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------------------------------------------------------ WE MOURN THE DEATH OF Sri .I.K.SHUKLA -------------------------------------------------- [1] From: kashif-ul-huda <kaaashif@gmail.com Date: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:10 am Subject: Embedded journalism in the age of terror Embedded journalism in the age of terror By Nasiruddin Haider Khan For a large number of Indians, anything that is American is the best. So our language, living, clothing, food habits all are changing to suit our new belief. This trend has now even reached journalism. This American style of journalism was always present but now it is the loudest voice out there. American style journalism is our new benchmark, it is the best and it is the lead. When the United States attacked Afghanistan and then Iraq, we learned a new word. I have not heard this word before. I did not learn about it when taking my Mass Communication classes. This word is ???Embedded Journalist. This word is from the journalism associated with war and we can find it during World War II. But the popularity that this word acquired in 21st century is phenomenal. It has added a new dimension and has given a new meaning to journalism. Embedded journalists were those reporters who were under protection of US forces in the "war on terror." Not only they were on US side physically but they were doing the story in the light of what US government was providing them. -------------- [2] From: WebXpurt <webxpurt@yahoo.com Date: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:47 am Subject: India's missile programme : http://ultracurrents.blogspot.com/2008/09/upa-crippled-missile-programme.html UPA Govt cripples India's missile programme Daily Pioneer - Sept. 17 Taking the BJP's charge against the UPA Government over India-US civil nuclear deal a step forward, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has crippled India's missile development programme by committing to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in two letters to US President Bush early last week. Singh also sought the PM's explanation claiming he owed one to Parliament. "President Bush has recently informed the US Congress of India's formal commitment to the MTCR. This was done by the (Indian) Ministry of External Affairs in separate letters on September 8 and 9, 2008. "This, to say the least, is an alarming announcement. When was the decision made by the UPA Government of virtually abandoning the country's decades-old indigenous programme of missile development?" Singh, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said here. "In formally committing in writing its adherence to the MTCR, Manmohan Singh has crippled, forever, the country's missile development programme. This is a step that follows the already revealed crippling of the nation's nuclear programme by this Government," he said in a statement here. Jaswant claimed that the MTCR made it mandatory upon its adherents to restrict the development of missiles, complete rocket systems, unmanned air vehicles and related technologies and that the regime limits payloads to 500 kg and range to just 300 km. U.S. delivers 123 blow to India @ http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php? id=2643885 -------------- [3] "Communal trouble in the Capital of India" Dear All, This is to inform you that certain miscreants today at about 10 am in the morning have forcibly taken possession of a lawn/ garden in front of the Catholic Church (Prabhu Prakash Girija) in Trilokpuri, East Delhi, which was being maintained by the Catholic Church since its inception in the year 1991. The miscreants have broken open an outside gate to the lawn/ garden as well as the inside gate leading from the church and have threatened to construct a temple on the said land. They have also locked the outside gate to the lawn/ garden as well as the inside gate leading from the church to the lawn/ garden. It is a well planned move to create a confrontation with the church in Delhi too after the incidents in Orissa, Karnataka, Kerala etc. The miscreants have resorted to this step to gauge the reaction of the church before doing anything further. It is also pertinent to mention that just last week a small temple was constructed over night on the side wall of this very church and certain statues of Hindu Gods were put up which was subsequently removed after the intervention of local RWAs in the area. We anticipate that there would be communal tension in the area and the church would have to face the brunt of these miscreants. Please pray. Jenis Francis President Federation of Catholic Associations of the Archdiocese of Delhi and a Parishioner of Trilokpuri Parish. ------------ [5] From: "EMPOWER INDIA" <ttn_empower@sancharnet.in Date: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:32 pm Subject: China toxic milk victim count expected to rise China toxic milk victim count expected to rise The number of Chinese infants found threatened by toxic milk powder is likely to rise as the search for victims spreads, state media reported on Tuesday, with the government facing rising public anger. Over 1,200 infants have been diagnosed with kidney illness after drinking adulterated powdered milk made by the Sanlu Group. Two have died and more than 50 are in a serious condition from kidney stones caused by a banned