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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Mumbai salutes 26/11 victims [ PAGE 08]

Monica Gill is Miss India USA 2013

‘Creating awareness among Entrepreneurs’ [ PAGE 02]

A battered Israel resumes campaign against Iran

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Nagaland govt fails to end impasse on REB KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 26 (PTI): The impasse on the Rules of Executive Business (REB) between the Governor and the state government of Nagaland continues as the state cabinet failed to come to any conclusion. Nagaland minister for Roads and Bridges, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today told PTI that the cabinet meeting held yesterday could not come to any conclusion, though it deliberated on the discussions held with the Governor on Friday and also on the letter received by the state Chief Secretary on November 14 last from Union Ministry of Home Affairs. “Still the cabinet has not arrived at any final conclusion, but things will be worked out towards clearing the doubts on the Rules of Executive Business,” he said. However, Azo refrained from revealing the contents of the letter from the Union MHA with regard to REB. State minister for Health and Family Welfare Imkong L Imchen said the cabinet has decided to presently maintain statusquo on REB, adding it also discussed on issues of the golden jubilee celebration of statehood and on the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, other Union Ministers and dignitaries to the state on the occasion. The state cabinet also approved enhancement of monthly pension benefits to interim body members (IBM) of 1961 from Rs 25000 to Rs 50000 as the statehood was declared formally on December 1, 1963, Azo said. A 16-point agreement was arrived at whereby the Government of India recognised the formation of Nagaland as a full-fledged state within the Union of India in 1963.

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KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 26 (MExN): The Directorate of Technical Education has informed that Nagaland will follow the Single National Test during 2014 as notified by the Department, for admission against state quota to under graduate course in engineering, through JEE (Main) 2014, to be conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). A press note from the Director of the DTE informed that the online application process began on November 15 and will continue till December 26. All interested candidates desirous of availing state quota for engineering courses have been requested to visit www.jeemain. nic.in for detailed information. It further informed that selection against state quota seats for medical & allied courses will be on the basis of All India Pre-Medical test (AIPMT) 2014, in lieu of National Eligibility & Entrance Test (NEET) to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Interested candidates may visit http://aipmt.nic.in for detailed information.

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Scotland unveils blueprint Naga Hoho for for independence from UK spirit of oneness

GlAsGOw, NOVEMBER 26 (AFP): An independent Scotland would keep Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch but create its own defence force, nationalist leader Alex Salmond said Tuesday as he unveiled detailed proposals ahead of next year’s historic referendum. Launching his regional government’s long-awaited “white paper” on independence, Salmond said he could build a “wealthier and fairer nation” if Scots vote next September to end the 300-year-old union with London. “We’d become independent in more promising circumstances than virtually any other nation in history,” Salmond, the first minister, told a packed news conference in Scotland’s biggest city Glasgow.

“Ultimately at the heart of this debate there is only one question and one choice. “Do we, the people who live and work in Scotland, believe that we are the best people to take decisions about Scotland’s future?” Among the proposals in the 670-page tome, an independent Scotland would take 90 percent of revenues from the North

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Deputy First Minister nicola Sturgeon hold copies of its blueprint for independence after it was launched at the Science Centre in Glasgow Tuesday nov. 26. (AP Photo)

Sea oil reserves lying off its shores and would no longer play host to Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent -- both highly contentious issues. Salmond did admit however that while Scotland had “huge” hydrocarbon resources for another 50 years, “we need to build renewable wealth which

will last forever”. An independent Scotland would continue to use the pound as its currency, but would ditch the BBC as its national broadcaster.

With 10 months to go until the vote, Salmond’s Scottish National Party (SNP) is struggling to convince Scots -- some 38 per-

cent are currently planning to vote for independence, according to a Panelbase survey for the Sunday Times, while 47 would vote against. Salmond insisted there was a strong economic case for independence and that Scotland’s “immense” natural resources would guarantee a prosperous future.

His deputy Nichola Sturgeon said the document “puts beyond any doubt that Scotland can afford to be independent”. But Salmond added that the new country would also have to tackle a “legacy of debt, low growth and social inequality” bequeathed to it by the London government. The white paper sets out Salmond’s vision of how he believes independence would affect Scots, from taxation and pensions to welfare, education and defence. The white paper says a vote against independence would mean “Scotland stands still”. But Britain’s former finance minister Alistair Darling, who is leading the “no” campaign, said it was “complete fantasy to believe that you can leave the UK but keep all the benefits of being part of it”.

Why the life of Rhakila Lakiumong has been attempted, TVC questions

TUENsANG, NOVEMBER 26 (MExN): The Thsotokur Village Council (TVC) today alleged that some cadres of the NSCN (K) fired a blank shot from a revolver “just at the back of” Rhakila Lakiumong, Ex-Candidate and former Chairperson to Nagaland State Social Welfare Board.

This was informed in a press note from the head GB and second head GB of TVC. Terming the act an “abrupt act of folly and arrogance precipitated by mala fide intention,” the

Thsotokur Village Council sets 15 day deadline for NSCN (K) to respond

TVC has censured the said NSCN (K) cadres for the act that was allegedly perpetrated at Helipong Junction on November 22 at around 9:00 am.

“The incident happened while she was conversing with one of the acquaintances of Helipong village. The blank shot was without any rhyme or provocation. And the ele-

Four apprehended for kidnapping, collection DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 26 (MExN): Troops of the Assam Rifles have apprehended four persons in relation to two separate cases of kidnapping and extortion.

On November 24, personnel of the 37 Assam Rifles rescued one Md Nasir Husain, a truck driver from two “suspected underground cadres” in Medziphema area, along NH-29.

A press note from the PRO informed that the truck driver was kidnapped by Hokato Chishi Sema and Akihoto Sema while the victim was driving his truck from Guwahati to Imphal.

The note stated that the kidnappers, who were travelling in a red Maruti car overtook the truck and overpowered the driver.

While the Maruti car, with the kidnappers and the victim, was returning to Dimapur, it was stopped by an AR search party four Kms short of Medziphema. On noticing suspicious activities inside the car, the occupants were questioned and details of the abduction

were revealed, added the press note. It was revealed during questioning that the victim was to be taken to Burma Camp and handed over to one Obed and kept in custody till the ransom money was paid.

During this operation, one red colour Maruti 800 Car, Rs 1,230 in cash, two mobile phones and “other incriminating documents” were recovered from the apprehended persons.

The rescued driver and the apprehended were then handed over to Medziphema Police Station.

Meanwhile, the PRO also informed that on November 23, personnel of the 29 AR apprehended two persons while in the process of collecting tax from a shop in the Burma Camp general area. They have been identified as Inache, a Deputy Secretary of NSCN (IM) and Asesha Awomi, an Assistant Section Office of NSCN (IM).

The apprehended were then handed over to the East Police Station, Dimapur.

ment of motive is calculated to be intimidation and attempt to life of our innocent leader. At the spur of time she and her personal guard queried as to why the gun was shot, to which they sarcastically replied that it was a mere crackers, thus making the otherwise hyper-tense situation into mere amusement,” narrated the TVC.

In the light of this, the Village Council has demanded reasons from competent authority of NSCN (K) “as to why the life of Rhakila Lakiumong has been attempted and intimidated.” A reply, along with the “quantum of penalty against the erring cadres,” has been sought, which should be “addressed to the Village Council within 15 days time with effect from the date of publication of this note, failing which it shall withdraw all forms of cooperation towards NSCN (K).”

Calls for an early, honorable and acceptable settlement

New Naga Hoho team

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Vice President: H.K Zhimomi Samson Ramei

Wokha | November 26

The Naga Hoho has called for an early, honorable and acceptable settlement of the protracted Naga issue.

Resolving this on the final day of its 10th general session on November 26, Naga Hoho’s federating units decided to strengthen and support the Naga Hoho and reaffirmed to live as one people and one nation.

Earlier, Naga Hoho president Keviletuo Kiewhuo said that in the context of socio-political dimension, the Naga national aspiration is “the foundation of our people, which ensures the spirit of oneness.” He stated that the onus is on the people to whether nurture or perish.

“Time has come for the Tribe Hohos and Naga Hoho to remain firm and put our historical and political rights in the right perspective. There are visible indicators that are emerging to distort the very fabric of our movement and these elements take pride in mocking our Nation’s struggle.” he said.

Stating that the tribe Hoho has supreme power in decision-making, besides national governments, he said, “Every tribe must be strong and vigilant because the Naga family starts with the tribes and its villages.

The Naga people will face catastrophic effects if we allow division/split within a given tribe.” He further stated that reconciliation amongst national governments is imperative but that “it is only one facet of the issue in the larger context of the Naga family.”

Kiewhuo added that the Naga people and the political negotiators must embrace the process with sincerity to bridge the trust

President: P. Chuba Ozukum

General Secretary: Mutsikhoyo Yhobu Secretaries: John Himba Chitho Nyuso Secretary Cultural & Customary Affairs: Mhonchumo Lotha Finance Secretary: Riiunguto Sechu Secretary Information & Publicity: C. Diapao Speaker: Medoselhou Keretsu Deputy Speaker: Kenyusen Tep Assembly Secretary: K. Elu Ndang

deficit. He said that “unless we go to the extra mile at the political level,” the various ceasefires will only be “temporary and fragile events.”

The political negotiation between the GOI and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) for an honourable and acceptable settlement has been bouncing back and forth for the past 16 years yielded no results, he added.

He stated that the long drawn political dialogue has produced dismay and given space to negative forces to prosper “at the cost of our political rights.” He asserted that silence is not an option in the face of “distortion and undermining of the political rights,” and added that “it will be a tragic story to revisit those pains if we forfeit the ongoing peace process.”

Kiewhuo further said that in a highly strategic political negotiation, full transparency may not be possible.

However, he added that “certain indications must

trickle down to the people for discourse and digestion for acceptability.” He stated that the success of political talks depends on perceptibility of the people and that the role of tribe Hohos in engaging with the stakeholders is paramount.

Stressing on integration of the Naga family, he said “Though contagious, our adversaries have succeeded by dividing us into Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Myanmar. Our slogan is ‘One people, One nation.”

He further challenged Nagas to rise up above sectarianism and work to consolidate the Naga position.

“In the name of democracy and freedom, we are witnessing intense media war in the form of hate campaign, demonizing personalities, blatant condemnation of established tribe Hohos, Naga organisation, churches, and peacemakers. This trend shows our retarded thinking process and immaturity,” he said.

“We are divided territorially but spiritual and emotional bond must continue and our identity cannot be compromised. Our culture, traditions, heritage, customs and customary practices define us to be Nagas. Without those values, our identity cannot be preserved and the process of assimilations to other identities may occur,” he stated. He also called upon tribe Hohos to “safeguard and ensure against exploitation by alien dominance.”

Stating that, “We cannot afford to be narrow and selfish in our place and venture out to others land,” he called upon Nagas to be “accommodative to other people in our land.”

Kiewhuo further stressed on the need to help fellow Nagas of Myanmar “as they need us more than we do in the present.” Release of the amended Naga Hoho constitution and the oath of affirmation were other highlights of the event.

Cycling for a greener environment

Naga cyclists complete 3500 Km expedition

3rd expedition a tribute to dads

Morung Express news Dimapur | November 26

Cyclist duo from Nagaland, Sievituo Solo and Ruokuo Kire have finally returned home after 36 days of a grueling cycle expedition, covering mainland India and two neighboring countries.

Starting their ‘Recycling for green environment’ expedition from Kohima on October 22, the duo traversed Assam, Bhutan, West Bengal, Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and reached Delhi on November 22, covering some 3,500 kms. Narrating their experiences of the tour at a press briefing held at Hotel Saramati on Tuesday, 27-year-old Solo said Bhutan proved to be the smoothest ride in terms of people’s hospitality and environment.

“In Thimpu, the Prime Minister of Bhutan stopped and greeted us and enquired about our wellbeing

Sievituo Solo and Ruokuo Kire on their trip which covered about 3500 km.

and our cycles. The Prime Minister also arranged for our stay in Thimpu. It was such an honour for us and we never expected such a treatment”, Solo said.

He said the Nepal leg was less pleasant, as they faced food and lodging problems. The most difficult and unpleasant part of the expedition was from Gorakpur to Agra, the duo narrated. “We reached Agra by midnight and could not get food till 2:30 am the next morning”, Solo said. He also said that drivers on the Agra-Delhi road were reck-

less, with both the cyclists nearly getting run over in separate incidents due to reckless driving by truck and autorickshaw drivers.

“In UP, the worst and nauseating experience was that the cycle lanes that stretch for miles and miles were all littered with human excreta. When we asked a local person, his response was that since the state government does not say anything, people defecate as the wish”, Solo said.

He said it was the opposite in Thimpu, where people take care of whatev-

Sievituo Solo and Ruokuo Kire who hit headlines in 2011 for their cycling tour to all 11 districts of Nagaland covering 31 days, disclosed that their third expedition would be in memory of their fathers, who both died of cancer. “It will be another challenge and also a tribute to both our fathers who died of cancer. For the next expedition, we are yet to decided whether to ride on cycles or motorbikes”, Solo said. The duo also disclosed that they would be penning their experiences in a book.

er facility or infrastructure the government provided.

On their overall experience, the duo said that many people they encountered gave negative feedbacks on their mission. “It is upto us to prove them wrong. We choose to follow our dreams”, Solo said.

Parliamentary secretary for Justice and Law and Labour & Employment, Dr. Nicky Kire, who also came to congratulated Solo and Kire said he was proud that the duo had successfully completed their expedition and proved skeptics wrong.

The parliamentary secretary also said that the duo should be given a platform during the Hornbill Festival to share their experiences and also inspire other youth. On the UP experience shared by Solo and Kire, Dr. Nicky commented that the public should share equal responsibility on maintenance of public property.

Members from the Nagaland Cycling Association, Nagaland Adventure Club and Nagaland Adventure & Motor Sports Association were also present at the press briefing.

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‘Creating awareness Naga Chef - Promoting Naga cuisine among Entrepreneurs’ Vibi Yhokha

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Morung Express News Dimapur | November 26

A business meet held today involving public financial institution NEFDI and existing and aspiring Naga entrepreneurs was a good indication of the entrepreneurial wave happening in Nagaland.

Many young and old candidates turned up at the Saramati Hotel, Dimapur to learn more about banking processes, schemes available, and the necessary criteria required for those interested to avail loans from Northeast Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi). The entrepreneurs had a number of questions and doubts as to how ‘committed’ the financial institution is on giving loans to those interested and fulfilling the desired criteria.

The Business Meet is a CSR initiative of NEDFi, and was held to create awareness among entrepreneurs

and organized by Business Facilitator Centre (BFC).

Tiatemsu Longchar, Chairman, EATACOL, in his introductory note stated that the entrepreneurs present at the business meet, were ‘serious’ entrepreneurs, wanting to make a difference. He stated that the motto of NEDFi and Entrepreneurs Associate (EA) is similar, which is to create opportunities for entrepreneurs. He stated that EA is working with NEDFi, in order to facilitate entrepreneurs and help them get maximum benefits from the schemes available. He also opined that there are salient changes happening in Nagaland, changes in young people to take up entrepreneurial jobs. He therefore commended NEDFi’s role in facilitating numerous Naga entrepreneurs in the State.

Debarshi Bhattacharyya, NEDFi branch manager, Dimapur highlighted the various NEDfi Activi-

ties in Nagaland. He also shared images of business activities running successfully in different districts of Nagaland.

Presentation and interaction on NEDFi’s range of activities was given by Bijan Saha, Manager, NEDFi, Guwahati. He pointed out that people approaching NEDfi for loans must be able to carry the loan forward, and not just return it. He encouraged the beneficiaries to understand the process and plan their proposals properly. He further extended help not only in technical matters, but with project ideas and proposals.

Testimonies were given by successful NEDFi beneficiaries Dr. Lanusangla Tzudir, proprietor of M/s Heritage Publication, Dimapur, and I. Tiaba Pongen, proprietor of M/s Cereno Fabritec, Dimapur.

18 beneficiaries received letters of sanction for a total of 1 Crore and 8 Lakh at the programme today.

“When you talk about culture, it’s not just the traditional attires or songs. A specific culture is built on from food. And if the food is good and marketed properly, people get to know about a certain group of people or nation through this food,” says Alezo Kense of Synergy Group Enterprise (SGE).

With an objective to boost the appreciation of Nagaland’s unique cuisine and provide a platform to entrepreneurial Naga chefs, Naga Chef Season One- a competition among Naga chefs both professional and amateurs who were judged on not just their cooking skills but their creativity, innovations and knowledge on the ethnic Naga cuisinewas launched in October.

The idea was initially given by the Chief Minister, who was also the Chief Patron of the competition. The whole process of conceptualizing the idea and organizing the show was done by the

16 persons arrested already arrested in first half of Nov 2013

authority for disciplinary action against the erring personnel. You don’t throw out the bag of tomatoes for a single rotten tomato,” Ghokiho added.

He reported that during the first half of November 2013, the excise duty party stationed at New Field Check gate under the supervision of Chingten AIE detected 16 (sixteen) offences in violation of NLTP Act ’89. In this connection, 586 bottles of assorted liquors were seized and 16 persons arrested and charged under relevant section of the Act. The seized articles were deposited in the Mobile Squad Malkhana for future destruction.

meluri, November 26 (mexN): Advocacy programme on HIV & AIDS for local area church leaders under Meluri sponsored by Legislators’ Forum for AIDS (LFA) was held at PBCC- Meluri Town Hall on November 21. Rev. Tivisie, pastor of Meluri Town Baptist Church said the invocation and Rev. Arhuchu, youth secretary of PBCC delivered the welcome and introduction.

Yitachu, Parliamentary Secretary for Veterinary & Animal Husbandry was the chief guest. In his keynote address, the chief guest gave a clarion call to all the church leaders present to spread awareness among the people for fighting against the disease. The chief guest also reminded the student community present to be very careful and know the risk of HIV & AIDS. He strongly presented his thought to advocate and eradicate stigma and discrimination of HIV & AIDS in the society. He also shared that the Government is taking up various programs and encouraging different organizations in the fight against HIV & AIDS. A Vikheho Chisho, NDO Staff speaking on the topic ‘Basics facts on HIV & AIDS’ shared some information on the present world scenario and narrowed down to Nagaland context on how HIV has spread since it was first detected. The participants were also informed about the routes of HIV transmission and how it can be prevented since it is not like any other communicable diseases. The resource person also informed that participants that there are facilities available in all the govt. run hospitals where HIV clients can avail free medicine ,treatment and counseling.

He also felicitated on the topic ‘Role of the Church in Tackling HIV & AIDS.’ He shared on how NBCC took the initiative in making this as part of the church ministry and that the church to set standards and become role model in serving the community and people who were in distress and need.

Some very important biblical lessons were

SGE- an event management group with its own production house.

Imnanungsang Lkr, one of the top finalists says, “From Day 1 till the finale, it was a really good experience.

I got to learn how to cook a lot of Naga dishes which I hardly knew and even ingredients like flowers and herbs which I didn’t know were edible. It has been a really good platform for all the contestants and I really hope that they will continue Naga Chef in the days to come.”

The show further moves towards a holis-

tic approach, where it has tried to engage ‘local stakeholders in the value chain process involved in bringing every special Naga dish from farm to the table.’

Most of the ingredients in the Naga Chef pantry were sourced directly from local farmers in Nagaland.

For example, the cabbages were brought from Pfutsero while fermented soybeans from Zunheboto.

“If we create this brand of Naga indigenous cuisine and start a chain we can start supplying and sourcing and ultimately local

Increased drug traffickers Becoming an HIV and due to closure of check gates AIDS competent Church

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Dimapur, November 26 (mexN): “Excise check gates at strategic points are paramount to check and control the flow of liquor and other illicit goods,” GhokihoYeptho, Superintendent of Excise Mobile Squad today stated in a press note.

