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Business community in the grip of fear

(Left) A NAP (IR) jawan stands guard in front of closed shops in Dimapur. The business community today downed their shutters in protest against the abduction and subsequent murder of a businessman on October 19 last, on Monday. (Right) Protestors rally near the SP’s Office in Dimapur, on Monday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | October 20

A special investigation team has been instated to probe into the recent abduction and subsequent murder of a businessman in Dimapur, Prasanjit Dhar. Police say leads have been uncovered, but so far the identity of the suspects has yet to be divulged by the police. Dimapur is experiencing a very ‘abnormal’ type of situation, said Superintendent of Police of Dimapur, Liremo Lotha. He said this at a briefing of members of the interim body of Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and members of the business community over the recent abduction and subsequent murder of a businessman, Pras-

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Central Univ. teachers to strike Dimapur, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): At the call of the Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Associations (FEDCUTA), teachers of central universities will observe a two-day strike on October 22 and the 23rd, to press for an early decision on the pay revision of university teachers in accordance with the federation’s charter of demands. A note from the federation’s executives stated that the decision was unanimously endorsed by the DUTA extended executive in its meeting on October 17, in which representatives of staff associations of colleges participated. Continued on page 3

Special Investigation Team formed

anjit Dhar. The briefing was held at the conference hall of the SP Office, here, on Monday. While responding to the various queries over the steps being taken by the police, the SP informed that a special investigation team has been formed, headed by the SDPO, which is currently investigating the crime. He disclosed that the police have some leads about involvement of some persons. However, he refused to disclose the identities of the suspects. He strongly suspected the role of some ‘plains people’ in the murder. On the security measures in Dimapur, the SP said there are 8 com-

panies of NAP (IR) in the district, out of which 3 companies are deployed in the outskirts while 5 companies are deployed in the city. Besides these, he said 5 mobile vehicles are stationed at vital points. Lotha said sealing the inter-state boundary is not possible. However, he assured that there will be checking and frisking on a regular basis. He also said ‘throwing’ the entire ‘burden’ on the district administration and police is ‘not proper’. ‘As responsible citizens, people should come forward to register complaints’ he said and maintained that the identity of the person will be kept secret. “Cooperate

CMO responds to Cong allegation

Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The Congress party’s picking holes in the stance of the DAN government over the anti-Christian violence in India is not taken to, lightly by the NPF. A response was issued today by the press secretary to the chief minister following statements made by the chairman of the NPCC’s media cell R. Paphino, over the chief minister’s statement against the atrocities committed on Christians in the country. The CMO said the public, especially the church, are well aware that the state government and the chief minister have been most vocal against the inhuman atrocities being perpetrated against Christians and Christian institutions. “The chief minister has issued condemnations on three occasions which have been widely published in not just the local Media but also in the national Media. Mr. Rio has written a letter and also personally spoken to the Prime Minister, written to the Orissa Chief Minister, issued condemnations and press statements, apart from urging the Government of India to take immediate steps to protect the lives and properties of Chris-

tians and Christian organizations all over the country” reminded the CMO through its press secretary, Abu Metha. The CMO also said, the speech delivered by Neiphiu Rio during the International Conference for Dalits and Minorities held in New Delhi in 2007 was “acclaimed” and appreciated by the international Christian community. This was, the rejoinder explained, was “because he was one of the few political leaders who spoke out against the Anti-Conversion Acts being passed by several states, which are directed against the Christians”. With regard to banning any organisation, the CMO said it goes without saying that the ball is in the court of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre. “Therefore, it is indeed quite ridiculous that the Congress in Nagaland is calling the state government ‘wolf in sheep’s skin’, when the Christians and minorities of the country are awaiting the steps to be taken by the Centre to ban Hindu extremist organizations like Bajrang Dal, and to protect the interest of innocent Christians” the CMO said. Continued on page 3

Lok Sabha adjourned over Assam violence New Delhi, October 20 (Agencies): The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time Monday as Assam MP S.K. Bwiswmuthiary staged a sit-in protest over the ethnic violence in his state that has claimed 49 lives earlier this month. When Lok Sabha re-assembled at 12 noon, Bwiswmuthiary entered the house holding photographs of the violence in Assam and walked right up to the speaker’s podium. On Friday also, he had protested because the house did not refer to the people killed in clashes in the state. Violence broke out Oct 3 in the four northern Assam districts of Udalguri, Darrang, Baska, and Chirang after clashes between tribal Bodos and Muslim migrant settlers. Four days of ethnic clashes left 49 people dead and more than 100,000 displaced. Bwiswmuthiary said Muslims had insulted the indigenous Bodo religion and that a Bodo woman had been gang raped. The speaker then said he would be allowed to speak after

the initial proceedings of the house are over. When Bwiswmuthiary got the chance to speak, he attacked the Muslim community and detailed the incidents of violence that shook the region. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MPs interrupted him and objected to the words used by him. The speaker then asked him to stop his speech and let the house conduct other proceedings. Bwiswmuthiary then marched to the speaker’s podium again and accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of being responsible for not checking the violence. He staged a brief sit-in near the podium and there was pandemonium in the house as BJP MPs raised slogans in his support. Left MPs criticised his actions and the speaker warned him that he would be suspended if he continued to protest. The Assam MP was later led to his seat, but as he continued his protests, the speaker adjourned the house at 12.35 p.m. till 4 p.m. The Lok Sabha was earlier ad-

journed till 12 noon after disruptions in the house over the shootout in Jamia Nagar and attacks on north Indians by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai.

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with us to make Dimapur a better place to live in,” he appealed to the people. In his condolence on the death of the businessman, the SP said timely information helps in rescuing abducted persons and advised that a concerted effort is needed to tackle crimes. During the meeting, the interim body of Dimapur Chamber of Commerce raised four demands to the state government. The demands included deployment of additional 5 NAP (IR) companies in the city, especially in the business areas. Secondly, the body demanded to place barricades every half kilometers within Dimapur. Thirdly, the ‘district administration officials

should assist the police’ from time to time. Fourthly, it stated that an indefinite strike by the business establishments would be launched if any abduction or kidnappings take place in future. The interim body wants the demands to be fulfilled within one month. Kasheto Aye also questioned the police about the manpower, intelligence network and checking at vital points. Others who spoke during the meeting included the ADC of Dimapur, chairperson of the DMC, the general secretary of the interim body of Dimapur Chamber of Commerce, president of the Nagaland Drug Dealers’ Associa-

tion, Officer In-charge of East Police Station, president of the DNSU and representatives of the business community. The other points discussed during the meeting included intensive checking at exit points, deployment of women police, cooperation of citizens, check on the growth of inter-state criminal activities and the need for additional security at Lhomithi colony. Earlier in the day, the business community of Dimapur took out a rally. However, the rally was halted by the intervention of the members of the interim body of Dimapur Chamber of Commerce, near the office of the SP. Most of the shops remained closed on Monday. However, shops will be open from today, informed the president of the interim body.

Cong takes No-Trust fight to Speaker

Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly is asked by the Opposition Congress to withdraw the notification which refused to recognize the count of ‘cross voting’ of 9 NPF MLAs and disallowed three independent MLAs to exercise ballot in the December 13 No-Confidence Motion. “The recent judgment of the honorable high court in the PIL filed by Shri Yitachu, honorable MLA with regard to imposition of the President’s Rule in Nagaland and the parliamentary practice in Lok Sabha as seen in the recent Trust-Vote, where even our Nagaland honorable MP had voted against the whip issued by the NPF party and his vote counted, it is a clear

vindication of the opposition bench” stated a letter addressed to the Speaker, from CLP chief Chingwang Konyak. The Opposition asserted that “It is now crystal clear that your action was found to be unconstitutional and contrary to parliamentary rules, practice and convention” and “I am constrained to state that the action was highly regrettable”. Asserting to “preserve and protect parliamentary democracy in the state”, the Speaker is requested to withdraw the aforementioned direction as circulated by the secretary of Nagaland Legislative Assembly on 21st August, 2006, with a written assurance that similar direction shall not be issued in future.

‘Where art thou, DAN?

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): Seething at the state of affairs on the law and order front, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee today vehemently denounced the perpetrators of the abduction and murder of businessman Prashanjit Dhar. The Congress said abduction for ransom, abductions and intimidation and criminal activities against citizens of Dimapur, especially the business community have now become a daily affair. Yet, the NPCC lamented, the government does not bother about it and lawenforcing agencies are expressing their helplessness.

“If that is the case, to whom public will seek or depend for security and protection. Is not the bounden duty of the government to protect and to safeguard its citizens?” the NPCC queried in a message appended by Nillo Rengma, vice president. Reiterating that the government has completely failed to maintain law and order in the state, the NPCC reminded that this year alone there were 20 cases of abduction but none of the perpetrators have been booked. The Congress has demanded of the government the reason behind not booking a single culprit. Continued on page 3

Orissa opposes CBI probe into nun’s rape NEW DELHI, October 20 (Agencies): The Orissa government on Monday firmly opposed a plea for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the rape of a nun in the state’s strife-torn Kandhamal district allegedly by some Bajrang Dal activists. In an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, the state government said: “The investigation of the case by Crime Branch of the state is continuing very diligently and the mater is being monitored at the highest level.” The state government also opposed the demand for Rs.30 million as compensation to rebuild the churches demolished in the sectarian violence in the district between December 2007 and January 2008. “According monetary compensation to any religious institution is against the secular policy of the government of Orissa,” it said. Detailing its ongoing probe into the nun’s rape of August 25, the state government, in its affidavit submitted to a bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, said: “As regards petitioners’ demands for a CBI probe into the assault and rape of the nun, it is

Rejects compensation for churches

Christians watch a political rally pass by as posters condemning violence and attacks on minorities are put up on the gate at the St. James Church in Kolkata on October 20. (AP Photo)

respectfully submitted that the Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has made substantial progress.

“Eight accused persons have been arrested on the basis of available evidence,” said the affidavit adding

that “the chief minister of Orissa has categorically condemned the heinous crime and has appealed to the vic-

tim to cooperate in further investigation.” It pointed out that the victim lodged a formal criminal complaint only after consulting her lawyer, delaying the process of the registration of case by a good 24 hours after the crime on 1 p.m. August 25. It said that despite her disinclination to make her statement to the police, when she first approached them on August 25 after the crime, the police promptly sent her for medical examination and began the probe. Refusing to pay any compensation to rebuild the demolished churches during the violence, the government said it was ready to give assistance to damaged public institutions like schools, clinics, hospitals and orphanages. The state government filed the affidavit in response to a plea by Cuttack Archbishop Raphel Cheenath, who had earlier moved the apex court seeking Christians’ safety in Kandhamal district, ravaged by antiChristian violence following killings of Hindu spiritual leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and his four associates on August 23.

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MEx File Principal, FAC Mkg, informs Mokokchung, October 20 (DIPR): The Principal of Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, Kuholi Chishi has notified that the student repeaters of the new course for BA & BSC I, II and III, are to fill up forms during October 20 – 25 and submit the same within the stipulated time.

NEZCC’s annual executive board to meet October 21 Dimapur, October 20 (DIPR): The Governor of Nagaland K Sankaranarayanan, who is also the Chairman of NEZCC, will attend the annual executive board and governing body meeting. The meeting will be held at the Conference Hall, Police Complex Chumukedima, on October 21 at 11 am. Officials and dignitaries representing the following states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, and host state Nagaland will attend the one-day programme. Amongst others, Ministers for Information, Cultural Affairs & Tourism, Tripura, Anil Sarkar, and Anthropological Survey of India, Shillong, R P Athparia, will be attending the programme.

Sainik School entrance exam in Jan 2009 Wokha, October 20 (DIPR): All India Sainik School entrance examination for admission for boys in Class 6, for the session 2009-2010, will be held on January 4, 2009. The written part of the said examination will be held at the designated centers such as Kohima, Mokokchung, Dimapur and Itanagar for Sainik School Punglwa, Medziphema, and Peren district. The prospectus and form will be available at the SS Punglwa office between 8 am to 1 pm from October 6 upto December 8, 2008. Those who wish to collect the same by post may forward an SBI demand draft IPOs. Only those boys born between 2 July 1998 and 1 July 1999 will be eligible for Nagaland.

SREP to be held at Medziphema Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The Operationalisation of Strategic Research Extension Plan (SREP) for Extension Reform under ATMA for 8 districts will be held at the Sameti Hall, IETC, Medziphema, from October 21 to 23, with Dr. Supong Keitzar, Director of Agriculture as the chief guest. The resource persons will be from Manage, Hyderabad. A press note issued by the Director of Agriculture stated that all Project Directors of Block Technology Team (BTT) members along with two officers from each ATMA district will be the participants. Dr. Chumben Murry, Minister for Agriculture will be the chief guest and N Zhasa, Commissioner and Secretary of Agriculture, will preside over the valedictory function on October 23 next.

TSUD informs on General Conference

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Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) is organising its 3rd General Conference-cum-Freshers’ Day on October 2008. Parliamentary Secretary Chotisu Sazo will be the chief guest. Accordingly, a press release from the office of the TSUD office has informed all its subordinate bodies to submit the merit list of the previous HSLC declared result and admit card (attested) to the union office. It has also informed all interested ‘extravaganza’ participants to submit their items to the union office on or before October 25. Further, the union has informed that the 3rd Union Assembly has been convened for October 21 at 2 pm at the union office. All unit presidents, secretary, subordinate bodies, senior and college representatives are requested to attend the assembly.

AHoDs, HoDs to meet Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The State Home department has informed that there will be a meeting of the AHoDs and HoDs on October 22 at 1 pm at the conference room of the Nagaland Secretariat, to discuss some agenda. Chief Secretary, Lalhuma, in a circular, has informed that all AHODs and HODs are to attend the meeting in person and not send their representatives.

Wokha’s BRGF scheme discussed Wokha, October 20 (DIPR): The Urban District Level Committee on Backward Region Grant Fund for Wokha held a meeting on October 17 to discuss the BRGF scheme implementation, under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Wokha, A Wopen Lotha, and Chairman, Wokha Town Council, Wopenthun, as the Member Secretary. The committee approved schemes such as footsteps, drainage, community hall, and construction of rostrum at the town playground, construction of scientific slaughterhouse, and repair and renovation of the Town Hall with soundproofing.

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‘Newspapers most dominant medium of communication’

Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): A six-day course on ‘Journalism for Social Action’ began at the Salesian College of Higher Education here today, in which 40 of its outgoing students are participating, animated by Fr. Tarcisius Toppo, Director of Bosco Communications, Dimapur. “Newspapers are still popular and dominant medium of communication in the present society, notwithstanding the technological advances in other forms of communication,” opined Fr. Nicholas Guangdiat, Principal of Salesian College of Higher Education, stating the rationale behind the organisation of the course for the fourth consecutive year. The course is aimed at empowering the students in developing their writing skills, which is the result of clear thinking, so as to be a positive influence in the society, he added. Tarcisius Toppo of Bosco Communications, in a release, informed that

Journalism for Social Action

Students of Salesian College participating at the six-day course in journalism pose with their lecturers, in Dimapur, October 20.

the 40 budding, potential and enthusiastic journalists, hailing from different parts of the country are determined to bring about a change in society through

the power of the pen. In the coming days, the participants will get a thorough knowledge of the working of a newspaper, the production of news stories and the

fundamentals of good writing – writing news stories, ingredients of news, news values, lead, headlines, features as well ethical aspects of news writing and respon-

writing, opinion and editorial writing as well as interviewing skills required for reporting, the release added. The course will end on October 25.

NCRCYF celebrates its silver jubilee State launches Rural Youth Kohima, October 20 (MExN): The Nagaland Christian Revival Church Youth Fellowship (NCRCYF) celebrated its silver jubilee from October 10 to 12 last at NCRC, PR Hill, Kohima, under the theme ‘Re-awakening’ with about 1086 official delegates from all over the state. During the celebration, four devotional services were conducted with Rev. Dr. Neikedozo Paphino, Dr. Imchayanger and Rev. Vangpong Phom as speakers. The celebration included a seminar session on ‘Christian relationship: Love and marriage’ with Akok Walling as the resource person, which was followed by a discussion. The celebration also featured a penal discussion on ‘Is lifestyle of NCRC youths compromising too much with worldliness’ with Rev. Neivotso Nyekha and Zapra Chakhesang as panelists, followed by a general discussion and adoption of the outlines on the discussion. The youth were also exhorted by Rev. Rathu Thevuri and Pekruset-

uo Angami and the former youth leaders and members from the parent body also actively participated during the three-days long celebration. The Jubilee flag was unfurled by Rev. Dr. Visielie Angami, after which the former executives lighted the jubilee candles and the Kohima Village CRC youths performed to a colourful opening ceremony with songs and displays. A lively praise and worship was led by Ado and Khriesakuo with 16 members. Four major choirs from the Angami, Ao, Chakhesang and Sumi tribes enthralled the congregation with melodious songs. Pochury and Zeliangrong representatives also presented special songs. In commemoration of the Silver Jubilee, the NCRCYF brought out a souvenir entitled ‘Remission’, which was dedicated and released by Rev. Dr. Shiwoto Assumi. According to a release issued by the NCRCYF president, Kekhriengulie Theunuo, “The NCRCYF witnessed bountiful blessing and

re-commitment of the young people to Jesus during the celebration.” The NCRCYF thanked the hosting church NCRC, PR Hill, Kohima for “taking all pains and making the celebration a grand success,” the choirs, the youth leaders, former executives of the NCRCYF youth and the Kohima town churches who provided accommodation to the delegates, donors and all who participated during the programme. Meanwhile, the NCRCYF has chosen a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2008-2012 by alteration of the usual tenure in view of the forthcoming NCRC Golden Jubilee to be celebrated in 2012: President Kekhriengulie Theunuo, vice presidents Welite Therie and Zulu Sor, general secretary Rebeca Assumi, joint secretaries Keneitso-u Koza and Solomon Pochuri, finance secretary Alemla Jamir, Treasurer Vimedo Keyho, music secretary Vikiho Sumi, and an advisory board comprising of Dr. Chekhwupru Nyekha and Temsu Soyah.

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Wokha, October 20 (DIPR): The state government has initiated and launched the Rural Youth Development Programme in order to preserve the cultural heritage and traditional handicrafts, and to generate productive employment in the rural areas. The aims and objectives of the Rural Youth Development programme are: 1. Manufacture of cultural customs and crafts of different materials. 2. Organising of cultural programmes both within and outside the village. 3. Sponsoring of players of the village to participate in games and sports in the sub-divisional, districts, state, regional, national and international level. 4. To finance the students going outside the state for higher education from the village. 5. Offer scholarships to merit students from the village.

