village. The person has been identified as Khekato Chophy.The Assam Rifles team also recovered one .22 rifle (Czech made) alongwith one magazine, one 12 bore rifles, 8 assorted live rounds and “other warlike stores”. The individual was handed over to Suruhuto Police Station, Training cum demonstration on processing of soy flour and nuts was conducted on June 20 for women SHGs of Longleng district by Thungchano the release informed.

S Ezung, Programme Asst, KVK ICAR Longleng. Seen here are the participants with the resource person.

YEAR OF FAMILY INTRODUCTION: Though one may not candidly tell of the inner desire to have a Good or Holy Family, nonetheless, each person doesn’t want to be from a troubled family. The home is an institution of divine origin, instituted long before the Church. Our Divine Saviour Himself gave the home a special consecration by gracing the humble home of Nazareth with His presence during thirty long years; and He thereby gave us also the first and the supreme model of the truly Christian home. The Holy Family is truly the "prototype" of every Christian family that, united in the sacrament of marriage and nourished by the Word and the Eucharist, is called to carry out the marvellous vocation and mission of being a living cell not only of society but of the Church, sign and instrument of unity for the whole human race. The family is the centre of our lives. It is our beginning, youth, and adulthood, a place in which vocations are nourished, and what we leave behind when we pass from this world. God, knowing the importance and power the family has, sent his only begotten Son into this world to be born and raised in a family.

The home is the basic unit of society, and the foundation upon which civilization is built. The same love, compassion, devotion, understanding, and loyalty which exists between Christ and the Church, should exist between husband and wife, parents and

children, and brothers and sisters in the Christian home. Therefore, every Christian home should be a reflection of the Church, a refuge from the stormy winds that trouble the sea of life, and a place where the members of the family renew their strength and courage for the daily tasks. The United Nations (UN) has declared 2014 as the: International Year of Family Farming (IYFF 2014) with the theme “Feeding the earth, caring for the world”. Certainly, we can feed the earth and care the world through good and holy families around the world.

FAMILY AT CHRISTMAS: The miracle of Christmas, centered on the birth of Christ, reminds the faithful of the beauty and holiness of the Holy Family: Mary and Joseph adore the Christ Child. The importance of the Holy Family’s example of faith and love is essential for families, as the feast of the Holy Family — which is celebrated on the Sunday following Christmas — reminds us.

As Blessed John Paul II said, the Holy Family is "the prototype and example for all Christian families."

The Holy Family was holy because they always sought to do God’s will. Every family that wants to be holy is called to do the same. In his homily, the Holy Father affirmed that, following the example of Mary, Joseph and Jesus, "we come to appreciate even more fully the sacredness of the family, which in God's plan is based on the lifelong fidelity of a man and a woman

consecrated by the marriage covenant and accepting of God's gift of new life.

"How much the men and women of our time need to re-appropriate this fundamental truth, which stands at the foundation of society, and how important is the witness of married couples for the formation of sound consciences and the building of a civilisation of love", he added.

He also noted how from St. Joseph's "strong and fatherly example" Jesus "learned the virtues of a manly piety, fidelity to one's word, integrity and hard work. In the carpenter of Nazareth he saw how authority placed at the service of love is infinitely more fruitful than the power which seeks to dominate. How much our world needs the example, guidance and quiet strength of men like Joseph!"

family: a family so simple and humble as not to be distinguishable exteriorly in any way from other Jewish families.” Tradition tells us that Saint Joseph died prior to Jesus, with both our Lord and Lady at his side. This was the first death the Holy Family encountered. The second was the death of Jesus, in which Mother and Child, Mary and Jesus were physically separated from each other and suffered great loss. The Holy Family and our own families can only deal with such loss and difficulties through Christian love.

While the Holy Family was in many ways like any other family, they also faced troubles and tribulations unlike any other family.

“In the spirit the holy pair will embrace all the tribulations of their never easy life: the discomforts of the sudden flight to Egypt, the uncertainty attendant on settling in a strange country, the fatigues of hard work, the privation of a life of poverty, and later the anguish of losing their Son on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.” Mary and Joseph lived with perfect faith and obedience to God’s will. Pope Benedict XVI said, “The family is the privileged setting where every person learns to give and receive love...” The Holy Family had God himself, Love Incarnate in their presence. By their humility and obedience, they show us how to obtain that perfect love.

WHAT DOES GOD SHOW US THROUGH THE HOLY FAMILY? We have many family (families) but rare “Holy Family (families)”. God shows us many things, but probably the most important and the most incredible is that God not only wanted to dwell with us, He wanted to be a part of a family just like us. “The feast of the Holy Family… makes it clear that when the Son of God came into the world, he wanted to be part of a family group like every other man…When he became man, he VARIETY OF FAMILY MEMwanted to be like all other men: BERS: Differences are all for the serto have a country and an earthly

vice of the common good. Different graces and gifts are to be oriented towards social welfare.

Uniqueness makes us wanted and useful at various points of time and place. Variety in creation is a glorious reflection of the infinity of the all-perfect God. No one creature, no ten thousand times ten thousand creatures, could adequately manifest the ocean of attributes in the all-perfect God. And to further dramatize it as scientists tell us, did you know not even two snowflakes out of the millions that fall on a winter’s night are the same? Did you know that? God wants us to be different.

He made us that way.

ROAD TO HEAVEN: Would you like to miss your family members in heaven? You may answer me “there is no more concept of family members in heaven, all are alike”. Vocation of the Family is “To Support Each Other on the Road to Heaven”. In the Gospel we do not find speeches on the family but an event that is worth more than any word: God willed to be born and to grow up in a human family. In this way, He has consecrated the family as the first and ordinary way of His encounter with humanity.

PARENTS TO CHILDREN: The first and longest school of life is the family. What the children are is a replica of the parents – biologically, emotionally, morally and religiously. During His life in

ciations in the social netNazareth, Jesus honored the Virworks, magazines and TV gin Mary and righteous Joseph, shows. being subject to their authority during the whole time of His 3. The disappearance of the infancy and adolescence (Luke seriousness of entering 2:51-52). In this way, He made eviinto married life that ultident the primary value of the fammately affects the social, ily in the education of a person. Jereligious and public dosus was introduced to the religious main of life. community by Mary and Joseph, frequenting the synagogue of GLUES OF FAMILY: Nazareth. “Teach them young and 1. Regular and devout family let them grow up maturely” be the prayer. criteria for upbringing of children 2. Use of inclusive words like towards social, religious and emo‘we’ rather than ‘I’, ‘ours’ tional maturity. rather than ‘mine’ etc.

3. More sacrifices than self CLEAR STRATEGY FOR FAMILY: will.

No one begins a journey 4. More forgiveness than rewithout knowing where he/she cord of wrongs. is going. I believe no one starts 5. Competition on goodness a family without proper strategy than vileness. to go about in that marital bond.

Each one should sit down and CONCLUSION: wrestle the future and armour We all want good society but himself/herself with every good how many of us take care of the decision and vision for a new seed of society that is ‘family’? family. In this regard, the state, This is a home work for all and the society, family and well wishers marks obtained in this work will are support systems to ensure a be the real picture of our society. smooth sailing of a new family.

Family is the beginning of good Save the society through the family. The home is the basic unit of and also bad. society, and the foundation upon which civilization is built. The MALADIES OF OUR TIME: 1. Insufficient preparation same love, compassion, devobefore assuming the sac- tion, understanding, and loyalty rament of marriage/civil which exists between Christ and marriage or shying away the Church, should exist between from learning the realities husband and wife, parents and children, and brothers and sisters of life.

2. Dreaming of unrealis- in every home.

Rev Fr Paul Lelen Haokip tic promises and appre-

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nfluenced by the forces of history, the idea and exercise of the right to self-determination continues to withstand rigorous examination, even as ‘the powers that be’ seek its silent and quick demise. As an ancient idea which embodies the various expressions of human freedom and aspiration, self-determination is an emancipatory means for the humanization and development of all peoples.

However, the evolution of self-determination as a humanizing concept was interrupted when it was first co-opted into the Westphalian discourse, and later, when it was incorporated into international law. The liberating nature of self-determination was considerably restricted both in character and in application by the State structure. This had profound consequences as it altered peoples yearning for humanization, as well as, the relationship between States and Peoples.

The dominant Language of Self-determination that emerged out of the colonial project was one that pushed the universe of human values and ideals to the margins. This was a deliberate attempt to deter and prevent a peoples’ struggle for re-humanization; to define their own way of life, and to effectively and consciously determine their own destiny. Humanity was represented in the form of the Individual-State dichotomy, in which the State was given precedence over an Individual. Such a discourse removed humans from the center of humanity. Consequently, self-determination, as an integral imperative in the search for human dignity was marginalized; and peoples were removed from the humanizing process.

Hence, primary interest of States and organizations such as the United Nations is the survival of the State. The end of the Cold War, however, created a situation where the status quo was challenged, and self-determination trickled past the UN’s decolonization approach. In light of this reality, a need arose to seek a more inclusive discourse of selfdetermination that is capable of responding to all peoples’ yearnings and aspirations across the spectrum of humanity. This calls for a shared language of self-determination – a language that represents all of humanity.

While the right to self-determination is implicit in much of the writings on international relations, yet, rarely is it given explicit and comprehensive examination from an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural perspective. Furthermore, since law is an adjunct of society, it is necessary for the former to adjust when the latter changes. A legal system that remains stagnant is in danger of not just irrelevancy, but in committing grave injustice; and hence, is a deterrent to peace.

The blurring of State boundaries and borders in so many settings since the end of the Cold War combined with the increasing recognition and distinct ‘acceleration’ of human interdependence and interconnection emphasizes the need for a more imaginative, persuasive, and future-oriented perspective to address the increasing number of conflicts occurring within states when self-determination has been denied. The challenge of the 21st century is to liberate selfdetermination from its restricted confines and to reveal the inherent character of self-determination as an inclusive language of Just Peace in both thought and action.

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Dignity and humanity in the face of suffering

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n Freetown, Sierra Leone, the homeless live by night. Many of these men and women are disabled, faced with societal neglect and scorn for the supposed abhorrence of their condition. The streets are dark, dirty, and unfriendly, lit only by dim streetlamps and the lights of intermittent passing vehicles.

Boris Gerrets’ Shado’man is a “biotopic exploration” - a closeup of a local environment - looking at the lives of a group of people reduced to begging and sleeping on the streets, Director Boris Gerrets highlighting their resolute and dignified response to demonstrates that dignity and humanity suffering.

Shero, one of the Freecan exist even in town Streetboys, confesses that he no longer the most seemingly dreams. On the streets it undignified and is too hard to sleep; there is no protection from the inhumane living elements, or from lawconditions breakers. Perhaps when he has finished construction of his sheet metal hut he will be able to sleep more soundly, to dream. But is it possible to think of something greater in life beyond survival when even that is a struggle?

Director Boris Gerrets demonstrates that dignity and humanity can exist even in the most seemingly undignified and inhumane living conditions. The friendships and sense of solidarity between the Streetboys, though born of their upsetting shared experiences of devastating social neglect, are nonetheless a lifeline for each of them. Friendly bantering back and forth, shared stories, and conflict resolution skills are a breath of life projected onto the bleak backdrop of the dark and sleepless streets. Any inhumanity is imposed on them by the rest of society; the rejection and contempt of their parents, being ignored in the streets and having to live by night, being reduced to a life of begging. The film asks us whether the homeless, the disabled, those rejected from society, can truly be seen either as without dignity or as unlike us. Perhaps it is we, who see them as alien and other, who lack humanity.

A social experiment by YouTube user NorniTUBE demonstrates this judgmental side of societies against its homeless populations, this time in the streets of Paris. A seemingly homeless man falls down in a busy street, crying out for help. A few people pause to take a second look, but more than five minutes pass before somebody stops to help. Then, a man in a suit falls down in the exact same location, and does not need to call out for help before several people have rushed to his side. What exactly must we conclude: that the suffering of the impoverished is less pressing to us than the suffering of those who appear to be ‘like us’? Perhaps we have accustomed ourselves to ‘their’ suffering. Perhaps we mistrust that ‘they’ truly are suffering. Certainly it is the case that poverty and homelessness are subjects which make us feel particularly uncomfortable, and which we tend not to face head-on.

