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We’ve got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn’t just possible, but essential Selena Indian-Americans Gomez declared coMakes winners after Charity Trip National Spelling to Nepal Bee faceoff [ PAGE 8]
Governor encourages Naga children to learn foreign language [ PAGE 2]
Thai junta to focus on healing
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Morung Express News Dimapur | May 30
Poor boy. Tired of trying to keep abreast with this digital world, huh?
July 4 murder trial
A boy, center, plays with Thai soldiers guarding the square at Victory Monument to prevent anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok on May 30. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government’s ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-andmouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo) Story on page 9
Pubs and restaurants located along the roadside of National Highway 39 at Lahorijan area under Karbi Anglong district, Assam, is fast becoming a flourishing destination for flesh trade. What was earlier dubbed as a bootlegger’s paradise, particularly for imbibers from dry state Nagaland, it now also caters to customers that fan the sex trade. This thriving business, which takes place just two kilometer from Nagaland gate, is not a clandestine affair either. As many as six to seven hotels are involved in the trade, it is learnt. Waiters at the hotels openly act as ‘procurer’ or ‘pimp’ and the sex workers, referred to as ‘girls’ who arrive from different locations for ‘business’, can be seen lounging in the cabins waiting for customers. Some can even be heard introducing themselves and inquiring if they (customers) want ‘company.’ Clients are presented a selection palate of an interracial array of girls and women from Nagaland, Manipur, Bokajan, Golaghat, Nepal etc. They are either paraded turn by turn by the waiter or dispatched to the cabin where the client is sitting.
• Flesh trade is practiced in the open • Married men, business people are top clients • Waiters act as ‘pimps’ • High demand for ‘Naga girls’ at hotels, pubs A dingy room somewhere at the far end of the hotel compound is reserved for ‘cohabitation.’ The restaurant provides condom packets, available for Rs. 50 or more. According to a waiter from one of the hotels involved in the racket, the ‘price of girls’ ranges from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 3000, depending on their looks, age or time required. He points out that Naga girls are preferred by clients, so they demand a price higher than others. “While price for girls from other communities can start from Rs. 1000, Naga girls start from Rs. 1500,” he revealed. The bigger share of the amount is taken by the hotel’s management. Waiters also receive their cuts. With an increasing demand for Naga girls, networking tentacles to lure more girls into sex trade, particularly from Dimapur area, have also increased. There have been alleged cases of trafficking where girls were forced into prostitution under the pretext of offering them mainstream jobs. One waiter bragged he
had in his cell phone numbers of ‘dozens of girls; some as young as 17 years and lots of college-going girls from Dimapur, who are ready to arrive the instant they are called.’ He further disclosed that Naga girls do not prefer to do business with Naga clients for fear that they may be identified or the client may be someone they know. Diverse statuses of people, both young and old, are known to visit these restaurants and pubs looking for a “good time,” with married men and business people topping the clientele, said another source from one of the hotels. For the waiter-turnedpimps, catering to clients at the hotel is one side of the business. They also hook up clients who wish to be more discreet, and make arrangements for their hotel stay etc. Like the sprouting of restaurants, a number of stay-in hotels have mushroomed in the area in recent times- more so to cater to sex trade. These hotels have direct contact with
call girls. “Many of these customers are saab wallas (interpreted as high ranking government officials and affluent people) and they prefer special girls - some demanding as high as Rs. 10,000,” another waiterturned-pimp revealed. “These girls are transported to the hotel in private vehicles,” he added. Naga girls involved in sex work in Lahorijan are also known to frequent late night pubs in Dimapur. According to a source, some of them do business in Lahorijan till early evening and return to Dimapur to haunt pubs in the midnight. An NGO field worker confirmed that there are countless women from Dimapur involved in the Lahorijan sex racket- both direct and indirect prostitution. “Many of these Naga girls are engaged in the trade either for pleasure or to buy themselves new clothes, accessories, unlike other sex workers who get involved to feed themselves and their families,” the field worker revealed.
nagaland Youth on ‘Modi Wave’ BORDER AFFAIRS: New Parl Secy Arya Lakshmi
Dimapur | May 30
On May 26, 2014, as Narendra Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India, the largest election in the world, the Indian Lok Sabha election 2014, witnessed a high number of first time voters aged 1822 years. As the Indian youth speaks up its concerns and expectations on social networking sites and other discussion forums, young Nagaland also shared its opinion on the newly elected government at the centre. Vezito Petseo, a social science teacher said, “I voted for the second time in elections and I feel that as a youth of India, I should practice my duty and be an integral part of the political system of India. As the
New Delhi, May 30 (iaNS): Former Intelligence Bureau chief Ajit Doval was Friday appointed the National Security Advisor. Doval’s appointment comes after his name was cleared by the appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC), according to the Press Information Bureau’s Twitter handle. Doval, who was Intelligence Bureau chief 2004-05, was director of the Vivekananda International Foundation, a think tank. Considered close to senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani, Doval’s name had been doing the rounds for DiMapur, May 30 the post of the NSA. (MexN): A “most wanted hardcore criminal,” who has been on the run since June 2011 after kidnapping and murdering a woman whose DiMapur, May 30 dead body was recovered (MexN): The Nagaland on June 3, 2011 from ChaFoot Hill Road Coordina- the river near CIHSR and an tion Committee (NFHRCC) accused in the attempted has called for an emergency murder of one S. Athili Mao meeting for urgent discus- on the night of June 2, 2011 sion on June 1 at 2:00pm at at a hotel in Elora Lane, was the residence of its treasurer nabbed by the Special OpYashitsungba Ao, Kherma- erations Team of Dimapur hal, Dimapur. “All the mem- Police on May 21. The Dimapur police have bers concerned along with ten tribal hoho, union office identified the accused as bearers (Dimapur Unit), Di- Athing @ Lolem @ Loliam mapur based hoho only,” Letey Lowang (33) of Borhave been requested to at- duria village under Tirap distend the meeting without trict, Arunachal Pradesh. He fail. This was informed in was arrested from 4th Mile a press release issued by near CIHSR. Additional SP/ NFHRCC convener Supu PRO of Dimapur informed Jamir and general secretary that the accused has admitted to being involved in the WY Kithan.
Prime Minister, Modi should deal with minority states like Nagaland and make it a secure zone. We expect him to be a secular leader as Nagaland has a high number of Christians, so he must treat all people equally.” Nagaland State recorded the highest turnout of voters in the country—a number of first time voters exercised their franchise. The ‘Modi Wave’, whether his campaign speeches or his victory speech, left an impact on the minds of the youth. “As a concerned youth of India, Modi as the new PM is a change and we are quite hopeful about it,” said Jenpu, founder of Youngs Club. “We have seen ten years of UPA rule and a lot of scams and it is the right time for Modi, who has a
clear vision for India, to come up. In his victory speech, he also mentioned inclusion of ministers from all tribes, religion, caste etc, to run a flawless government and that is something, we the youth of Nagaland wanted to hear as a minority community,” he added. There are others who are skeptical about secularism under Modi’s rule. Senti, a sociology student said, “We needed a change from UPA and Modi was the next option. I am happy that we have a new government and with that new ideas, plans, schemes for the country. But what strikes my conscience is the question of a secular country under Modi.” The issues of Nagaland State have not been dealt with satisfactorily and the Naga youth look forward to a proper
solution to the Naga issue. The recent attacks on the people of the North East and the region’s disconnect from other Indian states is yet another issue that people say should be looked at by Modi. “We have to travel very far to other cities to pursue our studies. A few government aided colleges will provide the people of North East with quality education and a major relief from travelling far. Also, as a minority State, we expect that under Modi rule, we will overcome the problems of racist attacks on people from the North East,” said Tangsoi Khiamniungan, a volunteer at NERLP (an NGO). Arya Lakshmi studies journalism at the Madras Christian College, and is an intern at The Morung Express
Accused involved in 2011 squall plays havoc in Delhi murder case nabbed Three killed, Five planes damaged, 21 flights diverted, 100 trains affected
NFHRCC emergency meeting on June 1
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DiMapur, May 30 (MexN): Two witnesses remain to be examined in the July 4, 2013 murder trial. When trial began in October, 2013, as many as 20 prosecution witnesses were listed to depose at the Additional Sessions Court, Dimapur. On the May 29 hearing, three witnesses were scheduled to be examined but only one could turn up, the prosecution counsel representing the government in the case stated. It will not be long before the trial comes to a conclusion, it was informed, as the culmination of witness-examination will be followed by the examination of defendants and the final arguments.
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Accused involved in 2011 murder.
commission of both the cases of murder and attempted murder which has been registered under East PS Dimapur for investigation. The accused is also wanted in a number of serious cases in Khonsa PS, Arunachal Pradesh, including kidnapping for ransom, extortion, criminal intimidation, robbery, Arms Act, jail break etc. The accused is under police remand and investigation into his involvement in other similar cases is on.
New Delhi, May 30 (iaNS): A sudden squall Friday evening took Delhiites by surprise disrupting road, rail and air traffic as well as Metro services and led to three deaths in the national capital. The dust storm accompanied by heavy showers led to a drop in the soaring temperature but not before it left in its wake broken tree branches, overturned cars and power outage. Three people, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents. While an 18-year-old woman was killed after an overhead power line fell on her in the Najafgarh area in west Delhi, a 20-year-old youth was killed when his throat was slashed after a tin sheet fell on him in Vivek Vihar in east Delhi. A 24-year-old cab driver was crushed to death
when a tree fell on his car in IP Estate area in central Delhi. Over a dozen people were injured in separate incidents. Five aircraft, including of Spice Jet, Blue Dart, Go Air and Air India, parked at IGI terminal here were damaged in the squall, while 21 flights, including four international, were diverted. Delhi Metro services were hit on two of its busiest lines: Yellow line from Jahangirpuri in Delhi to HUDA city centre in Gurgaon and the Blue line from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre/ Vaishali. Passengers were asked to de-board from the metro trains at some stations after technical faults caused by the storm hit the Metro services, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. Train services were also hit with around 100 trains affected. Power supply was also hit in many areas in the national capital. “In many places, trees fell on the electrical wires, which led to power outage in the areas,” a source from the BSES told IANS.
assures ‘initiative and direction’
Stresses on need for Joint coordination with all NE states to resolve border disputes Morung Express News Dimapur | May 30
The new parliamentary secretary for Border Affairs plans to do something about the never-ending border problem instead of sitting on it. Independent candidate and former chairman of Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation (NSMDC), Thomas Lotha, who was appointed as parliamentary secretary for Border Affairs & Women Development late Thursday night, assured to give new “initiative and direction” to the Border Affairs department, which had remained a low-key affair department so far, despite the never-ending border issues between Assam and Nagaland. At an informal briefing with the media at his Dimapur residence on Friday afternoon, Thomas stressed on the need for joint co-ordination with all North East states to resolve border disputes, especially with Assam. “We will try to take this common border issue to a higher level by inviting the opinions of all tribal states bordering Assam. So far, Nagaland and other NE states have always been at the receiving end when it comes to border dispute with Assam,” Thomas said. In Nagaland State, the new parliamentary secretary informed, co-ordination meetings involving the district administration, Forest Department and Land Revenue Department along with village councils of border areas would be convened to chalk out strategies to protect the State’s border. “We will try to work out a formula on how village councils in
border areas can be authorized to issue land pattas by paying nominal fee to the government as land revenue. As per customary practices, the village council is the apex body having protection and safeguard under Article 371 (A) of the Constitution, and the decision of the village council cannot be easily surpassed in any court as per Article 371 (A),” he said. Thomas said that once the initiative is put into motion, the State Government and Forest Department have the responsibility to protect and safeguard the lives, property and forests of people in border areas. According to Thomas, the 1972 border agreement between Assam and Nagaland is a “onesided” agreement and not at all acceptable to Nagas. Stressing on the need to review the agreement, Thomas pointed out that there was no logic in neutral forces like CRPF manning border areas when these neutral forces were acting directly under command of an IGP of Assam Police. “A fresh agreement acceptable to both Assam and Nagaland should be inked to settle the border disputes...then there would be no need for neutral forces to man the border areas,” the parliamentary secretary said. Thomas also said the Centre should work in close co-ordination with states when it comes to international or inter-state border issues. Expressing reservation about the Defense Ministry’s directive that no survey works can be undertaken within 50kms of the international border, he said that this would not augur well for the Look East Policy. “Nagaland shares a long border with Myanmar and most mineral belts in the State are located along the border. It is high time Delhi lifts the restrictions; there should not be any ‘trust deficit’. After all, the State Government is bound to work in national interest,” he added.
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Governor encourages Naga children to learn foreign language Our Correspondent Kohima | May 30
Nagaland Governor Dr. Ashwani Kumar, chief minister T.R. Zeliang, Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo, ministers and parliamentary secretaries and several other dignitaries today graced the platinum jubilee celebration of Ura Academy here at NBCC’s Convention Hall amidst huge congregation of Tenyimi people from Nagaland and Manipur Complimenting Ura Academy for completing 75 years, Governor Dr. Ashwani Kumar said “It is creditable that in this short span of time, the Ura Academy has published several hundred books not only of language and literature but on various other subjects of socio-cultural importance to Tenyimi tribes.” He added that the most
significant achievement must have been to make North East Hill University, Shillong and Nagaland University, Lumami agree to recognize Tenyidie as a language for introduction at the pre-university stage, then graduate and now post-graduate level. Stating that language is central to culture and education and it is difficult to imagine culture and education without language, he said “Nagaland state enjoys complete freedom and full autonomy in promoting, preserving and practicing its culture, customs, languages and traditions.” In 1967 and 1968, he said the Government of India vide a resolution announced the three language formula to be followed by all the state governments. This formula clearly stated that, in initial stage of education, the local language or the mother tongue should be medium
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Governor Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang and others during the platinum jubilee celebration of Ura Academy at NBCC’s Convention Hall, Kohima on May 30. (Morung Photo)
of instruction. In the second stage, the children will be required to learn the regional or national language, i.e. either English or Hindi.
In 1967, Nagaland Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution making English as the official language of the government. “However, somehow we have ne-
glected to fully develop the first and third languages for instruction and communication. Speaking and learning the third language is very necessary for com-
munication in the modern day globalized world as is the knowledge of local/ mother tongue. Also stating that our children also need to learn
an international languages to be successful in life in this modern technological world, Dr. Kumar said research studies indicate that multi-lingual children have better cognitive ability. Multi-lingual children are also academically more creative and socially more tolerant and acceptable. “To ensure that Naga children make their mark in the outside world, we should teach them not only their mother tongue, English or Hindi but also a foreign language,” he said. Governor urged Ura Academy to take up the challenge for not only promoting Tenyidie, the local language, but also take measures to provide opportunities to the tribal children to learn and speak at least one foreign language by the time they graduate. He also urged Ura Academy to continue to put in greater effort to promote
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and propagate the culture of Tenyimi tribes as well as other tribes of Nagaland. “An effort to research and record varieties of Naga culture can become a permanent source of inspiration for the future generations. It must be remembered that culture comprises of not only dances and songs but also values, ethics, character building, truthfulness and good behavior,” he said. Dr. Kumar was also optimistic that the efforts being put up in by Ura Academy and leaders of Tenyimi tribes, the state will be able to make progress in promoting the local languages, culture, traditions and also spreading quality education. Later, Prof. A. Lanunungsang, Pro-vice chancellor Nagaland University, Kohima, Campus Meriema and chairman, Ao Literature Board inaugurated the exhibition.
SBAK church leader’s refresher course concludes Army constructs community
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aIzuTo, May 30 (Mexn): The Sumi Baptist Churches Association (SBAK) have concluded junior church leaders refresher course from May 26 to 30 at Sumi Christian Centre Aizuto. The total 56 junior church leaders from different churches (Pastors, Women leaders, Youth leaders, Sunday School Supervisors/Teachers attended for this course. The teachers and speakers for the refresher course included: Rev. Dr. Joshua Rochill Executive Secre- Participants at the junior church leader’s refresher course organised by Sumi Baptist tary; Rev. Mulato Chishi Churches Association held at Sumi Christian Centre Aizuto.
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Tuensang, May 30 (DIPR): Annual Credit Plan for Tuensang was held at DC Conference Hall Tuensang on May 29. The Deputy Commissioner T. Mhabemo Yanthan chaired the meeting. GM NABARD V. Chelladurai also attended the consultative meeting which discussed on target implementation and achievement during 2013-14; and for framing strategy during 2014-15. Additional Deputy Commissioner Noklak, Project Director, DRDA Tuensang, Secretary ECS Tuensang, Administrative Staff officer Tuensang HQ, SBI General Manager, SBI Branch Manager Tuensang and other implementing agencies representatives attended the meeting. The meeting focused on sectors like, local weavers, farmers clubs to be considered to be preserved the traditions and to strive through eco-friendly approaches and employment generation target.
