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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Chairman OF PPP (Bilawal) Will Contest From Lyari During Next Election

President Asif Ali Zardari declared on Monday that his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is PPP chairman, will contest coming general elections from party’s stronghold of Lyari.
He made the announcement at a high-level meeting which he presided over at the Presidential Camp Office at Bilawal House, before his flying to Dubai.
Sources said that the meeting also mulled over making Lyari a new district as it reviewed the development works in the area.
Sources said that President Zardari informed the meeting that Bilawal would come to Pakistan in September this year and thereafter will remain in contact with the people and elected representatives of Lyari by holding regular meetings. He would also oversee the development projects and other matters related to the neighborhood , which had remained a stronghold of the party since its inception in 1967. Zardari said that he himself will hold meetings with the people of Lyari as well after two to three months.
Nabeel Gabol, a scion of Gabool family that had been residing in Lyari, is the sitting MNA from the neighborhood. However, after the worsening of law and order, Nabeel Gabool left the area. Nabeel Gabool’s uncle Abdus Sattar Gabool was elected MNA from Lyari in 70s during ZA Bhutto’s first tenure. Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari also won elections from the area.
Selecting Lyari for launching Bilawal’s political career is meaningful because it is safe constituency where no PPP candidate has ever lost any election. Though politically safe for the party, the neighborhood is a volatile area where campaigning for elections and meeting the voters door to door would be difficult proposition.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, provincial ministers and legislators from Lyari and high officials attended the meeting.
During the meeting President Zardari ordered for formulation of a policy under which compensation and plots would be given to the heirs of those who lost their lives in the violence during three and half years.
The meeting reviewed the progress of the ongoing projects, including roads, sewerage system, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University, flyovers and water supply schemes. President Zardari underlined the need for strict compliance on projects, proper utilization of funds and early completion of these schemes to benefit the people of Lyari. In a briefing on Lyari development package, the president was told that Rs2.8 billion have been spent during last three years.
Meanwhile, President Zardari presided over a meeting to discuss the law and order in Karachi and decided to take a number of steps to improve the situation. It was decided that permanent police posts would be set up in the troubled areas of the city where large number of people lost their lives to targeted killing.
President Zardari directed immediate induction of 40 ACP’s (Armoured Personnel Carriers) which could be used by the law enforcers in the province. The president also directed the Federal interior minister to call more FC troops if need be, besides the one thousand soldiers already called-in recently.
Later, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Interior Minister Rehman Malik hold a follow up meeting to review the decisions taken in the Bilawal House meeting.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Obama Wants To Avoid "Reckless and Irresposible" Default

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President Barack Obama called on Republican and Democratic leaders on Monday night to reach a fair compromise on raising the debt ceiling to avert a "reckless and irresponsible" national default.
In an address to the nation, Obama spelled out the severe economic consequences of a default or even a credit ratings downgrade resulting from failure to strike a deal on raising the $14.3 trillion debt limit and reducing the budget deficit. "Defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate.We would risk sparking a deep economic crisis one caused almost entirely by Washington," Obama said.
He appealed for compromise to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion and share the burden of cuts evenly across society as the clock ticked toward an Aug. 2 deadline to raise US borrowing authority so the nation can pay its bills. The deadlock over dueling and divergent debt plans presented by Democratic and Republican leaders, highlighting the ideological gulf in the divided Congress, has raised the risk of a credit ratings downgrade and national default.The stalemate is rattling investors worldwide, sending stocks and the dollar down and pushing gold to a record high, but falling far short of the panicky sell-off some politicians in Washington had feared after weekend talks broke down.
Obama warned that a first default in U.S. history would directly affect the lives of ordinary Americans, because the government would not be able to pay bills that include monthly Social Security checks, veterans' benefits, and government contracts with thousands of businesses. "I have told leaders of both parties that they must come up with a fair compromise in the next few days that can pass both houses of Congress, a compromise I can sign," he said. "The American people may have voted for divided government, but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government," added Obama.
He chastised some Republicans for insisting on a "cuts-only" approach and opposing White House calls for the country's wealthiest companies and individuals to give up tax breaks. In his response, the top Republican in Congress, House Speaker John Boehner, reiterated his party's objection to the plan proposed by Obama. "The sad truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. That is just not going to happen," Boehner said.
It was Obama's seventh address to the nation since he took office in 2009. Obama has used previous addresses to deal with major national issues like the war in Afghanistan and the killing of Osama bin Laden