Shado’man is a film that directly challenges our deliberate ignorance of homelessness and poverty. In one scene, we see David, who is blind, helped to cross the road by a passing stranger. One act of kindness, among dozens of people who ignore his need, passing by without a second thought. In Britain too, the poverty gap is widening, and the number of people claiming charitable aid, for example from food banks, has dramatically increased in the last year alone. Yet to many, it seems nothing has changed; it is easy not to notice or pay attention to the suffering around us. Shado’man forces us to wonder what kind of encounter with the other it takes for us not to ignore this.

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to residents who fell in the Great War, inarved into the simple obelisk cluding Wilfred's brothers. His mother laid commemorating the fallen are the first wreath at its dedication in 1923 — the names of five sons of Margachosen by the war veterans for the honor. ret and John McDowell Smith.

Wilfred was at her side.

There's a story behind the name that isn't He went on to become a devoted husband, there — a sixth brother, Wilfred — and a father and grandfather who liked to laugh and century after World War I a local historian took joy in simple things. His granddaughter, has dug out the details from archives.

Amanda Nelson, recalls going to his home for Wilfred Smith's survival is a story of saclunch on weekends, where he would delight rifice amid a war that demanded so much the little ones by racing snails or other bits of of it from virtually every family in Britain. silliness. His daughter Dianne Nelson said he Because long before there was the fictional doted on her and that, as the youngest, she got tale of "Saving Private Ryan," there was the away with everything. real-life story of saving Pvt. Smith. The peoNow 70, she said her reserved father ple of Barnard Castle have long known the never talked about his experiences in the story of the Smith brothers and that Wilwar, even when she needed to write a fred, or Willie as he was known, survived. childhood essay on the topic and asked But how that happened was largely him to tell her about it. The family had unknown until local historian Peter Wise heard about the queen and the letter, but it searched the recently digitized archives of was simply a hazy oral tradition. the local newspaper, the Teesdale Mercury.

Amanda Nelson made a point of seeing In a minuscule item buried at the bottom the Steven Spielberg film, "Saving Private of a long gray column came the answer: Ryan." The 1998 Oscar-winning film deQueen Mary, wife of King George V, heard picts the fictional account of a World War about the sacrifice of the brothers and interII rescue mission for a single American solvened to send Willie home. A century later, dier whose brothers have been killed in the the news has stirred memories and inspired fighting. "It was as if they knew the story of a mixture of pride and astonishment. us — except they are called the Ryans and "To say it's been massive is probably not not the Smiths," she said. an understatement," said Trevor Brookes, the Although Margaret Smith once told a newspaper's editor. "Every parent can probarelative "Don't have boys. They'll just end bly roughly imagine how terrible it would be up being cannon fodder," Amanda Nelson to lose a son, but to lose five sons at the risk of stressed that Margaret believed she did the losing a sixth — that's tragedy. I don't think right thing by allowing her sons to serve. any British family suffered a greater loss."

"She would gladly send them again to fight," Some 9 million soldiers died in the war Amanda Nelson said. "For king and country." that began in 1914 and ended in 1918, and In this community, where people ofit was common for families to lose more ten live not far from where their ancestors than one son. Brothers and friends would join so-called "Pals Brigades" so they could In this May 7, 2014 photo, Amanda Nelson, the granddaughter of World War I lived, the Smith story seems very real deserve together — and communities some- Pvt. Wilfred Smith, shows family photographs during an interview at her home spite the passage of time. There's a sense times found that a single skirmish could in Barnard Castle, England. Nelson said that she made a special point of see- of connection to the past that Brookes, the wipe out a generation of their men. ing the Steven Spielberg film "Saving Private Ryan". The 1998 Oscar-winning newspaper editor, feels strongly.

Earlier this month, he lifted a dusty, faded red But even so, this story was different. film which depicts the fictional account of a WWII rescue mission for a single Wilfred was the youngest son of a chimney American soldier whose brothers were killed fighting. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) book from an upstairs shelf that holds full-sized bound copies of the paper: the volume labeled sweep who scraped by in the slums of Barnard 1918. He pushed his finger down the page, to the final senCastle, a market town nestled in a landscape dotted by 1917. The fifth son, Alfred, died in July 1918. herds of deer and turreted castles in northern England.

Margaret's grief was apparently more than the vic- tences of a long column of newsprint, below an item on a When Wilfred was 12, there were 10 members of his fam- ar's wife, Sarah Elizabeth Bircham, could bear. Bircham, produce sale for the War Prisoners Fund.

Brookes has wondered why such a unique and ily living in three rooms in Poor House Yard, according who organized care packages for troops in the trenches, to the 1911 Census of England and Wales. While Wilfred wrote to Queen Mary about the deaths of Margaret's tragic tale would garner so little attention in the paper. His guess was that by 1918, people had wearied was still in school, his 14-year-old brother, Frederick, was five sons and how she had a sixth son still at war. already working in a local mill.

The Teesdale Mercury reported what happened of war — so many had lost so much. But he also specFor many poor young men, joining the army was next, printing the reply of the queen's secretary, Edward ulated the plight of the Smith family might have been an adventure, a chance to get regular meals and pay, Wallington. "I am commanded by the queen to thank deemed less newsworthy because they were memespecially since recruiters told them the war would be you for your letter of the 16th instant, and to request you bers of the town's underclass.

"If not for 'Private Ryan,' it might be lost to histoover in a matter of months. Local World War I buff John to be good enough to convey to Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Pringle said the boys would have been anxious to leave Bridgegate, Barnard Castle, an expression of Her Maj- ry," he said, crediting the Spielberg movie as having the drudgery of the flax mill or the shoe-thread factory. esty's deep sympathy with them in the sad losses they offered a contemporary connection.

Wilfred Smith lived until 1972, when he died at Wilfred didn't want to go, but did when his coun- have sustained by the death of their five sons. try called. A photograph taken at the time showed "The Queen has caused Mr. and Mrs. Smith's re- age 74. He was a frequent visitor to the monument at four of the brothers posing in their uniforms with a quest concerning their youngest son to be forwarded the Bowes Museum that bears his brothers' names. cute white dog at their feet. The image would remain for consideration of the War Office authorities."

In "Saving Private Ryan," the now-older solon Margaret's mantel throughout the war.

So Wilfred went home to Barnard Castle — dier stands before the graves of the men who Robert 22, died first, in September 1916. though little is known about exactly how that came saved him and recalls their sacrifice, saying he George Henry, 26, died less than two months lat- about. He suffered the lingering respiratory effects tried to live the best life he could. Wilfred Smith's er. Frederick, 21, died in July 1917, while the el- of a mustard gas attack and newspaper reports sug- family believes that he, too, could hold his head dest, 37-year-old John William Stout — who had gested he was temporarily blinded. But once home, high as he scanned the names of his brothers at their mother's maiden name because she was not he worked as a chimney sweep and a stone mason. the Bowes obelisk. "He was a good dad," Dianne yet married when he was born — died in October At the Bowes Museum, a memorial was erected Nelson said with pride. "He was a true person."

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iants, dragons and vengeful queens have for generations populated Northern Ireland's folk tales. Now, such creatures are visiting the land in a different version — on the sets for the hit TV show "Game of Thrones." But rather than spells and destruction, they're bringing an economic boost to this British province still healing from its past of political violence.

Fans of the HBO fantasy drama would recognize here the landscapes from the fictional land of Westeros — the castle of Winterfell, the seaside cliffs of the Iron Isles and the King's Road leading to the north. About 75 percent of the show is filmed in Northern Ireland, both in natural settings and in the Titanic Studios in Belfast.

Since the pilot episode began filming in 2009, attracted by the local government's financial incentives, the show's presence has helped foster a film industry that is catching the eye of other Hollywood productions. And Northern Ireland is taking advantage of the attention by promoting the filming locations as tourist destinations.

The latest — and perhaps most illustrious — visitor is Queen Elizabeth II, who will tour the studio sets on Monday. But thousands have already been visiting from across the globe.

Cara and Tom Collins from Springdale, Arkansas, were in Ballintoy Harbour recently to see the rocky coastal setting used in the show for the 'Iron Isles,' a kingdom of rugged sailors.

"You can just close your eyes and picture everybody there," said Tom. The season four finale of "Game of Thrones" last week was watched by 7.09 million viewers in the United States according to prime-time viewership numbers complied by the Nielson Co. That makes it HBO's most-watched program since "The Sopranos" in 2007.

But the numbers are likely higher

'Game of Thrones' puts Northern Ireland on the map siobhan starrs Associated Press since TV audience habits have changed since 2007 and "Game of Thrones" has fans globally who watch on local networks and via DVD or streaming services.

For Northern Ireland's tourism industry, that represents a huge pool of potential visitors. The province hopes to use the show's popularity to increase the number of tourists to over 2 million annually by 2016, from 1.8 million in 2013 — more than the region's population of just 1.8 million.

Coach operators have created "Game of Thrones" tours, for which demand hit a record as the show reached its season finale this month.

"They are using some of our most iconic scenery in 'Game of Thrones' which is excellent," said Arlene Foster, minister for enterprise, trade and investment.

Beyond tourism, the direct employment of local workers has been very important for the local economy, she said.

At the end of series four, HBO is estimated to have spent about 87.6 million pounds ($149.11 million) in the local economy making the show.

The benefits are likely much higher when including other factors, such as the knock-on benefits from higher employment.

"This is a sector that we think has the potential to really grow" said Foster.

"Around the HBO facility and studios will

grow a skills base that others can use."

Holywood — pronounced the same as California's 'Hollywood' — is a small seaside town near Belfast that may lack the glamour of Beverly Hills, but is gaining a movie-making reputation of its own. Yellow Moon, a production facility based there, has enjoyed strong growth and doubled its workforce by being involved with "Game of Thrones."

"HBO were a big catalyst in changing perceptions of what could be done in Northern Ireland. As the Americans say, it was a game changer," said Managing Director Greg Darby.

Five years ago, 80 percent of Yellow Moon's work was for local broadcasters, and just 20 percent for productions based in the U.K. or further afield.

Now, 70 percent of their work is commissioned outside Northern Ireland. "'Game of Thrones' are directly or indirectly responsible for 80 percent of the people that we have taken on in the last three years, because if they didn't come we wouldn't have the other work," said Darby.

Scott Ferguson's story illustrates what "Game of Thrones" means for young creative people in Northern Ireland.

He dreamt of being a film editor, but his first experience in the industry failed to lead to more work, so he took a job in a bank. Then five years ago a

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government training scheme lead to a placement at Yellow Moon and he is now a colorist on the show, adding mood and tone to the images in postproduction, and on his way to becoming an expert in his field.

Ferguson is confident that people like him will no longer need to emigrate to seek work in film and TV, now that Northern Ireland's reputation as a production hub is growing.

"We have world class facilities, and we now have a world class crew. We have a shooting crew and we have a post crew who have worked on the biggest, most watched, most successful TV show that has been around for a while," he said.

Statistics can't do justice to the "Game of Thrones" effect on Northern Ireland's economy, said economist Graham Brownlow, from Queens University Belfast. He says the show is helping to improve the province's international image, which for decades had become synonymous with political violence and economic stagnation.

"The real benefits that Northern Ireland secures are the things that are most difficult to measure" he explained. "By creating a critical mass for film and TV productions it creates a good image for Northern Ireland, which stimulates further production in Northern Ireland, which improves the image of Northern Ireland," Brownlow said.

That 'critical mass' now includes 'Dracula Untold', a Universal Pictures movie with an October 2014 release date and Ridley Scott's new 'Halo' feature, which is also expected to be released before the end of the year.

These and other features will need best boys, wardrobe assistants, carpenters, camera operators and colorists and Northern Ireland's new local talent pool will be only too happy to oblige.

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've just been reading about the story of Maru Seng, a 45-year-old man who, one day in October of last year, was captured by Myanmar government troops. They accused him of being a rebel. They tied his hands and legs together, then bound his legs to a chair; they left him in that position all through the night without any food, water, or visits to the toilet. The next morning he seized an opportunity to escape -- whereupon one of his guards shot him in the head.

Amazingly, he survived. But when he regained consciousness, his captors continued torturing him.

They tied a bamboo stick to his shins, and two sol- The photo shows Hillary Rodham Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi sitting together at an event in Yangon in November 2012. diers jumped up and down on it. Then they tied him up with a wire and hung him from a beam in the ceiling of the house where he was being held: They tied my neck, my hands behind back, arms, and feet. It was tighter than before. It hurt so much, it was so tight and it felt like my whole body would explode.