Disaster awareness programme held at Changtongya ChnagTongya, May 30 (DIPR): Under the national school safety programme on Disaster Management SDO (C) M.S. Changpong, SDEO S.T. Nokdang and SIS P. Onen Longkumer visited the following schools, GMS Changtongya, GMS Longchara, GSM Changtongya ‘A’ and GPS Changtongya B on 14th May 2014. Mock drill exercises were conducted at all the respective schools. SDO (C) M.S. Changpong encouraged the students and teachers to be well prepared as safety measures for all at the time of earthquake and other natural disasters. He also said earthquake don’t kill but building collapse kill that Nagaland is in the five prone zone area for the earthquake which could occur anytime. SDEO, S.T. Nokdang also said the need to have the mock drill exercise at the school from time to time to be well prepared before at the time and after any natural disaster occurred safety measure to prevent any casualty,
Interview for livestock & poultry dev applicants Phek, May 30 (Mexn): The interview under Livestock & Poultry Development for meat production during 2013-14 fore Phek district will be held on June 5 at 9:00 AM onwards at DVO office, Phek. In this connection, all the applicants who have collected forms have been asked to appear for the interview. No separate letter would be served to anyone, said Dr. Weprenyi Mero, joint director (DVO), Phek.
principal ATC; Rev. Picuto Yeputhomi Mission Secretary; Rev. Vitoshe K. Aye youth Secretary cum Director Urban Ministry; Hetoli I. Chishi Women Secretary; Rev. Yehoto Chishi Evangelist; Inakhu Chishi Vice principal ATC; Khekivi Awomi Youth Evangelist; Kheshiho Chishi Lecturer ATC; Kughalu L. Chishi Supervisor Child Ministry; and Kanito Awomi Accountant AVBI. This was stated in a press release issued by SBAK-Aizuto Literature In Charge Media & Communication, K. Nitoyi Awomi.
ATMA Zunheboto conducts inter-state training
building at Chozuba Village
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Chozuba ADC Polan John and others during the inauguration of community building constructed under MCA project at Japan Riba on May 27.
kohIMa, May 30 (Mexn): A community building constructed under Military Civic Action (MCA) project at Japan Riba, Chozuba village was inaugurated by Chozuba additional deputy commissioner Polan John on May 27 last. Speaking on the occa-
sion, ADC stated that the army not only rendering the defence service but they are doing tremendous civil works, thereby helping the general public in the state. In this, he acknowledged the army and described them as “Friends of the hill people.”
Sekha Rakho, president Razuve Hoho thanked the army people for doing a good work for the public. The function was chaired by Khrinyio Luruo, VCC while vote of thanks was proposed by Nuvotsolü, headmistress GHS Japan Riba.
Dimapur girl bags gold medal in CBSE exam
Women representatives and others from ATMA Zunheboto during the inter-state training at AAU (Assam Agriculture University), Jorhat held from May 23 to 27.
zunheboTo, May 30 (Mexn): As part of the extension programme, ATMA under Zunheboto district conducted an interstate training at AAU (Assam Agriculture University), Jorhat from May 23 to 27. The training was organised for progressive SHG representative from six blocks. Total 12 women representatives from all the blocks of Zunheboto attended the progamme. During the training session, the team visited different department from horti-
culture, agronomy, fishery, vermiculture, biofertilizer and processing units. Practical demonstrations on preparation of tomato sauce and jam were very useful since the crops are easily available. The team visited some important historical places at Sibsagar and Bramaputra River. The team in a press release has acknowledged the EEI Jorhat and Assam Agriculture University for providing tour guide and other technical support.
Naga American Foundation convention in July
DIMaPuR, May 30 (Mexn): The Naga American Foundation (NAF) will be holding the 2014 NAF Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., on July 18 and 19. Dr. Sanyo and Marsha Konyak are the hosts. The 2014 NAF Convention theme is “Nagas in America: Our Beginnings & Journey Forward.” Naga American Foundation President, Meyi Aier informed in a press release has acknowledge the foresight and vision of our elders while also deliberating the direction the organization can take in the years ahead. “We encourage all
Nagas in the United States to connect with us so we can form a collective bond and support each other. We invite prayers for a rich and productive event in July and for continued growth of the organization,” the NAF president added. To learn more about the NAF, visit their website at http://www.nafconnect. net/home.html Started in the 1980s by a group of visionary Nagas in America, the Naga American Foundation is a social and cultural organization whose objectives are: Advancement of Naga
people in the USA and Promotion of their common interests and provision of charitable, educational and cultural support. The NAF has attained tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) (03) of the Internal Revenue Code, and as such, is not and cannot be affiliated with any political group in the U.S. or abroad. Funded entirely on donations and membership fees from our members and supporters, we are currently able to offer two $500 scholarships to one undergraduate and one graduate Naga student every year.
DIMaPuR, May 30 (Mexn): Dimapur-based girl, Rashika Jain has scored 100% marks in Business Studies Class XII in the recently declared CBSE results bagging a gold medal besides scoring a total percentage of 96.25%. A student of Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram Delhi, Rashika is the daughter of prominent social worker and businessman, Rakesh Jain and Priti Jain and the granddaughter of Shantilal Jain. Their family has been settlers in the state since the last 125 years. Rakesh Jain is the former president of Lions Club Dimapur.
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Rashika also topped among the hostellers in DPS Delhi. It may be recalled that Rashika had scored a high percentage of 92.60% during the ICSE 2012 Class 10 exam from Musoorie International School, Musoorie. As per a press note, currently, the gold medalist is preparing for National Aptitude Test for Architect to fulfil her aim of becoming an architect. In the meantime, Rashika also wants to appear UPSC exams. She attributed her success to God, teachers and her parents for their constant support.
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Schools enroll CWDs under ‘Inclusive Education’
Radiant Educational Society launches website
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kohIMa, May 30 (Mexn): The Radiant Educational Society Kohima has formally its official website (www.radianteducationalsociety.com) here Thursday. The website was launched State Child Protection Society director Khehoto Sema at a function held at Dzüvichü’s Shop, New Secretariat junction. He encouraged the RES society to carry out their activities with humbleness and honesty for the welfare of the people. The website aims to give
Khehoto Sema and others during the launching of RES Kohima on May 29 in Kohima.
guidelines as well as to act as linkage to the people particularly for the people of Kohima district and other districts in general for the years to come.
RES Managing Director, Mengukhrietuo Marcus thanked State Child Protection Society for providing Licensed for Specialised Adoption Agency
(SAA) which is under Central Adoption Resource Authority. He also thanked Er. Sabou Yashü, Executive Engineer, Information
Technology for sponsoring website and Ashili, Instructor, ALMA Computer Education, Kohima for designing the website. He also assured to be an agent of hope to the hopeless by opening up the SAA to make the world a better place to live in. The programme was chaired by RES coordinator Velüta Kezo. Opening prayer was pronounced by pastor Velavoyi Keyho, Phezoucha Nagamese Baptist Church while special song was performed by Kelhoulezo Dzüvichü.
Imchawati Kichu, Managing Director interacts with one of the Children with Disable in the classroom.
MokokChung, May 30 (Mexn): ‘Inclusive Education’ is one of five matrixes under CBR program (Community Based Rehabilitation) for People with Disability. This CBR program has been providing service since 2012 as joint venture. Three schools have enrolled CWDs (Children with Disabled). Imchawati
Kichu, Managing Director, Care and Support Society Mokokchung and Sakumongla, CBR Worker of Care and Support Society visited the three schools in Ungma i.e. Imrong GMS, Shingangruju GPS and Mount Moraih High School. A press note issued by the Care and Support Society Mokokchung stated
that they met student of the three schools and encouraged to create a disabled friendly environment in the classroom. They also held meeting with the teachers of the three Schools and shared to include children in the School, allow them to enrolled in the school and create disable friendly environment.
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Curfew on in Meghalaya, HM appeals for calm
Shillong, May 30 (ianS) Curfew continued Friday in parts of Meghalaya where mob violence erupted following death of a suspected militant in police custody. Meanwhile, Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri has appealed to the people to remain calm. Witson Sangma was arrested on charges of supplying explosives to the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). He was Wednesday found dead in police lockup. This was the second custodial death. The first was Balsan
Marak, 20, accused of illegal confinement, kidnapping and torture of 12 women, including a pregnant woman, who died at the Tura Civil Hospital May 20. Police said Sangma's death was due to hypertension, residents alleged "police excesses". Warjri said, "I appeal to all sections of society to maintain peace and harmony and not to believe rumour mongers." He said the district administration had stepped up security and officials were meeting people to restore normalcy. "Two separate magisterial
inquiries and another high-level probe headed by commissioner of division (Garo hills) Peter J. Ingty has been constituted into the deaths. The government will punish if anyone is found guilty in both (custodial deaths)," Warjri said. Additional District Magistrate T.G. Momin told IANS over phone: "The situation is tense but under control. Curfew is still on in Chokpot block of South Garo Hills to prevent the situation from escalating." He added: "Peace meeting has been initiated between
the administration, civil society groups and religious leaders." Civil society groups, including the powerful Garo Student's Union (GSU) have announced non-cooperation movement June 2 in all the five districts of Garo Hills over the custodial deaths. The groups are demanding a CBI or a judicial inquiry into the deaths and want an independent body carry out the autopsies. "If the government does not heed to our demand by Friday, we will agitate," GSU leader Tengsak Momin said.
The Meghalaya People's Human Rights Council (MPHRC) criticised police over their abysmal record of custodial deaths. "In Meghalaya, 20 people have died in police and judicial custody between 2001 and 2013. There is much evidence from various verdicts of the judiciary and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that a majority of these deaths are a direct implication of torture by police in custody, which is a clear violation of human rights," MPHRC chairman Dino D.G. Dympep said.
4 militants surrender in Tripura Assam govt sets up committee to
agarTala, May 30 (ianS): Four terrorists after fleeing from their camps in Bangladesh have surrendered to the Assam Rifles in Tripura and deposited arms and ammunition, an official said here Friday. "Four militants of NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) - Parimal Debbarma, Mohan Kumar Koloi, Bibas Tripura and Darendra Tripura - laid down their arms before Assam Rifles officials in Anandabazar in Tripura Thursday evening," a police spokesman told reporters. They deposited huge cache of arms and ammunition including a machine gun, said the spokesman. "The NLFT militants, hiding in their camps in Bangladesh, are facing a huge financial crunch and its cadres are frustrated over the style of functioning of their leaders. There is a high degree of resentment among the cadres. The disintegration of the militant groups has already started," the official said quoting the militants.
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new Delhi, May 30 (PTi): Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called up Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh after a blast killed two persons in the state and asked him to ensure that the culprits involved in it do not go scot free. Singh, who took charge of the Home Ministry today, telephoned the Chief Minister upon receiving the news about the explosion and asked him to ensure peace in the state and deploy adequate forces for maintaining law and order. The Home Minister also told O Ibobi Singh that those who triggered the explosion must be arrested and ensure proper punishment for them, official sources said. Two persons were killed and six others injured in a bomb blast in Manipur's Shingjamei this evening.
Chairman of Assam Police Accountability Commission appointed
guwahaTi, May 30 (PTi): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today approved the appointment of Justice (retd) P K Mushahary as Chairman of the Assam Police Accountability Commission, official sources said. Besides the Chairman, retired Meghalaya DGP Sibabrata Kakoty and retired Assam Additional Chief Secretary Parul Devi Das were appointed as members of the Commission, they said. The Chief Minister directed the Chief Secretary also to start the process for appointment of both the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner, sources added.
simplified and measures for impleguwahaTi, May 30 (PTi): As- of their respective departments. The chief minister held a detailed mentation of the approved schemes sam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government would form discussion with chief secretary Jitesh within a specific time frame. Gogoi underscored the need to a committee, headed by the chief Khosla, additional chief secretary make the office of the divisional secretary, to oversee the commissioners more active with implementation of various Chief Secretary to monitor the in place so that peogovernment schemes and status and progress of implementation infrastructure ple need not come to the secretariprogrammes. of different schemes at to get their work done. In a statement, Gogoi Gogoi said an administrative resaid the chief secretary would monitor the status and progress of im- and other senior officials as to how forms committee would be constituted plementation of different schemes and the files could be disposed of fast, headed by a senior retired bureaucrat eithe principal secretaries/commission- ways to expedite the implementation ther of the state or central government. ers and secretaries would be responsible of different schemes, how the rules- The committee would have to submit its iTanagar, May 30 (PTi): Veteran Congress leader for the implementation of the schemes regulations could be modified and report within 2 months, he said. Kameng Dolo was on Friday sworn-in as the Protem Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly paving way for swearing-in of the newly elected members of the 60-member house. Dolo was appointed as the Protem Speaker by the Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay low mountaineers, part Sharma, yesterday. He was administered the oath by of an international team the Governor at Raj Bhawan here in the presence of essaying the three peaks, aizawl, May 30 (PTi): A day before the observance Chief Minister Nabam Tuki and other elected MLAs. returned to their respec- of World No Tobacco Day, the Mizoram government to- The swearing-in of the newly elected MLAs is likely to tive countries after scal- day hiked the rate of tax on cigarettes from 13.5 % to 20 %. be held on June 2 next. Dolo is among the 11 Congress ing the first peak, Anshu Taxation Minister Lalsawta told PTI that the decision MLAs who won unopposed in the April 9 Assembly went on to climb these was made and the official notification would be issued elections in the state. three peaks undeterred by by evening. Lalsawta said that though the increase was a deadly avalanche which not at par with the 65 % in Rajasthan it was at par with killed 16 sherpa climbers some neighbouring north eastern states. just above her camp site at Dr Jane R. Ralte, head of the Mizoram State Tobacco 19000 ft. DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DIMAPUR Control Society hailed the decision and was optimistic 2 ½ Mile, Darogapathar She hails from the Mon- that the move would help in reduction of tobacco conDimapur- 797115: Nagaland pa tribe of Bomdila area. sumption in the state which was the highest not only in Phone: 03862-235930 Anshu, had earlier India but also in the whole world. Incidentally, the theme scaled Mount Everest, the Anshu Jamsenpa. (File Photo) WALK IN INTERVIEW worlds highest peak twice of the World No Tobacco Day to be observed tomorrow is Teacher to teach both Senior and Junior Classes. 'Raise Taxes on tobacco'. 1. English – 2 Nos. tated by the Ministry of ha Durbar, Kathmandu, in a gap of ten days becom2. Mathematics – 2 Nos ing the first mother in the Culture, Tourism & Civil on May 27. 3. Economics – 1 No. Aviation, Nepal at SingWhile most of her fel- world to do so. 4. Fine Arts – 1 No.
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Woman mountaineer from Arunachal scripts history Mizoram hikes tax rates
iTanagar, May 30 (PTi): A woman mountaineer from Arunachal, Anshu Jamsenpa has scripted history once again by scaling three Himalayan peaks successively in six days after setting world records during her earlier Everest expeditions. During the expedition, Anshu 28 and a mother of two, scaled three Himalayan peaks - Lobuche (6119 meters), Pokhalde (5896m) and Island Peak (6189m)successively in six days from May 13 to May 18. For her excellent performance, she was felici-
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Kuki leaders at UNPFII meet Newmai News Network Dimapur | May 30
ZO RE-UNIFICATION Organisation (ZoRO) representatives have just returned to India after participating in the 12-day long United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) meeting in New York. The ZoRO leaders reportedly presented their position in the meeting from May 12 to May 23. ZoRO is an organisation working to integrate or unify all the Kuki kin tribes from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh. In India the Kuki kin tribes confine mostly in North Eastern part of the country. In Myanmar, they are mostly confined in Kachin State and Chin State and Sagaing Division and in Bangladesh they are found mainly in Chittagong Hill Tracts. There are nearly one hundred kin tribes of the Kukis. In Myanmar alone there are 55 dialects speaking people under this group. In Manipur alone, according to the 1956 Tribe Modification Order, there were 22 tribes under this category. Meanwhile, ZoRO is reliving the Calcutta's 1892 Fort William Conference. The Chin-Lushai Conference of January 29,
1892 decided to keep the Chin-Lushai Hills under one administration. The conference opened in Calcutta under the presidentship of Sir Charles Alfred Elliot, LieutenantGovernor of Bengal. It dealt with a variety of connected questions on the future, civil and military of the Chin-Lushai Hillls. Interestingly, one of the two umbrella bodies of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo, the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) has become part of ZoRO sometime ago. "It does not mean that the Kuki State demand in Manipur is not relevant anymore. The Kuki State is integral to the whole movement," explained Dr Seilen Haokip, the spokesman of KNO. The pursuing of the broader perspective by the kindred tribes of the Kukis has been considered as ‘focussing or shifting gear’ by way of attaching all the kindred tribes of the Kukis in the three countries of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh into the fold of the movement by the Kukis. Dr Seilen Haokip told Newmai News Network that the Government of India considers Kukis are insignificant. He said the Government of India had never honoured its words which were promised or assured to the Kukis.
