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Non-subsidized LPG price cut

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12 pages Rs. 4 –Henry David Thoreau

Gauhar Khan slapped on reality show for wearing short skirt!

‘Pray for peace and lasting solution in Nagaland’

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Climate funds for coal highlight lack of UN rules

Al Shamrani named AFC player of the year [ PAGE 12]

‘ne is meant for neZs. neZs are meant for ne’

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, stresses on economic development in Nagaland

All smiles for the lens, Langmei, a class IV student from Sangsangyu village, Tuensang district returns from the jungle with a load of firewood. In the afternoon, right after school, it’s usual for her to go to the jungle to collect firewood in order to keep her family’s kitchen hearth ablaze. Photo by Imti Longchar

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn. But some are allergic to fish.

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Petrol price cut by 91 paise, diesel by 84 paise

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NeW DelHi, December 1 (pti): Petrol price was cut by 91 paise a litre on Sunday, the seventh reduction since August, and diesel by 84 paise per litre, the third straight cut, as international oil rates continued to slump. “Since the last price changes, the international prices of both petrol and diesel have continued to be on a downtrend. The rupee-dollar exchange rate has however appreciated since the last price change. The combined impact of both these factors warrant a decrease in retail selling prices of both petrol and diesel,” IOC said in the statement.

This is the seventh consecutive reduction in petrol prices since August and third in diesel in rates since October. “The movement of prices in international oil market and INR-USD exchange rate shall continue to be closely monitored and developing trends of the market will be reflected in future price changes,” the statement said.

13 paramilitary troops killed in Maoist attack

patNa, December 1 (ap): At least 13 paramilitary troops were killed in an attack by Maoist rebels in central India on Monday, police said. R.K. Vij, a top police official in Chhattisgarh state, said the attack took place in Sukma district, 385 kilometers (240 miles) south of Raipur, the state capital.

Vij said troops from the Central Reserve Police Force were engaged in fighting the rebels in an area that is known to be their stronghold, but added that few other details were immediately available from the remote region.

The rebels have been called India’s biggest internal security threat. They operate in 20 of India’s 28

states and have thousands of fighters, according to the Home Ministry.

The rebels, who say they are inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting for more than three decades in central and eastern India, staging hit-and-run attacks against authorities as they demand a greater share of wealth from the area’s natural resources and more jobs for farmers and the poor. The rebels say they represent the poor living close to the land, including farmers and members of tribal groups who depend on forests for food, fuel and building materials for their thatched huts.

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Nagaland makes it to 8th in Twitter Trends Morung Express news Kohima | December 1

On December 1, Nagaland was ranked number 8 in Twitter India Trends with the arrival of PM Narendra Modi to the state. While updates were mostly about Modi’s speeches, twitter arguments were also held on Modi’s comment on “No PM visited Nagaland for 10 years”, where some Twitter users seemed to have assumed that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had visited Nagaland in 2008.

Kohima | December 1

In the year 2011, a girl studying in class 9 in Mokokchung committed suicide by hanging herself. The reason: Stigma and discrimination towards HIV/AIDS. The girl’s parents had died of HIV/AIDS. Her classmates started ostracizing her, telling her they no longer wanted to associate with her because they assumed that she too had the syndrome. The discrimination went to an extreme when a few classmates wrote on the blackboard about her falsely accused status, which ultimately led to her taking the drastic step.

“It’s high time we stop discriminating the disease,” says John, an HIV+ person, viewing that discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS has something to do with discriminating the disease in the first place.

John who has been living with AIDS for 17 years has never been hospitalized. He believes that a positive and healthy lifestyle can enable an HIV+ person to live a long and fruitful life. People need to accept HIV/AIDS as any other disease, adds John.

However despite 17 years, John still struggles with this question: How to go about it? Because the stigma and discrimination has been the biggest challenge and despite all the awareness and sensitization programs, the attitude of people remain unchanged to a large extent. The discrimination we face is indirect, says John, citing the example of an HIV+ student in Mokokchung who was allowed to go to school but allotted a separate table and chair in class. This indicates that Nagas are still ignorant about the disease, and this is where people need to be thoroughly made aware of the mode of transmission of the disease.

Naomi, President NNP + states that

palataNa, December 1 (iaNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the northeastern region of India would be made a gateway of Southeast Asia. “An economic corridor would be established using northeast India, Myanmar and the adjoining regions. Northeast India would be a gateway of Southeast Asia in future,” Modi said after dedicating the second unit (363 MW) of the 726 MW power project in Palatana, 60 km south of Agartala. “As the gateway to Asia, it had the potential to move forward in this century, which was being called the century of Asia. Towards this end, the government is keen on building modern infrastructure in the northeast, to unlock its potential.” The prime minister urged all the chief ministers of the northeastern states to help one another for all-round and longlasting development of the region.

NEZs are meant for NE.” For this development, also in other arenas, he noted that Nagaland is “blessed” with a young population “well-versed” in the English language and “in tune” with what is happening around the world. “This is an advantage which must be tapped. You must capture the IT outsourcing business of the world in this part of the country,” he advised. The PM acknowledged how the “Nagas are sports-loving people and have the potential to perform well in disciplines such as boxing, taekwondo, football and archery.” He felt that these activities “must be promoted in a systematic way to realize the potential of the people of the region, given the right direction.”

Power packages for North East India Prime Minister Modi mentioned the initiatives taken by the Government of India (GoI) in the last 6 months.

The GoI has decided to set up six new Agriculture Colleges in the North East. “I am sure that NorthEast can become India’s Capital of Organic Agriculture. North-East can become a source of Organic Agriculture products for the world and for humanity,” asserted Modi.

The GoI has decided to establish one modern apparel garment manufacturing centre in every State of North East India, beginning with Nagaland, Assam and Sikkim. “We know that we have a rich heritage in the field of textiles. We have a mastery in weaving. Our women carry this art in their fingers, and we have to utilize this capability for the development of this area,” said Modi. The Central Government will spend Rs. 20 Crore for this new programme.

Development potential Modi said that people will “come to” Nagaland for investment or tourism because of its “amazing” bio-diversity and “salubrious” climate. “Your region is located in one of the 25 hot bio-diversity areas of the world. This must be protected at all costs, even as you embark on sustainable development of your resources,” he said. Drawing from his 3-day stay in the region, the Indian PM stated that the North East is a ‘Natural Economic Zone.’

“The other parts of India will have to find man-made Special Economic Zones. But here, Natural Economic Zones (already exist). But unfortuthings have changed a lot, especially in nately, they are untapped,” he said.

It will now be his “priority” to “nourplaces like Tuensang, Kohima and Dima- ish” this idea. “NE is meant for NEZs. pur. The churches too have contributed much towards Zero Discrimination. “But we need to reach out more to the rural areas. In spite of so many awareness and sensitization campaigns, people are yet to know about HIV/AIDS. Most people are On October 30, 2014, six Nagaland based newspapers still ignorant about the basics of the mode (Nagaland Post, Nagaland Page, Eastern Mirror, Tir of transmission or even the abbreviation Yimyim, Capi and The Morung Express) submitted a of HIV/AIDS. Some are not even aware memorandum to the Chief Minister of Nagaland reabout the treatment,” adds Naomi. questing the State Government to clear all pending And even though treatment is availpayments for advertisements which have accumulatable, and free, the biggest hurdle for Naed over the years. The memorandum published in the galand is transportation and accessibility, newspapers included requesting the Nagaland Govaccording to Naomi, ernment to implement in letter and spirit their standespecially for people ing order in relation to release and payment of adverliving in interior areas tisements of Nagaland Government Departments like Noklak, Pangsha through the Information & Public Relations (IPR). To etc. Villagers have to this effect, a Public Reminder to the Government was spend thousands on published on November 25, 2014. transportation and The Editors in their October 30 submission to the lodging to avail the Chief Minister had stated: “In the eventuality that the free services.

Nagaland State Government is unable to implement Naomi also affirms that indirect disthe above mentioned points by November 30, 2014, the crimination and self-stigma also contend undersigned Editors and newspapers have resolved to issues which need to be dealt with. “Peotake firm and decisive measures by December 1, 2014.” ple living with the disease often distant On the evening of November 30, 2014, the newspathemselves from others out of fear and pers received an official response from the Government shame,” says Naomi while adding that the of Nagaland through the Director, Information & Pubattitude of Nagas in the form of indirect lic Relations wherein they have stated their response to discrimination, the label of ‘promiscuity,’ the memorandum. While the newspapers acknowledge the judgment of one’s character directed the ‘positive action’ to release payment for pending bills, towards the disease are what affects peothe measures taken by the Government remains incomple living with HIV/AIDS the most. plete and vague in its approach to matters of policy.

To cite another example; in Dimapur, an HIV+ person was chased out of Hence, to make matters crystal clear and to avoid any the house by his landlord after coming to future misunderstandings, the newspapers need a know of his status. These are only a few clear statement of commitment from the Government stories about the discrimination faced by of Nagaland on the following two points raised in the people with HIV/AIDS in Nagaland.

October 30 memorandum: The World Health Organisation (WHO) 1. A written commitment to implement in letter and in theme for World AIDS day from 2011-2015 spirit the Nagaland Government’s own standing diis Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections, rective, which includes: Zero discrimination. Perhaps the first step a. Release of all future advertisements and payments of ‘Getting to Zero’ for Nagaland is to accept need to be routed through the Directorate of Inforthe disease and initiate Zero Discriminamation and Publicity Relation (DIPR) tion towards the disease.

HIV/AIDS: Getting to Zero Discrimination Morung Express news

Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): “The Naga way of life means pride in your inherent strong character and your hard working attitude.”

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, stated this today while stressing on the ‘unique cultural diversity and rich traditions’ of Nagaland.

Culture, however, “must not only be interpreted as your colourful dances and songs, but the Naga culture of sturdiness, honesty, simplicity, reflected in all your deliberations and actions,” said the PM while speaking in Kohima as part of his first visit to the North East of India. He was in ‘great admiration’ of the “equal position” of Naga women in the Naga society. “The contribution of half of our population to the growth of our society is immeasurable.”

On the first visit of any Prime Minister of India to Nagaland in 11 years, he said the distance between Nagaland and Delhi can be covered in 1015 hours but “Prime Ministers took more than 10 years to reach here.” He assured that “you will not have to wait this long for the Prime Minister to visit again. I assure you. I will be happy to come often to meet the people of Nagaland. I will come back to see to it that everything that I have mentioned (below) becomes a reality.” Come, Modi stated, “let us together build a new, resurgent, stronger and more prosperous India, as well as our Nagaland.”

ne to be made gateway of southeast Asia: Modi

Focus, Partner and Achieve: An AIDS Free world: 2014

During the Vajpayee government, a ‘unique decision’ was taken to spend 10% of the Annual Plan Budget on the North East States. “My government has made a provision of Rs. 53,000 Crore in the Union Budget for development of the North-East. Rs. 28,000 Crore will be provided for construction of 14 new railway lines,” highlighted Modi, stressing on the potential to develop tourism in the region for which road, rail, and air connectivity is needed. But with the changing meaning of infrastructure, he noted, “Even if you have road-rail-air connectivity, it is not enough. You require Digital Connectivity too.” Under the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern region, the Central government has sanctioned Rs. 5,000 Crore for 2G mobile coverage for enhanced connectivity.

With a goal of “24x7x365 power supply,” the North Eastern region power system improvement project has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 5,000 Crore for six North-Eastern states including Nagaland. “This will strengthen intra-state transmission and distribution systems,” said the PM. The scheme called Ishaan Uday is a special scholarship for students from the North East that 10,000 students will benefit from. The scheme called Ishaan Vikas will provide opportunities for internships and visit at IITs, NITs, NIFTs in other parts of India during vacation for the students of the North East. Every year 2,000 students and 500 teachers will benefit from this scheme. The GoI has also decided to establish a National Sports University in Manipur, and “the people of Nagaland will be among primary beneficiaries of this sports university.”

Press Communiqué

b. All payments of published advertisements must be made within 45 days from the date of publication 2. To explain the terms of reference and the time-frame in which the Committee, headed by the Secretary, IPR, is to “look into these pressing pertinent issues and take up remedial measures without delay.”

We also take this opportunity to remind the Government of Nagaland to stand by its policy to issue advertisements of all Government of Nagaland departments, agencies, PSUs and autonomous bodies to all Nagaland newspapers with effect from December 1, 2014.

Until, there is a clear response to the issues raised in the memorandum, which have been subsequently repeated through this press communiqué, the undersigned Editors have reaffirmed their resolve to abide by the October 30, 2014 decision.

To help expedite matters, it may be prudent on the part of the Government of Nagaland to call for a meeting with the newspapers so that the issues can be addressed comprehensively once and for all, rather than in a piece-meal form.

It is our hope that through this process the Government of Nagaland will take this as an opportunity to take remedial measures that uphold the principles of respect, fairness, transparency, accountability and good governance.

The undersigned Editors and newspaper jointly appeal to our esteemed readers for understanding, support and solidarity.

Geoffrey Yaden Editor, Nagaland Post

Witoubou Newmai Editor, Eastern Mirror

Monalisa Changkija Editor, Nagaland Page

K. Temjen Jamir Editor, Tir Yimyim

Aküm Longchari Editor, The Morung Express

Mhalezolie Kire Editor, Capi

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The Morung Express 2 LocaL Lhothavi village for energy-efficient CFL bulbs PIL filed for separate Municipal Dimapur

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Morung Express News Dimapur | December 1

As part of the initiative, CFL bulbs were installed to light up the village square.

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mokokchuNg, December 1 (mexN): The foundation stone laying ceremony was held on November 25, 2014 at Clark Theological College to officially signify the start of the Clark Communication and Cultural Research Centre (CCCRC), the most multidimensional and highly anticipated Communication programme particularly in the North East India. Along with the programme participants, invited to the ceremony were pastors from surrounding churches, well-wishers and the Clark Community.

The ceremony was introduced and chaired by Dr. L. Imsutoshi Jamir, Director, CCCRC, who said, “the foundation stone laying ceremony mark the launching of the long awaited Clark Communication and Cultural Research Centre at Clark Theological College”. In his welcome and introduction, Rev. Dr. Takatemjen, the Principal of Clark Theological College said that ‘this humble milestone represents a real landmark on the CTC commitment and journey towards making Gospel of Jesus Christ relevant in this age of information and communication technology”.

A foundation Stone for the proposed building of CCCRC was laid while a dedicatory prayer was offered by Reverend Ponen Longchar, Pastor, Mokokchung Town Baptist Church.

The foundation stone laying ceremony was followed by Inaugural func-

tion of the CCCRC. The Principal the College Professor Takatemjen officially launched the Centre. In his short speech, the principal emphasized that the CCCRC at Clark was part of a long, unfolding story of CTC conscious and sincere endeavour towards holistic theological education and Christian ministry”. He further observed that the Communication and Cultural research centre at Clark hope to gather the needs of equipping young men and women for Church ministry not only in North East India but also in the whole of India and beyond.

The Ungma Baptist Arogo Chair in Communication Studies introduced

by Rev. Noklen Longkumer Pastor, Ungma Baptist Church and the first book of CCCRC, Creative Communication: The Potential of New Media in Theological Education co-edited

by L. Imsutoshi Jamir, A. Temjen Jamir and C. Temjen Longkumer released by K. Temjen Jamir editor, Tir Yimyim. The Inaugural programme was chaired my Rev. Dr. A. Temjen Jamir, Academic Dean of Clark Theological College and around 400 people attended in the programme. The College will be introducing MTh in Communication Studies under Senate of Serampore College (University) from June 2015.

This was informed in a press release issued by Zulunungsang Lemtur, Programme Coordinator, CCPRA.

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Graduating students of Little Feet Montessori School, Dimapur with the School Management during the 7th Graduation Day where the students presented rhymes and Bible memory. Teplok Amri Chairman of Ebenezer Welfare society gave away the graduation certificates. Akum Amri, Administrator spoke on quality education to the children while Tauluk Phom chaired the entire programme.

chumukeDima, December 1 (mexN): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the party officials, national council members, district presidents, frontal chiefs and legislators on November 30 at Police conference hall, Chumukedima, Dimapur after his arrival to the state from Imphal, Manipur. In a press note, BJP media cell stated that the BJP party workers met the Prime Minister after getting approval by the PMO office.

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in his address to the party workers saluted their efforts in establishing a BJP base in the state of Nagaland though faced with difficult situations and unseen hurdles. He also assured of taking the party into confidence in any developmental works to be allotted to the

Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Kohima Bench of the Gwuahati High Court calling for the establishment of separate directorate for municipal affairs and poverty alleviation in Nagaland state. The petitioner, Nuksungtila, is a practicing lawyer, enrolled as a member of Guahati High Court, Kohima Bench Bar Association and a member of Kohima District Bar Association.

A press note from the petitioner stated that the civic condition of Kohima town is becoming “worse year by year” and lamented that the road is “not motorable, drainage system is unthinkably bad, drinking water is acutely short and sewage & garbage dumping system is extremely unhygienic.” Other towns of the state, she said are not better than Kohima Town.

The petitioner started enquiring about the poor functioning of civic bodies in the state from 2012 onwards. On August 4, 2014, she had filed an RTI application before the Public Information Officer, Municipal Administration Cell, which was replied by the said PIO vide letter dat-

state of Nagaland.

The Prime Minister said that it is not necessary for the Prime Minister to grant packages to any states whenever visited. He opined that if that trend continues, it would be difficult to bring any development to the country. However, the Prime Minister said that any help required from the centre, it could be channeled through the budget. He said the BJP after coming to power at the centre has granted Rs.63, 000 crores to the Northeastern states for various developmental works.

The Prime Minister opined that in democracy arms and violence has no space to attain their goals. He urged the people of the state to seek peace as it is the need of the hour as expressed by various NGOs and other stake holders.

Dr. Chuba Ao, President

ed 6.08.2014 by furnishing certain relevant records.

On examination of the documents, the petitioner informed that “some interesting factual matrix was revealed which were initiated for establishment of separate Directorate for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State of Nagaland.”

She revealed that as per a letter NO.UD/T-179/ ULB/09 dated 29.07.2010, the Director, Urban Development had communicated to the Commissioner & Secretary, Urban Development that “as the mandate of the ULB and UDD are different and also with the increasing activities of the Department, it is now felt necessary to streamline the Department for better and effective functioning.”

“This arrangement will also enable the implementation of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001,” it added.

The Union Minister for Urban Development had also requested the Nagaland state Chief Minister for the latter’s “personal intervention towards the creation of a Municipal Cadre in Nagaland for efficient working of ULBs so as to ensure that the desired outcomes of JnNURM are achieved and Urban

Centers meet the infrastructure service requirements.”

In addition, the Ministry of Urban Development, GOI, directed all Chief Secretaries of States/ UTs to take immediate action for creation of Municipal Cadre in all the States/UTs with specific instructions to intimate the action taken report in the matter to the Ministry at an early date.

Thereafter, the Additional Director, Municipal Affairs Cell, communicated to the Commissioner and Secretary, UDD that “the mandate of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs are different, it cannot function under one Directorate and unless MAC is separated from the Urban Development it cannot create a dedicated Municipal Cadre.” In the said letter, the petitioner informed that the present Chief Minister had “endorsed to the Commissioner and Secretary, UDD on 04.07.2014 to examine and take up for Cabinet decision.”

She further informed that there are 19 ULBs in the state that includes three Municipal Councils and sixteen Town Councils, which are functioning under the Additional Director, MAC. The present urban

population in Nagaland according to 2011 census is 7,07,523 out of total population of 19,80,602 that is 35.72% in ratio wise.

The petitioner argues that non separation of Municipal Department from the Directorate of Urban development is “unhealthy for the citizens of Nagaland and the stagnation of development of Towns in Nagaland is owing to various administrative and technical difficulties that occur in implementation of various schemes and projects meant for the welfare and benefit of urban populace specially the urban poor.” The functions of the ULBs are mandated by 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India and the schemes it covers include: JnNURM. RAY, ILCS, BRGF Schemes, State Grants, HUDCO, Master Plans, Purchase of Machineries, Street Vendor Schemes, Night Shelter, Slums, ISHUP and any other Schemes.

The PIL was heard by Justice PK Saikia on November 28 and after hearing the petitioner-in-person, a notice was issued to the Nagaland state Government. The matter has been posted for further hearing on January 17, 2015.