New recruits to Jakhama DIC Awareness campaign on armed for fight against HIV Bharat Nirman for Wokha Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The Nagaland Users Network (NUN), in a bid to tackle the menace of the HIV epidemic among Injecting Drug Users in the Southern Angami Areas, conducted a one-day induction and orientation training for the newly recruited staff of the Jakhama DIC on October 18 at the RRTC Hall, Kripa Foundation Kohima. The training was aimed at imparting capacity and skills to the trainees who will be actively involved in the Targeted Intervention (TI) project supported by the NSACS/NACO. The training started with an introductory session by Ketholelie President NUN, and was followed by an overview of the TI concept in response to the NACP III. Other PowerPoint sessions included harm minimisation,

role and responsibilities of a counsellor, peer counsellor, peer educator and outreach workers. This was followed by a field visit to the Kripa DIC for experience learning. The resource persons were Neitho, Gwabinlo and Ketho. The session also saw attendance by the program manager, accountant and the executive members of both NUN and KUN. Altogether 18 participants attended the said training. NUN President, Ketholelie, in a release congratulated the Kohima Users Network (KUN) for taking up the challenge in forming the first kind of District Level Network (DLN) and also for implementing the various activities in establishing the DIC and its services. It may be noted that the KUN was formed in the month of August ’08 and is affiliated with the Nagaland Users Network.

Wokha, October 20 (DIPR): A Core Committee for the Public Information Campaign comprising of officials from the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Guwahati, Directorate of Field Publicity, Kohima, state government officials and public leaders held a meeting on October 18 at the Tourist Resort, Wokha. The meeting deliberated and discussed on the arrangements for the 3-day public information campaign on Bharat Nirman to be held between October 23 to 25 at Wokha. The meeting resolved to attract mass participation and to make people aware about the programme. It was also decided to organise the campaign in the nearby villages of Wokha town to create public awareness. Among others, Chairman of Kyong Hoho Wokha, Nyanbemo, ex-Chairman Town Council, M Odyuo, DPRO Wokha, K Linyu, CDPO, Eloe Hoho representative, Wokha Town Council members and public leaders attended the meeting.

Echos Commission empowering young people

Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): With the goal stating ‘Stronger and Better Heard’, the Echos Commission on Youth in the Ecumenical Movement (World Council of Churches) are committed to working with the youth. The group consisting of 25 young adults from various continents, churches and organisations assembled in Bangalore from September 28 to October 10 this year, meeting for the second time since its creation. The meeting was hosted by the Student Christian Movement of India and the Ecumenical Christian Centre in Whitefield. “Echos attempted to discern what actions it should take in order to help young adults utilize and develop their wisdom, experiences, and talents in the ecumenical movement,” Tokato K Yeptho (SCMI) with Jec Dan S Borlado (Echos member from Baptist Church of Philippines) stated in a release issued to the media. In local communities around the globe, young people are proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ and fulfilling the Great Commission. They are students and theologians, parishioners and pastors, activists and community organisers. The Echos Commission declare themselves representatives of many young co-journers who are daily participating in God’s redemption of the world, and they hope to lift

sibilities of a journalist. The course has been made interactive and participatory through wellplanned practical exercises in news writing, feature

up to the churches the pulse of this movement. With young people increasingly experiencing and defining ecumenism in terms of ‘issues’, Echos focuses thematically around mission, overcoming violence and justice for marginalised communities such as the Dalits (oppressed people) and adivasis (indigenous people) of India. Meeting in concert with the

WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, the Echos Commission affirm to explore the intersection of mission and power, and mission and overcoming violence, in a post-modern context as issues of particular concern to the youth. “We challenge the churches to be responsive to the products of such study,” the Commission states, while promoting the Edinburgh Centennial Mission

Conference 2010 and participation in its study processes and youth preconference by young people. “Young people commit themselves to the struggle to overcome violence in their communities. Often disproportionately the casualties of violent acts, youth have a particular stake in these collective efforts. Even as we gathered, attacks against Dalits and Christians continued

in Orissa and Karnataka states of India. This violence is deplorable, and we call for just peace that protects the freedom of Christians and all those created in the image of God in a religiously plural nation,” the Commission states, encouraging youth to mobilise for participation in the 2011 International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Kingston, Jamaica, and contributions to the Declarations for Just Peace. “We respect the cultures of India and have experienced God in this place. As such, we believe that all systems that oppress must be challenged by people of faith. Having communed with members of the Student Christian Movement of India, and having encountered Adivasi (indigenous) peoples’ villages and Dalit (oppressed) communities, we uphold the humanity of these our brothers and sisters. Therefore, we call for equality of all people, especially Dalits and Adivasis, and stand in solidarity with them in the struggle for justice,” the statement added. In an effort to connect youth with the ecumenical movement, the Commission invites youth leaders and organisations throughout the churches to contribute to an Ecumenical Youth Directory. Information about these entities may be submitted to: Echosyouth@gmail.com.

The ‘Placement Bureau’ set up for guiding and providing information on various formal employment opportunities available to youth to motivate them to develop useful and favourable attendance has been identified as one of the important areas of functioning of the Department of Youth Resources. The main objectives of the Bureau are as follows: 1. To enrich Youth Resources motivating and guiding the youth to develop and refine their skills. 2. To guide and motivate the youth to develop attitudes which are congenial for healthy development in society. 3. To make the youth instrumental in bringing about social and economic progress by motivating, guiding and providing information to the youth for more effective employment of the scheme and qualities.

Disaster Management training held at Phek

Phek, October 20 (DIPR): A three-day training programme on Disaster Management for various groups under Phek District was conducted here at DPDB conference hall from October 15-17. Chubawati Chang, Civil SDO-11 and Nodal Officer, Phek, Sr. lecturer Vekrotsu Swuro, Dr. Niesakho, DMO Phek, Dr. Vibeituonuo, Deputy CMO, Phek, Kapu Meseu, Coy’ Commander, Home Guards, Phek, K L Mero, Sub-inspector Home Guards, were the speakers in the training. The topics included gender issue in disaster management, disaster risk management, refresher

training on health management, refresher training on search and rescue, and training on school safety. The training concluded with the updating of DDMP to the district disaster management members. As per a release issued by the DPO Phek, a notification on the Chief Minister Corpus Fund forms for the year 2008-09 is being issued from the Office of the District Planning Office, Phek, and Sub-divisional (C) offices of Pfutsero, Meluri, Chozuba and Chizami. All the intending candidates are to collect the same from the abovementioned offices on any working day.

DIPR clarifies In the news item ‘ENPO session commences in Mon with Unity note’ that was carried on 16th October 2008 in some sections of the local print media, in the names of VIPs attending the function, Chairman, MARCOFED, C L John, and Parliamentary Secretary for Transport & Communication, Mechanical Engineering, Dako Phom, were inadvertently left out, as the news report was communicated through telephone. The correction may therefore be kindly noted by all concerned. The omission is deeply regretted.

ANCSU tours Pfütsero, Phek DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) undertook an education tour-cum-joint meeting to Pfütsero and Phek Government College on October 16 and 17, 2008. While interacting with the college authorities, the union identified an area of concern in the late declaration of results for Degree students by NU, due to which students were unable to complete the course in time. It was also found that the University had not issued original mark sheets for BA first year due to which the students did not have relevant documents for scholarship. Meanwhile, the Pfütsero College shared optimism that it would be made into a government college as assured by the state government. In addition, Phek Government College pointed out that during 2006 and 2007, 11 lecturers had been cross-transferred in the college and two more were transferred during this academic session. ANCSU stated that this was causing untold difficulties for the students who were being made to suffer without any lecturer in the particular subject for the past one month. With these in mind, ANCSU exhorted the teaching faculty to know their responsibilities while also questioning the sincerity and dedication of some lecturers. The union also reminded both the NU and concerned minister to “seriously examine” the representation submitted by them.

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Policy for Government NREGA trainees visit Chedema village Web-use ‘programmed’

Kohima, October 20 (DIPR): The Nagaland Government has formulated a comprehensive policy for Internet, website and e-mail use, to regulate proper use and to prevent any misuse or loss of data of the state government. The policy is being formulated to encourage government departments and their employees to use email, Internet, departmental websites and other electronic media to conduct businesses of the government and to communicate with other officers within the government and with the public. The policy is also to gather information and to develop expertise in using modern tools

and services with proficiency and to improve responses to public demands. The policy formulated by the department of Information Technology said the intention is to establish a culture of ‘openness, trust, integrity’ and not to impose unnecessary restrictions. “While the modern tools and services have enormous facilitation, they pose great vulnerabilities to the system through inadvertent or deliberate actions by departments or individuals in disclosing classified information in an unauthorized manner or for unlawful activities. There is thus a need to lay down policy framework for the government departments to use these tools

Condemnations over murder Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The District Congress Committee, Dimapur, while condemning the abduction and subsequent murder of Prasanjit Dhar for ransom, stated that “the injuries inflicted on him before his throat was slit is beyond human perspective and goes to show that those who were involved in this crime were definitely barbaric and beastly with no value for human life.” A press note issued by its general secretary, Timir Choudhury, stated that S I Jamir, MLA of Dimapur II A/C, who is presently out of station, has vehemently condemned the incident over the

telephone. It appealed to the administration to be more vigilant “as miscreants are having a field day by totting their guns as and when they desire.” The Dimapur Timber Industries Association (DTIA) has stated that “such atrocious acts are not only hampering the commercial interest but it is a serious threat to ‘right to life’ of every individual.” “Therefore, it is an imperative task of the district administration to bring the perpetrator of this vile act before the law and find an effective deterrent measure urgently,” stated Azheto Zhimomi, vice-president of the association in a press note.

BSNL appreciates Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The General Manager, BSNL, Nagaland Telecom has lauded the police and the Chairperson of Forest Colony, Khodeo Yanthan, and the residents of Church Colony in their efforts to apprehend the persons who were trying to steal BSNL property. A press release from BSNL also thanked “all those people who gave moral support and laudable service in the light of the events” that occurred in the month of October in Wokha and in Forest Colony.

HIV/AIDS advocacy workshop on Oct 24

The policy also contains comprehensive guidelines for e-mail, Internet services and security. Requesting all administrative heads of departments and heads of departments to strictly adhere to the policy, Abhishek Singh said, “it is the responsibility of every computer user to follow the guidelines in letter and spirit to ensure optimum efficiency without compromising security of official information.” The government web portal for state government of Nagaland has been created at www.nagaland.nic.in and websites have been made for all departments according to standard format.

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“Culprits should be treated as culprits, therefore they should be booked immediately,” the NPCC demanded. The Congress went on to question how much longer the DAN Government of Nagaland would treat abductors, murderers, extortionists, intimidators and criminal activities as issues of “political” nature. The Congress committee of Nagaland also said that these days the big news in Nagaland is not about development projects or poor people’s welfare schemes. Develop-

ment works in the state have “become standstill” and almost all the roads in the state have “become like a river”. The ‘daily big news’ in the state is now about abductions, killings, extortions and intimidations while the state Government remains a mute spectator to the whole mess, the Congress spat. The NPCC reminded the government that it is now time for the government to restore and to maintain law and order in the state. The government is urged to bring the perpetrators to book immediately.

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The note also highlighted the demands of the FEDCUTA that all teachers in the Readers’ Grade (12000-420-18300) are to be placed in the ‘PB-4’ as in group-A services of the Government of India and equivalent pre-revised scale ending at 18300 with increment of Rs. 400 and above, placed in PB-4. It also presses for restoring the existing four-tier structure, i.e. lecturer, lecturer in senior scale, reader and professor, instead of creating a seven-tier structure as recommend-

ed by Chadhan Committee. Further, the federation is demanding restoration of professors’ promotions in colleges as an avenue for a third promotion. The federation further demands that the parity of librarians and computer programmers and other academic staff with teachers must be maintained in terms of CAS and other research facilities as well as entitlement along with retirement age. The note stated that the FEDCUTA would be forced to intensity its agitation in case the demands are not conceded to, by the government.

CMO responds to Cong allegation

Kohima, October 20 (DIPR): A one-day advocacy workshop on ‘Role of Panchayats and Community Response towards HIV/AIDS’ will be held on October 24 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Zonal Council Hall, Kohima. The patrons are Speaker of NLA, Kiyaneilie Peseyie, Minister for Higher Education & Urban Development, Dr Shürhozelie, and Chairman of Khadi & Village Industry, MLA Dr. Nicky Kire. In this connection, Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Sachopra Vero, has requested all Panchayat Chairman, Colony GBs and members of the Kohima Municipal Council to positively attend the programme. The workshop is an initiative of the Legislators’ Forum for AIDS/UNAIDS and the Kuknalim Foundation.

Information on CMCF for Peren DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): The office of the District Planning, Peren, has notified that application forms for the Chief Minister’s Corpus Fund (CMCF) for 2008-09 for Peren District will be issued on October 24, 2008, from the DPO office. The press release also informs that the applicants should be in the age group of 25 years to 40 years, class IX passed, and unemployed.

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and services in an organized manner to ensure security of information and network” said Abhishek Singh, Secretary to the government of Nagaland, Department of Information Technology. He said the policy has been framed in consultation with various stakeholders to help government departments and individuals to benefit from the use of email, Internet and organizational websites. The policy also aims at providing guidelines to government departments on the use of electronic ways of communications for exchange of unclassified official correspondences in a controlled and efficient manner.

Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The NREGA trainees under the Rural Development Department along with Line Departments, on October 16 undertook a field visit to Chedema Village, under Kohima Block, as part of their NREGA training. The visiting team was led by Dr. V Suresh Babu and Professor P K Nath, as the resource persons. The main purpose of the field visit was to study the implementation of the NREGA programme at the village level by way of making direct contact with the villagers. The village has four Khels and 305 job card holders. The visiting team was divided into four groups with each group in charge of one Khel for interaction and verification of the works done under the NREGA. The visiting trainees took a transit walk in the village and visited the work site. The NREGA workers of the village have constructed an approach road between Chedema

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The rejoinder had also a word for Paphino: He joined the Congress after several years of being a staunch regionalist, and will do well not to call others “wolf in sheep’s clothing” but instead do “some self introspection”, the rejoinder advised. People living in glass houses should not throw stones at others, the NPF explained. “The Congress in Nagaland obviously lacks any vision and does not have any issues, and therefore they are trying to find fault on matters, where the state government and the Chief Minister has definitely done much more than them,” it added.

HIWEL inauguration on Oct 22

Kohima, October 20 (MExN): The inaugural programme of HIWEL will take place on October 22 at 9:00 AM at the Auditorium of Government Middle School, Chandmari, Kohima, one of the oldest schools established way back in 1941. Abhishek Singh, IAS, Secretary, Information Technology & Technical Education will grace the occasion as the chief guest. K. J. Lohe, State Project Director, State Mission Authority, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Nagaland will also speak on the occasion. The programme will be chaired by Lhingneiphal while Vlmawya will deliver the welcome address. The function will conclude with vote of thanks by Santu Thapa, member, Ward Education Committee.

Dimapur, October 20 (MExN): The Lions and Leo Club of Dimapur organized the Deepawali Mela at the Lions Centre under the leadership of its president, Sushil Paharia and secretary, Pravin Jain, where a number of fun activities were organised and more than five thousand people from various communities participated at the mela. MC Konyak, Minister for Forest, Azheto Zhimomi, MLA of Dimapur III A/C, Hocto Sema, Chief Conservator of Forest and Mayang Lima, Additional Judicial Magistrate of Kohima graced the occasion. Chairman of the programme, Mahesh Kotecha expressed gratitude to all who participated in the mela. This was stated in a press release issued by Ajay Sethi, PRO of the Club.

Kohima, October 20 (MExN): The All Nagaland Taxi Association has issued a notice to all taxi owners/drivers under the Association. The association in its meeting resolved to prohibit gambling and use of intoxicating substance while on duty or within the taxi parking. ANTA warned of stern action against those not complying with the resolution by taking ‘its own course of action’ by expelling the defaulter.

Longleng DPDB meeting rescheduled DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): The office of the District Planning Machinery Cell of Longleng informs all concerned District Planning and Development Board members of Longleng district that the next DP&DB meet for the month of November 2008, scheduled earlier for November 6, is now rescheduled for November 4. The release issued by Vice Chairman DPDB and DC Longleng, C K Nihekhu, states that the move was a result of unavoidable circumstances, and has requested all members of Longleng district to take note of the new date and attend the said meeting.

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Interested Candidates are invited to collect CMCF-2008-09 forms from the office of the District Planning Machinery Office (Kohima) from 22nd October 2008 onwards during office hours. The eligible candidates must produce the following documents issued by the competent authority. 1. Certificates of Indigenous inhabitants of Kohima District. 2. Age between 25 to 40 years (birth certificate). 3. Education qualification Cl.9 passed or equivalent. 4. Registered unemployment certificate. 5. Forms will be issued on first come first basis. 6. Any candidate availed assistance for self-employment programme from any Government agencies need not apply as the list of candidates will be endorsed to all Concerned Department for crosscheck and leads to deletion of such candidate. 7. The project report prepared outside the concerned Department of the District will not be accepted as it should be approved by the head of the concerned District Office. 8. Last date of form submission: 15-11-08. Documents Required: a) Two sets of Project Profile b) Indigenous Certificate (in original) c) Registered Unemployment Certificate (in original) d) Birth Certificate (Photo copy) e) Two recent Passport Photo f) Income Certificate (Affidavit) KETOHO LUHO Assistant Development Commissioner, District Planning Machinery Office, Kohima

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RD Block Zunheboto informs A Joint consultative meeting of VDB Secretaries and Employed Staff of RD Block Zunheboto will be held on October 21 at the Meeting Hall, Block Office Zunheboto. The programme will be chaired by Kuputo Achumi BDO with Waichiba Ao, Project Director DRDA Zunheboto as the Guest of Honour to discuss the various schemes and current activities of the department. All the VDB Secretaries of Zunheboto Block are requested to attend the meeting positively.

EHSS Alumni Meet October 25

Eden Higher Secondary School Alumni General Meeting will be held on October 25 at 10:00 am at the School Chapel Hall prior to Silver Jubilee. All the Alumni are therefore requested to attend the said meeting positively.

Mokokchung, October 20 (DIPR): The Additional Deputy Commissioner & Administrator, Mokokchung Municipal Council, R. Asenla Kietzar has in an order issued for all public that in supercession of this office order issued earlier, the Mokokchung Municipal Council after thorough examination and deliberation on the prevailing rate of the pork in various towns in the state and the rate of pork at supply source resolved to revise the rate of the pork (both local and imported) as given below: 1. Life weight (whole sale) - Rs. 90/-per kg. 2. Cut meat - Rs. 110/-per kg. 3. Intestine - Rs. 70/-per kg. 4. Head & Leg - Rs. 90/-per kg. The following strictures should be maintained by all concerned and accurate weight measure should be maintained by obtaining clearance certificate from Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection Department and only good quality and properly dressed meat should be sold. All wholesalers and butchers are directed to abide by the above directives, failing which appropriate action should be taken against the defaulters and this comes into effect from the date of issue of this order.