Manipur entrepreneurs tap potential of agro industries
iMPhal, May 30 (ani): Manipur provides a suitable platform for agro industries and an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to tap this potential. Thangjam Joykumar Singh, a dynamic young entrepreneur, who runs a food and beverage production unit, has generated job opportunities for many. Fifty four-year-old Thangjam ventured into agro industries by setting up a small food processing unit in Imphal East three years ago. He manufactures different foods and beverage items under the brand name 'Likla', which literally means 'dew drops'. The unit is a source of employment for local youth, as it employs around 200 local youth. Thangjam has received many awards, including the prestigious Governor's Trophy for best entrepreneur in 2011. Already supplying products to over 1,000 re-
tailers in Manipur, he is now dreaming of expanding the market to other states. "I feel happy to employ many boys and girls in my factory. I feel happy that they work happily here. And now, after thinking of supporting the state economy and supporting the family of those employees working in my industry, I am thinking to diverse the industry dreaming to expand his business as well as to increase more employment opportunity," Thangjam said. The unit manufactures beverage items like orange, lemon, pineapple and passion fruit squash. The company also deals in packaged drinking water under the same brand name. The workers are happy to get better job opportunities. "If more such industries come up, then it will end the era of unemployment and youths will get employed. I
am sure that it will end all kinds of illegal activities like extortions, etc. in the state. Due to lack of employment, youth in the state have chosen to take extreme steps like joining underground outfits. With the setting up of more industries, many problems, including insurgency would be solved," said Iboyaima Singh, staff supervisor, Thangjam Agro Industry. " I feel happy and privileged to work here. We are illiterate, but get an opportunity to work in the factory. I am grateful. The factory has provided jobs to both educated and uneducated people and we feel privileged," added Meratombi Devi, a worker Achievements of young entrepreneurs like Thangjam Joykumar will inspire many educated unemployed youth in the region to explore new innovative ideas and become self-reliant.
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e live in a time where there is flood of information about everything that influences everyone in diverse ways both in positive and negative manner. Humans have used tobacco in many forms for several centuries. Its use often starts early in life. In recent years, there has been a rising trend in tobacco use, more in smokeless forms in India. Though there are no nationwide data available in India on the exact extent of the tobacco use among adolescents. These show a general tendency towards an increase in tobacco use by the youth for the past few decades. The consumption of tobacco among the young has been a great concern and a social threat to the fabric of personal wellbeing and development. The number of deaths associated with smoking among the youth is alarmingly high and the steps to curb this menace have a long way to go. There are many influencing factors for a young person to get into addiction to nicotine substances and India has been considered as one of the leading nations in tobacco abuse.
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Tobacco: A slow death Companion The world observes World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on 31st May every year. This is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) keeping in mind the harm, the effect and the impact it has on individuals and society. The objective of observing World No Tobacco Day is to reduce tobacco consumption which can lead to deadly diseases like cancer and early death. The World No Tobacco Day primarily focuses on encouraging users to refrain from tobacco consumption and its related products and it invites individuals who are into tobacco or nicotine addiction to refrain from it at least for a day to mark this occasion. Highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption is another focus of this day. Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year, of which more than 600 000 are non-smokers dying from breathing secondhand smoke. The World No Tobacco Day 2014 comes with this message on coun-
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he global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year, of which more than 600 000 are non-smokers dying from breathing second-hand smoke. Unless we act, the epidemic will kill more than 8 million people every year by 2030. More than 80% of these preventable deaths will be among people living in low-and middle-income countries So what is tobacco exactly? Well it’s a leafy plant grown in hotter climates and the tobacco products are made entirely or partly of leaf tobacco as raw material, which are intended to be smoked, sucked, chewed or snuffed. All contain the highly addictive psychoactive ingredient, nicotine When a person absorbs the tobacco in these ways the addictive chemical nicotine inside is released into the bloodstream. It increases blood pressure, respiration, heart rate and also elevates blood sugar levels. As we know the lasting effects are much more dangerous ... Gradual killer Because there is a lag of several years between when people start us-
tries to raise taxes on tobacco and tobacco products. This is a matter of great public health concern. Psychosocial factors have an important role to play in initiation of this habit. Advertisements of tobacco products and promotional campaigns by the manufacturers also play an important role in initiation of the habit by adolescents. Vulnerable and curious youngsters become “soft target” in the use and abuse of tobacco. Cigarette smoking during childhood and adolescence produces significant health problems among young people, including an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses, decreased physical fitness and potential effects on the rate of lung growth and maximum lung function. Most importantly, this is when an addiction to smoking takes hold which often persists into and sometimes throughout adulthood. If current tobacco use patterns persist, an estimated 6.4 million current child smokers will eventually die prema-
turely from a smoking related disease. A number of factors influence the use of tobacco by children and teenagers. Some of these are the family history of tobacco use by elders, peer influence, experimentation, easy access to such products, personality factors, underlying emotional and psychological problems, accompanied risk-taking behaviours, and most importantly, the aggressive marketing strategies of the tobacco industry. Some factors associated with youth tobacco use appear to be similar across different types of tobacco products and include the following categories. Social and physical environments is said to be one major cause of influence of tobacco abuse among the students and young people. Small social groups and peer groups increase the risk of tobacco abuse if the peers use tobacco. Young people are more likely to use tobacco if they perceive tobacco use is acceptable or normative among their peers. Parental smoking may promote
smoking among young people. There is a strong relationship between youth smoking and negative effect, such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Expectations of positive outcomes from smoking, such as coping with stress and controlling weight, are related to youth tobacco use. Many young people are not aware of the fact that these habits lead them to lifelong addiction. Biological and Genetic Factors - There is evidence that youth may be sensitive to nicotine and that teens can feel dependent on nicotine sooner than adults. Genetic factors may mean that it is more difficult for some people to quit smoking once they have started. Other influences that have been demonstrated to affect tobacco use include: Low socioeconomic status, Lack of skills to resist influences to tobacco use, Lack of parental support or involvement, Accessibility, availability, and price of tobacco products, Low levels of academic achievement, Low self-image or self-esteem and aggressive
behaviour patterns. Adolescents are the most vulnerable population to initiate tobacco use. It is now well established that most of the adult users of tobacco start tobacco use in childhood or adolescence. There has been a perceptible fall in smoking in the developed countries after realization of harmful effects of tobacco. The tobacco companies are now aggressively targeting their advertising strategies in the developing countries like India. Adolescents often get attracted to tobacco products because of such propaganda. There has been a rapid increase in trade and use of smokeless tobacco products in recent years in the country, which is a matter of serious concern to the health planners. It is important to understand various factors that influence and encourage young teenagers to start smoking or to use other tobacco products. The age at first use of tobacco has been reduced considerably. However, law enforcing agencies have also taken some pu-
nitive measures in recent years to curtail the use of tobacco products. Considering the enormous adverse health consequences accompanying tobacco addiction, it is very important to develop preventive strategies to reduce tobacco consumption. Preventive strategies especially focused towards children and adolescents need to be initiated on emergent basis. This is more important for the developing countries like India, which have become the main targets of advertisement and promotional propaganda of various multinational tobacco companies. Our state like Nagaland needs to take strong and stringent measures in curbing this menace to prevent students and youth from falling into this addiction. Early education on the harmful effects of tobacco by educational institutions can pave the way in the reduction of tobacco abuse among the school and college going students. A very important step in primary prevention is the revamp of the existing tobacco policies of the
World No Tobacco Day: 31 May 2014
ing tobacco and when their health suffers, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has just begun. Tobacco caused 100 million deaths in the 20th century. If current trends continue, it may cause one billion deaths in the 21st century. Unchecked, tobacco-related deaths will increase to more than eight million per year by 2030. More than 80% of those deaths will be in low- and middle-income countries. Second-hand smoke kills Second-hand smoke is the smoke that fills restaurants, offices or other enclosed spaces when people burn tobacco products such as cigarettes, bidis and water pipes. There are more than 4000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which at least 250 are known to be harmful and more than 50 are known to cause cancer. There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. • In adults, second-hand smoke causes serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung cancer. In infants, it causes sud-
den death. In pregnant women, it causes low birth weight. • Almost half of children regularly breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke in public places. • Over 40% of children have at least one smoking parent. • Second-hand smoke causes more than 600 000 premature deaths per year. • In 2004, children accounted for 28% of the deaths attributable to second-hand smoke. Every person should be able to breathe tobacco-smoke-free air. Smoke-free laws protect the health of non-smokers, are popular, do not harm business and encourage smokers to quit. Over 1 billion people, or 16% of the world’s population, are protected by comprehensive national smokefree laws. Tobacco users need help to quit Studies show that few people understand the specific health risks of tobacco use. For example, a 2009 survey in China revealed that only 38% of smokers knew that smoking causes
coronary heart disease and only 27% knew that it causes stroke. Among smokers who are aware of the dangers of tobacco, most want to quit. Counselling and medication can more than double the chance that a smoker who tries to quit will succeed. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of many health problems: • Heart attack • Stroke • Blood vessel disease • Emphysema • Chronic bronchitis • Peptic ulcer • Impotence • Obstructive airways disease • Many cancers (lung, throat, mouth, tongue, pancreas, bladder, cervix, kidney and stomach) Advertisement bans lower consumption Bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship can reduce tobacco consumption. • A comprehensive ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship could decrease to-
government. The Government of India has recently taken some important legal measures, but there are still many problems in the enforcement of tobacco related law. Restrictions have been imposed on sales and on tobacco use in public places like railway stations, airports, hospitals and governmental offices. However, the more important aspect would be the strict observation and control of such restrictions. An initiative in this regard has to be taken by stopping tobacco sale in vicinity of schools by all the educational institutions in the state. This is extremely relevant to our society, where economic disparity, unemployment, and illiteracy are associated with all kinds of addictive behaviours including the tobacco use by children. There is an urgent need to take effective steps, especially on launching community awareness programs for the school children and public to educate them about the consequences of tobacco use, and on assessing their effectiveness in curbing the problem. Fr. Joe Mariadhas
on tobacco control, based on available data.
bacco consumption by an average of about 7%, with some countries experiencing a decline in consumption of up to 16%. • Only 24 countries, representing 10% of the world’s population, have completely banned all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. • Around one country in three has minimal or no restrictions at all on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Taxes discourage tobacco use Tobacco taxes are the most costeffective way to reduce tobacco use, especially among young people and poor people. A tax increase that increases tobacco prices by 10% decreases tobacco consumption by about 4% in high-income countries and by up to 8% in low- and middleincome countries. Even so, high tobacco taxes is a measure that is rarely used. Only 32 countries, less than 8% of the world’s population, have tobacco tax rates greater than 75% of the retail price. Tobacco tax revenues are on average 175 times higher than spending
Conclusion The tobacco epidemic will cause the most harm to low- and middleincome countries • Tobacco use is growing fastest in these countries, fuelled by steady population growth • The tobacco industry is expanding its advertising, marketing, and promotion to the developing world • Many of these countries have fewer resources to respond to the health, social, and economic problems caused by tobacco use, which will exacerbate the tobacco epidemic’s impacts • This will create a “perfect storm” of future tobacco-caused disease and death, unless there is a strong response from the public health community. Dr. Temjennungsang Longchari Post Graduate in Health Promotion and Tobacco Control (Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi) (Courtesy: WHO world no tobacco day campaign)
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use of siren/red light regularly Kohima, may 30 (Dipr): With a view to enforce the Government notification issued by the Transport and Communication Department regulating the use of Sirens, Red light and Designation plates, the District Administration and Police will be conducting regular checking in the District. In this regard all concerned have been requested to cooperate with law enforcing Agencies. The details of Government Notification are hereby furnished for general public awareness and compliance: 1. USE OF SIRENS: a) Governor of Nagaland b) Chief Minister, Nagaland c) VVIPs and Union Ministers during their visit to the State d) Governor and Chief Ministers of other States when they visit the State. e) Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2. USE OF RED LIGHT, DESIGNATION PLATES & FLAG POST:
1) Governor of Nagaland. 2) Chief Minister, Nagaland. 3) Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration. 4) Deputy Chief Minister, Nagaland. 5) Chief Justice of High Court of Assam and Nagaland. 6) Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly. 7) Cabinet Ministers of Nagaland. 8) Vice-Chairman, State Planning Board. 9) Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. 10) Puisne Judges of the High Court. 11) Deputy Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly. 12) Parliamentary Secretaries of Government of Nagaland. 13) Member of Parliament. 14) Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly. 15) Chief Secretary to the Government of Nagaland. 16) State Information Commissioners.
17) Chairperson & Member, NPSC 18) Additional Chief Secretaries to the Government of Nagaland. 19) Director General of Police 20) Commissioner of Nagaland 21) Home Commissioner 22) Principal Secretaries to the Government of Nagaland 23) Chief Electoral Officer of Nagaland. 24) Additional Director General of Police. 25) Commissioner & Secretaries/Special Secretary to the Government of Nagaland. 26) Inspector General of Police/Officers in the rank of Major General and equivalent in the Army. 27) Advocate General of Nagaland. 28) Account General of Nagaland. 29) Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University. 30) Secretaries to the Government of Nagaland. 31) Secretary to Legisla-
tive Assembly. 32) DIG of Police. 33) Brigadier or equivalent ranks in the Army. 34) Deputy Commissioners. 35) Superintendent of Police Posted in Districts.
2) ADC, SDO, R.O. Border Magistrate. 5. Part ‘D’ USE OF ORGANISATION/DESIGANTION PLATERS (White Letter in Blue Background): 1) Chairperson/Deputy Chairperson/Members of Municipal and Town Councils. 2) Central Government Departments and Undertaking under Government of India (eg. BSNL, Census, DD, SBI etc.)
3. USE OF MULTI-COLOURED ORANGE, BLUE AND WHITE LIGHT COMBINATION: 1) Police Pilot Vehicle as per entitlement of all VVIP’s. 2) Recovery/Break down Crane on road acci- 6. This Notification also dent duty. includes the Security 3) Police vehicle on Forces and other Para road/traffic intercepMilitary Forces detion duty. ployed in the State of 4) Ambulances on Nagaland. emergency duty. 7. Use of Red Lights, Flag 5) Fire Tenders. Posts and Name Plates on their vehicle by any 4. USE OF DESIGNAprivate individual or TION PLATES (Red Backorganization is hereby ground): banned. 1) Addl. Secretaries to 8. Inscription or use of any the Government of words or letter other Nagaland/Head of than the allotted Series Department/Addl. and Numbers on NumDirectors and equivber Plates of Private Vealent officials. hicles are banned.
AZSU (AMN) demands justice Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): All Zeliangrong Students’ Union Assam, Manipur & Nagaland (AZSU AMN) has condemned in strongest term the alleged assault and molestation of a Naga woman in Delhi by a lawyer on May 22. AZSU (AMN) further condemned the subsequent attack on a group of Naga student leaders, who accompanied the victim to the court, by the accused and his lawyer friends at Tis Hazari Court, wherein Rachubui Pame president of Zeliangrong Students’ Union Delhi (ZSUD) was
“grievously” injured and hospitalized. In a press statement, AZSU (AMN) general secretary Nchaheing Kompoing and finance secretary Elungbam Rangkau lamented that Delhi, the capital of India, has become an epicenter of racist attacks, particularly on North Eastern people, “where we are not even safe in our own countries.” The union has urged the Government of Delhi and Government of India to deal with the issue with “seriousness and iron hand” as per the law and deliver justice at the earliest.
The Gloria Patrians carry on cleaning of Dimapur city for the 29th day. Various sections of people have been encouraged by the task the Gloria Patrians have taken up and participating willingly in the social work to clean up the city every morning from 5:00 am. The month long initiative will culminate on June 1 (Sunday) with Gloria Patri worship service at Life’s Spring Corner, Khermahal, Dimapur at 5:00 pm.
SDPDB Tseminyu meeting conducted
TsEmiNyu, may 30 (Dipr): The SDPDB Tseminyu meeting was held on May 30 at the ADC conference hall presided by ADC Tseminyu & Vice Chairman Vekhweno Meratsu. The house elaborated on the norms and criteria for grant-in-aid to Don Bosco School Tesophenyu and AG School Tseminyu and approved the same. During the Postal depart-
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ment profile presentation, its activities and functions were discussed and the department was asked to improve its delivery system and to have coordination with other institutions of the sub-division as public services departments. The need to have village vision cell for better and effective implementation of planning and developmental activities in the
village was also discussed. It was also approved that the food and sanitation inspection from the medical department shall inspect the food stalls, hotels, shops and markets along with civil administration to maintain hygienic outlets. The house also asked the veterinary department to conduct canine (dog) vaccination from time to time. Discussing on the old and
rusted water pipeline, the PHE department was given directive to replace them urgently. The house congratulated the Government High School and Higher Secondary School for their excellent performance in the recently declared exam. CDPO was instructed to give the departmental profile presentation in the next board meeting.
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WoKha, may 30 (mExN): The Wokha District Village Council Chairman Association (WDVCCA) in its executive meeting on May 26 resolved to extend “unflinching support and cooperation” to the decision/ resolution of the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland. A press statement appended by WDVCCA president Tsutsamo Ovung and general secretary Nonghothung Yanthan informed that the meeting also resolved that the Village Council Chairmen & Village Council Members will henceforth not collect taxation for any Naga political group/faction. In the event of any Village/Village
Council Member acting in violation of this resolution, it was decided that, the WDVCCA will desist to extend assistance/ support to the defaulter. The meeting further decided that in the event of any unwarranted action taken by Nationalist against any Village Council including the VCC for implementation of the above resolution, the WDVCCA shall refrain from further cooperation to the particular nationalist group/faction. Meanwhile, the Pfutsero Town public leaders, action committee Pfutsero Town Council, colony chairmen, youth presidents, Pfutsero Town Traders Union, Pfutsero Voluntary Consumer Organisation, Pfutsero
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Town Mothers Association and senior leaders held a joint meeting on May 14 at Ptutsero Town Hall and reviewed the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland public rally held on May 14, 2014 at Pfutsero local ground. The house unanimously resolved that Pfutsero Town will fully support the ACAUT Nagaland movement, for the betterment of the Nagas. It also decided to form ACAUT Pfutsero unit. The house selected the nomination committee for the formation of the ACAUT Pfutsero unit, informed a press release issued by Sessional Secretary Ngotso D Sakhamo and Sessional Chairman Vetsurayi Tetseo.
