Pakistan's interior minister warned of stern action against militants and criminals last Tuesday in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi, with unabated violence killing another 26 people over the past 24 hours.
Karachi, home to the country's main port, stock exchange and central bank, has been plagued with fighting linked to ethnic and religious tension.
According to police about 200 people were killed in July alone, one of the deadliest months in almost 20 years.
Local media put the number even higher, and the Dawn newspaper reported that 318 people were killed in July. It did not say how many of these were targeted because of their ethnic or religious affiliations.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters that of the 26 people killed in the last 24 hours, 18 were victims of targeted killing.
“The government had prepared a plan to tackle the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi” Malik added.
"We will take every possible action to restore peace in Karachi," he said, adding that results of the government's action will be visible soon.
(CNN News)
Biyernes, Agosto 5, 2011
China explores seabed near to Amerika
Chinese manned submersible, reached a depth of 4,027 meters, according to the State Oceanic Administration last July 21.The dive, a record for China, took place in the eastern Pacific, between Hawaii and the continental US.
Beijing plans to eventually take the craft, named after a mythical sea dragon, down to its maximum depth of 7,000 meters. At that depth, it can crawl along 99.8 percent of the world’s seabed last year.
According to Chinese officials Jiaolong planted China’s flag on the floor of the disputed South China Sea when it dived to 3,759 meters it dived to 3,759 meters.
Jiaolong will be used for civilian purposes only. Submersibles, however, can perform military tasks, such as intercepting or severing communications cables, retrieving weapons of other nations, repairing submarines, and rescuing submariners Beijing claims.
China was granted rights to explore for minerals by the UN’s International Seabed Authority. On the 19th of this month, the ISA granted China the right to search for polymetallic sulphides, which contain valuable metals such as gold and silver.
Polymetallic sulphides were discovered by American scientists in the Alvin back in 1971.America helped the Chinese learn about exploring the ocean floor by providing training dives on the Alvin.
(CNN News)
Beijing plans to eventually take the craft, named after a mythical sea dragon, down to its maximum depth of 7,000 meters. At that depth, it can crawl along 99.8 percent of the world’s seabed last year.
According to Chinese officials Jiaolong planted China’s flag on the floor of the disputed South China Sea when it dived to 3,759 meters it dived to 3,759 meters.
Jiaolong will be used for civilian purposes only. Submersibles, however, can perform military tasks, such as intercepting or severing communications cables, retrieving weapons of other nations, repairing submarines, and rescuing submariners Beijing claims.
China was granted rights to explore for minerals by the UN’s International Seabed Authority. On the 19th of this month, the ISA granted China the right to search for polymetallic sulphides, which contain valuable metals such as gold and silver.
Polymetallic sulphides were discovered by American scientists in the Alvin back in 1971.America helped the Chinese learn about exploring the ocean floor by providing training dives on the Alvin.
(CNN News)
Actor Matt Damon rallies teachers in Washington
Actor Matt Damon rallied teachers Saturday at a march in Washington decrying the widespread use of standardized testing to judge how well teachers, students and schools are performing.
According to founder Anthony Cody A group of teachers and education advocates organized the Save Our Schools March in an effort to inspire change in standardized testing policies.
Teachers marched to the White House, chanting "Save our schools" and other slogans and carrying signs.
Damon, whose mother is an educator, said he achieved his successes in large part because teachers at the public schools he attended were not forced to focus on "silly test prep" and instead could work to educate.
" None of these qualities that I just mentioned, none of these qualities that I prize so deeply, none of these qualities that have brought me so much joy, that have made me so successful professionally, none of these qualities that make me who I am can be tested," he said.
(CNN News)
Victim: Reprisal in Iran acid attack is not worth it
A woman blinded in an acid attack seven years ago said last Sunday that she stopped the “eye for an eye” punishment for her attacker because “such revenge is not worth it”.
Under the legal code supervision a physician was to drop acid into the eyes of Majid Movahedi in Sunday to punish him for throwing acid Bahrami’s face. The act disfigured her face and blinder her.
“I never intented to allow MAjid to be blinded Amene Bahrami said to the press.
Bahrami says she first met Movahedi in 2002 when they attended the same school. She was a 24 year old electronics student, he was 19.
“I know it was not accident. “ I moved away from him” she said “but he brushed up against me again”.
Bahrami said that over the next two years, the suspect harassed her and made threat even asking her to marry him."He told me he would kill me. He said, 'You have to say yes.' "
On a November afternoon in 2004, his threats turned to violence when he followed her from the medical engineering company where she worked.
(from: From Shirzad Bozorgmehr, CNN)
Under the legal code supervision a physician was to drop acid into the eyes of Majid Movahedi in Sunday to punish him for throwing acid Bahrami’s face. The act disfigured her face and blinder her.
“I never intented to allow MAjid to be blinded Amene Bahrami said to the press.
Bahrami says she first met Movahedi in 2002 when they attended the same school. She was a 24 year old electronics student, he was 19.
“I know it was not accident. “ I moved away from him” she said “but he brushed up against me again”.
Bahrami said that over the next two years, the suspect harassed her and made threat even asking her to marry him."He told me he would kill me. He said, 'You have to say yes.' "
On a November afternoon in 2004, his threats turned to violence when he followed her from the medical engineering company where she worked.
(from: From Shirzad Bozorgmehr, CNN)
Philippine MPs spratly visit, unstoppable
Philippine lawmakers fly to an island yesterday in the disputed spritely chain regardless of warnings from China that the expedition would destabilize the Region and damage ties.
Five members of legislative body, joined by a small soldiers, local officials, and journalists went on the island aboard two private planes.
Bella came to promote peaceful solution to the territorial dispute.
“Filipinos who know the island as, “pag-asa” are ready to depend in Philippine country territory” Legislative Walden Bella stated.
"Filipinos are born to resist aggression. Filipinos are willing to die for their soil." he added.
Thitu is the largest Philippine occupied islands in spratlys. About 60 were living on this area, but it was only 37 hectares (91 acres) in size and lies about 450 kilometers (250 miles) in Northwest Palawan Island, the nearest major Philippine landmark.
The appointment to the flat, wind-swept island comes as tensions rise over the Spratlys chain which is totally or somewhat claimed by China and the Philippines as well as Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
(http:// CNN News)
Five members of legislative body, joined by a small soldiers, local officials, and journalists went on the island aboard two private planes.
Bella came to promote peaceful solution to the territorial dispute.
“Filipinos who know the island as, “pag-asa” are ready to depend in Philippine country territory” Legislative Walden Bella stated.
"Filipinos are born to resist aggression. Filipinos are willing to die for their soil." he added.
Thitu is the largest Philippine occupied islands in spratlys. About 60 were living on this area, but it was only 37 hectares (91 acres) in size and lies about 450 kilometers (250 miles) in Northwest Palawan Island, the nearest major Philippine landmark.
The appointment to the flat, wind-swept island comes as tensions rise over the Spratlys chain which is totally or somewhat claimed by China and the Philippines as well as Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
(http:// CNN News)