ATTENTION The Candidates who had an interaction with the Koreans for animation and entertainment are invited to an interview for selection at the same. Venue: Go Karting, N.H 39 at 10am, on 22nd October 2008. Candidates are requested to bring all documents in original including animation/cartoons, CD’s, papers, sketches etc.

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was constructed with the fund allocated during 2007-2008. They apprised the team that the Village Development Board had taken a resolution to utilise the NREGA fund of 2008-2009 for completion of the said approach road. The visiting team also went through the NREGA records maintained by the Village Development Board of the village and detected some irregularities in the maintenance of NREGA records and the visiting members advised them to rectify the mistakes. The team’s observation is that the village has a strong Village Council and Village Development Board with lot of zeal to develop the village.

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village and Chedema Model village, which is about 5km, with the fund allocated under the programme. At the worksite, a signboard is displayed with the inscription ‘Constructed under NREGA during 2007-08’. The total maydays generated and sanctioned amount was not indicated in the signboard despite the villagers having been instructed to display the same. After the site visit, the team returned to the village and had a focus group discussion with the Village Council and the Village Development Board. During the interaction hour, the villagers stated that the village approach road

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NREGA trainees along with the resource persons at a work site constructed under NREGA at Chedema village.

Dated Kohima the 20th Oct’08

ADVERTISEMENT Application are hereby invited from the Local intending Candidates for both Male and Female for undergoing General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM) at Kohima & Mokokchung School of Nursing for the Session 2009-2010 with the following terms and conditions. 1. No. of Seats

- 40 Seats, 20 each at Kohima & Mokokchung Schools of Nursing. 2. Eligibility - Only unmarried Candidates may apply. 3. Educational/Qualification - 10+2/P.U passed in Arts/Science/ Commerce from any Recognized Board/University. 4. Age - Should not be less than 17 and not more than 35yrs as on 31-12-2008 (vide INC norm) 5. Date of issue of Application form - 22nd Oct’08 to 4th Nov’2008 6. Last Date of submission of Form - 13th Nov’2008 7. Issue of Admit Card - 24th Nov’2008 8. Date of Written Test - 29th Nov’2008 9. Date of Oral Interview - 2nd Dec’2008 10. Venue of written test/Oral Interview - will be indicated at Admit Card 11. Cost of Application Form - Rs 100/12. Incomplete application shall be duly rejected. N.B: Original Educational Qualification/Documents should be produced before the interview Board as and when called for. Photostat copies duly attested by Gaz.Officers may be submitted. Indigenous inhabitants Certificate is compulsory for all (Photostat copy)

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PM says India growth may slow due to global turmoil NEW DELHI, October 20 (Reuters): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday India must brace for slower economic growth because of the global market turmoil, but the country’s banks were safe and there was no need to fear any collapse. Singh told parliament the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) were monitoring the situation and would ensure that additional liquidity infused into the system translated into actual credit and would take more steps if needed. He said some estimates projected GDP growth to decelerate to 7.5 percent in the current fiscal year to March, with the most pessimistic estimate at 7 percent -- lower than government projections of 8 percent versus 9 percent rise in 2007/08. “We must be prepared for a temporary slowdown in the Indian economy,” Singh said, adding that the global market turmoil would have an

indirect impact on the economy. “The precise impact is difficult to estimate at this point since the depth and duration of the global slowdown remains uncertain.” Pressure on Singh to address the nation had mounted after investor confidence was rattled in recent weeks, with the stock market losing more than half its value this year, the rupee plumbing record lows and as banks grappled with a cash crunch. “Our first concern was to ensure stability of our banking system. Our banks, both in the public sector and in private sector, are financially sound, well capitalised and well regulated,” Singh said. “There should be no fear of a failure of any bank.” Policy makers have taken a slew of measures in recent weeks as foreign capital was pulled out of the stock market and as credit markets seized up as onshore liquidity evaporated in part because banks were wary of lending. On

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Monday, the RBI unexpectedly slashed its main shortterm lending rate for the first time in more than four years, lowering the repo rate 1 percentage point to 8 percent, to shield the economy from the global crisis. “It will have a beneficial effect on the interest rate structure and, in combination with other steps to increase liquidity, will help support economic activity and investment,” Singh said. The Reserve Bank of India has released liquidity of 1 trillion rupees ($20.4 billion) in recent weeks, by slashing the amount of money that banks much keep in reserve with the RBI, to enable more funds for loans. Singh said the government had also stepped up public spending in anticipation of the slowdown despite criticism when they were announced. “I am happy to note that it is now widely acknowledged that increased public Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal, second left, walks out from Indian Finance Ministry after a meeting, in New Delhi, expenditure is an important Monday, October 20. Goyal met Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today, to seek tax concessions on aviation turbine fuel to overcome the crisis that has hit the Indian civil aviation sector. (AP Photo) part of the solution.

Kingfisher Airlines freezes pilot hiring

HYDERABAD, October 20 (Agencies): Kingfisher Airlines has frozen pilot recruitments and has not honoured the ‘letters of intent’ it issued for the position of copilots earlier this year, according to highly placed sources. Young pilots, who received letters of intent from Kingfisher Airlines promising them copilot positions once they completed Type Rating training in institutes abroad say, several of them have successfully completed their course and have got Indian licences, but have

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NEW DELHI, October 20 (Reuters): Government sought parliamentary approval on Monday for an extra Rs1.06tn ($21.7bn) of expenditure in the year to March 2009, including funds for a farm debt waiver scheme, food and fertiliser subsidies. It said gross additional spending would be Rs2.37tn, of which more than Rs1.3tn would be funded through savings by various ministries. In its supplementary demand, the government said it was seeking Rs388.63bn rupees for fertiliser subsidies and 255 billion rupees for the farm debt waiver scheme.

not heard from the airline regarding the promised job. ‘’They have been told that they (the airline) do not require crew. The communication was given to students as and when they completed course and contacted the airline for the promised job,’’ says a source. A young pilot who had been issued this letter says, ‘’The letter was issued to me in April and it clearly stated that I had to bear the course fee at the institute recognized by the airline. Since a job at the end of the course was guaranteed I

coughed up Rs 35 lakh for this training programme. But after I came back, I contacted them (the airline) but I was asked to stay put and that they would get back to me, which has not happened so far.’’ When contacted, a Kingfisher spokesperson - appearing hassled - said the airline would comment on the matter after a day. He referred to the statement issued by the airline on Saturday on the salary cut issue that spoke of the turbulence in the aviation industry meriting reduction in the capacity deployed.

‘All these letters say that the airline would absorb us once foreign flight licence is converted into Indian and we are found ‘skilled enough’,’’ avers a pilot, who too holds an LoI. He says this ‘’skilled enough’’ criteria that airlines could use against them. The present job crisis seems routed in the massive recruitments that several airlines undertook in the year 2006 when many pilots undertaking training in India were called for placements. However, no airline is undertaking such placement exercises now. The placements

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New Delhi, October 20 (Agencies): In an expected but significant move, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday cut the key short-term lending rate (repo) by 100 basis points or one percent to 8 percent. It is the first time since 2004 that the central bank has reduced the repo rate. The rate cut comes into force with immediate effect and would help boost liquidity in the Indian markets. It will also help lower interest rates and spur consumption to keep the economy ticking. The repo rate cut would make the banks’ borrowing from the RBI cheaper. “In order to alleviate the pressure and, in particular, to maintain financial stability, the RBI has decided to reduce the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility by 100 basis points to 8 percent with

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hen at the turn of this century our great grandchildren look back, possibly the annus horribilis, 2008 would be more of a defining point for the 21st century, than 1929 was for the 20th century. It is difficult to predict what world order will emerge from this churning, but for a student of history it is certain that going forward the world would be a different place. While definitely we have not yet come to a eureka moment where one can confidently predict that the Indian economy and the Indian currency would be one of the strongest in the world in the 21st century, there is ground for

guarded optimism. A very strong financial sector; strong fundamentals; a youthful nation and an economy substantially fuelled by internal consumption and capital formation. These are the foundations we are destined to build on. At this critical point, the two things that can trip us are unjustified expectations and short-sighted leadership. I intend focusing on the former today. We must realise there would be short-term issues this year; some of us would be affected more than others. If we anticipate and prepare for some of these issues, we can ride the gusts of wind and not rush headlong into a stampede arising from unfulfilled and unrealistic expectations. What are some of these issues?

The sources and costs of finance would be under stress and long-neglected covenants, dismissed as fine print earlier would receive greater scrutiny and could be leveraged by leaders. Companies would have to test their compliances with financial/ operational targets they had held out for. Industries hit by global recession would face sales slowdown and would have to challenge inventory obsolescence. They would have to revisit plans for augmenting working capital; counter party risks in the form of impacted debtors may surface in balance sheets of entities in the form of receivable write-offs and stretched debtor turnover days. Commodity, fuel and interest cost increases would lead to rise in cost of sales and compress

margins. Due to this, analysts and companies would need to revisit cash flows, forecasts and performances. Resultantly, there would be a consequential impact on impairment of tangibles and intangibles. Due to contraction in demand, idle capacity costs would get charged-off, hence impacting revenues. Suppliers and purchasers may invoke liquidated damages or delayed payment related contractual terms which in the past may have been waived. Further, the impact of maturing derivative contracts on some balance sheets would need to be closely watched. In addition, there could be short-term reduction in margins, profitability, capital expenditure, bonuses, rate in growth of salaries, stagnation in property values and conse-

quent second-hand contraction of demand. That said it is important to realise that there is no reason for panic, while there is cause to be realistic. This year would be quite unlike previous years. Therefore, it would be unfair for investors or the market place to get impatient and measure growth rates or results in comparison with the immediate past periods. The media would also have to factor these expectations and be more subdued in its reporting. We have to set the right tone of our expectations, only then will India be able to stand up and display to the world the resilience, maturity and depth of the Indian market. This has already been displayed by our financial sector and we must follow suit. If we do this, we would have

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immediate effect”, it said in a statement. The move comes amid plunging stock markets with the benchmark Sensex falling below 10,000 mark last week. It follows the central bank’s earlier move to cut the cash reserve ratio, or the CRR, by 2.5% over the past few days to 6.5%, unlocking Rs 100,000 crore into the financial system. Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi that the move would be “beneficial” to borrowers and investors, and boost confidence in the economy. He described the RBI decision as part of a series of measures to moderate inflation and ensure economic growth. “This is our hope, (it) will enthuse investors to continue to take forward their investment proposals,” he said.

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in 2006 included a psychometric test and a personal interview following which letters of intent promising a job in the airline were offered. ‘’Of 107 people who had appeared for these interviews, 45 were selected and I was one of them,’’ says a pilot who had appeared for Kingfisher interview. In 2007 when these cadets were training in American School of Aviation (which later shut shop), senior officials of the airline visited them and said how the industry was in a bad shape.

Hyderabad, October 20 (agencies): The All India State Bank Officers’ Federation (AISBOF) has called for a countrywide indefinite strike starting from Monday. All the officers working in over 14,000 offices of State Bank of India and 80,000-odd associate bank offices will observe indefinite strike with effect from October 20 in order to resolve long pending issues of improvements in pension scheme and implementation of various understandings reached with the federation from 2005, a statement said. AISBOF is also opposing the proposal to merge associate banks with SBI, the statement added. The federation has already served a strike notice to the management on September 5, 2008, it said.

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Tuesday 21 October 2008

Patil appeals for total sanitation Newmai News Network Guwahati | October 20

President Pratibha Patil on Monday appealed everyone in the country to make effort to fulfill the dream of total sanitation in the country, which is launched by the government of India. Patil made the appeal while giving away the Nirmal Gram Puraskar awards at a function organized in the Assam capital and expressed her happiness due to the presence of large number of panchayat representative and village heads, which, she said, is indicative of the fact that ‘the sanitation campaign has now truly become a peoples’ campaign.’ President Pratibah Patil on Monday awarded the Nirmal Gram Purashkar award to 1059 panchayats of 13 states in the country including 14 Gaon Panchayats in Assam. With this the total sanitation mission is now operational in 590 districts of the country. The total budget outlay for the whole project is Rs 14014.27 crore including the Rs 8823.30 crore Government of India share while the states contributed Rs 3110.64 crore besides the community share of Rs 2080.33. “In 2003, only 40 awards were given and this year the national figure has crossed up to 11,000 reflecting a positive trend in the number of Gram Panchayats, who are achieving full sanitation coverage in

their villages,” said Patil. The President also appealed to the NGOs and other civil society organizations in the northeast region to work in close coordination with the state government to ensure a total impact. Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh who was also present on the occasion said that the government is now focusing to put the northeastern states in fast track so that total sanitation is achieved in the NE states, which are lagging behind in sanitation with regard to other states in the country. “Most of the northeastern states are lagging behind in terms of sanitation. Only Sikkim had implemented the campaign totally,” said Singh while adding that Sikkim bagged the highest Nirmal Gram Purashkar amongst the NE states—37 awards followed by Tripura (30) and Assam (14). “Many studies have pointed out that one of the main reasons for high drop out rates amongst adolescent girls in our country is lack of sanitation facilities at school. Imparting education to the girls is of great importance in making our nation progress. I would call upon the panchayats to focus on this aspect,” said the President. Recalling the vision of Mahatma Gandhi—cleanliness was even more important than freedom, Patil urged the women and children to play the vital role in spreading and implementing the total sanitation campaign.

President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil admiring a traditional Assamese Pat Muga Cloth in an exhibition organized as part of an interaction programme with the Women Self Help Group Members of Assam at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashoka in Guwahati on October 20. (UB Photos)

Prez awards 1,059 villages for sanitation drive

Guwahati, October 20 (UNI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today issued a clarion call to implement the ''total cleanliness mission'' in all villages of the country by 2012. Giving away Nirmal Gram Puraskar to the village heads of 1,059 villages of 13 states in the eastern region, she expressed happiness that the rural people were showing interest in the ''total sanitation'' campaign, focussing on points like high dropouts in the school due to lack of sanitation facilities as well as solid waste management. She said the Union Rural Development Ministry had

introduced the Nirmal Gram Puraskar scheme in 2003 as an initiative for the Panchayati Raj Institutions. Last year about 5,000 villages were awarded and this year the number had increased to over 11,140. She urged the nongovernment organisations and the government to work in close cooperation with the people in this direction. The sanitation movement has not been particularly successful in the NorthEast, especially Assam. Sikkim is the top state of the NE region in its implementation. Stating that sanitation was a key issue as nearly 250

crore people in the world lacked toilet facilities, she said the international community, including the United Nations, was taking steps to motivate the people to go in for complete sanitation. The UN had declared 2008 as International Sanitation Year. Recalling that the Centre had launched the ''total sanitation mission'' way back in 1999, she exhorted the people to realise the vision of Mahatma Gandhi who had asserted that ''cleanliness was even more important than freedom.'' She appealed to the women and children to play a yeoman role in imple-

menting the ''total cleanliness campaign'' in their areas of influence. She added that the best way to honour womenfolk would be to provide proper sanitation facilities in homes. ''A strong and healthy family unit would lead to a strong and healthy nation,'' she said. The President expressed concern that for lack of proper sanitation in schools, girls had to sometimes even quit their studies. Also, unhygienic conditions in the villages, including polluted water, gave birth to several diseases. This should be checked urgently, she added.

Dimapur

Free HIV treatment available but undelivered

IMPHAL, October 20 (Agencies): For hundreds of people living with HIV in Manipur who have developed resistance to the first line AntiRetroviral Therapy (ART) the only known treatment that can suppress HIV, news of free second line treatment came as manna from heaven. But the euphoria faded and trauma took over as the state agency set up to deliver the free therapy failed to do so even though the first of the drugs consignments has already arrived in Imphal. While the Manipur Aids Control Society, the nodal agency, scrambles to roll out the therapy, calling a meeting of its Nodal officials on the 24th of this month, the RIMS ART centre, one of the 10 designated across India to administer the second line treatment is yet to be fully conversant with the drug regime. Except for the RIMS Nodal Officer of the ART centre, no one even knew of the arrival of the drugs. The drugs, part of the consignment given by the Clinton Foundation through Naco following its request was reallocated from the Tambram ART centre specifically for RIMS. According to reports Naco has set November as the deadline for rolling out the drugs. But from the way things are turning out it is unlikely that the drugs will be delivered. Inside information say a fourmember committee to look into who deserves to be given second line treatment is yet to be formed. More importantly

there seems to be not enough trained hands to administer the drug regime. Authorities at the RIMS ART centre are citing technical problems, saying that viral load test of the patients need to be taken before the administration and that it cannot be done in Manipur. They also say that it cannot give out the drugs given the lack of directive on the viral load testing from either the Macs or Naco. Sources however say Naco has made arrangement for testing of viral loads for blood samples from Manipur at Delhi centre to which it is connected by daily flight. The Clinton Foundation, it is learnt is also supporting the viral load testing. According to Macs there are nearly 50 people living with HIV who can be given the second line treatment. The Manipur Network of Positive people however gives a higher figure at 150 plus. According to NGOs, there are nearly 4,000 HIV positive people, including children on ART and of these several are already on second line treatment costing Rs 6,050 per month over and above Rs 2,500 for viral load testing every six months. Meena (not her real name) is already on 2nd line treatment and reeling under the financial burden. The news of the announcement by the Union health minister Ramdoss for rolling out free 2nd line ART last World AIDS Day is yet to reach her even as another World AIDS Day is coming around.