NPF youth wing Dmp laments exclusion of district legislators in cabinet Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): The NPF Youth Wing, Dimapur division has drawn the attention of Chief Minister TR Zeliang and NPF high command to the “miserable plight” faced by the citizens of Dimapur. In a press statement, the president of the division stated that Dimapur being the economic hub and the gateway of the state, a reasonable amount of attention to the district is a must. “However, it is extremely sad to note that our district has been totally neglected for a very long time.” The statement said that in the recent reshuffle of the portfolios, the hope of the party workers in getting a cabinet berth grew bigger in light of the fact that Dimapur was ignored last year. However, it expressed shock that this year too, the government has totally sidelined Dimapur which it said is very much in need of a ministerial berth.
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When NPF won two seats in the last general elections in Dimapur which was a Congress strong hold, the president said, the party workers had high hopes that the district would be awarded with at least one cabinet berth but was left high and dry. The party workers remained composed respecting the decision of the party, he added. As a political party, Dimapur NPF youth division said it strives to work for the welfare of the party workers in particular and the citizens in general. “And when the party high command ignores us in this manner, then the trend will go down to the grassroots level which is the very foundation of the NPF,” it asserted. In such a situation, the youth wing stated, this trend will automatical-
ly lead them to ignore the grassroots people which will be the beginning of the downfall of the regional party. “The Dimapur NPF youth division cannot always remain a yes-man to the decisions of the party high command at the cost of the wishes of the grassroots people who are our strength.” Therefore, to further strengthen the party workers at the grassroots level especially the youths and to boost their confidence in the party, the NPF Youth Wing, Dimapur division has requested the CM and party high command to reconsider the decision and include at least one legislator from the district into the cabinet berth. “In the interest of the party, we are trying our best to contain the mood of the agitated youths,” it added.
MEx FILE ATUD consultative meeting Dimapur, may 30 (mExN): The Akuluto Town Union Dimapur (ATUD) will have a consultative meeting on June 8, 3:30pm at the residence of its president Boheto Chophy, near Govt. Fishery, Model Colony, Purana Bazaar. Therefore, General Secretary Katoho V Chishi has requested all the office bearers and the executive members to attend the meeting positively.
KDCC executive meeting Kohima, may 30 (mExN): The Kohima District Congress Committee has convened an executive meeting on June 4, 11:00 am at the residence of KV Pusa, former NPCC president. Therefore, all the DCC office bearers, NPCC members, ACCC presidents and general secretaries, frontal chief and committee cell members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
VYO elects new team of office bearers
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Kohima, may 30 (mExN): The Viswema Youth Organisation (VYO) held its 69th General Session on May 24, 2014 and elected a new team of following office bearers for the tenure 2014-2016: President - Eyosa Kikhi; Vice President - Puleto Rhütso; General Secretary - Pumezhol Tsükrü; Treasurer - Vitsoto Vitsu; Information and Publicity Secretary - Swetol Sothu; Advisor we should guide theologians to serve God Kevicho Tsukrü. anywhere instead of teaching them to serve God only in the Church and in the Mkg district in-service Mission Fields. Luke 10: 2 says "The har- doctors’ meeting vest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to moKoKchuNg, may 30 (mExN): The Mokoksend out workers into his harvest field.” chung District Nagaland In-service Doctors AssociaWithout a doubt, the harvest is plentiful tion (NIDA) meeting was held on May 30 at IDSP Hall, today but in the context of Nagaland, we IMDH Mkg. The meeting was chaired by Dr. S.S Akaba can no longer say that the laborers are few. Longchar, CMO Mkg. The meeting resolved to nomiThere are many theologians who are min- nate the CMO as convenor, Dr. Ayangla as secretary, Dr. istering outside of the church and Mission Toshila MO TB & Chest disease as treasurer, Dr. Akum fields and still many are wondering what SMO CHC Mangkolemba and Dr. Tiameren SMO to do. The main reason could be lack of ca- TB&chest disease as district representatives. All the inreer guidance. If the Churches are not able service allopathic doctors and dental surgeon are to be to accommodate the theologians, why not a member of the association, informed a press release. provide career guidance so that they can A sub-committee was also constituted for the formation become a channel of blessing in corners/ of a District Medical Fraternity. areas where the churches and mission R&B minister mourns fields are not reaching out. Growing numbers of theological stu- Kohima, may 30 (mExN): Minister for Roads & dents in high percentage should be con- Bridges, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu has mourned the desidered as a blessing to the Church and the mise of Vesura Swuro at Ruzazho village after prolonged State. Indeed it will be a blessing in disguise illness on May 30, 2:00 pm. In a message, Azo stated that to the Churches; if we teach theologians to late Vesura Swuro had led Ruzazho village from the serve God in the work places they are en- front serving under various capacities including Village gaged with/in, as their calling. There are Council Chairman, Area Council Member and Pastor lots of issues which the Churches and the during his younger days. He was well respected and acMission fields cannot comprehensively knowledged for his wisdom, oratory skills, bold leadaddress or reach out to. As such, those en- ership qualities and principles, he added. Late Vesugaged in other ministries can be a bridge to ra Swuro was also the father of Azo’s former Personal fill the gaps in building the whole Body of Secretary (PS), Besupra Swuro, when he was a medical Christ, while the Church of Christ may be minister. Stating that his demise has created a vacuum strengthened and the real beauty of Christ which will be hard to fill not only for Rurazhomi village, is manifested and glorified. And there we but the entire Chakhesang community, Azo extended participate in unfolding the mystery of deepest condolences to the bereaved family members God’s purpose in establishing His Kingdom and prayed that God would grant them strength and in and through the so called ‘Called out solace in their hour of grief and pain. Community’ with their diverse ministries.
Teach to serve God not just the church Maong Jamir Prodigals’ Home
“Theologians should only serve in the church or the mission fields” or “Missionaries and Church Ministers are the only God’s real ministers” and such thoughts and expressions, I believe, is a mindset most of us Christians harbor or is instilled with. Recently a person asked me if I have no “call from” or “calling for” Church Ministry. This question pricked my mind to answer him and also pen down my thoughts. I am a Theological Graduate serving in a NonGovernmental Organization since the past 10 years. Before that, I served in a church and in a Theological College but somehow there remained a void in my life. The void was slowly filled as I started working with and among the rejected, discriminated, isolated, condemned, abused, harassed, persecuted, and downtrodden as branded by most of us in the society. I thus solemnly replied “Dear friend, the work I am doing today is my calling and my mission field”. The person who asked me that question is not a case in isolation; since completion of my theological studies, most clergy and laity known to me have expected me to serve either in the Church, Mission Field or Theological Colleges; these expectations have stemmed from our conventional mindset that brand those ministries as real calling from/of God. If any theological person works outside of that purview, they are often considered as undedicated, unspiritual, sidetracked, etc. “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There
are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.” 1st Cor. 12:4-6 (NIV). I, and I suppose most Christians, have heard preaching from this passage once or more than once. We Christians seem to have unwittingly narrowed down the understanding and application of the passages only to Church Ministry and Mission fields. There are thousands of theological students (Nagas) studying in Nagaland, different parts of India and even outside of our Country. Every year our NGO (Prodigals’ Home) also receives significant number of applications from recent and not so recent theological graduates with or without working experiences in the churches; many of them are well qualified and dedicated. Many of them expressed their calling to Social Work while many expressed their interest to serve in the churches, but having found no space/vacancy in the churches and mission fields they opt for other jobs. And often, because of the unintentional yet narrow understanding about the concept of “God’s ministry”, the Naga Christians look down at those theologians working in NGOs, running Hostels, Schools, orphanages home, Government service, and private sectors etc, as sidetracked theologians. We would continue to demoralize many young theologians, if we continue to encourage serving in the churches and mission fields as the only or true ministry of God. On the flip side, a big question is, “can churches accommodate all the theologians in the churches and mission fields?”
Today, we have thousands of Theological Graduates working in different fields with only a fraction of the total serving in churches and mission fields; the majority or half of this fraction being comprised by batches from the previous generation. There was once a time when all the theological students received requests or assurance from their respective churches to serve in the church or mission field even before the completion of their studies. That, in particular, was not because they were extraordinarily talented or committed but more because there was shortage of theologically trained workers in the Churches; those golden days for theologically trained people is almost over. Today I see lot of churches screening and conducting interviews to fill a vacant post. It reflects how the churches are indecisive to appoint a person out of many dedicated and qualified theologians. There is also a doubt if selections are politicized. The churches may also sometimes commit a blunder by selecting a qualified but not committed or has no calling to that particular ministry. Along with comprehensive theological knowledge and sound doctrine we need strong commitment if we are to effectively serve in a church ministry or other diverse mission fields. Here comes the issue of “calling” and where one fits best. Seeing the present picture, there will be a time, when theological graduates working in the churches/mission fields would be outnumbered by those working “out of it”. In this context, I opine that we need a Paradigm shift in ministerial teaching and understanding. I urge that
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After 2 coups in 8 years, fears over Thai future Todd Pitman associated Press
The last time Thailand's army seized power, in 2006, some called it "the smiling coup." Residents of Bangkok who supported the overthrow of an elected government they accused of corruption poured into the streets, handing out flowers to soldiers who had deployed tanks across this metropolis of glass skyscrapers and ornate Buddhist temples. It was bloodless, and for a time, it was calm. Last Thursday, Thailand's army seized power again without firing a shot, overthrowing a popularly elected administration that won a landslide vote three years earlier. The army says it had to act to restore order after seven months of increasingly violent political turbulence. But the aftermath feels much different this time. Most of the country's ousted government has been detained or is in hiding. Journalists, scholars and politicians are being ordered to surrender at army bases. Activists have fled. The junta chief has issued ominous warnings not to criticize the takeover. A nighttime curfew has been imposed. And protests, though small, have come almost immediately. Hanging over it all is the threat of serious resistance. The political movements spawned in the aftermath of the 2006 coup — particularly the "Red Shirts" who support the ousted government — had vowed to take action if there was another. So far, there has been no bloodshed. But as ousted Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang put it Tuesday, shortly before being taken into custody by soldiers at a news conference in Bangkok, "If anyone thinks that the coup will stop all the conflict and the turmoil or violence, they would be wrong." The May 22 putsch led by Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha "will create more conflict," said Chaturon, the only member of the deposed government who has spoken freely in public since the military took over. "From now on, there will be more
In this photo taken May 24, 2014, protesters hold signs during an anti-coup demonstration outside a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand. The last time Thailand's army seized power, in 2006, some called it "the smiling coup." It was bloodless, and for a time, it was calm. Last Thursday, Thailand's army seized power again, overthrowing a popularly elected administration that won a landslide vote three years earlier. But this time feels much different. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
and more resistance," he said, adding that if violence erupts, "it will be a disaster for this country." The junta is trying to silence the critics it has detained by releasing them only if they sign a form agreeing not to do anything "provocative." Violators face two years in jail. Thai news outlets have been shut down or are practicing selfcensorship. The military has said it will crack down on online speech it considers inflammatory. It denied responsibility for a brief and partial shutdown of Facebook in Thailand on Wednesday, but it has begun targeting websites deemed threatening. Among those now blocked: the Thailand page of Human Rights Watch. This coup is in essence a continuation of the last one. Both were sparked by political conflict surrounding former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin, a billionaire who made a fortune in the telecommunications industry, shook up the country's traditional power structure by winning over the majority lower classes with populist policies that brought virtually free health care and electricity to some villages for the first time. His opponents, including powerful businessmen, staunch royalists and much of the upper and middle classes, accused him of corruption, abuse of power and disrespect for
the nation's revered king. He was deposed in 2006, and two years later was convicted on corruption charges he says were politically motivated. He lives abroad to avoid serving prison time but had remained deeply influential in the recently ousted government, which was led by his sister until a court removed her from office earlier this month. In the backdrop of nearly a decade of political upheaval, there is also increasing anxiety about the health of 86-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longestreigning monarch, and the eventual succession. Thailand-based media rarely report on the issue because of the country's severe lese majeste laws, which impose harsh jail terms against those deemed to have defamed the monarchy. The latest coup was the culmination of a half-year of protests triggered by a disastrous attempt by the ruling party to pass an amnesty bill that would have erased Thaksin's two-year prison sentence and allowed him to return home. In the days immediately following the 2006 coup, only a few ministers were detained, and critics and perceived opponents were not summoned daily, as they are now — more than 250 so far. Public TV stations were censored briefly, but social media was in its infancy and the partisan TV stations that have
backed rival sides in recent years — shut last week by the new junta — did not exist. And back then, there were no immediate street protests. This time, demonstrators have come out daily — albeit small groups mostly numbering in the hundreds. On Sunday, about 1,500 people marched several miles (kilometers) through the heart of the capital, defying a ban on political gatherings. There have been scuffles, and some have been detained, but so far the army has not used force to disperse protesters — perhaps aware the situation could rapidly deteriorate. "I kept quiet for a long time, but I have come out now because I got upset with what's going on," said Parthittagon Wanithkungwan, an English teacher. "We have to teach these people a lesson, that such a thing should never be tolerated in a democratic society." Although Bangkok is considered an establishment stronghold, it is not entirely so. As demonstrators walked across the city, girls in karaoke bars came out to give a thumbsup. Vendors smiled and made V signs for victory. Some clapped. Taxis drove past, their occupants leaning out the window to display hastily made "wanted" posters on sheets of white paper bearing the image of Prayuth, the army ruler. After they gathered at Victory
‘Gender is not boundary’
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With an AK47 automatic rifle slung over her shoulder, Naeemo Abdi frisks people coming into a Mogadishu police station. When she holds back a man who tried to enter unchecked, he scowls at her and barks: "Woman and soldier?" She did not respond but directed the man to the security checkpoint. It's unusual to see a female in the military in traditionally conservative Somali society where women's duties are generally at home and limited to family chores. But Abdi and other determined women are breaking down those barriers. About 1,500 females are now in the military of 20,000, according to estimates. The lean 25-year-old Abdi explains that she has endured many challenges joining the army two years ago. She moved from a conventional domestic role as a wife and mother of three to work in the army because she liked the prestige. She said she faced massive opposition from her spouse and family who thought she'd be cast off should she decide to become a soldier. "It was difficult, but I must do this to serve my country unreservedly," she said. Her work as a soldier receives mixed reactions from her fellow Somalis. A few approve, but many think women should not be in the military. "Gender is not boundary," said Abdi, tightening her bootlaces. "If committed, women can work far better than men." At work they often wear camouflage trouser uniforms, boots and bright blue or purple headscarves topped by a beret with the military's insignia. At other times they wear long skirts to observe Islamic dress codes. They also often carry heavy backpacks. Somali army officials report female army recruits have increased following the ouster from the capital in 2011 of the Islamic extremist rebels of
Female soldiers join the army ranks in Somalia
Monument, an obelisk surrounded by a roundabout, protesters and soldiers faced off for an hour on a nearby street. A hundred grim-faced soldiers with automatic weapons and riot shields lined up in formation across an eight-lane road, refusing to let the demonstrators past. The swelling crowd shouted, "Get out! Get out!" and held signs saying "No Coup!" and "Thailand Needs Elections." In the middle stood a police officer. Thailand's police — seen as supporting the ousted government — have been co-opted by the army and have at times taken on a peacemaker role. "Please, brothers and sisters. Please be reasonable. Please go back home," the officer said, his voice booming through a loudspeaker. "These people are of a new generation," said businessman Chatchai Mongkolsri, who joined the protest after learning about it from a popular Thai blog. "They have learned what democracy is, and they want to protect it." If the last decade — or for that matter, the last century — is anything to go by, that will not be easy. The country has endured a dozen successful coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932, and even when democratic governments were at the helm, there was never any doubt that real power remained with the military. The army-backed establishment insists its goal is to root out corruption and abuse of power it says emanates from Thaksin, his family and his allies. It is now demanding political reform before elections, saying Thaksin and his supporters would use corruption and vote-buying to win. But it has been vague about how it intends to improve the system. The army-backed establishment pushed through a new constitution in 2007 drafted in part to curb Thaksin's power, but it has still not managed to win an election. Controversial judicial rulings removed two pro-Thaksin prime ministers in 2008, one of whom was forced to work out of the VIP lounge of the capital's old airport because protesters had taken over his office.