Don Will Expose The Names Of High Ranking Mafia, If Protected

An underworld don, involved in the multi-billion car theft trade in the country, has volunteered to name and expose the powerful mafia players who, according to him, include several police officials, Excise Department personnel, private businessmen and some political figures. But the don fears for his life for which he is seeking protection. Muhammad Hasan, alias Major Muhammad Hasan, against whom there are more than 100 cases of car theft registered in different police stations of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, however, does not trust anyone but Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to make disclosures, which he insists would be vital to launch a decisive crackdown against the mafia.
He also assured that if he was attached with a team of honest and upright police officers by the chief justice, he would help the authorities recover hundreds of stolen vehicles freely plying on the roads of Pakistan. “If I make the disclosure without protecting myself and my family, I would be either killed by the police in a fake encounter or would become the victim of other influential players of the mafia,” he said while conveying the information to a reporter through a source from Jamrud Jail in Khyber Agency where he is presently locked up.The jail authorities, when contacted, confirmed Hasan was in their custody but did not know his criminal background. A jail official said Hasan was handed over to them by the Bara police. However, Hasan said he was a missing person for one year after he was taken into illegal custody by the Hayatabad police and had been recovered only after his family approached the Peshawar High Court.
He volunteers to disclose everything before the chief justice in return to his and his family’s protection from the mafia, whom he termed as “too powerful and too dangerous”. He has a long list of police officials in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Mardan, Peshawar, Charsadda, etc, who, he alleged, have been or are hand in glove with the car lifters mafia, but he is not prepared to uncover them at this stage. He also knows how and where the vehicles are disassembled or tampered. He is also prepared to unveil the top buyers of stolen vehicles and their safe havens.
Hasan was reluctant to disclose the names of the mafia to the reporter, but assured that he would name each and every player once he was called by the chief justice. When probed, he said the mafia players included senior police officials and other well-connected people. “Disclosing their names at this stage would mean my death,” he said and hoped that the court would protect him and accept him as an approver to eliminate the car-lifting mafia. Hasan’s criminal record is confirmed by the in-charge inspector of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell, Islamabad, Abdul Majeed, who confirmed that he was one of the leading car thieves of the country. Abdul Majeed said Hasan’s area of operation was the Punjab, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He disclosed that initially he was based in Rawalpindi, but later moved to Mardan.
Majeed revealed that in 2006, Hasan was caught by the police and admitted to have stolen 190 vehicles, a large number of which were recovered. Majeed apprehended that Hasan had already been killed in a police encounter but insisted that these were unconfirmed reports. Hasan, besides approaching a newspaper, has already sent his appeal to the chief justice, interior minister, chief ministers of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and IGPs of the two provinces.He said he got into this illegal business after he was wrongly implicated by police in a car theft case and was sent to jail where he developed acquaintance with criminal elements, including the car mafia. Hasan said he was recognized as one of the top dons of car-lifting groups in Pakistan and claimed to have been paying two to four million rupees a month to police officials. “I am regarded as a don in this particular brand of underworld mafia. I have escaped several times from police custody, face more than hundred cases, earned a lot of money, toured several foreign countries but now want to expose everyone in this business because I do not want to continue with this life full of sins,” he said, adding by volunteering to help the state to get rid of the car-lifting mafia, he wanted to undo his wrongs and would like to help the people get back their stolen vehicles.
In the recent years, car-lifting cases saw a phenomenal increase and more than 60,000 vehicles were stolen only in 2009 while this number is feared to have increased in 2010. The car-lifting illicit business involves tens of billions of rupees and, according to Hasan, there are parties, which can pay advance money to car lifters and their dons like Hasan for to be stolen vehicles. He said that without the connivance of the police, the mafia simply cannot operate. He said that despite all precautionary measures taken by the car owners, a car lifter could steal any vehicle within a few minutes. The most reliable anti-car lifting system is the tracker system, which he said is disabled with jammers costing only Rs6,000. He said he had been mostly interested in Land Cruisers, Prados, Lexus, and other luxurious vehicles and claimed that most of the these vehicles stolen from Islamabad was his work.
About the change of his mind, he said that he recently read the Holy Quran, which had transformed him. He said he wanted to leave the underworld, but the mafia would not let him do that. He said he belonged to a respectable family of Rawalpindi, but had been pushed into this evil life by the police. According to Hasan, the mafia is extremely powerful and well organized. Seeking protection for himself and for his family from no less than the chief justice, he reminded that one of his jail friends, Imran Goga, had approached Chief Justice Chaudhry in 2005 against Adiala Jail official corruption and misuse of power. The chief justice took action and ordered a probe, but later Goga was ruthlessly beaten besides having being attacked with a sharp knife through his fellow jail inmates to teach him a lesson for approaching the chief jusitce. Goga, according to Hasan, received multiple cuts on his body.
The Newspaper confirmed from the archives the fact that Chief Justice Iftikhar had ordered the Punjab Prisons IG Sarfraz Mufti to submit a detailed report within two weeks on allegations made by Goga, then an under trial prisoner. The newspaper reports said on that occasion Justice Iftikhar had also ordered the IG Prisons to inform the Supreme Court as to why officials of the Punjab Prisons were not transferred even after serving at one prison for 15-16 years whereas, according to the law, prison officials should be transferred every three years.