Sunday bomb explosion raises questions

Newmai News Network Imphal | October 20

Sunday night’s bomb explosion within the ‘tightest security zone’ of Manipur has left many questions to be answered. Even as the government of Manipur is planning to increase the state police force for better security, various questions are being asked. This is certainly seen as a big step of the government to protect the people of the state. However, the common people are left wondering if this will really tighten the security of the state thus making the state a safer place for the people to live. It is worth noting that even as the Manipur Police celebrated its 117th Foundation Day on Sunday, October 19, with the display of hundreds of arms and ammunitions captured and recovered over the past one year from various militant groups operating in the state, a bomb exploded in front of the chief minister’s bungalow at the ‘highly Members of Xatiya Mahila Parishad Jorhta Unit, a sister organisation of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Pari- secured’ region of Babupara in shad seen here at a protest march demanding total eviction of the “Country Liquor” Centre in Jorhat on Oc- Imphal East on the same night tober 20. (UB PHOTOS) at about 8pm. This is the second

such incident that has occuredin the state in the last two months in the ‘highly secured area’ thus making security a matter of high concern in the state. The first incident occurred on September 1, 2008 when the chief minister’s bungalow was attacked with a lethod bomb, the aftermath of which was to raise the security of the area. (This September 1 incident was reportedly the second attack on the chief minister’s bungalow.) However, the explosion of yet another bomb in front of the chief minister’s bungalow on the night of October 19 has once again raised matters of security in the state especially concerning that of ministers and state officials. It is also worth noting here that the chief minister is not the only minister or the official of the state that has fallen as prey to the flaw of security. Earlier Y. Erabot, the Food and Civil Supply (FCS) minister’s house was attacked with explosives on a few occasions, so also was the residence of Loken, the agriculture minister attacked. Even state engineers have been kidnapped and their

residences attacked. And not to forget the innumerable threats that common people have received; thus once again raising questions concerning the general security of the state. All these incidents have occurred in the state despite the fact that the state government has done and is taking all the possible measures to increase the security of the state. Under the central fund for modernization of the state police scheme, Manipur, in the last three years, since December 2004, have recruited 5326 police personnel. This recruitment comprised of 244 sub-inspectors including jamendars, 128 sub-inspectors, 2228 constables in the civil police, Manipur Rifles (MR) and the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel. This was done with the view to strengthen the state police force and tighten the security of the state. Moreover, under this scheme the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued 7003 arms of different models and bombs of the 2008-09 including 554 vehicles. As per reports, the

state is to receive 98 more vehicles to meet the shortage. Despite all these developments for the state police force, security has become a matter of great concern in the state. It is worth mentioning here that as per reports Manipur has the highest number of militant related problems in the North Eastern state, which continues to be a big challenge to the state police force despite all its efforts. The high number of reported news in the print and electronic media related to militants in the state speaks for itself, be it the militants’ creation or their arrest by security forces. And amidst all these, the state government has once again gone a step ahead in strengthening the security of the state by opening a police commando battalion soon the state. The state cabinet on May 23 at its cabinet session has approved to raise the 8th IRB into a police commando battalion. This comes despite the fact that no clearance has come from the MHA. However, according to reports, the state government has surged ahead with the process.

Prohibition imposed in Imphal Sikkim poised to win gold medal for total sanitation coverage

Newmai News Network Imphal | October 20

With crime rates soaring and the question of security becoming a concern in Manipur, the district magistrate of the Imphal West in a press statement on Monday has ordered the imposition of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Section 144 of CrPC prohibits the assembly of 5 (five) or more persons after 5 p.m. which is likely to turn unlawful in the area situated within the Imphal West district. This comes into effect from October 20, 2008 until further notice. The order issued under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure also prohibits the carrying of sticks, stone, firearms and weapons of any other descriptions or objects which can be used as offensive weapon. A. Ibocha, district magistrate of the Imphal West district in the press release informed

that this prohibition order has been issued in reference to police reports of high possibilities of breach of peace, disturbances of public tranquility and grave danger to human lives and property. While further stating that the prohibition order has been passed to prevent the evil designs of the anti-social elements, the district magistrate added that issuing the prohibition orders is an expedient to prevent any disturbance to the peace and tranquility of the people. This order does not apply to the agencies of the government involved in the enforcement of law and order and the maintenance of essential, added the district magistrate. The magistrate further informed that permission has to be obtained from the magistrate in case of procession for marriage, funeral, religious purposes etc. and no procession would take place until permission was obtained from the district magistrate.

Tripura sounds bird flu alert along Indo-Bangla border Agartala, October 20 (PTI): An alert has been sounded along the porous Indo-Bangla international border in Tripura following reports of bird flu in the neighbouring country, official sources said here today. Sylhet, Srimanagal and Habigunj districts of Bangladesh, bordering Khowai subdivision of West Tripura district and Kamalpur subdivision of Dhalai district, have recently been affected by avian influenza, the sources said. Border Security Force (BSF) was keeping a close vigil along the 856 km-long border to prevent the entry of chicken and poultry in the border markets, the sources said. The state government also alerted all the district administrations and was organising workshops with the employees on disease control, the sources said. An assistant director of animal resource department, posted at Khowai subdivision, Samarendra Das, told reporters that a coordinated effort was needed to stop the spreading of disease.

GUWAHATI, October 20 (UNI): The tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim is all poised to win the prestigious ‘gold medal’ for being the first state in the country with total sanitation coverage. “The state has already filed papers claiming the recognition and a formal declaration is likely during the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) in New Delhi in mid-November,” Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh informed here yesterday. It would earn Sikkim the first Nirmal Rashtra Puraskar, with 99 Gram Panchayats that had not won the award at the Gram-level applying en-masse for the recognition. As many as 27 Gram Panchayats had won the Nirmal Gram Puraskar in 2007, with 37 more winning this year, this year’s awards being given away by President Pratibha Patil here today. “The

recognition could have come at today’s function itself, but a delay in submitting the claim due to unavoidable circumstances deferred it,”Anil Ganeriwala, secretary, rural management and Development Department, Sikkim, informed. He added that the verification teams of the Union Ministry would visit Sikkim later this month and the formal award was expected during the SACOSAN. “The state was almost ready to stake claim by mid-August, but incessant rain and landslides led to delay in completion of some projects,” he said. Pointing to the immense challenges that the topography of the hill state presented in reaching remote clusters nestled among hills, Ganeriwala said, “The people and department is in a mission-mode of earning the distinction and we are confident of maintaining it.”

He especially mentioned about the initiatives of Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, who generated the political will and ensured that sanitation coverage was the priority issue with all Gram Panchayats. “The state government pumped in double its share to achieve the target it has set for itself,” the Secretary added. India aims at achieving total sanitation by 2012, three years ahead of the United Nations Millennium Goal deadline fixed for nations of the world, with the Nirmal Gram Puraskar introduced in 2005 to encourage the states. The number of Nirmal Gram Puraskar winners has gone up from 38 in 2005 to 760 in 2006 and 4945 in 2007, with 11,140 winners this year. Kerela, Haryana and Gujarat are other three states that are Writer Suresh Neog seen here with children and staff of Ashadeep School at the inaugutargeting achieving complete ration of the school wall magazine in Jorhat on October 20. Ashadeep School is run by a sanitation coverage by 2010. local NGO Hopeline. (UB PHOTOS)

Growing violence in NE worries battered Centre

NEW DELHI, October 20 (Agencies): Factional clashes between Naga groups, upsurge in violence in Assam following the hardline stance taken by Ulfa despite the ceasefire and the recent spate of violence in other parts of the region, have together caused a major concern for the Centre and especially the beleaguered Union home ministry, which is already taking the hit for a series of terror attacks across the country. According to the latest report prepared by the ministry on the security situation in the violence-prone north-eastern states, the three states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur accounted for 1,330 incidents out of a total of 1,489 in 2007; and 991 out of 1,077 so far during the current year. The security situation in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland together account for over 90 per cent of incidents

of violence in the north-eastern region so far this year, the report said, while it maintained that terrorist violence has come down significantly in Tripura and Meghalaya due to counter-insurgency operations. The report also said that while Arunachal Pradesh continued to suffer from low intensity violence, Mizoram and Sikkim have remained by and large peaceful. The report said that Manipur continued to be affected by militant activities of a large number of outfits divided on ethnic lines. The region has over 200 ethnic groups and much of the violence and volatility in the area stems from its ethnic complexity and perceived feelings of neglect among them. In Assam, which has witnessed 282 incidents till August this year, the outlawed Ulfa and a variety of ethnic groups working as surrogates of major outfits account for majority of

the incidents, it said. About Nagaland, it said there was an “overall improvement” with 244 incidents till August this year compared to 272 in 2007 and 309 in 2006. However, there was a “relative increase” in inter-factional clashes between the two factions of NSCN. In Assam, after a lull following a brief ceasefire with the ULFA in 2006, there was a spurt in violence in 2007 after the leadership of the banned organisation failed to come forward for talks. The report said that intensive operations resulted in large number of arrests, surrenders and killings of militants in action. The Dima Halam Daogah (DHD)-Joel Garlosa faction which indulged in incidents of violence, abduction, killing and extortion in the North Cachar Hills district - made a formal offer to the government for a truce. “This is under examination,” a home

ministry official said. The report said that a number of inter-factional clashes have been reported in the Bodo areas of Assam. In Manipur, it said, the situation was “extremely complex” on account of multiplicity of competing demands of ethnic groups that have been engaging in extortion and violence. Stepped up counter insurgency operations has led to increase in the number of incidents of violence in the state. In Nagaland, factional clashes between NSCN-IM and NSCN-K and extortion by these groups have been reported frequently. The home ministry report said that to deal with the situation in the north-eastern region, 46 India Reserve (IR) battalions have been sanctioned, of which 32 have been raised. Funds for modernisation of state police are also provided to these states for this purpose, it said.

Militant killed in encounter in Manipur Imphal, October 20 (PTI): An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with a combined team of police commandos and Assam Rifles personnel on Monday in Manipur’s Thoubal district, official sources said. Sources said the security personnel raided Thoubal Khunou area, about 30 Kms south-east in Imphal, after receiving reports that some militants were roaming there. As they stepped up operation, two militants opened fire at the security personnel. In the ensuing encounter a militant was killed while the other escaped, the sources said. One 9 mm pistol with some rounds of ammunition was recovered from the spot. Over 300 persons, including civilians were so far killed in militancy-related incidents in Manipur this year.

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express Tuesday 21 october 2008 VOL. IIi ISSUE 292

The weapon of ideas

t is the world of ideas that transforms the world and they act as the bridge between historical forces and the uncertain future. A society, any society that is unable to nurture, nourish and develop ideas invariably finds itself caught in the history of the past, which leads to a state of stagnation that fuels forces of homogeneity and permanence. Consequently, monotony becomes the status quo, and is intolerant to the rich culture and diversity of a society. Ideas and its capacity for imagination is the strength of a peoples’ to exercise the value of its own future. The world of ideas is a scene of endless confrontation and is split between those who use power to maintain the status quo and those who aspire and struggle for change. The question of ideas is at the center of these confrontations and it is through these encounters that the distinct position and roles between reactionary intellectuals and activists becomes more apparent in their conflicting strive for either maintaining the status quo or enabling transformation. While activist persistently criticize immobility, permanence, homogeneity and hegemony the reactionary intellectuals forget their true function and forgo critical thought. Subsequently reactionary intellectuals shrink their ideas into concrete sound bytes, excluding both the past and future, only to focus on the immediate present and are constantly criticizing any and every effort towards change. Activists on the other hand are constantly engaging in self-criticism with critical imagination and their ideas not confined only on the immediate present, and are in fact more future oriented. Invariably, the outcome between the clashes of these ideas is what defines the existential reality. It is ideas that are going to shape the future of the Nagas. At present, public focus is compulsively centered on actions and activities of the past and immediate. But such fixation will only lead inward and prevent any self-criticism and critical imagination. There is a dire need for Nagas to courageously be more open to criticism across all levels of society and to be able to accept criticisms and differences without any personal indignation. Far more important will be the ability of the Naga spirit to shift from a perpetual habit of self-righteousness to self-criticism. Self-criticism is after all the manure for critical imagination. The future of history is calling forth Naga youths of today to nurture, nourish and develop the world of ideas so that the Nagas can confidently and deliberately strive for realization; a realization that allows the possibilities of a creative imagination. Nagas must have the will to be visionary in how we conduct our human affairs and to recognize that in order to move forward, our future depends on our ability to create ideas and to be inventive enough to build an alternative world. Invariably, Nagas must take care not to forget that ideas are weapons which define the journey of a people!

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Charles Krauthammer

History Will Judge

or the past 150 years, most American war presidents -- most notably Lincoln, Wilson and Roosevelt -- have entered (or reentered) office knowing war was looming. Not so George W. Bush. Not so the war on terror. The 9/11 attacks literally came out of the blue. Indeed, the three presidential campaigns between the fall of the Berlin Wall and Sept. 11, 2001, were the most devoid of foreign policy debate of any in the 20th century. The commander-inchief question that dominates our campaigns today was almost nowhere in evidence during our ‘90s holiday from history. When I asked President Bush during an interview Monday to reflect on this oddity, he cast himself back to early 2001, recalling what he expected his presidency would be about: education reform, tax cuts and military transformation from a Cold War structure to a more mobile force adapted to smaller-scale 21stcentury conflict. But a wartime president he became. And that is how history will both remember and judge him. Getting a jump on history, many books have already judged him. The latest by Bob Woodward describes the commander in chief as unusually aloof and detached. A more favorably inclined biographer might have called it equanimity. In the hour I spent with the president (devoted mostly to foreign policy), that equanimity was everywhere in evidence -- not the resignation of a man in the twilight of his presidency but a sense of calm and confidence in eventual historical vindication. It is precisely that quality that allowed him to order the surge in Iraq in the face of intense opposition from the political establishment (of both parties), the foreign policy establishment (led by the feckless Iraq Study Group), the military establishment (as chronicled by Woodward) and public opinion itself. The surge then effected the most dramatic change in the fortunes of an American war since the summer of 1864. That kind of resolve requires internal fortitude. Some have argued that too much reliance on this internal compass is what got us into Iraq in the first place. But Bush was hardly alone in that decision. He had a majority of public opinion, the commentariat and Congress with him. In addition, history has not yet rendered its verdict on the Iraq war. We can say that it turned out to be longer and more costly than expected, surely. But the question remains as to whether the now-likely outcome -- transforming a virulently aggressive enemy state in the heart of the Middle East into a strategic ally in the war on terror -- was worth it. I suspect the ultimate answer will be far more favorable than it is today. When I asked the president about his one unambiguous achievement, keeping us safe for seven years -- about 6 1/2 years longer than anybody thought possible just after Sept. 11 -- he was quick to credit both the soldiers keeping the enemy at bay abroad and the posse of law enforcement and intelligence officials hardening our defenses at home. But he alluded also to some of the measures he had undertaken, including “listening in on the enemy” and “asking hardened killers about their plans.” The CIA has already told us that interrogation of high-value terrorists such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed yielded more valuable intelligence than any other source. In talking about these measures, the president mentioned neither this testimony as to their efficacy nor the campaign of vilification against him that they occasioned. More equanimity still. What the president did note with some pride, however, is that beyond preventing a second attack, he is bequeathing to his successor the kinds of powers and institutions the next president will need to prevent further attack and successfully prosecute the long war. And indeed, he does leave behind a Department of Homeland Security, reorganized intelligence services with newly developed capacities to share information and a revised FISA regime that grants broader and modernized wiretapping authority. In this respect, Bush is much like Truman, who developed the sinews of war for a new era (the Department of Defense, the CIA, the NSA), expanded the powers of the presidency, established a new doctrine for active intervention abroad, and ultimately engaged in a war (Korea) -- also absent an attack on the United States -- that proved highly unpopular. So unpopular that Truman left office disparaged and highly out of favor. History has revised that verdict. I have little doubt that Bush will be the subject of a similar reconsideration.

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Chan Akya

A Fukuyama moment in finance

inancial markets have swung from the panic of September to something far worse, namely a mad stampede towards the exits even as central banks in Group of Seven (G-7) and elsewhere made a concerted effort to put back the Humpty Dumpty of the global financial system. Textbook financial analysis exists to provide mirth if not outright entertainment in these times, reminding one of Francis Fukuyama and his article on the “end of history” following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Financial markets are famously creatures of habit; what is happening now though represents not so much cyclical behavior as a transitional one. The last time this happened was when the US overtook the fallen imperial superpower (UK) in the decade after World War II. The emergence of a solitary superpower created significant imbalance in the global equilibrium, in turn causing the push for a multi-polar world with additional centers around China, a resurgent Russia as well as a multitude of pretenders including a hardly cohesive group of Islamic countries and regional superpowers such as Brazil and India. Today, the end of history comes in a different form, namely the complete overhaul of the risk-taking mechanism in financial markets. The concept of a risk-free asset which underpins asset allocations and is represented in the books by government bonds is itself in question as governments around the world race to bump up their involvement in the financial sector. My article last week (see Europe’s death by guarantee, Asia Times Online, October 11, 2008) highlighted the downside to European intervention, namely the likelihood of failed government initiatives on the lines of Iceland. In this case, an attempt by the Iceland government to guarantee bank liabilities failed to calm the markets because the amount of such liabilities was seen as excessive for a country of that size. Iceland is hardly the only European sovereign facing this plight though. Presented with deficits in both their finances and their demographic profiles, the countries of Europe appear destined for the trash can; there seems little point in buying their government bonds as exemplars of safety in this environment. If we add the US to the same mix, which becomes more likely should the fiscal policies of the current administration be followed by the next one, the world of finance will have to confront a generational shift, namely the search for what would represent the benchmark of ing concerns on losses for global investors risk in the new world. The short answer including Asian banks (the run on a bank in Hong Kong and an attempted one in is that it’s not what you’d think. India were both traced back to fears on losses relating to these investments). Red October, again More importantly, the observation that The historical pattern of market selloffs in October has been followed this CDS could not adequately hedge investors’ year, going by the first few days’ trading. exposures to market risk has created its The reasons this time around are a bit own wave of panic for financial markets. more complicated, therefore some background is required. As always, we start Fundamentals dry up: Macroeconomic with the interventionists, that is, the gov- data from the US and Europe have been horrible in recent days, with basic numbers ernments and central banks. Central bankers mull solutions that such as the unemployment data for Sepseem to be permanently in danger of being tember in the US (everyone has stopped overtaken by market behavior. As an exam- it calling the employment report), retail ple, the 10% rise in US and European stock sales, consumer confidence and any other markets this Monday quickly gave way to marker you choose all coming in below the blind selling of the following days which already depressed expectations. This has shifted markets’ fear from the banking secthen reversed with the rise on Thursday. Over the previous weekend, the US tor to the rest of the economy, that is, from government had put another US$250 Wall Street to Main Street in the parlance billion directly into the equity capital of the US presidential hopefuls. of banks, in addition to the $700 billion fund created to buy problematic assets. Poor results: Adding fuel to the fire In doing so, the US was taking a leaf out is the constant stream of poor earnings of the rescue efforts of the UK, which being released for the third quarter by have then been widely copied by other companies. These results, while widely European countries, including most re- predicted and expected (including on cently Switzerland. On Thursday, it an- this website) nevertheless caused a lot of nounced a 6 billion Swiss franc equity consternation among investors. Declininjection into its largest bank, UBS along ing profit momentum for many compawith the separation into a distinct entity nies previously unaffected by the crisis of some 60 billion Swiss francs in prob- has also caused investors to sell off their global investments including those in lem loans from the bank. A selloff in financial markets after Asian stock markets. all the above efforts can be ascribed to a multitude of factors, some of which I de- Government ownership: It turns out that government ownership isn’t quite scribe below: Hedge fund hell: The most reviled crea- the panacea that its being billed to be, tures in the financial world, hedge funds particularly for the banking system. Unare private pools of capital that invest der the supervision of government buin markets using a number of specialist reaucrats, bankers would likely cut back strategies including long-short, leverage on risk taking at the exact time when and so on. They are hard to ignore in the from a macroeconomic perspective they financial markets, representing between are most required to take risks. This avoidance of risk has caused one to two thirds of all trading in many market categories including foreign ex- many securities, including fixed income, to fall below intrinsic value feeding the change, fixed income and stocks. The onset of the financial crisis that current storm in financial markets. At caused these funds to cut the overall size the end of the day, this factor may be seen of assets (deleveraging) along with re- as the most important constraint facing strictions on short-selling (see A stone for financial markets today. Chris Cox, Asia Times Online, July 19, 2008) meant that most of these firms end- BRIC trouble: Most notably the first ed up selling, despite all the news about three countries (Brazil, Russia and India) government intervention. As parts of their are in a spot of trouble, with their currenportfolios become stale or less liquid, these cies in free fall against even the weakened funds have to sell other securities creating US dollar, their banks under pressure for funding and authorities at a complete loss a perfect storm of self-feeding sales. In effect, authorities were once again to figure out policy responses. China is caught fighting the last war rather than embarking on fiscal stimulus, a strange the next one. With outflows of $43 billion thing in a country running at over 10% in September alone, the sector faces con- growth: this is due to well-founded fears tinued challenges to the year-end, nary a that the overly restrictive monetary and day going by without a large hedge fund credit policies (a function of the ill-advised currency regime) disallow recovery or other closing down. from the coming export-related slump Lehman and CDS: The collapse of Leh- that could wipe out around 5% of GDP man Brothers last month triggered a wave growth by this time next year. The changing regimes of the BRIC of concerns in the mammoth market for credit default swaps (CDS) as investors countries point to the challenges for global realized that the risk of their financial growth in an environment when both the counterparties blowing up had risen. Fol- US and Europe are felled by their decrepit lowing from the defaults of other banks financial systems. For their part, the abrupt in Europe, a large number of corporate fall from grace for the BRIC countries sugCDOs - the most leveraged part of the gests greater focus on fixing their own house. CDS market - soon blew up, in turn caus- Thus, a China or Russia is unlikely to buy as