“The recent move of closing down inter district check gates in Nagaland has only encouraged bootleggers and drug traffickers as they can freely transport illicit goods from Dimapur to Kohima without fear of search.

Most illicit drugs are smuggled via train route and when all Excise check gates between Kohima and Dimapur is removed,

smugglers are getting a free pass,” says the Superintendent of Excise Mobile Squad.

Given the traffic, it is impossible to conduct search of all vehicles at one point and therefore multiple checkpoints are a necessity on hot transit routes like Dimapur and Manipur. The solution to illegal taxation is not by removing check gates but by promptly reporting such acts to the competent

SEMINAR ON “LEADERS ARISE 2013”

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(For Sumi Officers of Kohima) Venue: Hotel Japfu

Date : 27th Nov 2013 Time : 3:00 - 5:00 PM

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Resource Person

: Rev. Luoliehu Yimsong Co-ordinator, Global Indigenous Prayer Network Australia.

Initiator & Ambassador at Large, ‘Overseas Naga Organization’

Chairman

: Mr. Himato Zhimomi IFS President, Sumi Officers’ Union, Nagaland

PROGRAMME Invocation prayer Introduction Special Number Seminar Session Benediction

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Mr. Nitoshe Zhimo, Assoc. Pastor, SBCK Chairman Living Witness, Kohima Resource Person Mr. Vitoka Kinimi, Pastor, NCRC, Kohima

NB: "ALL SUMI OFFICERS OF KOHIMA ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND"

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also shared in line to how we as the body of Christ should show Christian love and care for people who need our love. The resource person strongly shared to do away with stigma and discrimination in our society and particularly in the church to those people who are affected and infected by HIV and suggested that the church should become a resource centre for people who are in need of our care.

Rev. L. C. Puli (Dev. Secretary of Pochury Baptist Church Council) felicitated on the topic, ‘Care & Support for PLHIV-A Church Response’. He said, “the efforts should be made from every denomination where the church has an important role to play to influence and strengthen them spiritually.”

Some of the few points that were shared by the resource person were to play a transforming role by church members; ensure support for people living with HIV & AIDS; educate and spread awareness; train and share knowledge and skills; promote effective means of prevention and precaution; recognize and support the caregivers and volunteers; and engage in the ecumenical Advocacy Alliance.

Some of the resolutions that were taken during the advocacy program are to observe HIV & AIDS Sunday in the churches of Meluri Area People Organization (MAPO) and Meluri Town; To share the information among the children in Sunday schools; To collect offerings in favor of HIV & AIDS related works; To be role model by the church.

IEC materials such as ‘Tell me the truth about HIV & AIDS’, ‘Know the facts of HIV& AIDS’, ‘Living with Hope’, ‘Yes! You too can be infected with a sexually-transmitted disease’ which were supplied by NSACS office were also distributed among the participants.

Altogether, 204 participants attended the programme from different parts of Meluri town comprising of Students, community leaders, church leaders and other organizations.

economy will improve. This will directly benefit the local farmers,” adds Alezo Kense. He asserts that food is the key driver of any economy and creating and marketing Naga cuisine is the first step in promoting Naga culture.

Gilbert Humtsoe, one of the top finalists states that Naga Chef has provided him with knowledge about indigenous ingredients.

“Our indigenous food has to be taken seriously. Today we have been dominated by outside food and some years later, some of our in-

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gredients will go extinct,” he adds. He feels that the government and everyone should take initiatives to promote and create awareness on local food and ingredients.

For generations, Naga cuisine has been passed down through oral tradition and in the process, it has been modified all along.

It was not easy for the contestants. All through the rounds of the competition the contestants had to keep these recipes intact along with a little bit of innovation and creativity. In the Innovation round, they had to create a fusion, while in the knowledge task round they had to research on different Naga recipes.

So was Naga Chef an imitation of the competitive cooking show franchise Masterchef ? “The concept might be the same but the contexts are totally different,” says Alezo. The fact that the competition is only confined to the indigenous Naga cuisine makes it unique and a first of its kind not just in the North East but even in India.

DC Kohima informs on 4-lane road

Kohima, November 26 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, W. Honje Konyak has notified for general information that the area of land which details are shown in the survey map or Cheta along the Dimapur-Kohima road i.e. NH 29 from km-158 (Peducha) to Kohima 173 (Jotsoma By Pass) is necessary to be acquired for implementation of Four-Lane Road Project by the National Highway Authority of India. The Survey Map/Cheta is available at Revenue Branch, DC Office Kohima for inspection/verification. In this connection, the Deputy Commissioner has notified that if any person/party have any claims/objection over the said area, the same may be submitted to the office of the DC, Kohima within a period of 15 (fifteen) days with effect from the date of publication of this notification.

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Preparation for 66th AKM General Conference underway

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Convener of the 66th AKM General Conference, Chuchuyimpang, Moasangba Jamir (Left) explaining about the progress of the works regarding the conference to Minister for YR&S, Merentoshi (second from right) at the conference hall venue at Chuchuyimpang on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. (Photo Courtesy: AKM Media Cell)

ChuChuyimpaNg, November 26 (mexN): Minister for Youth Resources & Sports, Merentoshi R Jamir today visited the 66th AKM General Conference host village and interacted with the Chuchuyimpang village council members, Chuhuyimpang Students’ Union (CSU) and the Planning & Finance Committee members on November 26, 2013.

Merentoshi R Jamir, who is the representative from the 25th Mongoya A/C under which the Chuchuyimpang village falls, is giving special attention to the 66th AKM General Conference to be held at Chuchuyimpang, as it is one of the biggest social conferences in Ao area.

During the formal interaction at CSU Library Hall, the Minister for YR&S, Merentoshi expressed satisfaction at the ongoing preparation for the 66th AKM General Conference and assured to extend all sorts of help towards the success of the conference.

He further encouraged the Chuchuyimpang Village Council, the CSU and the Planning Committee to de sincere and dedicated so that the forthcoming AKM general conference would

be a fruitful and meaningful one for the whole students’ community in the state.

The Chuchuyimpang VC chairman, Repatemsu, while expressing heartfelt gratitude to the Minister for his visit, said that to organize a conference like the AKM general conference is a big responsibility for the villagers. In this connection, he expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Minister for sparing his time and personally visiting and interacting with the host villagers to get a first hand information about the preparation of the conference.

The Convener of the Planning & Finance Committee (66th AKM General Conference, Chuchuyimpang), Moasangba Jamir briefed the Minister on the progress made so far about the conference. He also highlighted about the works to be done and the resources that would be required in the days to come.

It may be noted here that Chuchuyimpang, which is located five kilometers away from Mokokchung town, is hosting the most prestigious students’ conference – the 66th AKM General Conference – on January 14-16, 2014.

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Meghalaya seeks Rs 50,000 crore from FC

Shillong, november 26 (Pti): The Meghalaya government today sought Rs 50,000 crore from the 14th Finance Commission to meet nonplan expenditure and give a thrust to developmental projects in the state.

After a crucial meeting with the Finance Commission headed by former RBI Governor Y V Reddy, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said

which were committed by the government such as the implementation of the national food security scheme, the state's liabilities in the pension scheme, establishment of courts and the commitment under the education sector and implementation of the pay commission recommendation he said.

Maintenance of roads and other infrastructure and creating infrastructure

for the newly created four districts and the flagship programme of the state - the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Programme - required funds from the Commission, Mukul said.

During the two-day visit to Meghalaya, the Commission will also meet the Chief Executive Members (CEMs) of the three Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in

the state and the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Municipal Boards and leaders of the various political parties.

The Commission which was set up in January this year is expected to submit its report by October next year. The period for which the Commission will recommend share of states in the Central taxes will be from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2020.

imPhal, november 26 (nnn): One militant was reportedly killed and scores injured in the gun-fight between NSCN-IM and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) on November 26 in Tamenglong district. Reports said the gun-fight occurred near Lukhambi Part1 or Khumji village, which is located around 7 kilometres from Noney police station in Tamenglong district.

Meanwhile, NSCN-IM has claimed that one cadre of ZUF was killed in the fight.

According to the NSCN-IM sources, the cadres of ZUF were camping in the hill-top A pedestrian walks with his face covered as a municipal worker fumigates a residential area to prevent mosquitos from breed- near Lukhambi (Khumji) viling in Guwahati, Assam on Monday, November 25. The number of dengue fever cases in India has been steadily rising since lage in the past few days. On learning about the news, the 2008 when the count was 12,561 witnessing a dip only in 201, according to Indian health ministry. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

NSCN-IM cadres launched an attack today around 2:30 pm, killing the ZUF cadre.

The deceased was said to be from Nagaland's Peren district, according to the NSCNIM. The Naga outfit also claimed that one AK-47 rifle, a pair of night vision binoculars and a wireless set have been recovered from the site.

On the other hand, ZUF information secretary, A Dangmei has said his outfit has been tested to the limit by the NSCN-IM. "We will, from now on do what is needed," said A Dangmei, warning that ZUF will run after the NSCN-IM cadres.

A Dangmei said the ZUF cadres have been confined to secluded places these

days, so that no provocations are encountered during this festive season. "Following the appeals from several civil society organisations to shun violence during Christmas season, we have obliged to this public appeals since the voice of the people is the voice of God but the NSCNIM is continuing provoking us," said A Dangmei.

Narrating the incident, the ZUF leader said the NSCN-IM cadres attacked the resting ZUF cadres near Lukhambi Part-1 village.

"We retaliated to the attack and there have been possibilities that scores were injured on the other side," claimed A Dangmei.

Shillong, november 26 (ianS): The opposition Meghalaya People's Front (MPF) Monday urged Governor K.K. Paul to institute a probe into the nexus between politicians and insurgent groups in the state.

"We have sought the governor's intervention into the law and order situation to stop it from spiralling out of control as the state government cannot handle it effectively," MPF secretary James Sangma told journalists.

The MPF delegation, headed by leader of the

his government has asked Rs 50,000 crore as an award from the commission to meet the state's committed expenditure and carry forward development activities.

"We have asked for an overall award of Rs 50,000 crore which includes a predevolution of Rs 35,000 crore to cover the basic needs of the state including the upgradation of infrastructure and cover the non-

plan expenses which will enable the state to complete various other projects which have been delayed due to cost and time over run," Mukul Sangma told reporters.

One of the major expenses is the improvement of infrastructure in view of the creation of four additional district last year and upgradation of roads apart from the cost involved in the state normalization of

11,000 government posts which cost the state exchequer Rs 1987 crore.

Among the other expenses which will be covered under the finance commission were the state initiated specific programs like the creation of the state disaster mitigation and management authority, the state disaster management force, the Chief Minister said.

The other would be those

One killed in Manipur shootout

‘Probe nexus between politicians, insurgents’ opposition Donkupar Roy, also handed a memorandum to Paul demanding a probe into the unholy nexus between the members of the ruling Congress-led government and the insurgents.

"It is an admitted fact that the morale of the police force has been badly eroded by this nexus making their task of policing a Herculean one," Sangma said, adding the law and order situation has also drawn the attention of the prime minister and the home minister, unprec-

Northeast Briefs

Sand, boulder mining destroying Lukha River Shillong, november 26 (nnn): The Lukha River has been on the news since 2007 and for all the wrong reasons. The river was on the news over the story of unnatural dying of fishes and the changing colour of the water, which occurred every autumn since 2007. But as chance would have it, Lukha is suffering again with people stealing sand and boulders from the river. The leaders of the KSU Narpuh Circle along with environmental activists and the media went to inspect the portion of the river Lukha between Kuliang and Borsara and found that people are illegally collecting boulders to sell them to local contractors and also to supply the same to Assam. When asked if those involved in the business had any permission either from the Forest department of the state or the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC), the answer was in negative. Puson Kympad, Assistant Secretary of Dorbar Shnong Kuliang village said that the illegal collection of boulder has adversely affected the river. It is now shallow throughout its length and breadth and there is hardly any place for the aquatic life to live. Kympad also said that because people have removed boulders from the entire stretch of the river, during summer when the river carries fresh stones from upstream, the stones are moved to Bangladesh and this could affect the state economically. Kwilnis Suchiang, general secretary of Khasi Student Union (KSU) Narpuh Circle said that the Union has lodged a complaint against this illegal act in the office of the Deputy Commissioner East Jaintia Hills but the district administration is yet to act on the complaint. H.H. Mohrmen, an environmental activist said that it is mandatory on the part of the district administration to act because the National Green Tribunal has recently banned all sand and stone mining from the rivers.

Assam announces Rs.1 lakh reward for information on poachers

guwahati, november 26 (ianS): The Assam government Tuesday announced a bounty of up to Rs.1 lakh to anyone who can give information about poachers who have killed over 30 rhinos in the state this year. Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said the move was initiated to check the spurt in rhino poaching inside the various protected areas of the state. Over 30 one-horned rhinos have been killed in Assam this year -- 25 in Kaziranga National Park, four in Manas National Park, two in Pabitora wildlife sanctuary and three in Rajiv Gandhi National Park in Orang, according to official statistics. "We have decided to award up to Rs.1 lakh to any person who can give information about poachers. "We believe the move will help police and forest officials check poaching and protect the one-horned rhinos and other animal species in the protected areas of Assam," Hussain said. He said the department would keep secret the identity of the people who give information about poachers. The minister also said the first and second battalions of the Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) have been deployed inside the Kaziranga National Park to intensify patrolling. The Assam government has already adopted several measures to stop poaching of one-horned rhinos. These include arming forest guards with sophisticated weapons so that they can fight the firepower of the poachers and amending the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.The government has also installed thermal cameras at selected locations inside the Kaziranga National Park to detect any abnormal movement in and around the park.

edented in the case of an otherwise peaceful state like Meghalaya.

At least 46 people, including nine security personnel, have lost their lives to insurgency-related activities since January in Garo Hills region. While in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills region, the state witnessed several cases of arson since Sep 2 after talks between Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and pro-Inner Line Permit (ILP) pressure groups hit a dead end.

Expressing concern over the "indifferent atti-

tude" of the government for not inviting the agitating pressure groups, demanding introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP), for talks, MPF spokesperson Paul Lyngdoh said, "Common people are sandwiched between the government and the pressure groups, the law and order situation has affected the state's economy and education."

More than 80 pro-ILP activists have been arrested. The statewide agitation has already claimed the

lives of two citizens, while the condition of tea stall owner Bisheshwar Das, 45, set ablaze by unidentified assailants, is still critical.

Fourteen organisations, including the KSU, the Federation of Khasi, Jaintia, Garo People and the Hynniewtrep National Youth Front, while demanding the introduction of the ILP system, say its absence would result in unchecked migration to Meghalaya, given the state's proximity to Bangladesh and Assam.

ILP is an official travel document issued by the

union government allowing inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period. It is obligatory for Indian citizens from outside those states like Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland to obtain a permit for entering the protected state.

H o w e v e r, M u k u l Sangma has ruled out reintroduction of the ILP to check illegal migrants from Bangladesh but has promised strict laws to curb infiltration.

imPhal, november 26 (Pti): Barely 14 hours after a bomb blast in the capital complex here killed an Assam Rifles jawan, another grenade exploded in Manipur's Bishenpur district this morning. Suspected militants hurled the grenade at Forest Office gate area near Bishenpur town at around 6.30 AM and fled towards Moirang, police said. However, no casualty or injury was reported.

The incident occurred after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the heart of the town at around 4.30 PM yesterday, in which Assam Rifles jawan was killed. The jawan, Rajeev Sharma (33), succumbed to his injuries in hospital late last night. Mutum Komol, a 50-year-old local shopkeeper, whose eardrum was severely damaged, was still in hospital, sources said.

imPhal, november 26 (nnn): The Kuki Inpi, Saikul Gamkai (KISG) and Saikul Area Naga Peoples Organisation (SANPO) have given an ultimatum to the state government of Manipur to implement its demand by November 30 or else its suspended agitation will be resumed.

In this regard, KISG and SANPO have reminded its earlier memorandum submitted to the chief minister of Manipur.

In a reminder submitted to the chief minister today, the KISG and SANPO have strongly expressed their resentments on the alleged negligence of the state government of Manipur towards their demands made through a memorandum submitted on September 25. It had demanded for the immediate cancellation of Home department's notofica-

tion of June 14, 2011, and to withdraw all the villages of Saikul sub-division included in the police stations of Imphal East district regarding the Police district boundaries and police stations under the jurisdiction of Saikul subdivision, Senapati district.

They also demanded for the inclusion of Maphou Dam police station and Purum Likli police station (under construction) under the administrative jurisdiction of Senapati district police.

They f u r t her d emanded for the opening of police stations and outposts in all strategic areas, if needed under Senapati police station.

Finally, they also asked not to disturb the existing original district and sub divisional boundaries in the name of security and law and order.

KISG and SANPO said

their demands should be met by November 30 or else they will consult with the other civil bodies of the area and resume the suspended agitation.

They then alleged that it is the covert policy of the state government of Manipur to allow the valley district administrations to 'intrude or encroach' in the hill districts.

KISG and SANPO then asked whether the state government of Manipur exists exclusively for the welfare of the valley districts. They then asked that parallel policies and programmes should be adopted for both the valley and the hill districts if the state government genuinely has concern for the security of the people.

It can be noted here that KISG and SANPO had imposed a 48-hour Senapati district on October 15 and 16 on the issue.

Fresh blast in Manipur; injured jawan dies

KISG, SANPO ready for fresh agitation

Assam eyes World Heritage Site tag for Majuli river island

guwahati, november 26 (tnn): As Assam aspires towards the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag for the river island Majuli, chief minister Tarun Gogoi told a gathering of international and national representatives of Unesco clubs here on Monday that Majuli is more than an island on the Brahmaputra - it is a repository of the state's cultural heritage.

Gogoi emphasized that despite the ravages of flood which Majuli has withstood in the past, it has successfully preserved its cultural, ethnic, and ecological heritage. "Majuli is an important part of our heritage. It is a place where the Sattriya culture co-exists along with the diverse cultures of different ethnic groups," Gogoi told the gathering.

While the preparation of a comprehensive dos-

sier on the cultural and ecological heritage of Majuli is under way for submission to the Unesco, the chief minister's comments on the river island assumed significance as the Unesco's country director, Shigeru Aoyagi, was also present at the conclave which was organized jointly by the Confederation of Unesco Clubs and Associations of India (CUCAI) and the state government.

Unesco Clubs and Associations representatives from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Russia, Austria and other countries were also present at the event which saw talks being delivered on what constitutes cultural heritage and on the organization's emphasis on peace education across the globe.

On the sidelines of the event, Gogoi acknowledged

that though Friday's gathering was not the appropriate authority to ratify Majuli's aspirations for a World Heritage Site status, the event will facilitate discussion not only regarding the river island but also the state's cultural richness.

Responding to a query on the possibility of Majuli bagging the World Heritage Site status, Aoyagi, who is also the Unesco representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka, said that the request has to come from the Centre first.

"Once the Centre, in this case the HRD ministry, makes the request, we will process the application and also dispatch our team to the site before submitting it to the Unesco headquarters," Aoyagi, who was thrilled by the sight of the mighty Brahmaputra, explained.

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'Remove Gogoi, impose President’s rule in Assam' guwahati, november 26 (Pti): The opposition BJP today demanded imposition of President's rule in Assam, alleging collapse of law and order under Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's government.

"Both the Prime Minister and Chief Minister have accepted that Assam is a disturbed state and there is no peace here. Then why should Gogoi continue?

The PM should dismiss this government immediately," BJP National Vice-President Bijoya Chakravarty told a press conference here. "The Union government should recommend President's rule in the state," Chakravarty said.

She alleged that during the last three tenures of Gogoi, lawlessness had increased, as also killings and kidnappings. "Then what is he doing? There is a complete collapse of law and order in the state," Chakravarty said. She also alleged that some members of the government have a nexus with poachers, and asked the law enforcing agencies to book them for the killing of '700 rhinos in last 10 years'.