New York Hotel Maid Speaks Out Against IMF Chief

The New York hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her said in an interview published on Newsweek's website on Sunday that he appeared as a ‘crazy man’ and attacked her when she entered his room. Nafissatou Diallo also gave the news magazine and ABC News permission to identify her by name. The magazine interview marks the first time the 32-year-old Guinean immigrant to the United States has publicly spoken to the media since she shocked the world with allegations that Strauss-Kahn emerged naked from the bathroom of his luxury suite on May 14 and forced her to perform oral sex. "I want justice. I want him to go to jail," she said in excerpts from the television interview released on Sunday. "I want him to know that there is some places you cannot use your money, you cannot use your power when you do something like this," Diallo said.
One of Diallo's attorneys, Douglas Wigdor, told she has come forward to let the world know she is not a "shakedown artist or a prostitute." "She's being attacked and she thought it was important to put a name and face to her account," Wigdor said. She also plans to file a civil lawsuit soon, which means her name would become public, he added. It further reported Diallo also acknowledged "mistakes" but said that should not stop prosecutors from going forward. "I never want to be in public but I have no choice," she told, adding "Now, I have to be in public. I have to, for myself. I have to tell the truth.
"Diallo, who Newsweek said had agreed to be photographed for next week's edition, said she saw Strauss-Kahn appear naked infront of her when she opened the door to his suite. He was like "a crazy man to me," she said. "You're beautiful," she reported Strauss-Kahn as saying, and said he attacked her despite her protestations.
DENIES ALL CHARGES Strauss-Kahn, 62, has repeatedly denied all the charges against him. In a statement on Sunday, his lawyers called the interview a last-ditch effort by the maid and her lawyers to extract money from the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
She is "the first accuser in history to conduct a media campaign to persuade a prosecutor to pursue charges against a person from whom she wants money," lawyers Benjamin Brafman and William Taylor said.
"Her lawyers and public relations consultants have orchestrated an unprecedented number of media events and rallies to bring pressure on the prosecutors in this case after she had to admit her extraordinary efforts to mislead them."

Dollar Fell To Low Price Against The Yen In Asia

The dollar fell to a fresh four-month low against the yen in Asia on Monday, dragged down by the impasse in US debt negotiations amid a growing risk of the world's biggest economy defaulting. The dollar fell as low as 78.12 yen in early trade, the lowest level since March 17 when the greenback slid to the 76-yen range, prompting intervention from Japan and its G7 counterparts.It recovered to 78.36 yen by 0220 GMT in Tokyo against 78.52 yen in New York late Friday.The euro rose to $1.4391 from $1.4357 and to 112.81 yen from 112.69 yen after a new eurozone bailout plan for Greece and other measures were seen to reduce the risk of a flaring-up of the debt crisis.
Attention is now on developments in the US, where Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are divided over how to cut the nation's deficit and raise the debt limit as an August 2 deadline looms. President Barack Obama met Democratic congressional leaders Sunday, aiming to map a path forward, but no progress was made.
Finance and business leaders have warned that failure to raise the US debt ceiling would send shock waves through the fragile world economy. Obama has predicted a default would trigger economic "Armageddon"."The dollar met with speculative selling against the yen in thin early trading amid uncertainty over the US debt-limit debate," said Sumino Kamei, senior analyst at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ."Considering the tremendous impact a US debt default would have on financial markets, the main scenario is that Washington will avert default in the end. But fears persist," Kamei said.
Dollar selling is likely to continue even if an agreement is reached, as this would not fundamentally change the reality of growing US debt, Daisuke Uno, chief strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, told.But the euro is unlikely to get a major lift as there are signs that the eurozone economy is slowing, Uno said."While the euro is relatively firmer versus the dollar amid the US debt standoff, its topside is capped by lingering concern over (the) eurozone sovereign debt problem," Kamei said.
Following the yen's rise, Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said he would "continue to closely monitor market movement.