Eventually they let Maru Seng go, warning him not to leave the area. But he fled anyway -- which is why he was ultimately able to tell his story to the members of a human rights group called Fortify Rights, which has just published a detailed report on the abuses committed by Myanmar's armed forces in their three-year war against separatist rebels from the Kachin ethnic group.

You could be forgiven for not knowing about the civil war in Kachin State; after all, it's been taking place in one of the most remote parts of Southeast Asia, a place that few outsiders will ever see. Yet the harrowing account above comes from a country that the Obama administration is touting as the major success of its foreign policy. During his recent speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, President Obama boasted about Washington's "diplomatic initiative" and "American leadership" had contributed to "political reforms" that opened up "a once-closed society." (As if eager to emphasize the magnitude of this success, he cited the population of the country in question: "40 million." Myanmar's population is actually closer to 56 million -- but hey, what's a few million among friends?)

The president isn't the only one crowning himself with Burmese laurels these days. In case you somehow missed it, Hillary Clinton is rolling out a new memoir -- this time covering her term as Obama's secretary of state. This is a big deal, since her book tour is looking a lot like a prelude to her expected presidential campaign. Reporters from the Washington Post, who have already seen the text of her book, tell us that she cites Myanmar's opening as one of her major achievements. We're told that Clinton "played a leading role" in the administration's much-touted reorientation of American foreign policy toward Asia, and that one of her big successes here was in "reestablishing diplomatic ties to the long-isolated country of Burma…." Another Washington Post story claims that Clinton’s "outreach to Burma led to political reforms and helped move one of China’s closest regional allies closer to Washington."

Well, there's certainly no disputing that the two countries have moved closer; the question is whether it’s been worth the price. Then-Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Yangon in December 2011 was supposed to mark a new era of friendship between Burma and the United States -- and it certainly did that. Relations between the two countries have steadily deepened since then, perhaps reflecting their common concern about the rising regional power of China. Over the past three years, the Obama administration has suspended most of the political and economic sanctions that the United States once imposed on the country's harsh military dictatorship, measures that were intended to reward the Myanmar government for its steps to open up the political system. Since he came to power in

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ith the radical Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking over huge swathes of Iraq's northern and western territory from the Shi’a dominated government of Nouri al-Maliki, the territorial integrity of Iraq is in question. These recent developments in Iraq are a clear sign of a failed state on the brink of total collapse and a reality that many in the west are still denying.

Partition works as a political solution for Kurdistan, the Shiite south, and the Sunni Arab centre because it formalises what has already taken place.

Partition is the major reason Kurdistan is stable.Throughout Iraq's tumultuous history the sectarian and ethnic mentality in Baghdad has far superseded a common Iraqi national identity.

Therefore the US and other western nations’ insistence on maintaining the status quo is no more than a fantasy. The reality for Kurds and Shia/Sunni Arabs could be better described as a ‘forced marriage’. International forces’ objection to the division of Iraq into three states (Shia Arab, Sunni Arab and Kurdish states), is a futile attempt at squaring a circle.

An independent Kurdish state is nothing new, the Kurdistan region of Iraq has practiced de facto independence since 1991 when Saddam Hussein's army was ejected from Kuwait.

Kurdistan is already self-sufficient with its own military (Peshmerga) and is developing its own oil resources, these are all helpful factors towards its formal declaration of independence.

Internally, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has pursued relatively ‘good governance’ and economically sound policies, demonstrating that an independent Kurdistan will be a viable entity. The Kurds to a large extent, although not flawless, have established a democratic government of institutions. In addition to this, the Kurdish government's well-trained Peshmerga forces have demonstrat-

Why Hillary Clinton's greatest foreign policy "success" isn't the win her new book claims

“The Boss wants to see you…”

shitio shitiri, Head of Department, Political science earning from experience of being managed, the ‘Boss wants to see you’- these can be ominous words, and, no matter how clear your conscience tends to produce anything from mild uneasiness to serious anxiety. Why should meeting with the boss make you uneasy? There are many possible reasons. You can never forget the boss has power over you. He or she can assign you interesting and pleasant work or the most uninteresting and unpleasant work.

At one extreme, a boss may behave a little more than a senior colleague-coming round to chat, asking your advice, nudging you rather than giving orders. At the other extreme, a boss may act like a distant god- keeping out of sight, yet wielding power fiercely when the occasion arises. The chances are that your boss lies between these two extremes-someone you have to know quite well, and establish reasonably friendly relations with, but still your boss. Learning to work with your boss will benefit not only you, but your boss as well, and the organization as a whole.

There are basic attitudes people adopt towards authority: aggression, submission and indirect aggression, which are all negative and simple assertiveness, which is positive.

L Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton new book "Hard Choices," recounting of her time as President Barack Obama’s top diplomat, are displayed for sale at a book signing event at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

March 2011, President Thein Sein freed political prisoners, loosened up restrictions on the media, and allowed Aung San Suu Kyi and her pro-democracy political party, the National League for Democracy, to participate in elections that ultimately gave them a presence in parliament.

Those were all significant steps. The problem, says Jennifer Quigley, is that the United States and other Western countries hoped to encourage additional steps in the same direction -- but that hasn't happened. Quigley’s organization, the U.S. Campaign for Burma, wanted to see Washington hold back on rewards to the Myanmar government in order to maintain leverage for greater change.

"We didn't want to see economic sanctions lifted until we had seen more progress on human rights and ceasefire dialogue for the ethnic minorities," she says. "We've been frustrated that they've given away that leverage of sanctions for too little in return." She praises Obama for his decision to sign an order last month prolonging some remaining sanctions against individual members of the old regime. But it's clear from her tone that she and her colleagues believe that the United States has already given away the goods.

She and other activists have good reason to feel frustrated. After the initial euphoria of Thein Sein's early moves toward change, Myanmar has stagnated. Aung San Suu Kyi and her small group of pro-democracy colleagues sit in parliament, but they have little real power. Aung San Suu Kyi has launched a campaign to amend the current constitution, which was designed by the military to allow for a liberalization of national political life that would nonetheless leave it firmly in charge of the parliament and all the other national institutions that count. But so far the generals show no inclination to budge -leaving the pro-democratic forces little chance of fielding a viable candidate in next year's presidential election. In a word: The military remains firmly

in control. Democracy remains a theory.

Meanwhile, a brutal ethnic conflict between Buddhists (who make up the lion’s share of the country’s faiths) and the country’s 2 million Rohingya Muslims has made a mockery of the much-lauded "opening."

Dozens have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced, often under hideous conditions. Radical Burmese nationalists have seized upon widespread hatred of Muslims to launch openly discriminatory bills in parliament, and the military has shown little inclination to block the measures.

Some outside experts are warning of the possibility of genocide. Happily, some Burmese activists are finally pushing back against the forces of intolerance.

Even so, the picture remains grim.

And then there's that vicious war against the Kachin. Yes, it's true that the government is continuing its roundtable peace talks with representatives of the country's restive ethnic minorities (who, including the Kachin, make up about 40 percent of the population). But there's no hint of the sort of overarching political solution that the minority groups have been aiming for, and which would bring Myanmar the real and substantive peace that has eluded it ever since independence in 1948. It's hard to imagine how Myanmar can ever be considered a real democracy unless it can find a political arrangement -- some form of federalism, presumably -- that really includes all ethnicities. That's why Myanmar's pro-democracy activists have always pushed for reforms that would achieve this. Right now, though, such reforms aren’t anywhere in sight.

It's probably too early to declare Myanmar's opening a failure. Whatever you want to call it, though, it's still a long way from democracy.

And it certainly is not an unmitigated success. If this is the biggest achievement Hillary Clinton can claim from her term as secretary as state, it doesn't reflect well on her legacy.

Why an independent Kurdistan makes sense Mohammed shareef and Janroj yilmaz Keles

ed commitment and competence at protecting the security and stability of Kurdistan against any outside radical Islamist onslaught.

Besides this, there is also a political, cultural and emotional gulf between the Kurdish and Arab populations in Iraq. The decline of the Arabic language among the post-1991 Kurdish generation shows that Kurds have neither a sense of belonging to Iraq, nor a future vision within the Iraqi state. In 2005 an unofficial referendum was held, asking the people of Iraqi Kurdistan whether they favour remaining part of Iraq or an independent Kurdistan. The result was an overwhelming majority of 98.8% favouring independence.

At the regional level, the KRG has demonstrated friendly relations and good neighbourliness, mutual respect and cooperation. It has proven that regional stability will be maintained and that an independent entity would not upset regional states and threaten their territorial integrity. To reassure them further, however, mutual interest treaties and the establishment of excellent trade and diplomatic relations with regional states must be given greater attention by the KRG. Regional stability and in particular the stability of America's NATO ally Turkey are major considerations in Washington when it comes to the Kurdish issue. The KRG has already contributed positively and encouraged the decline of conflict between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Moreover, the Kurdish political parties in Turkey and Syria have long de-

Are you ever really the boss? The sad or fortunate fact of life is that everyone has a boss. Even a prime minister is ultimately answerable to parliament and the people who elect him. If you are in business then in one way or the other the customer sort of becomes your boss. A business owner needs to be at least mindful of the wants and desires of customers if they plan on staying in business for any length of time. Upward management is critical to surviving and progressing and one of them is knowing what your boss might want to say when you hear the words…

clared that they do not demand an independent Kurdish state in Syria and Turkey and merely seek a peaceful solution for the Kurdish question within their current national borders. Therefore, the concern that the independence of the Kurdish region in Iraq will destabilise the region is largely unfounded.

Iran is already the KRG's second largest trade partner after Turkey. The trade turnover between the two governments exceeded 4 billion USD in 2013. As for Turkey, more than 70% of the overall Iraqi-Turkish annual trade exchange of about 12 billion USD is between Turkey and the Kurdistan Region.

This exchange is anticipated to grow to 25 billion USD within the next few years.

There are currently about one thousand five hundred Turkish companies active in the Kurdistan region. The relationship between the Turkish government and KRG reached its peak when Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan invited the president of the Kurdistan Region to the Kurdish populated Diyarbakir in November 2013 where both leaders emphasised the relevance of peace and economic development to the region.

In an interview with the Kurdish Rudaw newspaper on 14 June 2014, the vicepresident of the AKP, Hüseyin Çelik stated that “if Iraq splits up, the Kurds have the right to self-determination" and added that “Turkey has supported Iraqi Kurdish government until now and will continue to do so.”

Considering that in a few years' time with Turkey's EU accession, Kurdistan will represent the eastern border of the European Union, it would simply make sense

from a realist point of view that Kurdistan provides a buffer to the EU from an emerging radical Sunni entity to the south of Kurdistan's borders. Secondly, Kurdistan with its huge oil reserves, ranked sixth at the global level, would be another major oil exporter to western markets.

To sum up, conventional wisdom holds that Iraq's breakup would be destabalising and therefore should be avoided at all costs. Looking at Iraq's dismal history, it should be apparent that it is the very effort to hold Iraq together that has been destabalising. Pursuit of coerced unity has led to continuous violence, repression, dictatorship and genocide. It is not possible over the long run to force people living in a geographically defined area to remain part of a state against their will. Iraq's Kurds will never reconcile to being part of Iraq. Under these circumstances, a managed amicable divorce is in the best interests of Iraq, and will contribute to greater stability in the region.

Iraq's current civil war is the messy end of a country that never worked as a voluntary union and that brought misery to most of its people most of the time. By invading Iraq and mismanaging the aftermath, the United States precipitated Iraq's collapse as a unified state but did not cause it. Partition – the Iraqi solution – has produced stability in most of the country and for this reason should be accepted.

An independent Kurdistan should be achieved through some sort of Velvet Divorce between Arab Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, akin to the dissolution of the former Czechoslovakia in 1993. The UN, the EU, the US and the Arab League should play a role in negotiating this secession. The best way for that to happen is to have an agreement with the Iraqi government. To achieve this, the issue of the disputed Kurdish territories should be resolved because it is very difficult to achieve independence if you do not know which territory you are going to control.

Being Aggressive: Some employees adopt aggressive attitudes in dealing with their bosses. They will not listen to ideas and suggestions, regard reasonable instructions as harsh orders, and automatically deny responsibility if criticized. In these circumstances, dealing with the boss becomes antagonistic, and all interactions are seen as a battle to be won or lost.