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Conference on govt-public initiative for skill building held

New Delhi, November 26 (mexN): All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) organized a conference on “Government-Public Initiative for Skill Building through NVEQF & EETP in IT and Telecom Sector “on November 26, 2013 at 09.30 am at Ashok Convention Centre, New Delhi. It was held to achieve the inherent objectives of the new sectors introduced in NVEQF and signing of MoU between AICTE and National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), a press release informed.

The conference was inaugurated by Kapil Sibal, Union Minister, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Govt. of India and chaired

by Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju, Minister

“To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, both now and forever” Jude 1:26. On the 25th Sept. 2013 the Lord in His mercy called Dr. Thino to His Eternal Home.

Born in 1934 to Late Luilungkieng and Heuyilunglie of Poilwa village, Dr. Thino had his early education in Kohima and BV.Sc from Guwahati and Post Graduation of Vety. Science from Italy. He started his career as a Vety. Surgeon and retired as the Director, Deptt. of Vety. & A.H. Nagaland.

In his early schooling days, Dr. Harielungbe (Haralu) gave him support, love and care for his education. The influence of his parents, elders and the servants of God helped in developing fine virtues and dedication during his professional career.

Even during his last days, the memories unfolded the cooperation, trust and the guidance he had from his senior colleagues especially that of Late Dr. S.A. Sasiekuo and Dr. Satuo Sekhose( former Directors) and Late Dr. S. Kemp. He had affection for even the last person in his offices, whose name and family details he held close to his heart.

Retirement from service was not a deterrent for Dr. Thino. He took off to new avenues to serve the people, and the Zeliangrong Community and served the Lord’s Ministry in

for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. The Conference was attended by Secretaries and other officers from MHRD, DIT, DOT, BSNL and NIELIT. According to the note, government proposed the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) realizing the necessity to formally integrate vocational education with the current conventional educational streams across school and higher education. All India Council for Technical Education AICTE is entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the NVEQF which allows cross mobility of students and their absorption in Industry with certain skill gained over a fixed period of time or their seamless integration into higher learning that enable them to acquire

formal degree and higher skill so they perform higher level jobs in Industry. AICTE has developed General and Vocational contents in 14 Sectors with 58 Specializations available on its web-site at www.aicte-india.org/education/ vocationaleducation.

AICTE has already signed an MoU with BSNL to use the training facilities and faculty of BSNL for the benefit of students in AICTE approved institutions under its Employability Enhancement Training Program (EETP). It facilitates technical institutions to respond to the needs of providing state of art Telecom equipment based operational skills to engineering graduates to enhance their qualification, competence and employability by enhanced skill upgradation.

Gold, silver surge on seasonal demand

Indian men work at the newly inaugurated air-conditioning compressor plant of Highly Electrical Appliances India Private Limited ( Highly India) near Ahmadabad, on Tuesday, November 26. Shanghai Hitachi, a joint venture between Highly group of China and Hitachi Appliances of Japan, global leading air-conditioning compressor manufacturers Tuesday commissioned India’s largest air--conditioning compressor plant, having capacity of 2 million sets per annum. The facility set up over an area of 33000 square meters with an investment of US$ 72 million, said a press release. (AP Photo)

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Remembering Dr. Thino Zeliang various capacities. As Chairman of Zelaingrong (Jeme) Literature Board (JLB) till his last breath, he had toiled all his time in bringing out the 1st Jeme Language Dictionary in 2009, along with Keyi Kehedet Laisuikwak Book – I. This herculean task took nearly a decade to be in the public domain. He always valued and honored the effort and co-operation of his colleagues most pertinently the sacrifices of Longbe Meru, Ikulung, Namlia, Rev. Kuzierang Thou, Pauloi Legiese, Heluibe, Heuneulong, D. Disong, Late Pauning and Late Teutui and others. There after he took the task to publish Zeliangrong (Jeme) Customary Law and its usages and it was a relentless life of eight decades that Dr. Thino lived in total submission to his community.

As a Christian faithful to God and true to his people, He had initiated the Pentecostal Samlia (voice of Pentecost) in Zeliang (Jeme) dialects for the Lord’s Vineyards. Together with late Bro. Pauning the first TPM Zeliangrong (Zeme) hymn book was released. Dr. Thino along with our Poilwa elders like Neigweseng (Ex-pastor), Hoinrangbe, Late Nampoing, Late D. Haralu and others had laid the foundation of Poilwa Lui Prayer Fellowship at Dimapur for the

Lui Nkwa Kohima and today every 2nd of October is celebrated as Poilwa Lui Day. We salute them for lighting the torch of education and unity among our people and today we continue to enjoy the labor of their sweat and toil.

After my marriage with his daughter in 1998, I came to know him from a closer angle and words cannot express the love and care, moral support and the prayer life he had given to my family. He was a great gift the Lord has given us, every time when we meet him he used to teach us the deeper truth, to make us realize the word of God. The most remarkable spell with him was during the days in the holy land tour of Jerusalem, Israel, Egypt and Jordan. In our 10 days spiritual journey, the flare to be at every inch of the soil where our Lord Jesus Christ lives and fills us with the Glory of the God, Dr. Thino outlived his age. These were the days, when a father to we kids, comforted us and taught us beyond what we knew from the Holy Bible. The hymns composed by Rev (Dr.) Rabi Pame and Bamko Pame reverberated from our soul throughout the journey… And that was our last Spiritual Voyage with a loving father to the land of the Holy Father.

salvation of his people. He had a great desire to speak to Zeliangrong people mainly to Zeme Brethren and also to Ze-lui Fellowship about the love of Christ.

His last wish then was giving away books on Revelation of Hell and Heaven to friends known and unknown and to all the family members.

My memories on Dr. Thino started crystalising from 1976, when the Catholic Church sponsored 1boy each from all 5 Khels of Poilwa Village. I was fortunate to be selected from Hausum Khel to study in Don Bosco School, Khonoma. Dr. Thino came all the way from Kohima and drop us to DBS Khonoma, in his jeep since there was no transport buses except to walk on foot. During our secondary schooling at Don Bosco School, Kohim, his family gave all their special care to me and to my friends Luangbe, K.C. Zeliang and Late Hatui.

Later in 1983, he took all of us to the Pentecostal Convention in Mokokchung and prayed with us with Chief Pastor C.K. Lazarus and subsequently the Lord in his mercy put us into Apostolic faith. I still remember in the 80’s how Dr. Thino and Late Namga Zeliang guided us, cared for us and how their wisdom prevail in us to organize Poilwa

While we, the next generation continue the journey with his impeccable legacy, that lives forever, generation after generation, he will be the guiding light and energy to sail through the turbulences cast by this materialistic world. Love is pure, it is devoid of body and form, It what a father is to his children, the spell of which will continue to fill every moment of our life.

Amidst the prayers in an air of sanctity, trust and devotion, he relinquished this materialistic world, clad in the divine bliss, leaving behind his wife Ravovino Zeliang and 7 children (2 sons and 5 daughters) 15 grandchildren, his elder sister and an younger brother. He lived in faith and upheld that faith as a living testimony to Gospel… “I have fought a good fight,.. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”. II Tim 4:7.

In our life journey we will continue to remember the inspiration and the advice he has taught us from the living Word of God. “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation”. Hab. 3:17 – 18.

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New Delhi, November 26 (PTi): Snapping its two-day fall, gold prices on Tuesday soared by Rs 575 to Rs 31,625 per ten gram on fresh buying by stockists at current lower levels for the ongoing marriage season amid a firming global trend. Silver prices also shot up by Rs 790 to Rs 45,790 per kg on increased offtake by jewellery fabricators and industrial units.

Traders said fresh buying by stockists at existing lower levels after the recent fall to meet the ongoing marriage season demand mainly pushed up the bullion prices. They said a firming global trend as the dollar weakened and lower prices spurred demand in China, the secondlargest consumer, further fuelled the uptrend.

Gold in Singapore, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, rose by 0.6 per cent to $1,258.30 an ounce. In addition, some investors shifting their funds from weakening equity market to rising bullion also influenced the sentiment, they added. On the domestic front, gold of 99.9 and 99.5% purity jumped up by Rs 575 each to Rs 31,625 and Rs 31,425 per ten gram, respectively.

Soren Kierkeegard become Scientist for a day

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here is a saying that we act what we think. In other words, actions follow our thoughts. But it is not so always. At times, we think something and do other thing(s) entirely different. Such actions, which we never thought of, sometimes baffle us immensely. Once, I thought, I was taking my tooth brush and Colgate and went out for brushing my teeth. However, when I was outside of my room, I found myself with two pieces of Colgate. One day I took my tooth brush and went somewhere, thinking that it was pen. I have heard from some persons that they took dictionary for Bible and went to Chapel. These kinds of actions prove that sometime, our thoughts and actions are opposite.

When I think or talk about worship, I often remember Soren Kierkegaard, one of the eminent philosophers of his time. It is because he said something very significant about worship – that is, all the worshippers of God are participants; the only audience is God. So, in my article, “Impression, Acceptance and Impact in Worship”, I mentioned about this popular statement.

Actually, I know him as a phi-

losopher, never a scientist.

When I was writing, I don’t remember that I took him for a scientist. I was just thinking that he was a philosopher. It was on 24th November night, at around 11:50 P.M, just before I retired, I found that it was wrongly written. Then, I questioned myself, how did I mention Kierkegaard as scientist, though I never thought of? I never knew him as scientist, only philosopher. But, he has become a scientist one day, that too, after his death.

It was on 26th November, 2013, he become a scientist.

But in reality, he was not a scientist, but only a philosopher. By seeing the error, my mind was little disturbed. For those who know him, I believe, they would understand, but for those who don’t, they are wrongly informed.

However, when I thought of clarifying, writing a corrigendum was not in my mind.

I thought it was not appropriate, hence this article at last.

Please note it: Soren Kierkegaard became scientist only a day in my write-up, but in actuality, he was a philosopher.

Liba Hopeson BTC, Pfutsero

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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The Morung Express

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Public leader Azu Newmai passes away Funeral today at 1:00 pm in Tening Town Newmai News Network Dimapur | November 26

Nhai Azu Newmai, ex minister and a popular leader passed away on November 26 at 1:00 am in Kohima after a brief illness.

He was 81 years of age. His funeral service will be held at his residence in Tening Town on November 27 at 1:00 pm. On November 26, a condolence service was conducted in Kohima at his son-in-law Neiba Newmai’s residence at Agri Forest colony. Another condolence service was conducted at HMC School premises in Dimapur wherein Liangmai Baptist Church (LBC) Dimapur, Zeliang People Organisation (ZPO), Zeliangrong Baudi, Liangmai Council, HMC school administration and other well wishers paid their homage.

Condolences offered

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has expressed shock and sadness at the death of N Azu Newmai on November 26 in Kohima. Azu Newmai was an active social worker

55th PSU general conference

Phek, noveMber 26 (Mexn): The 55th general conference of Phek Students’ Union (PSU) will be held on December 9 and 10 at Phek Village local ground under the theme, “Culture, Coherent, Competence.” The event will be co-hosted by the Phek Village Youth organization (PVYO).

Minister for PWD (R&B), Parliamentary Affairs, Kuzholuzo Nienu will grace the cultural day as the Cultural Guest while Deputy Commissioner (DC), Phek Neposo Thuluo and Additional District & Session Judge, Mokokchung, Niechochiyi Venuh will be the inaugural and valedictory guests respectively.

The event would feature awarding meritorious students for the academic year 2013, installation of new executive council for the tenure 2013-2015, competitions on cultural dance, tug of war, group indigenous, tati, traditional fire making, blowing of trumpet, ululation, kudothi etc.

Following will sponsor the cash prizes for the following events: Cultural dance – Huvechiyi Hoshi & Er. Akholie Nienu; Tug of war – Chivohu Vero & Zhokhochi Venuh; Group indigenous – VDB secretary Phek Chosaba, Phek Basa and Zavekho vero. The organizers have conveyed its special gratitude to Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu and family for sponsoring cultural day feast to the entire Phekmi participants.

The PSU has solicited leaders of various organizations, elders, teachers, well wishers and bonafide citizens of Phekmi to the program.

File photo of Azu Newmai.

and youth leader since his youth, the CM said in a condolence message.

He worked as Boys Guide Commander during World War II. He also worked as youth general secretary of Naga Independent Movement in 1956; member of the Zeliangrong Association Council Member during 1958-1960; elected as MLA of Tenning Assembly Constituency in 1969 and 1974; and served as Deputy Minister for PWD, Election & Social Welfare during his second tenure as member of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. He was the founder of Nagaland Liangmai Literature Organization and president of Zeliangrong Baudi for two terms. At the time of his death, he was the president of Zeliang People Organization, Nagaland, a registered so-

ciety founded by him. The CM, on behalf of the Government of Nagaland has extended heartfelt condolences to the wife and children of N Azu Newmai.

Minister for Roads & Bridges (R&B) and Parliamentary Affairs, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu has deeply mourned the demise of former MLA, N Azu Newmai. Remembering the ex-legislator as an active social worker and freedom worker who made immense contribution in the field of education in Zeliangrong areas during his younger days, Nienu stated his presence will be missed. He will be dearly remembered as a freedom fighter, for spearheading mass literacy campaigns, as a teacher, founding member of Liangmai Literature Organisation and

as a social worker, he said.

Azu also served as the editor and compiler for first Laingmai hymn book. Calling the deceased a visionary man, the R&B minister has extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

pirations for the younger generation of the Nagas.”

Further, the Association expressed solidarity with the family members and prayed that “the torch he had carried remained in the family for the future of the Nagas.”

Ex-Parliamentarian Association of Nagaland, expressing shock at the sudden demise of N. Azu Newmai, Ex-MLA, called Azu a simple and true public leader. In a condolence message, the Association acknowledged, “He (Azu) was a leader with wisdom who was always having bright hopes and as-

Zeliang People Organization, Nagaland (ZPO (N)) has mourned the sudden demise of its president Azu Newmai.

In a condolence message to the bereaved family members, ZPO(N) Vice President Ramdi Meru and General Secretary Kiesamyi Iranggaung described late Azu Newmai as a man of integrity and hard working, who devoted his entire life for the uplift and welfare of the Zeliang community in particular and Nagas as

Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland (ZBN) in a condolence message appended by its president and general secretary, ZBN acknowledged that Azu Newmai was a charismatic Naga leader and a prominent Zeliangrong whom “we loved, admired, and honoured as a parent, guardian and a true leader.” He was one of the founding members of Zeliangrong Baudi and was its president in the early part of 2000. ZBN said Azu had a great love for Naga freedom movement and worked closely with the leaders of the Naga National Movement. ZBN conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family on behalf of the Zeliangrong people in Nagaland.

Zeliangrong People’s Organization has expressed shock over the sudden demise of its senior member Azu Newmai.

In a note issued by its info & publicity secretary, ZPO acknowledged that Azu was an upright, selfless and down to earth person ready to sacrifice for the welfare of his people. He was a prominent leader of the community and served his people in various capacities till his last breath, the note said. ZPO offered its condolences to the bereaved family.

a whole. He was elected as president of ZPO(N) on April 5, 2009 and was holding the office till his death. ZPO (N) further prayed for God’s comfort upon the bereaved family.

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MEx FILE Agri and Allied Orientation programme in Mokokchung

Mokokchung, noveMber 26 (DIPr): Agri and Allied Orientation programme under the theme ‘Competent Farming’ will be held at the residence of L. Nokzen, Ex-Minister, Salangtem Ward Mokokchung on NovemRongmei Council Na- ber 28 at 9:00 am. The programme is being organized by galand has deeply mourn- Mokokchung District Farmers Union (MDFU). ed the demise of Azu New- Ex NLA members informed mai. RCN president James Akham on behalf of RCN has kohIMa, noveMber 26 (Mexn): In view of the expressed heartfelt condo- President of India’s visit to Nagaland in commemoration lences to the bereaved fam- of 50 years of Statehood on December 1, 2013, invitation ily members, while praying cards for the Ex-Members NLA have been dispatched to the Almighty to grant to all the respective Deputy Commissioners. Therefore, them solace and strength NLA Secretary AE Lotha has requested all Ex-Members to contact/ collect it from the Deputy Commissioner Ofto overcome the trauma. fices concerned.

Former general secretary of Zeliangrong Bau- KMC prohibits sticking bills di, Nagaland Azeu NamkohIMa, noveMber 26 (Mexn): With a view to cyn Hau has expressed keep Kohima City clean and green and also keeping in pain at the demise of Azu mind the forth coming Statehood Golden Jubilee CeleNewmai. In a condolence bration and festive season, Kohima Municipal Council message, the former gen- has prohibited sticking and putting up of posters on the eral secretary said for the walls of shops and business establishments within its welfare of the Zeliang peo- jurisdiction. KMC CEO in a press release informed the ple in Nagaland, when the public that any banner or hoarding to be put up requires rest were silent, Azu New- KMC’s approval. According to the note, the shops/ busimai was one man who had ness establishments are to clean/ dust the shutters/enthe nerves to point finger trance doors to their shops at least once a week. They are even at the State Govern- to paint the shutters/ doors properly so the old paints do ment. “As general secre- not show. It is also reminded all the residents and busitary of the Tribal Hoho, ness community not to throw any waste/ garbage on during my three years as- the roadsides or drains. All hotels with lodging facility sociation with the depart- within the municipal jurisdiction have been directed to ed leader, I found that he maintain reasonable tariffs, use commercial LPG cylinwas a man who feared no ders for cooking and maintain proper hygiene for the man and his role as a Ze- convenience and safety of the guests. Failing to comply liang public leader will be with the instructions, KMC will take action without any a living legend for the Ze- further notice, it added. liang people through ages,” Azeu declared. He further One joins NSCN (IM) prayed for the solace of DIMaPur, noveMber 26 (Mexn): The NSCN (IM) the family members of the accorded a warm welcome to Lieut. Colonel Chelo Mero departed soul. from SS. Khaplang faction on June 4, 2013. According to a press release issued by MIP NSCN (IM), Chelo Mero, who recently joined “Mainstream” under the collective leadership of Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muviah asserted that “NSCN (IM) is the only true platform for the liberation of Nagas from the adversaries beholding the Naga issue.” tiating in building the office, adding that in recent times Shops to open on Sunday at Chumu many new office building chuMukeDIMa, noveMber 26 (Mexn): In has been constructed in the view of the festive season, all the shopkeepers at Chudistrict which he said was mukedima have been informed to keep their shutters as asset not only for the de- open on every Sunday in order to facilitate the public partment but for the peo- to go for shopping and marketing. Meanwhile, all shopple of Mokokchung. The DC keepers have been directed to paint and whitewash their wished the staff at District respective shops and fix a star on their signboards comEvaluation Office the very pulsorily. Chumukedima Town Council EAC cum Adminbest. Director, Evaluation, istrator Ilika Zhimomi in a press release stated that this Kevileno Angami deliv- order will come into effect from the date of issue of this ered the welcome speech order and will remain in force till January 2014. Defaultwhile Pastor, Mokokchung er (s) will be penalized as per the provision of the law.

Town Baptist Church, Rev. Pongen said the dedicatory Solo competition in Kiphire prayer and a special song kIPhIre, noveMber 26 (Mexn): The Eulogia was presented by Sister Society Kiphire is organizing a solo competition for Six. The programme was music lovers between the ages of 12 and 22 from Kipchaired by Joint Director, hire district on December 13 at Hopongkyu Memorial Evaluation W Chubala.

Hall Kiphire. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of Rs.25,000 along with a certificate. Last date of registration is December 5, 2013. Interest participants have been requested to contact Ingenious Print Kiphire at 9436670927.

Dist evaluation office building inaugurated in Mkg

Mokokchung, noveMber 26 (DIPr): Minister, Youth Resources and Sports, Merentoshi R. Jamir on November 26, inaugurated the new District Evaluation Office building, Mokokchung at Sangtemla Ward.

After unveiling the plague, the Minister said that the Department of Evaluation is one of the most important components in the planning of activities in the State and asked all the department staff to be more sincere, and dedicated for the benefit of the people.