Indian Supreme Court Has Ordered To Provide Cheapest Foods To The Poor

The Indian Apex Court has interrupted boldly in the government governance, administration and preparation of policies for the last one and a half year that is exemplary. The Judges ordered the concerned department to provide cheapest food items to the poor. They also fought against the social sect system.and did not exempted even army chief. This way judges determined to uproot the corruption from the society.
An important tool the apex court has against the evil is that of" Public Interest Litigation". In India under this law any body (even third party) can sue the government or private company if clue of some crime is found. At present 250 cases of the sort are in the court for hearing.
Last year under the public interest litigation law, a poor Muslim filed a writ against Manmohin government that it was not providing foods to the poor on cheaper rates. Due to the importance of the case this case directly reached to the apex court. Judges quickly heard the case and ordered the government to supply 50 tons of foods in the poor districts. In addition court also ordered the government to increase the amont of money given to the poor below line of poverty because it was too low. It is worth mentioning that free or cheaper food is provided to those Indians who are living below the poverty line.
During the hearing of the case justice Dilver Bhandari gave remarks that" We can not afford two Indias. On one side government wants to show the world that we have strong economy and on other side millions of hungry and poor Indians are living in famine conditions". .

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Spider Man Arrested

The Amazing Spider-Man' villain Rhys Ifans has been arrested after pushing a female security guard while at Comic-Con to promote the upcoming blockbuster, the San Diego Police Department says.
Ifans, best-known for his role in Notting Hill was said to have become angry on Saturday (Melbourne time) when a member of his entourage was denied entry to the hall where he was due to begin the movie's Comic-Con panel, as they did not have the correct credentials.
The Welsh actor, who "smelled of alcohol", then "shoved" the guard to let them pass through to the hall, a police spokeswoman said. "He was abusive, belligerent and aggressive, and shoved a female security guard," Lieutenant Andra Brown. "He was verbally abusive to all around security, the police department and the USA."
Ifans, who plays the dual roles of Dr Curt Connors and The Lizard in the film, was allowed to participate in the panel, but afterwards the guard made a citizen's arrest. He was subsequently issued with a citation for misdemeanor battery and was then released.
The San Diego City Attorney was now set to determine whether to pursue charges against the actor. Sony Pictures, which will distribute the latest Spider-Man movie, said Ifans "deeply regrets the incident."

Arab Sheikh's Name Inscribed In Sand Can Be Seen From Space

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The name of Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Ahyan, a super-rich Arab sheikh who is the president of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, written on the sand so large that can be seen from the space.
On a sandy island Sheikh Hamad has inscribed what is in effect the biggest graffiti tag the world has ever seen. The letters were crafted by a crew who worked for weeks to create them. The inscription measures half a mile high and two miles long--and the letters are dug so deep that they form waterways.
His moniker is so big it can be seen from space. The tip of the “H” reaches into the strait that leads to the Arabian Gulf, allowing Hamad to fill the first two letters of his name with water. The “M” looks partially filled as well.
The island that “Hamad” has been inscribed on, Al Futaisi, is said to be entirely owned by the Sheikh and contains resorts, a golf course and horse stables.