Being Submissive: Some employees adopt submissive attitude towards their boss. Everything the boss says must clearly be right, all criticism must be valid, and any mistake must be of their making. Even when the boss invites their opinion, they feel unable to give ideas. So they keep quiet at meetings, keep their heads down and avoid their boss at all costs.

Being Indirectly Aggressive: Some employees react inwardly rather than outwardly. They may be clever and witty, but in a sarcastic, cynical or bitter way. Indirectly, aggressive employees are rarely honest about their feelings and views. They may say one thing to the boss, and another to their colleagues. Their energies disperse in negative feelings and carping comments.

The Positive Approach: As a subordinate, you can adopt a positive attitude to authority that allows you to be yourself, to accept praise for your strengths, and to learn from your mistakes. Assertive approach means being firm but polite, determined yet flexible in pursuing a rational course of action. Acting assertively at work involves, first of all, approaching your boss in a positive spirit.

The assertive approach is direct, honest, open and responsive, but not blunt. The fact is, employees tend to remember few unpleasant encounters far more vividly than the usual humdrum exchanges. Here are a few tips on how to get on better with the boss: a. Make the most of informal meetings: Informal meetings can benefit an employee’s relationship with the boss. They include accidental get-togethers in the canteen or in some work based sport or leisure activity. Such occasions allow you to learn more about the boss as a person. Equally in a relaxed informal meeting, you may more easily let your boss discover who you are as a person. Sometimes you may get the praise and encouragement that you don’t usually get at other times. b. Don’t be afraid to ask: To get a job done properly, you often ought to seek help and advice from others. Don’t be afraid to ask for things, your request indicates that you take your work seriously. c. Be prepared to accept praise: Interestingly, bosses tend to feel that they are generous in giving praise and encouragement; subordinates tend to feel that they receive less praise and encouragement than their efforts. A factor behind this discrepancy may be that subordinates refuse to accept praise properly. An honest heartfelt ‘Thank you’ for the praise, accompanied by a gratified smile would be a far more positive response. Don’t forget that your boss needs encouragement just as you do. d. Always be clear: Many problems between the bosses and their subordinates arise out of misunderstandings.

Subordinates fail to grasp their instructions properly, go away, and do the wrong things. Make this yardstick clear to effectively accomplishspecific tasks. e. Organize yourself: An employee should formulate your work goals precisely, and not be afraid to be ambitious.

When assessing how well you organize yourself, consider key questions your boss might have in mind: Do you have clear objectives? How efficiently do you manage your time? Are you able to measure your progress? Are you able to manage your problems? f. Listen to Criticism: Many people who are deaf to praise turn out to have acute hearing for criticism. They regard any helpful suggestion as a form of criticism, and treat any criticism as a form of personal attack. Few people actually like to be criticized, particularly by their boss. But criticism is not necessarily destructive or demeaning; it can be a valuable form of feedback to improve your work in the future. Don’t remain silent in the face of vague criticism- ask for specific examples for your alleged shortcomings. Accept fair criticism in a positive and forward-looking spirit, and ask what you can do to improve matters. Listen carefully to criticism, and suppress any impulse to react unthinkingly.

Remember, you have the right to be treated with respect, express your feelings and wishes, ask for what you want, say no without feeling guilty, make mistakes, ask for information, change your mind and make suggestions. Depending on your particular relationship with the boss, you can add some other important rights to the list. Remember, positive behaviour on your part makes your relation with your boss more positive.

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DU VC resigns, confusion prevails over FYUP

New Delhi, JuNe 24 (iANS): Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh resigned Tuesday, days after the UGC told him to scrap the controversial four-year under-graduate course (FYUP). Three top university officials, including the pro vice chancellor, also quit following his resignation. However, it was not clear immediately whether the controversial FYUP has been scrapped.

Joint Dean Students’ Welfare and media coordinator Malay Neerav announced: “Dinesh Singh has sent his resignation to the human resource development (HRD) ministry.”

Singh’s resignation came amid a continuing row between the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the university. The news of Singh’s resignation led to immediate celebrations among the students unions and teachers’ associations, who had opposed the course ever since it was introduced last year.

Many distributed sweets, danced, waved flags and hugged each other in jubilation.

But a section of teachers slammed the UGC’s “diktat” to scrap the course.

Moments after the vice chancellor’s resignation, pro vice chancellor Sudhish Pachauri, South Campus director Umesh Rai and Dean of Colleges Malashri Lal also put in their papers. “They have submitted their resignations to the vice chancellor,” an official told IANS. Meanwhile, some DU officials reached Singh’s residence to persuade him to reconsider his decisions.

SC declines PIL on Delhi University’s four-year course

Due to the conflict between UGC and DU, there is no clarity regarding the admission process.

With the row continuing between DU and the UGC over scrapping the fouryear programme, the future of 2.7 lakh applicants who have sought admissions to DU and its affiliated colleges for this year hangs in balance.

DU, considered one of the top universities in the country, has 78 affiliated colleges, of which 63 colleges are conducting admissions. The process was to begin Tuesday. Amid the ongoing tussle, the principals’ association Monday put on hold the admission process, citing “lack of clarity”. Colleges were supposed to release cut-off lists Monday night.

The tussle began June 20 when the UGC directed DU to scrap the course and replace it with the original three-year programme.

Despite the UGC’s repeat-

US asked to explain immunity to Manmohan Singh

wAShiNgtoN, JuNe 24 (iANS): A US court has asked the US government to respond by July 10 to a Sikh group’s challenge to “suggestion of immunity” to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh in a human rights violation case.

“The United States may have until July 10, 2014, to respond to Plaintiffs’ Response to its suggestion of immunity,” a federal district court here said in a June 20 order on a motion filed by the rights group Sikh for Justice (SFJ).

Obama administration has sought immunity for Manmohan Singh saying that it was in “the interest of the United States” for the “implementation of its foreign policy and in the conduct of its international relations, to recognize Prime Minister Singh’s immunity from this suit while in office.”

SFJ has opposed the “suggestion of immunity” on the ground that the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA) does not cover acts committed by foreign officials in their “official capacity” and “Manmohan Singh is not Prime Minister of India anymore”.

The Washington court also granted SFJ time till August 18 to complete the service of outstanding summons on Manmohan Singh, according to SFJ legal advisor Gurpatwant Pannun.

Summons were issued against Manmohan Singh during his September 2013 visit to Washington on a complaint by SFJ. The group has accused the former prime minister of “funding several counter insurgency operations in Punjab during the 1990s resulting in more than hundred thousand Sikhs being killed extra judicially by the security forces”.

‘BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women’

New Delhi, JuNe 24 (iANS): The BJP has failed to check price rise or provide security to women despite tall promises made during elections, a Congres spokesperson claimed Monday.

“During the election campaign, the BJP sold dreams of ‘acche din’ by promising to curtail price rise... Indian voters gave them 10 seats more than the majority figure of 272 so that they do not give excuses of compulsion of coalition politics. However, the BJP has failed the people on both these fronts,” contended Congress spokesperson Shobha Oza. She said the Narendra Modi government’s first month in office was marked by a steep increase in prices.

“The government began with the 50 paise increase in diesel prices, followed by increase in prices of essential commodities like fruits and vegetables and pulses. This was followed by unprecedented increase in railway passenger fares and freight charges. And now the government is planning to increase the price of sugar to the tune of Rs.5-6 per kilo and of cooking gas,” Oza said.

On the issue of women’s safety, she said the Bharatiya Janata Party government has failed miserably. “The BJP, which was going hammer and tongs over the rape issue in the country before the elections, is now protecting its central minister Nihal Chand who has been accused of rape,” Oza alleged.

ed reminders, the varsity remained non-committal.

The commission had also directed DU to enrol new applicants under the previous three-year undergraduate course, warning of freezing the funds to DU if it failed to comply.

Attacking Singh and the previous UPA government, the Delhi University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) president Nandita Narain said the association considers the four-year programme as an “irresponsible succumbing of the statutory bodies to the whims of the vice-chancellor”.

“In fact, the FYUP was announced to the media even before the university community had an opportunity to discuss it. The academic council accepted the recommendations by a Task Force constituted by the VC in unimaginable

haste,” the association said in a statement.

The university did not scrutinise the structure of the FYUP or the content of the courses, it said. It also said that before implementing the course, the university did not examine the infrastructure, teachers and other necessities to accommodate 33 percent more students in each college.

But DU’s Executive Council member Aditya Narayan Mishra described the FYUP as “good.” “The FYUP is much cheaper than the under-graduate courses in private university,” Mishra told reporters.

“UGC’s latest diktat to DU to admit students in three-year course and not in FYUP is a violation of the long standing autonomy of the DU. FYUP is not in contravention of the Delhi University Act 1922,” added

Mishra, who had also filed a petition in the Supreme Court on the matter.

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the public interest litigation seeking quashing of the FYUP, and asked the petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court. The Congress, meanwhile, accused the Narendra Modi government of creating a “mess which was never seen in Indian education system”.

“It is very unfortunate as the future of lakhs of students is in the dark. This is not about duration of a course but the government’s policy. The NSUI has been demanding a three-year course for a long time, and, therefore, the day the government took oath, they should have made it into a three-year course,” said former union minister Manish Tewari.

New Delhi, JuNe 24 (iANS): The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain a public interest plea seeking quashing of the UGC’s directive to Delhi University to dump the four-year under-graduate programme.

An apex court bench of Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh asked the petitioner, former Delhi University Teachers Association president Aditya Narayan Mishra, to approach the Delhi High Court with his plea. As counsel Ankur Mittal urged the court to hear the matter as it involved

urgency, the court reiterated that the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petitioner should approach the Delhi High Court.

Justice Sen said: “In case you approach the Supreme Court at a later stage, then we will have the benefit of the reasoning of the high court.” Mishra sought that the three orders of the University Grants Commission (UGC) dated June 20, 21 and 22 to Delhi University be quashed.

The UGC’s orders asked Delhi University to scrap the controversial four-year under-graduate course

started in the last academic year. Even as the UGC, a statutory body of the government to coordinate and maintain the standards of university education in India, ordered DU to scrap the FYUP “without fail” by Monday, a day before the admission process to the varsity was to begin, the university has been tightlipped over the issue.

With no clarity and consensus on the issue, the university also deferred the admission process which was slated to begin Tuesday, leaving in lurch tens and thousands of students.

FYUP students call off protest

New Delhi, JuNe 24 (iANS): Students of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) enrolled under DU’s four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) called off their protest Tuesday after being assured by the University Grants Commission (UGC) that their course will not be scrapped, even if the previous three-year degree course is implemented.

“We have met the representatives of UGC and have been assured that they will give priority to the demands of B.Tech students. Therefore, we have decided to call off the protest,” Amit Kumar, a student of B.Tech in Delhi University, told IANS. The students early Tuesday held a protest saying the scrapping of the FYUP will create hurdles for them as they won’t be left with any specialisation once they complete their course. The fate of over 2.7 lakh applicants this year is in the lurch due to the tussle between the UGC and DU over scrapping of the FYUP, which was implemented last year.

The UGC had issued notice to DU and directed scrapping of the FYUP. It also directed DU to enrol new applicants under the previous three-year undergradu-

ate course, failing which the commission warned of freezing funds to the university.

“Whether the government rolls back FYUP or not, our only demand is that B.Tech should not be discarded as they are planning to transform B.Tech into B.Sc. We have joined DU for B.Tech, not B.Sc,” Akshay Kachroo from Maharaja Agrasen College told IANS. Prashita Jaishwal from IP college for women said: “Students who took admission in electronics came to DU because it was offering a B.Tech degree. But now if the government backs out, our future will suffer adversely.” The raging controversy also saw the resignation Tuesday of DU vice chancellor Dinesh Singh, who was one of the main members behind the implementation of the FYUP. “I hope the UGC understands the significance of the B.Tech course. Even though we are students of the most reputed university of the country, we have become a laughing stock,” said Ananya Jagdish, another B.Tech student of IP college for women. Over 50,000 applications have filed for 2,500 B.Tech seats.

India’s first indigenous antisubmarine warfare ship ready

KolKAtA, JuNe 24 (Pti): India’s first indigenously-built anti submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta is ready to be commissioned into the Indian Navy next month, defence officials said in Kolkata today. Built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata, it will be the first warship armed with an indigenous rocket launcher for anti submarine warfare, they said.