Giving a clarion call to

all the government ser- why somebody has been vants, the Minister urged placed in a department. them to take time to think Stating that government

servants are the selected few who have been given the opportunity to serve the people, the Minister said one must be honest with oneself apart from their work. He said as government servants, we must have confidence in us and put initiatives for the welfare of the society. He added, “One’s hard work might not be noticed every day, but one day our honesty and hard work would surely be appreciated.”

Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Murohu Chotso in his short speech thanked the government and the department for ini-

kohIMa, noveMber 26 (Mexn): The All Nagaland Electricity Field Workers Association (ANEFWA), in a letter to the Chairman of the Work-Charge and Casual Employees Commission, has revealed that the salary of work charge (W/C) employees have “not been revised and left unattended for all these years.”

“When an unskilled fixed paid worker enjoy enhanced rate of pay at around Rs. 3000/- PM; a skilled W/C employee is getting around Rs. 3000/PM or less in some case,” noted the letter written by the ANEFWA president, Kelhousevi, and general secretary, Ayeto Sumi.

“Inspite of intermittent request for revision and

enhancement of the W/C salary, the same have not been considered inspite of the growing inflation and price rise. We have been left to our own fate unattended for all these years when regular employees including unskilled worker’s salary have been enhanced along with other allowance every year to meet such mentioned circumstances,” stated the letter.

Further alleging that “we are left discriminated, exploited and unattended,” it reminded that “within the framework of the constitution as also by the virtue of the state Govt. being a model employer and guarantor of rights the Govt. is under obligation to treat us fairly.” Noting that without

Minister Merentoshi unveils the inauguration plaque at District Evaluation Office, Mokokchung on November 26.

District timber unions W/C employees demand salary enhancement question rates of wagon DIMaPur, noveMber 26 (Mexn): A joint meeting of the District Timber Trade’s Unions and Association has queried the Nagaland Forest Minister and the Dimapur, DFO; as to whether “the Supreme Court has authorized to sell wagons at the rate of Rs 3,10,000 per wagon?”

A press note appended by various district timber trade unions demanded that the distribution should be justified at the earliest for the benefit and welfare of genuine tree farmers. It cautioned that failure to meet this demand would compel the unions and the associations to take their own course of action

and that the responsibility would be on the part of the Forest Minster and the Dimapur DFO. The note informed that in the meeting, the unions and associations fully supported the NTTU representation to the Nagaland state government to set up wagon distribution committee, “as the present system is too corrupted.” It further expressed hope that the Nagaland state government would deliver justice to the genuine Naga tree farmers. This was stated in a note by the presidents of timber associations and unions from Dimapur, Peren, Kohima, Phek and Kiphire districts.

questioning the “adamant attitude of the Govt…we will continue to live in the same situation hopelessly and helplessly,” the Association stated that it will no longer be a “mere spectator” to the “inaction” of the Government.

“We will concertedly carry out agitation throughout the State and display our resentment of the Govt.’s apathy towards us in the loudest words than never before and demand our due share from the govt. as bonafide citizens of the State,” affirmed the letter, also copied to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, Chief Secretary, Parliamentary Secretary, Power, Principal Secretary and Chief Engineer, Power Department.

Minister Azo urges Phekmi citizens to work harder

CSU Assembly on Nov 30

DIMaPur, noveMber 26 (Mexn): The third assembly of Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) has been scheduled on November 30, 11:00 am at Hotel Japfu, Kohima. Therefore, all units, subordinate bodies, and senior leaders have been requested to attend the assembly positively. All members have been asked to bring their agendas. CSU speaker in a press release warned that any unit failing to attend the Assembly without any valid reason will be dealt as per the Assembly resolution.

KCSU joint consultative meeting

kohIMa, noveMber 26 (Mexn): Kohima Chakhesang Students Union (KCSU) has invited all the Chakhesang students units of Kohima to the joint consultative meeting scheduled to be held on November 30, 8:30 am at conference hall, CBCK Kitsubozou. It has been requested that all the units represent with presidents/ general secretaries positively.

Porbami Dzuve Krotho Dimapur condoles

DIMaPur, noveMber 26 (Mexn):Porbami Dzuve Krotho Dimapur has deeply mourned the sudden and untimely demise of Tazuhu Puro on November 20 at his native town Pfutsero. Tazuhu was the first Christian from Porba village and one of the senior citizens of Pfutsero town. A condolence note issued by the Krotho said Tazuhu was an honest, hard working and peace loving person. He was a well known social worker who served in various capacities in different organizations. The PDK conveyed its condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that almighty God grant solace at this time of grief and wished the departed soul rest in peace.

Union Minister for HUPA to visit Nagaland

Minister Azo speaking at the one-day seminar organized by Phekmi Collegiate Forum on November 26. (Right) Section of the seminar participants.

Phek, noveMber 26 (Mexn): Minister for PWD (R&B), Parliamentary Affairs, government of Nagaland, Kuzholuzo Nienu today asserted that work without dedication and sincerity is hampering the community economy and urged the entire Phekmi community to labour more with sincerity and dedication.

Addressing the inaugural session of Phekmi Collegiate Forum's (PCF) one-day seminar on ‘work culture & management’ as chief guest at Phek Village, the minister sought the co-operation of the entire Phekmi community in building the community economy.

Resource persons

Niechochiyi Suyie, Addi- on the topics, “Work Cul- their assigned tasks. It also tional District & Session ture” and “Management” resolved to rededicate and Judge, Mokokchung and respectively. commit themselves to be God fearing parents thereby moulding their children to a higher level.

Earlier, PCF President Kuvehu Soho led the inaugural session; Pastor, PVBC, Vezuhu Keyho, Principal, As an outcome of the Nuchicho Venuh invoked Capital College of Higher seminar, the house resolved God’s blessings while, VeEducation, Kohima spoke to be more hard working in pasa Venuh and friends,

PCF one-day seminar on work culture & management

and Ozo Venuh & friends enlightened the gathering with their special presentations. Thupukhruyi Venuh, Kuveduyi Venuh, Zhokupa Hoshi and Kunesa Vero moderated the two consecutive sessions of the day-long seminar. Approximately 500 women and 480 men attended the daylong seminar.

kohIMa, noveMber 26 (DIPr): Union Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), Government of India, Dr. Girija Vyas will inaugurate the Housing for Urban Poor building under BSUP Sub-Mission of JNNURM at K. Badze site near BSF Camp Kohima on December 3. The Union Minister will also participate in the Hornbill Festival at Kisama on December 4.

Mass social work held in Chumukedima

DIMaPur, noveMber 26 (Mexn): In view of the festive season, Chumukedima Town Council organized a mass social work at Chumukedima Town on November 23 where main town roads were repaired with sand gravel and drain were cleaned. The Town Council has expressed its deep appreciation especially to the public of Ward No. 5, 6, 8 & 9 for the kind co-operation and services rendered to make the program a success.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 27 novEmbEr 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 323

Is the Govt equipped?

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defining character of responsible governance is to constructively address conflicts and democratically evolve equitable solutions inclusiveness, participatory approaches and non-violent means.

When conflict is present in our lives it indicates that harmony is broken at some level. Babu Ayindo and Janice Jenner from the Eastern Mennonite University’s, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding say that, “Whether at home with our families, at work with colleagues or in negotiations between governments, conflict pervades our relationships.

The paradox of conflict is that it is both the force that can tear relationships apart and the force that binds them together. This dual nature of conflict makes it an important concept to study and understand.” They assert that understanding conflict as a feature of domestic and international relations is critical to peacebuilding processes.

The challenge for governments is how to effectively, proactively engage, as well as address conflicts using participatory democratic approaches. For instance, a government may be confronted with conflicts around political aspirations, land, natural resources, border disputes, inequitable development, humanitarian crisis, inter-village differences, and armed violence, and so on. In such cases, a government may be a party to the conflict or asked to intervene as a mediator. These situations require skills and techniques to constructively tackle the issues. On the other hand, a conflict can be managed negatively through avoidance, and by using or threats, intimidation and force. Alternatively, a conflict can be positively engaged through dialogue, negotiation, joint problem solving and consensus building and reconciliation.

Transforming conflicts is both a science and an art. The approaches used in conflict situations are largely based upon past experiences. Historic scenarios indicate that most governments approach conflict with the intent of achieving ‘negative peace’ which implies the absence of violence that results in the end of an undesirable occurrence.

However, in today’s political context and increased human consciousness, the approach of ‘negative peace’ is not only limited and inadequate, but could also counter-productive to sustainable JustPeace with harmonious outcomes.

Ayindo and Jenner remind us that, “Positive peace is filled with positive content such as the restoration of relationships, the creation of social systems that serve the needs of the whole population and the constructive resolution of conflict. Peace does not mean the total absence of any conflict. It means the absence of violence in all its forms and the unfolding of conflict in a constructive way.” Real peace exists “where people are interacting non-violently and are managing their conflict positively—with respectful attention to the legitimate needs and interests of all concerned.”

The Nagaland State Government needs to assess whether it is equipped to sincerely, respectfully and skillfully address its many local internal conflicts using nonviolent means. Taking a status quo stance and posturing with coercion and power will only de-legitimize its ability to govern the people. Now is the time for the Nagaland State Government to step forward to address conflicts constructively thereby achieving positive constructive outcomes.

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Sarah van Gelder

How To Eat Like Our Lives Depend On It!

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or years, my daughter’s favorite way to spend her birthday was to go huckleberry picking in the mountains east of Seattle. So in early September, we would drive the old family Volvo up the curving Forest Service roads to the crest of the ridge where the best huckleberries grew.

Some years we got lucky. Every bush would be loaded, and we could be choosy—sampling deep purple berries and dusky blue ones in search of the plumpest and most flavorful. Other years, we brought home only the few berries the bears and birds had left. Sometimes, I’d grumble to myself about the time we could save by buying blueberries at the store. But later, on dark winter mornings, I would sprinkle frozen huckleberries into pancake batter. And when the hot berry juice burst with each bite, I would recall the day spent with my family on the ridgetop.

Gathering food nourishes more than just our bodies. And so does preserving, cooking, and sharing it. Our fast-food culture has little patience with this idea. Prepared food is sold as convenient and tasty, but it is loaded with fat, salt, and GMO corn syrup, and it’s making us sick. Diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and obesity diminish our lives and threaten to bankrupt our health care system.

Other species, too, suffer as a result of the way we eat.

Industrial food production pollutes rivers and streams, creating massive offshore dead zones. It kills off bee colonies, consigns millions of animals to inhumane confinement, and disrupts the climate. True, industrial food is cheap. But one in five children in the United States experiences hunger, and for many, it’s because their parents are paid poverty-level wages working in the food and agriculture sectors. Industrial food is actually only cheap when the human and ecological costs are ignored.

This issue of YES! tells the stories of those who are reclaiming the well-being and exuberance that is part of a healthy food culture. Too often, conversation about food is tinged with guilt and “shoulds.” This issue is about the pleasures of eating well.

You may know, for example, that fermenting preserves foods. But did you know that it also can make food more nutritious and tasty? A rich microbial ecosystem in our gut keeps us healthy. Now scientists are linking the health of our gut to the microbial ecosystems in the soils where our food is grown. Food also nourishes community and strengthens culture.

When Carlo Petrini learned that a fast-food outlet was to be built in central Rome, he organized a massive feast of traditional Italian cuisine and sparked the Slow Food movement. Vandana Shiva, scientist, farmer, and YES! contributing editor, devotes her life to protecting the seeds our ancestors passed along to us, which must be protected and propagated if our descendents are to thrive.

Arun Gupta crossed the country hosting locally sourced feasts, and Abby Quillen found a thriving community of food cart vendors—many of them immigrants—who are sharing slow food traditions with grateful customers.

So enjoy the conviviality of sharing a meal, the sharp freshness of just-harvested greens, the sweetness of fresh-pressed apple cider. Draw on your grandmother’s recipes to cook, gather, grow, and prepare food, or create your own traditions. No need for guilt.

Instead of using up soil and polluting the waters, these are ways to eat that restore the balance of living ecosystems, improve our health, and rebuild the relationships that make life a pleasure.

It's time to reclaim the well-being and exuberance that is part of healthy food culture

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C O M M E N T A R Y

Lucia Nader

Why are human rights NGOs in emerging powers not emerging?

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iddle-income BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries are becoming more politically prominent, appearing on the covers of magazines and newspapers in the developed world, and being taken more seriously by the big investment banks.

This increasing clout is also reflected in international human rights arenas. In the marble corridors of the U.N. Human Rights Council, I often hear that it is now necessary to “have Brazil on board” to pass this or that resolution.

It would be healthy to expect that human rights NGOs in the BRICS are also gaining in strength. Surprisingly, this is not so. The mismatch between strong economic growth and fragile local human rights organizations is now very apparent in Brazil.

Historically dependent on both public and international funding, many Brazilian organizations now find themselves in a “funding vacuum,” an unanticipated victim of their country’s remarkable economic success.

Consumers before citizens Brazil has democratic institutions, reasonable economic growth and social policies that have enabled millions to rise above the poverty line and to begin consuming goods and services. Despite all this, citizens do not have access to basic human rights. Long-standing violations, such as the systematic torture of prisoners and displacement of indigenous groups to make way for hydroelectric dam construction, continue apace.

A recent newspaper headline reported that people living in northeastern Brazil, the country’s poorest region, are buying washing machines even though they do not have running water, a basic human right and a state responsibility.

Alas, the consumer has come before the citizen, and Brazilian human rights organizations are at a critical juncture: They must continue their national struggle while at the same time consider internationalizing. This involves building closer relations with organizations from other countries, monitoring and influencing the foreign policy of the Brazilian state, and tracking the activities of Brazilian companies overseas. Most important, perhaps, Brazilian human rights NGOs must continue to help channel social demands into progressive advocacy and policies.

But this is possible only with sustainable and predictable funding.

The funding crisis triad Three factors contribute to the financial erosion of human-rights organizations in Brazil: dwindling international funds, inequitable public funds, and scant private funds.

Historically, human rights organizations in Brazil depended on international funding, particularly from bilateral cooperation agencies and development organizations linked to churches and political parties in the Northern Hemisphere. In the 1980s and ‘90s, experts claimed that some 80 percent of Brazilian human rights NGO budgets came from international funding – even if there is no reliable data to support this number.

Over the past decade, however, international assistance to Brazilian rights groups has suffered. After the global financial crisis of 2008 and Brazil’s graduation to middle-income status, at least 10 agencies withdrew their financial support, reformulated their priorities, or drastically reduced their allocations.

Other organizations began to focus on specific issues – especially the environment and agriculture – and concentrated their grants among a small group of organizations, or opted for partnerships with “more efficient” government organizations.

Today, experts estimate that between 40 percent and 50 percent of Brazilian human rights NGOs’ budgets come from international funding. Again, this num-

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ven though it comes around comet-like just once every four years, or perhaps precisely because of that, the World Cup's grip on the planet's imagination remains impressive. French fans' delirious chants of "We're going to Brazil!" after their team dug deep to defeat Ukraine in the playoffs and Cristiano Ronaldo's joy at his hat trick that qualified Portugal showed how much this most global of sports tournaments means to nations and people alike.

Illogical, really, given that the World Cup isn't football at its best. The best sides in club football are stronger, more balanced and often better to watch than many of the 32 national teams bound for Brazil.

The World Cup sinks its claws into people not by treating them to consistently dazzling play — you see better games on a more regular basis in the Champions League — but by tapping into base emotions of national pride.

Next June, people who for three years of four have little or no interest in the sport will rally behind "their" team and paint flags on their faces.

All fine, of course. There are worse ways to let off steam. Sunk into your sofa and perhaps skipping sleep to soak up the drama of one nation besting another, it is comforting to know that billions of people around the globe are doing the exact same thing for the month when football takes over. As a shared human experience, the World Cup has few rivals.

As for every World Cup, expectations will build over the next seven months until the hype becomes almost unbearable, more so this time because the host is football-mad Brazil, a five-time world champion and home of the great Pele.

As always, the tournament will throw up surprises. A team that de-

A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a poster with pictures of jailed opposition human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja, center, and two others during a march in Manama, Bahrain, on Friday, November 22, 2013. A few thousand people participated in the march organized by opposition groups, calling for democracy, freedom for political prisoners and implementation of recommendations made by a commission of international investigators into the nation's 2011 pro-democracy uprising and the harsh crackdown that followed. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

ber is debatable, but the downward trend is clear. Some agencies and foundations continue investing in Brazilian human rights groups, including the OAK Foundation, Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Canadian International Development Research Center, and the Open Society Foundations. Some also are investing in strengthening the ability of civil society in Southern countries to act internationally. Such, for example, is the aim of the Ford Foundation’s “Strengthen Human Rights Worldwide” initiative. Still, less international funds are available today for human rights work in Brazil.

Public funds in Brazil are also not a sustainable funding source. Today, less than 5 percent of the funds transferred by the Brazilian government to civil society are allocated to human-rights organizations. The rest goes to organizations that do social work or fill gaps in health, education, and the like. In addition, organizations that receive public funding are subject to extremely bureaucratic processes, and find it hard to maintain their independence and autonomy.

The situation would not be so difficult if Brazilian philanthropy had “emerged” at the same pace as the country’s international political and economic prominence. Brazilian companies invest $3-4 billion per year (U.S.) in social projects, but this is not enough, given the size of Brazil´s social problems.

Furthermore, only 30 percent of this money is allocated to grant making for independent organizations. The rest is spent on corporate social responsibility projects run by the companies themselves.

National philanthropy: a necessary (and long-term) commitment The current weakness of the Brazilian international-public-private triad has led many local human rights organizations to rethink their fund-raising strategies and sustainability models.

Clearly, an increase in international funding would be welcome. This would have to involve not only an increase in dollars but also greater grant predictability and duration. One major challenge today is for international grant-makers to understand that when a Brazilian NGO wants to act legally and responsibly, its operating costs are much higher than they used to be. Legal fees, salaries, real estate, and other costs are rising in emerging economies, and are often even higher than in the global North.

There is no doubt that Brazilian private foundations could strengthen their support to human rights causes and organizations, as well as that public funds should be distributed more equitably and transparently to civil society organizations. The state must also boost its social investments, making sure that at least some of this new money finds its way to organizations that challenge the status quo, as human rights groups often do. This requires a review of the legal framework and an overhaul of the archaic practices that still govern state-society relations in Brazil.

Brazilian citizens must also develop a more robust tradition of philanthropy. The country currently ranks 83rd among 147 countries listed in the World Giving Index, which uses Gallup polling data to measure national populations’ propensity to donate time and money to charitable activities and help strangers. To improve their country’s ranking, Brazilians must increase the amount they donate.

Human rights have a bad name Many Brazilians see the country’s human-rights organizations as contributing to the high rates of murder and overall urban violence. The reasoning goes as follows: Brazil currently has around 50,000 murders per year – a number that exceeds the casualty counts in several international conflicts. By attempting to reduce police violence, prison overcrowding and torture, human-rights organizations are perceived as “protecting” impunity and generally contributing to societal fears and insecurities.

Reversing this perception will be no easy task.

Human-rights organizations have several challenges ahead. They must redefine their funding priorities and improve their fund-raising operations, and they must become better communicators about the positive impact of their work.

National fund-raising must become a pillar of organizational development, integral to human-rights groups’ strategic planning. It’s essential to rethink fund-raising “know-how” – beyond such initiatives as crowd-funding and other new tools. New fundraising capacities are vital, especially with regard to the Brazilian economic elite. There is no magic bullet: Human rights groups need money to restructure and learn how to raise more money locally. Sadly, it’s hard to focus on growing an organization’s fundraising capacities in an era of austerity, where most available funds are tied to specific projects.

All this should be accompanied by innovation and investment in new communications strategies.

Human-rights organizations must move from the defensive to the offensive, and focus on winning over more allies to the cause. This is not impossible: After all, younger generations seem to be looking for a cause as shown in the massive street protests that recently took over Brazilian streets.