Corrupt Government VS Indian Supreme Court

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" What is this happening, Is there any government or lawlessness prevails?" These were the words that were uttered by the justice of Indian supreme court Mr Justice Suthershan Ready while hearing the case of black money. Next day justice Gangoli remarked during the court hearing of 2-Spectrum Case, " Government (Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh) has shown carelessness and is silent regarding the matter".
The above mentioned words indicate that in our neighborhood, apex court is confronting the government courageously and with full force to implement the rule of law. The supreme court with out fear of lives is fighting against corruption, official gundaism, proud bureaucracy, corrupt politicians and industrialists, so and so forth has opened the secret wrong doings of generals.
Astonishingly, though India today is the second rising economy after China in the world , but its fruits have not reached to the billions of poor and the richest are harvesting the fruits prosperous economy. These rich people live in palaces, travel in costly limousines, have luxury tours to Europe and import food items from European countries.While the million of poor hardly can afford two times meals. This contrasting version of the Indian rich and poor have annoyed the poors and for the redress el of these problems 29 judges of apex court of India have come to the fore front to high light the short falls of the government and to manage in the way to give relief to the poor Indians.

Terrorists Hide-outs Across the Border Would Not Be Tolerated---India

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Pakistan shows its over happiness when a secretary level dialogues are underway between Pakistan and India, while India every time makes some excuse and disconnects the talks.Other time again the talks are resumed on the level it were left incomplete. India again reiterated its concern over the terrorists centers in Pakistan. India said that this issue will be at the top of the list of the foreign secretary level agenda of dialogue. The Indian Foreign Minister S.M.Krishna with out naming any country but every body knows( except Pakistani rulers) that whom he was addressing to.) that terrorist's hideout on the other side of the border would be tolerated.India has found another excuse to of Bombay blasts to blame Pakistan.

A Right-wing Chritian Is Being Questioned For Twin Attacks In Norway

Police said they were questioning a right-wing Christian on Saturday over the twin attacks on a youth camp and the government headquarters that killed 92 people in Norway’s deadliest post-war tragedy.
As harrowing testimony emerged from the holiday island where scores of youngsters were mown down by a gunman posing as a policeman, Norway’s premier said the country would emerge stronger from the “cruel act of violence”. “Never since the Second World War has our country been hit by a crime on this scale,” Jens Stoltenberg told journalists as police searched for more bodies on the idyllic Utoeya island.
Their latest death toll from the island massacre stood at 85 while seven people died in the Oslo bombing.
While there was no official confirmation of the suspect’s identity, he was widely named by the local media as Anders Behring Breivik. According to information the suspect posted on line, he is an “ethnic” Norwegian and a “Christian fundamentalist,” police spokesman Roger Andersen said, adding his political opinions leaned “to the right”. Police commissioner Sveinung Sponheim confirmed that the suspect was a 32-year-old Norwegian who had posted anti-Muslim rhetoric online. Norwegian media reported that the blond-haired Behring Breivik described himself on his Facebook page as “conservative”, “Christian”, and interested in hunting and computer games like World of Warcraft and Modern Warfare 2.
On his Twitter account, he posted only one message, dated July 17, in English based on a quote from British philosopher John Stuart Mill: “One person with a belief is equal to a force of 100,000 who have only interests.”
The attacks on Friday afternoon were western Europe’s deadliest since the 2004 Madrid bombings. While there had been initial fears they might have been an act of revenge over Norway’s participation in the campaigns in Afghanistan and Libya, the focus shifted when it emerged the suspect was a native Norwegian. Police lifted an advisory telling residents to stay home.
But in a sign of the population’s nervousness, police arrested one young man armed with a knife at a hotel outside Oslo where some of the survivors had gathered and Stoltenberg had just arrived for a visit.
According to the NRK broadcaster, he claimed he was carrying the weapon “because he did not feel safe”.
Seven of the victims were killed in a massive explosion which ripped through government buildings, including Stoltenberg’s office and the finance ministry, in downtown Oslo.
It is thought that the bomber then caught a ferry to nearby Utoeya wearing a police sweater. On arrival, he claimed to be investigating the bomb attack and began opening fire with an automatic weapon after beckoning youngsters towards him.
Witnesses described scenes of panic and horror among the 560 people attending the youth camp. Some who tried to swim to safety were even shot in the water. Among the wounded was Adrian Pracon, who was shot in the left shoulder. Speaking to a TV network from hospital, he said the scene on the island was like a “Nazi movie”. “He was shooting people at close range and starting to shoot at us. He stood first 10 meters from me and shooting at people in the water,” he said. “When I saw him from the side yelling that he was about to kill us, he looked like he was taken from a Nazi movie or something. “He tried everyone, he kicked them to see if they were alive, or he just shot them. Stine Haheim, a Labour party lawmaker who was on the island at the time of the shooting, said that the gunman had carried out his killings methodically. “He was very calm. He was not running, he was moving slowly and shooting at every person he saw,” she said. “We just jumped in the water and started swimming.”
Norwegian police said they feared there could also be explosives on the island. According to a spokeswoman for a farm inputs cooperative, the suspect bought six tonnes of fertilizer which can be used to make bombs. In May “We sold him six tonnes of fertiliser, which is a relatively standard order,” Oddny Estenstad told AFP. Stoltenberg had been due to give a speech on Saturday to the 560 people attending the youth camp on the island, organised by the ruling Labour party.
As he visited some of the survivors, the prime minister spoke of his own anguish at the massacre on an island to which he was a frequent visitor. “Many of those who have died were friends. I know their parents and it happened at a place where I spent a long time as a young person... It was a paradise of my youth that has now been turned into hell,” he said.
Stoltenberg said he had been deeply moved by speaking to youngsters who had told him they swam to shore, in some cases helping friends who had been shot.
He said Norway must ensure that the attacks does not undermine the fundamental values of its society.
“We are an open society, a democratic society, we are a society where we have a very close relationship between politicians and the people.”
There was widespread international condemnation with US President Barack Obama saying the attacks were “a reminder that the entire international community has a stake in preventing this kind of terror from occurring.”
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II also wrote to King Harald V of Norway to offer sympathy over “the dreadful atrocity”.
The Norwegian capital is a well-known symbol of international peace efforts and home to the Nobel Peace Prize.