The corvette is readying to sail out from GRSE’s fitting-out jetty in Kolkata to join the Navy’s eastern fleet at Vishakhapatnam in July, officials said. The sophisticated front line warship with stealth features will also be the first warship armed

with the new trainable chaff launcher - Kavach.

With an approximate displacement of 3,400 tonnes, it can achieve a maximum speed of 25 knots. It is powered by four indigenously designed 3888 KW diesel engines at 1050 rpm and can cover nearly 3,500 nautical miles at 18 knots. The overall length of the ship is 109 meters and is nearly 13 metres wide at its maximum bulge.

With about 90 percent of the ship being indigenous, it is also capable of deploying a helicopter, adding considerable punch to the ship’s anti-submarine capability.

It is also the first naval ship fitted with bow mounted ‘Sonar’ (sound navigation

and ranging) for enhanced underwater surveillance. Integration of indigenous surveillance radar (Revathi) for surface and air surveillance is another first on any Indian warship.

Each ship will be manned by 14 officers and 150 sailors. With reverse osmosis plant for fresh water generation, sewage treatment plant with vacuum toilet facilities totally compliant with International Maritime Organisation regulations, the warship measures up to all stringent regulatory needs to operate across oceans of the world.

The sturdy warship is the first in its class of four ASW corvettes being built for the Indian Navy.

A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana as he waits to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu, on Tuesday, June 24. Thousands of pilgrims annually visit the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath at 3,888 meters (12,756 feet) above sea level to worship an icy stalagmite representing Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. (AP Photo)

Jaya urges Modi to secure release of 64 Modi’s ‘Acche Din’ and the ‘bitter pill’ Delhi, JuNe 24 (AgeN- ruption, is already showing signs the economy, it hurts the comIndian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody New cieS): Prime Minister Narendra of impatience to wait for fruits mon man when it hits his pocket.

cheNNAi, JuNe 24 (AgeNcieS): Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and secure the release of 64 Indian fishermen who are in Sri Lankan custody.

In a letter to Modi, the chief minister said 11 Tamil Nadu fishermen on three boats were apprehended by the Sri Lankan navy on Monday night. The fishermen set out to fish from Jegadhapattinam and Kottaipattinam fishing bases in Pudukkottai district. They were taken to Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka.

On Thursday, seven fishermen from Nagapattinam fishing base were apprehended off the east coast

of Sri Lanka, while 46 other fishermen were arrested the previous day.

Jayalalithaa said the issue required a concerted and sustained diplomatic effort to ensure that a permanent solution was delivered.

“Until such time, the Union government must impress upon the Sri Lankan government to abstain from attacks on and abduction of our innocent fishermen on the high seas in the Palk Bay. Further, the joint mechanisms which are designed to ensure the speedy release of apprehended fishermen should be effectively activated,” she said. The chief minister reiterated that Tamil Nadu would work towards creating a conducive atmosphere.

Modi will complete 30 days in office this week. Armed with a decisive mandate, Modi and his team have taken some bold decisions as they strive to deliver on the promise of ‘Acche Din’.

While his admirers have appreciated the determined effort to end stasis in governance – the hallmark of the previous UPA government. Naysayers also have a strong voice, especially after Modi warned of a ‘bitter pill’ to pull Indian economy out of the rut it is in.

Narendra Modi may have sought 60 months from the electorate and it’s early days. However, the ‘aam aadmi’, burgeoned by ever growing inflation and cor-

that will grow after the system is changed at the fundamental level – as promised by Modi.

The Modi sarkar has already touched a raw nerve by hiking rail fares. The rationale behind the 14% hike – the first big one after 11 years – has been missed by a large section of the aam janta.

The government worsened matters further by trying to deflect the blame towards the previous government led by Manmohan Singh. If a decision has been taken, the least the government could have done was to stand by it and explained the circumstances that forced its hand.

No matter how important the bitter pill may be for resurrecting

The fare hike controversy and the fear of runaway inflation have, to an extant, overshadowed, the positive steps taken by the Modi government.

Decisions like framing rules for his ministers and backing bureaucrats, holds the potential to correctly align the government towards effective governance, however, the biggest challenge before the Modi government is to revive Indian economy. Jobs for youths, increased spending on social and infrastructure sectors can only become a reality if the investment cycle gains strength.

Stock markets may be on a roll but the real impetus for growth has to come from the government.

India needs sweeping power sector reforms: World Bank New Delhi, JuNe 24 (iANS): Electricity distribution in India needs reform to achieve the target of electricity to all by 2019, the World Bank said Tuesday.

“Power distribution in India needs sweeping reforms if it is to bring back the country to a high growth trajectory and meet its goal of expanding access to electricity to all by 2019,” the Bank said in its report titled “More Power to India: The Challenge of Distribution” Pointing out that India’s annual per capita power consumption at around 800 units is among the lowest in the world, the World Bank called for more private participation in the distribution. It has

identified electricity distribution to the end consumer as the weak link in the sector.

The study analyzes the multiple sources of weakness in distribution and identifies the key challenges to improving performance in the short and medium term.

It recommends freeing utilities and regulators from external interference, increasing accountability and enhancing competition in the sector to move it to a higher level of service delivery.

“Ominously, the recent sharp increase in private investment and market borrowing means power sector difficulties are more likely to spill over to lenders and affect

the broader financial sector”, the report said.

Total accumulated losses in the sector stood at $25 billion in 2011 concentrated among discoms, state electricity Boards (SEBs) and state power departments, the report said.

“Revitalising the power sector by improving the performance of distribution utilities, and ensuring that players in the sector are subjected to financial discipline is the need of the hour,” said Onno Ruhl, World Bank country director in India.

By tackling the losses through a focused approach, it should be possible to make a marked difference in sector performance, the

report added.

Power Minister Piyush Goyal Monday called for increased participation by private companies in power distribution to help ease supply bottlenecks and reinstate investor confidence in the sector.

“We will look for more private participation in distribution and would require state support for this task,” Goyal told reporters here after meeting bankers to resolve issues between power sector borrowers and banks.

According to a Moody’s report, of all impaired loans at public-sector banks, 20 percent are of distribution companies (discoms), with the proportion going up to 48 percent at

some of the most exposed banks.

The erstwhile UPA government had approved the restructuring of Rs.190,000 crore debt of state electricity boards in a move to turn around the finances of power distribution companies.

Under the scheme, 50 percent of the short-term outstanding liabilities would be taken over by the state governments and the remainder would be restructured by providing a moratorium on the principal and most favourable repayment terms.

Currently Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Surat and Ahmedabad and the state of Odisha have privately owned discoms.

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Kurds urged to save Iraq from collapse

ARBIL, June 24 (ReuteRs): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country.

Iraqi security forces fought Sunni armed factions for control of the country’s biggest oil refinery 200 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad, under threat for nearly two weeks since militants overran northern cities.

Kerry flew to the Kurdish region after a day in Baghdad on an emergency trip through the Middle East to rescue Iraq after a lightning advance by Sunni fighters led by an al Qaeda offshoot, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. U.S. officials believe that persuading the Kurds to stick with the political process in Baghdad is vital to keeping Iraq from splitting apart.

“If they decide to withdraw from the Baghdad political process it will accelerate a lot of the negative trends,” said a senior State Department official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. Kurdish leaders have made clear that the settlement keeping Iraq together as a state is now in jeopardy.

“We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq,” Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said at the start of his meeting with Kerry. Earlier, he blamed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s “wrong policies” for the violence and called for him to quit, saying it was “very difficult” to imagine Iraq staying together.

The 5 million Kurds,

UN: At least 1,075 killed in Iraq in June

GeneVA, June 24 (AP): At least 1,075 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq during June as a Sunni insurgency overtakes key areas of the country, the United Nations said Tuesday.

According to the U.N. human rights team in Iraq, there were at least 757 civilians killed and 599 injured in Nineveh, Diyala and Salah al-Din provinces from June 5-22, as troops led by Shiite-led government in Baghdad failed to stop the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. “This figure — which should be viewed very much as a minimum — includes a number of verified summary executions and extra-judicial killings of civilians, police, and soldiers who were hors (de) combat,” said U.N. human rights office spokesman Rupert Colville, using the French term for soldiers who have signaled they are no longer combatants.

The Iraq team said another 318 people were killed and 590 injured during the same time in Baghdad and areas in the

south, many of them from least six separate vehicle-borne bombs. It also is trying to verify what Colville called “a number of alleged human rights violations that have been taking place in Iraq” since ISIL’s advances in early June.

Colville told reporters in Geneva that kidnappings of foreigners and others continue in the northern provinces and in Baghdad, including 48 Turkish citizens taken from Turkey’s consulate when ISIL captured Mosul and 40 Indian nationals who had been working for an Iraqi construction company.

But he said 16 Georgians reported kidnapped 10 days ago have been released, and 44 other foreign workers abducted by ISIL when they captured Al-Door also have been freed and returned safely after local tribal leaders negotiated between the Iraqi army and ISIL. “Tragically some of those who have been abducted have been subsequently found dead, and summary executions also apparently continue to take place,” Colville said.

In this photo taken Saturday, June 14, 2014, members of the Kurdish security forces gather in an area in Kirkuk, Iraq. In Iraq’s chaos, the Kurds are emerging as significant winners — and their victories are fueling sentiment among their population to declare outright independence. (AP Photo)

who have ruled themselves within Iraq in relative peace since the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, have seized on this month’s chaos to expand their own territory, taking control of rich oil deposits.

Two days after the Sunni fighters launched their uprising by seizing the north’s biggest city Mosul, Kurdish troops took full control of Kirkuk, a city they consider their historic capital and which was abandoned by the fleeing Iraqi army.

The Kurds’ capture of Kirkuk, just outside the boundary of their autonomous zone, eliminates their main incentive to remain part of Iraq: its oil deposits could generate more revenue than the Kurds now re-

Egypt president refuses pardon for journalists CAIRO, June 24 (AP): Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Tuesday he will not interfere in court rulings, rebuffing calls from the United States and other Western governments that he pardon or commute the sentences of three Al-Jazeera journalists handed heavy prison terms a day earlier.

The verdict of seven years in prison against the journalists brought a landslide of international condemnation.

Rights groups described their 5-month trial as a sham, with no evidence presented to back the terrorism related charges against them, saying the three were being punished simply for their reporting on protests by backers of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

The White House said the ruling “flouts the most basic standards of media freedom” and was a “blow to democratic progress.” It called on el-Sissi to intervene to bring about the immediate release of the three — Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed.

Australia and other governments have also urged elSissi to do so for the three journalists, whose families have said they will appeal. Appeals could take months, and the three are likely to remain in prison during the process.

In a televised address to graduating military cadets, elSissi said, “We will not interfere in court verdicts” — repeating the phrase twice in his speech to drive home the point. He said he spoke to the justice minister Monday evening and “I told him one word: We will not interfere in judicial matters because the Egyptian judiciary is an independent and exalted judiciary.” “If we desire (strong) state institutions, we must respect court rulings and not comment on them even if others don’t understand these rulings,” he said.

Under the constitution, the president has the power to issue a pardon or commute the sentences. The journalists’ arrest last December was part of the broad crackdown against Islamists and the Muslim Brotherhood after el-Sissi — in his former post of army chief — removed Morsi last summer. The journalists’ trial was further politicized by the Egyptian government’s deep enmity with the Gulf nation Qatar, which was a strong ally of Morsi’s Brotherhood and owns the Al-Jazeera network.

Egyptian authorities accuse Al-Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for the Brotherhood, a claim the network denies. Also, el-Sissi’s powerful Gulf allies, particularly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are strongly opposed to both the Brotherhood and Al-Jazeera. Those allies have given Egypt billions of dollars in aid since Morsi’s ouster.

Prosecutors accused the three journalists of promoting or belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and of falsifying their coverage of protests to hurt Egypt’s security and make it appear the country is sliding into civil war. The government has branded the Brotherhood a terrorist organization.

The journalists, say they are being prosecuted simply for doing their job and are pawns in the political rivalry.

During the 5-month trial, prosecutors presented no evidence backing the charges, at times citing random video footage found with the defendants that even the judge dismissed as irrelevant. Mohammed, the Al-Jazeera team’s producer, had three years tacked onto his 7-year sentence for possession of ammunition, referring to a spent shell he picked up at a protest.