BJP Nagaland State Unit while welcoming the Prime Minster thanked him for concerned shown to the Nagas by visiting the state in a six month period after assuming the office.

He asked the PM to convey to the nation that the Nagas are not hostile to India but are emotionally attached with the Nagas residing in other states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and country like Myanmar though divided by manmade boundaries.

Dr.T.M Lotha in his speech extended gratitude to the central government, the national BJP and Sr. Adv. Satyapal Jain, for the hard work and interest put in disposing the disqualification case of the three MLAs. Parliamentary Secretary Transport Piawang Konyak also ad- Two young boys push a bicycle laden with unbaked bricks up an inclined slope in a dressed the gathering.

Brick Field in Bamunpukhri, in the outskirts of Dimapur. (Morung Photo)

RDnüms celebrates Grandparents’ Day New office bearers of

kohima, December 1 (mexN): In a rare and fitting occasion, Rev. Dr. Neiliezhü üsou Memorial School, Kohima (RDnüms) organized grandparents’ day at the Heritage on November 30 as an act of re-bonding the young and the old. The event which was filled with lots of music performances by accomplished musicians such as üsou’s Instrumental Praise, Ame¬ü üsou Zao & the Choir, also featuring James Basnet, paid rich tributes to the grandparents of the students from RDnüms.

The day was dedicated to the grandparents, celebrating their worth in our lives, who are also the senior most members in the families.

Alongside, RDnüms also observed

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Affairs Directorate in Nagaland

Communication and Cultural PM meets BJP Party workers in Dimapur Research Centre at CTC

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Lhothavi village under Dhansiripar sub-division in Dimapur district has earned the distinction of becoming an energy-efficient village. The village implemented a one of a kind initiative to fully install low power consumption CFL electric bulbs in every household of the village.

Having around a hundred households, the village came up with a proposal to do away with the traditional high energy consumption incandescent bulbs about two years back, which was implemented this year. CFL bulbs are known to consume less energy and taking into consideration the power crisis in Nagaland, the village decided to initiate a plan to ease the problem, said the chairman of Lhothavi Village Council, Khazhezu Yepthomi at the launch programme held at the village square on December 1.

“From this day on, we will use no more incandescent bulbs,” declared the chairman.

Though the initiative is small and confined to one village, the chairman expressed hope that it would set a precedent for judicious use of energy. He further said: “When we save energy, we save our environment,” while stating that CFL bulbs may appear to be costly at first but its benefits would definitely be felt in the long-term.

CFL electric bulbs are known to be more energy-efficient than incandescent bulbs consuming 50-80 percent less electricity. Further, it has a longer life and is estimated to last upto 10, 000 hours. It however has to be disposed off carefully.

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Pre-Christmas. Speaking on the theme, “True meaning of Christmas”, Teacher Educator, Agnes Tepa shared rich stories of the Birth of Jesus and expressed that ‘Jesus was God in the flesh which also means God is literally with us and in us.” She said, “with Jesus Christ in our lives we can live with freedom” while stating her belief that Christmas also means salvation.

Pointing out that Jesus' cross paid the price for us, Agnes Tepa reiterated that Christmas means freedom and salvation. She further impressed upon that we should be truly thankful for God’s indescribable gift that He gave us on Christmas.

Highlights of the event included invocation by Jagwetoü Krose, Propri-

etor of Stella Higher Secondary School, Amazing Grace by RDnüms Little Choir, Showers of Blessing by String Ensemble, School of Music, Kohima, storytelling by Nourhenuo Theluo, poem recitation by Kesosieü üsou & Meriyani Ezung, Ballet by children of RDnüms, Hula Hoop by Athozo Hibo & Children of RDnüms and O’ Holy Night

by Students of MHBHSS, Kohima.

The other special presentations included ‘Just a little talk with Jesus’ by üsou’s Instrumental Praise, ‘Medley’ by Ame¬ü üsou Zao & the Choir, arranged and composed by Ame¬ü üsou Zao, special performance by James Basnet. Blessing was later brought forth by Tepusaho Tase, Sr. Pastor MHBC.

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NPF Peren Division

Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): The nomination committee of NPF Peren Division has announced the names of office bearers to lead the NPF parent body and other wings of Peren district. According to a press release issued by convenor of nomination committee of NPF Peren Division, NR Zeliang, the names of new office bearers are as follows: Haigam Kauring - president, Teitui Iheilung - general secretary (NPF Peren parent body); Thunbuiliu – president, Kokole – general secretary (Women Wing); Hailamsong – president, Iluilung – general secretary (Farmer’s Wing); Manuel Kamson - president, Genthau Panmei – general secretary (7 Peren A/C); Asaniu – president, Cecelia – general secretary (Women wing 7 Peren A/C); Bangau – president, Belief Gongmei – general secretary (Youth wing 7 Peren A/C); Asina – president, Namton Pamei – general secretary (Farmer’s wing 7 Peren A/C).

‘Pray for peace and lasting solution in Nagaland’

Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): Peace Channel assessing the present scenario of the state, the founder- director, Rev. C.P.Anto, while exhorting the staff, peace club leaders and volunteers of Peace Channel family during the evaluation and planning for the peace programmes for 2014-2016 on November 28 and 29.

In his message, Rev Anto said that we are in a climax of settling the issue finally.

“The visit of Prime minister and the helpless situation of our youth and the people in the state have reached its saturated point. Now we need the lasting solution for our youth and children to have meaningful life like other children and youth in the other parts of the country. For that we need to pray, pray earnestly that our leaders will sit together for dialogue and reconciliation, for a lasting and inclusive solution for the long standing is-

Members of Peace Channel during the evaluation and planning for the peace programmes for 2014-2016 held on November 28 and 29.

sue of our people,” said The Reverend.

He also added, “ As we all know, our family of peace lovers consists of over forty thousand children and youth along with a good number of teachers, volunteers and members of Peoples’ Forum for Peace (PFP).

The main objective of this forum is to prevent conflicts in the villages and communities; they are members from

different religions, communities and professions.”

C. P. Anto, also said that if we all actively involved in peace building we can have solution to it soon. He also handled a session on peace building in multi-cultural and religious society.

Robert Liangmang, Asst Professor of NEISSR, gave the first input session. He explained about the Problem Tree Analysis. Describ-

ing the advantages of it, he emphasized the importance of having a systematic analysis of problems in every turn of life. The modality of preparing the Problem Tree and converting it into an Objective Tree was demonstrated with examples. They came up with Problem Trees on issues like Child Labour, Child and women exploitation, tobacco, drug and alcohol

abuse, human rights violation, environment exploitation, school dropouts, and unemployment and unemployability of our educated youth was brought out during the group work.

After the Group Discussion, four important points were chosen as the area of focus for the next year activities of Peace Channel. They are Combating Violence, Tobacco and Alcoholism,

School Dropouts, Protection and Preservation of Culture and Environment and Unemployment & Unemployability were the serious issues to be handles coming years. The members also suggested to strengthen the net work with government and nongovernmental organizations while implementing the activity plan and at the same time we need to work very hard to elicit maximum talents and special competency among the youth to build peace.

The two days of workshop concluded with peace celebration and evaluation of the days’ activities. Each participant shared their experiences, success stories and hardship in peace building. Anishe Yeptho coordinator proposed vote of thanks and Ahel Vitsu did the concluding prayer.

This was stated in a press release issued by Judith Huidina, Peace Channel Desk.

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REgional 3 Over 2300 people infected with PM dedicates power plant in Tripura HIV: Meghalaya Health Minister Tuesday

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SHILLONG, DECEMBER 1 (PTI): Over 2300 people are infected with HIV that causes AIDS in Meghalaya and 460 new cases annually were detected, state Health Minister A L Hek said today.

The state, whose population is a little less than three million people, has a prevalence of about 0.13 per cent among adults (1549 years), Hek said.

The HIV prevalence is estimated at 2381 infections which included adults as well as children and an estimation of 460 new cases of HIV infections in the age group of 15 years and above annually, Hek who addressed the World Aids Day celebration here said.

Currently as per the report on October, 2014, the number of PLHIV reg-

2 December 2014

9,637 people found to be HIV positive in Mizoram

AIZAWL, DECEMBER 1 (PTI): At least 9,637 people in Mizoram have been found to be HIV-positive while 587 AIDS patients died in the state in the last 24 years, according to Mizoram State AIDS Control Society.

MSACS officials told PTI that 2,97,375 blood samples have been tested since October 1990 till

October this year.

The officials said that while the number of new infections decreased considerably, the change in the mode of transmission was disturbing.

"During the early years, intravenous drug users and sex workers were the high risk groups, but things have changed over the past years," they said, adding that as of

now, an alarming 68.85 per cent of HIV positives got infected through unprotected sexual intercourse.

Students staged demonstrations on the streets as the World AIDS Day was observed here with placards reading - "Getting to Zero - Zero Infection, Zero Discrimination & Zero Death", the theme of the World AIDS Day 2014.

istered at ART Centre Plus is 1541 and cumulative number alive and on the ART is 588, he said.

Calling on a collective responsibility to contain the deadly disease which is a global concern, the Health Minister said his government is committed to getting to zero as

the theme of celebration is getting to zero.

It is of paramount importance that new HIV infections be prevented and will require a decisive action guided by a ground breaking vision of Zero new HIV Infection, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS related

deaths. We believe that by taking the right decision we can achieve universal access to HIV prevention treatment, care and support, he said.

Meghalaya health secretary K W Marbaniang and Meghalaya AIDS Control Society project director W D Phira were also present.

'No reports of Divorced Mizo women now entitled to inherit property Act was enacted in the Assembly sesinfiltration from AIZAWL, DECEMBER 1 (PTI): Di- sionThe which ended on November 26. The Lusvorced Mizo women are now entitled inherit property and protected from hai Hills District (Village Council) (AmendB'desh in Cachar' tobeing divorced at the will of their hus- ment) Bill, 2014 was also passed in the

SILCHAR (ASSAM), DECEMBER 1(PTI): There have been no reports of infiltration from Bangladesh or 'jihadi' activities in Assam's Cachar district, BSF Inspector General (Cachar and Mizoram Frontier) D K Upadhayaya said on Monday.

"There has been no report of any 'Jihadi' activity or infiltration from the neighbouring country in Cachar or its surrounding areas in the recent past," Upadhay said here.

Cachar has 128-km and Mizoram 336-km border with Bangladesh and though there has been no such reports but BSF was keeping a strict vigil along the border, the IG BSF said.

He, however, pointed out that border fencing, construction of border road and installation of flood-lights was yet to be completed.

The IG said at least five members of banned ultra outfit had recently surrendered before BSF personnel along with arms and ammunition.

bands under the newly enacted Mizo Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance of Property Act, 2014.

The Act which disbands the customary law of the strictly patriarchal Mizo society, allows divorced women to inherit property and also protects them from being divorced by their husbands at their will.

Assembly providing reservation for women in the elections to the village councils.

President of the All Mizoram Women Federation (AMWF), Jane R Ralte, today thanked the state government for enacting the laws and said it would reform the society by reducing divorce rates and reducing the number of orphans in the state.

GUWAHATI, DECEMBER 1 (MExN): A twoday health awareness program and Basic Life Support (BLS) training for ambulance drivers was launched by Dr. Shibaji Chattopadhyaya, Facility Director – Narayana Superspeciality Hospital along with Dr Surabhi Kalita Khanikar, AHA Certified ACLS / BLS Instructor and Dr Apurba Kumar Baorah, Coordinator - Critical care and Emergency Medicine, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital at Guwahati on November 29.

According to a press note received here, the program aimed at training the ambulance drivers on administering firstaid to accident victims at

the spot of trauma or accident on the road or at any public place. Medical experts from the hospital conducted health awareness programs and checkup camps for ambulance drivers to assess their health and fitness.

Speaking on the inaugural function, Dr Chattopadhyaya, Facility Director, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital said, “The aim behind organizing this initiative is to help the Ambulance drivers manage their health in a better manner to be able to provide medical aid to victims on the road and other public places. Also, these drivers are the first point in contact in case of a road accident and it is critical

band and baby daughter to AIDS, going on to set up the Assam Network of Positive People to help people with HIV, AIDS and fight for their rights.

Parvati Barua is the celebrated Elephant Queen, the only woman elephant trainer in the world, who was born into an affluent and privileged zamindar family who instead chose to answer the call of the wild, taming and training elephants.

Raimedhi also profiles Mary Kom, the daughter of an impoverished farmer in a Manipur village, who with grit and tenacity travels the long road to international fame as an Olympic boxer even as the dice seems loaded against her.

As a teenager, Sahitya Akademi winning author Rita Chowdhury spent years as a fugitive student revolutionary hiding from the law who went on to chronicle the Assam movement against foreign nationals, capturing in gripping prose the drama of those stirring years.

Birubala Rabha is the feisty crusader who has braved death threats and ostracisation to speak out against witchcraft in Assam's remote countryside and this unlettered woman has battled great odds to save thirty-five people, deemed witches by superstitions villagers, from certain death.

Concerned by rising instances of human trafficking, Meghalaya's Hasina Kharbhih has created the Meghalaya Model, a collective initiative involv-

ing government, NGOs, judiciary, police etc which work in close collaboration to tackle the menace.

Padmashree awardee Bertha G Dkhar's world may have turned dark as she became blind but braving great odds, she created Braille in the Khasi language and ushered in a quiet revolution in the area of education for the visually challenged.

Afflicted by polio when she was a toddler, Assam's Urmee Mazumdar dedicated her life to work among the disabled through her NGO Swabalambi- making them aware of their rights, arranging for their treatment and training them for a livelihood.

Dr Manisha Behal is credited with single-handedly professionalizing social work in the North East and her NGO, North East Network, is a leading organisation working in the area of women's rights.

Award winning film director Manju Borah, undeterred by lack of finance and limited infrastructure make films that bring hope to the crippled Assamese film industry.

Raimedhi also profiles journalists Monalisa Changkija and Teresa Rehman, both upholding the value of free, fair and fearless journalism.

"I spent twenty-five tough, memorable years trying to be both a writer and journalist before the idea of writing this book on women who are survivors and pathfinders, doers and dreamers, inspiring hope," says Raimedhi.

to train them in life-saving skills.”

More than 70 ambulance drivers from Barpeta, Nalbari, Tejpur, Mangaldai, Kamrup (Metro and Rural), Baksa, Nagaon joined by Ambulance drivers of NDRF & SSB participated in the training program and took a pledge to give their best towards protecting and safeguarding the people of Assam.

The program trained the ambulance personnel in administering Basic Life Support along with the correct technique to check pulse and heart rate. The highlight of the program was about teaching them CPR for reviving an unconscious person.

CPR is a life-saving

get the maximum share of 240 MW of electricity, followed by Tripura (196 MW), Meghalaya (79 MW), Manipur (42 MW), Nagaland (27 MW), Mizoram (22 MW) and Arunachal Pradesh (22 MW). IL&FS and OTPC will keep 98 MW. "The Indian government has announced it would supply 100 MW of power from the power plant to Bangladesh."

Officials and engineers of state-owned Power Grid Corp of India Ltd, Central Electricity Authority, Tripura State Electricity Corp Ltd, Power Grid Co of Bangladesh (PGCB) and Bangladesh Power Development Board held a series of meetings to finalise the technicalities to supply the power to Bangladesh.

"To take power from Tripura, a 24-km new transmission line would be erected on the Indian

side and a 27-km one in Bangladesh," PGCB Executive Director Chowdhury Alamgir Hossain told IANS. "Initially, the Indian government would bear the cost of erecting transmission lines but subsequently the expenditure would be reimbursed by the PGCB," Hossain said.

The Palatana project is an example of cooperation between India and Bangladesh, which ensured the smooth passage of heavy project equipment and turbines to the site through its territory by road and waterways from Haldia port in West Bengal.

"A consortium comprising the US-based General Electric (GE) and India's state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has supplied gas turbines for the project," said Dube.

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ity Palatana combined cycle power project is the first commercial power project of ONGC, which found huge gas reserves in Tripura.

The first unit (363 MW) was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee June 21 last year.

Then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had laid the foundation stone for the power plant in October 2005.

Those present at the inaugural ceremony included, besides Modi, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Governor P.B. Acharya, the Bangladesh Prime Minister's energy affairs advisor Tawfiq-eElahi Chowdhury, Bangladesh Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, India's Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey.

Modi hasn't fulfilled promises, says Assam CM GUWAHATI, DECEMBER 1 (IANS): Though the Narendra Modi government has completed six months in office, yet none of his pre-poll promises have been fulfilled so far, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Monday. "The prime minister had assured the people of Assam of 'achche din' (good days). But good days are yet to come in Assam." Gogoi told the media.

The CM hit out at the central government for not paying heed to As-

Narayana Hospital holds 2 days health awareness and BLS

My Half of the Sky- Profiling indomitable women of North East GUWAHATI, DECEMBER 1 (PTI): Traditional, yet modern, resilient and capable of enduring all odds - are the women from North East as portrayed by Assam's prolific writer Indrani Raimedhi in her latest book. The book 'My Half of the Sky', profiles twelve women of diverse background from the region who have confronted great odds and endured heartbreaking ordeals to stand by what they believe in.

A HIV-positive patient who loses her husband and child to AIDS and turns a crusader, the daughter of an impoverished farmer surmounting all odds to become an Olympic medal winning boxer, world's only female elephant catcher, a rustic devoting her life to save women from being branded as witches and being killed, women who have overcome their physical disabilities to fight for rights of others like them are among the twelve women whose lives have been featured in the book.

Their narratives dispel gender stereotypes, reveal facets of this beautiful, troubled part of the country and "my book also stands for the premise that all issues are women’s issues", says Raimedhi, a journalist with a leading English daily of Assam and an author with nine books to her credit.

Jahnabi Goswami took the unprecedented step of being the first HIV positive woman in the North East to come out in the open after losing her hus-

PALATANA (TRIPURA), DECEMBER 1 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday dedicated to the nation the second unit (363 MW) of a 726 MW power plant that will supply power to Bangladesh and seven northeastern states.

Th e s t at e - ow n e d ONGC, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) and the Tripura government jointly floated ONGC Tripura Power Co Ltd (OTPC) to set up the Rs.9,000-crore Palatana power plant in southern Tripura, some 60 km south of Agartala.

"The gas-based thermal project would resolve the power crisis of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura states," OTPC's outgoing chairman Sudhindra Kumar Dube told IANS. Dube said Assam will

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sam's demands for financial assistance for floods that killed 90 people and affected lakhs this year. "We have submitted a detailed memorandum, saying an amount of Rs.1,915.15 crore would be necessary for repair and restoration of damaged houses, infrastructure, etc.

An additional amount of Rs.619 crore is required on account of rescue and relief operations," he said.

Gogoi alleged that the state was yet to receive anything, except for an

Arunachal ex-CM Gamlin is dead ITANAGAR, DECEMBER 1 (PTI): Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin died at a hospital in Gurgaon, his family said on Monday. He was 53. Gamlin was suffering from liver thrombosis when he passed away last night. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son. His body will be flown to Aalo in West Siang district of Arunachal on Tuesday, they said.

In 2004, he was elected to the state Assembly and became Home Minister in the Gegong Apang ministry.

In 2009, he became Power Minister in the Dorjee Khandu government. On May 5, 2011, Gamlin became the chief minister after the death of Dorjee Khandu in a chopper accident.

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amount of Rs.288 crore from the central government as its share of the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) allotted for the year 2014-15. " "We have also requested the prime minister to ensure an increase in royalty of crude oil. While Gujarat has been receiving increased rate of royalty, particularly after a recent judgment by the Supreme Court, the same had not been implemented in Assam," he said.

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I, Shri. Mürahi Vasa do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:1. That Shri. Mürahi Vasa is written in all my other documents whereas, Shri. Mürahi is used in my appointment order.

2. That Shri. Mürahi Vasa and Mürahi is one and the same person.

3. That the statements made above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge for all purposes.

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Solemnly affirmed and declared before me on this 28th Nov.2014 1st Class Magistrate Chozuba, Phek Dist, Nagaland

FELICITATION

The Longsa Village Council heartily felicitates Shri. Mhao Humtsoe of Longsa Village for being elected to the post of Chairman, Lotha Hoho in the recently concluded meeting comprises of 82 Lotha Village, Lotha Students’ Union, Lotha Eloe Ekhung, Lotha Chairman Union, All Lotha Youth Forum on 28th Nov.2014 at Public Ground Wokha.