much of US and European financial risk at of such properties will continue to dea time when their own banks and industrial cline. Not to put too fine a point to it, this companies face funding pressures. means that up to half of all mortgage securities issued currently have no investSafe haven in sweat and toil ment value whatsoever. The “end of history” that marked the Central banks around Asia therefore arrival of a solitary superpower hardly will have to organically trim their relasted two decades as the reflexive impact serves by floating currencies, selling off of misallocated capital created the mother silly assets such as the agency bonds of of all Dutch diseases for the US economy. the US (Fannie and Freddie) and increasWith its productive capacity virtually elim- ing their allocation to physical commodiinated, the US became merely a haven for a ties such as gold, oil and ferrous metals. bunch of property savants buying and sell- Around a quarter of China’s reserves are ing an ever-expanding pool of assets with tied up in these assets, for example, crequestionable intrinsic value, all the while ating a mammoth series of losses in fuborrowing from Asian investors to actually ture if they are not sold off. fund their living expenses. With that story The world’s overall capacity utilizanow finished, investors will have figure out tion is declining, suggesting a continuaa new safe haven for their assets. tion of deflationary impact on asset prices The definition of a safe haven is an over the near-term. In effect, buying secuasset class that can comfortably support rities in Europe and the US will only exinvestments by large investors, not nec- pose Asian investors to further losses. The essarily that which is sought by small hardworking citizens of Asia have both a investors. For the latter group, bank de- productive and financial edge over their posits in the Western world serve the pur- Western counterparts. For them to choose pose of safe havens over the near-term (in to invest in each other though would take most countries), as the scale of govern- a bit of time, as well as the development of ment guarantees avoids any chances of financial markets in these countries. losing money until the government itself Strange as this may seem, it appears to starts having trouble funding itself. me that the only safe haven in the world, For those investing multiples of bil- aside from physical gold, is investing in filions though, bank deposits don’t quite nancial assets that best capture the global cover the idea of a safe haven. Given the shift of production and consumption to parlous state of government finances in Asia. In effect, the sweat, blood and toil of the G-7, neither do government bonds. Asian workers is the sole engine of global This last statement deserves a little ex- growth. Investments could take the form planation - for the countries of Europe of stocks or bonds, but the geographical for example, reclaiming the ability to pay constant remains the region. The reason off their national debt would entail a sig- that is a strange choice is that most such nificant improvement in their external funds are managed and domiciled in the competitive position. In other words, the financial centers of New York and London prices of products exported by Europe rather than Hong Kong or Singapore. Isn’t it time to complete the overhaul must fall dramatically enough for the of global finance by moving the centers rest of the world to be able to buy them. of management to these Asian cities? That in turn means that any investor holding government bonds in these countries will face horrific losses on the foreign exchange component, for example in the value of the euro or the Swiss franc in which these bonds are denominated. This Lazami Suwopu is the catch-22 for Asian investors with respect to Europe: a stable euro (or Swiss Clans inform franc) means a significant chance of default in future, while a massive decline in •Sir- On behalf of Lazami Suwopu the currency would mean a repayment of Clans, it is for general information principal. In effect, there is almost no way in the matter of ‘Lazami & Natives for the current purchasing power of these Story’ that the name of Fathers or investments to be maintained. persons who told what part of the For investments in other countries story has been stated in the Biblisuch as the US and UK, the key dilemma ographies of the same book where is the lack of export infrastructure on inin the present general living fathers dustrial products as these economies have of Lazami may or may not know the shifted to the services sector. There is no stated stories and to avoid any furchance that these countries will regain a ther confutative misleading, who competitive edge in the export of products so ever in keen interest to conduct anytime soon; therefore they will need to the research with interact require, create mechanisms for perpetuating inare advised to contact those fathers vestment flows but without any obvious stated in Bibliographies of the said source of higher returns in future that book or the clans authorized writer could help in the repayment. The current (Ghulakha R. Swu who also stands stock of securities issued by banks and for the story told deceased fathers) government agencies (for example, Fanin future, through Nagaland Indignie Mae) represents a financial risk on the enous Cultural Society (Centre), property markets of these countries. Houses do not have an intrinsic value near City Tower Dimapur. other than their implied rental income. Kashiho Futhena Economies in recession will see rental Vice President, LSLK values drop, therefore the intrinsic value

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Global Warming A ccording to the latest United Nations scientific report, leading scientists around the world agree that man-made greenhouse gases from fossil fuels are causing global warming. Effects are already being seen worldwide. And longterm consequences are devastating, pointing to a darker future each day we fail to act. But if each of us takes action — in our homes, in our communities, and in our nation — there is still time to reduce global warming, pollution and help safeguard our environment for our children, wildlife, and birds. Confronting the greatest environmental crisis in our history will take commitment, dedication, and even sacrifice — but nothing less than the future is at stake.

How does global warming affect birds, other wildlife, and their habitats? All organisms depend on their habitats for food, water, shelter, and opportunities to breed and raise their young ones. Climate changes can affect organisms and their habitats in a myriad of ways. In fact, global warming impacts all life on earth, from individual organisms to populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. It can alter behaviors, population sizes, species distributions, plant and animal communities, and ecosystem functions and stability. How strongly different species will be affected varies, depending on differences in their ecology and life history. Species with small population sizes, restricted ranges, and limited ability to move to different habitat will be most at risk. Similarly, different habitats and ecosystems will be impacted differently, with those in coastal, high-latitude, and high-altitude regions are the most vulnerable of all. Is wildlife already being affected by global warming? There is mounting scientific evidence that global warming is already having profound effects on birds, broader biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and ecosystems. Here are some of the ways that global warming is affecting wildlife:

What are some specific impacts on birds? Fewer than two scenarios of global climate change, there will be major shifts in the ranges and abundances of many of the 150 common bird species in the Eastern United States over the next 100 years or so; 50-52% of species will decrease in abundance by 25% or more, while 37-40% of species will exhibit range reductions of 25% or more. Long-distance migrants may be more vulnerable to global warming than other species. As winter temperatures increased between 1980 and 1992 at Lake Constance in Central Europe, the proportion of long-distance migrant bird species decreased while the number and proportion of residents and short-distance migrants increased. In North America, many of our favorite songbirds are long-distance migrants. Species such as Baltimore Oriole, Barn Swallow, Wood Thrush, and Scarlet Tanager could well be driven from the places where we expect to find them, more ominously, from the habitats to which they are best suited. A 90% decline in Sooty Shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) off the California coast in just seven years (1987 -1994) has been associated with warming of the California Current, which flows from southern British Columbia to Baja California. All of the remaining marshland in the Black water National Wildlife Refuge (an Important Bird Area in Maryland that provides important habitat for many birds, including Black Rail and Salt marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, two of Red List species) is expected to disappear within 25 years as a result of both climate change and aquifer extraction. Global warming and associated drought in the Prairie Potholes region (southeastern Alberta and northeastern Montana to southern Manitoba and western Minnesota) will

Geographic range The ranges of many plants and animals are moving toward the poles and toward higher elevations. For example, the ranges of many British breeding birds were, on average, more than 11 miles farther north in the period from 1988-91 than they were in the period from 1968-72, according to comparisons derived from breeding bird atlases. (British butterflies are also being found farther north.)

Frequency and intensity of pest outbreaks Global warming increases droughts in some areas; and spruce budworm outbreaks frequently follow droughts, perhaps because dry weather increases the stress on host trees or allows more spruce budworm eggs to be laid. Spruce budworms can be lethal to spruce trees, and spruce-fir forests are a very important habitat type in the northern hemisphere for a wide variety of plants and animals. Can global warming cause extinctions? Global warming is already causing extinctions in vulnerable species. Approximately 70 species of harlequin frogs in Central and South America have been driven to extinction by a disease that is linked with global warming. Warmer temperatures cause increased cloud cover that creates ideal conditions for a fungus that kills the frogs. This is only one cautionary example of how global warming disrupts the stability of ecosystems. As it continues, it will cause more extinction. Scientists predict 9-52% of all terrestrial species (1 million plants and animals) will be on an irreversible path to extinction by 2050. (These predictions are based on modeling of the effects of minimum to maximum climate warming impacts on a broad range of species in regions around the world.) The planet's 25 biodiversity "hotspots" are especially vulnerable to climate impacts. These special places provide homes to 44% of the world's plants and 35% of its vertebrates, in less than 1.4% of its land area. A doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which estimates suggest could occur in about 100 years, could lead to extinction of as many as 43% of these areas' endemic species.

Poverty Time to Act Antonio Marafioti & Miren Gutiérrez Inter Press Service

"Our voices must reach the ears of the leaders who govern us," says Marina Ponti, describing this year’s campaign by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP). Referring to the Stand Up and Take Action campaign, Ponti, the United Nations Millennium Campaign Europe director, says that "standing up is a sign of solidarity. By doing so, we are saying that we cannot remain seated in the face of poverty in the world." The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by the international community in 2000 to set specific targets for reducing poverty and inequality in the world. "Last year, we strengthened the concept by adding ‘Speak Out’, because our voices had to reach the ears of our leaders. Now it is no longer enough to stand up and shout; we have to demonstrate our efforts by means of concrete actions," she added. The number of people who have stood up for each edition of Stand Up has grown every year. In 2006 an estimated 23.5 million people took part in the campaign’s events around the world, setting a Guinness World Record. But last year, the total reached 43.7 million people. This year’s aim is for 67 million people around the world to stand up and call on their governments to put an end to poverty and inequality, in the activities scheduled for Oct. 17 (the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty) through Oct. 19. "We are very optimistic," Ponti told IPS. "Reaching that number of people would be something that governments won’t be able to ignore. It would be proof that people’s consciousness has been raised with respect to this serious problem. I am sure that citizens are much more aware of the problem of poverty than their governments are." Italy will be one of the "hot spots" for this weekend’s GCAP activities, said Ponti. In this southern European country of 60 million, where 7.5 million people were poor

Light switches Try switching from conventional incandescent bulbs to energy-efficient compact fluorescents. Or better yet, try to maximize your use of natural sunlight for daytime lighting needs. Take your temperature Take every step possible to reduce excessive use of home heating and cooling. Try turning up the thermostat in the summer and turning it down a few degrees in the winter. If you have an automated thermostat, program it to adjust temperatures at nighttime. Try installing better insulation throughout the house. Seal up windows, close vents, and clean filters. If you really want to save energy, try to avoid using air conditioning on all but the very hottest days. You'd be amazed at how effective ceiling fans alone can be in making you feel cooler.

Cold facts New refrigerators use about 50% less energy than those made just 10-15 years ago. That's a big deal, considering that refrigerators account for between 10 and 15% of total home energy consumption. The next time you buy a new refrigerator or any major or even minor appliance look for the Energy Star label to be sure you're getting a high efficiency model. In the meantime, keep your refrigerator's thermostat set to the recommended temperature and clean the condenser coil regularly. Water drops You can reduce your energy consumption a lot by using less hot water. Run your dishwasher only when full, and wash clothes in cold or warm water, never hot. They'll get just as clean! When it's time to replace your washing machine, choose a new high-efficiency front-loader. You'll see great savings on water, electricity, and detergent, and you'll discover you can more safely wash delicate items, too. Go for the shade Plant leafy trees around your house to provide windbreaks and summer shade. Each year, the average yard tree cleans 330 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. An average tree absorbs ten pounds of pollutants from the air each year, including four pounds of ground level ozone and three pounds of particulates.

Reproduction timing Egg-laying, flowering, and spawning are occurring earlier for many species, in some cases disrupting delicate cycles that ensure that insects and other food are available for young animals. For example, Tree Swallows across North America have advanced egg-laying by as many as nine days from 1959 to 1991. Migration timing and patterns Spring migration is occurring earlier and fall migration later in many species. For example, 25 migratory bird species are arriving in Manitoba, Canada, earlier than they did 63 years ago; only two are arriving later.

walking, bicycling, or carpooling. Drive a more energyefficient vehicle. When you drive, follow the speed limit and drive at a consistent speed. Take your car in for regular tune-ups and keep your tires properly inflated. Take off any rooftop carriers when not in use.

Go organic Whenever possible, select organic produce. The pesticides used to kill pests also kill the organisms that help keep carbon dioxide in the soil. Think globally; eat locally As far as possible, buy vegetables and other goods of local product. The fewer miles your produce has traveled, the less energy has been used for refrigeration and transportation. Consume less Almost everything you buy requires the consumption of fossil fuels. Manufacturing, packing, transporting, and selling goods all use huge amounts of energy, releasing excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. When shopping, ask, lead to significant reductions in the populations of 14 species "Do I really need this? Does the Earth really need this?" of migratory waterfowl; 30-50% fewer prairie ponds will hold Energy audit water in spring by 2060, with an associated 40-50% decline in Try an energy audit for your home, school, or office. It's the numbers of ducks settling to breed in the area. The ranges a great way of assessing where and how you use energy and of many European and African birds are likely to shift by at how you can cut back. (For guidance and more informaleast 600 miles, with a decline in species richness and reduction ask NATURE WATCH) tion in average range sizes (based on simulations made for the impacts of a variety of late 21st century climate models Be an active citizen While each individual's commitment to reducing greenon European and African birds). source Audubon.Wild life house gas emissions is important, we won't curb global conservation NGO. Are we Nagas aware of the rich bio-diversity we live warming without major changes in the kinds of energy we in? Our forefathers have lived with nature and I should say use and an economic system that depends on a high rate of they lived very well in the sense of nature conservation; they wasteful consumption. These changes will come about only lived, faced and overcame the many hardships not only be- if enough of us become more politically active. You can do a cause they were primitive head hunters but they have the lot to support the work of local, state, and national governwisdom, foresight and consideration for us (today’s genera- ments to curb global warming. Stay informed, write letters tion). Isn’t it our responsibility too to pass down the envi- to your leaders, and support those candidates who promise to take the aggressive and farsighted actions necessary to ronmental heritage which our forefathers presented us? curb global warming. a small act or contribution on your Be part of the solution part can and will make a very big difference. (Learn how All of us use fossil fuels every day — for heating and you can get involved. For guidance and more information cooling our homes, driving our cars, generating the elec- ask NATURE WATCH) tricity to power our lights and appliances, and more. In the * (Nature Watch- A non profitable NGO which covers the process we produce the greenhouse gases that are primarily responsible for global warming. Fortunately, each of us also whole of Nagaland for the conservation of our rich environmenhas the power to reduce to reduce our consumption of fossil tal heritage. Rehabilitating the distressed environment. To design, fuels. Here are some of the most important ways we can all develop and conduct workshops on the importance of environment and its conservation at the grass root level. To make checklist and make a difference: documentation on our flora and fauna and also to create a platform New drive ways for employment for our youths) Consider driving less by taking public transportation, Angulie Meyase, Nature Watch. in 2007 according to the National Statistics Institute, 756,000 people took part in the events organised in last year’s campaign. "The success of ‘Stand Up’ was due to the fact that it was organised simultaneously with, and was incorporated into, the Perugia to Assisi Peace March. We also owe the success to organisations that are active at a local and national level," said Ponti, who is Italian. According to Sergio Marelli, president of Italy’s association of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), "the Italian coalition is very important within GCAP. But the most important thing is the internal structure of the movement, which is made up of more than 70 NGOs, trade unions, social organisations and other associations. This presence gives us strength at the international level."

The Stand Up protest in Italy will be focused on the government’s cuts in international development aid. Ponti noted that "Italy announced cuts in development aid long before the financial crisis broke out. Given that it is one of the smallest European providers of development aid, we are calling for more vigorous involvement, because a threeyear cut sends out a very negative political message." For that reason, the Italian organisers of the campaign are urging people to protest decree-law 112, passed in June, which reduced Italy’s aid to developing countries by

170 million euros (232 million dollars) a year for the 20092011 period. The decree law actually bypassed the 1987 law on Italian aid to developing countries, which establishes that the amount of aid must be set every three years, when the budget is approved. According to the web site of the Foreign Ministry, which handles the country’s official development aid, the amount set for this year was one billion dollars. But regardless of how many people make their voices heard this year, it is not clear what the concrete results will be. Ponti admitted that "the situation is especially worrisome in view of the fact that next year Italy will preside over the G8 (the eight most powerful countries). So many cuts in development aid hurts its credibility." The G8 is made up of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States. In Marelli’s view, the attitude of governments towards the question of development aid should not be analysed at a global level, but in terms of each country’s individual commitment and stance. "States are increasingly divided between those that hide behind the justification of the difficult economic situation and those that, by contrast, continue to provide aid," he told IPS. "There are countries, like France and Spain, which have increased their development aid, and others, like Germany and Britain, which have maintained their levels. The Nordic countries have even reached 0.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)," the commitment assumed decades ago by the world’s wealthy nations. "But Italy has drastically reduced its aid, and projections for the future are bad. Development aid in proportion to GDP will drop from 0.2 to 0.1 percent," he added. In Marelli’s view, "the current economic situation is not sufficient justification to reduce development aid. The government must understand once and for all that investment in the fight against poverty is a safe investment, which supports more rational and orderly economic development." "The duty of citizens is to exercise oversight and to monitor whether the government’s decision is in line with the country’s political will," said Ponti. "We demand that the state comply with its commitments, and we call on people to express their dissent." "Our criticism goes beyond whatever party is in power or the political stripes of the parties. Italians are a united people and very sensitive to these questions and willing to mobilise against whatever government is in power at the time," said Marelli.