There is one more challenge, and it’s about building mutual trust. The lack of national private funding for human-rights organizations, in a format that maintains their autonomy and independence, severely impedes their ability to be “anchored” in their own societies.

They need not only financial support but also domestic constituencies. Human rights organizations must emerge not only from the funding vacuum, but also from a vacuum of public trust and political support.

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fends solidly but counter-attacks swiftly could oust defending champion Spain well before the final.

There'll be a feel-good story in Bosnia, playing its first World Cup as an independent nation two decades after its war that killed more than 100,000 people.

Injuries that have sidelined Lionel Messi this year could prove a blessing in disguise in 2014, because they are forcing the four-time world player of the year to rest before the tournament where he must excel with Argentina to be considered an equal to Pele, a threetime World Cup winner.

But, at risk of spoiling this party, history also shows that the World Cup delivers hoped-for thrills only erratically, certainly of late.

Not since Argentina 3, West Germany 2 way back in 1986 has the final game been a true classic.

From the first World Cup in 1930 and for the next 56 years, through 12 tournaments, both finalists always managed to score in the showcase game and, with the only exception of 1974, always from open play, not the penalty spot. In short, action flowed both ways.

That fine run ended in 1990 with Germany 1, Argentina 0 — the World Cup's first something-to-nothing final.

That sorry match, a stinker, started a new, less appealing pattern: In four of five finals since, the losing team has failed to score. France is the only exception — in 2006. But its solitary goal in losing to Italy came from a penalty, put away by Zinedine Zidane before he melted down and headed-butted Marco Materazzi.

Lopsided let-downs, stalemates and frustrating, often bad-tempered, disappointments have become a norm for the showcase game. The last time a World Cup crowd saw a losing finalist score in open play (it was Rudi Voeller for Germany in 1986) Ronald Reagan was in the White House, Tom Cruise was fighting the Cold War in "Top Gun" and Bananarama were chart-toppers.

Partly to blame is the weight of World Cup expectations, crushing for some. Fear of letting down entire nations makes coaches and teams cautious and inhibits players. Take Wayne Rooney.

Decisive and strong-willed for Manchester United, the forward hasn't scored in eight World Cup games for England.

As in South Africa four years ago, weak teams in Brazil — think the likes of Algeria, Australia, Greece, even England — will try to hang on for dear life against the game's powers, packing their defenses and tak-

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ing few risks. Understandable, perhaps, but dreary. Anyone who stayed awake, for example, through the tedium of Spain 1, Paraguay 0, in the 2010 quarterfinals should demand their 90 minutes back from FIFA. Players will arrive tired from exhausting club seasons. The distances in Brazil will be taxing, too. When the World Cup was last played there, in 1950, France withdrew because it objected to the great distances between fixtures. Brazil's team, for example, will fly some 6,600 kilometers (4,000 miles) next June from its base camp in Rio de Janeiro to its group games in Sao Paulo in the south, Fortaleza in the north and Brasilia in the middle of the country.

The World Cup isn't going to go away, no matter how poor the show.

The 2010 edition generated revenues of $3.6 billion for FIFA, a whopping sum which allows the governing body to grow the global game and grease the palms of its power-brokers. Presidents, princes and sheikhs beat paths to FIFA's door for the prestige of hosting the tournament. Which begs the question: As the source of FIFA's power and wealth, is the World Cup actually poisonous for football? Those who want fresh and more responsive, transparent leadership at the very top of the sport might be forgiven for thinking so.

As with South Africa, the World Cup will be looked to for proof that the $13 billion being spent by Brazil on stadiums, airport renovations and other infrastructure has been worth it. If streets aren't filled with police tear gas and protesters, as they were in June at the warm-up Confederations Cup, Brazil could be a ball. Passions outside the host country will run high regardless.

Cross fingers that the football lives up to the occasion.

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oor Jaan lifted her black Islamic veil and recalled the last time she saw her husband. He was among more than 600 Rohingya Muslim men thrown in jail in this remote corner of Myanmar during a ruthless security crackdown that followed sectarian violence, and among one in 10 who didn't make it out alive.

Jaan said that when she visited the jail, the cells were crammed with men, hands chained behind their backs, several stripped naked. Many showed signs of torture. Her husband, Mohammad Yasim, was doubled over, vomiting blood, his hip bone shattered. "We were all crying so loudly the walls of the prison could have collapsed," the 40-year-old widow said. "They killed him soon after that," she said of her husband. Her account was corroborated by her father, her 10-year-old son and a neighbor. "Other prisoners told us soldiers took his corpse and threw it in the forest." "We didn't even have a chance to see his body," she said.

The sectarian violence that has gripped this predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million in the last 16 months has been most intense in the western state of Rakhine, where 200 people have been killed in rioting and another 140,000 forced to flee their homes. Threequarters of the victims have been Muslims — most of them members of the minority Rohingya community — but it is they who have suffered most at the hands of security forces. For every Buddhist arrested, jailed and convicted in connection with mob violence across Rakhine state, roughly four Rohingya went to prison, according to data compiled by The Associated Press.

Members of the ethnic minority often have been severely punished, even when there is little or no evidence of wrongdoing. For example, Amnesty International says Dr. Tun Aung was summoned by authorities to try to help ease tensions but could not quiet the agitated crowd. He was arrested a week later, labeled an agitator and is serving nine years in prison. The humanrights group calls the doctor a prisoner of conscience.

Nowhere have Rohingya — described by the U.N. as one of the most persecuted religious minorities in the world — been more zealously pursued than in northern Rakhine, which sits along the coast of the Bay of Bengal and is cut off from the rest of the country by a parallel running mountain range. It's home to 80 percent of Myanmar's 1 million Rohingya. Some descend from families that have been here for generations. Others arrived more recently from neighboring Bangladesh. All have been denied citizenship, rendering them stateless. For decades, they have been unable to travel freely, practice their religion, or work as teachers or doctors. They need special approval to marry and are the only people in the country barred from having more than two children.

A half-century of brutal military rule in Myanmar ended when President Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government took power in 2011. But in northern Rakhine, where Buddhist security forces have been allowed to operate with impunity, many say life has only gotten worse for Rohingya. "As far as I know, not a single member of the security forces has even been questioned," said the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, calling on the state to investigate allegations of official brutality. "This government needs to understand it has a responsibility toward its people, that there has to be some accountability."

Despite more than a half-dozen inquiries by phone and email, presidential spokesman Ye Htut refused to comment about allegations of abuse by soldiers, police and security forces linked to sectarian violence.

The AP in September became the first foreign media organization to be granted access to northern Rakhine, which has been under a government crackdown since ethnic violence erupted there on June 8, 2012. Thousands of knife- and stick-wielding Rohingya rioted in the township of Maungdaw, killing 10 Buddhists, including a monk, and torching more than 460 Buddhist homes, according to state advocate general Hla Thein.

The violence came in reaction to a deadly Buddhist attack on Muslim pilgrims in southern Rakhine that was sparked by rumors of a gang rape by Muslim men.

Most of the anti-Buddhist bloodshed occurred in Ba Gone Nar, a rambling village of 8,000 and home to Jaan and dozens of others interviewed by the AP. Made up of dark teak homes on stilts, Ba Gone Nar is divided by a web of dusty foot paths. Residents peered cautiously through the slats of tall bamboo fences, then eagerly beckoned the journalists through their gates. Some pulled out pictures of sons, brothers or fathers who have been imprisoned since

In this September 13, 2013 photo, children of Lay Maing village walk on a street in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. Northern Rakhine state, which stretches along most of Myanmar's coast on the Bay of Bengal, is one of the poorest, most remote, isolated corners of this Southeast Asian nation. It’s also home to 800,000 Rohingya, described by the U.N. as one of the most neglected ethnic minorities in the world. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

their arrests in the weeks that followed the violence.

For months, residents said, soldiers, police and members of a feared border security unit known as Nasaka showed up at homes, hauling in more than 150 men.

Those left behind have held on to whatever evidence they had, no matter how small. Men with tired, weathered faces dragged out plastic buckets filled with broken glasses, dishes, picture frames — belongings wrecked when security forces ransacked their houses.

Villagers said security forces beat them, looted gold and other valuables and raped women. "As soon as they came inside, we couldn't do anything," said a 64-year-old woman who alleges she and her two daughters were raped by members of Nasaka. Her voice trembling, she asked not to be named, saying she feared reprisals. "We were afraid. If they wanted to kill, they would," she said, shrouding much of her face with a light blue headscarf so that she could speak on camera. "They did whatever they wanted.

Made us feel ... that we are nothing," she said.

Zura Khatun was among many residents who said security forces arrested relatives who had done nothing wrong. Some said people who were not even in the area at the time of the riots were taken away. "They came into our house and destroyed everything. They didn't even leave a single plate we were using," said Zura Khatun, 50. "And then ... they took my 30-year-old son, Baseer."

Noor Mamed, a neighbor, said he saw Baseer's arrest from his home. "Nasaka, security police and soldiers were dragging Baseer, hitting him with a gun many times, as his mother and wife begged them to stop," the 67-year-old said. "They grabbed both his hands on one side, and his two legs on the other, and threw him onto the truck like trash." Zura Khatun clutched a picture of Baseer close to her chest while she was interviewed.

It was taken shortly after he was detained and shows him squatting on the ground, looking up at the camera with glazed, terrified eyes. Baseer was taken first to a detention center in Maungdaw. Days later he was taken 25 kilometers (14 miles) away to Buthidaung, where a larger jail is reserved for more hardened criminals. "I went to see him," said Zura Khatun, her cheeks moist with tears. "But when I got there, less than two weeks later, they turned me away. They said he was dead."

Chris Lewa, director of Arakan Project, an independent humanitarian-based research group that has spent nearly a decade documenting abuses in the region, said 966 Rohingya from northern Rakhine were jailed after the riots: 611 in northern Rakhine jails, where 62 inmates died (all in Buthidaung), and another 287 at the jail in the state capital, Sittwe, where she tallied another six prisoner deaths. The numbers were based on testimony from family members and released inmates. Lewa said many inmates were denied lifesaving medical treatment for injuries sustained during arrest or from torture and beatings in jail — both by wardens and Buddhist Rakhine inmates.

Quintana said he has gathered statistics on prisoner deaths that are similar to Lewa's. He said jail

conditions appeared to have improved by the time he last visited northern Rakhine in August, but he added that there were credible reports that sick, elderly and underage inmates had been temporarily moved to other locations before his visit.

Northern Rakhine is the only place in Myanmar where Buddhists were the main targets of mob violence, and the only place in the country where most people are Muslim. Hla Thein said that across Rakhine state, at least 147 Muslims and 58 Buddhists were killed. Rohingya make up not only the vast majority of victims, but the vast majority of suspects. Data collected from rights groups, courts, police and other officials indicate that at least 1,000 mostly Rohingya Muslims and 260 Buddhists were arrested following the statewide riots.

More than 900 trials have been held in northern Rakhine, all against Rohingya, according to Lewa.

Three were sentenced to life in prison in August for the killing of the monk, she said, and many others got up to 17 years behind bars. Those accused of lesser crimes such as arson got between three and 10 years.

Less than a dozen have been acquitted.

Many defendants were tried without the benefit of defense lawyers, Lewa said. There were no translators or family members present. Some were tried collectively, according to Quintana. "These kinds of proceedings are not following any kind of process of law or judicial guarantees," he said. "In many cases, it's not clear what charges have been filed against each of these prisoners." One of the only steps the government has taken to address abuses since the sectarian crisis flared has been to disband Nasaka in July, largely over fears the U.S. was preparing to slap it with sanctions. The announcement won international praise. But Thein Sein's government has made no effort to explain what happened to its former members. Human-rights activists and Rohingya speculate that they were simply transferred to other units.

During the AP's visit to northern Rakhine, one soldier escorting Myanmar dignitaries carried a gun with a Nasaka insignia. And officials said a new security force made up of police and immigration officers, operating out of the old Nasaka camp, has assumed many of the responsibilities that the former, feared border security unity held. "They are no different than Nasaka. So don't start thinking about freedom." Ba Thun Aung, the Buddhist Rakhine administrator of Ba Gone Nar, told Rohingya villagers, according to his own account.

Ba Thun Aung said that among other things, the new force is tasked with keeping much-hated family lists in which Rohingya are registered or "blacklisted."

Children born to unwed parents, or those who have already met a two-child limit imposed only on Rohingya, are not recognized by the government and are not eligible for such basics as public education and health care. With no ethnic violence in northern Rakhine for more than a year, some Rohingya say security forces aren't as brutal as they once were. But some, like Jaan, whose husband was killed in jail, have lost hope that the persecution of their people will ever end. "It's better," she said, "if Allah just takes our lives."

HEALTHY REASONS TO INCLUDE “FERMENTED FOODS” IN YOUR DIET!!

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ermentation process adds flavour and aroma to the foods, and in addition it is also a “health food”. Including fermented foods in the diet have enormous health benefits for the body.

Actually fermented foods are found to be more nutritious than their unfermented counterparts because of the process it undergoes during fermentation.

Here are some reasons to include fermented foods in your diet: • Aids nutrient absorption- The consumption of fermented foods introduces beneficial bacteria into the digestive system creating a healthy balance of bacteria and digestive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract which helps in absorbing more nutrients from food, thereby improves the nutritional status of the person.

• Weight loss and diabetes control- Fermented foods help in weight loss as they can stabilize blood sugar.

This serves to balance appetite and gives satiety for a longer period of time.

Fermented foods also promote a more even and steady release of insulin and helps in controlling diabetes.

• Increases the vitamin content - Fermented dairy products have increased levels of vitamins such as folic acid, pyroxidine, riboflavin and biotin depending on the strains of bacteria present in the fermented food.

• Alleviation of Lactose Intolerance- Fermented foods (especially yo-

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Department of Foods & Nutrition, sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & sciences, Allahabad-211007 ghurt) helps in the digestion of lactose because the lactic acid bacteria used to make yoghurt produce lactase and digest the lactose.

• Protection against Gastrointestinal Infection- Viable lactic acid bacteria in fermented foods interfere with the colonization and subsequent proliferation of food borne pathogens and thus prevents the manifestation of infection. The beneficial effects of lactic acid bacteria have also been attributed to their ability to suppress the growth of pathogens either directly or through production of antibacterial substances.

• Anticarcinogenic Effect- Fermented food products can protect against certain types of cancer (eg: breast cancer and colon cancer). Consumption of yoghurt, butter milk protects against breast cancer. Different potential mechanisms by which lactic acid bacteria exert anti-tumor effects are: changes in faecal enzymes which are involved in colon carcinogenesis, cellular uptake of mutagenic compounds, reducing the mutagenicity of chemical mutagens and suppression of tumors

by improved immune response.

• Immune System Stimulation - The immune system provides the primary defense against microbial pathogens that enters our body. The immuno-stimulatory effects of fermented foods are believed to be due to its good bacterial components. Lactic acid bacteria fermented food enhances levels of certain immunoreactive cells or factors in the body. Cytokine production, phagocytic activity, antibody production, T-cell production etc. are increased with consumption of fermented foods.

• Lowering of Serum Cholesterol- Fermented milk products have hypocholesterolemic effect. L. acidophilus (bacteria used for fermentation of milk) has exhibited the ability to lower serum cholesterol levels and therefore, intake of fermented milk furnishes factors that impair the synthesis of cholesterol and prevents hypercholesterolemia which is a main factor contributing to cardiovascular diseases.

• Alleviation of Constipation– Consumption of fermented foods helps

in alleviation of constipation by creating a favourable microflora in the gut and thus helps in easy bowel movement.

• Antihypertensive Activity- Two antihypertensive peptides have been purified from fermented sour milk which has been fermented with L. helveticus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These two peptides inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme, which is a potent vasoconstrictor and helps reduces blood pressure in mildly hypertensive patient.

• Antiallergenic Qualities- Probiotics may help prevent allergic reactions in individuals at high risk of allergies, such as food allergies. Probiotic bacteria present in fermented foods help to reinforce the barrier function of the intestinal wall, thereby preventing the absorption of some antigens.

• Detoxification- Fermented foods are potent detoxifiers, capable of drawing out a wide range of heavy metals from the body. Beneficial gut bacteria work by attracting mercury, lead, aluminium, arsenate, and other toxicities and anti-nutrients, and carry them out until they are eliminated from the body.

Examples of fermented food: Axone, fermented fish, yoghurt, cheese, butter milk, idli, sauerkraut, tofu etc.

So why not include a variety of fermented foods in your daily diet and get the most out of it!!

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a world leader, a singer, an actor, a lawyer, or a businessman? Everyone needs dreams to give them hope and the drive to go for it. While being realistic and setting achievable goals might seem like the smart thing to do, we also need dreams to helps us aspire for higher goals and bigger possibilities.

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very single thing accomplished by human beings was once someone’s dream. Dreaming is a wonderful outlet.

Dreaming is pregnant with creativity and imagination which enables manifestation. It is a gateway to discovering your passion. But dreaming alone won’t make a dream a reality. Once you dream big, then it’s time to do big things. Were it not for the dreamers, we would not have all the wonderful things that our present civilization needs. The television, telephone, flying machine, the automobile etc, all of these and other innumerable inventions were at one time only a dream in the minds of someone whom the world called a visionary.

Dreamers are inventors, innovators and the curator of hope and yet it appears that our society or the church offers minimum support to nurt ure the dreamer. Usually, we call them foolish and unrealistic. We tend to dismiss both the dream and the dreamer. This attitude of the world can be quite hard on the dreamers, but on the brighter side, it does not mean that they have failed. Dreams become reality eventually, even with the passage of time. It never grows old, instead dreaming and doing new things gives us strength and determination to control our reality. As Abdul Kalam says, “Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

Today, the world needs more daytime dreamers than ever before, dreamers who will do or die to achieve a dream and make it a reality. People who have the guts and persistence to go for their dreams and make things happen are like heroes to the rest of us. They are beacons of possibilities. What if we all went for our dreams like them? What would this world look like? Everyone would encourage each other and things would get done with unprecedented speed and creativity. Ideas tend to flow when people are open to them. If everyone was encouraged to dream and to create, many of today’s problems could be solved and inventions could soar to an all time high.

What the world truly needs today is peace in all areas. The only wish of the world is to bring an end to war, violence and hatred. Every dreamer has this yearning to make a difference. But on the contrary, there is so much turmoil and unhappiness in the world today. What are our goals, dreams and ambitions, our hopes and fears? It is time to imagine a future dominated by love, peace and harmony, and therefore we need dreamers who will sit back and focus on changing the paradigm, dreamers who are willing not just to think out of the box, but to jump out of it and envision a higher expression of humanity. Every individual passionately believes in making it a better world for us and others.

On 28th August 1963, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. presented one of the greatest speeches in the history of mankind. He said: “I dream of a better world.

A world in which we can all live together in peace.

A world in which we celebrate each other’s uniqueness.

A world in which we co-operate and overcome the most severe challenges ever faced by our race.

A world in which our children no longer die of starvation.”

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream for America is powerful and inspiring: “I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream – one day this nation will rise up to its creed, ‘We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal.’”

Martin Luther King Jr. was a dreamer who made his dreams into a reality.

Another inspiring saying about dreamers is by John Lennon in his eternal song – Imagine all the people living life in peace. The lyric reads: “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.” John Lennon All it takes to dramatically improve our world today is a few committed people who really believe in their dreams and who’ll do whatever it takes to make those lofty dreams come true. We are moving into a turbulent phase in which there is a risk that events could overtake us. Now is the time to sit back and really look at what is going on with the world and ponder. Now is the time to focus with complete honesty and clarity on what your spirit and soul desire. Your thoughts create your reality and so once you control your thoughts, then you control your reality.

“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.”- Orison Swett Marden.

Every measure of success we have ever known emanated from a dream. Sometimes the only obstacle between you and your goal is you. Every individual has greatness within ourselves and we shouldn’t be afraid to realize it. If you have a dream and believe in it, you will do anything to make it a reality.