The LVC while thanking all the Lothas for electing such a senior and experience man to lead the Lothas, hoped that the new Lotha Hoho Team will work hard for well being of the Lothas.

(ZAYIO EZUNG) Chairman Longsa Village Council

(YILANO EZUNG) Head G.B. Longsa Village

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IF YOU DETEST THE POLITICIANS WHO WILL TRANSFORM NAGALAND? Liba Hopeson

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igging out the failures, weaknesses and shortcomings of others is easy. After the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many appreciate and acclaim him for his concern about developments of the State and NE Region. With these comments, many added that it was good as Modiji didn’t announce any huge package, as expected by the people. Then, the political leaders of the State have been diabolically disparaged and ridiculed. In fact, the corruptions and failures of the Political leaders cannot be denied, but it is not wise to throw the entire blame on them for

the current situation. I’m not here to side with them and defend them, but if you really dislike or abhor the politicians, you need to rethink, reconsider and learn something. We should never forget that, whether you like them or not, they are elected by the people with majority votes. So, in that sense, majority of the people like them. You are reaping what you have sown.

I doubt if those who have taken money from politicians are slamming them as if they are clean. They are the choice of the people.

If you think you are squeaky clean, but have not done anything to bring changes, you have great responsibilities. Obviously,

faithful to contest in the next election? Can you start educating and persuading the people to vote for truthful leaders? Can you be an agent of change?

Or will you do nothing and continue to simply disparage and deride the leaders? I doubt those who cannot be leaders in a small colony and village speak big words and speak against the leaders more than the others.

In this write-up I don’t intend to say that we cannot speak against the politicians at all. We can, but rightly and sensibly. But as I observe, most of the people raise voice with unnecessary anger and morally superior attitude. I pray

that the nose of the politicians will not become longer by reading this. It is high time for reflection, learn from the past blunders, make good plans for future and act wisely.

Cursing only the darkness without lighting a candle is not going to help us grow.

We know so many crores of rupees have been spent during election and it’s not easy to recover one crore.

We don’t permit them to recuperate, but they will, if they love money. The people as a whole bear the loss, and all are responsible for what is taking place.

If you hate the politicians, try to do something for the future, don’t only howl and flay at them!

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ere in India, only in recent years, I see so many people using this term Advent Christmas. I am confused as to why some terms and practices of the Church are simply borrowed and used without actually knowing the meaning. Advent Christmas or Advent Season should not be confused with Pre Christmas or Advance Christmas.

Pre or Advance Christmas is an anticipated, just one day, celebration of Christmas, for people who may not be able to come together as a community on the actual Christmas Day. Whereas, Advent is a season. It is not just one day Celebration but it is a season of Preparation.

It is a season that begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, when the Church commemorates the centuries of waiting for the coming of the Saviour promised to the Jews in the Old Testament. For Christians, the season of Advent is also a time of quiet meditation and reflection in preparation for the Christmas celebration. The term Advent is taken from the Latin word "Adventus" meaning "Coming".

For many people in metro cities and major towns, Advance Christmas or Pre Christmas has become the only day to attend church, debasing the

practice of church attendance to ritual status of attending the Church once in a year, which has stripped off the value and purpose of being a Christian. In the same way, I see so many people using X-Mass instead of Christmas. There is a disagreement among the Christians with regard to the use of the abbreviation of Christmas as "Xmas".

There is a growing concerns about the increasing commercialization and secularization of Christmas. The secular world seeks for a short and easy way of making things. The word "Christ" and its compounds, including "Christmas", have been abbreviated in English dictionary for at least the past 1000 years, long before this "Xmas" was used. The word Xmas is not even 100 years old.

The word “mass” means celebration. The secular world give importance to celebrations by removing Christ from the celebration. Many Christians view X as something that stands for negation like No, Not, Wrong, Absence, xxx etc.

Which may mean No Celebration, Absence of Celebration. There are some people who try to justify the use of this term by saying that in Greek, the name of Christ starts with the letter “X”. But Xmas doesn't make any sense to those who doesn't know Greek.

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In this lifetime, I have learned that the season of Christmas magic is powerful, but the power in our hearts is even more magical. There is something that makes everyone feel spirited, happy and excited. This Season of Christmas brings out the child within. The festive air is contagious; even the most despairing soul cannot help but feel enthused by the vibrancy of the season. Our ability to love one another, to renew our faith and bring hope into our lives and the lives of others, are the greatest of gifts to bestow and receive. Christmas Season is indeed a time for sharing in gift giving and celebrating. And yet, the greatest gifts may not be just confined to those wrapped in fine papers or dressed in colourful bows. They are those given with an open heart, one wrapped in the lovely ribbons of faith, hope, and love. We know that we've grown up, when we know that none of the things we want for Christmas can be bought at a store. When we know that its not only about Merry making. When we know that we need to prepare to receive a Child like a Child and grow to be Christlike throughout the year.

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Dear Nagas, As mentioned in Isaiah 30: 1 about the Israel’s obstinate nation, so also the Nagas have come in the same situation. Without consulting God, the Nagas are carrying out plans that are not His, forming an alliance, but not by His Spirit, heaping sin upon sin, brining shame and disgrace and about to destroy the whole Nagas.

Without acknowledging and regarding God, the Naga politicians are planning and forming out so many things and heaping up sins in the land. So viewing all these what our church leaders and those who are standing on the truth for God are thinking?

Shall we just remain

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rom the Indian Prime Ministers Nerhu to Modi, the Naga question has perplexed Independent India for over 67 years. Its chequered history is full of strife, almost begging comparison with Ulser problem.

India has no right to have any dispute with the Nagas in whichever way.

Likewise, Mahatma Gandhi, Raja Gopalachari, first Governor General of India and General Carriapa, first C-in-C of India had made it clear that India has no right to bother Nagaland as Nagaland is not a part and parcel of India.

But Nagas are suffering miserably in the hands of Indian not as minority Group within India- but because of invasion (an entry of hostile army into a country and the use of pressures (neo-colonialism) to control other country).

Prior to 1947, the Naga urged the Government of India to settle the IndoNaga affairs peacefully.

It has been observed that when the issue is being raised by the Nagas, the Government of India given vexed reply saying that if Nagas are free from India, other states like Bihar, Orissa or Madhya Pradesh etc. etc. will also ask freedom from India. How foolish is the Government

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in silent and let God bring destruction on all of us?

Are the Nagas on the Lord’s side or on Satan’s side? Yesterday Nagaland was known as ‘Nagaland for Christ’, but today Nagaland is tagged with a new name ‘Nagaland, land of Festival’ or famously Nagaland is known for Hornbill festival- Festival of Festivals, etc. Nagas are being dragged by many worldly things that drifts us away from God and lead us into the path of sin, for the Bible says in James 4:4 that whoever become friends of the world will become an enemy of God. Without consulting God we select our leaders, so through them many disgraceful schemes emerges.

of India? Since in the inception of India Union, when the Indian constitution was drafted and later on approved by the Electoral College of Indian’s Constituent Assembly, each and every verdict of the states were sought, and they willingly joined Indian Union and thereby accepted the constitution of India.

As such a particular juncture, whether the India Union is to be accepted or not, option was given to all states of India and they were the first party to accept Indian Constitution and remained within Indian Union. But the Nagas was the first party to reject Indian Constitution and refused to join Indian Union. (Followed by state re-organization, a Commission came to Kohima, they were told that Nagaland cannot be a state within Indian Union).

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India will not profit anything by bringing all sorts of bitterness to the Nagas on the other hand, if India retraces its mind and listen to the rights of the Nagas at this time, the Nagas too can be of great help to India in some ways. When Former President of USA, Jimmy Carter, vowed to the human rights, he said, “Your strength can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom can help minimise my mistakes.”

Nagas are not demanding anything from India but only saying to recognise each other Sovereignty and treats as equal.

In conclusion, to tell you, the ignorant freedom fighters that if they should hold their peace with India intent and purpose, the Stones would immediately cry out.

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ack during my school and highschool days in that lazy town of Satakha, the one thing we looked forward to in the evening at 4:20 PM sharp was the Sema Gospel and love songs ofKikhetoduringhis“Rocky” days, blaring through our transistor radios. And the books that we read were the ‘Western novels’ of Louis L’Amour and ofcourse those favorite black and white, wild west ‘western comics’.

Almost in all the stories, there would be those cowboy bounty hunters, or to be more precise, two types of bounty hunters. One type of those bounty hunters, without remorse, would hunt down stage-coaches, rob banks, engage in showdowns displaying the lightning speed of drawing their revolvers, revealing in the lingering smoke of their six round barrels as they slowly but surely blow it away after the kill, before pushopening the trademark two way mid-split door of the saloon to quench their thirst.

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One of the shocking and distressing thing is to know that our MLAs are willing to lift the Nagaland Liquor Prohibition Act (1989, NLPA).

Let one rules over people in righteousness, and rules in the fear of God… (2 Samuel 22: 2-3). We are not following His words, so like flooding water sin is flooding in our land.

If those who are on the Lord’s side come together in one accord, just within months He can deliver the state in our hand, so arise and come forth! Praise the Lord. Everything is possible for those who believe (Mark. 9:23)

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a Real Santa Claus during this cold winter Christmas season. I believe that, it is the smiles, the happiness that we are able to generate in others brings about real meaning in life. Christmas Celebrations or practices are good but what is worth, if it doesn't help us to be a better Christian.

I too loved to focus on the fun and love and hope and happiness that comes with the Christmas Season. I enjoy the whole spirit of Christmas, external decorations as well. I like the Christmas songs, the music and the Church play. I like the tree, the lights, the shopping, killing of pigs, and all the family and group get-togethers. I see all of these things as a preparation for one big celebration for the birth of Christ. In the midst of all these preparation and celebration, there is a danger that we may forget to prepare for receiving the special little baby boy born so long ago. When God comes, He usually comes in humility, silently and peacefully, without causing a great disturbance.

God’s humble coming in Jesus would not surprise us if we knew God better.

But of course we will never know God sufficiently to understand. So no matter how much we try to understand God becoming human in Jesus we will not be

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I have not seen anyone using "Xtopher" for "Christopher", or "Xtina" for the name "Christina".

National flags are raised in a proper manner, but our Christmas stars are raised anyhow, even upside down, without even knowing its meaning.

Christmas Carols are something good. But, in some parts of India, it is anyhow copied by some colony youths, mostly driven by selfish motives. It can be a nuisance for the public.

During the Christmas seasons, I have seen so many people using Christmas cards with the picture of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

But many are hesitant to erect the image of Jesus in public places. There is a popular devotion of erecting Santa Claus in many public places. Personally, I am not happy to see some funny tummy Santa Claus being erected in many prominent places.

He is not a Christmas god to be erected for people to see and admire. He is not an image to be mocked at.

Why spend money on Santa Cards, Santa structures, Christmas trees, Christmas decorations, Christmas feast, etc. Instead be a Real Santa to your neighbours, to someone lonely, to little kids, to the unloved, the poor and the marginalized.

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there are corruptions in the Government, but we cannot refute that, the majority masses are in some way responsible for the current state of affairs.

So, if you dislike the current leaders, you don’t have to only bark at them and condemn them. If you really long for a transformed and reformed society, you should be busy thinking for the next election.

For it is still highly doubtful that people will not elect the Political candidates who do not use much money before election, which means, corrupt leaders will rule the State again. Can you start encouraging some capable leaders who will be

down those staring down from the “wanted dead or alive” posters, hand them over dead or alive to the Sheriff, dust off his shirt and stonewashed jeans, wash his hands, water his horse, have a silent drink and leave town searching for the next poster. If the Sheriff is corrupt, he will find a way to let the captured “wanted” escape the noose, but that does not concern the bounty hunter anymore.

Sometimes, the cowboy takes fancy of that girl behind the saloon counter, and if the girl reciprocates to that, that look or that grin of the cowboy, one thing leads to another and you find that bounty hunter of a cowboy, mending fences and happily settled down in that same town. Sometimes he is even given that badge of the Assistant Sheriff.

Oh! Those were the days. Any day, any time, I will happily trade all the technologies of today for those comics and the transistor radio.

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5 LOCAL ZB (AMN) meeting underlines continuation of colonial policy Tuesday

The Morung Express

2 December 2014

imphal, December 1 (mexN): The Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN) had its central executive meeting at Longmai Community Hall, Longmai Bazar in Tamenglong on November 30.

Many people from three states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland (AMN), including senior leaders and village authorities attended the meeting, informed a press release from Dr. Gairiangmei Maringmei, general secretary, ZB (AMN).

Raitu Chawang, president of ZB (AMN) in the meeting reminded that on November 30, Zeliangrong Homeland Demand Day was declared in 1982 at the fourth conference of the ZeMopungchuket villagers engage in the customary practice of repairing the village traditional morung on December liangrong People’s Conven1. The morung is one of the major tourist attractions of Mopungchuket village, a popular rural tourist destination tion (ZPC) at Tamenglong District, Manipur. “It is the under Mokokchung district of Nagaland, located about 18 kms away from the district headquarters.

MEx FILE World Disability Day to be observed in Kohima Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): All the inclusive schools, parents having disabled child, People with Disability (PWD) and NGOs working in the field of disabilities have been requested to be part of observance of World Disability Day on December 3, organised by Nagaland Parents Association for the Disabled (NAPAD). The programme will be held at Leire Panchayat Hall, Kohima at 9:30 am, informed a press release from Kapochu-o Naleo, NAPAD general secretary.

Benreului Kangbau advance Christmas, general session Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): The Benreului Kangbau organised its advance Christmas cum general session on December 1 at the residence of Rev. Deuhing Nsarangbe. The programme was addressed by the president, Reku Iheilung. Ihube Nampeung and friends presented special song, while Christmas message was shared by Namrai Nsa. New office bearers of Benreului Kangbau were also elected: Reku Iheilung retained his post as president and Rairai Irangbe as the secretary. The programme ended with benedictory praise by Rev. Deuhing Nsarangbe.

Issuing press note without consultation incorrect: NNC Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): The Naga National Council (NNC) today stated that the MIP of GPRN/ NSCN issuing a press statement (December 1) without consulting with the leaders concerned was “not correct and appreciated.” A statement from Information & Publicity Wing, NNC said that “the press note mentioning the name of the leaders without the knowledge of them should be avoided and this should not vitiate or undermine the sanctity of the Joint Statement of the three Naga National Political Groups.” The NNC asserted that it “fully stand on the sanctity of the Joint Statement of November 29, 2014 as already declared but nothing less or more in the matter of political statement in this regards.”

OHYO warns against nuisance in colony Kohima, December 1 (mexN): The Officers’ Hill Youth Organisation (OHYO) has reiterated its earlier resolution to conduct surprise checking within its jurisdiction and also interrogate anyone found involving in “immoral activities, drinking and disturbing the peaceful atmosphere.”

The Organisation issued this notification following reports that “unwanted elements” were “creating nuisance in the colony by citing instances of regular sights of freshly used liquor bottles, empty cans of beer on the road

side,” stated a press release from OHYO president, Metevizo Sophie and general secretary, Noseho Koso.

Anyone found indulging in such activities would be held and forwarded to judicial custody and their name(s), photo(s) will be published in local newspapers, warned OHYO. Further, warning couples to “maintain social decency within the colony,” the release also pointed out that cases of abusing women have been reported, especially in Over Bridge area.

“Any intimations and threatening of the colony residents or pedestrians would not be

inalienable right of the Zeliangrong people to determine our political future and to secure to ourselves the political liberty, social justice and equal economic opportunities guaranteed in the Constitution of India,” he asserted. The president recalled the “heroic struggle” of the Zeliangrong leaders who fought against the “mighty British rulers’ policies of suppression and exploitations” and expressed dissatisfaction with the “continuation of the colonial policy by free India that arbitrarily scattered the population of Zeliangrong people in separate three States of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.”

He appealed to the Zeliangrong people to work harder, fight against those who are trying to “destruct the

bond of consanguinity and accomplish the unfinished agendas of the forefathers.”

More than 50 motor biker youths of the Zeliangrong Ancestral Land Expedition (ZALE) also participated in the meeting. From November 20 to 30, the team visited different parts of Zeliangrong people inhabited areas in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, namely Tening, Njauna, Magulong, Mount Kisha–Magulong Lalong, Hangrum, Laishong, Halflong, Ramgaijang, Silchar, Ramgaizang, Makoi, Tousem, Barak-waterfalls, Zeilad lake, Namtiram, Haochong, Phalong, Longmai etc.

The release stated that the ZALE team found the people living in the visited areas “unattended, pathet-

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ic, and neglected by the respective States of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.”

The ZALE team leader, according to the release said, “We never expect that our people are still living in such a horrible condition. No proper transport communication, absence of basic health care facilities, unavailability of water supply, lack of educational infrastructures, underdevelopment, unemployment etc.” The ZALE team has urged the Zeliangrong leaders to inspect the situations of Zeliangrongs living in the remote areas and also demanded the government of the three States to take necessary actions and bring about social justice to the downtrodden people of Zeliangrong community.

Naga tea growers present grievances to zonal board

entertained,” it stated The organization also warned all the vehicle owners, who have booster exhaust, not to roam around unnecessarily accelerating creating “racket and trauma” for young children and elderly people.

Meanwhile, it urged the Police Department to continue their patrol around the colony so as to instil confidence, maintain peace, tranquillity and harmony within the colony, at the same time, solicited the cooperation and participation of the concerned colony residents in dealing with Delegation of All Nagaland Small Tea Growers' Association with the officials of North social nuisance.

East Zonal Tea Board at Jorhat, Assam on Saturday, November 29. tea processing and OrthoDimapur, Decem- growers of Nagaland.

Highlighting the rele- dox factories to expand tea ber 1 (mexN): A delegation of All Nagaland Small vant issues confronting the production in the State. He Tea Growers' Association Naga tea growers, the asso- said setting up of factories met the officials of North ciation stated that, among would be subsidised by the East Zonal Tea Board at other things, Naga tea board while banks would Jorhat, Assam on Saturday growers lack knowledge of also provide loans for the A f t e r wa rd s, t h e y last to register their griev- advanced expertise on tea purpose. growing and they were deKashiho further inwere taken in large ances to the Board. nied subsidies. formed that the North East According to an execugroups to different parts In response, Dipankar Zonal Tea Board, as per retive member of the associaof the unit for communiMukherjee assured the Na- quest made by the association, Kashiho Sangtam, the ty cleaning in residential nine-member delegation galand tea growers to ad- tion, has approved to grant area. Holding banners, led by its president, Huki- dress their grievances and sanction for study tours, dustbins, brooms and ye Kibami met the Execu- assist them. Stating that seminars, trainings and dust pans, they picked tive Director of the board, Nagaland is ideally viable other capacity building acup the polythene bags, Dipankar Mukherjee and and fertile to grow organic tivities for tea growers of papers, rags and swept Assistant Director, Biswas tea, he encouraged the Na- Nagaland. In this regard, the streets and cleaned and apprised them of the galand tea growers to set board has asked the assothe drains. grievances faced by the tea up CTC (crush, tear, curl) ciation to submit proposal.

Assam Rifles School Kohima organises Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Kohima, December 1 (mexN): Assam Rifles High School, Kohima organized a cleanliness campaign based on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan where all the students along with the teachers participated with great enthusiasm to spread awareness about clean and dirt free environ-

ment. The campaign was lead by the Principal of the school, Swati Kumar.

The campaign started with an inter class cupboard cleaning and floor cleaning competition and they were later divided into different groups and allotted specific areas to clean within the school campus.

NLTP voting campaign ends Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): The public voting campaign on the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, which was launched on October 28 concluded on November 30. North East Artists Network (NEAN), which initiated the campaign, in a press release stated that it concluded successfully with over a lakh people participating in the campaign via SMS and voting cards.

Though the public response to the campaign Yimchungrü Baptist Borü Amukhungto visited families at Saddle village and donated rice. Rev. Z. Thsankiu, YBBA Executive Secretary in a press note lamented that there are 16 families in the village, whose crops had been dam- was not upto expectation, aged just overnight. He opined, “Any issues may be negotiated in a peaceful manner and such kind of ill feelings NEAN in the release stated that the data collected could have been avoided.” YBBA staff and the villagers prayed for goodwill to happen.

would be used as a reference. “NEAN thank each and everyone who have supported and took part in the NLTP Voting Campaign in voicing their opinion," the release said, while adding, “without your participation this campaign could never have been a success.”