MEDICAL UNTOUCHABILITY Dr B.S.R. Mahapatra

Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Father of Nation’, is being known as the remover of untouchability. The plant ‘Touch Me Not’, otherwise known botanically as Mimosa shrinks when you touch its leaves. Untouchability is present from time immemorial. But Gandhiji’s untouchability was to remove it from a so called high caste person to a so called low caste person. As a matter of fact in old Vedic Period there was no untouchability between the four groups of Hindus. Due to selfishness of Brahmins untouchability came into being and removal of it in present times goes to M.K.Gandhi no doubt. But some of his so called experiments with truth including Sexperiment is not only ridiculous but also debatable. But when my caption of the article is Medical Untouchability, some will wonder what relevance it has got with Mahatma Gandhi?. As the article is about untouchability I started with Gandhi and Botanical Mimosa. However it is a fact in his Ashram in Sabarmati and in Wardha, there were lepers and Gandhiji along with others looking them after including touching them often!. Apart from this I want to relate a small experience (not anecdote), of mine when I was a Primary school student. We had a Muslim teacher whenever a student who belonged to ‘untouchable’, category from Hindu religion, commited a mistake he would not touch him to give punishment, rather he would throw the cane stick in his hand to him in order to give physical punishment!!. The same Muslim teacher was again untouchable to Brahmins amongst his own colleagues. All these introductions and descriptions have got nothing to do with Medical Untouchability except Gandhiji’s touchability to lepers. Many may wonder what I mean to say or propagate – ‘Medical Untouchability’. Medical untouchability started from skin diseases, particularly Leprosy. Even the Holy Bible also mentions in the Old Testament about skin diseases and to keep yourself away from them. I want to relate another incident which took place in no other place than in Nagaland. There was a party hosted by a junior officer at the end of a function. The junior officer had white patches in his hand which we medically term it ‘Leucoderma’. It is a harmless disease confined to the individual suffering from it, and if anybody touches the white patches no harm or spread can take place. But to the utter surprise when the junior officer shook his hand with the senior officer who was the guest of honour, he or she very reluctantly shook hand with him. Maybe afterwards he would have washed the hands with antiseptics. If such an incident can happen in medical fraternity, what can we expect from others? Still there are lots misconceptions and ignorance which causes such type of medical untouchability. I myself is no exception to it. When I had not entered medical college, if by chance a leper touched me I would feel greatly panicky and go on washing the touched part time and again with detergents or antiseptics. My main motive to write about medical untouchability is to make people aware of the present fear and psychosis about HIV infected persons or AIDS patients. Of course in each and every disease, whatever precautionary measures are to be taken, we must adhere to. It will be foolishness if we touch infectious materials without taking precautions. Diseases like AIDS, Leprosy, T.B., or other types of air borne and skin diseases and last but not the least Cancer and Rabies need great precautionary measures. But if I touch a person suffering from AIDS or Leprosy, I will suffer from these diseases is not only injurious to the society but also gives rise to ostracism to the families having such diseases in their families. I will end this article with another true account related to me. In the early part of sixties, my only elder sister was being proposed to get married to an IAS officer whose grandmother was a leper. Alas!, my highly educated and reformer father and poetess mother summarily rejected the proposal! That is how Medical unsociability has worked in my own family. So I would request the society to refrain from such biased and unfounded ideas and seek the real truth, follow led down medical instructions – how to treat or deal which patients including its family in what way. Do not float away in emotions and sentiments and ostracize the families having patients dead or alive suffering from diseases like AIDS and Leprosy. Even I would suggest legal action should be taken against them in the society those who indulge in such Social Ostracism. Apart from his other qualifications and official positions, Dr B.S.R. Mahapatra was Trainers Trainee, in AIDS Control Programme of Zunheboto District

A Poem for Reconciliation Dr. Richard Walley

Always look in, before you look out Try a whisper before you shout Learn from the elders, teach the young Hear the message, not matter what tongue. Offer your hand, don’t stamp your feet Present a smile to people you meet Hear the wind, feel the rain Touch the trees, it soothes the pain. Watch nature, out beautiful guide Feel the spirit that’s by our side The spirit by our side, is the spirit within The pureness, the oneness, the barrier from sin. A different name, a different face, A different language, a different place, There seems a great difference but we are all the same We breathe the same air, we feel the same pain. Always look in, before you look out Try a prayer, before you shout.

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NEWS FILE Four anti-terrorism centers to be set up by government

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has decided to set-up four special Counter Insurgency and Anti-Terrorism (CIAT) training centers each in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa. CIAT centers would provide training to state police personnel in jungle warfare and counter insurgency operations. This will be done at an outlay of Rs 60 crore during the 11th Five Year Plan, according to a senior Home Ministry official. Moreover, the official said four training centers of the Central Para Military Forces (one each in Border Security Force and Central Reserve Police Force and two in SSB) were being upgraded to provide training in counter insurgency and jungle warfare. The Home Ministry felt there was a need for greater investment in the police forces so that they can give greater of security to the citizens and meet their expectations. Recently, serial bomb blasts have rocked the country in Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, New Delhi and Tripura disturbing the peace and security of the citizens.

Moon mission a ‘proud moment’ for us, says Sibal NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (PTI): With the countdown beginning today for India’s unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-1 at Sriharikota spaceport, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said “it is a proud moment for us”. “The launch of the spacecraft will prove that we can launch satellite to the moon and also prove the capabilities of our engineers,” Sibal told reporters here. “It is a proud moment for us”. Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is slated to be launched onboard India’s home-grown rocket PSLV-C11 at 0620 hours on Wednesday. The countdown started at 5.20 am today. “After Chandrayaan-I, we hope that Chandrayaan-II will be launched in 2010,” said Sibal. The journey to moon will take five and a half days. In its two-year life span, the satellite would also search for water on the moon.

Delhi, UP report highest number of sexual harassment cases NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20: Delhi has joined Uttar Pradesh in reporting the largest number of cases of women being sexual harassed at work places. The National Commission for Women (NCW) has 60 cases of sexual harassment at work places in the capital over the last three years, while Uttar Pradesh has registered 77 such cases, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Thirty-six cases of sexual harassment at work places were registered by the NCW in Rajasthan, 21 in Haryana and 20 each in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary said in a written reply. The cases were registered over a period of three years from 2006-08. No cases were registered in smaller states like Puducherry, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and only one in Chhattisgarh and Goa. The state of Jammu and Kashmir also registered no such cases. Chowdhary said the Government was planning to introduce a bill titled “Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace, 2006”, drafted by the NCW. “The bill was being introduced after a wide range of consultations,” she added.

DRDO facing attrition problem: Antony C M Y K

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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (AGENCIES): Country’s premier defence research organisation DRDO is facing the attrition problems as 785 defence scientists have resigned in the last three years. The government has offered various incentives for scientists in the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) report, the Lok Sabha was informed today. “A number of incentives were recommended by the CPC, which have been accepted and implemented by the government,” Defence Minister A K Antony said in a written reply to a question on exodus of scientists from DRDO. Incentives to arrest the attrition rate in DRDO include providing career enhancement opportunities to scientists by granting them study leaves, sending them to attend conferences and seminars and long term training courses. “DRDO is providing study leaves to scientists for acquiring higher qualifications like PhDs, Masters Degrees. Scientists are sponsored to go and attend conferences and seminars and for long term courses for research both within and outside the country,” Antony said. The minister added that a lot of stress was being laid upon by DRDO to mentor young scientists along with improving their work environment and social life in DRDO campuses.

Dasmunsi shifted to Apollo from AIIMS NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (AGENCIES): Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who was admitted to AIIMS following a severe heart attack, was on Monday shifted to corporate Apollo hospital for further treatment of his neurological condition. “He has been shifted at 10.30 am. His family wanted to shift him for further treatment of his neurological condition. His condition is stable and he needs more neurological care,” AIIMS Medical Superintendent Dr D K Sharma said. The condition of 62year-old Dasmunsi, who has been under treatment at AIIMS for the past eight days, “continues to remain the same. He is stable but still unconscious,” he said. American neurologist Den Henley, who is here to examine Dasmunsi, had earlier an informal discussion about the minister’s health with the multi-discipline team of doctors treating him. “Dr Henley is a neurologist from Johns Hopkins University and he has come to look into the case of Dasmunsi on the recommendation of his family doctor,” P P Singh, APS to the ailing minister, said. The 62-year old minister was admitted to AIIMS following complete left ventricular failure on October 13.

Government ofﬁcial shot dead in Jharkhand RANCHI, OCTOBER 20 (AGENCIES): A government official was killed by unidentified assailants in Palamau district of Jharkhand, police said on Monday. The victim Om Prakash Rai was shot dead at his house Sunday night by three men, who arrived on a bike and asked about his identity. Rai, a resident of Bihar, was hit by three bullets while he was talking to a junior engineer Anand Singh. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead. Rai, an engineer with the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), was posted in Husainabad block of Palamau district, around 210 km from here. “We are investigating the case on two angles. Rai could have developed enemies by not favouring contractors in tender and second reason could be denial of payment of extortion money by him,” a police official told IANS over phone. He said an intensive combing operation has been launched and bordering areas of districts have been sealed. Earlier, two engineers of the PHED department left Palamau district after extortion demands by criminals. The Engineers Association has expressed grief and demanded immediate arrest of the criminals.

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Nuke Deal ‘fully consistent’ with India’s interests NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 'India's civil nuclear energy 20 (PTI): Insisting that the initiative' even as CPI(M) civil nuclear agreement with leader Basudeb Acharia the US is "fully consistent" raised the issue of alleged with India's interests, Govbreach of privilege by Prime ernment today said the pact Minister Manmohan Singh has "interlocking provisions" on the issue. which ensure uninterrupted Seeking to allay confuel supplies and right to recerns, including whether process besides "corrective India would be able to mainmeasures" if warranted. tain the independence of its Making a statement in foreign policy, Mukherjee the Lok Sabha, External said "our foreign policy will Affairs Minister Pranab be determined at all times Mukherjee said India will by our own assessment of undertake the civil nuclear our national interest." He incooperation with the US and sisted that "this initiative in any other country on the basis no way constrains our abilof bilateral agreements only ity to pursue an independent and that the government has foreign policy. It does not in "no doubt" that Washington any way affect our strategic will fulfil its "commitments autonomy. In fact, it does the and obligations" specified in The socialist Samajwadi Party's senior leader, Amar Singh, right, arrives at the parliament house, in New Delhi, Monday, opposite by increasing our the agreement. foreign policy options." October 20. (AP Photo) He also underlined that the nuclear deal with the US, France or the Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA entail no hindrance to NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (PTI): Attack to the well of the House flashing copies of a news- Recruitment Board examination in Mumbai. India's strategic programme on some north Indians in Mumbai by activists paper carrying reports on a "new version" on the Amid unruly scenes, Speaker Somnath Chatterand "we retain the freedom of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena encounter. The BSP members were demanding a jee adjourned the proceedings till 12:00 noon. to take action with regard and "new revelations" about the Batla House en- judcial inquiry into the Batla House encounter. Before the House assembled, RJD chief Lalu to our strategic programme counter in Delhi led to uproarious scenes in the Members of the Samajwadi Party and Rash- Prasad and Congress President Sonia Gandhi even as we engage in inter- Lok Sabha today. triya Janata Dal were also up on their feet de- were seen in animated discussion with NCP sunational cooperation in civil The House was adjourned for an hour soon manding action against activists of the Shiv Sena premo Sharad Pawar whose party is a major partnuclear energy." Mukherjee after it assembled for the day as BSP members and Raj Thackeray-led MNS, who allegedly beat ner in the Congress-led coalition government in made the statement on the Akbar Ahmad Dumpy and Iliyas Azmi rushed up some north Indians appearing for a Railway Maharashtra. developments related to

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Political parties slam attacks on north Indians in Maharashtra

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (PTI): Political parties of various hues today strongly attacked the UPA government over its "failure" to curb violence against north Indians in Maharashtra by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) cadres. RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat and BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain unequivocally condemned the UPA government as well as the Congress-led Maharashtra government, for the attacks on north Indians. Prasad, while strongly condemning attacks on north Indians in Maharashtra, especially yesterday's incident of MNS activists beating up Railway Board examinees in Mumbai, said, "It is the failure of the state government that it has not been able to curb attacks on north Indians there. I strongly condemn the violence and 'awaragardi' (hooliganism) by MNS cadres against north Indians and students in the state". Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, he said he would raise the issue when Lok Sabha met again later in the day. Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh also joined the Opposition parties in criticising the attacks. Singh said yesterday's incident "was the most deplorable act by MNS activists". He said the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of the state have proved to be "useless" in preventing attacks on north Indians. On

Activists of Congress party burn an efﬁgy of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Allahabad, Monday, October 20. They were protesting the attack by MNS activists on north Indian aspirants appearing for the Railway Recruitment Board entrance exam in Mumbai Sunday. (AP Photo)

a sarcastic note, Singh expressed his gratitude to Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for criticising him on his opposition to incidents of violence against north Indians. "I am honoured that a veteran leader like Bal Thackeray chose to criticise me. This shows that he finds SP a challenge in Maharashtra," the SP leader said.

Deshmukh warns Raj, MNS MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday warned the Raj Thackerayled Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), whose activists yesterday attacked 13 railway board examination centres in suburban Mumbai protesting "inadequate representation" to locals. Taking a tough stand on the whole episode, the Chief

Minister has asked the state police to take stringent action against the MNS activists for their violent campaign against the North Indians and disrupting law and order situation. In another development, a Jamshedpur court today issued an arrest warrant against Raj Thackeray for a provocative speech he made in Mumbai in February this year. The Mumbai Police has also confirmed that they have received a non-bailable arrest warrant against the MNS leader, who will be arrested shortly. So far, at least 10 MNS activists have been detained from central suburban Dombivali and Kalyan for disrupting the exam and preventing candidates from appearing the examination. Confirming the development, Thane Commissioner of Police Anil Dhere said, “We have arrested 10 MNS

activists so far from Dombivali and Kalyan under the charges of rioting at the examination centres." When asked about the candidates being attacked at Thane station in wee hours, Dhere denied the reports. Railway officials confirmed that there was no such incident at Thane station, he said. Confirming the attack by MNS activists on the examination centres in Mumbai, central railway PRO S Sharma said, "We have reports of 13 centres mostly in Dombivali and Navi Mumbai been attacked." "Attackers even tried to tear exam papers and hall tickets of some of the candidates at Nerul in Navi Mumbai," Sharma said. Despite the disruption the exam was conducted at total 82 centres in Mumbai with the help of local police, he added. Defending attacks on North Indians, MNS leader Shishir Shinde told reporters that "what is wrong if activists were protesting against the 'inadequate representation' of Marathi candidates in the exam." "Railway officer should understand the meaning of our protest and allow more Marathi candidates for the examination than the outsiders," Shinde said. "MNS activists would meet railway officials soon", he added. In November 2003 Raj Thackeray's supporters (then with the Shiv Sena) disrupted a Railway Board exam in suburban Kalyan by preventing candidates from other states, mainly north Indians, from appearing in the exam.

Probe into Orissa violence may take 18 months: judge ORISSA, OCTOBER 20 (AGENCIES): A judge probing the August 23 killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader in Kandhamal district of Orissa and the subsequent attacks on Christians that have been going on for months said on Monday the investigations could take one and a half years to complete. SC Mohapatra, a retired judge of the Orissa High Court, was appointed last month by the state government to probe the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides at Jalespata ashram and the ensuing violence in Kandhamal district. Mohapatra, who is on a four day tour of the district since Saturday, visited Jalespata ashram, met inmates and visited several villages where churches and houses were burnt. He also held discussions with district and administration officials. "The

situation is not grave now," Mohapatra told a TV channel by phone from Kandhamal, some 200 km from here. "I visited several villages and people told me they are prepared to welcome those who want to return. It may take at least one and a half years to complete the probe." At least 36 people, most of them Christians, were killed and thousands of homes burnt in the district during the violence. On Saturday night, a Hindu man was critically injured after some unidentified people opened fire on him in a remote village under Katingia police station in Kandhamal district. The homes of a Hindu and a Christian were torched in G Udayagiri area the same night, police said. Curfew has been lifted since Friday night in many part of Kandhamal as normalcy is gradually returning, barring some isolated incidents.

12 CRPF killed in naxal attack NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (PTI): At least twelve CRPF jawans were today killed in an ambush by suspected naxalites in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. One of the attackers was also killed in the exchange of fire that followed, according to CRPF officers here. Jawans belonging to the 170 Battalion of the force who were on a road opening duty were fired upon allegedly by the ultras that left at least 12 personnel dead, they said. The troops, deployed in the area to provide security to Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, retaliated by opening fire killing one of the ultras. The attack took place at around 1330 hours between Modukpal and Kongupalli in the district. The CRPF, which has cordoned off the area, have launched a counter-offensive to flush out the naxals who are suspected to be hiding in the vicinity.

Global warming leads tigers to village attacks

KOLKATA, OCTOBER 20 (REUTERS): The number of tiger attacks on people is growing in India's Sundarban islands as habitat loss and dwindling prey caused by climate change drives them to prowl into villages for food, experts said on Monday. Wildlife experts say endangered tigers in the world's largest reserve are turning on humans because rising sea levels and coastal erosion are steadily shrinking the tigers' natural habitat. The Sundarbans, a 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mile) area of low-lying swamps on India's border with Bangladesh, is dotted with hundreds of small islands criss-crossed by water channels. "In the past six months, seven fishermen were killed in an area called Netidhopani," Pranabes Sanyal of the World Conservation Union said. "Owing to global warming, the fragile Sundarbans lost 28 percent of its habitat in the last 40 years. A part of it is the core tiger reserve area from where their prey migrated." But as sea levels rise, two islands have already disappeared and others are vulnerable. Wildlife experts say the destruction of the mangroves means the tigers' most common prey, such as crocodiles, fish and big crabs, is dwindling. Sundarban villagers pass through tiger territory on boats to fish in the sea, or to collect honey in forest areas. "Villagers are not supposed to enter a number of islands earmarked as tiger territories, but they seldom follow the rules, get attacked and claim compensation," Pradip Shukla, a senior forest department official, told Reuters. Villager Ashutosh Dhali became a

local celebrity after television cameras captured him being attacked in February. "We were trying to catch the tiger perched on a tree of our village with tranquiliser shots," said the 47-year-old villager. "But it flung on me after falling on a net and bit my loins." Once home to 500 tigers in the late 1960s, the Sundarbans may only shelter between 250 and 270 tigers now, wildlife officials say. The Indian Statistical Institute said the number is as low as 75. Most tigers have been wiped out due to poaching and habitat loss. Authorities said a tiger was killed by poachers in the Sundarbans earlier this month, the latest such killing in India. The area is the world's largest mangrove reserve and one of the most unique ecosystems in South Asia, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ullas Karanth, of the Wildlife Conservation Society India, says that the Sundarbans are a poor quality tiger habitat because of low prey densities. "The tendency to seek alternate prey in the form of livestock – and sometimes humans – might be higher in these tigers," Karanth said. As sea levels rise, mangroves have been overexposed to salt water. Many plants have lost their red and green colours and are more like bare twigs, exposing tigers to poachers who hunt them for their skin and bones. There were about 40,000 tigers in India a century ago. A government census report published this year says the tiger population has fallen to 1,411, down from 3,642 in 2002, largely due to dwindling habitat and poaching.