Climate Apartheid: Sherpas fall victims in Himalayan black snow Rajendra Shende IaNS
In this photo taken Sunday, March 30, 2014, a female Somali soldier guards a police station in Mogadishu, Somalia. It’s unusual to see a female in the military in traditionally conservative Somali society where women's duties are generally at home and limited to family chores, but determined women are breaking down those barriers with about 1,500 females now in the military of 20,000, according to estimates. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
al-Shabab. Order is slowly being restored in Somalia following more than 20 years of chaos and violence. Somalia's state largely collapsed after a dictator was overthrown in 1991 and the country was run by feuding clans and more recently by Islamic militants. With support from the U.N. and the African Union, Somali forces pushed the extremists of al-Shabab out of the capital. The army now controls Mogadishu, the sprawling seaside capital that has a population estimated at up to 3 million, most other cities and large parts of the countryside. However the militants are still a danger, killing government employees, including soldiers. For protection, the women in the Somali army hide their identities out of the workplace by covering their faces and bodies with hijabs. To further protect her security after finishing her shift, Sadi-
ya Nur, another woman soldier, takes a circuitous route home to avoid being followed by possible extremists. Inside the bus, she chooses a back seat to avoid getting ambushed by assassins. "My senses tell me to be suspicious because they don't want to see me helping me my country," said Nur, a soft-spoken but resolute 28-year-old. "My husband, family and everyone wanted me to stay at home! It didn't work for me." Other female soldiers say their dedication to the army cost them their marriage and some family relations. In spite of their progress, women complain of discrimination and inequality in the army, saying they are restricted to menial jobs. "The only problem is women get relegated, and don't get promoted to higher roles," said female soldier Shukri Hassan. For female soldiers, the rigid backbreaking military training
was their main obstacle, and forced many to give up. "Some of them could barely run for a mile, others cried and gave up," said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police officer who supervised training for the female recruits. Officials say some female trainees want to serve as combat soldiers battling the alQaida-linked militants in Somalia — but most of them are deployed at police stations to help provide security. "Getting senior female officers would inspire more women to join the army," said Halimo Maalin, a female soldier. Nevertheless, the new female army recruits take pleasure in their gains so far. "We hope equality in our army will make a better impression in our community," said Abdi, the soldier working at a police station. "We want to show that we can serve for good in our country."
The opposition Democrat Party eventually took over, sparking protests in 2010 that saw downtown Bangkok occupied by the pro-Thaksin "Red Shirt" movement. Those protests ended with a bloody military crackdown that left more than 90 people dead and the city in flames. This time, the Red Shirts had vowed to respond if the government was toppled again, but many of its leaders have been detained. Some have been freed, but only on condition that they do not participate in political activity that could incite division; the junta is threatening to prosecute and jail those who do. That is why nobody has heard from Thaksin's sister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was forced to step down as prime minister this month after a controversial court ruling, since she was released from military custody this week. Yingluck's administration, which ascended to power after 2011 vote, had been hamstrung by an inability to use force against protesters even as they took over government buildings and key parts of Bangkok, for fear of triggering an army intervention. The army had warned the government its leadership would be responsible for any loss of life. Now that the military is in charge, its policy toward dissent — and perceived dissent — is much different. Two Thai reporters who asked Prayuth about elections and appointing a prime minister were summoned by the army a day later for asking "inappropriate" questions in an "aggressive, pushy manner." A week into the takeover, it is hard to know how many people oppose it, but the initial anger is more palpable than it was eight years ago. "This is not just about the coup," said Pimlapat Suksawat, a health care worker who marched this weekend. "This is about us. Our society is not what it used to be. It's changing. The lower class is now the middle class. We are educated, we are no longer poor, but still they look down on us." Pimlapat said that "fewer people are smiling this time ... and if we don't come out to stop them, they'll do it again."
"A few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow, and we stood on top," stated Sir Edmund Hillary about his final climb - the first by mankind - to the top of the Everest, a feat accomplished exactly 61 years ago on May 29, 1953. Come 2014, the snow on the ascent is no longer as firm as it then was. Global warming due to emission of green house gases is causing a "grand melt" all over the globe - from Antarctica to the Arctic to the Andes to the Alps. The Himalayas are no exception. Even worse, this thaw is accelerating due to the deposition of black carbon - micro particles emitted in the atmosphere due to incomplete combustion of fossil fuels like diesel and biomass used for cooking and numerous other applications. Such black carbon particles, which form "brown clouds", can travel amazing distances across the globe along with the atmospheric currents and can affect even unsoiled regions like the Himalayas. Travelling from the atmosphere above the rich diesel consuming and fuelburning countries, these clouds deposit black carbon on the snow making it dirty. Such dirty snow absorbs more sunlight and the subsequent melt accelerates at surprising speed. A 2013 paper of the National Academy of Science stated that glaciers in the Alps began to retreat abruptly in the mid-19th century, when they should have instead advanced as per the reconstruct of the temperatures at that time. This has long been a paradox to glaciologists and climatologists. The culprit: industrial black
carbon deposition began to markedly increase in the mid-19th century. Ever since the successful climb by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, more than 4,000 climbers have now scaled the 29,028 ft. summit of Everest. Climbing the Everest has become more of recreational tourism rather than spirited adventurous exploration. The poor sherpas, who play the role of "shadow climbers", service nearly 800 climbers from the rich world using their money power. They work a full summer season of 4-5 months for $2,000-$5,000 per sherpa as against a rich climber who spends about $75,000$100,000 for each climb. The risks encountered by the sherpas are increasing due to accelerated melting of infamous Khumbu fall, which is at the head of the Khumbu glacier - a slow moving mass of ice on Everest's slope at around 6,000 meters. It has to be traversed from Base Camp to Camp I. Khumbu Glacier is now moving faster due to underneath melt and posing a life threatening risk for the sherpas, who have to frequent between Base Camp and Camp I. The job of rich climbers is made easy by the services provided by sherpas. The Khumbu glacier moves slowly but the large crevasses open their fatal jaws with little warning. The huge towers of ice now found at the icefall have been known to collapse unexpectedly. Blocks of ice the size of SUVs and even helicopters roll down out of blue. It is now estimated that the glacier is advancing faster - about one meter per day - down the mountain and dislocating the firm ice that Edmund Hillary found in 1953. There is a clear divide be-
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tween those who cause the damage and those suffer the consequences. Like disposable consumer products, the rich climbers are treating the sherpas as disposable men. When the sherpas revolted after the tragedy in April when 16 were killed in the Khumbhu icefall, mainly for the pathetic compensation offered to them, all the rich climbers quietly wrapped their equipment and left for their homes - to continue their emissions businessas-usual. This "state of being apart" has created "climate apartheid". The least but the most fitting action Western climbers should take is to declare higher compensation for sherpas, show them dignity and pledge to reduce black carbon emissions, which will provide early and immediate benefits in delaying the melt and reduce the risks of climbing. Of course such efforts should be complementary to reducing the emission of carbon dioxide. A Nepali teacher in the school in Kumjung, about 4,000 meters above sea level in Sagarmatha National Park run by the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation, told me when I visited the school: "Sir Edmund Hillary, when he reached the summit of Everest, took a photo of Tenzing Norgay standing on the summit but did not agree for Tenzing to take his own photo. Though Hillary reached the summit first, he always said that it was collective effort. He not only cared for a sherpa's dignity but worked relentlessly and passionately for their wellbeing through his foundation." Such exceptional thinking has not stopped today's climate apartheid. It is accelerating. Like the melt of glaciers - and needs to be halted.
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THE MORUNG EXPRESS
31 May, 2014
Graduation advice for aspiring humanitarians William G Moseley
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t's that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when university students are donning caps and gowns to participate in graduation exercises. For those new graduates pursuing careers in international humanitarianism (be it diplomacy, development, relief or human rights work), many are wondering what to do next in order to build a career? Herewith a bit of advice for the aspiring humanitarian - and it's not what you'd expect. Many people go into humanitarian or development work to "save the world". While working to make the world a better place is a noble goal, it often sets up a problematic dichotomy between those doing the helping and those being assisted. This approach also obfuscates the links between wealth generation in some parts of the world and deprivation in others. It's insulting to be classified as an object of charity. Worse yet, the charity model may disempower local people by convincing them that they are somehow inferior. Rather than charity, the need is for allies and collaborators in a common fight against injustice. Become a humanitarian or development practitioner because you find the work interesting. If a development worker came to live in my community, I would much rather they be there because they find my culture interesting, they're willing to join me in exposing injustice, or they enjoy the challenge of working on a local development question. Develop deep regional knowledge The prevailing wisdom in the development assistance arena today is that you need strong technical skills to be successful. While expertise in public health, agriculture or natural resource management is definitely helpful, don't forget about the importance of deep regional knowledge. This means learning local languages, spending extended periods of time in an area, and studying regional history,
culture, geography and politics. A good example of the need for such insights is the northern Nigeria crisis involving Boko Haram and the kidnappings of more than 300 school girls. International terrorism experts and human rights advocates tend to see this situation in black and white terms. In their eyes, Boko Haram is the clear villain and the Nigerian government is the likely actor for positive change and resolution. In contrast, long-time Nigeria scholar Michael Watts points out that it is far more complicated given the history of politics in the area. There are, for example, connections between Boko Haram and the government. Politicians had made promises to Boko Haram which they then broke, producing tensions. This is not a defence of Boko Haram, but a nuance that is largely missing from the international campaign to #bringbackourgirls. While we tend to celebrate the globe-trotting development or humanitarian professional who moves effortlessly from one context to the next, these individuals often lack the deep knowledge of regional history and politics needed to develop lasting solutions and interventions.
The temptation with any career is to move up the ladder as quickly as possible. Within development and humanitarian work, this often means moving from field-based positions to those in the office or in increasingly large cities far from the actual work. This problem, identified long ago by participatory development scholar Robert Chambers, often leads to detached and out of touch managers and leaders. Rather than seeing a field posting in a small, rural community as a time of waiting, it ought to be embraced and extended as much as possible. It is this grassroots experience that will prove to be a valuable sounding board later in one's career. Whether or not you admire US President Barack Obama, his time as a community organiser gave him insights which served him well later in his career. Beware of hubris While young graduates are right to be proud of their university degrees, and they have now joined an elite club (only 6.7 percent of the global population has a university degree), they must never forget that their ability to obtain a degree had as much or more to do with luck than
hard work and intelligence. Sure, they worked hard and did well in school. And yes, the fact that many of their classmates flunked out along the way suggests that making it to graduation was never a given. But, let's face it, all university graduates won the lottery by being born into a context that allowed them to get a university degree. University graduates must further recognise the limits of their knowledge. What they possess is book or formal knowledge of certain phenomenon. Nearly all vexing development or humanitarian questions are not easily solved by formal knowledge alone. These problems also demand the insights and experiential knowledge of local people. While the global community has long privileged formal technical knowledge over local or experiential understandings, aspiring development professionals must actively resist this tendency. The rural agricultural development scene which I study is often riddled with field staff who think they know better because they have a university degree. Everyone would be better off if they recognised the valuable insights that local farmers have to offer. For example, small farmers in southern Mali have traditionally used their local understanding of ecology to sustainably produce food in the face of highly variable rainfall, limited soil fertility and pest problems. The world needs good international citizens who are willing and able to manage its global development and humanitarian institutions. While these individuals must be competent in their particular fields, their temperament, perspective and regional knowledge are often just as important. As newly minted college graduates contemplate how to develop careers in international humanitarianism, I urge you to ignore most of the conventional career advice for these fields. Do it because you enjoy it, develop deep knowledge of certain places, linger at the grassroots and be humble about the limits of your knowledge.
Study: Species go extinct far faster than before
Seth Borenstein
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pecies of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the brink of a sixth great extinction, a new study says. The study looks at past and present rates of extinction and finds a lower rate in
the past than scientists had thought. Species are now disappearing from Earth about 10 times faster than biologists had believed, said the study's lead author, biologist Stuart Pimm of Duke University. "We are on the verge of the sixth extinction," Pimm said from research at the Dry Tortugas. "Whether we avoid it or not will depend on our actions." The work, published Thursday by the journal Sci-
THE HOUSE
Viko Peseyie
It’s not easy growing up in a house that’s not a home. It’s not easy growing up in a house where there is constant yelling, screaming and crying, Where the sound of the dishes breaking, and your mother’s sobbing wakes you up in the middle of the night, Where the stench of fear, anger, sadness and chaos is overwhelming, And you constantly wonder if today is the day when nobody loses their cool... and everybody is calm and happy...and feels safe. It’s not easy growing up in a house that’s not a home. It’s not easy growing up in a house with a father who will never be your dad, your papa or your daddy, A father who never notices you, yet never fails to point out your flaws, Where you walk into a room and your father neither looks up, nor his eyes light up to see you... And you realize your presence in a room does not matter... your presence in a room is not required... and you do not matter. It’s not easy growing up in a house that’s not a home. It’s not easy growing up in a house where you
ence, was hailed as a landmark study by outside experts. Pimm's study focused on the rate, not the number, of species disappearing from Earth. It calculated a "death rate" of how many species become extinct each year out of 1 million species. In 1995, Pimm found that the pre-human rate of extinctions on Earth was about 1. But taking into account new research, Pimm and his colleagues refined that background rate to about 0.1. Now, that death rate is about 100 to 1,000, Pimm said. Numerous factors are combining to make species disappear much faster than before, said Pimm and co-author Clinton Jenkins of the Institute of Ecological Research in Brazil. But the No. 1 issue is habitat loss. Species are finding no place to live as more places are built up and altered by humans. Add to that invasive species crowding out native spe-
cies, climate change affecting where species can survive and overfishing, Pimm said. The buffy-tufted-ear marmoset is a good example, Jenkins said. Its habitat has shrunk because of development in Brazil, and a competing marmoset has taken over where it lives. Now it's on the international vulnerable list. The oceanic white-tip shark used to be one of the most abundant predators on Earth, but they have been hunted so much they are now rarely seen, said Dalhousie University marine biologist Boris Worm, who wasn't part of the study but praised it. "If we don't do anything, this will go the way of the dinosaurs." Five times, a vast majority of the world's life has disappeared in what have been called mass extinctions, often associated with giant meteor strikes. About 66 million years ago, one such extinction killed off the dinosaurs
constantly hear the sound of a fight, a quarrel or a heated argument from the next room, Where every room is as bleak as the next, and is good enough for somebody to get beaten up or yelled at... And you try to drown out the painful sounds that break your heart by covering your ears with your pillows... But it never stops... It continues... It goes on and on... till you cry yourself to sleep. It’s not easy growing up in a house that’s not a home. It’s not easy growing up in a house where you see the people around you becoming less happy with each passing day... And you see their spirits crushed, their hopes betrayed and their desire to live slipping away... Where the people around you stop laughing and smiling... and they stop dreaming and wishing and living... and they start to exist. And all you can do is wonder why?... Why?... WHY?
and three out of four species on Earth. Around 252 million years ago, the Great Dying wiped out about 90 percent of the world's species. Pimm and Jenkins said there is hope. Both said the use of smartphones and applications such as iNaturalist will help ordinary people and biologists find species in trouble, they said. Once biologists know where endangered species are, they can try to save habitats and use captive breeding and other techniques to save the species, they said. One success story is the golden lion tamarin. Decades ago the tiny primates were thought to be extinct because of habitat loss, but they were then found in remote parts of Brazil and bred in captivity, and biologists helped set aside new forests for them to live in, Jenkins said. "Now there are more tamarins than there are places to put them," he said.
you do not want to return to The House... The cold, wretched House that makes you sad, anxious and unsafe... But you have no choice... You have to... and you do... unwillingly, with a heavy heart, knowing what awaits you back at The House... So it’s not easy growing up in a house that’s not a home. For furniture and rooms don’t make a home, People in every room don’t make a home, But love does. The love between people, The love among the people, The love around you, The love between you and I... I lived in a house that was never a home. But I will never live in a house again. Someday, I will live with people I love. And I will be kind to them... and they will be kind to me. I will love them... and they will love me
It’s not easy growing up in a house that’s not a Someday, I will go to bed happy and wake up happy. home. It’s not easy growing up in a house where you go Someday, I will live in a home. to bad sad and wake up sad... Where the people at school seems nicer and (Follow Viko Peseyie’s personal page on Facefriendlier, and you feel safer and happier there, book @ https://www.facebook.com/PagesFromAnd you do not want the final bell to ring because MyMind )
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Discipline School Children
Njilo Kellin Kent: A kid aged about 9 or 10 years came to my cyber this morning, His bag was heavy and big so I asked what was inside his bag, he got nervous and he tried to avoid my question so I went and opened his bag and to my surprise I found his shoes and school uniform nicely folded along with his books. I looked at his book and saw the name of his school and his name. I tried to test his smartness and so I asked him what happened to his uniform to which he smartly replied that he went home because they got half holiday and since there was no one at home so he came to cyber. I asked him again why they got holiday!! he smartly replied that they got holiday because their teachers have a meeting. The kid was planning to play for 4,5 hours which will cost him about Rs.80 or 90 at minimum, Not every kid are so fortunate enough to get 100 bucks for school. Moreover A kid of class 4,5 bunking their classes is very shocking. I used to bunk my classes after I reached my higher secondary stage but that was also not as easy as the kids do it easily these days. I cannot dig myself deep into what is happening with them, is it the problem with their family?? or what is making them to do so. I know that computer games are spoiling them and taking them away from their books and social life so I kindly request the parents of each and every students to make sure that their children reach their school in time and reach home in time and also remember that if you are giving enough money to your children then you are spoiling them in someway .Give time to your kids to hangout with their friends too, let them visit the cyber and play games for an hour or two when they are free because most of the parents think that cyber games are bad for their kids but its very wrong in case you are thinking that way, its not the game but its the use of time. I am also trying my best to check out kids and everything in my cyber because I care for their career and future and I request all the cyber owners to do the same if in case you are failing to do so. Lets all work together in understanding and pray for a bright future. Khriezo Tetso: The kid was lying in the first place- how come he brought his school uniform in the bag, if he got to change his clothes after reaching home?? Kids deliberately bunking school to play games is not a good thing! Its proper guidance that’s needed. I have seen parents bring their kids to Game parlours in metro cities such as Mumbai. They spend an hour or two and leave happily. Am sure these kids do not bunk classes to play video games. This is what a civilised society does. Hope Nagaland can also learn how to educate their children this way. Peter Rutsa: Parenting is not easy. Some parents are at a lost how to discipline their Children. In ours or any society in this is present age. There are many factors responsible for such behaviour of Children. Anyway some Children can be put in the right track if not by their parents and relatives. NGO's can give it a try. Angami Students Union have recently advertised in the news papers the do's and don'ts for students. They have also provided telephone numbers to be contacted for issues related to students. Make use of it.