The release further informed that “if needed it will initiate second phase voting campaign” in collaboration with other NGOs. The NLTP poll campaign results will be declared within a week or two, the release further informed.

Former finance minister of Nagaland, Kewekhape Therie releases a book entitled “50 Years of Peace Work by Nagaland churches and Naga civil societies” written by VK Nuh. It was released during the 75 anniversary celebration of Khuzha/Khezha Committee at Pfutsero on November 28. (Morung Photo)

NGBF appeals for settlement ‘Communicating science through ASU highlights BRO’s poor workmanship Kohima, December Border Road Organisation thorities to take note of of Naga political issue 1 (mexN): In light of the (BRO), 89 RCC of 15 BRTF.” the “poor quality of work digital video production’ “The public have wait- of the great BRO and pull recent road repair works,

Dimapur, December 1 (mexN): The Nagaland GB Federation (NGBF) has resolved to strongly appeal to the Govt. of India for settlement of long pending Naga political issue at the earliest for peace, development and advancement of “our” land. During its general meeting held in Zunheboto Town on November 28, the Federation also resolved to maintain unity and uniformity amongst the GBs without any tribal feelings; the house resolved to use only red on both front and back side of their uniform waist coat henceforth.

A press note from Nagaland GB Federation president, Shalem Konyak and general secretary, A Taku Longkumer also informed that NGBF decided to appeal to the Govt.

of Nagaland to “include in GBs Corpus Fund scheme for the demised GBs before reaching ten years in service with effect from the first notification as the death cannot be control.”

The meeting also decided that the present tenure ending general meeting shall be held in October 2015 at Mokokchung Town.

It also decided to organize seminar and workshop on district and sub-divisional level for GBs. The sales of NGBF Calendar 2015 shall be collected on or before January 31, 2015 and the Executive Meeting shall be held in February 2015 to finalize the same, it was resolved.

The meeting also introduced the new office bearers Hongsa Chang, vice president from Tuensang and Setsacho Thongri, joint secretary from Kiphiri.

Kohima, December 1 (mexN): A one-day training programme on the topic “communicating science through digital video production” was organized at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kohima for the officers of agriculture and allied department under Tseminyu sub-division on November 25.

A press release from Dr. V Akashe Zhimomi, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Kohima informed that the resource persons for the training were Longma Yanger Pongen SMS (Ag. Ext) and Vevozo Nyekha (Computer Programmer).

The press release said that the need to learn techniques and methods of video production was highlighted. “The main purpose of which is to document and highlight new technology,

the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) has highlighted that some roads in Kohima have not been repaired up to the expectation of the people. A press release from ASU president Zakie Khate particularly mentioned the National Highway-29 “under the care and supervision of the

Participants of the training organized by KVK Kohima on November 25 with the resource persons.

create awareness through digital video production and bring change in the minds of the farming community,” the release stated.

The training emphasized more on the practical aspect of low cost video production; software like Windows Movie maker, Audacity (voice recording) and software on file

converting were taught.

Basic camera handling technique for capturing quality photograph and motion video shooting were also discussed by the resource persons. The participants at the end of the training produced quality documentary videos of 2-5 minutes duration, the release stated.

ed patiently for the last 11 months hoping against hope that this portion of the town road will be made smooth but when the repair finally took place, the potholes have become speed breakers,” the release stated.

The ASU has appealed to the visiting central au-

those responsible for the bad workmanship.” “Such callous attitude of revered central agencies such as BRO are reasons why our people are not happy,” it added. “It is still not very late to take corrective measures and restore whatever little image is left of the BRO.”

SRSU disappointed with BSNL ZuNheboto, December 1 (mexN): The Suruhuto Range Students’ Union (SRSU) has expressed its disappointment to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for “neglecting” the USO Tower at Suruhuto Town. The tower construction work, according to a press release from SRSU president, Kashiho H Achumi, started in 2009,

but even after five years of construction, it still remains incomplete “posing danger and disturbance in the surrounding area.” The incomplete construction, it added, has already “caused a life of eight year old child of Cl-V after falling from the tower and lot of other undesirable casualties have been occurred.”

Further, the release stat-

ed that even after repeated appeal through words and in written, the company still remains “deaf ear.” Asserting that negative response will no longer be tolerated, the SRSU warned that it will take its own course of action; demolish the tower if the company fails to complete the construction and make use of it before January 2015.

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oday, the Nagaland state financial situation is in shambles and has been for a very long time. The economy is in a downward spiral that has been exacerbated by the current deficit which is adversely affecting everyone. This provides an opportune time for Nagas to critically reflect on the ‘dependency syndrome’ into which we have become entrapped, and explore possible ways out of it by becoming more self-reliant.

Any approach involves examining many different and diverse factors, including how we manage our resources, what kind of economic system is best suited for us, the question of production, the decision-making processes, as well as basic considerations that challenge us as consumers to carefully examine where and what we buy. Indeed, too many of us are caught up in the accumulation model driven by marketing campaigns that fuel conspicuous consumption in order to keep up with the projected images and status projected through them. Shopping during the holiday season is a good example of our frenetic and out of control buying patterns.

Buying locally is necessary in order to build a Naga market that is vibrant, dynamic and sustainable. In the current context, the Nagaland State Government and the churches are probably the largest employers and consumers of goods. Their unique advantage places them in the strongest and most ideal position to encourage local companies and entrepreneurs to do business with them. At least, in this way, the flow of capital would be retained locally within Nagaland. This is important, particularly when the economy is primarily dependent on the central government.

The Naga churches in particular can set an example in expressing solidarity with local entrepreneurs by doing business with them which will also stimulate developing more local products. Within the church context, this means buying from the church members and their constituencies. In this way the church will be supporting local families and contributing to the process of building and strengthening communities. More importantly, stabilizing the economy in this way is an investment in the future that is based on socially responsible selfreliant practices. Naturally, any system would be based on principles of transparency and accountability.

Buying locally ensures that local products are purchased from local businesses. When supporting local entrepreneurs, you are helping to stabilize communities that contribute to everyone’s overall well-being. Hence, to ‘Buy in Nagaland’ implies going beyond economics as its real intrinsic value cannot be measured in monetary terms.

Bound by its geography, politics and economics, the people of Nagaland state can draw upon their own resources and skills to transcend their stifling conditions and eventually break free from the ‘dependency syndrome.’ Let’s become socially conscious and responsible consumers by encouraging local entrepreneurs and begin by Buying in Nagaland!

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Celeste Liddle theguardian.com

Indigenous people need to determine our own future Will the next report on Indigenous disadvantage chart further decline?

How about the one after that? Top-down approaches won’t fix suicide rates, infant mortality, chronic disease

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arlier in November, 2014, an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy named Peter was found hanging from a tree, in Geraldton, WA, after walking away from a group of children he had been playing with. He was found by another child in the community.

That a child would make the decision to take his own life is distressing enough. Yet according to reports, this was but a final attempt on his life that Peter had made over the course of months. At 11 years old, Peter leaves behind his grieving grandparents – who were his primary carers – and his parents.

His death has rocked the entire community.

One of the most distressing facts about Wednesday’s release of the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is that tragic news like this is becoming more common. The suicide rate for Indigenous Australians was recorded as nearly double that of non-Indigenous Australian. The rates of hospitalisation for intentional self-harm have climbed by an alarming 48%. That infant mortality rates have halved is fantastic news but the idea that more of our children might find this life too distressing and seek to end it is devastating, to say the least.

In many areas where we predicted advancement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, positive outcomes have indeed been achieved. Yet according to the report, these increases do not appear to be contributing to broader outcomes at this stage. That’s fascinating in and of itself. Despite higher year 12 attainment rates, literacy and numeracy rates remained static. Despite a minor increase in the life expectancy for both men and women, rates of chronic disease remain unchanged.

More Aboriginal people may be purchasing their own homes yet as the gap on access to clean water, functioning sewage and electrical services widens. Communities can go without water for months and it seems to be nobody’s responsibility to rectify the situation. Can we guarantee that people will be able to actually live the homes they purchase?

As remoteness appears to contribute to further gaps in the outcomes, so too does it seem to preclude those that live in these communities from rightfully expecting that they will receive the basic services other Australian residents take for granted.

Unsurprisingly, the prison rate continues to soar, rising by 57% between 2000 and 2013. Beyond racism, official policies like mandatory sentencing laws continue to see people locked away for the pettiest offences. Most recently, the case of Ms Dhu – who died in custody whilst serving time to “work off” fines – highlighted the tragic outcomes that result when many Indigenous people come into contact with the legal system; the Abbott government, however, saw fit to cut funding to Aboriginal legal services.

Additionally, rates of community and family violence have remained static, yet the services that support people to leave these situations, such as women’s shelters and counselling services, have also been cut dramatically. With this in mind, are we likely to see the next report highlighting similar stasis or decline? What about the one after that?

It’s incredibly difficult to remain hopeful as an Indigenous person when reading the outcomes in this report. To me, it illustrates the continual failure of top-down approaches by successive governments and the neglect of these governments to focus on services that allow for self-determination that may make some positive changes.

It also highlights that the answer to poor rates of wellbeing in Indigenous Australia: as so many members of the community keep on saying, consultation with communities is the only way forward. Equality should not be unattainable, yet if things continue the way they have been, it’s unlikely that change will come.

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New Species of Nagas: A Treatise on Contemporary Issues-I

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icturesque landscape, vibrantly colourful people with rich traditions in songs and dances, the Nagas inhabit their ancestral land of majestic hills and beautiful valleys. Culturally, ethically and on several counts, the present Nagas inherited richly from their ancestral fathers. On Naga egalitarianism, the writer Mr. Nag commented, “We talk of social welfare state, of social security and the like, but there is a society in which they have been in practice long before the most progressive countries of the west got any of such ideas.” However, notwithstanding our past-inherited values and riches, we’ve gone to the extent of evolving ourselves into a rather disturbing, in my terms “New species of Nagas.” Novel developments are creditable and worth welcoming if those are more superior and more welfare enhancing to the precursor they substitute. The new Nagas are rather blatantly or speciously faring worse than the old Nagas. Slothfulness, untruthfulness, morally-degenerated, self-centredness etc. are the rules of the new species with only handful being exceptions to the rule. In what follows, neither am I engaging in the age-old wrangle, ‘Are we faring better than our forefathers?’ nor am I denying the legitimacy of seeking interest in novel ideas and practices originating internally or elsewhere.

I am writing this also not as a postmodernist attempting to identify the off beams of our ancestors or to critically evaluate their routines. My humble endeavour is to provoke public reasoning in regard to the cons of the ‘new way of life’ we have embraced. As and when befitting I shall revisit the dying old virtues of our ancestors which we are so proud of, yet we are miserably failing to inculcate in our daily lives. Succeeding generation ought to be more progressive and tolerant, i.e. change for better civilisation. Appreciating the emerging voice of the Naga intellects (thanks to social media for its facilitative role), one step towards that direction require the government (the parallel UG’s governments as well) to encourage public reasoning, providing opportunities for citizens to participate in policy discussion and to influence public choice and opinion. As Nobel laureate Amartya Sen once wrote, ‘Silence is a powerful enemy of social justice,’ the Naga public ought to understand and ask ourselves and proactively engage in scribbling our own common history.

Nagaland-under Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act 1989 is pompously declared by our Government as a “dry state” (though the term is not coined by our Government). One wonders if it’s perhaps because our law sees that our ponds, rivers and lakes linger dry in most of the seasons of the year, and hence ‘dry state.’ In an inquiry conducted by Nagaland Post, it is reported that India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth approximately Rs. 20 to 25 lakh were being transacted on a daily basis from Lahorijan, Khatkati and Bokajan areas of Assam to the state. The sheer figure (daily transactions) is disturbing, but the real cause of concern is the whopping consumption that sustains such high daily transactions. Even if you’re among the fortunate few unaffected and not in tears, the evils and social cost of alcohol, and the miseries brought forth by water scarcity are quite blatantly overt in display for one to witness and be aware of. The end-result reality is ‘abundance of alcohol and scarcity of water,’ but the more disheartening part of the picture is that those concerned abdicate to leave the dual problem as it is. Those concerned ranges from the government, the church, the Hohos, and finally to you and me (Against such backdrop, the ongoing discourse on NLTP is laudable).

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e are in the midst of the Thanksgiving season. I’m reminded everywhere I go to “Be thankful!”

Well, call me the Scrooge of Thanksgiving, but I’m just not feeling thankful.

The more someone tells me to “Be thankful!” the more I feel a sense of despair.

Be thankful? In the midst of Ferguson, Mo.? Jim Wallis writes that, “Many black families woke up this morning knowing that the lives of their children are worth less than the lives of white children in America.” And what will white America do about it? Nothing new. One side will continue the status quo of racism by denying that it even exists and then they will blame the victims. I firmly stand in the other side that blames America’s deeply embedded structures of racism, economic injustice, and educational inequality. To make matters worse, America is sharply divided over the shooting in Ferguson. Each side of the division blames the other for tragic violence.

Sunday’s heated debate on Meet the Press between former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson is indicative of the deep racial tensions underlying not only Ferguson, but every city in the United States.

My Facebook news feed and the media are telling me how I’m supposed to feel about Ferguson. Outraged. Hurt. Anxious. Guilt. Anger. Bitter. But certainly not thankful.

….the endresult reality is ‘abundance of alcohol and scarcity of water,’ but the more disheartening part of the picture is that those concerned abdicate to leave the dual problem as it is… rice-beer during fests. The new species that I alluded to earlier is squandering their money, time, talents, destroying family and their lives to alcohol.

The magnitude of the problem demands immediate attention, and merits a thorough investigation and intervention. Our very own yet dying community first attitude and our old style of concerted approaches in solving common problems is indispensable in addressing the issues at hand. Revisiting our inherent general sense of social identity and priorities in order to affect our actions will contribute immensely in turning a new leaf. In passing, I’d like to opine that the Church which is quite influential in retaining the contentious NLTP Act should also render its help in implementation and spreading anti-alcohol movements (we see such initiatives in some villages).The present sorry state of affairs make many, citing economic reasons, argue in favour of scrapping the Act. However, after a serious thought, it appears more ideal to shift our discourse from ‘whether to retain or scrap the Act?’ to ‘Effective implementation of a revamped law.’ It’s obvious that cost-benefit analysis will corroborate that the benefits-direct and indirect, quantifiable and unquantifiable will outweigh the cost of this needed endeavour of effective implementation.

Befitting enactment and effective implementation of laws can certainly create incentives for encouraging certain actions on the one hand and can also create disincentives against indulging in certain anti-social actions. It is reasonable to think that the demand for liquor of the current magnitude will likely sustain black-market and smuggling. In that case, however, only those having the means can gain access to black-market, the high price (resulting from scarcity) excluding the poor, fortunately in their own interest and the society at large.

The root of the problem also requires intervention of a sociological and psychological nature (instances of alcoholics switching to drugs in the event of successful total blanket ban by Women Hohos etc. are reported), and this is where the church has to actively involve. Laws certainly reflect the values and social commitments a state upholds, and as such Christian principles, ethical and moral implications, health issues, neighbourhood peaceful ambience etc. have to be considered in the discourse. More so, it is an obvious fact that at least every Naga parents (irrespective of one’s spiritual health, or even alcoholic parents) wish their children to grow up as good Christians.

It is hard to ignore the glaring fact of untimely deaths contributed by sub-standard and adulterated liquors. However, this is a fall out of the loosely implemented Law and not because of the existence of the Law, which many like to say. A well-thought amendment of the Law is required to give legal basis and backing for NGO’s like Mothers Associations, Students’ Unions etc. to help in ensuring complete blanket ban of alcohol. Besides, a person could be indulging out of frustrations caused by myriad reasons (…the current state of our economy, socio-politico ambience certainly has their bearings on this problem…). There is legitimacy in grumbling against the ineffectiveness of Excise Department or Police Department, but if we’re really serious about the issue we should ask ourselves, “Why are they failing?” The problem requires a holistic outlook with concerted approach and sensitive handling.

Surprisingly, for the first time in the history of census in Nagaland, we registered a negative decadal population growth rate of -0.47% during 2001-2011. By intuition as well as statistically, it is absurd to say that we’ve reached what the demographers call ‘population peak’-Statics shows our birth rate (22.1% in 2010) is much higher than our death rate (7.2 % in 2010). The marginal decline in both the parameters over the decade does not corroborate what we’ve achieved (at least in numbers). This calls into question our ‘honesty’- a virtue which was once part of the identity of our ancestors. Impressed by old species’ integrity, V. Edwin remarked, “The Nagas do not use lock and key.’’ Siphoning off public funds by those at the helm of power, down to the ‘tips’ (suppose to mean ‘to increase professional service’ but here it would mean ‘to increase personal salary, selfishly’) asked by Peons, the beautiful fabric of honesty woven neatly by our upright ancestors is tainted by the blot of corruption and dishonesty at all levels. One does not require an economist to explain that this kind of ‘rent seeking’ behaviour is counter-productive. The reality is that one family will be celebrating in style and with all religiosity over getting a job (…or for other reasons), while the other family to which the job rightly belong will be slogging in tears.

Returning to our dishonest responses to data collectors, what is of immediate pertinent is to honestly recognize the horrendous reality of teen pregnancy, instead of manipulating statistics and tackling the problem squarely. One need not be apprised of the far-reaching future implications of early parenthood in order to merit attention and intervention. From the blatant cases of early parenthood, it is not hard to deduce that there will be hundreds of teen abortion cases in our society. Besides, accurate data is indispensable for diagnosing social-economic problems and consequent formulation of befitting policy frame. Before the flame of the aforementioned issues become inextinguishable, we ought to wake up to the glaring reality of issues and confront them squarely.

Thanksgiving and a Theology of Despair Adam Ericksen Sojourners

other emotion. Why despair? Because each side believes they are right and the other is to blame. I feel despair because we humans have been addicted to the blame game from the very beginning. My therapist has encouraged me to have a “bird’s eye view” of current events in order to see the bigger picture.

Let me tell you, that view isn’t helpful.

When I take that view, I see the human propensity to blame and scapeg o a t o t h e r s.

Who’s to blame?

White people?

Black people?

The police? The politicians? We see this scapegoating dynamic happening in Ferguson, but we also see it in family systems.

I have friends who dread Thanksgiving because of their broken family system that inevitably alleviates tensions by finding a scapegoat.

My therapist has also encouraged me to look for God in these situations.

Where is God? We tend to think that God is all-powerful. That’s a dangerous A Theology of Despair I’m feeling despair more than any theology that legitimates power. And

you know what they say about power – it corrupts. An all-powerful god is a corrupt god that we use for our own corrupt purposes.

Thankfully, the true God isn’t a God of power, but a God of nonviolent love who meets us where we are. God doesn’t force us to be thankful in times of grief and despair. Rather, God meets us in our honest and raw emotions.

A theology of despair claims that God meets us in our grief and hopelessness. God meets us as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

There is evil in the world, but we don’t need to fear it because God is with us in the despair. Even Jesus, whom Christians will soon proclaim as “Emanuel,” or God is with us, despaired on the cross when he cried, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Was that a thankful cry? No. But it was an honest cry of despair. And God met Jesus in that despair, for his next words were, “Into your hands I commend my spirit.”

WRITE-WING

And I’m left feeling despair. Why do we forsake one another in an endless cycle of blame? We know how to end that cycle. We know how to offer ourselves to one another in the spirit of nonviolent love and forgiveness.

Ending the cycle of blame is the hope for our future. But will we stop that cycle and replace it with sacrificial love and forgiveness?

As I take a bird’s eye view and look into the pit of despair, I have my doubts. The ultimate prophetic warning that Christianity has to offer is that if we keep scapegoating one another, we will destroy ourselves in apocalyptic violence to which the only alternative is nonviolent love and forgiveness.

Rene Girard put that prophetic warning best in his book Battling to the End, “Saying that chaos is near is not incompatible with hope, quite to the contrary.

However, hope has to be seen in relation to an alternative that leaves only the choice between total destruction and the realization of the Kingdom” (119).