Monday, July 18, 2011

How The Zambia Was Deprived Of Copper Wealth?

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Jennifer Lopez Will Split With Her Husband

Looting Of Natural Reources Of Poor Countries

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Do you know that 42 metals are used in making telephone set, similarly 35 are used in manufacturing television and 30 metals are used in manufacturing a computer. Today not only in USA or European countries but the specific metals have gained importance in rising economies like China and India. Because all the electronic and electrical appliances are made up of several metals. This is the reason that companies are in search of new mines of metals/minerals in the world. According to a report every European and American uses metals of worth lbs 47000, annually. This demand has to be fulfilled by the western mine exploring companies.
Today there are 1800 companies that explore minerals, in the world. Ninety percent of the companies belong to western countries. Actually, these companies work for the benefit of the developed countries. The majority of the mines of metals and minerals are in African, South American and Asian poor countries. These companies through tactics, corruption, evading the taxes and by force purchase mineral at cheaper rates from poor countries and sell to the richest countries at higher rates.This is the reason that western countries give some financial help to African countries but on the other hand the companies deprive these poor countries of $ 148 billion annually.

Heterosexuals Taking AIDS Drugs Daily Reduce Risks Of HIV

Heterosexuals who take daily AIDS drugs reduce the risk of being infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by nearly two-thirds, ground-breaking studies said on Wednesday. Campaigners hailed what they described as a powerful new weapon in the three-decade war against AIDS. "This is a major scientific breakthrough which reconfirms the essential role that anti retro-viral medicine has to play in the AIDS response," Michel Sidibe, executive director of the UN agency UNAIDS said. "These studies could help us to reach the tipping point in the HIV epidemic."A trial called Partners PrEP, conducted by the University of Washington, followed 4,758 "sore-discordant" heterosexual couples in which one person had HIV and the other was uninfected in Kenya and Uganda.
The uninfected partner received either a dummy pill or a tablet containing either the HIV drug tenofovir or a combination of tenofovir and emtricitabine. In the group receiving tenofovir, there were 62 percent fewer infections compared with the placebo group. In the tenofovir/emtricitabine group, there were 73 percent fewer infections over counterparts taking the placebo. The results were so remarkable that safety monitors recommended the probe be stopped early, for to continue it would have been unethical.
The second trial, conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), followed 1,219 uninfected men and women in Botswana who received either placebo or the tenofovir/emtricitabine combination. Those who received the antiretroviral pill reduced the risk of HIV infection by 63 percent compared with the placebo group. They are the first trials to show that so-called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, can work among heterosexuals.
Last November a study, conducted among sero-discordant homosexual men, found a reduction of 44 percent in risk among uninfected partners who took HIV drugs. In contrast, a smaller-scale trial, whose preliminary results were published earlier this year, found that PrEP did not protect heterosexual women.
In May, a big study conducted among sero-discordant heterosexual couples in Africa showed early use of drugs by the infected partner slashed the risk of transmitting HIV to the other partner by 96 percent. Put together, these trials add massively to the argument that the world's AIDS pandemic can be slowed by wider distribution of antiretrovirals, said activists. "These results are tremendously exciting and confirm that we are at pivotal period," said Mitchell Warren, executive director of US advocacy group AVAC. "Now is the time to include ARV-based prevention in national plans, applications to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and donor priorities."We need ambitious pilot and demonstration projects to guide programmatic design, along with national and international guidance on how best to use ARVs (antiretrovirals) as lifesaving prevention tools," he said.
The International AIDS Society, which is hosting a major conference in Rome from Sunday, said data from the two trials was "compelling" and "adds to the cascade of evidence." But it also highlighted the looming debate about using drugs designed for treatment in the role of prevention.