Waste Not, Want Not Inakhe Chisho: Germany is a highly industrialized country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. When we arrived at Hamburg , my colleagues walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy. There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us.When we left, there was still about one third of un-consumed food on the table. When we were leaving the restaurant, the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food. "We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague told the old ladies. The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform from Social Security organisation arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Euro fine. We all kept quiet. The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES." The mindset of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources. To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat. THE LESSON IS:- THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS. Expecting acknowledgment, that u read the message and forward to your contacts. VERY TRUE -"MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY."
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HM seeks report on grisly rape in UP
LUCKNOW, May 30 (ReUteRs): New Home Minister Rajnath Singh weighed in on Friday in a grisly case in which two teenage girls were raped and hanged from a tree this week in Uttar Pradesh, as public anger and political controversy over the attack gain momentum. The case is one of the first challenges for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his four-day-old government. It highlights the ongoing struggle to stem sexual violence in India, where a string of high-profile rapes has sparked nationwide protests and international criticism. Singh asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a report on the attack, a ministry spokesman said. Modi, a prolific Twitter user, has not yet commented on the killings in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a key political battleground. Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party swept 73 of the state’s 80 parliamentary seats in its landslide general election victory. The two cousins, from a low-caste community and aged 14 and 15, went missing from their home in a village in Budaun district on Tuesday evening when they went out to go to the toilet. The next morning, villagers found their bodies hanging from a mango tree in a nearby orchard. Local police said a postmortem confirmed that the girls, from the Dalit community, had been raped and died from the hanging.
Maya seeks central rule in UP after girls’ rape, murder
LUCKNOW, May 30 (IaNs): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Friday demanded imposition of president’s rule in Uttar Pradesh following the rape and murder of two sisters in a Budaun village Thursday. Addressing a press conference here, the former chief minister said the law and order machinery in the state had collapsed and demanded immediate intervention from the BJPled central government. The Dalit leader said criminals were having a free run in the state and the Samajwadi Party (SP) government had no control over the police machinery. “The situation in the state is very dangerous and before it turns worse, the central government should step in and dismiss the Akhilesh Yadav-led government,” she added. Urging Governor B.L. Joshi to send a report to the Centre recommending president’s rule in UP, Mayawati said time has come to rid the people of the state of the SP government. She also demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday spoke to Akhilesh Yadav in which the latter apprised the central minister, also an MP from Lucknow, that action had been initiated against the culprits and one of the accused was arrested. The chief minister has since recommended that the case be tried by a fast-track court. A detailed report has also been sent to the ministry of home affairs. Three men - one a policeman - have been arrested over the attack and a search is under way for two other suspects. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered that the case be handled by a fast-track court “to ensure that the guilty are brought to book without the usual procedural delay”, his spokesman
2 police fired for not acting in rape case LUCKNOW, May 30 (aP): A top government official says a state in north India has fired two police officers who failed to respond to a complaint by the fathers of two teenage girls who went missing and were later found gang-raped and killed. Anil Kumar Gupta said Friday the policemen had been charged with criminal conspiracy after they refused to file a complaint or take any action
when the fathers reported that the girls had been abducted. The teenage cousins were raped and killed Wednesday by attackers who then hung their bodies from a mango tree hours after they disappeared from fields near their home in Katra village in Uttar Pradesh. Angry villagers held protests in the village, demanding action against the police and arrests. Four men have been arrested in the rapes.
Rape victim’s mother attacked LUCKNOW, May 30 (aP): Police in northern India have arrested three men for brutally attacking the mother of a rape victim after she refused to withdraw her complaint, an official said Friday, as investigators sought clues in a gang rape elsewhere in the state that left two teenage cousins dead. The attack of the mother this week in the town of Etawah in Uttar Pradesh state followed the May 11 rape of her teenage daughter. A local man was arrested after the woman filed a complaint with authorities. The two cousins — whom police had originally identified as sisters — were raped and killed by attackers who hung their bodies from a mango tree in the village of Katra, also in Uttar Pradesh. The girls, 14 and 15 years old, were attacked as they went into nearby fields to relieve themselves, since there is no toilet in their home. Rape victims cannot be named under Indian law, even if they are dead.
Navneet Sehgal said. Another Dalit teenage girl was gang-raped and strangled in the constituency of Yadav’s father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, the leader of the regional Samajwadi party, on Thursday night, police said. Mulayam Singh Yadav provoked outrage during the election campaign by saying about the death
penalty for some rape cases: “Boys commit mistakes. Will they be hanged for rape?” Mayawati, an opposition leader in the state whose party enjoys widespread Dalit support, slammed the rape and hangings as evidence of the “jungle raj” that ran the state and failed to impose law and order. A small crowd staged a
protest against the killings outside the Uttar Pradesh state government’s office in Delhi on Friday afternoon. The poor state of women’s safety in India has been under the spotlight since the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in the capital Delhi in 2012, which led to the introduction of tougher rape laws.
Members of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union shout slogans during a protest against a gang rape of two teenage girls in Katra village, outside the Uttar Pradesh state house, in New Delhi, on Friday, May 30. A top government official said the northern Uttar Pradesh state has sacked two police officers who failed to respond to a complaint by the father of the two teenage girls who went missing and were later found gang raped and killed. (AP Photo)
Indian-Americans declared co-winners Punjab CM Badal cautions against after National Spelling Bee faceoff any hasty decision on Article 370 OXON HILL Md. May 30 (ReUteRs): A tense championship faceoff at the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a tie on Thursday, with co-winners declared for the first time in 52 years. Sriram Hathwar, an eighth grader from Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe, a seventh grader from Fort Worth, Texas, battled head-to-head through six rounds before judges ruled the contest a tie. “It was a surprise to me, I guess,” Hathwar said of the tie after he and Sujoe raised the championship trophy before a cheering crowd in a hotel ballroom. Hathwar and Sujoe were the last ones standing after third-place finisher Gokul Venkatachalam, a seventh grader from St. Louis, went out on “Kierkegaardian”. The spelling contest seemed over when Hathwar misspelled “corpsbruder”, but Sujoe slipped on the next word, “antigropelos”, and the faceoff was on. The see-saw match be-
Ansun Sujoe, 13, of Fort Worth, Texas, left, and Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Painted Post, N.Y., raise the championship trophy after being named co-champions of the National Spelling Bee, on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo
fore a primetime ESPN audience ended after Hathwar nailed “stichomythia”. Pronouncer Jacques Bailly told Sujoe that if he spelled the next word correctly he and Hathwar would be cowinners. Sujoe went to the microphone, Hathwar behind him. Bailly gave him “feuilleton”, and the bow-tied Sujoe rolled his eyes to the ceiling. He slowly spelled
it correctly, ending the 22nd round overall in the two-day Bee and the crowd erupted. The 2 each will receive a $30,000 cash prize. The tie was the first since 1962 and only the fourth in the 87year history of the Bee. Under contest rules, when two or three finalists remain, they face a 25-word championship word list. When the list runs out, co-
champions are declared. Hathwar and Sujoe are the seventh and eighth Indian Americans in a row to win the Bee, a centerpiece of Americana for decades. They emerged winners in a contest limited to those in eighth grade and younger. This year the Bee started with more than 11 million students across the United States and in at least seven foreign countries.
NeW deLHI/CHaNdIGaRH, May 30 (PtI): BJP ally Akali Dal on Friday cautioned the Centre against any hasty decision on Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu & Kashmir even as Modi government came under fresh attack over a minister raking up another contentious issue of uniform civil code. “The decisions on issues like Article 370 should not be taken in haste,” SAD leader and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal said in Bhatinda, a view echoed by BSP Chief Mayawati who cautioned the BJP-led government against any decision taken in haste that might affect unity and integrity of the country. JD(U) leader and Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi criticized the Modi government for raking up the issue of scrapping of Article 370 saying it would have an adverse impact on the country. Even as the row persisted, the Modi government came under fire after Union minister Radha Mohan Singh said there was no harm in having an open debate on Article 370 and also uniform civil code. “There is no harm in having an open debate on issues like Article 370 and a common civil code. Why should we shy away from weighing their pros and cons?” said the agriculture minister in reply to a question in
Smoking rates fall among Indian men, rise for women
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day
NeW deLHI, May 30 (IaNs): While smoking rates have fallen among Indian men, they have risen among women. A factor, doctors say, that can be attributed to rising cases of infertility and higher risk of cancer among Indian women these days. A study published earlier this year in the British Medical Journal and which was earlier carried by the The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) examined the prevalence of smoking and cigarette consumption in 187 countries between 1980 and 2012 and found that while cigarette smoking among Indian men has fallen from 33.8 percent in 1980 to 23 percent in 2012, it has risen from three percent to 3.2 percent among Indian women within the same time frame. In absolute terms, the number of female smok-
ers in India has more than doubled - from about 5.3 million to 12.2 million in that time frame. Commenting on the trend, Nevin Kishore, consultant in Pulmonology at Max Hospital, said the changing lifestyles are leading to more women taking up smoking in the Indian scenario. “The effects of smoking, like lung damage, do not show in a person who smokes about four-five cigarettes a day in the initial few years. Although tobacco does not discriminate on the basis of gender, women smokers are more at risk of infertility. They also face the risk of all kinds of cancer,” Kishore told IANS. Agreed Sapna Nangia, oncologist at Apollo Hospital. “There has been a rise in the number of women smoking cigarettes and there are two main reasons for it. The first is a carefully devised plan by the tobacco industry which has faced a lot of
lawsuits in this regard in the west, and has therefore realised that instead of going on facing the difficulty of advertising their product there, it would be easier to encourage women in India and China to smoke under the pretext of making smoking a socially acceptable norm,” Nangia told IANS. “If women in India and China started smoking in big numbers, the tobacco companies felt that they would no longer have to depend on the west. This, plus a mistaken notion that smoking denotes independence of women, has led to the numbers rising,” she added. Nangia however stressed that the upward trend is only in the urban areas, because “women in the rural areas have always consumed tobacco in high numbers”. Kailashnath Gupta, pulmonologist at Columbia Asia Hospital, went on to say that the consumption rate of smokeless tobacco has also risen among
women. “Tobacco does not differentiate, but the effect of smoking on pregnant women and those in the reproductive age group of 22-40 can be detrimental to the foetus and on their fertility,” Gupta said. He also said that while the overall number of smokers in India has increased, the percentage of smokers has come down “since it’s in relation to the size of our population. I also think that the younger generation today, those in the 20-25 age group, is smoking lesser than of the yesteryears,” Gupta added. His words find resonance in the study which revealed that although the prevalence of cigarette smoking in India has dropped by over five percent over the last three decades, the number of smokers in India has risen from about 74.5 million in 1980 to 110.2 million in 2012. However, as compared to 1980 when Indians used to smoke an average of
11.6 cigarettes a day, now they average 8.2 a day. The study used data from several multinational and national surveys, including the Global Adult Tobacco Survey. India is the third largest producer of tobacco and the second largest consumer of tobacco products worldwide, the study said. A different study in 2012 further found that 42 percent of cancers in men and 18.3 percent cancers in women were related to tobacco consumption. Cardiovascular disease is also linked to it. “The only way out of this health mess is for the government to implement the anti-tobacco laws more effectively. Increasing taxes, I feel, hardly discourages people, and it’s only the government that benefits. Advertisements against tobacco usage like the ones in movie theatres is one of the best ways to make people aware and therefore discourage them,” Gupta said.
Dehradun. Reacting strongly, Congress accused the BJP government of “provoking unpleasant divisions and bitterness in society” cautioning that they can “tear” the nation. Party spokesman Shashi Tharoor also recalled that when such issues were raised earlier by some BJP leaders in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, Modi disapproved of such “distractions” and asked whether he will now allow such talks soon after the government has begun functioning. “... Should you be provoking unpleasant divisions and bitterness in society just after elections. Should you be re-opening such sensitive issues ... There are many communities, which have personal laws like the Sikhs and Christians apart from Muslims,” Tharoor said wondering whether the country is going to ask all communities to accept laws of one community. He said that while debates do happen “that does not imply a license to reopening everything that can tear the nation” and noted that “uniform civil code is a sensitive issue”. Mayawati too alleged that controversy on Article 370 was generated only to create polarization among people on the lines of community and religion. “Even if Centre feels it necessary to repeal Article 370 in the interest of
people of Jammu & Kashmir, no decision should be taken in haste that might affect unity and integrity of the country,” she told reporters in Lucknow. Badal, however, said “an experienced and visionary leader” like Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take a call on such issues only after due consultation with the entire political leadership. The controversy was sparked by MoS in Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh’s remarks on Tuesday that the new government has started the process of consultations on repealing Article 370. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and opposition PDP slammed Singh for his comments while the minister said he has been “misquoted”. Meanwhile, Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh on Friday said such a controversy is “unnecessary” at a time when the new government is yet to take over completely. “Nothing can vitiate the fact that Jammu & Kashmir is an ‘integral part’ of India and it always will be,” said Singh, minister of state for defence. “At a time when the new government is yet to completely take over the routine functioning in the office, any controversy around Article 370 seems unnecessary,” he added in his Facebook post.
Children raped, forced to eat faeces in school: police
NeW deLHI, May 30 (tHOMsON ReUteRs FOUNdatION): The owner and manager of a children’s boarding school in Maharashtra have been arrested after five minors said they were raped, forced to watch pornographic films and act them out with one another, police and charity workers said. The children were made to eat faeces as a punishment if they did not comply. The 52-year-old owner of the Chandraprabha Charitable Trust and his 30-yearold female manager were arrested on Monday after a police raid on the school in Karjat city. “We received a police complaint from the Childline charity saying that one child had gone home for the holidays and confessed to his mother that abuses were happening,” Karjat’s Police Inspector R.R. Patil told the Thomson Reuters Foundation late on Thursday. “Five children in total have now come forward and we have booked the two suspects under various offences,” he said, adding that these included unnatural sex (sodomy), wrongful confinement and sexual assault. The school accommodated 28 underprivileged children, aged between 4 and 14, for 10 months of the year, said Patil, but most were on holiday at home at the time of the raid. Police were trying to find out whether other children were abused and
if there were any other suspects. Anuradha Sahasrabudhe of Childline, a charity supported by the government, said the children had spoken about all kinds of sexual and physical abuse. “It’s a horrific case. The children have been telling us about the sexual abuse going on there. There has been oral sex, there has been forced sex... These things have been photographed,” Saharasabudhe told the NDTV news channel. “Children have been punished by making them eat dog excreta and when they vomited, they were made to eat vomit,” she added. Police say the residential school had been running since 2002, but was not registered and had therefore escaped government inspections by child welfare officials. Child sexual abuse is disturbingly common in homes, schools, and residential care facilities in India. Inspection mechanisms for children’s homes, shelters and schools are inadequate and many privately run facilities are not even registered, a February 2013 report by Human Rights Watch said. In May 2012, serious sexual abuse was uncovered at a well-established residential care home for orphans called Apna Ghar (Our Home) in Rohtak on the outskirts of Delhi. Girls said they were forced to have sex with strangers for money and that they had been abused.