chemical, melamine, added to milk before processing in an apparent bid to fool inspectors. "Their number could rise as the search for more infants fed Sanlu milk food spreads across the country's rural areas," the China Daily reported. "... The number could rise sharply in coming days as more parents take their children for medical check-ups," the report added, citing Health Minister Chen Zhu. Melamine is rich in nitrogen, an element often used to measure protein, and can be used to disguise diluted milk. Twelve months ago, Sanlu was lauded by Chinese state television as a model of reliable quality. But now it and the government's efforts to ensure product safety face searing public anger and questions about the effectiveness of reforms. Sanlu, 43 percent owned by New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra, last week halted production after investigators announced they had found the problem. Local Chinese officials acted last week only after the New Zealand government contacted Beijing, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Monday. "China's dairy industry has grown too quickly for safety administration to keep up. There are no uniform standards and there are loopholes in legal oversight," Lao Bing, manager of the Shanghai-based Mingtai Dairy Industry Sales Fund, told Reuters. Government inspectors could not deal with the many scattered milk suppliers, he said. MELAMINE WIDELY USED Another dairy industry expert, Li Zhiqi, told the China Reform Daily that melamine was widely used. "At every step, people can add melamine to boost the quality of milk," Li said. China is the world's second-biggest market for baby milk powder, and Sanlu has been the top-selling company in the sector for 15 years, with 18.3 percent of sales in 2007. Sanlu dominates in poorer rural areas, where farmer and migrant workers often find milk powder is easier than breast-feeding, and sometimes believe it is also healthier. The government has called the poisonings a "Level 1" food safety incident and formed an emergency team to grapple with the fall-out, the Xinhua news agency reported. The team ordered an immediate inspection of all the country's milk powder producers, the Ministry of Health said on its website (www. moh. gov. cn). All listed dairy stocks fell their 10 percent limit in early trade but recovered some of their losses later in the morning. But public anger has grown over claims the company and officials failed to act sooner. The China Reform Daily cited claims that Sanlu knew about rising cases of infant kidney stones by mid-June, but hoped the problem could be defused without public announcements or massive recalls. In past years, China has been beset by a series of domestic and international scandals about toxic and unsafe products. In 2004, at least 13 babies died in the eastern province of Anhui after drinking fake powder that had no nutrition. But last year, Sanlu was lauded by a Chinese state television program, "Weekly Consumer Report", as a model of good quality. In past days, Chinese Internet sites have filled with bitter criticisms claiming the broadcaster was more interested in boosting companies than protecting consumers. "Weekly Consumer Report changes from an attacker of fake and sub-standard products into their protector," said one. (Writing and additional reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Nick Macfie and Valerie Lee http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSPEK1418720080916? pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true Cross posted: BPNI Forwarded by: Yours in Global Concern A. SANKAR ---------------------- [6] Cause for the attack on the police at the Kulshekar church, Mangalore. Police told that they can give protection to the churches. But they did not care for this But more than hundered people of Fundumental Group Bajarang Dala had gathered near Cordel church compund (Kulshekar Church Mangalore) with the weopons. During the section 144 [and `tight protection' (?!!!) of the police.] (to evidence Video format CD is there) So our innocent youth to save our church, fathers, children and women... started to throwing the stones from the top of the school building. Policemen shooted and opened the church gate and entered inside the school (I don't know whether it is legal or illegal) premise and fired tear gas. So our youth could not open the eyes (Blind) and they thought these criminals entered to our school premises and made this. Then our youth started to throw tiles from the top of the school. Policemen charged terrible case for our youth. But they not even arrested the Bajarang Dal group who were gathered with weapons and beating a christian. They are only charging small case and leaving them within one hour. So i request you to please try to release our innocent youth and give us justice. - Ancy Paladka -------------- [7] From: WebXpurt <webxpurt@yahoo.com Date: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:36 pm Subject: HOUSE FOR SHABANA- from another yahoo group Posted on Delvoice Yahoogroup on Sept. 17, 2008 Shabana Azmi has been a remarkable actress. She is very intelligent too, but this story by Mr. Ram Puniyani seems too unreal to be believed. If Dilip Kumar, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan, Amir Khan, Zeenat Aman, Waheeda Rehman, Gulzar, Irfan Khan and many more could buy a house... why can't Shabana buy one too. To say