Amnesty International called the sentences a “travesty of justice.” Human Rights Watch said the journalists were sentenced on “zero evidence” of wrongdoing and that the judges were “caught up in the anti-Muslim Brotherhood hysteria fostered by” el-Sissi.

ceive from Baghdad as part of the settlement that has kept them from declaring independence.

Some senior Kurdish officials suggest in private they are no longer committed to Iraq and are biding their time for an opportunity to seek independence.

In an interview with CNN, Barzani repeated a threat to hold a referendum on independence, saying it was time for Kurds to decide their own fate.

New Government Washington has placed its hopes in forming a new, more inclusive government in Baghdad that would undermine the insurgency.

Kerry aims to convince Kurdish leaders to sign on.

In Baghdad on Monday Kerry said Maliki assured him the new parliament, elected two months ago, would sit by a July 1 deadline to start forming a new government. Maliki is fighting to stay in power, under criticism for the ISIL-led advance. Baghdad is racing against time as the insurgents consolidate their grip on Sunni provinces.

The Baiji refinery, a strategic industrial complex in northern Iraq, remained a frontline early on Tuesday.

Militants said late on Monday they had seized it, but two government officials said troop reinforcements had been flown inside the compound and fended off the assault.

Local tribal leaders said

they were negotiating with both the government and Sunni fighters to allow the tribes to run the plant if Iraqi forces withdraw. One of the government officials said Baghdad wanted the tribes to break with ISIL and other Sunni armed factions, and help defend the compound.

The plant has been fought over since last Wednesday, with sudden reversals for both sides and so far no clear winner. The past three days saw Baghdad’s forces abandon the entire western frontier with Jordan and Syria, leaving Sunni fighters in control of some of the most important trade routes in the Middle East.

For the insurgents, capturing the frontier is a dra-

matic step towards the goal of erasing the modern border altogether and building a caliphate across swathes of Iraq and Syria. An Iraqi government official said troops had recaptured two border crossings but Sunni fighters said they still held them.

U.S. President Barack Obama has offered up to 300 American advisers to Iraq but held off granting a request by Maliki’s Shi’ite Muslim-led government for air strikes. The insurgency has been fuelled by a sense of persecution among many of Iraq’s Sunnis, including armed tribes who once fought al Qaeda but are now battling alongside the ISILled revolt against Maliki’s Shi’ite-led government.

Maliki’s State of Law coalition won the most seats in the election in April but still needs support from rival Shi’ite factions as well as Kurds and Sunnis to keep him in power. Some State of Law figures have suggested they could replace Maliki to build a government around a less polarising figure, although Maliki’s allies say he has no plan to step aside. His main foreign sponsors, Washington and Tehran, have both called for a swift agreement on an inclusive government, suggesting they may be ready to abandon the combative 64-year-old Shi’ite Islamist after eight years in power.

Maliki has put himself at odds with the Kurds, who accuse him of reneging on

promises made in exchange for their backing to stay in power after the last election in 2010. Relations are now characterised by deep mistrust, but the State Department official said Washington hopes the Kurds can be wooed back.

“If we are to have a chance ... to use this process of forming a new government to reset the political foundation here, the Kurds have to be a critical part of that process, and we think they will be,” the senior State Department official said. Over the past year, the Kurds have signed oil deals with Turkey and late last year completed their own export pipeline, despite opposition from both Baghdad and Washington.

‘More than 60 women, 31 boys Ukraine accuses Russia kidnapped by militants in Nigeria’ of using landmines

MAIduGuRI, June 24 (PtI): Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday.

Security forces denied the kidnappings. Nigeria’s government and military have attracted widespread criticism for their slow response to the abductions of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped April 15.

There was no way to safely and independently confirm the report from Kummabza, 150 kilometers (95 miles) from Maiduguri, capital of Borno state and headquarters of a military state of emergency that has failed to curtail near-daily attacks by Boko Haram fighters.

Kummabza resident Aji Khalil said Tuesday the abductions took place Saturday in an attack in which four villagers were killed.

Khalil is a member of one of the vigilante groups that have had some success in repelling Boko Haram attacks with primitive weapons.

A senior local councilor from the village’s Damboa local gov-

ernment told The Associated Press that abductions had occurred but requested anonymity because he was not authorized to give information to reporters. He said elderly survivors of the attack had walked some 25 kilometers (15 miles) to the relative safety of other villages.

The Damboa council secretary, Modu Mustapha, said he could not confirm or deny the abductions and directed a reporter to the council chairman, Alamin Mohammed, who did not answer phone calls or respond to text messages. Boko Haram has been demanding the release of detained members in exchange for its hostages but President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will not consider a swap.

A strategy to rescue the girls appears to have reached an impasse. Nigeria’s military has said it knows where they are but fears their abductors would kill them if any military action is taken. Politics have bedeviled the issue, with

many distracted by upcoming presidential elections in February 2015. The first lady, Patience Jonathan, and some other supporters have claimed the reports of the April abductions of the schoolgirls were fabricated to discredit her husband’s administration.

Last week, a presidential committee investigating the kidnappings stressed that they did in fact happen and clarified the number of students who have been kidnapped. It said there were 395 students at the school, 119 escaped during the siege of the school, another 57 escaped in the first couple of days of their abduction, leaving 219 unaccounted for.

This year, the Boko Haram insurgents have embarked on a twopronged strategy — bombing in cities and a scorched-earth policy in rural areas where they are devastating villages. Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the central city of Jos and the northeastern state capital of Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, all have been bombed.

JOHAnnesBuRG, June 24 (AP): Ukraine has accused Russian troops of planting landmines on its territory during Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region earlier this year. Ukraine made the allegation in a report to an international landmine conference being held this week in the southern African nation of Mozambique.

Ukraine’s delegation is not attending the meeting in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital.

Russia set up fields of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines between Ukraine’s mostly Russian-speaking Crimea and the rest of Ukraine, and also seized 605 anti-personnel landmines stored at a Ukrainian military depot in the Saki area of Crimea, according to the report. It said Ukraine was allowed to keep the landmines for training under the international Mine Ban Treaty, which seeks an end to the use, production and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines.

Russia is not a signatory to the treaty. Ukraine said it is concerned

that the seized landmines could be transferred to “terrorist groups,” a reference to pro-Russia separatists and Russians fighting with them in southeastern Ukraine. Russia has said Russian citizens fighting with the separatists are volunteers and that their weapons were seized from Ukrainian stores; Ukraine, NATO and the U.S. have accused Russia of aiding the separatists.

Pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine have announced that they would respect a cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president last week, raising hopes for an end to fighting.

In the mine report, Ukraine’s Geneva-based mission said soldiers have been unable to defend themselves with mines from daily attacks conducted from Russian territory because Ukraine is bound by restrictions in the anti-mine treaty.

One Ukrainian soldier was killed and three were wounded by mines and other explosive devices in southeastern Ukraine in April and May, the mission said in the June 18 report.

Central African Republic at risk of genocide: UN RABAt, June 24 (AP): In the early hours of Monday morning, a Christian militia swept down on the village of Ardo-Djobi near Bambari in the Central African Republic killing 18 Muslims of the Fulani ethnicity. Just a few days earlier, Muslim gunmen had attacked Christians in the nearby village of Liwa and killed 21.

The tit-for-tat attacks against rival religious groups in Central African Republic threaten to create the conditions for a genocide reminiscent of Bosnia in the 1990s and requires swift efforts by the government and the international community to stop the violence, said a new report by the International Federation for Human Rights.

The 88-page report details the atrocities committed by both sides in the impoverished country and urged the re-establishment of a legal and penal system to stop the wave of crime and violence and to begin trying those behind the massacres.

“The leaders of the violence and its perpetrators of mass human rights violations are known, we have proof and the government and international community have to take this opportunity and arrest them and end the organized violence,” said Florent Geel, the director of the federation’s Africa Desk, lamentin g the lack of jails or security for judges in the country.

The Central African Republic has been rocked by unrest since March 2013 when a largely Muslim alliance of rebel groups known as the Seleka overthrew President Francois Bozize. More than a million people, nearly a quarter of the population, have

In this April 15 2014 picture, children walk through the burned Muslim district in the Western Central African town of Guen, Central African Republic. In a report released Tuesday June 24, 2014, the International Federation for Human Rights said that the tit-for-tat attacks against rival religious groups in Central African Republic threaten to create the conditions of a genocide reminiscent of Bosnia in the 1990s and requires swift efforts by the government and the international community to stop the violence. (AP photo)

been displaced by the violence pitting Muslim rebels against Christian militias known as the anti-Balaka.

“Seleka and anti-Balaka forces mirror one another in the horror of the acts that they have perpetrated in the context of a conflict that has become so vile that more people are killed than injured,” warned the report, which was researched with two local human rights organizations between the summer of 2013 and February 2014.

After the Seleka were forced out of the

capital and into the northern and eastern parts of the country, enclaves of besieged Muslims civilians were left at the mercy of the anti-Balaka militias, who soon switched their targets from just those allied to the rebels to all Muslims. The report’s investigators discovered that the militias were in many cases led by members of the former government military and organized by politicians close to the deposed president.

One militia leader told researchers “they all have to leave or die.”

Before the conflict, there were some 800,000 Muslims in Central African Republic and now only about 20,000 remain, scattered around in 16 different enclaves surrounded by hostile militias. It is a situation reminiscent of Bosnia in the 1990s when Serbs attempted to ethnically cleanse Muslim areas, said the report.

There are currently 5,000 African troops and 2,000 French troops in the country which have largely taken over the role of maintaining order, following the disintegration of the government’s army. Aside from France, the report said the global community has largely been indifferent to the plight of the country.

The key to halting this cycle of violence is to end the impunity of those behind them through the restoration of the country’s justice system, said the report. Despite the installation of President Catherine SambaPanza after the Seleka was pushed out of the capital, there has been little evidence of a central authority and even the most brazen crimes go unpunished. Militia leaders arrested by international forces are soon at large again, said the report. It recommends the creation of an interim legal system — including building functional jails.

Help may come with a new 12,000-strong U.N. force set to start arriving in September, but even that number may not be enough, said Geel of human rights organization. He said Central African Republic “could become a sanctuary for armed groups, instability and mercenaries so it has to be fixed quickly.”

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Andhra court issues arrest warrant against MS Dhoni HydERABAd, JUNE 24 (IANS): A court in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Indian cricket team captain M.S. Dhoni for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. A local court in Anantapur issued the arrest warrant as Dhoni did not appear in the court despite three summons served in the past.

It directed police to present Dhoni in the court July 16. The case relates to a picture on the cover of a magazine. Business Today in its April 2013 edition had carried the picture.

Dhoni was portrayed as Hindu god Vishnu with a sub title "God of Big Deals" and holding products of several companies including a shoe in his hand. Y. Shyam Sunder, a local leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), had filed a petition in the court in February this year alleging that the cricketer hurt the sentiments of Hindus by denigrating a Hindu god. The summons issued by the court to Dhoni on three occasions were returned. The court, which took up the hearing Tuesday, issued the arrest warrant. Similar petitions against Dhoni were filed in Delhi, Pune and other cities.

'Schumacher 'medical' documents stolen' GENEVA, JUNE 24 (AFP): Documents relating to Michael Schumacher have been stolen, the Formula One star's management said, with the thieves claiming them to be medical records about his coma from a devastating ski crash in December. "For several days stolen documents and data are being offered for sale. The offeror claims them to be the medical file of Michael Schumacher," the German's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said in a statement. "We cannot judge if these documents are authentic. However, the documents are clearly stolen. The theft has been reported. The authorities are involved," she added. Kehm warned against either the purchase or the publication of the data, stressing: "The contents of any medical files are totally private and confidential and must not made available to the public." She vowed to sue "against any publication of the content or reference to the medical file."

Schumacher was transferred from a French hospital to a facility in Switzerland earlier this month after emerging from a coma. He had been treated since December 29 in the French Alpine city of Grenoble after he slammed his head against a rock while skiing with his son and friends. A police source later said that Grenoble hospital had last week filed a lawsuit regarding the theft of the data. The 45-year-old was transferred to a hospital in the Swiss city of Lausanne where he will be undergoing further treatment. The racing star underwent two operations to remove life-threatening blood clots after the freak accident that shocked the world, before being plunged into a medically induced coma. Since then, Kehm had said he was showing short moments of consciousness, but few other details have filtered out and it is still unclear as to what the future holds for the man who cheated death countless times on the track.