Antiretrovirals are the famous "cocktail" of drugs, first introduced in 1996, that helped turn the tide against AIDS. They suppress HIV in the body but do not eradicate it completely. As a result, they reduce the risk of infection through contact with body fluids, although they are not a cure and taking them can carry inflict toxic side effects. In addition, there is a potentially hefty financial cost if the pills are taken daily for prevention, although the price has fallen to as little as 25 US cents per tablet. The "treatment as prevention" strategy has risen alongside male circumcision as new options in the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has claimed around 30 million lives over the past three decades.
More than 33 million people are living with the AIDS virus, according to estimates for 2009 released last year by UNAIDS.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Genes That Keep One Slim May Cause Heart Attack

A research published in British journal reveals that are responsible for keeping the people slim may cause heart attack or type II diabetes, while these diseases are considered commonly due to obesity.
The study conducted by Medical Research Council and published in "Teacher Genetics" shows that genes called IRS 1 lower the fat under the skin but do not minimize the fat that is around the body parts like heart and liver. During the study 7600 individuals were observed and it was concluded that the number of men were more having this problem. The researcher Dr Ruth Luze says that it is not for the fat people having the problem but thin people could suffer though they think themselves to be safe from the heart attack.
Doctor Line Frame Director Research of the Charity Diabetes UK says that 20% of the people who have normal weight why suffer from diabetes, the reason is that they have IRS 1 genes.
Professor of British Heart Foundation Jermy Pereson is of the view that problem actually is not that how much you are obsess but is that whee you are fat and which part of your body has more fat. The fat under the skin is not as dangerous as it is around any vital organ of the body..

Sharp Decline Occur In The Ratio Of Female To Male In India

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Rural India has experienced a sharp fall in the ratio of female to male children, new census data shows, indicating sex-selection technology has reached even the country's remotest areas.
India's villages house just 919 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of six, reflecting a massive decline from the 2001 ratio showing 934 girls for every 1,000 boys, according to figures released Friday,
The data was seen as confirming fears that villagers are now using cheap and portable ultrasound technology easily available in India's cities in order to carry out illegal sex-selective abortions in favor of the male child.
"Earlier villagers had to go to the city to get a sonogram," Poonam Muttreja, executive director of the non-profit Population Foundation of India. "Today sonographers are going into the villages to cater to people who want sons," she told.
The ratio in urban India, at 902 girls per 1,000 boys, is worse than in the countryside but the drop from 906 girls in 2001 is much smaller than the steep fall seen in the villages.
The national ratio, 914 girls for every 1,000 boys, is at its lowest since India's independence in 1947 and compares with a global average of 1,050 girls for every 1,000 boys, figures released earlier in the year showed.
Married women in India face huge pressure to produce male heirs who are seen as breadwinners, family leaders and carers when parents age. Girls are often viewed as a burden in traditional families as they require hefty dowries to be married off.
India has a long history of female infanticide of girls suffocated, poisoned, drowned or left to die.
More common now, thanks to technological advances, is the abortion of female fetuses, or "female foeticide" a simple, cheap and difficult to police process with ultrasound tests costing as little as $10.
Brinda Karat, senior member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), told the recent decline in rural India was "not at all surprising".
"Once the preference for a son becomes the dominant preference in a society, it affects all sections of society right across the board," she said.
As many as half a million female foetuses are estimated to be aborted each year in India despite the practice being banned in the country, according to a 2006 study by British medical journal Lancet.