The realization of the Kingdom of God will only happen when we stop blaming one another. It will only happen when we realize that God loves all people, whether we think they deserve it or not. And it will only happen when we begin to take responsibility to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.

This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful that God is not a god of power and might. I’m thankful that the one true God is a God who meets us in our despair, who empowers us to stop scapegoating, and who is loving us with reckless abandon.

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Asia Smiles for the Cameras

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t wasn’t long ago that certain pundits were predicting war in Asia.

Back in the spring, the conflict over the South China Sea was heating up as China sparred with Vietnam over an oil exploration rig and with the Philippines over disputed reefs. Japan and China, meanwhile, were butting heads over a string of uninhabited rocks in the ocean between them. South Korea and Japan, both U.S. allies, were refusing to talk to one another over a range of issues that stretched back into the past. And the United States was pushing its “Pacific pivot,” which Beijing translated into Chinese as “containment with American characteristics.”

The Pacific was anything but pacific. Everyone was preparing for war by jacking up their military spending.

It looked as though Asia was heading toward its own version of 1914, which even Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe worried about publicly.

But the guns of August, at least this time around, failed to fire. And last week, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Beijing, everyone was suddenly making nice. The leaders of Japan and China shook hands. China offered to build up the infrastructure of its neighbors through a huge new “Silk Road” initiative. Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye broke bread at dinner and promised to push forward bilateral talks. The United States and China agreed to notify each other of military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region.

Oh, yes, and Washington and Beijing hammered out a climate deal that received all the headlines. But as I write in The Dance of the Superpowers, global cooperation between the United States and China has been forthcoming on a range of issues. It’s the regional standoff between the two superpowers that is so worrisome. This isn’t your grandfather’s Cold War. Although the United States and Soviet Union managed very little in the way of global cooperation, they largely respected each other’s sphere of influence. The United States and China, by contrast, are squabbling over who gets to call the shots in Asia. As a result, the region has become like the Kardashian clan: wealthy, contentious, and all up in the public’s face.

Wealthy is the operative word here. APEC, after all, is all about the money, and it seemed as though capital acted like smelling salts to bring the Asia-Pacific leaders to their senses. The meeting brings together the world’s top three economies (China, the United States, and Japan) along with six more from the top 20 (Russia, Canada, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, Indonesia). Altogether, APEC represents more than half of the world’s GDP and nearly half of its trade. All of that economic power in one place no doubt motivated the participating leaders to focus on their interests rather than passions, just as global trade under capitalism is supposed to operate.

Economic warning signs no doubt also stimulated the pheromones that produced the APEC lovefest. Japan is officially in recession mode as its economy has shrunk in two successive quarters.

Growth is slowing in Indonesia, Australia, and Thailand. The economies in Taiwan and South Korea are growing modestly, but both countries are worried about regional stagnation. Although most countries would envy China’s current economic growth – over 7 percent – the days of double-digit expansion are in the past. The EU offers a gloomy scenario of a region

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus

Today, Asia is like the Kardashian clan: wealthy, contentious, and all up in the public’s face in stagnation. So it’s not surprising that the APEC countries decided to get down to business.

At the meeting in Beijing, South Korea and China signed a free-trade agreement. The United States tried to gin up enthusiasm for its Trans Pacific Partnership, and China countered with its own Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific. In their eagerness to promote free trade, you might forget that all of the countries in the region – including the United States – have their own sectors that they desperately want to protect (Japan’s agriculture, America’s car industry, China’s underperforming state enterprises). But with stimulus spending still in the ideological doghouse in most parts of the world, battering down other countries’ trade barriers remains the go-to option for economic revival.

So, do the make-nice efforts at APEC mean that peace has broken out in Asia? Before you book your cruise around the South China Sea, let’s step back and see if the promise of economic growth has truly done away with all the conflicts in the region.

First off, despite a climate deal, an early-warning agreement, and some friendly exchanges in Beijing, Xi Jinping and Barack Obama have not put aside their disputes in Asia. Both sides are bolstering their military positions in the region. Although the “Pacific pivot” does not translate into significant U.S. force increases in the region, Washington is upgrading the capabilities of its friends and allies. In the latest deal, the United States will be selling South Korea more than a billion dollars worth of PAC-3 interceptor missiles. Japan, with the strong support of the United States, is stepping away from its “peace constitution.” At the recent G-20 meeting in Brisbane, Obama pushed harder for closer cooperation with Japan and Australia. Even Malaysia, which has enjoyed relatively good relations with China, recently invited the United States to fly surveillance planes out of the country’s eastern region.

Not everything about Washington’s pivot, however, is going as planned. The winner of the gubernatorial elections in Okinawa this week, Takeshi Onaga, opposes the construction of a new U.S. Marine Air Force base to replace the aging Futenma facility. Although Tokyo forced his predecessor to change his position and grant a permit for new construction, it will be considerably more difficult to proceed with the plan now that the Okinawan political establishment at all levels opposes it. Since the Futenma relocation is the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s force restructuring in the region, the pivot may soon no longer have a leg to stand on.

China, though it continues to push ahead with double-digit military expenditure increases, has witnessed the tarnishing of its “Peaceful Rise” brand through its more aggressive actions. It’s no surprise, then, that it

has decided to focus more on economic incentives. Its Silk Road plan to upgrade the regional infrastructure includes countries like the Philippines, which is currently challenging China’s South China Sea claims in international court. Its regional free trade scheme has already won the endorsement of South Korea.

China’s biggest gambit may well be the new bank it’s putting together with its BRICS partners in Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa. China has been pushing its own version of development – a “Beijing consensus” heavy on state involvement in the economy and light on democracy or transparency – and now it has an international financial institution to back it up. Here is China’s most deliberate challenge of U.S. authority. A frontal assault on the Pentagon would be suicidal. The attempt to get more voting power in the IMF and World Bank is currently stalled in Congress.

But an end run around U.S. economic hegemony – and the status of the dollar as global currency – is a longterm strategy torn from the pages of Sun Tzu. Still, money won’t make the security problems in East Asia disappear. The region seems to have a high tolerance for both trade and tribulation. The heads of the region – Abe, Xi, Park – have all stimulated nationalist passions in their countries, and they believe that they ignore these passions at their political peril.

South Koreans, however much they like sushi or Tokyo boy bands, treat Japan with as much fear and loathing as they do North Korea. Japanese views of China have reached the worst levels in ten years, and Chinese views of Japan are not much better. These views have worsened even as trade among the countries has increased. As the country that subjugated the region for much of the 20th century, Japan must take the lead in reconciliation. The region awaits a truly visionary Japanese leader who can, once and for all, solve the “history problem” – as Willy Brandt did in Germany – and leverage the resulting regional good will to pull Japan out of its long economic slumber.

But Washington, too, has a major role to play. The United States has traditionally presented itself as the guarantor of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. The island disputes, history spats, and clashing nationalisms would all be a great deal worse, the Pentagon asserts, without the presence of U.S. military bases, the Pacific fleet, and close security alliances. It’s certainly true that the animosities in the region have roots that precede U.S. military presence (though the United States didn’t help matters, for instance, when it seized the Philippines and gave the seal of approval to Japan’s colonization of Korea way back in 1905).

But Washington needs to recognize that its Pacific pivot is adding insecurity to the region, not stability.

With its arms sales and encouragement of ally assertiveness, the United States is bringing peace to the region just like the Colt .45 “Peacemaker” brought peace to the Wild West.

The APEC summit offered an important respite from the brewing conflicts in the region. The Okinawan election delivered an important message that, despite all manner of carrots and sticks from Washington and Tokyo, the people in Japan’s southernmost prefecture don’t want any part of the Pentagon’s rebalancing. The lesson should be clear. Peace doesn’t come from the barrel of a gun. China is offering Silk Road 2.0. What is Washington’s counter-offer?

John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus

A Reflection on Kaka Iralu’s latest book: UNCOVERING THE POLITICAL LIES THAT HAVE COVERED INDO-NAGA HISTORY FROM THE 1940’s TO THE PRESENT James Pochury

"Knowledge makes a person unfit to be a slave” - Frederick Douglas

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here was always a Judas amidst us.

Rather, several of them. And that has been primarily, if not singularly, responsible for the tectonic shift in the Naga struggle for self determination and sovereignty. When individual and organisational integrity, ethics and morality - the very foundation upon which great nations are built - crack and crumble, you get what you deserve; a tiny state within a Nation-state.

The signing of the 16-point agreement was well orchestrated, shrewdly strategized and tactically executed –in full collusion with some of our tall names. Kaka Iralu has literally pulled two cats out of the bag. In this case, the erstwhile “leaders” in the Naga People’s Convention (NPC), and the bigger cat, India - masterminded by its Intelligence Bureau. It is astonishing and un-fathomable to imagine how easily and gullibly these leaders were co-opted and became active collaborators with India, the neo-colonialist. All this, at a darkest period in Naga history, when thousands of fellow brothers and sisters were tortured, massacred, raped, maimed, villages burned to ashes as thousands laid down their lives asserting their democratic aspirations for Naga liberation and freedom.

This is no mere emotional rhetoric.

Kaka Iralu has scrupulously and tenaciously weaved a whole fabric of the Naga political journey giving a logical and comprehensive eagle’s eye view. He has assembled wide ranging information to enhance his analysis and narrative. It is truly a passionate description, taking clear sides with the Naga Movement pioneers, particularly the NNC. Obviously so, because the case is about a scrutiny of the period India invaded Naga land on one pretext or another and the modus operandi.

Who will bell the Cat, then? The larger question though is, whether we can ever make or tame the Cat to leave the mouse alone.

Does the Modi regime now or others in the past care two hoots about Naga history

or its uniqueness? They don't care about anything but that they, as Hindu leaders, in connivance with capitalist corporate cohorts backed and fuelled by the Washington Consensus and Structural Adjustment Programme, call the shots. To them giving in would mean defeat. The way it has gone on with the Nagas and India is that India will barely let it go. Three reasons: one – it would be a shame to have to give in to people (tribals) considered generally as primitive (in the linear sense of development paradigm).

Two - they want Naga land as buffer zone against China and Burma and three - India fears that when Nagaland becomes independent, disintegration would follow and India will break into pieces, which all these big shots fear the most (and this is because deep inside they are very insecure).

But clearly, should we afford India the longer end of the stick just because it is inconvenient to its geo-strategic and political imperatives? Genocide has been committed against the Sovereign Naga Nation and its peoples. And this is an international crime that ought to be taken to task and accountabilities fixed and punishment meted out.

According to Article 2 of the UN 1948 Convention on Genocide, "Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part...

The greatest irony is that member states of the United Nations can so deliberately violate its conventions & international law, and yet maintain their position and bear no consequences. The hypocrisy of colonial states and a global system that claims to stand for human rights, peace & freedom is at the heart of what continues to plague sovereign nations. A case in point - Palestine was a sovereign nation inhabited by Indigenous Peoples later invaded and occupied by Israelites and to this day a permanent and honourable settlement is as elusive as ever.

Sovereignty is defined as a "supreme authority within a territory", free from external control & dependence. Although the term has its origins in European political terms, it is generally acknowledged that Indigenous nations had all the attributes of sovereignty prior to colonization. One of the earliest recognitions of

this by colonial powers was in the process of treaty making (treaties being international agreements between two or more nations). The author reinforces Naga sovereignty when he says, Britain, inspite of far superior arms and administrative abilities, were never able to rule the Nagas for 67 years of trying their best (1880-1947). This Anglo-Naga intermittent conflict infact stretched from 18321947 – or 115 years. And even at the end of such an epoch in history, on the eve of the British departure from her South Asian empire, 70% of Naga territories still remained unconquered by Britain.

A nation is defined as a group sharing a common ethnicity, language, culture, history and territory. Today, terms such as country & state are also used to describe nations, but a nation is more correctly defined as a group of people, NOT a nation-state (like India, which contains many nations within its borders).

“Feeling that you have to maintain hope can wear you out,” eco-philosopher Joanna Macy said in an interview in 2013 with the wisdom of her 81 years. “Just be present. . . . When you’re worrying about whether you’re hopeful or hopeless or pessimistic or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that you are showing up, that you’re here, and that you’re finding ever more capacity to love this world, because it will not be healed without that. Kaka Iralu is hopeful and optimistic because he doesn’t give up or give in. He is showing up in the here and now of the Naga Saga.

It is his love for Naga Democratic Socialism where he draws strength from that he is able to love this world and help others to love. Because in hope is healing.

The author’s optimism and hope is reflected in his persistence, determination and conviction in the Naga cause as he invites fellow Nagas to what ought to be a collective and resurgent journey. He does so by making it interesting to read, inspiring & relevant to today’s times what with the recent protests and uprisings like the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Turkey, Libya, recently Yemen, Occupy Wall Street, Hong Kong protests and the Islamic Caliphate movement led by ISIS. Clearly, geopolitical contours and international equations are rapidly changing that gives us reason to not give up yet, or that we are not alone. Kaka writes, “When we look at all these political and legal requirements all in place and also 67 years of bloodied resistance and sacrifices of Nagas, we should realise that

already 80% of our struggle has been accomplished. What remains to be done is only 20%”.

“Power” is who decides what when where and how. It is time Nagas realise their individual and collective power and rise, like the phoenix, from the ashes to the occasion at hand. Power is one of the ingredients at the negotiating table.

If you don’t know who you are or where you come from, you are “nothing”. But if you know you are Naga, you know you are not an American, an Armanian or an Arabian or anything else. Much less, an Indian. You love being Naga, its culture, its everything. It’s political economy. You know our village republics. Of self sufficiency, self reliance, sustainable living.

The rich and resilient bio and cultural diversity - the basis of life in all its colourful and magnificent expressions. But all this came to naught with the British invasion followed by recon, invasion and assimilation characterised by Indian militarisation, electoral politics and today globalisation - one without a level playing field.

What the author means is that the critical mass is already at the threshold of a tipping point because the facts, hitherto concealed, have today been exposed. And our future is very much in our hands. If only we acknowledge it, cherish and uphold it. He says, “So when I say “separating ourselves from India and Burma” I am only talking about a formal separation that must be formalised through the intervention of an international body like the UNO. But such a formal separation will never come about if we continue to pursue a hopeless economic future with India while keeping our National and Geographical independence in abeyance. What the present generation of Naga will do in this unfinished task remains to be seen”.

The author calls upon Nagas to consider proactive reconciliation within and amongst ourselves, as he appeals, “In the end, shall we be destroyed by yesterday’s betrayal and live the rest of our lives in defeat and subject-hood? Shall we go on mourning yesterday’s mistakes and never hope of a better tomorrow?

Kaka is sharing the Naga dream that he staunchly believes in. He says, ‘The answer lies in every Naga heart and the question is persistently demanding a response.

Maybe, in yesterday’s betrayal and mistakes, you also contributed your part by your indifference and apathy. But we all must find in our hearts to forgive yesterday and start a new Today so that we can all have a better Tomorrow. Kuknalim”.

“Arena of mind” portrays a space for idea germination, a field where ideas from multi-disciplinary viewpoints fertilize the world of intelligence. The writers aspire to envision a new future by exploring the mind, discovering new seeds of insights and unleashing them to enlightenment.

Educational Technology Loleninla Imchen Asst. Professor, english Department

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he concept of Educational technology is complex and is variously defined. It cannot be coined to one term alone. According to B.C Mathins “Educational Technology refers to the development of a set of systematic methods practical knowledge for designing operating and testing in a school” Robert A.Cox “Educational Technology is the application of scientific process to man’s learning condition” G.O.M Leith (1967) “Educational technology is application of scientific knowledge about learning and the condition of learning to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching and learning ”. Even though we may not come to a conclusion with one definite definition for the concept of educational technology we can summarise educational technology as, it is based on scientific knowledge, it emphasis on provision of measuring devices to assist learning outcome, it plays a vital role to make education scientific, clear, easy, interesting and specific.

Educational technology lays stress on the development of methods and techniques for effective teaching learning. It also involves input output and process aspects of education. Educational technology is not confined to the use of electronic media in education but it includes system approaches too. In the context of classroom teaching and learning, educational technology aims to analyse educational need of the students, determining the specific classroom objectives and stating them in behavioural terms. It evaluates the effectiveness of the class room teaching in terms of the students, teachers, teaching learning materials, contents of instruction and methodology. The educational activities are designed to bring desirable changes in the behaviour of the students.

Educational Technology has its various forms which include Teaching Technology, Instructional Technology and Behavioural Technology. Teaching technology is the application of philosophical, sociological and scientific knowledge to teaching for achieving some specific learning objectives. ‘Teaching Technology’ is based on certain assumptions like, Teaching is a scientific process and it has two major components: Content and communication. The teaching activities can be modified and improved.

Teaching skills can be developed with the help of feedback devices. The learning objectives may be achieved by performing teaching activities. The ultimate goal of teaching is to bring all-round development of a child.

Behavioural Technology can be understood as a term used in connection with inanimate materials or when some form of apparatus, often electronic, is used in research into human behaviour. The most frequent use of Behavioural Technology is when techniques derived from the behavioural sciences are applied to attitude, behaviour and skill modification in many different fields. Behavioural content applies to human beings only, and the technology aspect is independent of any apparatus involved. Psychology is the science of behaviour which studies the nature and structure of behaviour of organisms. Learning is the modification of behaviour through activities and experiences.

The teaching and instruction activities are organised to achieve specific learning objectives by bringing desirable behavioural change among the students.

Seels and Richey (1994) defined the field of instructional technology, as "the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of processes and resources for learning."Instructional Design seeks to teach how to plan, develop, evaluate and manage the instructional process effectively to ensure improved performance by learners. Instructional Technology's goal is to understand how people learn and how to best design instructional systems and instructional materials to facilitate that learning. A teacher can use appropriate technology to aid in the design and delivery of the instruction. “The Instructional design approach considers instruction from the perspective of the learner rather than from the perspective of the content, the traditional education and training approach.” (Morrison, Ross, Kemp) Instructional techniques help promote effective learning. Learning that occurs in schools, institutional classrooms, specialized learning center or at home. The technical knowledge that constitutes instructional technology includes practical procedures for using existing media to deliver instruction and also to deliver portion of instruction that supplement the communication of the instructor/ teacher. Instructional technology includes practical delivery of instructional delivery whether or not they involve the use of media. Many think instructional technologies as a system approach process, a systematic way of designing, carrying out and evaluating the total process of learning and teaching; however it is important to know that, most of those outside the field of education who consider them to be a part of it, still think instructional technology as audiovisual device. Keeping in mind both the terms instructional technology persist to be a term of system approach and audio visual device.

Considering all the different aspects that involves in teaching for better learning outcome we need to have an open minded opinion/idea on the usage of different kinds of aids and technology. In the future we will see a lot of technology and multiscreening and Education can’t lag behind. Technology challenges students with brand new and interactive methods through digital learning, communication, collaboration, building teams, listening, self direction, global awareness etc. Technology in Education covers almost every possible means by which knowledge or information can be presented interestingly as Education aims to make learning interesting to the maximum.

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Non-subsidized LPG price 13 CrPF men killed in Naxal attack cut

by Rs 113 per cylinder Maoist rebels killed 13 police and wounded 12 others when the personnel were carrying out an operation in a forest in central India

rajnath singh condemns Chhattisgarh Maoist attack

raIPur, December 1 (PtI): Using human shields, Maoists on Monday killed 13 CRPF personnel, including two officers, and injured an equal number in the second attack on the force in 10 days in the same area in the Naxal hotbed of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.

A senior Chattisgarh police official said the attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) squad by a large group of armed Naxals took place near Chintagufa, about 450 km from here, at 1030 am in the dense forests in south Bastar region when the security personnel were returning to their camp after combing and area domination operation in the region that lasted for several days. “Two officers, one in the rank of Deputy Commandant and an Assistant

Commandant, have been killed,” R K Vij, Chattisgarh’s Additional Director General of Police (Naxal Operation), said. The Deputy Commandant and Assistant Commandant were identified as B S Verma and Rajesh.

A CRPF officer here said over a dozen personnel have also been injured and there could also be casualties on the Maoist side in the encounter during when the rebels opened indiscriminate firing. The squad comprised personnel from the 223 and 206 battalions of CRPF and its commando unit CoBRA. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh strongly condemned the attack as an act of cowardice and a “dastardly act” of violence.