An Indian Sikh farmer dressed as a warrior stands as other farmers sit on railway tracks during a protest against state and central governments in Amritsar, India, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The Amritsar-Delhi rail trafﬁc remained suspended Monday for nearly four hours due to a protest by farmers who were pressing for their long pending demands. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Brazil keen on NHRC help on capacity building

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (PTI): Impressed by the functioning of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Brazil has suggested training of its officials by the Indian rights body and said it could help in developing bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the area of human rights. The Latin American country is also banking upon the NHRC for capacity building in the area and has expressed keenness in the training programmes con-

ducted by the rights body. A fourmember Brazil delegation led by Minister for Human Rights Paulo Vannuchi met NHRC members and senior officials last week to get a first hand experience of the working of the Commission. During the meeting, NHRC officials said, Vannuchi has said the two countries have "similar problems and challenges" and it would be "really helpful to establish some kind of relation" on handling human rights issues as well. The delegation was full of

praise for the training programme of the NHRC on handling human rights issues, they said. Vannuchi was of the view that training of representatives from Brazil by NHRC could be one of the ways to develop bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the area of human rights, the officials said. NHRC member Justice G P Mathur said the Commission has offered all possible help to Brazil on establishing a relationship with the Latin American country with regard to human rights issues.

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Clinton joins Obama’s bid to crush McCain

CHICAGO, OCTOBER 20 (AFP): Barack Obama aims to put another dent in John McCain's comeback hopes on Monday, with a doublebill rally in Florida with exfoe Hillary Clinton that will kick off a frenetic final fortnight in the White House race. Obama's new offensive follows a quickfire combination of blows to Republican McCain over the weekend including a key endorsement from Colin Powell and the announcement of a stunning 150 million dollar fundraising haul last month. The Democratic nominee will spend much of the week charging through what was nominally Republican territory, seeking to convert his lead on the electoral map and clear opinion poll edge into a big victory over McCain on November 4. In Florida, Obama and Clinton were to headline a joint rally and several separate events Monday, pitching for a state which had looked solid for McCain, but where a wave of mortgage foreclosures offer the Democrats an opening. The former first lady is highly popular in the Sunshine State and trounced Obama in the Democratic primary there, but the contest was declared void after Florida violated party scheduling rules. McCain, 72, was meanwhile on the defensive Monday, attempting to cling onto states that helped send President George W. Bush back to the White House in 2004. The Arizona senator was campaigning in midwestern Missouri on Monday, after In this October 9, ﬁle photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is handed baby as he shakes hands at a rally at Ault Park Obama attracted a monstrous in Cincinnati, Ohio. People passed the pink-clad infant to Obama, hand-over-hand from the fourth row, like a tiny crowd-surfer in a rock concert crowd of 100,000 people to St. mosh pit. (AP Photo)

Livni gets more time to form government

JERUSALEM, OCTOBER 20 (REUTERS): Tzipi Livni will have another two weeks to try to form a government and become Israel's prime minister after receiving Monday an extension to an original 28-day presidential mandate to put together a coalition. Foreign Minister Livni, elected leader of the centrist Kadima party last month, would take over as prime minister from Ehud Olmert, who resigned in a corruption scandal but remains in office until a new government is established. At a meeting with President Shimon Peres, Livni requested and received an additional 14 days to try to finalise a governing coalition, a spokesman for Peres said. From the outset, commentators had expected Livni would need a full six weeks to negotiate coalition deals. "Yes, you need more time ... I am ready to help," Peres told Livni, who said at his

office that she would "bring a government to life" to deal with the current period of economic instability. "We can reach decisions and wrap things up," Livni said. The question remains whether Livni, who has already won preliminary agreement from Defence Minister Ehud Barak's Labour Party to join a government under her leadership, can persuade the ultraOrthodox Shas party to sign up. With Labour in her corner, Livni would control 48 of the 120 seats in parliament. Shas's membership would boost that number to 60, a wafer-thin coalition but enough to block the opposition from toppling her government in no-confidence votes. Winning the support of smaller factions, such as the Pensioners party, with seven lawmakers, and left-wing Meretz, with five, would give Livni a stronger mandate to pursue policies that

include peacemaking with the Palestinians. Shas, which has long billed itself as a party that represents Israel's poor, has been demanding increased government spending of about 1 billion shekels ($270 million) on social welfare as a price for joining a Livni-led coalition. Negotiations between Kadima and Shas are likely to be stepped up, amid speculation that Livni intends to present a government when parliament reconvenes on October 27 after its summer recess. Without Shas, she could form a minority government relying on precarious support from outside the coalition of left-wing and Arab parties wary of a national ballot that opinion polls show Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud would win. An early election, ahead of voting not due until 2010, would be likely should Livni fail to establish a government.

Louis on Saturday. He will fly onto Pennsylvania, a Democratic state in 2004 and a Republican target this year which now seems clearly tipping towards the 47-yearold Obama. Just two weeks from election day, McCain's hopes rested on a hard-hitting campaign of mailings and automatic "robo-calls" to voters in swing states assailing Obama's character, past acquaintances and record on abortion. McCain and his feisty vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin were also seeking to break through with claims that Obama is far more liberal than mainstream Americans, and is bent on pursuing "socialist" tax policies. Powell, a Republican and former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the highest-ranking AfricanAmerican ever in US government service. In a stinging blow to his long-time friend McCain, Powell said on NBC that Obama, vying to be the nation's first African-American commander-in-chief, would be a "transformational president." In another demoralizing blow to McCain, the Obama campaign announced a record-shattering take of more than 150 million dollars last month -- nearly double McCain's budget for the entire general election campaign. Despite claims by the McCain camp that the race is narrowing, daily tracking polls on Sunday showed a steady Obama lead. Gallup had Obama up by 52 to 42 percent among registered voters nationwide, reflecting the last presidential debate last week in which Obama was

adjudged the winner by most snap polls. Rasmussen also had Obama above 50 percent, with a 51 to 45 percent lead. Obama's fundraising bonanza is helping him pummel his rival in a nationwide advertising blitz and allowing him to pin down McCain in Republican states, stretching his foe's resources even further. The Democrat said in North Carolina that he was "beyond honored and deeply humbled to have the support of General Colin Powell." Speaking on Fox News Sunday, McCain said he had "always admired and respected General Powell." "We're long-time friends. This doesn't come as a surprise," the Arizona senator said, touting his endorsement by other former secretaries of state including Henry Kissinger and James Baker. McCain on Sunday renewed his condemnation of Obama's economic policies as "socialism" and warned a rally in Toledo in the key swing state of Ohio that Obama planned to "redistribute wealth" to the "more than 40 percent of Americans" who are too poor to pay income taxes. In North Carolina, Obama told more than 10,000 supporters that McCain backed tax cuts for wealthy corporate bosses who have driven their companies into the ground. "If John McCain wants to talk about redistributing wealth to those who don't need it and don't deserve it, let's talk about the 700,000 dollar tax cut he wants to give Fortune 500 CEOs, who've been making out like bandits -- some of them literally," he said.

Iran criticises UN "injustice" TEHRAN, OCTOBER 20 (REUTERS): Iran blamed on Monday a "blatant injustice" for its failure last week to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council, which has imposed sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear activities, but suggested it would try again. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi accused Japan of monopolizing the Asian seat on the 15-seat Council, after Tokyo overwhelmingly defeated Tehran in a U.N. assembly vote on Friday for the right to sit on the council for two years. Japan has held a council seat several times since Iran last served its turn in 1956, when the U.S.-backed Shah, later ousted in a 1979 Islamic revolution, ruled the Middle Eastern country. "I think that this is blatant injustice ... We will continue to try to establish justice in this part of the United Nations organisation," Qashqavi told reporters. "We don't see any logical reason for monopolizing this seat in the Security Council." The Security Council is the powerhouse of the United Nations with the ability to impose sanctions and dispatch peacekeepers. It has five permanent members, with veto power, and 10 nonpermanent members. It has slapped three sets of sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear work. The West believes Iran is seeking to build atomic bombs, a charge Tehran denies saying its plans are peaceful and aimed at generating electricity.

‘Better water, sanitation keys to easing poverty’ OSLO, OCTOBER 20 (REUTERS): Providing clean water and toilets in developing nations is the quickest way to eradicate poverty and improve health worldwide, a study by the U.N. University said on Sunday. Installing drinking water and sanitation would pay for itself by saving cash spent on treating diseases, would raise productivity lost to illness and create jobs, it said. More than 900 million people of about 6.7 billion on the planet lack access to safe drinking water and 2.5 billion live without proper sanitation, it said. Rising populations and climate change could aggravate stress on water supplies. "Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring safe water supplies would do more to end crippling poverty and improve world health than any other measure," the University said in a statement. Founded in 1973, the U.N. University conducts research into global problems that are of concern to the United Nations and its agencies. In 2002, the total number of deaths attributed to poor water, sanitation and hygiene was over

3.5 million, it said. About 94 percent of cases of diarrhoea, which kills more than 1.4 million children a year, are preventable. Simply building latrines in rural areas can help. "There are a lot of community-based solutions that can create jobs," said Zafar Adeel, head of the U.N. University's Canadian-based International Network on Water, Environment and Health which wrote the study. Estimates of the extra annual investments needed in water and sanitation ranged from about $12 to $25 billion, he told Reuters. He said $12 billion was comparable to amounts spent on pet food in North America. And returns in terms of better health and productivity would be perhaps nine times the investments. Adeel predicted that the global financial crunch could dry up aid budgets, at least for a couple of years. Halving the proportion of people living in the most extreme poverty by 2015 is the top goal of governments under the Millennium Development Goals. Governments also have targets to improve water supplies and sanitation.

A Nigerian boy holds up a sign during an event marking World Poverty Day in Lagos, Nigeria Friday, October 17. More than 100 countries planned events to encourage action towards United Nations goals for cutting poverty and improving health care and education for the world's poor. (AP Photo)

Anti-government protesters march with ﬂags and banners on the street during a protest Monday, October 20, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of protesters took part in the protest calling Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat a "murderer" and demanding he resign over the violent quashing of a previous rally early this month. (AP Photo)

Israeli website brands Pope with Nazi swastika

JERUSALEM, OCTOBER 20 (REUTERS): A photograph of Pope Benedict emblazoned with a superimposed Nazi swastika appeared on Monday on an Israeli website run by self-proclaimed supporters of the governing Kadima party. It was later removed, and replaced with a picture of a smiling Benedict overlooking a crowd-filled St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, after what "the Yalla Kadima" site said was a request from Kadima's leader, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. "Tzipi Livni strongly condemns this and we are working to remove this shameful picture. We strongly oppose this. It doesn't represent Kadima," spokeman Amir Goldstein said shortly before the photo was changed. It was the latest twist in a controversy over whether the

German-born Pope should promote the sainthood of his Nazi-era predecessor Pius XII. Pius, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, has been accused by some Jews of turning a blind eye to the Holocaust during World War II, a charge his supporters and the Vatican deny. "Yalla Kadima," which describes itself as a portal for "activists and supporters" of the Kadima party, had carried the swastika-emblazoned photo of Benedict alongside an article on the sainthood controversy. On Saturday, the Vatican urged both Catholics and Jews to stop creating "pressure" over the issue of sainthood for Pius. Last year, the Vatican's saint-making department voted in favour of a decree recognising Pius' "heroic virtues," a step in a long process

towards possible sainthood that began in 1967. Benedict has so far not approved the decree -- which is needed for beatification, the last step before sainthood -- opting for what the Vatican has called a period of reflection. He has repeatedly defended Pius, saying he worked "secretly and silently" during World War Two to "avoid the worst and save the greatest number of Jews possible." In remarks on Monday, Israeli President Shimon Peres said: "If the former Pope Pius helped the Jews, it can be proven, but if he didn't this should also be proven. "I know the current Pope and I am convinced he will go into the subject in depth and that we can all live with the facts and whatever necessary conclusions are drawn," Peres told reporters.

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Tactics backﬁre for Aussies

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting looks on after diving to ﬁeld a ball during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between India and Australia, in Mohali, India, Monday, October 20. (AP Photo) MOHALI, OCTOBER 20 (AP): Australian batsmen played aggressively in the second innings Monday despite chasing a huge total of 516 because it was the only way they thought they could survive the second test against India, Australia coach Tim Nielsen said. The tactics backfired as Australia was reduced to 58 for 5 at one point on the

fourth day against India after Matthew Hayden and Simon Katich smashed their way to 49 in 7.2 overs. Hayden signaled the tourists' intent by charging the first ball of the innings, but the momentum swung quickly when offspinner Harbhajan Singh picked up two wickets in the over before tea. "Whatever India made, we thought that

to be successful we had to have the mindset to chase it down," Nielsen said. "Trying to bat for nine or 10 hours and just saving your wicket, or defending against the quality of the bowlers they have, makes it very difficult. Our challenge was to put pressure down by scoring runs and knocking the bowlers off their length."

The risky move failed badly and Australia now has only five wickets remaining after finishing at 141-5. The visitors still need 375 for victory or to bat for 90 overs to secure a draw. "We had some success for a short time, but unfortunately we weren't quite able to get through," Nielsen said. "We lost two wickets in an over and the wind cer-

tainly went out of our sails." Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin stabilized the situation in an 83-run stand, with Clarke unbeaten on 42 and Haddin on 37. Nielsen retained faith that the pair could negotiate the final day. "There's a fair bit of water to go under the bridge tomorrow," he said. "There are a couple of batsmen who've

played well for the last hour and a half. If they can get a start tomorrow, India will need to bowl very well." Nielsen refused to blame his underperforming players despite seeing them dominated throughout the first four days of the test. "We're working hard to get through this game and then after that we'll have some time to sit back and

Wayne Rooney could spell trouble for injury-hit Celtic Buda Anchah of Malaysia, center, performs during ﬁnals beach man's 65 Kg body building in Asia Beach Games in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct 20. (AP Photo)

Wrist injury almost pushed me into depression: Sania Mirza NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (PTI): Forced to stay away from courts for almost half the season, a fit again Sania Mirza is eyeing a comeback at January's Classic tennis tournament in Hong Kong and revealed that she almost sunk into depression while struggling to recover from a wrist injury. The Indian ace is out of action since Beijing Olympics, where her wrist injury flared up again and she had to concede her first round singles match. Sharing the trauma she faced when she ran out of options to get her wrist healed, she said it was difficult to cope with the situation at that time. "It was scary. It was career threatening. I was almost going through depression. I think the post-injury period is more difficult to cope with

and I am happy to be back. But I never doubted that I cannot make a comeback," Sania, who is in capital for the treatment, said. Sania said she was keen to make a comeback but was not in a hurry. She confirmed that she will play a team tournament in Hong Kong in January before resuming her Tour activities. "It is a big honour to represent Asia. It is great to be a part of such a large field, where you have players like (Jelena) Jankovic and (Maria) Sharapova. But we still have two-and-ahalf months to go and it is very long period in tennis," she said after spending about an hour on the DLTA courts, practicing with Radhika Tulpule. Talking about the next season, she said she was approaching it cautiously.

Cannavaro poised for angry Juve reception

Napoli's Paolo Cannavaro, left, presses Juventus' Alessandro Del Piero, during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Juventus, in Naples San Paolo stadium, southern Italy, Saturday October 18. Juventus lost 2-1. (AP Photo)

LONDON, OCTOBER 20 (REUTERS): There are scant reasons for Celtic optimism before Tuesday's Champions League clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford and the form of Wayne Rooney threatens to make it a torrid night for the Scottish champions. Celtic have lost 17 of their 18 away matches in the competition and injuries have decimated their attacking options. Manager Gordan Strachan can only dream of the firepower at the disposal of the reigning European champions, who have begun to click after a slow start to the campaign. England striker Rooney is enjoying the kind of hot streak that makes him almost unplayable and to make matters worse for opposing defences he appears to be striking up a lethal understanding with Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov. During England's victory in Belarus on Wednesday former England manager Graham Taylor, now turned radio commentator, said simply "all England need to do is give the ball to Rooney." He was not exaggerating. The striker bagged two goals in Minsk and was on target again in United's 4-0 defeat of West Bromwich Albion on Saturday in the Premier League. Unless Strachan devises a cunning plan to keep him quiet, his team's hopes of reaching the knockout round could be in tatters by Tuesday. "At the moment when he's in these spurts, he is fantastic and we hope this spell when he's on fire continues for a long time," United manager Alex Ferguson told the club's website. Typically canny, Ferguson, who hopes to become the first manager to retain the Champions League, reckons Rooney is not even

have a bit of a think about what we're doing and how we can do it better," Nielsen said. One major area of concern is the performance of bowler Brett Lee, who has struggled on the India pitches over the first two tests. Ricky Ponting did not use Lee until after lunch on the fourth day, when he picked up Sourav Ganguly for 27, and he finished with

1-61 off 14 overs. "It's certainly not an indictment of how poor he's bowled," Neilsen said of the reason for delaying Lee. "He hasn't got the results he would like, but has had some decent spells at times. "It's probably indicative of our whole tour at the moment. We can't quite put the pressure we need for extended periods."

Kilenkaba Memorial TT tournament to be helf MOKOKCHUNG, OCTOBER 20 (DIPR): The 5th Kilenkaba Memorial Table Tennis tournament organized by Mokokchung District Table Tennis Association will be conducted at Mokokchung Town from 28-29 October 2008. The tournament will be held into the following different categories: 1. Veteran above 40 years. 2. Senior. 3. Below 21 years (Youth). 4. Below 17 years (junior). 5. Below 14 years (Sub-junior). 6. Below 12 years (Cadet) Therefore all interested players are informed to collect entry forms from Walim Enterprise & Assets near FAC bus stand Mokokchung and to submit the same along with Birth Certificates for age verification

Phek Chess Tourney Concludes

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney reacts, after scoring against West Bromwich Albion during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday October 18. (AP Photo)

hitting peak form. "That said, I don't think he is playing as well as he has in other periods. We expect Wayne to improve at this club, just like we said about (Cristiano) Ronaldo when he was younger." After a slow start to the season, which included a listless 0-0 home draw with Villarreal in the Champions League, United are beginning to accelerate. A 3-0 win against Danes

Aalborg in their second match mean they are back in control of the group. Celtic, on the other hand, have just one point to show from their opening two matches and defeat in Manchester would leave them a real uphill task to reach the last 16. While United can boast an embarrassment of riches in attack, Celtic manager Strachan has limited options after

Greek striker Georgios Samaras was ruled out with a knee injury. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Chris Killen are also injured. "What we know is that good players change games and United have more than most," Strachan said in the Observer newspaper, adding that his side will need four points from the two matches with United to have any chance of making progress.

