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KATHMANDU: The United Nations on Tuesday condemned threats made to journalists in Nepal over their coverage of the murder of a prominent media tycoon. Newspaper editors in Nepal have said they received anonymous telephone calls and emails warning them against reporting the killing of Jamim Shah, who was gunned down in Kathmandu this month. “These threats send a chill through the entire community and are condemned,” said Richard Bennett, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal.”Unfortunately, violence against the media is not rare in Nepal. “I [...]

February 5 2010 DAILY NATIONMOMBASA, KENYA Transport minister Chirau Mwakwere has lost his Cabinet and Parliamentary seats after a Mombasa court nullifies his election. Mr Mwakwere had earlier arrived in court to hear the petition outcome while accompanied by his wife, children and two brothers. Plain clothes policemen were deployed to keep the law. Public entry into the courtroom was stopped at 8.30am. The petition was filed by voter Ayub Juma Mwakesi. Mr Mwakesi wanted the election declared null and void, alleging that the entire exercise was marred by irregularities. A by-election will now [...]

Reuters 11 Jan 10; SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore said on Monday it will go ahead with existing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but further pledged reductions will depend on a successful agreement in global climate talks. Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim told parliament Singapore would start implementing energy efficiency measures announced last year that would cut emissions by 7-11 percent on business as usual levels by 2020. This would be below a 16 percent cut that Singapore pledged just ahead of U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen last month, which aimed to agree on a global… this [...]

LARKANA: Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah Sunday visited the grave of Shaheed Chairperson of PPP Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bux. He along-with parliamentarians of Gilgit-Baltistan including Muhammad Jaffar, Muhamnmad Ismail, Imran Nadeem, Sr. Vice President PPP Muhammad Ibrahim and PPP leaders and high officials arrived here from Sukkur under tight security arrangements. Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah offered fateha and laid floral wreath at the grave of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. He offered fateha and laid floral wreath at the grave of Shaheed Zulfikar [...]

ABU GHOSH: Fifty chefs in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh on Friday (January 08) broke a Guinness World Record for the largest hummos bowl, weighing over four tonnes – beating the record set in Lebanon just two months ago. Lebanon”s record weighed nearly half as much as this newest record. Neighbouring Lebanon, Israeli”s political rival, has become its culinary one as well, in this gastronomic warfare which was waged some two years ago. Both Lebanon and Israel have vied for the various titles of world”s best and largest hummus dishes. Hummus, a regional delicacy, made [...]

KARACHI: The city was rocked by a fresh spate of violence in which 11 people, including activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), two women and a child, were gunned down. The Lyari is still tense. According to police, the firing incidents occurred in Usmanabad, Dhobighat and Hasan Lashkari Village, where eight people including a girl were killed. Also, 12 people were injured in the incident who were rushed to the Civil Hospital. On Thursday morning, the police recovered the body of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist, Mohammed Amir alias Anda, from [...]

2 January 2010 Leading Islamist dissident Sheikh Hassan al-Turabi said on Saturday that his Popular Congress Party (PCP) has nominated its deputy chief Abdullah Deng Nhial, a Dinka southerner, to run for the Sudanese presidency in April’s elections. Mr. Nhial was a professor in Juba University in 1985 then a minister of Guidance and Endowments following the 1989 coup; a minister for peace and reconstruction; the White Nile governor in 1994 before siding with Turabi in his 1999 major fallout with Bashir. Mr. Nhial is the second candidate announced so far against President Omar al-Bashir, [...]

Moh Farhaan Shah, The Star 1 Jan 10; GELANG PATAH: Some 200 fishermen in Tanjung Kupang village are upset as countless fishes have died in the nearby Tanjung Adang waters. One of the fishermen who only wished to be known as Ali, 43, said he discovered the dead fishes as he was going out to sea on Monday. “I was surprised to see not only dead fish floating but crabs as well. “I usually catch about RM200 worth of fish each day and this incident will reduce my catch,” he said here on Tuesday. Fellow fisherman, Yaakob Ibrahim, 53, said the dead fishes were also causing a bad stench in the… this [...]

Sudan Tribune22 December 2009 The Sudanese government announced today that it is considering joining the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as a full fledged member, the country’s deputy energy minister said Monday. OPEC headquarters in Vienna Azhari Ibrahim told reporters on Monday at the oil cartel meeting in Luanda that joining OPEC is “under discussions within the government of Sudan” but no final decision has been made. Sudan is currently an observer in the organization. The Sudanese official has said that his country is currently producing about 500,000 barrels a [...]

Straits Times 22 Dec 09; Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Senior Minister S. Jayakumar and Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim were interviewed by the Singapore media last Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark, before the United Nations Conference on Climate Change concluded. We carry today an edited excerpt of the interview. # Prime Minister, could you tell us what your reaction is to the progress? PM: We are disappointed with the outcome so far. This is a very difficult negotiation because we are dealing with a problem which is very long term – maybe decades, maybe… this [...]