The Number Of Diabetics Increased In The World

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The medical journal "Launsay" published a report about the study of diabetes that shows the double number of diabetes patients after 1980 in the world. The disease is commonly known as sugar.Under the joint research of Imperial College London and Howard University America, statistical data of 2.7 million patients were collected for observation through the latest statistical techniques.The number of fatal kind of diabetes patients has increased from 1.5 million to 3.5 million. The authorss suggest better diagnosis and awareness among the people to control the rise in the number of patients. One third women in the Marshal Island are suffering from the disease. Majid Ezzati of Imperial college says that diabetes is widely spreading in the world. He added that it needs immediate diagnosis, loss of weight and awareness among the people otherwise this disease will keep on being a burden on health system.
Researchers say that the kidneys can be damaged due to due to high level of sugar in the blood or blindness may occur, it can also affect heart and can cause paralysis. In the research type I and type -II diabetes were studied and it was found that majority of the patients were suffering from type -II disease. This type is related to life style and obesity. Among the developed countries the disease is wide spread in the USA, where it is less in European countries. The expenses on the medicines for the treatment of the disease amount to Lbs 22 billion in the world and that are likely to rise to as high as lbs 30 billion by 2015.The number of patients in Britain is lower though but doctors warn the people to be careful about it. According to a charity organization type -II is on the rise in Britain due ro obesity and at present 0.8 million people are suffering from the disease but they unaware of it.

China Shows Displeasure Over Dulai Lama And Obama Meeting

China on Saturday asked US President Barack Obama to revoke his decision to meet the Dalai Lama and not to "interfere in Chinese internal affairs", foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said. After the White House announced the meeting to be held Saturday, the ministry and the Chinese ambassador to the United States lodged a "solemn representation" against it, Hong said in a statement on the ministry's website.
Beijing calls on Washington "to immediately revoke its decision to hold a meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama" and to "honor its serious commitment that recognizes Tibet as part of China", the statement said."We are firmly opposed to any foreign politician meeting the Dalai Lama in any form whatsoever," it said, warning the US administration against any action that "could harm US-Chinese relations".
The White House made the announcement late Friday after a long silence on whether Obama would meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who was to leave Saturday after an 11-day visit to Washington to lead thousands in a Buddhist meditation ritual. The visit comes at a delicate moment in relations between the two Pacific powers, with rising tensions in the South China Sea between Beijing and five other countries in the region that also lay claim to strategic waters there.
The White House said Obama would "highlight his enduring support for dialogue between the Dalai Lama's representatives and the Chinese government to resolve differences". The Dalai Lama, who enjoys wide popularity in the United States, has lived in exile since 1959. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, a declared pacifist, says he is peacefully seeking rights for Tibetans and accepts Chinese rule.
But Beijing insists that he is a "splittist" bent on dividing China and regularly protests his meetings overseas.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Take Dry Fruits, Fresh Fruits And Vegetables And Decrease Weight

American researchers team found that taking fibrous food as dry fruits, fresh fruits , curd and vegetables help in reducing weight. Researchers at Howard School of Public Healthsay that eating this kind of fruits leaves less room for fat bearing foods.
A study conducted on 120000 individuals and observed for 20 years was published in New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the potato chips and fried foods are more responsible for increasing weight.Taking these food items daily for 4 years will increase weight by 31 pounds. The same problem will occur in the individuals taking crisps, sweets, beverages,and meat.
Individuals taking foods like curd, fruits and complete cereals are less likely to gain weight. Those people taking more curd will lose 0.37 kilo and taking more vegetables will lose 0.1 kilo weight.
According to professor of Howard University, the benefit of fiber in these foods is that the desire for taking foods having more calories and fats, is decreased. So collective intake of energy is lessened.As these foods have high fibers so get digested in longer time and your desire to take more food is lowered so result would be decreased for gaining weight.