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Well-wishers hand cold drinks to Thai soldiers securing the area to prevent an anti-coup demonstration at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29. Hundreds of Thai troops and police sealed off one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections Thursday in an attempt to block a planned protest one week after a military coup. (AP Photo)
BANGKOK, MAy 30 (ReuteRs): Thailand’s military said on Friday it will set up “reconciliation centres” across the country aimed at healing a decade of political division that has often spilled into violence. Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha took power in a coup on May 22 saying he had to end the latest violent spasm of a struggle between the royalist establishment and an upstart power network headed by billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Some loyalists of the self-exiled Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, expect the army to bring in electoral and other reforms over coming months aimed at ending Thaksin’s political influence once and for all. But the army says it is being even-handed and politicians and activists from both sides have been among the more than 250 people detained since the coup, though more seem to have been allied to the ousted government of Thaksin’s sister, Yingluck Shinawatra. The dispute between the Bangkok-based establishment, of which the mili-
Activists plan rally to defy coup protest ban
BANGKOK, MAy 30 (AP): An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government’s ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. The call to rally on Sunday raised concerns of a showdown, as the military reiterated its ban on political gatherings and warned it will not tolerate protests against the coup it staged May 22. “The authorities will take legal measures against those who come out to oppose” the coup, deputy army spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree told a news conference. “We cannot tolerate this situation happening.” The warning came as the military sealed tary is a part, and Thaksin’s political machine, which includes provincial powerbrokers and is supported by the rural poor, has polarised the country and divided families. The junta has said it wants national cohesion and to “lead Thailand back on the path of democracy”, and says its reconciliation centres will be a part of that effort. “The model is Prayuth’s and it is intended to
off a major Bangkok intersection for a second day Friday to prevent a possible protest. The massive show of force — involving hundreds of troops during the evening rush hour— came in response to small but near-daily demonstrations that have raised tension and concerns the army will crack down on protesters. The country’s powerful army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, defended the coup as a means to restore order after seven months of increasingly violent political turbulence. In the past week, the junta has moved to silence its critics and warned that it will not tolerate dissent. It has summoned more than 250 people, including members of the government it ousted and other leading political
build peace because even within the same family politics can’t be discussed,” said Colonel Banpot Poonpien, a spokesman for the military’s Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC). “We must work on how to teach people to live together harmoniously,” Banpot told reporters. The ISOC is a military national security agency that took on leftists in the 1970s and now has sweeping pow-
figures, journalists, scholars and activists seen as critical of the regime. Roughly 70 people are still in custody. Among those summoned was veteran social activist Sombat Boonngam-anong, who is allied with “Red Shirts” who backed the ousted government and has played a role in organizing anti-coup protests. Sombat has gone into hiding but taunted the military by posting the call to protest on his Facebook page, summoning 10,000 people to come in disguise for a “mask party to celebrate the coup.” Protesters have started wearing masks with the faces of political personalities, including the army chief, Prayuth. “There is no need to be aggressive in opposing the coup. Smile, please, and take it easy,” Sombat said.
ers and broad security responsibilities. Banpot said Prayuth had given the ISOC the responsibility of setting up reconciliation centres in all of Thailand’s regions. While details of where and how they would operate had yet to be finalised, Banpot said the objective was to “bring people with differing views” together and that political activists would be asked to attend. “There will be no quota
according to political affiliation for those invited to attend,” he said. ‘HIGH-MINDED AND IDEALISTIC’ Such assurances are unlikely to change perceptions that the military is being tougher with Thaksin’s “red shirt” loyalists, staunch opponents of the coup, than with pro-establishment activists, many of whom welcomed the
government’s ouster. After sweeping censorship and bans on gatherings, some Thais are questioning whether the army is taking one autocratic step too far. “Now the generals want to force Thais to get along. It’s high-minded and idealistic of them but will it work?” one analyst said. The analyst, who declined to be identified, said there was little hope that army reconciliation efforts could end the resentment of Thaksin’s loyalists at what they see as undemocratic treatment. “They have gone to ground but no way is the movement finished ... They are just going through the motions of conforming with army orders but in a few months things could be very different.” The concept of a reconciliation effort is not new. The army sent units into the countryside to mend relations after a bloody military crackdown in May 2010 on pro-Thaksin protesters in Bangkok in which more than 90 people were killed. Soldiers spoke to village heads and handed out leaflets but Thaksin’s support remained solid.
UN has record number of about 118,000 peacekeepers
uNIteD NAtIONs, MAy 30 (AP): The U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday a record number of about 118,000 peacekeepers are currently deployed in 16 missions around the world, and he’s hoping that countries withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan will strengthen U.N. forces with their high-tech assets. Herve Ladsous said a number of countries that left Afghanistan are already back in U.N. peacekeeping, including Ireland in the Golan Heights and
the Netherlands and Sweden in Mali. Ladsous told a news conference on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers that the record figure will increase in the coming months when several thousand additional peacekeepers arrive in South Sudan and the U.N. starts peacekeeping duties in Central African Republic. The Security Council has authorized 10,000 U.N. troops and 1,800 international police to take over from 5,000 African Union soldiers on Sept. 15 in the
Central African Republic, where tensions between Christians and Muslims following the overthrow of a Muslim rebel government by Christian militants in December unleashed a wave of sectarian killings. Ladsous said the government “is in a state of virtual nonexistence,” with massive killings and human rights violations continuing. He also said China will be sending a battalion, usually about 850 troops, to join the U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan, which the Security Council
increased from 7,000 military personnel to 12,500 after ethnically targeted violence broke out in December. Thousands of people have been killed, and more than 1.3 million have fled their homes. Ladsous said fighting has continued since a second cease-fire was signed on May 9. “The political process is marking time, and we have to keep insisting that this situation has to stop,” he said. China started making significant deployments to U.N. peacekeeping operations in 1992 and currently
contributes to 10 peacekeeping operations, far more than the four other permanent members of the Security Council: the U.S., Russia, Britain and France. In the largest U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, the Security Council has authorized the use of unarmed drones on a trial basis for intelligence gathering in the conflicttorn east — an example of the technology the U.N. wants. Ladsous said he would like to deploy drones in countries like Mali, Central
African Republic and South Sudan, saying they would make “a big difference” to U.N. operations. “We cannot afford to continue working with 20th century tools right now in the 21st century,” he said. “We have to introduce, among other things, new technology to improve the delivery, make it more effective, and also to reduce in some cases the costs.” Ladsous also joined Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in honoring the 3,200 U.N. peacekeepers who have lost their lives, including 106 in 2013.
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BeIJING, MAy 30 (Re- ergy giants. It said three large oil and uteRs): Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged gas blocks would be put up to alleviate poverty and im- for tender for Xinjiang comprove ethnic unity in restive panies to make bids. Xi also Xinjiang, the most direct said funding for education indication yet that China’s must be expanded and that leaders want to address the China would push forward causes of violence in the bilingual education. “The remote western region. Xi’s comments, made in a speech to Communist Party leaders on Thursday and quoted heavily in Chinese media again on Friday, came after five suicide bombers killed 39 people and wounded 94 in an attack on a vegetable market in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, last week, the deadliest such incident in years. Experts have long said economic marginalisa- In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 tion of Xinjiang’s photo released by China’s Xinhua large Muslim Ui- News Agency, Chinese President Jinping, also general secreghur ethnic group Xi tary of the Communist Party of is one of the main China (CPC) Central Committee causes of the vio- and chairman of the Central Mililence. However, tary Commission, addresses the until now, China’s second central work conference leadership had not on the development and stability northwest China’s Xinjiang Uiopenly expressed of ghur Autonomous Region, in Beian intention to ad- jing, China. China’s president has dress the poor eco- promised more jobs and school opnomic conditions portunities in the country’s restive faced by Xinjiang’s Muslim northwest in an apparent effort to cool tensions there after a Uighurs. bombing last week killed dozens of Xi said “the people. (AP Photo) most long-term problem in Xinjiang is still fruits of Xinjiang’s developone of ethnic unity”, and ment must be used to imthat investment in the re- prove people’s livelihoods,” gion must be increased to he said. “Law-abiding” woralleviate poverty. “We must emphasize shippers must be protectabsorbing local labour and ed even as the ruling Comencourage Xinjiang people munist Party cracks down to work in the region,” he on extremists, Xi said, but said, in a reference to Ui- teachings by religious leaders must also be grounded ghur workers. “Employment must be in patriotism. Uighurs have long made a priority. Authorities need to help people chafed at restrictions on find employment in the cit- their language and culture. ies as well as find jobs and Authorities restrict reliset up their own businesses gious worship heavily in near their homes,” the offi- Xinjiang as well as the right cial English-language Chi- to assembly, among other na Daily quoted Xi as say- freedoms. Beijing has vowed to ing. Xinjiang, resource-rich and strategically located on crack down on religious the borders of central Asia, extremists and separatist is crucial to China’s grow- groups, which it blames for ing energy needs. Analysts a series of violent attacks in say that, despite its mineral Xinjiang and elsewhere. Officials in Xinjiang held wealth and billions of dollars of investment, much a public rally for the mass of the proceeds have gone sentencing of 55 people in to majority Han Chinese, a stadium on Wednesday, stoking resentment among meting out at least three death sentences for crimes Uighurs. Rights groups also com- such as “violent terrorism”. plain that Uighurs - who Party leaders say a group speak a Turkic language - called the East Turkestan are cut off from economic Islamic Movement (ETIM), development because they which they say is seeking face hiring discrimination, to form its own state called with jobs going to an influx East Turkestan, is the most of migrant workers from serious national security risk facing China. Experts other parts of China. The official China Se- dispute its influence and curities Journal reported reach. Vice Foreign Minister on Friday that Xinjiang will be allowed to open up its Zhang Ming told reporters oil and gas sector to private on Friday that, like many investment in an effort to Arab states, China faces the give it a bigger share of en- threat of violent extremism ergy profits. Xinjiang firms and vowed to continue will also be able to partici- counter-terrorism coordipate in upstream explora- nation with Middle Easttion and development, an ern countries. He said the area traditionally limited ETIM presents a “direct to China’s state-owned en- and realistic threat”.
US deploys first advanced drones to Japan
MIsAWA AIR BAse, MAy 30 (AP): The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance drones to a base in northern Japan over the past week, enhancing its ability to monitor nuclear activities in North Korea and Chinese naval operations. The deployment of the two unarmed Global Hawk drones to Japan, a key U.S. ally, is intended to demonstrate Washington’s commitment to security in Asia as part of its rebalancing of forces to the Pacific. But it will likely rankle with China and North Korea, which have been working to improve their own unmanned aircraft fleets. Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, said Friday the drones will remain
here until October, when the typhoon season on the drones’ home base on the Pacific island of Guam is over. Similar rotations from Guam to Misawa are expected in the future, though Angelella said no firm plans have been made. He refused to comment on the specific missions the drones will carry out but noted that the Global Hawk’s “capabilities are well known.” The drone is considered particularly valuable because it can conduct longrange missions without the limitations of pilot fatigue, is able to fly at a maximum 60,000 feet (18.3 kilometers) and can “loiter” around any particular site of interest for 24 hours or more. From Japan, it can easily monitor areas on the Asian mainland — includ-
ing North Korea’s nuclear sites — or targets at sea — such as areas where China and other countries have had confrontations over territory. The military keeps much of the Global Hawk’s work secret, but Angelella spoke of its use in humanitarian missions including Japan’s 2011 tsunami and the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines last year. More recently, he said, the drone was used in surveillance work following the mass abduction of more than 300 girls in Nigeria by Islamic extremists. The deployment of the drones will also help Japan familiarize itself with the aircraft. Tokyo plans to buy three Global Hawks. Angelella said the aircraft has proven itself to be one of the most reliable in
An advanced Global Hawk surveillance drone sits in its hangar at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan Friday, May 30. (AP Photo)
the Air Force. While still under development, the Global Hawk began supporting overseas contingency operations two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
As of September last year, it had surpassed 100,000 flight hours, three-quarters of which were performed in combat. Safety is a key factor in
Japan because many U.S. bases here are located in heavily populated areas. Under a mutual security pact, the U.S. maintains about 50,000 troops
in Japan, which is home to several major air bases, the headquarters of the U.S. 7th Fleet and more than 10,000 Marines. Though some residents of the city of Misawa have raised concerns about the drone deployment, opposition has been notably muted compared to the often emotional and deeprooted protests against the deployment of new aircraft or troops on the southern Japan island of Okinawa, where most of the U.S. military in Japan is based. But the deployment comes at a politically sensitive time. Tokyo is now hotly debating a significant revamp of the role of its military forces, which have since World War II been rebuilt and are now one of the strongest in Asia, though
they remain restricted to a narrowly defined strategy of national defense. Citing the perceived threats from China and North Korea, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is championing an effort to change that and allow the Japanese military to be able to fight more closely with U.S. troops in contingencies. Abe’s focus has been on what the Japanese military should be allowed to do when an ally defending Japan comes under attack — what the Japanese call collective self-defense. But opponents fear loosening restrictions will open the door for the Japanese military to be drawn into broader U.S. conflicts that don’t have a direct connection to Japan’s national defense.
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LOS ANGELES, MAy 30 (AP): Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has agreed to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for a recordbreaking $2 billion. Now it's up to others whether the deal goes through. Shelly Sterling said in a statement issued late Thursday that she'd signed a binding contract for a sale of the Clippers by The Sterling Family Trust to Ballmer in what would be a record deal if approved by the NBA. Ballmer "will be a terrific owner," Sterling said, "We have worked for 33 years to build the Clippers into a premier NBA franchise. I am confident that Steve will take the team to new levels of success." Sterling negotiated the sale after her husband, Donald Sterling, made racist remarks that were made public. The remarks included Sterling telling girlfriend V. Stiviano not to bring blacks to Clippers games, specifically mentioning Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. Shelly Sterling's statement noted that she made the deal "under her authority as the sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers." Donald Sterling's attorneys contend that he is a coowner and therefore must give his assent for the deal to go through. They also say he won't be giving it. "Sterling is not selling the team," said his attorney, Bobby Samini. "That's his position. He's not going
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2014, photo, then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, left, shakes hands with former NBA players Bill Russell, right, and "Downtown" Freddie Brown as Omar Lee looks on during an NCAA college basketball game between Washington and Oregon State in Seattle. An individual with knowledge of negotiations to sell the Los Angeles Clippers said Shelly Sterling has reached an agreement to sell the team to Ballmer for $2 billion. The individual, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 29, 2014, that Ballmer and the Sterling Family Trust now have a binding agreement. The deal now must be presented to the NBA. (AP Photo)
to sell." Ballmer beat out bids by Guggenheim Partners and a group including former NBA All-Star Grant Hill after presenting an "allaround superior bid," according to an individual with knowledge of the negotiations. The individual, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly, said Ballmer made more than an hour-long personal visit to Shelly Sterling's Malibu home Sunday and laid out his plan. "He knocked their socks off, they bonded, had a good connection," the individual said. The amount was also the largest of the offers, and Ballmer was one potential buyer to deal with rather than numerous members of a group. Ballmer said in a statement that he is honored to have his name submitted to the NBA for approval
and thanked the league for working collaboratively with him throughout the process. "I love basketball. And I intend to do everything in my power to ensure that the Clippers continue to win — and win big — in Los Angeles," Ballmer said. "LA is one of the world's great cities — a city that embraces inclusiveness, in exactly the same way that the NBA and I embrace inclusiveness." On Thursday, Magic Johnson lauded the deal on his Twitter account: "Steve Ballmer owning the Clippers is a big win for the City of LA and all the people who live in the City of Angels!" Though Donald Sterling's attorneys now say he won't agree to sell the team, a May 22 letter obtained by The Associated Press and written by another of Ster-
ling's attorneys that says that "Donald T. Sterling authorizes Rochelle Sterling to negotiate with the National Basketball Association regarding all issues in connection with a sale of the Los Angeles Clippers team." It includes the line "read and approved" and Donald Sterling's signature. Samini said Sterling has had a change of heart primarily because of "the conduct of the NBA." He said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's decision to ban Sterling for life and fine him $2.5 million as well as to try to oust him as an owner was him acting as "judge, jury and executioner." "They're telling me he should stand back and let them take his team because his opinion on that particular day was not good, was not popular?" Samini said.
THE HAGUE (NETHErLANdS), MAy 30 (PTI): Injury-hit India will be seeking to reverse the tide of their recent encounters against Europe's rising hockey powerhouse Belgium in the World Cup opener at the Kyocera Stadium on Saturday. Far removed from the glorious era of India's global domination, the Sardar Singh-led team is aspiring to give a credible show in the World Cup, where India has not qualified for the semi-finals for nearly four decades since the title triumph of 1975 in Kuala Lumpur. European Cup runnersup Belgium are the new force to contend with on the hockey turf after making impressive strides during the past three years. Starting with the Champions Challenge in Johannesburg in 2011, where they upstaged India in the last five minutes to clinch the title after conceding a twogoal lead, the Belgians have lost just one of the past four key encounters with India. The Belgians went on to post a victory over India in the 2012 Olympics Games, but their wayward shooting allowed India to hang on to a lone-goal lead in the quarter-finals of the Champions Trophy in Melbourne later that year. In their last meeting, Belgium dashed India's hopes of emerging winners in the World League Finals play-off for the fifth position. Tomorrow, the Indians will seek to avenge their defeat, and get off to a flying start in the World
Cup. India are drawn in Group A alongside defending champions Australia, formidable Spain and Belgium, beside 2012 Olympic semi-finalists England and fast improving Malaysia. Group B features Olympic gold medalists Germany and hosts The Netherlands -winners of two World Cup title each. Completing the lines up are Argentina, New Zealand, South Korea and South Africa. "We're ready for the big moment," says Indian skipper Sardar Singh, while the team's high-performance director Roelant Oltmans stresses on the need for consistency if India are to maintain their upward spiral in the sport. The last-place among 12 teams at the London Olympics was the most embarrassing moment for India, winners of eight Olympic gold medals in the past. "It's a tough group, and the players are aware of the challenge confront-
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San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili, left, shoots over Oklahoma City Thunder's Caron Butler (2) during the second half of Game 5 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 117-89. (AP Photo)
SAN ANTONIO, MAy 30 (AP): Back at home, this blowout went to the Spurs. San Antonio took a 3-2 lead in the Western Con-
ference finals with a 117-89 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. Now they can clinch their return to the NBA Fi-
nals on the road, where they are the ones taking the beatings. "This is the craziest series I've ever been involved in," said Tim Dun-
can, who had 22 points and 12 rebounds. The Jekyll-and-Hyde series continued between the past two Western Conference champions, as the road team has been thumped in every game so far. Game 6 is Saturday in Oklahoma City. "I have no clue, honestly," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of the disparity. "I think every game, it's a different animal. It really is. We talk to our team about that all the time. You have no clue what's going to happen, how a team is going to come out, whether they're going to be lethargic or hold the ball, get 50/50 balls or don't get 50/50 balls." Kevin Durant scored 25 points, but Russell Westbrook had only 21 points and seven assists after finishing with 40 points and 10 assists in Game 4. Manu Ginobili scored 19 points, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green each had 14 and Boris Diaw added 13 for the Spurs, who are a win away from returning to the NBA Finals after losing in seven games to Miami last year. The Spurs returned to the style of play that enabled them to win the series' first two games by a combined 52 points. "We gave them everything they wanted," Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks said. "They got the dribble drive, they got the 3-point line, and they got to the free-throw line." The Spurs were also 13 for 26 on 3-pointers and out-rebounded the Thunder 48-35. San Antonio also limited Oklahoma City to four fast-break points after giving up 21 in Game 4. After losing twice in Oklahoma City by an average of 11 points, San Antonio upped its average winning margin in San Antonio above 26 points. Oklahoma City had just 34 points in the second half after scoring 32 in the first quarter. "Our shots weren't falling for us," Durant said. "We've got to stay aggressive and we've got to get stops. When we can't make a shot, we've got to play defense, and we didn't tonight."