India, Pakistan set to renew rivalry next year NEw dElHI, JUNE 24 (AGENCIES): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has got clearance from the Indian government to play against arch-rivals Pakistan in a full series, the Pakistan Cricket Board has said.

According to a report in the Associated Press of Pakistan, the series will be held in December 2015 and will be 'hosted' by Pakistan in the UAE. "The PCB is hopeful that a final shape would be given by the BCCI to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between both the boards," a PCB official was quoted as saying in the report. According to the MoU, India and Pakistan have agreed to play six bilateral series in the next five years, and the subject will be taken up by the heads of the respective boards at the International Cricket Council's (ICC) annual conference being held in Melbourne. Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz welcomed the resumption of cricket between the two nations, attributing the breakthrough to the efforts of PCB chairman Najam Sethi. "Sethi had been paying special attention for the revival of Indo-Pak series and it is great to hear that," he said. Another matter the PCB would be bringing up at the ICC conference is the reduction on the five-year ban imposed on fast bowler Mohammad Aamir, who was banned for spot-fixing in 2010, in order to facilitate a smooth rehabilitation and quick return to competitive cricket. "(The) PCB chairman will try his level best to convince the ICC for a reduction in the young pacer's ban and giving him the permission to resume playing," the PCB official said.

LeBron dumps Heat deal for free agency: Report

MIAMI, JUNE 24 (AFP): NBA superstar LeBron James has informed the Miami Heat that he will exercise an early termination option in his contract and become a free agent next week, ESPN reported Tuesday.

Richie Paul, James' agent, told the team of his client's decision, which came ahead of a deadline next Monday to decide whether or not to opt out of the last two years of his Miami contract. James, who was set to make $20 million next season, won his first career NBA titles with the Heat in 2012 and 2013. He also led Miami to the NBA Finals in 2011, when Dallas beat the Heat, and this year, when Miami lost to San Antonio. After the Heat's last loss in the NBA Finals, James said he wanted time on vacation with his family before considering his future plans. James said he welcomed the chance for the same free agency freedom he had in 2010, when he signed with the Heat after spending his first seven NBA seasons in Cleveland. James, a high school star near Akron just south of Cleveland, could attract other talented players alongside him after his stellar stint in Miami.

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BRAzIL BeAtS CAMeRoon 4-1, ReACHeS 2nD RounD BRASIlIA, JUNE 24 (AP): Neymar knew the responsibility was his. An increasingly anxious host nation was relying on him to ensure Brazil avoided the almost inconceivable prospect of going out in the group stage of a World Cup on soil. The 22-year-old Barcelona striker delivered on the weighty expectations Monday, setting the Selecao on course to clinch its place in the knockout stage with two precision first-half goals in a 4-1 rout of Cameroon. "I have the responsibility to go out there and help my teammates," said Neymar, the World Cup's leading scorer with four goals. "We all did well today and got the result that we needed."

He had already been decisive in the 3-1 opening win over Croatia, when he also scored twice to lift a struggling Brazil. Fred and Fernandinho added second-half goals to ensure top spot in Group A for Brazil, which will face South American rival Chile in the second round.

More important than the widely expected victory, though, was a performance that restored the confidence of fans after two disappointing matches. "It was our best match," Neymar said. "Not only because of the result but also because of how we played. We pressured our opponent just like we wanted. We deserved this result — everyone in the team deserves credit for what we did today."Neymar scored on either side of midfielder Joel Matip's goal for Cameroon in the 26th minute.

He opened the scoring off a low cross by midfielder Luiz Gustavo in the 17th, deftly side-footing the ball home from close range, then restored the lead with a low right-foot strike from the top of the penalty area in the 35th after a pass by left back Marcelo.

Fred, who had been loudly criticized for his lackluster performances, scored with a header from close range after a cross by defender David Luiz from the left in the 49th minute. And Fernandinho, who replaced Paulinho in the second half, poked in from short range in the 84th.

"I liked how the team played," Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. "There were some highs and lows, but in general we improved a little bit more. We are progressing match after match and that's important." Brazil finished Group A with seven points after a 0-0 draw with Mexico and two wins. It ended with the same points as Mexico, but had a better goal difference. The Mexicans eliminated Croatia with a 3-1 win in Recife.

"We knew we had to do better today," Brazil striker Hulk said. "We had to play better and we did."

Playing in its 100th World Cup match, Brazil needed at least a draw to advance. Elimination in the group stage would have been unthinkable for the five-time world champions playing at home. The only team to play in all 20 World Cups, Brazil has advanced to the second round in every tournament since 1970. Boosted by a crowd of nearly 69,112 at the Estadio Nacional in the nation's capital, Brazil began the match pressuring Cameroon and created many scoring chances early. But the African team eventually picked up the pace and was able to keep the hosts from threatening too much. Despite playing without Samuel Eto'o because of a lingering right knee injury, Cameroon had a few good chances, even when the match was level in the first half.

"The first half was not so bad, but we need to focus for 90 minutes, and this is not the first time that this happened," Cameroon coach Volker Finke said. "Some goals were not needed, three times we had the control of the ball and we lost it." Cameroon, which hasn't advanced to the second round since becoming the first African nation to reach the World Cup quarterfinals in 1990, likely saw Eto'o playing in his final World Cup. The 33-yearold striker, in his fourth World Cup, is the team's all-time leading scorer.

Brazil's Neymar controls a ball during the group A World Cup soccer match between Cameroon and Brazil at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, June 23. (AP Photo)

Spain already eyeing euro 2016

CURITIBA, JUNE 24 (AP): Spain will not have much time to dwell on its unexpectedly short World Cup campaign, as it targets a third-straight European championship.

Spain closed Group B with a 3-0 victory over Australia on Monday, and the team immediately put the focus on France 2016 and beyond.

"We've got a new challenge and we need all of your support! To defend the European Championship trophy!" the team's official Twitter feed wrote out on the same day it avoided becoming the first world champion to finish its defense with no points. Spain's time in Brazil may have been different if it had started with Australia rather than the Netherlands, whose 5-1 walloping not only upset the balance of world football but sent doubts surging through Spain's squad — a sensation it hasn't experienced since the 2006 World Cup, the last time it failed to triumph at a major international tournament.

It followed up the defeat to the Dutch with a 2-0 loss against Chile, which it had never lost against since their first meeting in 1950.

How Spain deals with the fallout from what can only be termed a disastrous World Cup — when it finished third in Group B, out of contention — could determine whether it travels to France in two years as a

favorite, or as a team in transition.

Coach Vicente del Bosque's contract runs until 2016 but his handling of tactics and personalities exposed some fractions inside the team, and it may prove tough for the 63-year-old former Real Madrid coach to maintain the desire and hunger that was lacking in the squad in Brazil.

Del Bosque stuck with veterans who had won back-to-back European titles and the 2010 World Cup when there was a wealth of young talent pushing to break into the team.

"Time will tell if we made a mistake or not," goalkeeper Pepe Reina said. "I hope the team reacts positively (to Brazil) and shows personality again." The early exit in Brazil may offer a chance to usher in change.

Thiago Alcantara was slated to play a prominent role before injury kept him out of Brazil, and the Bayern Munich midfielder should be the nucleus which Del Bosque builds around, much like former coach Luis Aragones did with Xavi Hernandez.

Isco was surprisingly left out of the preliminary squad, but it will be hard for Spain to ignore the Real Madrid playmaker again given how much the team struggled to penetrate opponent's areas and produce goals with its possession game. Madrid also has promising young players in fullback Dani Carvajal and forward

Jese Rodriguez pushing for national selection. The inclusion of naturalized striker Diego Costa did not boost the attack, and the Atletico Madrid striker may be in fight to retain his place against the likes of Fernando Llorente and Alvaro Negredo.

Barcelona's Gerard Deulofeu appears to have caught Del Bosque's eye, while Athletic Bilbao midfielders Ander Herrera and Ander Iturraspe could be in the mix come September when qualifying for Euro 2016 begins.

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea will challenge captain Iker Casillas, who is these days is the second-string goalie at Real Madrid.

The depth of options suggests Spain's era may not be over yet, and the team can absorb the exit of striker David Villa and speculation that Casillas, Xavi and Xabi Alonso could also retire from international play.

"There's been a lot of talk, too much, about things that were not true. The only reason we were eliminated was our play," midfielder Juan Mata said.

Spain's reign may be over, but "tiki-taka" is not dead considering what the future could bring. "We have to take the next step with Euro qualifying now, and whoever is coach knows the future is bright," said Del Bosque, who will make a decision about his future before qualifying begins. "We have to feel confident about the future."

MexICo BeAtS CRoAtIA 3-1

RECIFE, JUNE 24 (AP): One of the first things Miguel Herrera did when he became Mexico's fourth coach in a year was call Rafael Marquez and ask the 35-year-old defender known as "the boss" to return to the national side as captain.

On Monday, the world saw why.

Marquez's pivotal goal from a header in the 72nd minute ignited a scoring burst, and Mexico surged into the World Cup's knockout stage for a sixth straight time with a 3-1 triumph over Croatia. "I did not hesitate one minute after my talk with him to appoint him captain," Herrera said of Marquez, now in his fourth World Cup. "He's had many achievements in his career, personally, but he's also provided leadership to the team, that soundness, and that is why they call him the boss."

Marquez, Andres Guardado and Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez scored in a 10-minute span in the second half, dooming a talented Croatia side to elimination from the group stage.

The Croats had to win to advance and held the bulk of possession, but had trouble seriously threatening goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who kept out all efforts until an 87th-minute consolation goal from Ivan Perisic.

Mexico entered the game needing only a draw, but played aggressively and looked dangerous in attack even before breaking through. The result gave Mexico a second-place finish behind Brazil in Group A and set up

a second-round meeting with Group B winner the Netherlands. "We overcame the first hurdle," Miguel Herrera said, adding that the team would dine with their families in Recife later Monday night. "We're going to celebrate tonight but tomorrow we have to start thinking of our match with the Netherlands."

Marquez, who had scored in Germany in 2006 and South Africa four years ago, made it three straight World Cups with a goal by beating Croatia defender Vedran Corluka to head home Hector Herrera's corner.

"They wanted him to retire, and look at him," Guardado said. "He plays like he's 23" Three minutes later, Guardado found the net with a hard, left-footed, one-time shot after a cross from Oribe Peralta.

Then in the 82nd, Hernandez, the popular Manchester United striker who has been a second-half substitute in all three of Mexico's matches, scored with a header after Herrera's corner had glanced off the head of Marquez. "Mexico was equal in the first half. We tried to (attack) and left spaces in the second half," Croatia defender Danijel Pranjic said. "They scored on set plays and Marquez killed us." Croatia didn't score until it was too late, with Perisic sliding a shot past Ochoa after being set up by a neat backheel pass from Ivan Rakitic. "It's a moot point whether we should have kept it nil-nil until the last 10 minutes and then go all out on

the attack," Croatia coach Niko Kovac said. "We decided to attack earlier, but it wasn't successful."

Croatia's late goal was the first Mexico has conceded in the World Cup, but "El Tri" hardly seemed to mind when the final whistle sounded and a lively, heavily Mexican crowd in Arena Pernambuco erupted.

"Today we felt as if we were playing at home in Mexico," Miguel Herrera said. Mexico appeared to be laboring through a downspell before this World Cup. It struggled just to qualify out of CONCACAF and fired three coaches in a year's time before Miguel Herrera rescued Mexico's hopes. El Tri made it to Brazil as CONCACAF's fourth team after soundly beating New Zealand in a last-chance qualifier.

Marquez was quick to credit his energetic coach for unifying the national team in a way he'd never seen before. "Officials, the coaches, the players have shown this unity and it is quite important," Marquez said.

"We've shown this on the pitch and off, and that is why we have such a sound, robust group. We get along very well. ... We're all united. We're working together, and therefore you work comfortably, with joy."

Known as a coach of the people for the way he engages fans on social media and at times in public, Herrera implored the Mexico faithful to "stay together" and sing the national anthem "like never before."

Mexico's head coach Miguel Herrera celebrates after Mexico's Andres Guardado scored his side's second goal during the group A World Cup soccer match between Croatia and Mexico at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Monday, June 23. (AP Photo)

11 Entertainment The Eagles, know why the fans turn up - to hear the oldies?

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hen veteran California rock band the Eagles hit the stage in London at the weekend, there was no pretence about why people had come to see them or what the band was expected to do. It was a case of play the songs we know, dudes, and please don't change anything.