“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.

But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.”-Sarah Ban Breathnach.

We should take inspiration from these sayings which give us hope that the dreams we have do not end up in vain. To stop dreaming would be to stop living. We owe ourselves the opportunity to experiment with our dreams and we may even fail at times, but this also creates the opportunity to learn how to wildly succeed. Let’s dream big - our world needs dreamers.

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MuMbai salutes 26/11 victiMs

mumbAi, November 26 (iANS): Five years on since the dastardly 26/11 terror attacks, Mumbai remembered the martyrs, victims and survivors at various commemoration events held in different parts of the city Tuesday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, his cabinet colleagues and top police officials accompanied by a large number of families of 26/11 victims paid homage at the memorial built at Police Gymkhana at Chowpatty.

Floral tributes were offered to the martyrs and victims at the site by the dignitaries, including state Home Minister R.R. Patil and union Minister of State for Human Resource Shashi Tharoor, on the solemn occasion. Similar commemorative events have also been planned at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi Trident hotels, the Leopold Cafe and Nariman House, which were targeted by a group of 10 heavily armed Pakistani terrorists who killed 166 people and wounded another 300 during three days of mayhem Nov 2629, 2008.

Obituary columns of many city newspapers carried photographs and tributes by family members, companies and employers of those innocent people who lost their lives in the terror madness. However, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus authorities decided against making any makeshift arrangement to

Disappointed by Centre’s failure to punish 26/11 attackers: Modi

AhmeDAbAD, November 26 (PTi): On the fifth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks today, the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said Centre’s failure to bring the real perpetrators of 26/11 to justice is disappointing. “Centre’s failure to bring the real perpetrators of 26/11 to justice is disappointing. It is high time Centre acts decisively,” Modi said in a series of tweets today.

“26/11 is a grim reminder of the security threat that India faces. Let us assure families of the victims that sacrifice of their near ones will not go in vain… Time to work towards a stronger and safer India,” he said. “I join my fellow countrymen in remembering all those who lost their lives in the cowardly terror attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. Due to 26/11 attacks A woman offers tributes at the memorial for police and uniformed personnel who lost their lives in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks during the 5th anniversary of the attack in Mumbai, on Tuesday November 26. Pakistani gunmen blazed through India’s financial capital on November 26, 2008, killing 166 people and shattering relations between the nucleararmed neighbors. (AP Photo)

enable commuters offer tributes at the railway station which was one of the first and prominent public targets.

“Life is moving ahead after five years. We don’t want to keep reminding people of those horrible days. They can remember their near and dear ones in their hearts,” a railway official explained. One of the survivors of the brutal attack at Leopold Cafe, Bharat Gujjar, who was at the billing counter that night, says memories of that chilling night have virtually gone. “For how long

SC seeks opinion from states, UTs on Aadhar implementation

New Delhi, November 26 (AgeNcieS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to all the states and union territories, seeking their replies on the issue of making Aadhar card compulsory for availing certain services. A bench led by Justice B S Chauhan sought states’ views to ascertain their understanding of the nature of the UID scheme and whether they have also linked Aadhar cards to some services.

The court will now take up the matter on December 10. The court is hearing a bunch of PILs, challenging the validity of Aadhar in absence of a law and has also disputing its compulsory nature.

Tehelka case: Police issue alert for Tejpal at all airports, ports

PANAJi, November 26 (iANS): Goa Police have recorded the statement of a woman journalist who has accused Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaulting her, a police official said. A police team had left for Mumbai to record the statement of the victim, who on Monday quit her job accusing the Tehelka management of sheltering Tejpal.

The victim reiterated the same points she made in her complaint sent by email to Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhury last week, a police source said. “The statement is consistent with the complaint to Shoma and with the versions told to us by the three journalists (all former employees of Tehelka) who the victim had confided in,” the official said. Police have still not decided how and where to question Tejpal. Goa Police also issued an “immigration checkpost alert” against Tarun Tejpal so that he can’t leave the country.

can you live on memories and thinking about that tragic incident? The only memories now are the nine shards of granite and the stitches from where sharp flying glass pieces were removed from my body,” Gujjar said.

While the pieces of stone are still present in his arms, legs and back, the glass shards were removed through surgeries necessitating his stay in hospital for four months, but the stitched portions still swell and pain during winters. Sachin Bhonsale, whose father, policeman

the state government and also has managed the petrol station that was given as compensation to the family.

On the eve of 26/11 anniversary Monday, hundreds of students from international schools and colleges attending an exchange programme of WeSchool, took a pledge of peace and forgiveness at the St. Mary’s Shelter Home. The pledge was led and administered by One Life Alliance founder and forgiveness campaigner, US national Kia Scherr and WeSchool group director Uday Salunkhe.

‘Let Guj woman in snooping row speak’

New Delhi, November 26 (iANS): Casting aspersions on an inquiry ordered by the Gujarat government, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday said the woman in the snooping row must give her version. “Why is everybody speaking on behalf of the girl? She would have to come and say ‘Well, I wanted to stay under surveillance as I don’t trust myself.’ Would she be able to say that?” Khurshid asked.

“The girl should come forward, not her father,” he told a television news channel here. Khurshid also suggested that the Gujarat government’s decision to set up a commission of inquiry to probe allegations that the woman was kept under watch could be aimed at foiling any other investigation. “So many inquiries have been going on in Gujarat since (the) 2002 (communal violence), but we haven’t got much satisfaction from

that,” the Congress leader said.

“It will be premature to say that just because they (Gujarat government) have ordered an inquiry, all is well. “Sometimes an inquiry is also ordered to forestall another and to prevent any other inquiry being held. I don’t want to prematurely comment. Let us see what comes of that (inquiry)”. The Gujarat government Monday announced an inquiry, headed by a retired woman judge, to probe allegations that the woman, said to be an architect, was stalked by the state police in 2009.

The issue has escalated into a political row, with critics asking Chief Minister Narendra Modi to answer charges if he ordered police to keep the woman under surveillance. Khurshid said the fact was that nobody was denying that the snooping took place.

UK victim suing Taj Hotel

loNDoN, November 26 (AP): A British man paralyzed during the deadly Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 is suing the owners of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, alleging that they did not properly secure the building despite warnings that an attack was imminent. Lawyers for Will Pike said Tuesday that they are bringing a civil claim for damages at London’s High Court against the Indian Hotels Company Ltd., part of Indian conglomerate Tata Group.

The century-old luxury hotel was a key site during the days-long assault on Mumbai landmarks, which

began five years ago Tuesday and left more than 160 people dead. Hundreds of guests were staying at the hotel when gunmen entered, spraying gunfire and setting rooms ablaze.

Pike’s lawyer said that in a 2008 CNN interview, the then-chairman of the Tata Group confirmed that the hotel had been warned.

“Clear warnings were received by the hotel that an attack was being conceived and they were a target,” said Russell Levy. “Despite that they did not put in security measures that would have made the terrorists choose a different target, or prevent them from being able

to mount the attack in the way they did.”

Levy said Pike, 33, was spending the last night of a holiday in India with his girlfriend at the hotel on Nov. 26, 2008 when they heard gunfire from other rooms and saw smoke coming out from the floor below. The pair sought to escape through the window by climbing down knotted bedding and curtains, but Pike fell to the ground from the third floor and became paralyzed. A High Court hearing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 2 to determine whether Pike’s case can go forward in Britain.

Neighbors console Sujatha, center, mother of 18-month old Savitha, who died after their house collapsed in Bangalore, on Tuesday, November 26. Five persons including Savitha were buried alive when their house collapsed after incessant rains over the last few days, authorities said. (AP Photo)

talwars get life term for killing daughter, servant

ghAziAbAD, November 26 (iANS): A day after they were held guilty, a special CBI court Tuesday sentenced dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar to life imprisonment for killing their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj over five years ago.

Lawyers of the distraught couple, who were present in the court and immediately taken back to the Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad district after the sentencing, said

Women have only 11 percent representation in Parliament New Delhi, November 26 (TNN): Women have a poor 11% representation in India’s Lok Sabha and 10.6% in the Rajya Sabha, making India 108th among 188 countries covered in the annual analysis on statistics of women members of parliament (MPs) conducted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The global average of women in parliaments as of November 2013 stood at 21.3%, a slight increase over the numbers in the immediately preceding two years (20.3% and 19.5%). The IPU is an international organization of parliaments and works for the establishment of representative democracies.

Countries are ranked by the IPU based on percentage of women in the lower house of parliament. The top three countries in the 2013 analysis were Rwanda, Andorra and Cuba. India fared poorly even when compared with her immediate neighbours.

Here, Nepal, ranked at 24, led the pack, followed by China (55) and Pakistan (66).

With elections around the corner in India, several women groups have come together under the umbrella of ‘Time for 33% Coalition’ and are seeking passage of the women’s reservation bill during the winter session which will start shortly.

The bill proposes to reserve 33% seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies. Various similar bills, introduced since 1996, have lapsed.

According to statistics released periodically by the Election Commission, for the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, the num-

Balasaheb Bhonsale was martyred near Chowpatty Beach while he was helping his colleagues to nab alive terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab early Nov 27, 2008, says the family has caught on with life after the tragedy.

“However, my mother still becomes emotional on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Our father had gone to work Wednesday and the next day the family got the earth-shattering news that he was dead,” he said.

While his elder brother Deepak has been working with Mumbai police, Sachin has been given a job with

we lost our heroes who put duty before self, who sacrificed themselves for the nation. Salute to them!,” BJP’s prime ministerial candidate further said.

Five years ago, 10 LeT terrorists launched coordinated attacks across the key locations in the country’s financial capital killing 166 people, including policeman, NSG commandos and some foreigners. Lone surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, who was nabbed after the carnage, was hanged in Pune’s Yerawada Jail on 21 November last year.

Nine terrorists were killed by the security forces in the operation against them. India has been demanding that the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage should be brought to justice and Pakistan should swiftly conclude the 26/11 trial of the accused.

ber of elected women increased from 49 in 1999 to 59 in 2009, with 11% representation in the lower house. In 2009, the number of elected women over total seats was maximum in Punjab (30.8%), followed

by Madhya Pradesh (20.7%) and Haryana (20.0%). Against this, the number of women voters in India has increased from 44.3% to 45.8%.

“The patriarchal hereditary nature of Indian politics requires intervention at many levels and in many forms. A 33% reservation, which is the minimum mass required, will be one of the most significant changes in helping women attain their right to participate in Indian democracy not just as voters but also as leaders,” stated Amitabh Kumar of the Centre for Social Research. Vibhuti Patel, economist and president of Women Power Connect, said: “Even in highly patriarchal societies like Afghanistan, a reservation mechanism is in place. Appropriate representation of women is possible only through a quota regime, and this in turn will bring more transparency, efficiency and even decency in Parliament’s functioning.”

Many EU countries like Belgium, France and Germany, and other countries such as Egypt, Iraq, and Nepal legislatively provide for quotas for women candidates. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan reserve seats for women in parliament. Voluntary quotas adopted by political parties exist in countries such as Australia, Canada, Israel, Netherlands and the UK.

they would appeal in a higher court against the verdict.

The prosecution had sought death penalty for the Talwars, calling it a “rarest of the rare” case. But the counsel for the Talwars sought leniency from the court. Delivering the verdict, Special CBI Judge Shyam Lal said: “They are not menace to society. So, death sentence is not warranted.” The ends of justice will be served by sentencing them to life imprisonment, he said in his

four-page judgment.

The judge also sentenced the Talwars to five years in jail for destruction of evidence and Rajesh to an additional year in prison for giving false information to investigators. A fine of Rs.10,000 each was imposed on the couple on the murder charge, Rs.5,000 each for destruction of evidence, and Rs.2,000 on Rajesh for misleading police. On Monday, the judge had convicted them for the mur-

der of their daughter, saying they were “freaks” who “became the killer of their own progeny”.

The dentist couple were convicted of killing their 14-year-old daughter and 45-year-old domestic help, Hemraj, on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008.

The Class 9 student was found with her throat slit and head battered in her plush Noida residence. Police initially suspected the then missing Hemraj for Aa-

rushi’s killing but discovered his body from the terrace of the house the next day. The Talwars say they are innocent and have vowed to fight for justice. The Talwars were booked under sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. The court also charged Rajesh under section 203 (misleading the probe).

Cyclone Lehar puts AP on high alert

hYDerAbAD, November 26 (TNN): Very severe cyclone Lehar on Tuesday moved over southeast Bay of Bengal and turned westwards with a speed of 15 kmph to lay centered 1030 km east-southeast on Machilipatttam in Andhra Pradesh where it is expected to land fall on Thursday noon. “The cyclonic system will intensify further and move west-northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machillipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada on November 28 at around 12 noon,” said C Parthasarathy, commissioner AP disaster management department.

Keeping high severity and seriousness of the incoming cyclonic storm, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy postponed his Tuesday’s visit to the areas in East and West Godavari severely hit by the cyclone Helen just three days back.

“The CM’s visit has been postponed to November 29 or 30,” said a communique issued by chief minister’s office. The chief minister on Tuesday directed the administration to keep high alert and preparedness ahead of the cyclone Lehar crossing the state coast.

As extensive and sever damage over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and other coastal predicted, Kiran Reddy directed chief secretary

Fishermen move boats away from the coast following a cyclone warning in Puri, 67 kilometers (42 miles) away from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. According to local reports two southern states Andhra Pradesh and Orissa are on alert as the regions brace for a severe cyclonic storm “Lehar,” which is expected to cross the Bay of Bengal coast around Nov. 28. (AP Photo

P K Mohanty to take preventive measures including evacuation of people to safety in the districts including Krishna, East and West Godavari. India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said moderate rainfall at many places would commence from Wednesday afternoon over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal

Odisha. Intensity would gradually increase with rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls over north coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday and isolated heavy rainfall over south Odisha and south coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Squally winds speed reaching

45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph would commence along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from Wednesday evening.

It would increase in intensity with gale wind speed reaching 170180 kmph gusting to 200 kmph along and off coastal districts of Krishna, Eest and west Godavari and Vishakhapatnam districts and 120-130 kmph gusting to 140 kmph over Vizianagar, Srikakulam and Guntur districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh at the time of landfall. Squally winds speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph would prevail along and off remaining districts of Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha at the time of landfall.

State of Sea along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coast will be rough to very rough from 27th evening and will become phenomenal on 28th November along and off north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south coastal Andhra Pradesh. It will be rough to very rough along and off south Odisha coast during the above period. Storm surge of height about 2.0-3.0 metres above astronomical tide would inundate low lying areas of west and east Godavari, Vishakhapatnam and Krishna districts at the time of landfall.

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A battered Israel resumes campaign against Iran JERUSALEM, NovEMbER 26 (AP): Having lost its battle to stop the international deal reached this week on Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli officials are already picking up the pieces and planning a fight to shape a final agreement that negotiators hope to reach in six months.

Israeli officials say the final deal must go beyond freezing Iran’s program and roll back the achievements they say has made the Islamic Republic a threshold weapons state. From Israel’s perspective, the world powers must show they have not been duped by Iran’s campaign of amiability and still have the stomach to press on with crippling sanctions if needed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who believes Iran is determined to produce a nuclear bomb, harshly condemned Sunday’s agreement between Iran and six world powers as a “historic mistake” and said Israel was not bound by the deal.

In exchange for some relief from economic sanctions, Iran agreed to curb most of its nuclear activities while negotiations on a final agreement proceed during the next six months.

But most of its nuclear infrastructure, including its ability to enrich uranium, a key step in making bombs, remains intact.

On Monday, Netanyahu said he would not give up.

Speaking to members of his Likud Party, the Israeli leader said he would dispatch his national security adviser, Yossi Cohen, to Washington in the coming days to coordinate the next

Obama pushes back against critics of deal

Israeli air force F-16 wait in line to take off from Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel, on November 25, during the Blue Flag exercise. The Israeli military says the Blue Flag exercise is an international air force drill, a first of its kind, hosted by Israel at the Ovda airbase near Eilat with the participation of the Israeli, American, Greek and Italian combat planes. (AP Photo)

move with the Americans.

“This permanent agreement has to lead to one result: dismantling the Iranian nuclear military capability,” he said, claiming that just this week Iran repeated its vow to destroy Israel. “And I repeat here my commitment to prevent them from getting the ability to do this.”

The initial deal with Iran has raised tensions between Israel and the U.S., and news that the Americans had secretly negotiated much of the agreement threatened to deepen those differences. Israeli officials declined to comment.

Late Sunday, the White House said President Barack Obama had phoned Netanyahu to discuss the deal with Iran, with the two leaders reaffirming “their shared goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

Obama said he understood Netanyahu’s skepticism and promised to “consult closely” with Israel as the talks move forward on a comprehensive solution that would “resolve the international community’s concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” according to the White House.

The differences between the allies stem in part from different perceptions on the extent of the Iranian threat.

To Israel, a nucleararmed Iran threatens its very survival. Israel points to hostile Iranian rhetoric referring to Israel’s destruction, Iran’s support for militant Arab groups along Israel’s borders, and Iran’s development of long-range missiles capable of reaching the Jewish state.

For Washington, Iran is a distant, albeit pressing, issue, one of a plethora of dif-

ficult challenges it is facing at home and abroad. While Obama has repeatedly said he will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, Israel says Iran should not be allowed to even get close to that point.

“The final status should be that Iran cannot remain a threshold nuclear country, that Iran cannot remain one or two steps from the bomb,” Israel’s Cabinet minister for intelligence affairs, Yuval Steinitz, told a gathering of European diplomats.

With stockpiles of enriched uranium, and thousands of advanced centrifuges capable of enriching even more uranium up to weapons grade, Israeli officials say the Iranians are just months away from having the ingredients and expertise to make a bomb. Tehran insists its atomic program is for peaceful purposes.

In the weeks leading to

Sunday’s agreement, Israel had demanded that any first-stage deal roll back Iran’s nuclear program.

After failing at that task, Israeli officials are vowing to resume their campaign.

While Netanyahu has reiterated his veiled threats to attack Iran if necessary, military action seems to be out of the question while talks proceed.

Officials say Israel will use a combination of discreet diplomacy and blunt public comments to press their case. Among Israel’s demands are a halt to all uranium enrichment and the destruction of a plutonium-producing reactor that is under construction.

Steinitz said he believed compromise was still possible. He suggested that if Iran is intent merely on producing electricity, as it often says, it could buy nuclear fuel rods from abroad

instead of enriching its own.

“Although we are extremely disappointed from this interim agreement, we believe a different agreement, more comprehensive, should be achieved, an agreement which at least forces Iran to begin to roll back its military nuclear program, and not just to freeze its facilities, but to begin to dismantle at least part of its nuclear facilities,” said Steinitz, adding that Israel would share intelligence with its allies as the talks proceed.

Concerns over Iran have helped forge an unlikely alliance between Israel and Western-allied Gulf countries led by Saudi Arabia, who are also unnerved by Iran’s growing regional influence. But since Sunday’s deal was announced, that alliance is showing signs of unraveling.

WASHINGToN, NovEMbER 26 (AP): Pushing back hard, President Barack Obama forcefully defended the temporary agreement to freeze Iran’s disputed nuclear program on Monday, declaring that the United States “cannot close the door on diplomacy.”

The president’s remarks followed skepticism of the historic accord expressed by some U.S. allies abroad as well as by members of Congress at home, including fellow Democrats. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the fiercest opponents of the six-month deal, called it a “historic mistake” and announced he would be dispatching a top envoy to Washington to try to toughen the final agreement negotiators will soon begin hammering out.

Obama, without naming names, swiped at those who have questioned the wisdom of engaging with Iran. “Tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but it’s not the right thing to do for our security,” he said during an event in San Francisco.

The weekend agreement between Iran and six world powers — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — is to temporarily halt parts of Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and allow for more intrusive international monitoring. In exchange, Iran gains some modest relief from stiff economic sanctions and a pledge from Obama that no new penalties will be levied during the six months.