PHEK, OCTOBER 20 (DIPR): The 5th Phek District Chess Tournament, which was held at EBRC Hall, Phek concluded on October 18 with Deputy Commissioner Phek, Zachive Thele gracing the occasion as the guest of honour. In his speech, he said, one need to have pleasant time to refresh ourselves by playing different games like chess, however we need to know the value of time and urged the participants to utilize time judiciously. While congratulating and thanking the association for bringing laurel to the district in the recent years he called upon them to continue in their endeavor which would bring recognition to the district in the long run. In life one have to struggle with determination in order to compete with others, he said and appealed to the participants to give more effort in the field of games and sports and be ready to face the competitive world. Later, he also gave away the prizes to the winners: Mudove Kezo emerged the champion of the tournament and received a cash prize of Rs. 5,000/- along with a trophy and certificate while Adu Vero, Chichopa and Teisovikulie Therie were adjudged 1st, 2nd and 3rd runners-ups and they were awarded Rs. 3,000/-, Rs.2,000/- and Rs. 1,000/- respectively along with trophies and certificates. 33rd Assam Rifles, Phek Commandant also donated Rs. 1,000/- each to the champion, 1st and 2nd runners-ups. The prizes were sponsored by Vechipa Vese Commandant, 5th NAP for the Champion, SP. Phek, P.F. Zeliang for 1st runners up, Kupota Khesoh for the 2nd runners-up and Kuveduyi Rhakho, Contractor for the 3rd runners-up. Short speeches were delivered by outgoing President, Teisovikulie and newly elected President Kevedu Rhakho. Benediction was pronounced by Associate pastor, PTBC, Thepuchiyi.

Half Marathon to be held at Mkg MOKOKCHUNG, OCTOBER 20 (DIPR): The District Sports Officer Mokokchung has notified that there will be a Half Marathon Race (21.197 Kms) at Mokokchung Town on November 18 at 6:30 Am. The winners will be awarded to amount of 1st – Rs. 2,500/-, 2nd-Rs. 1,500/- and 3rdRs.1,0 00/- respectively. Therefore all the interested candidates are requested to submit their names on or before 5-11-08. All the participants will undergo medical verification on 7-11-08 at 2 p.m. at the sports hall, Mokokchung.

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t's a picture to melt the hardest of hearts. Adorable Suri Cruise cuddles up close to her mega-star father as the pair step out for a family outing in New York. Wearing a pretty roseprint dress the two-year-old is obviously the apple of her famous daddy's eye. Tom, 46, looked casual wearing jeans and trainers accessorised with his young daughter's blanket and pink cuddly toy. The happy twosome walked and ran together as they went for ice cream on Saturday night. With her long fringe flopping into her eyes little Suri looked the spitting image of actress mum Katie Holmes. The pretty tot has just been named seventh on Forbes magazine's Most Valuable Celebrity Faces list. The publication notes that she even outperforms her A-list parents on newsstands in America. Meanwhile mum Katie's play All My Sons has become the highest-grossing play on Broadway in its first full week of previews, raking in $684,002 so far. In the Arthur Miller drama businessman Joe Keller, played by John Lithgow, whose factor supplied defective cylinder parts to the military, resulting in the deaths of 21 pilots during World War II. Diane Wiest plays Keller's wife; Patrick Wilson his idealistic son; and Holmes the son's fiancée and daughter of Keller's disgraced partner.

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earing no make-up and dressed in simple white T-shirt and shorts, Pamela Anderson cut a lonely figure as she walked by herself on a beach in Malibu, California, this week The image of the 41-year-old former Baywatch star is a far cry from her normally more glamorous public ap-

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pearances. Pamela's face looked puffy and swollen and her shoulders were hunched and heavy set as she strolled along the beach lost in thought.But she miraculously changed as soon as she spotted a photographer, raising a slight smile before heading on her way. Last month, Pamela performed a lap-dance for Hugh Hefner's 82nd birthday party at his Playboy mansion.

Madonna ‘wants another child with baseball star’ Rodriguez

adonna is hoping she can have a natural child with the new man in her life Alex Rodriguez, despite her age. The singer, who is 50, is planning her future with the American baseball player, it emerged last night. A friend said: 'She thinks he's physically a great specimen. And if she is going to have another child, he would be the ideal man to bring one to her.' The singer has kept the relationship secret while her divorce from Guy Ritchie is thrashed out. Madonna and Rodriguez are expected to go public with their feelings for one another in the coming months. Rodriguez has pledged to back the singer's passion to spread the Kabbalah religion around the world. He has made promises to her to write a range of sports-themed books to bring the message of Kabbalah to young boys. Madonna has already brought out

a similar range of books for girls. Rodriguez is planning to join her on a 'spiritual' trip to Malawi after her current world tour ends. Madonna has kept her relationship with Alex Rodriguez (r) a secret while her divorce with Guy Ritchie (l) is worked out. She had been in the process of adopting three-year-old Mercy James from the east African nation when her relationship with Ritchie started to falter this summer. Rodriguez has also promised a gift to her of a hisand-hers gym complex near her Manhattan apartment. It has also emerged that Madonna is throwing what is ostensibly a 'Kabbalah weekend' to introduce Rodriguez to her children. Friends say she has devised her own five-point plan to test whether Rodriguez really is the one for her. Madonna was named as 'the other woman' in divorce papers filed by Rodriguez's wife Cynthia last year.

Britney spends the weekend with her boys; single tops chart

First picture of Jennifer and John Mayer reunited after two months apart

ritney Spears looked every inch the doting mother as she collect her sons Sean and Jayden for a weekend visit. The 26year-old singer, who has managed to turn her life around after a very public breakdown, appeared happy and healthy in a pink top and jeans as she balanced her youngest boy on her hip. She was accompanied by the man who has been credited with nursing her back to full health - her father Jamie Spears. The scenes are a sharp contrast to earlier this year, when a wild-eyed Britney lost custody of Sean Preston, 3, and two-year-old

Jayden James to her ex-husband Kevin Federline. But since that time the singer's life has turned around for the better. This week saw a return to form as her new song Womanizer topped the digital download chart in the US. It debuted with downloads of 285,800 — the best first week for a female artist on that chart since it began in 2003. The previous record holder was Mariah Carey's Touch My Body which entered the digital songs chart with just 200 fewer units back in April. Womanizer also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which aggregates digital sales with airplay.

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ennifer Aniston and her former boyfriend John Mayer have been photographed together for the first time since their dramatic split earlier this year. The actress, 39, and her 31-year-old singer/songwriter beau joined three friends for dinner at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Hollywood last Tuesday night. The rendezvous was the third time the pair have been spotted together in a week, prompting speculation they are giving their relationship another go. Their outing came just days after they were spotted dining in Boston and New York City. An onlooker said: 'They looked like they had the best time. They were holding hands at one point and seemed very much back on. She seemed extremely happy to be back with him. They were close and laughing the whole time with their friends.' The couple were spotted together at a Ray Montagne concert in Boston on October 10 and again the next day, when they had a romantic dinner at Il Mulino in New York.

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MOHALI, OCTOBER 20 (AFP): Australia were staring at defeat after losing their top five batsmen for just 10 runs on the fourth day of the second Test against India here on Monday. Chasing a daunting victory target of 516 after the Indians declared their second innings at 314-3, Australia were reeling at 141-5 at stumps on a benign pitch at the Punjab Cricket Association. Michael Clarke however defied the Indian attack and was on 42 with six fours at close along with Brad Haddin (37), the duo having put on 83 runs for the sixth-wicket stand. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, 28, started the Australian rot, sending back openers Matthew Hayden (29) and Simon Katich (20) in his sensational opening over before removing Michael Hussey (one) for his 299th Test scalp. Hayden, who hit Zaheer Khan for two fours in an over, was trapped leg before while Katich lobbed one for Sachin Tendulkar to take a fine tumbling catch at short point. Ricky Ponting (two) saw his off-stump uprooted by lanky paceman Ishant Sharma who claimed the Australian skipper for the fifth time in as many matches. Sharma then returned to

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Indian bowler Ishant Sharma, fourth right, is congratulated by Indian players after he took the wicket of Australian batsman Shane Watson on the fourth day of the second test between India and Australia in Mohali, India, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)

dismiss Shane Watson (two), who top-scored with 78 in Australia's first innings total of 268, to reduce Australia to 58-5. Needing 375 more runs with five wickets in hand, the number one side in the world will have to pray for a miracle if they are to stop India from going 1-0 up in the series for

the Border-Gavaskar trophy. The first Test in Bangalore ended in a draw. History is also against the visitors as the highest successful fourth innings chase is 418 achieved by the West Indies against Australia at St. John's in the 2002-03 series.Australian coach Tim Nielsen though believed his team could still pull off a win, declaring "the game is not lost yet." "The whole day is left tomorrow and it's a nice batting wicket. We just need to make sure we execute our skills better. "The Indians have bowled a consistent line and length over

longer periods of time than us. Sharma is the tallest of the lot and the kind of trajectory and bounce that he has generated from this flat wicket has made the difference." The Indians, who made 469 all out in their first outing, declared their second innings an hour before tea to leave Australia four and a half sessions to make the target. Mahendra Dhoni struck an unbeaten 68 off 84 balls with three fours and one six after Gautam Gambhir (104) and Virender Sehwag (90) added 182 for the opening wicket to consolidate India's

lead. Ponting used as many as seven bowlers to check the rampant Indian batsmen who scored at nearly five runs an over, but with little luck. Gambhir, 27, hit seven fours and a six for only his second Test century while Sehwag clobbered eight fours but was unlucky to miss out on a ton on his 30th birthday. "It (hundred) took a long time coming but I guess it was worth the wait because it has come against a quality opposition like Australia," said Gambhir, who struck his first Test century four years

ago against Bangladesh. "I realised that I was failing to convert my starts into big scores. There was a lot of pressure on me to establish myself as a Test player. So I am glad I was able to make a century today." Gambhir's knock was cut short by White when he had him caught by Michael Hussey at mid-off while Sehwag offered a thick edge off Peter Siddle (1-62) to Haddin behind the stumps. The Mohali Test will be followed by ones in New Delhi (Oct 29-Nov 2) and Nagpur (Nov 6-10).

India's Gambhir scores century against Australia MOHALI, OCTOBER 20 (AP): India opener Gautam Gambhir was relieved to finally turn a good start into his first hundred against Australia - and only his second in test cricket - on Monday. Gambhir, playing his 19th test, broke through with 104, helping to put India in a commanding position at the end of the fourth day. "It was always playing on my mind," Gambhir said. "Everyone else around me was talking about me getting 70s and 60s. Today I was thinking in the present and trying to think about each ball. It's just happened." Before this innings, Gambhir had reached triple figures only once - against Bangladesh in 2004 - in four years as a test player. He had scored seven fifties. In his previous eight innings he had contributed between 21 and 74 without going on to a significant total. Gambhir said it was important to post a big score

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Gautam Gambhir, right, reacts after he scored a century as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni looks on during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between India and Australia, in Mohali, Monday, October 20. (AP Photo)

against Australia, currently the world's No.1-ranked team. "I want to be a good test cricketer rather than a oneday or Twenty20 player," he said. "I really wanted to establish myself in test cricket. Today was a very important day, especially getting a hundred against Australia in India. Im really happy." India finished the day with a lead of 374 runs after Mahendra Singh Dhoni declared at 314-3 in the second innings. Australia then fell to 58-5 before recovering to 141-5 at stumps. Gambhir said India enteredthematchwithanattacking attitude and it was paying dividends. "If you want to win against the Australians it's important to be very aggressive," he said. "The way we started the first session of the test was very important, we really had them on the back foot. Since then they've always been on the back foot and the way our bowlers bowled on this track was excellent."

Pietersen hopes Stanford tension pays off LONDON, OCTOBER 20 (AP): England captain Kevin Pietersen is hoping the pressure of playing for the huge prize money of the Stanford Twenty20 can help his team in their preparations for next year's Ashes tests against Australia. The England side plays its first match of a four-team series in Antigua on Sunday against Middlesex, but players could find it hard not to have at least one eye on the Nov. 1 winner-takes-all finale against the Stanford Superstars. Each player from the victorious team in that game will take home US$1 million (euro740,000) from a US$20 million (euro14.9 million) pot, but Pietersen said Monday that the money is a sideshow. With the first Ashes test just nine months away, the star batsman wants to see how his players deal with tension. Although the money on offer in the Caribbean dwarfs that available to the winners of the Ashes, the test series between the old rivals is still the most famous and prestigious in world cricket. England dominated the first day of the 2005 Ashes and ultimately won the fivetest series 2-1, but England

ANAL STUDENTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union today downed Excel United Kohima 2-1 in the 3rd quarter finals to enter the semi finals berth at the 9th NSF Martyrsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Memorial Trophy 2008 here under the aegis of Angami Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union. Anal Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union opened their account in the 3rd minute through its striker Sheltun Mothawar. The equalizer for Excel United Kohima came through the boot of Mhasimhalie Mathew in added time. The score board reads 1-1 draw till the first half. Sheltun Mothawar scored the winning goal for Anal Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union in the 90th minute. Kethozhapu Meru of Excel United Kohima was declared as the player of the match. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match witnessed six yellow cards: The first yellow card was awarded to Sinruwng Andrea of Anal Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union in the 17th minute, followed by Shevi- Excel United (34th minute), Benry- Excel United (36th minute), Velukho- Excel United (64th minute), Tongsin WarkhanAnal Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union (64th minute) and Kezevituo- Excel United (79th minute). Khriehu Liezietsu, Deputy Chairperson, Kohima Municipal Council acted as match patron and he donated Rs. 10,000. Earlier, in the exciting exhibition match, ASU Organizing Committee blanked Naga Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Federation 2-0. Undoubtedly, Megosier became the hero of the match for ASU Organizing Committee by scoring both goal in the 45th and 58 minute. Meanwhile, Dr. V. Sekhose, Principal Director, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare will be the match patron in the 4th quarter finals on Tuesday. ASU Organizing Committee will meet Kohima District Refereeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association in an exhibition match scheduled at 12:00 noon on the same day. 4TH QUARTER FINALS October 21: Time: 2:00 PM Merhulietsa FC vs Kingdom Stewards

RG Cup to come back in '09 DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): The Royal Gold Cup has informed that the Cup could not be organised in 2007 and 2008 owing to construction of the local ground gallery, which was undertaken by the Royal Club for public welfare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are always grateful for the continued support of all well-wishers and appeal to all to bear with us. We assure that the Royal Club is looking forward to a recharged ROYAL GOLD CUP 2009 with the support of all sports lovers and well-wishers,â&#x20AC;? Royal Club, Kohima General Secretary Niba Nakhro informed in a release.

2nd open volleyball tourney from Nov 13 KOHIMA, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): A huge cash prizes money is set for the 2nd open volleyball tournament for men and women, scheduled to be held from November 13 to 19 at the Kohima Local Ground. According to the organizer, Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA), the winner in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s category will get Rs.50,000, runnersup Rs.30,000, third â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rs.15,000 and fourth- Rs. 10,000.The winners in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s category will get Rs.30,000, runnersup Rs.15,000, third â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rs.10,000 and fourth - Rs. 5000. The individual prizes in the form of best setter, best libero, best spiker and player of the tournament in both menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will get Rs. 2000 each. The entry fee is fixed at Rs.2000 for each participating team. For further information, contact organizing committee convenor Visasielie Suhu-9436001978.

Football for peace at Jalukie Our Correspondent Kohima | October 20

NAGA BOYS CLUB, Nagaland has successfully conducted a free football coaching camp at Jalukie from October 14 to 20 under the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Football for peace.â&#x20AC;? Around 80 participants turned up at the camp. Talking to The Morung Express, Roko Angami, president, Naga Boys Club said that he located several talented youth during the camp. He, however, lamented that they were deprived of proper coaching and exposure. Provided the opportunity, they will excel in football, he added. Roko Angami and William Koso conducted the camp as coach while the event was managed by Jalukie Youth Organization.

Mudove Kezo lifts 5th Open Chess Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ship

England cricket player Kevin Pietersen, seen at a press conference at Lord's cricket ground in London, to preview the Stanford Super Series and England's forthcoming tour of India. Monday, October 20. (AP Photo)

buckled under pressure as it lost the return - with Steve Harmison's wayward opening delivery of the first test straight to second slip the enduring image of the series. "It'll be very, very interesting and I will be listening a lot and trying to find out about different players," Pietersen said. "I've been fortunate enough to play in two Ashes series and the first day of that series is massive - the media interest, the pressure leading into it." What Pietersen doesn't want to see is the cash or the apparent frivolity of the Twenty20 format detracting from efforts to

build some kind of momentum ahead of a winter tour to India and the looming meeting with Australia. "For me it's been pressure, pressure, pressure since my start in South Africa, so it'll be interesting for me as a skipper to see how people deal with the week," Pietersen said. "Mentally, how they talk, what their primary focus is." Harmison, who has rescinded his retirement from limited-overs cricket in time to play in the Caribbean, said this month that the Ashes was a far more important target than the Stanford series.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): Mudove Kezo came out as the champion of the 5th Open Chess Championship, organised by the Phek District Chess Association (PDCA), which was held at Phek town on October 18 last. Adu Vero, Chichopa and Teisovikolie Therie were placed in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions respectively. The winners were awarded with Rs. 5, 000, Rs. 3, 000, Rs. 2, 000 and Rs. 1, 000 respectively. The championship was declared open by the ADC (Planning) of Zunheboto while the Deputy Commissioner of Phek gave away the prizes. The association expressed gratitude to all individuals who contributed financially and extended support towards the championship. This was stated in a press note issued by Punesa Rhakho, general secretary of the association.

14th Inter-district Volleyball Tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from today DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20, (MExN): The 4-day â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14th Inter-district Volleyball Tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will begin from October 21 at the State Staduim near DC Court, Dimapur at 2 pm with spokesperson & Treasurer, BJP Nagaland, Basu Damani as the chief guest. The event is organized by Dimapur District Volleyball Association. Meanwhile, the Nagaland Volleyball Association (NVA) greeted the entire volley enthusiasts to avail the opportunity by witnessing the games as there will be no entry fees for the spectators stated in a release sent by its general secretary, C. Bendang Jamir. Altogether eight district boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; teams and six district girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team would partake in the tourney.

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