So a lively run-through of "Hotel California", "Tequila Sunrise", "Take it Easy", "Witchy Woman", "Life In The Fast Lane", "Desperado", "Take It To The Limit" and more than three hours of other Eagles standards went down a storm with a packed crowd at the cavernous O2 Arena.

Which is exactly what the band - founded in 1971 and still playing, give or take a 14-year split-up - intended. "We know why our audience comes," co-founder Don Henley told Reuters.

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making the listener happy."

Indeed, the Eagles' current world tour is called "History of the Eagles" and is a rare beast in that it is the concert of the DVD rather than the other way round. After producing a documentary film about their career - from Southern California country sound to heavier rock band, through burnt-out breakup to reformation - the band's manager suggested that they replicate that evolution on stage. "(He said) 'It will do more for your career than putting out a new album'," Henley said.

So the closest Henley, co-founder Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and guest original member Bernie Leadon got to something new was a song from the 1994 part-live reunion album "Hell Freezes Over".

Henley says there are two reasons for this. One is that fans tend not to go to see famous old bands to hear new music. "If you play brand new material, it just puts

them to sleep," Henley said, reflecting on the penchant some reconstituted bands have to fill the mid-section of concerts with new, unfamiliar sounds.

The exception to this is if fans become familiar with the new music through radio play. But here is the second reason Henley says for sticking to the old stuff: "There is a bit of ageism in this business. Radio in particular is not really interested in new material from old bands. It's not fair, really. I think that older bands are quite capable of producing new material."

It helps of course that the Eagles have a repertoire that is large enough and familiar enough to make all but the biggest rock bands envious. They are among the world's best-selling bands, having sold over 150 million records by one calculation. But Henley also reckons that the band has plenty of other outlets for creativity in terms of solo

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She takes small meals ever two hours.

And that's not all. Her personal trainer Radhika Karle reveals that besides doing pilates and 45-minutes of cardio, Sonam is also undergoing 'interval training'.

"It's a high intensity workout regime that will tone her down," she explains.

As Sonam starts shooting in July, she will travel

proposed to Behati Prinsloo

charming at all,' Adam added. 'Both knees and she was like, "What?'''

But things worked out just fine for the singer and his fiancee, and on Monday they were spotted making their way into the Trailblazers Awards in New York City together. The leggy model showed off her lengthy assets in a glamorous grey and white form-fitting gown as she and Adam exited their car and headed into the event.

Just last week Adam

also revealed how he asked his fiancée's father for permission to marry his daughter. The One More Night hit-maker said while On Air With Ryan Seacrest: 'I don't want to talk about it - you know how I am - but yes, of course I did. I had to. And it was extremely nerve-wracking.'

Adam and Behati announced their engagement in July of last year and are set to tie the knot in an intimate ceremony on July 19 in Los Cabos, Mexico.

According to Perez Hilton, the couple, who began dating in the spring of 2012, will marry at the beautiful El Ganzo Hotel. Namibian-born Behati, 25, and Adam have vacationed at the stunning resort which has its own private beach, in the past. It was previously reported the couple were planning a vacation to South Africa, near Behati's homeland, after their wedding so they could 'celebrate with people who can't make the trip' to Mexico.

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Sonam Kapoor asked to lose weight for Salman Khan

or the Arbaaz Khanproduced 'Dolly Ki Doli', Sonam Kapoor, who plays a curvaceous Punjabi kudi, had to put on a few extra kilos. But now the actresss has to lose between six-eight kilos before she can romance Salman Khan in Sooraj Barjatya's 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo'.

Fortunately for the actress, she doesn't have to go on a starvation diet. She can eat everything—chicken, fish and salads—in

projects. He is working on a country album to come out next year that will focus on the kind of music he listened to on the radio with his father and grandfather when he was a child in rural Texas of the 1940s and '50s. It will feature country greats Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss, among others. The "History of the Eagles" tour, meanwhile, is finishing up in Britain, will move on to Germany, Switzerland and Italy, then back to the United States before finishing up next year in Australia and New Zealand.

Having famously said when the band broke up in 1980 that they would not get back together until "hell freezes over" - hence, 1994's album title - Henley would not say whether this would be it for the Eagles.

"It’s a big mistake to announce an official retirement. When we do stop, we will just fade privately into the woodwork."

e's been named the Sexiest Man Alive but even Adam Levine can get nervous.

The 35-year-old Voice mentor has revealed that proposing to 25-year-old Behati Prinsloo had him losing his cool and his footing.

During an appearance on Live With Kelly & Michael on Monday, the Maroon 5 singer confessed asking his supermodel girlfriend to marry him caused so much anxiety that he 'lost his equilibrium' and wound up 'on both knees.'

Guest host Beth Behrs from 2 Broke Girls sat in for Kelly Ripa and asked Adam if he had any doubt that Behati would accept his proposal.

'Doesn’t matter how certain you think you are. You still get down on that knee and you just get woozy and you’re like, "I’m doing this.

Oh my God." And you can’t be confident about it. It’s impossible,' the Moves Like Jagger singer replied.

His nerves got the best of him and even rattled his self confidence as he attempted to get down on one knee. 'I’m a confident person, but I got down on that knee and everything changed immediately. I lost my equilibrium. I had to get on the other one,' he said. The usually suave singer wound up awkwardly down on both knees and at a loss of something enchanting to say.

'But the one thing that I will say is that I did say at one point, "Both knees.

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with her gym equipment so as not to disrupt her workout regimen.

"Soon, we will also begin swimming exercises," says Radhika who's trying to fight Sonam's sweet tooth.

"While we were in Paris, she was trying to tempt me into having a chocolate croissant so she could have one too." But no chocolates for Sonam for the moment, working with Sallu is enough of a sweet temptation!

iranda Kerr' exhusband Orlando Bloom is quite keen to date "I Knew You Were Trouble" singer but according to various media resources, Swift has been refusing his romantic advances. The reason could be Taylor's friendship with Selena Gomes, who too has a thing for Orlando, Perezhilton.com is reporting.

Since Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift are good friends, Taylor is aware of the fact that Selena once hung out with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Bloom and likes him a lot.

She does not want to hurt her best friends feeling hence she is not responding to Orlando's requests to go on a date with him even though they are staying in the same neighborhood.

Orlando has gone to the extent of buying an apartment adjacent to Taylor Swift's apartment at 155 Franklin Street in Manhattan, kpopstarz.com is reporting adding that both stars are living on the fourth floor only.

Orlando, who has recently separated from Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr, has been persuading Taylor very passionately by sending her several text messages.

"Orlando has been bombarding Taylor with text messages and phone calls, begging her for a date. But she's been playing hard to get. She's flattered because she thinks Orlando is so sexy and, in normal circumstances, she would leap at the chance," a source close to Taylor revealed to National Enquirer, kpopstarz.com reveals.

However, Taylor - who has a history of boyfriends, wants a serious relationship with commitment and not

just a fling with Bloom. She is aware of the fact that Selena wants to have a relationship with Bloom and that too is not letting her take any step in relation with Bloom.

"She's looking for a serious relationship. She doesn't want to be just another notch on his belt. Taylor knows that Selena is nuts about Orlando and wants to have a real relationship

with him. Yet all he seems to want to do is ask her about Taylor!" the source added.

After getting no response from Orlando Bloom, Selena is however back to her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber and the two seem to be having a good time with each other. So both Orlando and Taylor are definitely single if they want to explore!

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Wimbledon 2014 'maria' bartoli in tears on Wimbledon return

LONDON, JuNe 24 (AFP): Tearful Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli returned to Centre Court on Tuesday only to hear herself introduced as 'Maria' by a blundering announcer. The Frenchwoman performed the coin toss ahead of the first round match between Sabine Lisicki, the German she defeated in the final last year, and Israel's Julia Glushko. She broke down in tears as she stood on the court where she won her only Grand Slam title. Once she had finished her ceremonial duties, Bartoli headed for a front-row seat in the Royal Box. Bartoli retired in the immediate aftermath of her Wimbledon win and as a result it was Lisicki who was given the honour of opening the action on Tuesday. "To relive and walk again on the #wimbledon turf, it's a lot of emotions," the Frenchwoman tweeted.

2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli of France wipes her eyes as she arrives on court to take part in the coin toss for the match between Julia Glushko of Israel and Sabine Lisicki of Germany at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Traditionally the reigning champion would play her first match on Centre Court but due to Bartoli's retirement the runner up Lisicki will open play. (AP Photo)

Federer notches first round win at Wimbledon

Uruguay's Luis Suarez holds his teeth after running into Italy's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24. (AP Photo)

NATAL, JuNe 24 (AP): Uruguay Captain Diego Godin scored in the 81st minute as Uruguay edged 10man Italy 1-0 Tuesday to reach the second round of the World Cup. Four-time champion Italy, meanwhile, is heading home after the group phase for the second time in four years. Godin rose above a crowd of defenders to meet a corner with his left shoulder and veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon had no chance.

Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio was shown a direct red card for putting his boot into Egidio Arevalo's knee in the 59th.

Mario Balotelli picked up his second yellow card in two matches during the first half then was benched for the second period.

Uruguay finished Group D with six points. Costa Rica needing a draw to top Group D playing in their final group match played out a 0-0 draw against England.

Diego Godin scores as Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to go through to World Cup last 16

LONDON, JuNe 24 (AFP): Roger Federer began his campaign for an eighth Wimbledon title with a confident 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 win over Italy's Paolo Lorenzi on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded, 17-time major winner goes on to face either Luxembourg qualifier Gilles Muller or Julien Benneteau of France for a place in the last 32. Defeat for Lorenzi meant the 32-yearold has still to win a match at a Grand Slam in 11 years and his record at the majors of no wins and 13 losses is the second worst in history. Federer came into the tournament buoyed by a seventh Halle grasscourt crown last week, but lost to Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovksy in the second round 12 months ago. That was his earliest defeat at the tournament since 2002. The Swiss took victory on a sixth match point having fired nine aces and 36 winners. "It's always good to win the first round because the court can be slippery sometimes," he said.

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a return to Paolo Lorenzi of Italy during their first round match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday, June 24. (AP Photo)

Wozniacki, lisicki storm into second round of Wimbledon

Suarez could be in trouble again

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could once again be in trouble after appearing to bite an Italian opponent Tuesday in a key World Cup qualifying game. The incident, shown on television replays, showed Suarez apparently bite the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini as the pair clashed in the Italian penalty area. It happened about a minute before Uruguay scored in the 81st.

Suarez was sanctioned with a heavy ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in the English premier League in 2013. Uruguay's Diego Godin (3) celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the FIFA can sanction players for bit- group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas ing with bans of up to two years. in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24. (AP Photo)

LONDON, JuNe 24 (AP): Caroline Wozniacki reeled off four consecutive games to complete a 6-3, 6-0 win over Israel's Shahar Peer in a rain-suspended first-round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Wozniacki led 6-3, 2-0 when play was stopped by showers late on Monday. The 16th-seeded Wozniacki lost in the first round at the French Open a week after her engagement to two-time major golf champion Rory McIlroy was called off. In another match, last year's runner-up, Sabine Lisicki of Germany, advanced to the second round on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-1 win in less than hour over Julia Glushko of Israel. Lisicki was given the first match assignment on Centre Court on Tuesday usually reserved for the defending champion. But Marion Bartoli of France, who beat Lisicki in last year's final, has retired and the honour fell to Lisicki. The 19th-seeded Lisicki finished the match with a break of Glushko's service on a net cord. Before the match, Bartoli was part of a tribute to Elena Baltacha, the former British No. 1 who died of liver cancer on May 4 at the age of 30.

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates a point against Shahar Peer of Israel during their first round match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday, June 24. (AP Photo)

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England's Wayne Rooney heads the ball during the group D World Cup soccer match between Costa Rica and England at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24. (AP Photo)

BeLO HORIZONTe, JuNe 24 (AP): Costa Rica has finished first in what many considered the World Cup's toughest group after a dour 0-0 draw against a second-string England side Tuesday. Costa Rica only needed a draw to top Group D and it played that way, setting up in a defensive 5-3-2 formation. England had already been eliminated and will go home without a win after striker Daniel Sturridge missed a number of chances throughout the match. Sturridge's best chance in the second half came in the 65th after a nice one-two with Jack Wilshere. But the forward's curling shot from the right just missed squeezing inside the far post. Costa Rica will play the runner-up in Group C in the second round.

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