Despite the fanfare surrounding the agreement, administration officials say key technical details on the inspections and sanctions relief must still be worked out before it formally takes effect. Those talks will tackle the toughest issues that have long divided Iran and the West, including whether Tehran will be allowed to enrich uranium at a low level.

Even with the criticism, for Obama the sudden shift to foreign policy presents an opportunity to steady his flailing second term and take some attention off the domestic troubles that have plagued the White House in recent weeks, especially the rollout of his signature health care law. Perhaps with his presidential standing — and the strength of the rest of his term — in mind, he made sure on Monday to draw a connection between the nuclear pact and his long-declared willingness to negotiate directly with Iran.

“When I first ran for president, I said it was time for a new era of American leadership in the world, one that turned the page on a decade of war and began a new era of engagement with the world,” he said. “As president and as commander in chief, I’ve done what I’ve said.”

Pacific man fails in bid to be 1st “climate refugee” ‘AIDS in Africa’ tag out of date as progress differs

WELLINGToN, NovEMbER 26 (AFP): A Pacific islander’s bid to become the world’s first climate change refugee failed Tuesday, with a New Zealand judge describing his case as “unconvincing”. Lawyers for Ioane Teitiota, 37, argued that New Zealand immigration authorities should not deport him, even though his visa had expired, because rising seas were threatening his low-lying homeland of Kiribati in the central Pacific.

The difficulties Teitiota and his family would encounter in Kiribati - which consists of more than 30 coral atolls, most only a few metres above sea level - meant they should be recognised as refugees, the lawyers said. In a written ruling handed down on Tuesday, High Court judge John Priestley acknowledged that Kiribati was suffering environmental degradation attributable to climate change, including storm surges, flooding and water contamination.

But he said that under the internationally recognised UN

Refugee Convention a refugee must fear persecution if they returned to their homeland, a criteria Teitiota did not meet.

“The economic environment of Kiribati might certainly not be as attractive to the applicant and his fellow nationals as the economic environment and prospects of Australia and New Zealand,” he said. “But... his position does not appear to be different from that of any other Kiribati national.”

The judge rejected the argument from Teitiota’s legal team that he was being “persecuted passively” by the environment because climate change was a threat to him that the Kiribati government was powerless to control. “Novel and optimistic though these submissions are, they are unconvincing and must fail,” Priestley wrote. “On a broad level, were they to succeed and be adopted in other jurisdictions, at a stroke, millions of people who are facing medium-term economic deprivation, or the immediate consequences of natural disasters or warfare,

or indeed presumptive hardships caused by climate change, would be entitled to protection under the Refugee Convention.”

He said there had been numerous similar claims under international law for climate change refugee status by people from low-lying countries such as Tonga, Fiji and Bangladesh, none of which had succeeded. “It is not for the High Court of New Zealand to alter the scope of the Refugee Convention in that regard,” he said.

“Rather that is the task, if they so choose, of the legislatures of sovereign states.”

Kiribati is among a number of island states - including Tuvalu, Tokelau and the Maldives - the UN Human Rights Commission is concerned could become “stateless” due to climate change. Kiribati’s government has raised the prospect of relocating the entire population or building man-made islands to rehouse them if predictions the sea will rise by one metre by the end of the century prove accurate.

LoNDoN, NovEMbER 26 (REUTERS): Progress in the battle against AIDS is widely divergent in different African countries, so much so that to talk about “AIDS in Africa” as one epidemic needing a single approach has become an anachronism, campaigners said on Tuesday.

In an analysis of the state of the global fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS, the advocacy group ONE said that while some African countries had reached a “tipping point” against the disease, others lag far behind.

More than 35 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, which causes AIDS, and 25 million are in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet within Africa, rates of HIV and AIDS vary widely.

“Our analysis shows major distinctions between leaders and laggards, and that a one-size-fits-all approach to tackling AIDS on the continent does not make sense,” said Erin

Hohlfelder, ONE’s global health policy director.

“It’s no longer useful to talk about AIDS from a continentwide perspective,” she said in a telephone interview. “It’s time to retire the phrase, ‘AIDS in Africa’.”

ONE is an advocacy group, co-founded by the U2 front man and campaigner Bono, fighting to end poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

According to its report, 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have reached what experts describe as the “beginning of the end of AIDS” - a point when the total number of new HIV infections is lower than the number of patients newly receiving AIDS treatment in the same year.

“SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS” Leading the pack are countries such as Ghana, Malawi and Zambia, where governments, international donors and civil society leaders have worked together, the report

said, and as a result have made dramatic progress against HIV/AIDS. Yet at the same time other countries - such as Cameroon, Nigeria and Togo - lag far behind, often hampered by a lack of political will to tackle HIV, inadequate funding, poor delivery systems and stigma against marginalized populations where HIV infections are more frequent.

“Increasingly, both in terms of how we talk about the disease and also how we fight it, it makes more sense to look country by country, even community by community,” said Hohlfelder. “Then we can think about what progress we’ve made, what challenges remain and how best to put resources into tackling them.”

Looking globally, the ONE report found significant progress towards achieving “the beginning of the end of AIDS”. “If current rates of progress continue, the world can reach that milestone by 2015.” it said.

Hohlfelder cautioned,

Thai protesters call for nationwide uprising

A Thai Buddhist monk blows a whistle during a rally outside Interior Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, November 26. Protesters forced the closure of several government ministries Tuesday and vowed to take control of state offices nationwide in a bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, escalating the biggest challenge she has faced since taking office. (AP Photo)

bANGKoK, NovEMbER 26 (AP): Protesters in Thailand forced the closure of several government ministries Tuesday and vowed to take control of state offices nationwide in a bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, escalating the biggest challenge she has faced since taking office.

Police issued an arrest warrant for protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former opposition lawmaker, who led the

storming of the Finance Ministry a day earlier. But police said he would not be arrested at the rally as part of a pledge to avoid clashes with protesters.

Protesters say they want Yingluck, who took office in 2011, to step down amid claims her government is controlled by her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006.

Thaksin has lived in self-imposed exile for the past five years

to avoid a two-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction.

Thousands of protesters fanned out to new targets in Bangkok on Tuesday, emboldened by their takeover of the Finance Ministry, where Suthep and hundreds of protesters camped overnight. The transport, agriculture and tourism ministries were also closed Tuesday because of their proximity to protests.

Demonstrators surrounded the Interior Ministry and then cut electricity and water to pressure people inside to leave. Security personnel locked themselves behind the ministry’s gates, with employees still inside.

On Sunday, more than 100,000 demonstrators took to Bangkok’s streets, uniting against what they call the “Thaksin regime.”

What started a month ago as a campaign against a political amnesty bill has morphed into a wider anti-government movement. Protest leaders now say their ultimate goal is to uproot the Shinawatra network from Thai politics, with no explanation of what that means.

The occupation of the ministry offices has raised fears of violence and worries that Thailand is entering a new period of political instability. They also recall

previous protests against Thaksin and his allies in 2008, when demonstrators occupied and shut down the prime minister’s offices for three months.

On Tuesday, the main protest group appeared to have converted the Finance Ministry into its headquarters, and declared Tuesday a “rest day,” as protesters erected tents in the parking lot.

“Tomorrow there will be a nationwide movement,” Akanat Promphan, a protest spokesman, told reporters inside the emptied ministry. He said the aim is to paralyze government operations by seizing offices and state agencies so they cannot be “used as a mechanism for the Thaksin regime.”

Separately on Tuesday, the opposition Democrat Party, which is spearheading the protests, launched a parliamentary no-confidence debate against Yingluck. The vote has no chance of unseating Yingluck as her ruling Pheu Thai party controls the House of Representatives.

Yingluck called for calm and offered to negotiate with protest leaders.

“If we can talk, I believe the country will return to normal,” she said.

Yingluck has vowed not to use

violence to stop the protests but expanded special security laws late Monday to cover the entire capital. The Internal Security Act was already in place for three districts of Bangkok since August, when there were early signs of political unrest. It authorizes officials to impose curfews, seal off roads, restrict access to buildings and ban the use of electronic devices in designated areas.

The anti-government campaign started last month after the ruling party tried to pass an amnesty bill that critics said was designed to absolve Thaksin and others of politically related offenses. The Senate rejected the bill in a bid to end the protests, but the rallies have gained momentum.

Thaksin’s supporters and opponents have battled for power since he was toppled in 2006 following street protests accusing him of corruption and disrespect for the country’s constitutional monarch.

The battle for power has sometimes led to bloodshed.

About 90 people were killed in 2010 when Thaksin’s “Red Shirt” supporters occupied parts of central Bangkok for weeks before the government, led then by the current opposition, sent the military to crack down.

however, that getting there is “not a foregone conclusion”, but depends on donors and affected countries doing more together to ensure HIV treatment and prevention services reach all those who need them.

The ONE report said one of the most serious problems for the global HIV/AIDS fight is a lack of money.

According to UNAIDS, there is a $3 to $5 billion shortfall in the annual $22 to $24 billion needed to turn the tide against the disease. Funding from international donors for AIDS has flatlined, and besides that, the majority of African governments are also not meeting their commitments to spend 15 percent of their budgets on health.

“In many ways, the AIDS fight is struggling as a result of its successes,” Hohlfelder said.

“Because it is no longer perceived as a global health emergency, but rather a chronic and manageable disease, the fight has lost some of its political momentum.”

China to harness religious beliefs to promote harmony

bEIJING, NovEMbER 26 (REUTERS): China should harness the positive influence of moderate religious believers, including their traditions of benevolence and tolerance, and recognise their contributions to society, the country’s top religious affairs official wrote on Tuesday.

The ruling and officially atheist Communist Party, which values stability above all else, has tried to co-opt religion in recent years as a force for social harmony in a country where few believe in communism any more.

Wang Zuoan, head of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, wrote in the Communist Party’s official People’s Daily that even though most people in China have no religion, those who do have an important role to play in promoting harmony.

“We should pay great attention to the eagerness of religious believers,” Wang wrote. “Foster the positive contents of religion, expound upon religious doctrines which accord with the development needs of society.” He added, “Guide religious believers to have correct beliefs and follow correct practices, carry out the religious principles of reconciliation, benevolence, tolerance and moderation.”

President Xi Jinping wants the party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the country’s breakneck growth and rush to get rich, sources told Reuters in September. Believers should be allowed to “earnestly practice what they advocate” and “form a common consensus on promoting social stability and harmony ... under the leadership of the party and the socialist system,” Wang added.

About half of China’s estimated 100 million religious followers are Christians or Muslims, with the rest Buddhists or Daoists, the government says, though it thinks the real number of believers is probably much higher. Rights groups say that despite promises to allow freedom of belief, the government in practice enforces tough controls, especially on Christians, Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists.

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Trott shows sports doing better on mental health

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onathan Trott must be one of the strongest, most courageous people in sports. He proved that by trying to play his best cricket for England while battling mental illness and proved it again by then acknowledging that he couldn't, at least for now.

Trott's decision to come home early from England's tour of Australia so he can focus on recovering is a credit both to him and to cricket. It illustrates how sports are dealing better with mental health problems and, in doing so, helping to break down their long-associated stigmas.

Drug abuse, destructive addictions, self-harming, even suicide. For athletes who did not or could not seek help for their problems, those were the options for too many years.

Alcohol robbed football of George Best and other players of their skills, health and futures. Cocaine poisoning killed Tour de France champion Marco Pantani in 2004. Four years ago this month, Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke ended his life by step-

ping in front of a train. His wife, Teresa, said Enke hid his depression because he feared losing everything if it became public. How much better, then, to get a simple statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board saying that Trott has "a stress related illness" and is taking an indefinite break from cricket.

That candor helped demonstrate that there's nothing here to be ashamed of. Talk in sports that athletes should just "man-up" and tough-out problems is dangerous, macho hogwash. Depression, anxiety and other mental health issues don't discriminate: they'll afflict anyone.

Thankfully, sports are recognizing that, too.

"There's been a huge shift," said Amanda Owens, a sports psychologist who works with cricketers and is a consultant psychologist to the ECB. "Sports people were deemed to be these almost perfect human beings." Speaking in a telephone interview, Owens said "it's a very positive thing for cricket, it's a positive thing for professional sport" that Trott felt able to leave his teammates in Australia.

In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 photo, England's Jonathan Trott looks back after playing a shot against Australia on the second day of the series-opening Ashes cricket test match at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia. The England Cricket Board on Monday, Nov. 25 issued a statement saying Trott left the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness after England's 381-run loss in the first test on Sunday, Nov. 24, a day after he was targeted for criticism by Australian batsman David Warner. (AP Photo)

For Trott, saying goodbye to his friends when they're at a low cannot have been easy. England lost the first test by 381 runs, collapsing in both innings.

The 32-year-old Trott, who has been such a rock for

4th Open Winter Badminton Tournament

DImAPur, NOvember 26 (mexN): The Aoyimkum Baptist Church Youth Depatment is organizing the 4th Open Winter Badminton Tournament, offering cash prizes at Aoyimkum village from December 27 to 30. A press note informed that the national refree and state badminton coach, C Tinu Pongen will be the chief officiating referee for the tournament.

Hornbill Riders Meet on Dec 8 & 9

DImAPur, NOvember 26 (mexN): The Nagaland Motorcycle Club in collaboration with the government of Nagaland is scheduled to hold the Hornbill Riders Meet on December 8 and 9. A press note informed that this meet is a part of the Hornbill Festival as well as the 50th anniversary celebration of Nagaland statehood. NMC has invited all riders from Nagaland, as well as from all other parts of the country to take part in this event. It further informed that an annual meet will be held starting this year.

Nagaland draws with Kerala

KOhImA, NOvember 26 (mexN): The quarter finals match played between Nagaland and Kerala (League System) ended 1-1 draw at the ongoing Junior Girls’ National Championship (Football) at Cuttack, Odisha. Ruth scored the goal for Nagaland in the 44th minute while the equalizer for Kerala came four minutes later through Lakshmi. Nagaland will now face Odisha in the next round on November 28.

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England in the past, clearly wasn't himself, out for 10 and 9 to Mitchell Johnson.

Trott acknowledged as much in the ECB's statement, saying: "I don't feel it is right that I'm playing knowing that I'm not 100

percent and I cannot currently operate at the level I have done in the past."

The timing could have left Trott open to unkind and ignorant accusations that his courage failed him in the face of aggressive

Australian bowling and verbal bullying, that he was leaving his teammates and country in the lurch. But damn what people may think. Trott put himself first, as he should.

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sYDNeY, NOvember 26 (AFP): Spin great Shane Warne says a threat by Jimmy Anderson to punch debutant George Bailey sparked the furious reaction by Australian skipper Michael Clarke in the first Test against England.

Clarke was fined 20 percent of his match fee on Monday after being caught by a stump microphone telling the fast bowler to expect a broken arm in the final stages of Australia's 381-run victory in Brisbane Sunday.

The usually mild-mannered Clarke also wagged his finger in a close-up confrontation with the England quick, a renowned sledger, with the umpires needing to step in to cool tempers. As a member of the Nine Network's commentary team, Warne had access to all the stump microphone recordings and tweeted that Anderson had threatened Bailey, who was fielding in close, with a punch to the face.

"I think it's a disgrace that @MClarke23 has been fined. What about what Jimmy Anderson said to Bailey, which wasn't heard," Warne posted on Twitter late Monday. "@MClarke23 stuck up for his debutant

Bailey as he should have too as capt after Anderson said he wanted to punch Bailey in the face. "Unfortunately only Clarke's reaction to Anderson's was heard live, we all heard Anderson's sledge that led to Clarke reacting."

He added: "Lastly as an international sportsman, if you decide to dish it out ie sledging you have to be prepared to cop it back too & not complain."

Bailey has remained tight-lipped on the Anderson incident, saying only that "he must have been just a bit upset about the way the game was going I guess". Channel Nine on Tuesday apologised that the Clarke comment was broadcast. Under an agreement between Cricket Australia and the television network, the stump mike is not supposed to be on between balls so his threat should not have been recorded. "He is an outstanding Australian cricket captain who's just led his team to a marvellous and historic win," Nine's Head of Sport Steve Crawley told reporters.

"He doesn't need or deserve that to be tarnished by our error and we of course apologise."

sAO PAuLO, NOvember 26 (AP): Brazil's traditional yellow jersey has lost its all-conquering allure. The most famous shirt in football, which graced the shoulders of Pele, Garrincha and Tostao, Romario, Ronaldo and Rivaldo, now isn't attractive enough to lure Diego Costa, the striker who would rather play for Spain.

A decade ago, it would have been hard to find a player willing to say "No" to the Selecao. But when Costa chose a few weeks ago to play for Spain instead of Brazil, not many people were even surprised.

Quarterfinal losses at the last two World Cups left big dents, still visible today, in the golden aura of the national team which reached three straight World Cup finals from 1994-2002, winning two of them. At its own World Cup next year, Brazil's team will be far from a sure thing. It has star forward Neymar. It brought back coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to try to repeat his success from 2002. It convincingly won the Confederations Cup in June, beat-

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a horrible decision for him to make," former England batsman Marcus Trescothick said on the BBC. Trescothick cut short his England career in 2008 because of his stress-related illness that made overseas travel nightmarish.

"It's debilitating. It grinds you down and just gets to you non-stop.

There's no sort of hiding place from it," he said. "It takes into account nothing at all: what house you live in, what car you drive, what job you do, how much you get paid."

Trott "definitely made the right decision," Trescothick said.

Touring is particularly taxing. Players are away for months on end, far from their kids to cuddle and partners and friends to share thoughts with. For England players, there is no more intense place to visit and compete against than Australia. The weeks away and the long days spent playing cricket also give mentally fragile players ample time to obsess and over-think any problems.

On Tour, "everything is just micro-scoped. It's such a tough place to be when a) you're not healthy and

b) everyone is analyzing everything that you do," former New Zealand test cricketer Iain O'Brien said in a phone interview. He sought treatment for depression a few years ago after hearing a radio documentary about it.

"Being in the changing room or being away on Tour was one of the hardest parts of my career," he said. "Because you're locked in together so tight and I couldn't handle being around a lot of people."

S o m e qu e s t io n e d whether England should have left Trott out of the team, given that coach Andy Flower acknowledged that "Jonathan has been struggling with this condition for quite a while."

But Trott shouldn't be faulted for trying, nor should England for letting him try. Ultimately, his courage in leaving could prove far more important that anything he might have accomplished had he stayed and suffered in silence. "One of the first things I did was just search 'Trott' on Twitter, to see what the feeling out there was," O'Brien said. "And I was quite surprised by how much positivity there was."

In World Cup spotlight, Brazil's jersey loses shine

Brazil's Luiz Gustavo Dias models the new national soccer team uniform during a presntation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 24. (AP Photo)

ing world champion Spain in the final of that World Cup warm-up tournament.

But FIFA ranks the Selecao 11th in the world — behind Colombia, Switzerland and England. Brazil wouldn't even be seeded in the World Cup draw on Dec. 6 if it wasn't the tournament host. The five-time world champions can't even claim to be the most stylish team in football anymore. Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and the rest of the Spanish national team commandeered that label

as they took over as the dominant football power.

Brazil's enduring reputation as home to the "Jogo Bonito" — the beautiful game — owes more to its glorious past than its present. The 2002 winners arrived as a top contender at the 2006 World Cup. Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, the World Cup-winning coach in 1994, packed his team with stars — Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Kaka, Adriano and Roberto Carlos. But they fell to France and Zinedine Zidane in the quarterfinals.

Vettel's next win will sound very different

San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker (9), of France, scores against the New Orleans Pelicans during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Nov. 25 in San Antonio. (AP Photo)

sAN ANtONIO, NO vember 26 (reuters): Bench play is major reason why the San Antonio Spurs are off to one of the best starts in franchise history. Reserve guards Manu Ginobili and Marco Belinelli combined for 30 points to push the San Antonio Spurs to their 11th consecutive victory, 112-93 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.