He is leaving for Chattisgarh tomorrow for an assessment of the situation.

“I express my condolences to the families of our brave CRPF men who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. It is an act of cowardice. I strongly condemn this dastardly act of violence. Deeply saddened and disturbed to know of 13 CRPF men being killed by the Naxals during an ongoing encounter in Chhattisgarh,” he said. Singh also spoke to Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and asked him to monitor the situation.

A CRPF officer said that the Maoists fired at the CRPF patrol party using the cover of locals and villagers and hence the force had to fire with restraint.

One squad was in the jungles for the last 10 days to carry out operations, he said. Most of the victims suffered bullet injuries, he said, adding the injured

and the dead will be airlifted to Jagdalpur and the state capital tomorrow.

Reinforcements are being sent to the area and the offensive by security forces is being led by CRPF Inspector General (Chhattisgarh), HS Sidhu.

Incidentally, five CRPF personnel were injured on November 21 in the same area in an encounter with Maoists who also attacked an IAF helicopter. An IAF commando was also injured. The attack came a day after Chief Minister Raman Singh said the day is not far when Chhattisgarh will become “Naxal-free” due to the joint efforts of the State Government and the Centre. In the recent months, several dozen Naxals have surrendered in Chhattisgarh, one of the worst states to be affected

by Left Wing Extremism.

NeW DelHI/ rajPur, December 1 (IbNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday strongly condemned the deadly attack by Maoists in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh which resulted in the killing of at least 13 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including two officers. “Deeply saddened and disturbed to know of 13 CRPF men being killed by the Naxals during an ongoing encounter in Chhattisgarh,” Singh tweeted.

“It is an act of cowardice. I strongly condemn this dastardly act of violence,” he posted. Regretting the loss of lives, Singh wrote: “I express my condolences to the families of our brave CRPF men who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.” The Minister also spoke to state Chief Minister Raman Singh and directed him to monitor the situation. “Spoke to CM Chhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh and the DGP of the state and asked them to monitor the situation in the area,” Singh tweeted.

At least 13 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including two officers, were killed on Monday in one of the deadliest attacks by Maoists in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh this year, officials said. While more details of the ambush on the CRPF patrol party are awaited, an official said it occurred at a place which is 10 km south of Chintagufa, in Sukma district. Reports said Maoists used villagers as human shields to attack the CRPF men. Maoists had fired at an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter in the state last month injuring CRPF men and an IAF commando.

Sonia expresses anguish at killing of CRPF personnel NeW DelHI, December 1 (IaNS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday expressed shock and deep anguish at the gruesome killing of CRPF personnel in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh and demanded that the government look at all aspects of the incident. She extended her condolences to the family of the “martyrs” and hoped that the injured would get all the required treatment. “Having lost its entire state leadership and workers to Maoist attacks in Darba earlier, the Congress party understands the tyranny of such incidents and stands with the members of families of the deceased in this hour of grief,” Gandhi said. Maoists Monday gunned down 13 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers returning after a search operation in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

Haryana to honour brave sisters, woman; accused in jail cHaNDIgarH, December 1 (IaNS): The Haryana government Monday said it will honour the two sisters who fought three youths who harassed them on a bus as well as a woman who shot the episode on her mobile telephone. The three molesters -- Deepak, Mohit and Kuldeep -- were arrested Sunday evening. A court in Rohtak Monday sent them to judicial custody for five days.

The woman passenger, said to be pregnant, was the only one among the passengers who objected to the indecent behaviour of the youths and later captured the harassment of the young

women on her mobile phone.

The video helped police identify the guilty and arrest them, a government spokesman said.

No other passenger in the bus came to the rescue of the collegegoing Pooja and Aarti or the third woman. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that Pooja and Aarti would be given cash awards on the occasion of Republic Day. The two displayed courage by attacking the three youths when they harassed them on a moving bus of Haryana Roadways in Rohtak Friday. The driver and conductor of the bus have been suspended for failing to control

the situation, not informing the police and not helping the girls in distress. The sisters had thrashed the youths with a belt even after being assaulted. No passenger in the bus came to the rescue of the girls as they were teased and assaulted. The matter came to light after the video recorded on the woman’s mobile phone was flashed on the television. The scenes were shown repeatedly on all leading television news channels.

“We fought the men all alone.

No one came forward to help us when they hit us and pushed us out of the bus,” said Aarti. The girls’ father alleged that police of-

Parliament passes IIIT bill

NeW DelHI, December 1 (IaNS): Any decision on education policy will be in tune with constitution, Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani said Monday as parliament passed a bill to bring four institutes of information technology under the ambit of a single authority.

The Indian Institutes of Information and Technology (IIIT) Bill, 2014, passed

by Rajya Sabha Monday, seeks to provide the four existing IIITs an independent statutory status and proposes to declare them as institutes of national importance to enable them to grant degrees to their students.

The bill, passed by Lok

Sabha last week, is the first education bill passed by the new government.

Moving the bill for passage, Irani assured the house that any decision on education policy by gov-

ernment will be in ambit of the constitution.

“Some members asked if the education policy decisions by government will be influenced by my own thought. I would like to assure members any decision by government will be within the ambit of constitution,” she said.

Irani also called it a “golden moment” saying MPs from “left, right and center” came together for the education bill.

“I am feeling proud... the message is clear, there is no politics in education,” she said. The four institutes are IIIT-Allahabad, IIITGwalior, IIIT Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur and IIIT Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram.

Congress slams BJP for repeated U-turns

NeW DelHI, December 1 (IaNS): The Congress Monday accused the BJPled central government of taking repeated U-turns during the six months it has been in power and said the party had misled voters in order to capture power at the Centre. Congress general secretary Ajay Maken released a booklet titled “6 Maheene Paar U-turn Sarkar” that listed 25 U-turns the government made vis-a-vis the stand the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took when it was in opposition.

“This is a book on the BJP’s change in its stand on national issues before and after the elections. This government has made 25 U-turns in the last around 180 days. That’s an average of one U-turn every seven to eight days,” Maken said. He

said the issues included black money, civil liability for nuclear damage act, and the Bangladesh land deal. “While the booklet was being printed, the government made three more U-turns which have not been included,” Maken said.

In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and BJP president Amit Shah, the Congress general secretary said the government has failed to honour its pre-poll promises and fooled the people with the sole intention of coming to power. “They only wanted to seize power even if it meant fooling the voters. They have misled the people of this nation. This government will be known as the U-turn government,” he said.

ficials were mounting pressure on them to strike a compromise with the accused.

The victims alleged that the youths first blew kisses at them and then threw slips with their mobile phone numbers towards them. When the sisters objected, the molesters made lewd gestures. The woman passenger who objected was also harassed by the young men.

The sisters said the bus stopped after some distance and the youths pushed them out and started hitting them. While one girl fell on the road, the other fell in a field. One of the sisters then attacked the youth with a brick

after which he fled from the spot.

The girls called up police and the women helpline but failed to get any response. They said officials at the police station also discouraged them from filing the complaint. Police drew flak for not taking any action after the incident came to light. The Haryana government has directed the director general of police and the transport department to take effective steps to ensure the safety and security of bus passengers, especially women. Bus drivers and conductors have been told to make sure that such incidents do not occur again, an official spokesman said.

NeW DelHI, December 1 (PtI): Price of nonsubsidized cooking gas (LPG) was today cut by a steep Rs 113 per cylinder and that of jet fuel (ATF) by 4.1 per cent as international oil rates slumped to multi-year lows.

A 14.2-kg cylinder of non-subsidized LPG will now cost Rs 752, down from Rs 865 previously, in Delhi, oil companies announced on Monday.

This is the fifth straight reduction in rates of nonsubsidized or market priced LPG, which the customers buy after exhausting their quota of 12 cylinders at subsidized rates, since August.

In five monthly reduction, non-domestic LPG rates have been slashed

by Rs 170.5 per cylinder, bringing the price at three-year lows. On similar lines, the price of aviation

turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, at Delhi was cut by Rs 2,594.93 per kilolitre, or 4.1 per cent, to Rs 59,943 per kl.

This reduction follows a steep 7.3 pr cent or Rs 4,987.7 per kl, cut in prices on November 1.

Since August, ATF prices have been cut by 14.5 per cent or Rs 10,218.76 per kl and rates have dipped below Rs 60,000 per kl level for the first time in three years.

Brent, the benchmark grade for more than half of the world’s oil, have dropped to USD 68.34 a barrel, the lowest level since October 2009. Prices declined 18 per cent last month and are 38 per cent lower in 2014.

In Mumbai, jet fuel will cost Rs 61,695 per kl from today as against Rs 64,414.98 per kl previously.

The rates vary because of differences in local sales tax or VAT.

‘Terrorism, communalism major security concerns’

NeW DelHI, December 1 (IaNS): President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said terrorism, indigenous secessionist movements, Left-wing extremism and communalism were the major security concerns for India. Addressing a group of students from Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, who called on him at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mukherjee said India must develop the capability to deal with cyber crime too.

“They pose a great threat to the integrity and unity of the country,” he said. Crime against women, children and el-

derly citizens have also increased in recent years, the president said. “In today’s world inter-connected by advanced information and communication systems, many crimes are committed with the aid of technology. We have to develop capability to deal with cyber crimes,” Mukherjee said.

He also said no state can ignore its responsibility towards its citizens.

Mukherjee asked the students to provide the necessary expertise and core competence to help law enforcing and security agencies to tackle future challenges when they pass out after learning the skills in colleges.

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Protect human rights to combat AIDS, say sex workers

KolKata, December 1 (IaNS): Calling for expeditious passage of the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, sex workers and third gender members in West Bengal Monday said that without adequate attention to protection of human rights, the aim for zero new HIV infections, discrimination and AIDS-related deaths will remain a distant dream.

“We want the bill to be passed soon but the larger issue is human rights. Sex workers have to face police atrocities and discrimination. The implementation of any new legislation will have to go simultaneously with human rights protection to attain ‘getting to zero’ aim,” Bharati Dey, secretary of the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Samiti (DMSS), told IANS Monday.

DMSS, the largest group of sex workers in the state with 65,000 members, Monday organised a walk in the city to commemorate World AIDS Day. The antidiscrimination bill seeks to prevent discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in workplaces and access to medical and diagnostic services.

According to UNAIDS,

A volunteer pins a red ribbon on a sex worker during an AIDS awareness event in the red light area on World AIDS Day in Mumbai on December 1. World AIDS Day is marked on Dec. 1 every year to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. (AP Photo)

India had the third largest number of people living with HIV at the end of 2013, accounting for about four out of every 10 people living with HIV in the Asian region. Ranjita Sinha, a third gender activist and project director of the Association

of Transgender/Hijra in Bengal, criticised the merger of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) with the health ministry.

“The targeted interventions under the NACO programmes helped the community with drug access

but with the merger, this has been hit. “The bill should focus on eliminating the discrimination and humiliation faced by transgenders and HIV-positive people while seeking medical help in state-run hospitals,” Sinha told IANS. A key feature of

the bill is the establishment of an ombudsman to investigate complaints on violations of the proposed law. “If the features are not implemented, then it will become just another piece of legislation,” said gender-sexuality activist Pawan Dhall.

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Climate funds for coal highlight lack of UN rules KANCI KULON, DeCember 1(AP): About $1 billion in loans under a U.N. initiative for poor countries to tackle global warming is going toward the construction of power plants fired by coal, the biggest human source of carbon pollution.

Japan gave the money to help its companies build three such plants in Indonesia and listed it with the United Nations as climate finance, The Associated Press has found. Japan says these plants burn coal more efficiently and are therefore cleaner than old coal plants.

However, they still emit twice as much heat-trapping carbon dioxide as plants running on natural gas. Villagers near the Cirebon plant in Indonesia also complain that stocks of shrimp, fish and green mussels have dwindled.

Japan's coal projects highlight the lack of rules to steer the flow of climate finance from rich to poor countries — a critical part of U.N. talks on global warming, which resume Monday in Lima, Peru.

There is no watchdog agency that ensures the money is spent in the most effective way, and no definition of what climate finance is.

Japan, a top contributor of climate finance, denies any wrongdoing and has done nothing illegal —

there are no rules against counting such projects as climate finance in the U.N. system.

"There are countries ... that cannot afford to have other methods than coal," Japanese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Takako Ito said. "For these countries, we'd like to provide the best method of reducing carbon dioxide."

However, U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, who was unaware that the Japanese-funded coal plants in Indonesia were labeled as climate finance, said "there is no argument" for supporting such projects with climate money.

"Unabated coal has no room in the future energy system," she told AP. "Over time, what we should be seeing is a very, very clear trend of investment into clean renewable energy."

Even the newly launched Green Climate Fund, a key channel for climate finance in the future, still only has vague guidelines on how to spend the money. Board member Jan Cedergren said he didn't believe the fund would support fossil fuels but acknowledged no decision has so far been made.

In 2009, rich countries pledged that by 2020 they would provide $100 billion a year in climate finance.

They agreed to come up

In this October 17, 2014 photo, a worker walks at power plant area in Cirebon. The sprawling power station that hums and coughs along this coast in Indonesia is labeled as a Japanese contribution to the global fight against climate change.

The plants promote new coal technology from Japanese companies, which is cleaner than old coal technology but still pollutes far more than solar, wind or natural gas. Villagers nearby also complain that the coal plant is damaging the local environment, and that stocks of fish, shrimp and green mussels have dwindled. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

with $30 billion over the next three years, with Japan providing about half.

An analysis of the 300 top climate finance projects during that period showed Japan was the only country to include direct support to new coal plants.

The second-largest project on the list was a $729 million loan for what Japan described as a "high energy efficient thermal power plant project in East

Java." AP found that the loan from Japan's Bank for International Cooperation, or JBIC, was used to build an 815-megawatt coal-fired unit at the Paiton power plant, which is partly owned by Japanese firms Mitsui and Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Also among the top 30 projects globally was a $214 million JBIC loan for another "thermal power plant" in West Java, which

AP confirmed was the Cirebon power station. The plant is co-owned by Marubeni Corp., a Japanese company that was fined $88 million this year by the U.S. Department of Justice for bribing Indonesian government officials to secure a separate power project.

Japan's climate finance also included a $15 million development loan for a plant in Indramayu, West Java, and a dozen smaller

coal projects in India, Indonesia and Vietnam. Those were identified as coal projects in documents submitted to the U.N., while the larger projects in Paiton and Cirebon were not.

Japanese officials said there was no specific reason for that.

"We don't have anything to hide or disguise," a Foreign Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he

wasn't authorized to speak publicly on the topic.

Marubeni and Mitsui declined requests for comment. Tokyo Electric said transferring Japanese technology can lead to a substantial reduction in carbon emissions.

However, many climate scientists say even the new technology Japan promotes is not enough to meet the U.N. goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees. The only way for the math to work with coal, they say, is through technology that sucks carbon dioxide from the air and stores it underground.

That expensive technology is not yet commercially available on a large scale, and neither Cirebon nor Paiton has it.

Although no environmental studies have been done, local fishermen in Kanci Kulon village near the Cirebon plant in West Java say their catches have shrunk. Daud, a 50-year-old fisherman who like many Indonesians only uses one name, said he used to bring in 45 crabs a day. Now the most he gets is 10.

"I believe this is because of the coal sludge" from the plant, he yelled, struggling to be heard over the jet-like roar from the power station.

Cirebon officials told AP journalists touring the

site that the plant is safe and denied that any sludge is released into the Java Sea. Heru Dewanto, vice president of the utility that runs Cirebon, acknowledged that the plant had caused some problems for "200 to 300 green mussel farmers or fishermen," but noted that it also provides electricity to half a million homes.

Edi Wibowo, Cirebon's senior environmental engineer, said emissions from the plant were between 856 and 875 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour of energy produced — 20 percent lower than from an old coal plant. That compares with 600 to 700 for oil, 400 for natural gas, and near zero for renewables like solar and wind power.

Unlike Japan, the U.S. and many other rich countries have cut public funding for coal projects in developing countries. Germany still supports such projects, but doesn't count them as climate finance.

Most environmental groups weren't aware Japan was using climate finance to build coal plants.

"Climate finance is such a mess. It needs to get straightened out," said Karen Orenstein of Friends of the Earth. "It would be such a shame if those resources went to fossil fuel-based technologies. It would be counterproductive."

IS may possess nuclear Hosni Mubarak verdict fuels protests & mockery in Egypt material, dirty bomb LONDON, DeCember 1 (IANs): The Sunni jihadi organisation, Islamic State (IS) may have armed itself with a "dirty bomb", having stolen 40 kg of uranium from an Iraqi university, media reported.

Militants boasted of the device on social media, with one even commenting on the destruction such a bomb would wreak in London, four months after the chemical went missing from Mosul University, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.

One of the extremists making online threats to the West is British explosives expert Hamayun Tariq, who fled his home in Britain for the Middle East in 2012.

Using the alias, Muslim-al-Britani, he tweeted, “O by the way, Islamic State does have a dirty bomb.

We found some radioactive material from Mosul University,” according to a report in The Mirror, which the Daily Mail cited.

He wrote: "We'll find out what dirty bombs are and what they do. We'll also discuss what might happen if one actually went off in a public area.” He noted that such a bomb would be more of a disruptive than a destructive weapon.

After pledging his allegiance to the Taliban, Tariq claimed to have been recruited by IS fighters, who paid for him to travel to Syria to join them.

Other jihadis also echoed the claims that a destructive dirty bomb has been made.

These claims by the extremists are certain to raise the concerns of the forces fighting the IS and other terrorist groups in Iraq, Syria

and other parts of the world.

Iraq's Ambassador to the UN Mohamed Ali Alhakim told UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon that “terrorist groups have seized control of nuclear material at the sites that (went) out of the control of the state”, adding that such materials “can be used in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction”.

“These nuclear materials, despite the limited amounts mentioned, can enable terrorist groups, with the availability of the required expertise, to use them separately, or in combination with other materials in terrorist activities,” Alhakim said.

If the jihadis' claims of possessing a dirty bomb were true, the US and its allies would face a tough task to win the war against global terror.

CAIrO, DeCember 1 (reUters): Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Cairo University, waving pictures of Mubarak behind bars and demanding the "fall of the regime", the rallying cry of the Arab Spring uprisings that shook governments from Tunisia to the Gulf in 2011.

Police stood ready at the gates to bar students that sought to take their demonstration into the streets.

An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule.

The ruling was seen by

activists as the latest sign that the rights won during the revolt are being eroded.

While the decision could be met with a rebuke from Washington, it is unlikely to upend a relationship that has strengthened during the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State.

Cairo's strong public support for the campaign demonstrates how far Egypt has come in restoring its place as a premier U.S. partner in the Arab world since last year's authoritarian crackdown in Egypt and military takeover.

Although the United States was a proponent of the Arab Spring, Washington in June renewed ties with Cairo and its current government, led by another strongman, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

In Tahir Square, the symbolic heart of the revolt that ousted Mubarak, two people were killed and nine were wounded on Saturday evening, when secu-

Hosni Mubarak

rity forces fired tear gas and birdshot to disperse about 1,000 protesters who attempted to enter the area.

Security forces closed a Cairo metro station, the state news agency said, an apparent effort to prevent gatherings downtown.

Clashes also erupted at Zagazig University in the Nile Delta, and the stateowned Al-Ahram newspaper said 11 students were detained after setting fire

to a building.

Many Egyptians who lived through the rule of former airforce officer Mubarak view it as a period of autocracy and crony capitalism. His overthrow led to Egypt's first free election. But the winner, Mohamed Mursi, was ousted last year by Sisi, another military officer who won a presidential vote in May. Egyptian authorities have since jailed Mur-

si and thousands of his Muslim Brotherhood supporters, sentencing hundreds to death in mass trials that drew international criticism.

By contrast, Mubarakera figures have been released and new laws curtailing political freedoms have raised fears among activists that the old leadership is back.

"Down with Hosni Mubarak, down with every Mubarak, down with military rule" said one Facebook page that called for protests against the ruling.

The verdict has also prompted a deluge of online cartoons about the return of the old guard.

One animated video begins with a group of Mubarak-era politicians in a darkened cell facing an array of charges. One by one they are released and end up celebrating their freedom with their former president, singing "yes, we are back".

Hong Kong protesters and police clash Uruguay extends leftist rule HONG KONG, DeCember 1 (AP): Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police Monday as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters to revitalize their flagging movement for democratic reforms after camping out on the city's streets for more than two months.