that she could not buy a house because she is Muslim is too incredible to believe. If Shabana thinks Indians will believe this hoax, she obviously is not as intelligent as I thought. In a country where a Muslim has been President of India 3 times since Independence, and where we all know that Bollywood is dominated by Khans, Shabana story sounds foolish and misleading. House for Shabana Azmi By Ram Puniyani, Twocircles -------------- [8] From: bruce powell <brucemajorsdcre@yahoo.com Date: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:19 pm Subject: OBAMA TRIED TO STALL IRAQ WITHDRAWAL OBAMA TRIED TO STALL IRAQ WITHDRAWAL OBAMA TRIED TO STALL IRAQ WITHDRAWAL Comments: 668 Read Comments Leave a Comment LONG VIEW: Barack Obama tours Iraq with Gen. David Petraeus in July, when he sought to stall any agreement for US troop withdrawal until President Bush left office. Last updated: 2:34 pm September 16, 2008 Posted: 4:02 am September 15, 2008 WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence. According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July. "He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington," Zebari said in an interview. Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops - and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its "state of weakness and political confusion." "However, as an Iraqi, I prefer to have a security agreement that regulates the activities of foreign troops, rather than keeping the matter open." Zebari says. Though Obama claims the US presence is "illegal," he suddenly remembered that Americans troops were in Iraq within the legal framework of a UN mandate. His advice was that, rather than reach an accord with the "weakened Bush administration, " Iraq should seek an extension of the UN mandate. While in Iraq, Obama also tried to persuade the US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, to suggest a "realistic withdrawal date." They declined. Obama has made many contradictory statements with regard to Iraq. His latest position is that US combat troops should be out by 2010. Yet his effort to delay an agreement would make that withdrawal deadline impossible to meet. Supposing he wins, Obama's administration wouldn't be fully operational before February - and naming a new ambassador to Baghdad and forming a new negotiation team might take longer still. By then, Iraq will be in the throes of its own campaign season. Judging by the past two elections, forming a new coalition government may then take three months. So the Iraqi negotiating team might not be in place until next June. Then, judging by how long the current talks have taken, restarting the process from scratch would leave the two sides needing at least six months to come up with a draft accord. That puts us at May 2010 for when the draft might be submitted to the Iraqi parliament - which might well need another six months to pass it into law. Thus, the 2010 deadline fixed by Obama is a meaningless concept, thrown in as a sop to his anti-war base. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Bush administration have a more flexible timetable in mind. According to Zebari, the envisaged time span is two or three years - departure in 2011 or 2012. That would let Iraq hold its next general election, the third since liberation, and resolve a number of domestic political issues. Even then, the dates mentioned are only "notional," making the timing and the cadence of withdrawal conditional on realities on the ground as appreciated by both sides. Iraqi leaders are divided over the US election. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (whose party is a member of the Socialist International) sees Obama as "a man of the Left" - who, once elected, might change his opposition to Iraq's liberation. Indeed, say Talabani's advisers, a President Obama might be tempted to appropriate the victory that America has already won in Iraq by claiming that his intervention transformed failure into success. Maliki's advisers have persuaded him that Obama will win - but the prime minister worries about the senator's "political debt to the anti-war lobby" - which is determined to transform Iraq into a disaster to prove that toppling Saddam Hussein was "the biggest strategic blunder in US history." Other prominent Iraqi leaders, such as Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, believe that Sen. John McCain would show "a more realistic approach to Iraqi issues." Obama has given Iraqis the impression that he doesn't want Iraq to appear anything like a success, let alone a victory, for America. The reason? He fears that the perception of US victory there might revive the Bush Doctrine of "pre-emptive" war - that is, removing a threat before it strikes at America. Despite some usual equivocations on the subject, Obama rejects pre-emption as a legitimate form of self -defense. To be credible, his foreign-policy philosophy requires Iraq to be seen as a failure, a disaster, a quagmire, a pig with lipstick or any of the other apocalyptic adjectives used by the American defeat industry in the past five years. Yet Iraq is doing much better than its friends hoped and its enemies feared. The UN mandate will be extended in December, and we may yet get an agreement on the status of forces before President Bush leaves the White House in January. -=---------- |
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