ing them," says Dutchman Oltmans, who guided The Netherlands to both the men and women's World Cup titles. Under him, the Dutch men also won the Olympic gold medal. Oltmans says India would need to put up a sound performance to improve or even emulate their eighth-place in the last World Cup. "We could produce some surprises if we can be consistent," he said. Having seen frequent changes to its coaching staff, India are now under the charge of ex-Australian striker Terry Walsh for whom "psychology has been a significant area of team preparation." "We have introduced new tactics and focused on the development of each player," says Walsh, who expects the Indian players to prove their mettle by raising the level of their game against stronger teams. "We have the potential, but need to go in with con-
fidence and believe in our ability." Only four Indian players of the current side featured in the eight-place finish at the last World Cup on New Delhi's home turf, yet the young team is confident of overcoming the injurycaused setback after strikers Ramandeep Singh and Nikkin Thimmaiah were sidelined during a practice match and training after reaching The Hague. They were replaced by Lalit Upadhyaya and Yuvraj Walmiki. In comparison, the Belgians are the more seasoned outfit. Although playing in their first World Cup since the 2002 event in Kuala Lumpur, Belgium's squad features 10 players who have played more than 100 internationals. Plotting the Belgian success is also a Dutch coach, Marc Lammers, under whose charge The Netherlands women won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
NyON, SwITzErLANd, MAy 30 (AP): Champions League winner Real Madrid has been punished by UEFA for racist behavior by its fans during a semifinal match against Bayern Munich. UEFA says two sections of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium — sectors 120 and 122 — "will be closed for the club's next UEFA competition home game." UEFA says "Real Madrid are obliged to display a banner with the wording 'No to Racism' in those sectors." It's the latest racist incident in Spain in recent months. The sanction will apply for Real's first home match during the Champions League group stage next season. Madrid beat Bayern 1-0 in the April 23 match, then won the second leg 4-0 in Munich. Madrid beat city rival Atletico Madrid 4-1 after extra time to win its 10th European title last Saturday.
Flintoff out of retirement, playing in English T20 MANCHESTEr, ENGLANd, MAy 30 (AP): Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has come out of retirement to play for Lancashire in the domestic T20 Blast competition. The 36-year-old allrounder, who played 79 tests and 141 one-day internationals for England, retired in 2010 after a string of injuries but has been training with Lancashire, his old club, in recent months. Flintoff tells the BBC "when I'm bowling it still hurts a bit, but I'm loving running into bowl and if I can take that into a game I might be quite dangerous." Flintoff was a star of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005. He was captain when England was whitewashed in Australia in the 2006-07 series but was a member of the side that regained the urn in 2009.
FILE - In this Saturday, May 17, 2014 file photo, Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger punches the air in celebration of their win against Hull City at the end of their English FA Cup final soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has signed a three-year deal with the Premier League club, keeping him at the Emirates Stadium until 2017. The new deal was announced by Arsenal on Friday and will take Wenger into his 21st year at the club, where he has been in charge since 1996. The 64-year-old Frenchman won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups in the first half of his Arsenal tenure, but failed to capture a trophy in nine years until winning this season's FA Cup. Wenger has guided the London side into the Champions League for 17 consecutive seasons and is the longest-serving manager in the Premier League. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)
McIlroy keeps on rolling at Memorial
dUBLIN, OHIO, MAy 30 (AP): Whether it's his health or his personal life, Rory McIlroy is not easily distracted when he's on top of his game. McIlroy made two eagles and three birdies on the back nine at Muirfield Village — along with a double bogey — on his way to a 9-under 63 and a threeshot lead Thursday after the opening round of the Memorial. A week ago, McIlroy began his week at Wentworth by announcing he and tennis star Caroline Wozniacki had broken off their engagement. Then, he went out and won the BMW Championship for his strongest win in more than two years. At the Memorial, McIlroy caught his spikes in the turf on his second shot at the seventh hole and felt pain the rest of the round, particularly when he had to put a little extra pop into tee shots or long irons. He was limping when he walked off the stage after talking about how he made five
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from a bunker on the 14th hole during the first round of the Memorial golf tournament Thursday, May 29 in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo)
birdies and two eagles after hurting his knee. It was the lowest opening round in 39 years at the Memorial. "I don't think it's anything more than just being confident with
my game," McIlroy said. "I was expecting this to happen. I've been playing well. I've been posting good numbers, good rounds. And I knew my game was close. And honestly, I don't
think it's anything to do with what's happening off the golf course. It's just I've been trending in the right direction, and it's starting to all come together." Masters champion Bubba Watson, Chris Kirk and Paul Casey each had a 66 while playing in calmer and slightly softer morning conditions. Keegan Bradley was at 67, notable not because it was his best score at Muirfield Village but because it was his first time in his four years on the PGA Tour that he did not use a belly putter. Adam Scott, who won at Colonial last week in his debut at No. 1 in the world, lost momentum with a shot into the water for double bogey on No. 9, and he missed some birdie and eagle chances on the back nine that would have allowed him to stay close with McIlroy. He settled for a 69. Phil Mickelson also looked sharp — at least for 15 holes. He was at 5 under after a birdie on the 15th hole — at the time, just one shot out of the lead.
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Various musicians and choirs (1) Keviyiengunuo & Nise (2) Menguseü (3) Ura Academy jubilee choir (4) Tenyimia Thenupfüko (Manipur state) (5) CBCK church choir (6) Nagapellas presented songs during the platinum jubilee celebration of of Ura Academy on May 30 in Kohima. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)
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Selena Gomez Makes Charity Trip to Nepal
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inger Selena Gomez is feeling inspired after returning from a trip Nepal to visit impoverished children on behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). Gomez, who is an ambassador for the charity organisation, jetted to the South Asian nation to bring attention to kids in need within the country, and the 21 year old was incredibly moved by the visit. She says in a statement, "This visit to Nepal
was extraordinarily powerful - at times, devastating and heartbreaking, but also incredibly inspiring. At first when you witness children living in extreme poverty, you wonder how it is possible that they can be deprived of their basic human needs and rights. Then you talk to these children, and you see hope, promise and a bright future." Gomez has posted "selfies" and a video of herself playing with the youngsters at the Satbari-
ya Rapti Secondary School on Instagram.com. A week before sharing her pictures from the charity trip, Gomez posted a photo showing herself wading on the shore of a beach in a bikini, along with a caption that reads: "Taking my power back. Can't wait to show you where I've been." In January (14), Gomez spent two weeks at a rehabilitation facility in Arizona, seeking help from specialists for an unconfirmed issue.
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Angelina Jolie reveals her son Maddox has a 'lovely English girlfriend'
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e looked older and significantly taller whilst making a red carpet appearance on Wednesday night alongside parents Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. And at 12-and-a-half-yearsold, Maddox Jolie-Pitt has also got his first girlfriend. His famous mother revealed the news during a interview with Entertainment Tonight at the Maleficent première in Hollywood. 'He's dating, he's got a girlfriend,' she said, before revealing her son's new special friend actually lives across the Atlantic. 'She's great,' she said. 'I won't embarrass him. She's lovely. She lives in England. She's very cool.' The well-travelled clan, whose homes include a château in the south of France, a mansion in New Orleans and private estate in Los Angeles, says the family helps ensure Maddox doesn't spent too much time away from his beau. 'We go there as often as possible. It's really, really sweet," she said. 'She's a great lady, so I'm lucky. So far, we're doing good.'
One DirectiOn urged to say sorry
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New book claims Marilyn Monroe was killed
But despite the Mail today making the band aware of the potentially harmful effect their actions have had on their young fans, they remained silent.
the worst role models they could possibly be and encouraging young people to do something that could seriously damage their health. ‘It is absolutely dev-
A One Direction spokesman said their only comment was still: ‘This matter is in the hands of our lawyers.’ Lucy Dawe, a spokesman for charity Skunk Sense, told the Mail: ‘It is horrendous that One Direction have not said they are sorry for their behaviour. ‘They have a very young fan base, and these young people just don’t know the damage smoking cannabis can cause. ‘They should certainly apologise, they are in a position where they could be a really good role model for young people. ‘They’ve got these young people that are hanging onto every word they say and instead of showing them how to behave, they are being
astating. The young girls have absolutely no clue of the dangers of cannabis. They are stupid young men, dicing with death.’ One girl, who had never tried weed, said she believed the band were ‘old enough’ to know what was good for them. She wrote on Twitter: ‘all d s*** going over abt @ Louis_Tomlinson n @zaynmalik smoking weed...I ve never done it tho I think dey r old enough to think wats gud.’ Another wrote: ‘but i actually want to try smoking weed i wanna know how it feels’ One girl added: ‘so my parents just told me if i want to try weed because one direction do weed that i should do it in front of them HAHAHAHAHA.’
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press reported. The book also asserts that the 'Some Like It Hot' star had been having a secret affair with JFK, and then his brother Bobby, while also bedding Dr Greenson, and had threatened to expose them. However, Monroe was also suffering through depression as she struggled with the failure of three marriages, and she also feared being typecast as a
'sex kitten' in Hollywood. Margolis said that Monroe's death will be argued even over 100 years after the incidence but the reality is that the case is closed and many people refuse to believe that it was murder or suicide but consider it as an accidental overdose. Nevertheless, complete description of the incident has been provided in the book.
inger Bret Michaels abruptly ended a concert in New Hampshire on Thursday after suffering a medical emergency. Guitarist Pete Evick said on Michaels' Facebook page that the 51-year-old singer was three songs into his set in Manchester when he rushed from the stage. A crew member reported that the former Poison lead singer's blood sugar was extremely low. Michaels was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a child. Evick said Michaels returned to the stage and told fans he couldn't continue. Evick said when he went to the band's bus to check on Michaels, 'he could barely speak, but begged me to apologize to the fans.' Michaels thanked the paramedics on Twitter and Facebook who provided assistance. The singer won the 2010 Celebrity Apprentice, raising money for the American Diabetes Association. Michaels also starred in the VH1 dating competition show Rock Of Love With
Bret Michaels for two seasons and Rock Of Love Bus With Bret Michaels. Michaels rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of glam metal band Poison that scored a number one hit with Every Rose Has Its Thorn in 1988. He suffered 'bumps and bruises' last June when his tour bus collided with a pack of deer between Abilene, Texas and Biloxi, Mississippi. Michaels also was hospitalised in 2010 after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage. He also was diagnosed with a hole in his heart and hospitalized a month later for a small stroke.
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Maria Sharapova sails into fourth round of French Open Paris, May 30 (agencies): 2012 Champion Maria Sharapova was in scintillating form here in Paris today as she took centrestage inside Court Philippe Chatrier in the third match of Day 6. The former World No.1 sensationally did a double bagel (60,6-0) over Argentine No.1 Paula Ormaechea, booking her spot in the fourth round where she will take on former US Open champion Samantha Stosur. With the help of 23 winners and 14 unforced errors that her opponent committed, the Russian won the match in just 51 minutes without breaking sweat. The Russian made a blistering start to the match with the
only thing keeping her at bay was a rain delay that happened midway through the first game. Once the players came out after the first game, the former champion unleashed a flurry of well placed ground-strokes at Ormaechea to which the Argentine had absolutely no answer. Maria broke serve three times, winning 30 out of 44 points contested in the opening set. Continuing from where she left off in the first, the World No.8 went into overdrive in the second set. Firing as many as 7 winners in the second set, Maria won 24 out of the 27 points contested in it to book her spot in the final.
Federer and djOkOvic bOOk SpOTS in laST 16
Paris, May 30 (agencies): Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic reached the last 16 of the French Open despite dropping their first sets of the tournament. Federer defeated Dmitry Tursunov 7-5 6-7(7) 6-2 6-4, while Djokovic overcame Marin Cilic 6-3 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 as the pair continue to remain on course for a semi-final clash at Roland Garros. There was nothing to separate Federer and Tursunov on their serves as neither player could create a break point opportunity. However, when the first break of the match came along, it turned out to be set point for Federer in the 12th game as he clinched it 7-5. The second set followed the pattern of the first, but Federer was unable to convert any of his three set points when leading Russia's Maria Sharapova serves the ball during the third round match of the 6-5. Tursunov forced a tiebreak, French Open tennis tournament against Argentina's Paula Ormaechea at the Ro- came from 4-1 down and saved another set point to level the land Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Friday, May 30. (AP Photo)
match by taking the tiebreak 9-7. Federer seized an early break in the third set to comfortably take it 6-2 as Tursunov struggled following a lengthy injury timeout. And the record 17-time Grand Slam champion converted a break in the seventh game in the fourth set to go on and seal a spot in the fourth round. Djokovic secured a ninth win in as many career meetings against Cilic to join Federer in the last 16. The world No.2 won five games in a row by coming from 3-1 down to take the first set 6-3. The Serb also broke twice in the second set to hold a comfortable advantage. But Cilic came out fighting in the third set and took it 7-2 in the tiebreak after 64 minutes. The 25th seed then came from 4-1 down to level at 4-4 in the fourth set, but Djokovic won the next two games to end the challenge of his opponent.
Gabriel Muniz, a 13-year-old Brazilian boy, shows his soccer skills in a shopping mall during a promotional event for the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil, in Hong Kong Friday, May 30, 2014. Gabriel was born with limb deficiency and he was invited to taking part in the FC Barcelona's training camp in Spain. (AP Photo)
Tomljanovic makes history at French Open
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Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic clenches her fist as she defeats Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska during their third round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Friday, May 30. (AP Photo)
Paris, May 30 (aFP): Croatia`s Ajla Tomljanovic made history in the French Open on Friday by upsetting third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-4 in the third round. The defeat meant that the tournament`s top three seeds had all been ousted inside six days, with top seed Serena Williams losing in the second round and second seed Li Na departing in the first. It was the first Grand Slam in the Open era where the top three women seeds all failed to make the last 16. Ranked 72nd in the world, 21-year-old Tomljanovic will play the winner of the tie between Taylor Townsend of the United States and 14th seed Carla Suarez Navarro of
Spain for a place in the quarter-finals. Fourth seed Simona Halep of Romania is the top seeded player left in the draw, having reached the third round on Thursday. "After seeing the first two seeds go out you kinda feel like -- hey I can do that too. I grew up with these girls that were doing that," the Florida-based Tomljanovic said. "I went out out there and I really felt that I could win. It showed and that was how I won. "I have a fourth round next and obviously happy, but I do not want to get too happy about it either." Tomljanovic ended 2013 ranked 78th in the world, improving from 495th -- the biggest rank-
ing improvement by any player in the top 100. This year she lost in the third round at the Australian Open but more recently failed to qualify for the main draw at Madrid and Rome in the buildup to Roland Garros. For Radwanska it was the first time she had failed to make it past the third round at a Grand Slam event since the 2012 French Open. Last year she was a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, a quarter-finalist at the Australian and French Opens and made the fourth round at the US Open. Watched by Croatian 1997 French Open winner Iva Majoli, Tomljanovic quickly took control of a match played in front of a sparse centre court crowd. She jumped out into a 5-1 before a shell-shocked Radwanska managed to break serve and get back to 5-4. The Croatian made no mistake on serve in the following game though and an early break in the second set sent her on the way to the biggest win of her career. While newcomer Tomljanovic was making the headlines on centre court, veteran Australian Samantha Stosur was stealthily moving through the draw out on the Suzanne Lenglen court. The 19th seed, a finalist at Roland Garros in 2010, pulled off an impressive 6-4, 6-4 win over Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia to reach the last 16 where she will play 2012 champion Maria Sharapova if the Russian defeats Paula Ormaechea of Argentina in her third round tie later Friday. Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion, had too much firepower for the diminutive Cibulkova, taking an early lead in the first set and staying ahead after that. The Australian lost to Sharapova in the third round of the Madrid Masters earlier this month, having also defeated Cibulkova in the previous round. "I love playing here and have had some great moments and some of the best matches in my career, so hopefully I can still have a few more matches this year," she said. Also in action later Friday is Spanish sensation Garbine Muguruza, who defeated top seed Serena Williams in straight sets in the second round. She goes up against Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia, who defeated Venus Williams at the same stage of the tournament. Eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber takes on Slovak veteran Daniela Hantuchova, while fast-rising Canadian Eugenie Bouchard takes on Johanna Larsson of Sweden.
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