The Spurs (13-1) had seven players in double figures, four from the bench.

Ginobili led the way with 16 points. Belinelli and point guard Tony Parker each scored 14, reserve forward Boris Diaw added 13, reserve guard Patty Mills 12, center Tiago Splitter 11 and forward Tim Duncan 10.

Splitter tweaked his right ankle in the second quarter and did not return to action.

San Antonio's reserves outscored the Spurs' starters 65-47. "We have a deep team. We're moving the ball and we're making shots," Ginobili said of the Spurs, who are off to their best start since 2010-11. "The last five games we made

a ton of shots. And we're playing focused. We got 10 players that play every game, and we're all concentrated and we're hustling and getting hands on loose ball and stuff. Offensively we are just moving the ball, attacking quick and finding open teammates."

Forward Ryan Anderson scored 17 points for New Orleans, which had won three straight. Guards Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday both scored 12, and forward Anthony Davis added 10 for the Pelicans (6-7).

San Antonio used a surgical offense that moved the ball around the floor, collecting 30 assists on 44 field goals while shooting 54.3 percent. For the second game in a row, the Spurs built a 32-point lead; Mills' jump shot made it 101-69 with nine minutes left.

Duncan praised the San Antonio's second unit.

"They've proven that they bring that energy and they really change the pace of the game when they get in there. They've been great all season long," he said.

"We sit there and we're ex-

cited for them." The Spurs attacked the young Pelicans in the paint, outscoring them 54-44. It was the 11th time in 14 games this season San Antonio beat the opponent in the paint.

San Antonio was equally strong on the defensive side, limiting the Pelicans to 38.1 percent shooting (37 of 97) and forcing 16 turnovers that led to 21 points.

"Their defense was sound," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "They contested a lot of shots, but I thought we were not as strong at the basket tonight. I thought we were flipping shots at the rim as opposed to going to the rim strong." Parker had 12 points and dished out six of his seven assists by the midway point, helping propel the Spurs to a 57-40 halftime lead.

The Spurs made their first run early, when Ginobili connected on consecutive 3-point shots. The shots ignited an 11-0 first-quarter surge that put the Spurs up 21-10. San Antonio hit four 3-pointers in the quarter. Ginobili hit four of fiv 3-point attempts in the game.

LONDON, NOvember 26 (reuters): Sebastian Vettel urged his Red Bull team to "enjoy this moment" as they celebrated his record ninth win in a row and the quadruple world champion knew what he was talking about.

Formula One will look and sound very different when the 26-year-old German returns from his wellearned winter break in search of a 10th successive win and fifth consecutive championship.

The glamour sport has seen many eras declared over and Sunday's seasonending Brazilian Grand Prix was another such moment, even if Vettel is at the peak of his powers and with many years of racing ahead of him.

The 2.4 litre normally aspirated V8 engine has departed the scene, Red Bull's joyfully revved into oblivion by Renault in the garage after the race, to be replaced by a 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 with energy recovery systems.

So radical is the change that the engine itself has become an outdated concept. In 2014, cars will be equipped with a 'power unit' with fuel economy and hybrid systems much more to the fore. Who of the three remaining manufacturers -

Mechanics change the tires on the Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel's car, during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Vettel, who had already wrapped up a fourth straight F1 title, won Formula One's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.(AP Photo)

Renault, Mercedes and Ferrari following the departure of Cosworth and pending the arrival in 2015 of Honda - will have the best is anyone's guess at present.

"It's a massive regulation change for next year and of course it's the end of an era with the current car and beginning of a new era that pretty much starts tomorrow," said Red Bull principal Christian Horner on Sunday night.

LIKE A DRUG As of Monday, Vettel has a new team mate in Australian Daniel Ricciardo moving up from Toro Rosso to replace departed compa-

triot Mark Webber but the same old urge to succeed remains as strong as ever.

"It's almost like a drug," said Horner. "It becomes addictive and you always want to do better, you're always looking inwardly, you're always trying to push harder. "(Designer) Adrian (Newey) hasn't attended this race, he's been back with the factory, with all the guys and is pushing so hard for next year."

One of the reasons Vettel has enjoyed his most dominant season so much, with tyre-smoking 'donuts' for the crowd after his last few wins, is the knowledge that one day, sooner or lat-

er, it must stop.

Mercedes, second overall and with huge resources on the engine side, Ferrari and Lotus all won races this year and the first two at least will be throwing everything at 2014. The only driver ever to win nine races in a row in a single season, the man who has equalled Michael Schumacher's 2004 record of 13 victories in a year, Vettel takes nothing for granted.

"You never know what's going to happen, next year is an unknown," he had said after winning the penultimate race of the season in Texas. "I'm sure we will push very, very hard and

I'm sure we will fight a lot to maintain our position but there's no guarantee that next year will be like this year. "With the new regulations coming in, I think nobody really knows where he will stand. You will have the big teams in front but the question is who..."

Early reports have indicated that the cars will look different, with 'droopy' noses, and also sound quite unlike the screaming V8s introduced in 2006 when the V10 era ended.

Just how different remains to be seen, with the only audio released so far being of engines in factory environments rather than out on the racetrack.

"We're used to this linear rise of noise with rpm, whereas next year you're going to have one motor doing 125,000 rpm, another electric motor doing 9,000 rpm, you've got the engine itself doing 1015,000 rpm, turbos that are doing 100,000 rpm," McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh told reporters last month. "So you've got all sorts of noises coming and going and changing....it'll be quite a strange cacophony of sounds and noises coming out of these cars next year, but in a way that increasingly we are seeing on road cars."

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D Harry Potter books have been named the best young adult novels in a new online poll. The seven-book series about a boy wizard was voted as the favourite by Entertainment Weekly readers in a month-long poll.

Rowling's beloved novels beat out 63 other acclaimed books, including Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins.

Potter nabbed the top spot after it came head to head with John Green's The Fault in Our Stars in the final two. Green's story of young cancer patients in love will be translated onto the big screen next year (14), with The Descendants star Shailene Woodley in the lead role.

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The development and financing outfit will focus on independent films which will aim for broad appeal.

"At one end, traditional films continue to entertain and make business sense. At the other, there is a resounding presence of some new forms and voices making a mark in this ever expanding medium. I am keen to be part of that growth, that change," Ajay said in a statement.

"I am coming forth to support the independent film process where we can share important stories

that need to be told -- global stories that will resonate with international audiences," added the actor, who has another production banner titled Ajay Devgn Films Productions.

Shivalaya Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, has given the green signal to its first film "Parched", to be directed by Leena Yadav. The movie is said to be centred on the bitter-sweet journey of women in the parched rural landscape of India.

The newly-formed company will produce films with Brillstein Entertainment Partners executive Jai Khanna, who is also serving as producer on the slate.

Khanna said: “We will also be looking at working on projects with a diversity of talent, American or otherwise, with an aim to reach out to wider audiences."

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GQ called Rodman a "Q-

mit borderline treason just to hang out with a dictator who himself aspires to be a Q-list celebrity." Rodman said this week he is preparing to return to North Korea late next month for an exhibition basketball tour. Deen, whose cooking empire imploded this year after she admitted to having used the N-word to describe black employees, came in at No. 2, while former sexting Congressman Anthony Weiner took the No. 3 spot. "He's the saddest lecher in American politics, and that's saying

something, because they're all lechers," the magazine said.

Cyrus, who garnered attention at this year's MTV Video Music Awards for her provocative performance with a foam finger, won the No. 6 position for "basically trying every inane strategy she could think

of to rile up America's few remaining pearl clutchers." The magazine noted "what's sad is that it totally worked." Obama came in at No. 17 because "nothing gets done." Other celebrities deemed non-influential include Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds and Will Smith.

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athy Griffin has been inducted to the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most televised stand-up comedy specials. The outspoken comedienne is officially in the record books, thanks to her 20th Tv special, which will air in December (13) in the U.S. Griffin was awarded the honour during her comedy show in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday where she was handed a plaque which gives her the accolade of the Most Stand-Up Specials by a Comedian.

Taking to Twitter.com to post a photo of her receiving the award, she wrote the caption, Yep it happened!

Was inducted into the Guinness book of world records last night! 20 televised standup (sic) specials!! Griffin already has two Emmys to her name for her reality Tv show, My Life on the D-List, and has also been nominated five times for Best Comedy Album at the Grammys.

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Love y'all!!

The young mum has also teamed up with her famous sister to record a track for Britney's new album, Britney Jean, which is set for release on 3 December (13). Jamie first started recording songs for her debut country album in 2009, and, in 2011, she showcased a few tracks during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Gill, 24, was crowned by outgoing Miss India USA 2012 Priyam Bhargava at the pageant organised Sunday by the Indian Festival Committee at Royal Albert's Palace at the Fords, New Jersey.

Gill will now compete against other beauties in the international contest for the title of Miss India Worldwide.

Alycia Rehmatullah, 15, from Atlanta Georgia was declared new Miss Teen India USA 2013.

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India have been a dominant force in this contest since West Indies' arrival to the country but the hosts suffered a surprise two-wicket defeat in Visakhapatnam, failing to defend a competitive total under difficult conditions.

That victory must have boosted confidence of the West Indies who would now aim to leave the country by pocketing at least the ODI series, following their debacle in the Tests.

They, for the first time on this tour, will approach a match with self-belief and confidence. For India, it is last international match at home before they embark on a challenging tour against South Africa and they would like to finish

this series on a high.

The Indian batting lineup sports a solid look. Barring a few individuals, the batting department is in great form in the recent past. The top three -- Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni -- have been the real force behind India's batting.

With scores of 86 and 99 in the two matches played so far, Kohli, in particular, has been in scintillating form. But it is the form of Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina in the middle order which will be a cause of concern for Dhoni ahead of the series decider.

Both Dhawan and Yuvraj have some work to do as they have been throwing their wickets away after getting starts. But Dhoni, who struck a quick-fire 51 in the last to propel India to 288, backed Yuvraj to strike form in the upcoming matches, terming the left-hander as vital cog in India's middle-order.

"We want Yuvi to do well. He is someone who can bat well at No 4. Some-

one who can really dominate the oppositions. Last few games, he has struggled a bit. At times it happens when you're under pressure the 15-20 first deliveries become crucial," Dhoni had said after the second ODI. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has been doing a decent job with his slow left-armers, too would be desperate to return among runs. Barring the last match where dew played a major factor, the Indian bowlers have been pretty consistent in the series so far.

Pace trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma leaked runs in Visakhapatnam. Dew did not help their cause as they struggled to grip the ball and handed out loose deliveries to the West Indies batsmen.

And come Wednesday, the trio would be hoping to make up in better conditions. The spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Jadeja, as usual, has been miser with the ball and the two bowlers would like to carry on their good show to

help India clinch the series.

Dhoni would also be hoping for an improved showing from fielders as they dropped as many as four catches in the last match. West Indies, on the other hand, did just enough to secure the win in the second match. Kieran Powell, who has replaced injured Chris Gayle in the playing eleven, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons and Darren Sammy scored crucial halfcenturies to help the Caribbean side in securing their maiden win on the tour.

However, one thing which would be worrying skipper Dwayne Bravo is his batsmen's inability to convert the starts into big scores and come Wednesday he would be hoping for a substantial contribution from one of his top-order batsmen. Even though bowling still remains a concern for West Indies, the visiting bowling attack played a key role in keeping the series alive with an improved showing towards the end of the last match to restrict India to 288, who at one stage were on

194 for 3 in the 36th over, with Kohli on course for an 18th ODI century. Ravi Rampaul, Jason Holder and Sunil Narine pulled the visitors back. Narine bowled his last five overs in the last match for just eight runs, bowling two maidens while Rampaul took the wickets.

Despite Dhoni's assault towards the end, a total of 95 in the last 15 overs meant a manageable chase, which became easier as the dew got heavier.

With the series-decider being a day match, toss would play a crucial role and the team winning the toss would definitely like to exploit the early morning conditions of the Green Park stadium. The two captains, however, would be cautious as they don't know what to expect from the pitch at the stadium, which is hosting an international match after nearly four years. The last time Green Park hosted an international affair was a Test match between India and Sri Lanka in November 2009 which the hosts comfortably won.

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Cagliari defender Luca Rossettini, left, and AS Roma forward Gervinho, of Ivory Coast, jump for the ball during a Serie A soccer match between As Roma and Cagliari, at Rome's Olympic stadium, Monday, Nov. 25. (AP Photo)

roMe, NoveMber 26 (AP): Roma was held to a 0-0 draw by visiting Cagliari on Monday and failed to reclaim the Serie A lead from Juventus despite remaining unbeaten. It was Roma's third consecutive draw after opening the season with 10 straight wins.

Still without injured captain Francesco Totti, Roma moved within one point of Juve, which won 2-0 at Livorno on Sunday.

"Our goal at the start of the season was to reach the Champions League and we're still seven points ahead of fourth place," Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi said. "That said, we'll of course try to get the lead back." Despite dominating for long stretches, the closest Roma came to scoring came when Gervinho hit the post with a header in the 38th minute at the Stadio Olimpico. Hav-

ing grown frustrated by his squad's inability to score, Roma coach Rudi Garcia was sent off for protests in the 72nd and watched the end of the match from the stands.

Cagliari moved level with struggling AC Milan in 13th place. The match was moved to Monday to let the pitch recover from Saturday's Italy-Argentina rugby test. Roma dominated the first half but couldn't quite find the target.

Gervinho, Maicon, Kevin Strootman and Dodo each had chances in the opening 10 minutes. In the 39th, Strootman collected a pass behind the defense and had only the goalkeeper to beat but Cagliari 'keeper Vlada Avramov saved his shot by the near post. Cagliari threatened with a header from Victor Ibarbo in the 34th but Roma goalkeeper Morgan

CHeNNAI, NoveMber 26 (AgeNCIes): Magnus Carlsen ended Viswanathan Anand‘s reign as World Chess Champion after beating the Indian 6.5-3.5 — not conceding a single game in the process. As Chennai saw their favourite son lose his battle, not many can deny the genius of Carlsen deserved the title. And the Norwegian is already thinking about his challengers — in which, surprisingly, he doesn’t count Anand. He was quoted in a livemint report as saying: “First of all, he’ll have to figure out if he wants to play in the candidates’ tournament. His results lately have not been too good. He’ll need some time to readjust. If he is able to play at his highest level, I think he can come back, but right now I don’t think he is the favourite to become the challenger.”

Carlsen was usually very closed and sounded bored at most post-match press conferences, but was at his best when a few journalists questioned him after he was officially crowned as the world chess champion: “I’ve learnt from Anand but I think I showed him in a way that although he has taught me many things in the past, now it’s probably my turn to teach him.”

He also refused to name his seconds: “I am already thinking about defending the title and that is the reason why I don’t want to talk about my seconds too much, because they would be part of my team going forward.” While Carlsen’s playing style has generated a lot of discussion, it’s his off-the-board life that has captured the imagination of chess fans across the globe.

“I didn’t do much, we had a gathering with my team and sponsors, it was very nice,” Carlsen told NDTV in an interview.

It’s well documented that Carlsen and Anand are good friends — the two also agreed to sharing the rest area during games — with the Indian Grandmaster calling him ‘Maggie’ at a particular dinner in 2007.

Carlsen had apparently replied, “He is the world champion. He can call me what he wants.” Carlsen may have counted Anand out as one of his challengers, but he did say that he hoped to see the Indian back in the Candidates: “Anand is a legend of the game. By playing him so many times over the years and by training with him on several occasions, I have gained a lot of knowledge on how high his standards are.

De Sanctis made a diving save. Roma again took the initiative after halftime but Avramov made a spectacular save on a long shot from Maicon in the 51st.

A header from Cagliari forward Marco Sau found the net but was waved off for offside in the 54th.

Roma defender Mehdi Benatia limped off with an apparent injury in the final minutes and Avramov preserved the draw by stopping a close-range header from De Rossi in added time. Avramov "was the best player on the pitch," De Rossi said. A minute of silence was observed before the match in memory of the victims of recent flooding in Sardinia, and Roma wore black armbands in memory of Amedeo Amadei, the center forward of the Giallorossi squad that won the 1942 Serie A title. Amadei died Sunday at age 92.

MANILA, NoveMber 26 (AP): Despite returning like a hero from beating Brandon Rios over the weekend, Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday he has no money to keep his promise to help typhoon victims because Philippine revenue authorities have frozen his bank accounts. The Bureau of Internal Revenue says Pacquiao hasn't proved he paid taxes in 2008-2009.

It has assessed that Pacquiao, once one of the world's highest paid athletes, owed 2.2 billion pesos ($50 million) in back taxes as of July.

Pacquiao, the wealthiest member of the Philippine Congress, said Tuesday he borrowed over 1 million pesos ($22,700) to purchase relief supplies before his fight Sunday with Rios in Macau and will borrow more to keep his word to typhoon victims. Pacquiao said he plans to provide aid to more than 10,000 families.

Fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges from Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, demolished entire communities and killed over 5,200 people when it ploughed through the central Philippines. More than 1,600 are missing.

Pacquiao said he paid taxes in the United States following his victories against Ricky Hatton and

Manny Pacquiao. (AP File Photo)

Oscar de la Hoya and that a treaty prevents double taxation. A criminal case was dropped by prosecutors for alleged unpaid taxes in 2010, but the revenue authorities' tax claims for the 2008-2009 is still pending.

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"I appeal to them to remove the garnishment so that I can move and pay for my staff's salaries," Pacquiao told reporters in his southern hometown of General Santos city. "I am not a criminal or a thief." He said his wife's accounts

have also been frozen.

Pacquiao said if he had not paid the right taxes in the United States, he would have been arrested during one of his visits there. "The money that was garnished by (the Bureau of Internal Revenue) is not stolen," he said. "This came from all of the punches, beatings, blood and sweat that I endured in the ring."

He said the revenue agency's claims that he earned more than what he actually did were baseless.

Revenue Commission Kim Henares, however, said that the only proof Pacquiao has given of his tax payments was a letter from promoter Top Rank and HBO of the taxes he has paid to the United States, but nothing from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. "That is self-serving and a mere scrap of paper," she said. "What he can do is go to the IRS, ask IRS to certify this copy (of his tax payments) as a true copy. We have been waiting for that for two years."

She said of 22 banks her agency has ordered to report on Pacquiao's accounts, only two said they held deposits for Pacquiao and that the total was only 1.1 million pesos ($25,200), which is now covered by the garnish. "It is unbelievable to me that he has only 1.1 million pesos," Henares said.

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Parliamentary Secretary, Tovihoto Ayemi being introduced to the players at DDSC Stadium on Tuesday. (Morung Photo)

DIMAPUr, NoveMber 26 (MexN): With eight districts participating, the 5th Nagaland Inter-district Veteran Football Tournament began at DDSC Stadium on Tuesday with Parliamentary Secretary for IT&C, Technical Education, Science & Technology and Taxes, Tovihoto Ayemi as the chief guest.

Tovihoto lauded the state football veterans for their enthusiasm in keeping the excitement of the game alive with their active participation. Stating that the youngsters would

emulate what elders show them, he said this was where the responsibility of the veterans lay in exhibiting sportsmanship qualities, tactics, behaviour, consistency, discipline etc. He encouraged them to put up their best show.

He expressed optimism that fostering unity and friendship through the tournament would not be limited only among the players but also spread to other sections of the society. Tovihoto also encouraged the veterans to keep themselves fit and healthy adding “when

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you keep yourself fit and healthy, you can contribute a lot in the society not only in sports but in other aspects as well.”

Former DGP, K. Kire, IPS who is also the president of Nagaland Veteran Football Association delivered short speech. Parliamentary Secretary for Law & Justice, Land Revenue and Labour & Employment, Dr. Nicky Kire and DCCI president, Hokivi Chishi also attended the programme besides a host of dignitaries and invitees. The final match will be played on December 2.

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