By Kiran Pandey
Source: "Nepali Times"
Former guerrilla chieftain, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, has been elected the first prime minister of the Republic of Nepal after winning a vote in the Constituent Assembly in which the UML, MJF and 13 smaller parties supported his candidature.
RED PRIME MINISTER: A profusely garlanded and vermilioned Pushpa Kamal Dahal waves after winning the CA election to the post of prime minister on friday.
The election marks the mainstreaming of the (…)
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NEPAL: VICTORY OF COMMUNIST MAOIST PARTY
17 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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Olympic Statistics Western Media will NOT Report - Palestinian Genocide, Iraqi Genocide & Afghan Genocide
15 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe world is obsessed with Olympic hype at the moment and we are being deluged with sporting statistics e.g. which truly marvellous athlete swam faster than who else by 0.01 second.
However the racist, lying Mainstream media, politicians and academics of the First World-dominated World simply IGNORE the statistics that everyone should know about but which are kept SECRET e.g. that avoidable deaths (excess deaths, deaths that did not have to happen) in British India totalled 1.5 billion (…) -
Douse the flames in Jammu & Kashmir: Communist Party of India (M)
14 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentSpecial Correspondent
Source: "The Hindu"
“RSS-BJP combine using the land row to whip up communal passions”
UPA government urged to initiate dialogue
with Sangharsh Samiti
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday accused the RSS-BJP combine of utilising the Amarnath land row in Jammu and Kashmir to “whip up communal passions” in a bid to consolidate its ‘Hindu vote bank.’
“Communal passions are being sharply aroused with rumours spreading like wildfire about (…) -
Pakistan : Explosions near Wana kill 12 militants; Nato missile attack suspected
14 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Source: "The Dawn"
By Our Correspondent
WANA, Aug 13: At least 12 militants, most of them non-locals, were killed in a series of explosions in Bagher area of South Waziristan on late Tuesday night. The local Taliban suspected the blasts were caused by a missile attack.
Local people reported having heard four loud explosions late in the night. The place targeted was the residence of local tribesman Abdur Rehman Wazir in Bagher, about 30 kilometres west of Wana.
Rehman Wazir, who is (…) -
Dozens injured in Kashmir protests
14 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Angry Muslims mourning at least 20 protesters killed by police torched security bunkers and rioted in occupied Kashmir’s main city on Wednesday, as a land row with Hindus revived calls for independence.
Police fired teargas shells to disperse thousands of Muslim protesters who defied a curfew at several places across the occupied valley, police said. They said over two dozen people were injured in clashes between stone-throwing protesters and police.
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Shoot-at-sight orders in Kishtwar, curfew relaxed in Srinagar
13 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Jammu/Srinagar (Press Trust of India): Shoot-at-sight orders were on Wednesday issued in Kishtwar town, rocked by communal clashes over the Amarnath issue, even as fresh violence erupted in Srinagar with protesters pelting stones at security personnel in several areas in the city.
The toll in two days of violent protests in Kashmir Valley over the "economic blockade" rose to 21 with three persons wounded in police firing succumbing to their injuries early on Wednesday, official sources (…) -
Uprising in Kashmir: 12 protestors shot dead
13 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
By Jawed Naqvi
Source: "The Dawn"
NEW DELHI, Aug 12: Twelve Kashmiri protesters were shot to death in different parts of the Valley on Tuesday, at least four of them at a funeral for the slain Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz. He was killed on Monday in an army assault on a rally that was headed for the LoC on its way to Muzaffarabad.
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said there was no news of the whereabouts of Shabbir Shah, another senior resistance leader who was (…) -
Scream the Facts - Do THEY not want truth to prevail?
13 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
4 comments"I condemn Russia’s aggressive actions," said Obama
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, condemned the Georgian leader last night, saying: "A man who issued orders to commit war crimes which resulted in thousands of deaths of peaceful civilians cannot be viewed by Russia as a partner."
Russian Cameraman: CNN Aired Misleading Footage http://www.prisonplanet.com/russian-cameraman-cnn-aired-misleading-footage.html
Hey! But George Norry supports murdering helpless women and (…) -
Kashmir occupied: Indian Troops open fire as 250 000 ‘march to Muzaffarabad’ (Pakistan)
12 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
By Jawed Naqvi
Source: The Dawn
NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Indian security forces shot to death five Kashmiri protesters headed for the LoC (lign of control) on Monday, including senior Hurriyat Conference leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz, his comrades said. Many were injured in the firing.
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, himself under house-arrest since Sunday, said from Srinagar that there was no news of the whereabouts, nor about the condition, of resistance leader Shabbir Shah who was among the (…) -
2,000 killed in Georgian offensive: Russia
10 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
by Vladimir Radyuhin
Moscow describes the situation in South Ossetia as a “humanitarian catastrophe”
MOSCOW: Russian forces have foiled Georgia’s plan for a blitzkrieg offensive against its breakaway territory of South Ossetia, said a Russian military spokesman on Saturday.
According to a map captured from a Georgian officer and shown on Russian TV on Saturday, the offensive plan called for the Georgian forces to capture half the territory of South Ossetia, including the regional (…)