Repeating scenes that have become familiar since the movement began in late September, protesters carrying umbrellas — which have become symbols of the pro-democracy movement — battled police armed with pepper spray, batons and riot shields.

After student leaders told a big crowd rallying Sunday evening at the main protest site outside government headquarters that they would escalate their campaign, hundreds of protesters pushed past police lines on the other side of the complex from the protest site.

They blocked traffic on a main road, but were stopped by police barricades from going down a side road to Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying's office.

The protesters, many wearing surgical masks, hard hats and safety goggles and chanting, "I want true democracy," said they wanted to occupy the road to prevent Leung and other government officials from getting to work in the morning.

At one point, police charged the crowd, aggressively pushing demonstrators back with pepper spray and batons, after some protesters started pelting them with water bottles and other objects. Police later fell back, letting demonstrators re-occupy the road. At dawn, police charged again and cleared the protesters from some areas around the government headquarters.

Police Senior Superintendent Tsui Wai-hung said 40 protesters had

A protester lies on the stairway as police try to remove him and others from a tube station near government headquarters in Hong Kong on Monday, December 1. Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after camping out on the city’s streets for more than two months. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

been arrested, adding that authorities would not let the road, a major thoroughfare, remain blocked.

"We will open up this road," Tsui told reporters.

A government statement said 11 police had been injured but didn't give a total injury count.

"The government spokesman reiterated that society would not accept the illegal acts of violent radicals who repeatedly pushed police officers and charged their cordon lines during scuffles," the statement read.

Protesters said they were taking action to force a response from Hong Kong's government, which has made little effort to address their de-

mands that it scrap a plan by China's Communist leaders to use a panel of Beijing-friendly elites to screen candidates for Hong Kong's leader in inaugural 2017 elections.

The government statement compared attempts to ignore the Beijingdictated plan to "building castles in the air" and said it "would only delay the constitutional and democratic development of Hong Kong."

Hundreds remain entrenched in the main downtown protest site, building tents, work tables and other infrastructure, even as energy has diminished on the streets since the first surge of demonstrations in late September. Numbers typically dwindle in the daytime,

with many protesters going to work or school before returning in the evenings.

Authorities last week used an aggressive operation to clear out the protest camp on the busy streets of Hong Kong's crowded Mong Kok district, one of three protest zones around the semiautonomous city.

"The action was aimed at paralyzing the government's operation," said Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. "The government has been stalling ... and we believe we need to focus pressure on the government headquarters, the symbol of the government's power."

The federation is one of two student groups that have played important roles in organizing the protest movement in the former British colony.

"I really want to have real elections for Hong Kong because I don't want the Chinese government to control us, our minds, anything," said protester Ernie Kwok, 21, a maintenance worker and part-time student.

In Britain, a lawmakers' committee said the Chinese Embassy had warned that its members would be refused entry if they tried to go ahead with a visit to Hong Kong as part of an inquiry into the city's relations with the U.K. since the handover of sovereignty to China in 1997.

Richard Ottaway, chairman of Parliament's committee on foreign affairs, said the Chinese authorities were acting in an "overtly confrontational manner." He said he would seek an emergency parliamentary debate on the development.

The Foreign Office called the Chinese message to the lawmakers "regrettable" and said it had expressed its position to the Chinese side "at the most senior levels."

mONteVIDeO, DeCember 1 (AP): Tabare Vazquez's victory in Uruguay's presidential election is a show of support for the leftist coalition that has governed the country for the past decade and allows the government to proceed with its plan to create the world's first state-run marijuana marketplace.

Vazquez, a 74-year-old oncologist who was president from 2005 to 2010, topped center-right rival Luis Lacalle Pou of the National Party 53 percent to 40 percent in Sunday's vote.

The runoff vote drew international attention after Lacalle Pou promised to undo much of the pioneering plan to put the government in charge of regulating the production, distribution and sale of marijuana on a nationwide scale. Vazquez, meanwhile, said he would proceed with it, unless it produced negative results.

As results came in, Lacalle Pou called Vazquez to concede and wish him "great success," while supporters of Vazquez's Broad Front coalition poured into the streets to celebrate.

In his victory speech, Vazquez called on the opposition to join him in a national accord to deal with the issues of public security, health and education. "I want to be able to count on all Uruguayans, but not so they follow me, so they guide me, accompany me."

Sunday's win marked a reversal of roles for Vazquez, who shook up Uruguayan politics when he became president the first time, peacefully ending 170 years of two-party dominance. In

his first presidential campaign, Vazquez promised changes that would "shake the roots of the trees." But he governed as a relatively cautious moderate, avoiding the constitutional changes and polarization that have shaken countries such as Venezuela.

His popularity on leaving office paved the way for the election of his successor, current President Jose Mujica, a former guerrilla known for his humble lifestyle and straight talk.

Both men belong to the Broad Front coalition, which has been in power for a decade and has passed laws same-sex marriage, abortion and marijuana.

This time around, Mujica's popularity and a strong economy helped propel Vazquez into office, where he is now seen as the candidate of continuity, not of change.

Javier Silva, an operator at a state electrical plant, said he voted for Vazquez because he thinks the country is doing well.

"The economy is rising. The country isn't anything like it was 10 or 20 years ago, when it was in decline," said the 35-year-old.

Monica Centurion, an official at a state hospital, said she voted for Lacalle Pou because of his pledge to improve public security, which "is the principal issue."

Vazquez immediately moved to calm fears that he would introduce radical change in his second term.

"Within the Constitution and the law everything. Outside the Constitution and the law nothing," he told party militants after his win was announced.

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MILAN, DECEMBER 1 (REUTERS): Roberto Mancini has only been in charge of Inter Milan for two weeks and the new coach is already itching for the January transfer window. Mancini complained that he had the wrong players for the system he wanted to play after his side went down 4-2 at AS Roma on Sunday, leaving them in eleventh place in Serie A with only four wins from 13 games.

"This squad has been built to play a different system, so it's inevitable that

there are some teething problems," he told reporters. "We don't have any out-and-out wingers, but the players are doing well to adapt. We've now got a month to do what we can, then we'll see," said Mancini, who was sent off for dissent during the match. "We need to improve quickly," A new centre forward is likely to be top of Mancini's list after Rodrigo Palacio, partnering Pablo Daniel Osvaldo in attack in place of the rested Mauro Icardi, again failed to hit the target.

Webber survives high-speed crash in Brazil RIO, DECEMBER 1 (REUTERS): Former Formula One driver Mark Webber had a lucky escape from a high-speed crash at the World Endurance series race in Brazil. The 38-year-old Australian's Porsche 911 made contact with Matteo Cressoni's Ferrari on the final corner of the six-hour race in Sao Paulo and slammed into a track barrier. Webber, quit Formula One last year, was not seriously hurt, according to a statement on the Endurance Series website (www. fiawec.com). A subsequent statement on Webber's official Facebook page said he was okay and had been taken for medical checks. "After his accident in the six hour race in Sao Paulo, Mark is awake and alert," the statement said. "(He) has been taken to the medical center for further checks." After a 12-year career in Formula 1, former Red Bull driver Webber joined the Porsche team in the Endurance series where he finished ninth overall.

The Argentine forward has not yet scored this season. "The defeat doesn't change our ideas," said Mancini, who has ditched predecessor Walter Mazzarri's three-man defence and given Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarin a more attacking role.

"We knew it wasn't going to be perfect straight away, but we need to adapt to the new system quickly. "I think Guarin's most natural position is as a creative midfielder, but he has to understand when to go it alone and

when to move the ball on.

"Osvaldo played well.

Icardi wasn't dropped -we're playing every three days so it's completely normal to rotate two great strikers like those two."

Mancini said that the Champions League, which would require a third place finish, remained his target.

"We can win back the points in the league," said Mancini, whose side are six points behind Genoa in third place. "We have to keep working, one defeat doesn't change absolutely anything."

Srinivasan defends Dhoni, drags Pawar in IPL row

ChENNAI, DECEMBER 1 (AGENCIES): Refusing to talk about Mahendra Singh Dhoni's role in his company India Cements, BCCI's president-inexile N Srinivasan on Monday made it clear that the Indian captain would not be asked to resign despite questions about conflict of interest being raised against him. Instead, Srinivasan dragged former BCCI and ICC president Sharad Pawar into the ongoing controversy.

Srinivasan, who is also the ICC chairman, declined comments on the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which which was heard by the Supreme Court on Monday after Justice Mudgal Committee submitted its investigative report on the matter. "The matter is in the court. I cannot speak on this," Srinivasan told reporters on the sidelines of an ICC function here. Petitioner Aditya Verma, chief of the Cricket Association of Bihar told the media outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi: "The next hearing will be on Monday, December 8 and on the following day. There is a even a possibility of a verdict the next day."

On his own conflict of interest issue that was raised by the apex court, he said that he had sought Pawar's advice before

bidding for the Chennai franchise. "All is fine with Indian cricket, I don't agree that Indian cricket's image has taken a hit," said Srinivasan, responding to a reporter who brought up the issue of the image of Indian cricket had been tarnished after the IPL corruption scandal.

The Tamil Nadu strongman was even more curt when it came to answering questions on Dhoni, who is an employee of India Cements besides being the captain of the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings - owned by the company. The Supreme Court has made scathing comments on the issue of conflict of interest in the case of both Dhoni and Srinivasan.

"Why should I ask him to resign?" Srinivasan shot back when asked whether Dhoni would be asked to step down. Asked what was Dhoni's role in India Cements, Srinivasan was once again snapped back, "Why should I tell you."

Srinivasan is under immense pressure to give up his position in the BCCI in the wake of the Mudgal Committee's observations on his role in the scandal. The probe committee, while giving a clean chit to Srinivasan personally, has observed that the BCCI chief turned a blind eye to the wrongdoings in the league.

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Bryant leads Lakers over Toronto 129-122 in OT LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 1 (AP): Kobe Bryant had 31 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds for his 20th career triple-double as the Los Angeles Lakers ended a four-game losing streak with a 129-122 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

Seven players scored in double figures for the Lakers, including all five starters. Nick Young added 20 points off the bench, Carlos Boozer scored 18 and Jordan Hill had 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Kyle Lowry had 29 points, nine assists and six rebounds for Toronto before fouling out with 2.8 seconds left in overtime. Terrence Ross had 20 points and Lou Williams added 19 off the bench for the Raptors, whose 13-3 record entering the game was the best start in franchise history. Danny Green scored 18 points for San Antonio and coach Gregg Popovich returned from a two-game absence to lead the Spurs over the Boston Celtics 111-89 for their seventh straight victory.

Popovich returned for the opener of a fourgame trip after missing two games following an undisclosed minor medical procedure. Leading 80-77 with 10 minutes left, the Spurs went on a 14-2 run to take a 94-79 lead with 6:11 left on a layup by Cory Joseph.

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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, bottom, and Toronto Raptors' Jonas Valanciunas, of Lithuania, fight for a rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game on November 30, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 129-122 in overtime. (AP Photo)

Baynes beat the 24-second clock with a 3-pointer then made a layup for a 99-80 lead with 4:36 to go.

Boris Diaw had 15 points and Tim Duncan added 14 for the Spurs.

Chicago's Jimmy Butler had 26 points and Pau Gasol had 25 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bulla past the Brooklyn Nets 102-84. Rookie Bojan Bogdanovic led the Nets with 13 points and reserve Jarret

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Derrick Rose had 14 points and reserve Nikola Mirotic chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls. The Golden State Warriors downed the Detroit Pistons 104-93 for its ninth straight victory after Draymond Green scored 20 points and Stephen Curry added 16 points and 10 assists, while Zach Randolph had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Marc Gasol

added 18 points and six rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Sacramento Kings 97-85.

In other games, Dwyane Wade returned from a seven-game absence to score 27 points as the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 86-79, the Orlando Magic defeated the Phoenix Suns 93-90 and the Portland Trail Blazers were 107-93 winners over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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he Nagaland Peace Centre, Kohima extends warm welcome to you on your maiden visit to Nagaland.

We feel it a privilege to have you in this far flung remote corner of our country. The Nagaland Peace Centre was founded by late Jayaprakash Narayan in 1965 and since then it is instrumental to peace and played effective role from the first ceasefire in 1964 between the Government of India and the then NNC (Naga National Council)/Federal group of the underground Nagas. Nagaland Peace Centre continued to sustain and play our role in peace process and various peace efforts at solving the Naga problem. You are aware of the fact that Nagaland has been plagued with a political problem that has defied solution for the last half a century. The political problem has been accompanied with violence and bloodshed due to which the people have undergone

immeasurable pain and sufferings all these years.

Knowing your deep concern and keen desire to resolve long standing Naga problem and the exemplary initiatives taken by the Government of India under your leadership we would like to place before you few submission with the hope that you will take into serious consideration in your efforts to resolve the Naga problem in a peaceful and democratic atmosphere.

We firmly believe that the Naga political problem can be solved only with the Gandhian approach of non-violence and dialogue and in democratic principles. We also cannot but have to show our sincerity through consistent policies.

On the one hand India is regarded by all other countries as the biggest democracy of the world. But on the other hand many unfair and harsh laws continue to oppress the people in places like Nagaland.

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Act being such law which could be repealed through dialogue and peace process.

We are however, confident that under the leadership of a man like you who is working hard to promote world peace and understanding and resolved conflicts all over the world both in the East and the West, in true democratic spirit will also be able to resolve the problem faced by the people of Nagaland.

Despite the ceasefire and peace process that has been going on for the last many years, violent act of intimidation, extortion, killing etc. continued unabated in the State. We would like to reiterate that such act of violence will not pave the way in finding any solution to the Naga political problem.

We should also be very clear that the major issue of Naga problem is the issue of identity and our aspiration to live as peace loving people.

The division of the Naga people under various administrative entities

is one of the main reasons why solution has eluded the Naga problem for all these years. The solution to Naga problem will be found when it can be ensured that Naga inhibited areas are integrated and it is made possible for the Naga people to collectively live under one administrative arrangement. This is an integral part of the solution to the problem and we hope that you will keep this as one of the important factors in the current grand peace process of Nagaland.

Knowing your sagacious mind as statesmanship we have placed before you the above issues which will have great bearing on the efforts to find a solution to the Naga problem. We are confident that you will understand and appreciate these issues placed before and that you will consider and take appropriate decisions on them in the better interest of the people of Nagaland and thereby the people of India.

N. Theyo, Chairman

Prime Minister’s Visit to Assam, Manipur and Nagaland Best Opportunity for Nagas to resolve the problem

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ur Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is visiting to all the three adjoining states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland on 29, 30 Nov. & !st December where Nagas live in sizeable number. He will be very happy to meet Naga people and hear them patiently. He will also be very happy, nay, most happy to give his best for the delight of Naga people and other Bharatiya citizens living in Nagaland and Naga contiguous areas in adjoining states. It is up to the wisdom of Naga people particularly the youths to extract nectar out of him.

The different Prime Ministers of the country right from Nehruji up to Dr. Manmohan Singh have visited Nagaland from time to time with an intension to give what Nagaland needed most but Kohima have not been able to achieve anything worth the name out of their generosity except few crores as a gift. Nagas need honor in the country more than money. The money will automatically come if Nagas are able to command love and affection of the people of the country. That they can do by shunning terrorist and anti-national mantle.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is a man with the strong patriotic background. As Prime Minister he has commonalities with his predecessors but he is very unique as well. The uniqueness which Hon’ble Modi has, was either dormant or absent in previous prime ministers. Because of this uniqueness, he has formed unique cabinet of ministers who are one with

him working tirelessly to regain lost glory of Vishwa Guru (World Teacher) for Bharatvarsh. Within last six months from May this year, the world has recognized him as the rising sun at its east horizon.

The same Modi is coming to Nagaland on 30th November and1st December. Are Nagas prepared to pray for what they need most? Or, have Nagas set their goal and fixed the time bound target for all round speedy development of the state?

Have Nagas identified what they need most? Have Nagas identified their friends and foes? If the civil society in Nagaland has understood the changed scenario at national and inter-national level and have prepared their charter of demands pertaining to culture, commerce, connectivity, hygine and health they will get what they desire. If they start parroting as before in the name of pseudouniqueness of history, they will have to be satisfied with few economic packages here and there, Nothing more nothing less. The vexed problem will continue to hang on.

The problem of Nagas is undue dependant on their foreign masters. They do not have independent thinking.However, there are rational and independent thinkers also in Naga society. The country honours them and listens to them. But they are ignored and dishonored in their own land. The country values the contributions of Angami warriors of Khonoma, Naga warriors who joined the army of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose from Chesezu village and adjoining areas, the 48 Chakhesang martyrs from Thevepisumi vil-

lage, Haipou Jadonang, Rani Gaidinliu, Dr Imkongliba Ao, P. Shilu Ao, Vizol, J.B.Jasoki, Hokishe Sema, Dr. S. C. Jamir, Prof. Gangmumei Kamei and such Naga nationalist warriors and public leaders including three Naga martyrs of Kargil war.

Nagas are required to understand that they cannot sale two boats at a time. Either you serve your foreign masters and dance at their tunes or you serve Bharatmata. The first option will gather miseries for your children as before and the second option will bring cheers and smile to them. The option is yours. One can befool some people for some times but not all the people for all the times. The misguided section of Naga society have no future. They stand exposed.

The insurgency has become a fabulous business for few underground leaders and some top ranking Naga politicians in tandem with underground leaders.They talk and do something in Kohima and they talk and do contrary to that in Delhi with a nationalistic mask at their faces. But their this strategy of betraying their own Naga people in particular and the nation in general to meet their selfish end will no longer work because the detailed profile of these hostile politicians are available in PMO and Modiji, unlike other PMs, will be coming fully prepared with thorough home work not to be hoodwinked this time. If Nagas are transparent and nationalist in their approach, they will get what they want, if not, they will meet the same fate. They will have to regret when this opportunity is lost.

The youths of Nagaland are required to come forward and lead the society on the path of peace and prosparity where underground people too will be properly rehablitated by giving them honorable place as per their ranks. The underground leaders are required to decide what legacy they will leave for their children. Phizo is no more.

The hundreds of undergroud leaders and their cadres have died.

The present leaders are now old enough. Should they not think of joining national mainstream under the dynamic and charismatic leadership of Modiji? Take it for granted if you give up arms without any pre-condition and come to Modiji as a member of large family of Bharatiya Samaj (society) looked after by Bharatmata, you will be embraced, your cadres will be suitably rehabilitated and then whether AFSPA remains or goes, Army remains or goes, these will not matter for you and your cadres.. And there will not be, then, any dearth of resources to develop Naga culture, commerce and connectivity not only in Nagaland but whole of the Naga areas in adjoining states without altering the state boundaries. You are at cross road at the very crucial time. Think positively and act decively. Your positive and constructive decision will certainly bring succour and solace to grieving Naga society. Otherwise, your brothers and sisters in Naga society will continue to suffer for no gain. The posterity will curse for what you have done for them.

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onourable Sir, we warmly welcomes you to our land and we extend our greetings to you and express our gratitude to your led new government. Yours first visit to Nagas of Nagaland as a Prime Minister of India is ushered to our people. Your father of the Indian Nation Mahatma Gandhi deed recognised the uniqueness of the Nagas of Nagaland whereas till today we are living under the duress and siege of your divide and rule policy since long sixty-eight years from both the internal and external threat.

Sir, for information we are briefing the genesis of the uniqueness movement history of our Nation. From the time immemorial Nagas were enjoying the true freedom of sovereignty under their true democracy and Republican system of government, whether they were under Anghs, Village Headman and village elders (Gaunboras) or leaders of the youth. This peaceful atmosphere in the land of the Nagas were disturbed by the territorial annexation policy of the British Government. From the middle part to the last of 19th Century AD (i.e. 1832 — 1879) British Government sent a number of punitive expectations to Nagas territory. This threaten the territorial integrity of the Nagas and for the first time the Nagas constituted a union known as Naga Club, Shri. T. Aliba Imti as its first President in October 1918. The desire of the Nagas to live as a separate Nation is deserved and to proclaim this truth to the whole world found its passage through this club on 01-10-1929 this club submitted a memorandum to the statutory commission led by Sir, John Simon as its Chairman with Mr. Clement Atleee. MP and Mr. E. Codegan as member visited Kohima. In pursuance of this memorandum he whole Naga area were left as Naga Hills excluded area. Having presented the inspiration and given support to the sovereignty of the Nagas in formal function hoisted the Naga Flag on 14-08-1947 at Mission Compound Kohima.

The name of the Naga Club was changed into the Naga National Council (NNC), Shri. A.Z. Phizo occupied this August Office on December 1950 as its Fourth President. Prior to Indian Independence in 1947 A. Z. Phizo headed a Naga delegation to meet Mahatma Gandhi the father of the Indian Nation in his Bangi Colony House in Delhi to reiterate the stand that the Nagas were sovereign people under British occupation and that when British left, they wished to revert to this position without joining the Indian Union. Mahatma Gandhi assured them that the Nagas were free to choose their political destiny and that under no circumstances would they be forced to join the Indian Union.

The Government of India refused to recognize the Naga Independence alleging that the whole of the Naga Territory under British occupation would be under Indian dominion. In 1950 the Indian constituent assembly invited the Nagas to join the Indian Union but it was rejected out-rightly by the Nagas and conducted a plebiscite on the 16th May' 1951 throughout Naga

territories and voted to 99.6% in favour of Naga sovereign independence. This plebiscite result was sent to both the then President and Prime Minister of India and the then Secretary General of United Nation Organization (UNO). May 16 every year commemorated as a red letter day to all the Nagas. A day for remembering the Historic plebiscite day and paying respect to our great leaders who had courageously led and participated in this sacred event.

It was on this day that we reaffirmed our pledged through the historic plebiscite.

Declaring to the world that voluntarily we have resolved to be a Nation, to be governed by our own selves. It was under the fourth President Shri. A. Z. Phizo that this great event of plebiscite was conducted. At the same time one cannot ignore the decisive declaration of the Naga.

Independence on 14-08-1947 from British occupied Nagas territories under the pioneering leadership of NNC through eminent former president such as Aliba Imti.

This declaration of Naga Independence on 14th August 1947 followed by the 16th May' 1951 plebiscite laid the foundation of our nation and this fact was known to the world. The Government of India taking the advantage of the Nagas non-violent attitude of the Nagas, they forcibly conducted the first and second general elections in 1952 and 1957 whereas the Nagas boycotted both the general elections. This led the Indians to invade Naga Territories beginning from 1954 and set a large contingent of Allay to fight against the unarmed Nagas. The government of India on the pursuit of political strategy convinced some Naga opportunist to sign the sixteen point agreement by which agreement carved out some portion of Naga territory, the present so called Nagaland State in 1963. However, this was rejected by the Nagas. In the midnight of September 5th and 6th 1964 a ceasefire agreement was reached between the Indian Government and the Federal Government of Nagaland in the initiatives of NBCC to pave the way for talked yet ended in a dead lock in 1966 and — on. Sir, your Idea and practices of cleanliness thrived and your cleanliness is next to Godliness is appreciated. Moreover, your idea of claiming the visaguru to the world is also appreciated, why because it reminds the present generation of the world as how the Indian sages played and spoken of Indian global responsibility and the coming gyan yug would see India play a pivotal role using all those principles.

Sir, man like you who is full of good wisdom and like ancient Indian sages will it not be possible to choose the right team?

With whom to recognized the sovereignty and avoid the future misunderstanding so that peace be prevailed in our land. NNC stand for non-violence, non-cooperation and sovereignty.

Kuknalim.

Hoshito Z. Chophi General Secretary, NNC Temjenyanger Aier President, NNC

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(Standing extreme right) Tali Angh with his fans in Town hall, Mokokchung where he performed a song from his debut music album titled ‘Take it Slow’ on November 29. (Aden Jamir Photography)

Prince harry to reveal Secret Vin DieSel pays tribute Prince Harry is to reveal a secret about himself later today (01.12.14) in support of a campaign launched by his charity Sentebale who hope to raise awareness of HIV on World AIDS Day.

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ritain's Prince Harry will reveal a personal secret later today (01.12.14). The 30-year-old royal will be joined by a host of celebrities in revealing an intimate fact about himself, to show solidarity with HIV sufferers across the globe on World AIDS Day. The Prince, Nicole Scherzinger, Paloma Faith and Gemma Arterton are among the famous faces preparing to open up about themselves on the Feel No Shame website this afternoon. The idea is to reveal a secret to show those who suffer with HIV not to be ashamed of it and to seek medical support and education about their condition in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading. The campaign has been organised by the charity Sentebale - which was co-founded by Prince Harry - to raise awareness of how eradicating the shame and stigma can save lives. The flame-haired royal launched the campaign this morning (01.12.14) by asking the public to share the own secrets via social media with the hashtag feelnoshame in return for his, which will be revealed on the website at 1pm. Other celebrity's videos will be released throughout the day.

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he Chumukedima Ao Baptist Church Youth Department and ‘THE RAYS’ team is all set to release the debut Ao Naga music video album Titled 'The Rays-NerKibong' this week, marking a huge stage in the career of the multi-talented CABA youth department. After working a year on this project, The CABA youth department & The Rays team are now contriving for the imminent release that will hopefully built upon the youths and get this music heard by more people than ever.

The album consists of thirteen artists & eight original songs, each providing a combination of high-energy guitar playing, melodious vocal, gentle drums and heartfelt lyrics.

Renowned artist like Alobo Naga (Vocalist of Alobo Naga & the Band) & Sunep Lemtur (vocalist of sunep ensemble band) also features in this Video Album.

The Audio Music were recorded at Moto-Tunes

Germany, Media 24 studio Dimapur, Tribes Entertainment Pvt. Ltd Dimapur & Sound Space Studio Lonavla, Maharashtra. The songs were mixed by professional engineers and its creation was well supported by Pro-musicians. Cinematographic was done by Tribes Entertainment Pvt. Ltd & Black and White Studio.

Each songs conveys different messages where

class performance with superb acting was done by the CABA youth department in all the videos and setting a good example for the young generation.

To know more about the album “The Rays-NerKibong” please visit & check the official Teaser in youtube.

Below is the official teaser link:https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=3bZ_9XXDJl E&feature=youtu.be

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David Beckham 'lucky to be alive' after crash

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avid Beckham is ''lucky to be alive'' after being involved in a car crash. The retired soccer star was collecting his eldest son Brooklyn, 15, from Arsenal's training ground in London on Saturday when a woman crashed her Mitsubishi into his Audi, and the pair of them are said to have had a lucky escape.

A witness revealed: ''Beckham and Brooklyn are lucky to be alive. Beckham took the hit on the driver's side - it could have been a completely different story.'' The 39-year-old hunk - who also has sons Romeo, 12, and Cruz, nine, and three-year-old daughter Harper with fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham, 40 - was ''massively

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apologetic'' following the collision and is said to have given the female driver his jumper as she and her daughter waited for help.

David - who is reported to have hurt his shoulder in the accident - rushed to comfort the pair, who were later taken to hospital, after checking that Brooklyn was okay.

A source told The Sun newspaper: ''Beckham was turning right and mustn't have seen the other car, or realised how fast it was travelling. ''She smacked into the side of him. It's a miracle no one was seriously hurt. Beckham was massively apologetic.''

However, the former England captain recovered in time to escort wife Victoria to the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

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aul Walker's death still leaves Vin Diesel "speechless". The actor's been left devastated ever since his friend and costar passed away last November in a car accident, and paid tribute yesterday to him on the anniversary of his death, sharing with fans just how close the two were. Alongside a picture of daughter Hania with Paul, Vin wrote on Facebook: "He was a part of so much in my life... long personal talks with my mother or babysitting the Alpha Angel... he took a certain pride in being uncle Pablo... after all, we were filming a scene in FF4 the day she was born, and he being the only one I told, encouraged me to go in and cut the umbilicle cord.

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therhood... that healthy family member, with the most positive outlook on life... "A year ago today... a year of mourning... and his absence still leaves me speechless.

We miss you Pablo...(sic)".

Michelle Rodriquez sent "mad love" to the actor via Twitter, and made reference to his charitabile organisation Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW), which provides relief for natural disasters.

Tyrese Gibson also paid tribute through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. He wrote: "Physically gone but forever alive in our minds, hearts and spirit... "Everyone worldwide please take 5 mins out of your day to send live, prayers and energy to Paul's family his daughter Meadow and immediate circle today will be a tough day for us.”

Shraddha wants dad to Robert Downey Jr. used to sing for charity be World Record holder

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December, it is that time of the year when the festive spirit envelopes the air, while bonhomie overcomes people in anticipation of Christmas Day. And December 1 is normally a day when people start decorating homes and streets to usher in Christmas Day. A gigantic Christmas star is seen erected at Lhothavi village, about 30 kilometres south of Dimapur, falling under Dhansiripar sub-division. The symbolic star, measuring 42 feet across was hoisted on December 1 at the village square as part of the preparation for celebrating Christmas Day. (Morung Photo)

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than 700 films so actually he should get a place in Guinness World Records. I think I should speak to their officials about it," Shraddha said here at an event. "My father has done 700 plus films. He should definitely get a certificate from Guinness World Records," she added.

ctor Robert Downey Jr. says he used to sing in shopping centres to raise money for music education.

The 49-year-old says he produced a series of unplanned concerts. "When I was growing up, it was a given that if you wanted to have that initial exploration into music, it was readily available to you - regardless of what was going on with the economy or state budget. Clearly there has been a shift in that.

"We are hoping to make you want to stop on the street and listen to the message. As a kid, I played the drums and piano, and late, when I went to Santa Monica High School, I joined an a cappella group and sang at malls during the holidays. That's what ultimately gave me confidence as a performer. All kids should have the opportunity to be exposed to music," he said.

Launched in 2013, "Playing it Forward", which is a collaboration between his company Team Downey and online en-

tertainment distributor Crackle, features surprise street performances across the US from some of the biggest's names in music,

including John Legend and Imagine Dragons, all benefiting music education and charities of the artists' choice.

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n a shocking incident, 'Bigg Boss 7' winner Gauhar Khan was slapped by a member of the audience at a reality show stage on Sunday. The model-turned actress was anchoring the grand finale of the show, which was attended by bigwigs like Arjun Kapoor and music director duo Sajid-Wajid.

Reportedly, the accused was present in a crowd of 2000 and was teasing Gauhar during the show. She protested the teasing but events took a sharp turn soon after. After the show was over the man came over to the stage and slapped her. Gauhar was taken aback and looked shocked and distressed at the incident.

The accused has been caught by bouncer present at the event. Reports also suggest that he has been detained by the Mumbai Police, and Gauhar will visit the police station tomorrow to record her statement.

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MELBouRNE, DECEMBER 1 (IANS): Ending days of speculation, Cricket Australia (CA) Monday confirmed that the first of the four-match Test series against India will be held Dec 9 in Adelaide instead of Brisbane. The series, which was scheduled to start Dec 4 and was later postponed due to Phillip Hughes' death Nov 27, will now begin Dec 9, CA announced.

"The series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will now commence in Adelaide on the revised date of Tuesday, Dec 9. The Brisbane Test has been rescheduled and will take place from Dec 17 to 21," CA said in a statement.

"The revised timing allows for a three-day break leading into the Brisbane Test and a four-day break ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne for players to adequately prepare."

CA CEO James Sutherland said the changed programme was made due to welfare concerns for AustraAna Ivanovic takes on the roll of stewardess as she serves drinks to Goran Ivanisevic, IPTL lia's players grieving the loss promotional work, private jet from Manila to Singapore, December 1in Singapore. of their teammate Hughes,

Liverpool offer Steven Gerrard new contract

LIVERPooL, DECEMBER 1 (REuTERS): Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been offered a new contract but because he is now 34, the midfielder might not play in as many matches as he has done in the past, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Monday.

Rodgers confirmed the offer at a news conference ahead of Tuesday's Premier League match at bottom of the table Leicester City.

"He has been offered a contract here," Rodgers said, adding that Gerrard was now considering it.

"He has been here for 16 years and he is a man who deserves the utmost respect and should be given the time to consider it.

"It is a big move. The one thing it won't be about is money. I have spoken to him enough times and at length, and that won't be the case.

"One thing is clear, I love working with Steven Gerrard. He is arguably the best player that's ever played in

the Premier League and I have enjoyed every single minute of working with him here and I hope that continues. "Now he is at the stage of his career where it is not so much the number of games he plays now, its about the level of the game and I will work with him and look at it."

Former England skipper Gerrard, who has played nearly 700 games for Liverpool since making his debut 16 years ago last weekend, came on as a late substitute in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Stoke City.

Rodgers said Gerrard was a still a "world class player" but explained: "No matter how good a player has been once they come towards those final years then as manager you are having to think how you can get the best out of the player. "Everyone knows his history at this club.

What a player he has been, and still is. I see his talent every day and just need to manage that and think how it can be most effective. He is still a wonderful player with world class talent."

Rodgers also strongly denied any suggestion in Sunday newspaper reports there was a rift between him and his captain by saying "No, 150 per cent, no. "I saw some things yesterday in terms of a rift between him and I which was unfortunate. The two words that would describe my relationship with him are honest and respect. "To read yesterday about a rift is disappointing, but you can't control that" he said.

who died after being hit on head by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match Nov 25. Hughes' funeral will take place in the New South Wales town of Macksville Wednesday. "Nobody should underestimate just what these players are going through right now.

These are difficult days and we need to support them in dealing with their grief," Sutherland said.

"It's very clear that playing a Test right now is just too soon and we are reacting accordingly. A concern with these changes has been creating congestion within the cricket calendar by holding four Test matches in 33 days.

We knew that if we started any later than 9 December, that congestion would only get worse." The Sydney Test has also been shifted as a result, with its start date moving to Jan 6 to allow for six-day break for players towards the end of a busy series. It also enables a five-day break leading into the triangular One-Day International (ODI) Series between Australia, England and India.

FC Goa crush NorthEast United, jump to 2nd spot

MARgAo, DECEMBER 1 (AgENCIES): FC Goa took an important step towards qualifying for the semi-final as they thrashed NorthEast United 3-0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa on Monday evening.

Romeo Fernandes and Miroslav Slepicka gave Goa a 2-0 lead at half-time before Andre Santos added another after the break to complete the rout.

With this result, Goa have 18 points from 12 matches as they moved to the second spot, four points behind league leaders Chennaiyin FC. Meanwhile, Ricki Herbert’s outfit still have faint hopes of making it into the play-offs as they remain on the sixth spot with 13 points in their kitty. Miroslav Slepicka replaced the injured Tolgay Ozbey for FC Goa while Aiborlang Khonjee returned after serving his one-match

suspension for the visitors.

Isaac Chansa also made his way into the first team with Joan Capdevila being suspended after picking a red card in the last game.

The home side started brighter of the two after Massamba Sambou gave the ball in a dangerous position with Andre Santos playing in Mandar Dessai on the left but his cross into the box was collected by T.P.Rehenesh in goal in the third minute.

The very next minute saw Romeo Fernandes’ cross from the right being headed over the bar by Haroon Amiri.

At the other end, Koke found Zodingliana Ralte on the left in the 10th minute, but Debabrata Roy got there in time to make the clearance. Santos had a chance as well as he headed wide in the 12th minute from a Narayan Das cross

from the left.

It was a battle in the middle of the park as neither side was able to dominate the proceedings.

The breakthrough eventually came in the 34th minute when Debabrata passed the ball to Slepicka who in turn found Romeo.

The winger burst into the box and with his second touch put the ball past Rehenesh to score the 100th goal of the tournament.

Romeo could have made it 2-0 but Mandar’s cross from the left saw the former fail to make a solid connection at the back post. NorthEast created a rare chance in the 40th minute when Koke's cross to the left who was put back across the face of the goal

by Ralte. However, Durga Boro's shot was deflected wide for a corner by Bruno Pinheiro.

The Goans went into the break with a two-goal lead. Jan Seda collected the ball from a corner and throws it for Romeo who speeds past defenders to cut it back, with a deflection taking it for Slepicka.

The Czech striker made no mistake whatsoever by driving into the box and putting the ball into the far corner.

The first chance in the second session of play came only at the hour mark when Koke forced Jan Seda to make his first save of the match as he dived low to his right to block the Spaniard's shot.

Nassir Al Shamrani of Saudi Arabia, raises his trophy shortly after being awarded the 2014 AFC Player of the Year at the 60th AFC Anniversary celebration and Awards Sunday, November 30 at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo)

MANILA, DECEMBER 1 (AP): Saudi striker Nassir Al Shamrani won the Asian Football Confederation player of the year award at the 60th anniversary celebrations on Sunday night.

The 31-year-old Al Shamrani was top scorer or joint-top scorer in five of the past seven seasons in Saudi Arabia's first division. He scored 10 goals in the Asian Champions League this season for Saudi club Al Hilal, which finished runner-up to the Western Sydney Wanderers. The Wanderers were voted team of the year, and Western Sydney's Tony Popovic won the coach of the year honors.

There was some controversy about the Asian Cup final as Al-Shamrani, who becomes the first Saudi winner since 2005, spat at Australian defender Matthew Spiranovic after the final whistle.

He was facing a sanction when the awards were announced on Sunday night.

"I am proud to win the AFC Player of the Year Award," he said. "Regarding to the possible ban, I want to say I am living for today. I am not thinking anything else. I am proud of myself that I am the best male player of the year in Asia. Anything else, it will be decided by AFC." Al Shamrani, who beat Ismail Ahmed of the United Arab Emirates' Al Ain and Khalfan Ibrahim of Qatari club Al Sadd for the award, said he wanted to take his scoring form to another level. "I am the top scorer in the domestic league and the second best scorer in the AFC Champions League.

And now I am looking forward to being the top scorer in the Asian Cup in Australia next year," he said. "That is the position I want to be.

As a good player, there is no limit for me."

Australians picked up three important individual awards, with Katrina Lee Gorry named as AFC

women's player of the year, Crystal Palace midfielder voted as the AFC's International Player of the year and 41-year-old Popovic becoming the first from his country to win the continental coaching award.

"We are a very young club just over two years old, and it is our first attempt at the AFC Champions League and we have won it," he said. "It is a special achievement that will go down in history and just the resilience of the group, the belief when you think that it wouldn't be possible to get through the group stages, here we are where we have won the AFC Champions League. This is recognition for great work that everyone has done."

The Palestinian team was voted national team of the year after beating the Philippines 1-0 the AFC Challenge Cup final to qualify for the Asian Cup, which kicks off in Australia on Jan. 9.

Juninho's goal puts Galaxy into MLS final

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SEATTLE, DECEMBER 1 (AP): Juninho scored a valuable away goal early in the second as the Los Angeles Galaxy advanced to the Major League Soccer final for the ninth time in club history despite losing 2-1 to the Seattle Sounders on Sunday.

The Western Conference final ended 2-2 on aggregate, but away goals were used as a tiebreaker in playoffs for the first time this season and Los Angeles used it to the full advantage following a 1-0 win in the first-leg last weekend.

After surrendering goals to Brad Evans and Clint Dempsey's in the first 32 minutes, Juninho's goal was the difference. The Galaxy will go for their fifth MLS championship and kept the career of Landon

Donovan going for one more game.

Los Angeles will host Eastern Conference champion New England in the final next Sunday.

Seattle was attempting to reach the MLS Cup final for the first time and the Sounders appeared headed that way after an exciting first 45 minutes where their top players were at their best. Evans' goal in the 25th minute pulled Seattle even on aggregate and Dempsey's first goal of the playoffs put the Sounders in front.

It was a crushing result for Seattle, which was attempting to become the first team in league history to win the MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield and U.S. Open Cup in the same season. After a disjointed first

25 minutes, Evans' goal immediately opened up the field for Seattle. Dempsey scored but was flagged for being offside. Martins airmailed an open attempt in the box and Lamar Neagle's left-footed shot for the far post was pushed aside by Penedo. Seattle finally got the lead and Dempsey was the instigator. He kept the play alive by getting a pass off to DeAndre Yedlin while on the ground, then was in the right spot when Yedlin's cross was deflected to the top of the penalty area.

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Seattle Sounders midfielder Lamar Neagle, left, leaps above Los Angeles Galaxy defender Dan Gargan, right, to kick the ball in the first half of the second leg of the MLS western conference final soccer match, Sunday, November 30 in Seattle. (AP Photo)

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