A bus carrying Russian tourists crashed on Saturday in the Turkish resort of Marmaris, with 38 people receiving “minor injuries and bruises.” According to the passengers, the vehicle crashed into a tree and overturned after the driver fell asleep behind the wheel on a mountain road. “The injured were taken to local state and private clinics where they received treatment. Nobody was hospitalized,” the Russian Consulate in Turkey said in a statement. The police have launched an investigation into the reasons behind the accident.
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Hurricane Ingrid to make landfall in northeast Mexico
Hurricane Ingrid is expected to make landfall in northeastern Mexico later on Monday, Reuters reported, citing the US National Hurricane Center. Ingrid was now located about 95 miles (153km) northeast of Tampico, Mexico, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 km/h), according to the NHC.
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Typhoon prompts evacuation order for 300,000 Japanese
An evacuation warnings for over 300,000 people has been issued by the Japanese government as typhoon Man-yi hit the main island of Honshu on Monday, local media reported. Shiga, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures are now under severe flood threat following huge rain squalls and high winds. Workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant were put on alert to ensure that contaminated water in the storage tanks does not overflow in the heavy rain.
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Typhoon prompts evacuation order for 300,000 Japanese
An evacuation warnings for over 300,000 people has been issued by the Japanese government as typhoon Man-yi hit the main island of Honshu on Monday, local media reported. Shiga, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures are now under severe flood threat following huge rain squalls and high winds. Workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant were put on alert to ensure that contaminated water in the storage tanks does not overflow in the heavy rain.
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Fishing Boat Ship collision offshore Vietnam
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Singaporean cargo ship and a Vietnamese fishing boat collided offshore Vietnam’s southern Vung Tau province in early Monday morning, leaving at least one people killed and seven missing, local VNExpress reported.
Singaporean cargo ship Sima Saphire on its way from Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City to Malaysia, collided with the Vietnamese fishing boat with 16 people on board, at a site about 50 nautical miles south of Vung Tau province.
The collision threw all 16 fishermen to the sea, of whom 8 were rescued by the Singaporean ship while the others were missing.
The report quoted Le Van Chien, director of the Vung Tau Port Administration as saying that the accident happened around 2 a.m. on Monday (GMT 1900 on Sunday).
Vietnam’s Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center in Zone 3 organized the rescue on short notice of the incident, which involves two rescue ships SAR 413 and SAR 272, and other local fishing boats operating in the surrounding areas.
A helicopter of the Air Force Regiment 917 was also sent to help in locating the missing fishermen, according to the report.Media agencies
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Protest at Haryana Bhavan on Wednesday September 18 at 2 pm
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Community protests at Jind, followed by petitions and meetings with concerned officers and ministers, Fact finding investigation, media coverage, Mashaal rally at Jantar mantar and several other actions – the result is that even after 23 days of the rape and murder of the 20 year old Dalit girl in Jind district of Haryana – there is no headway in the investigation and the entire state apparatus is silent.
It is very clear that without outrage, justice seems to a distant dream and it is even more evident that for a violated girl from an ‘untouchable’ community, barriers to justice is manifold.
We need to sustain the struggle and keep up the resistance in all possible ways – a protest at Haryana Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi is planned on Sept. 18 at 2 pm.
Please join in large numbers and spread the word around to all human rights activists and groups.
Jai Bhim,
Asha
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Fan Changlong: PLA to “speed up various preparations for sea battles”
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Beijing has warned the United States not to support China’s neighbours’ claims to disputed islands in the East and South China Seas, the government said Friday. China-Japanese ties have soured dramatically since Tokyo nationalised some of the Senkaku islands, which Beijing claims and calls the Diaoyus, in the East China Sea a year ago.
China too claims almost all of the South China Sea including waters close to its neighbours’ coasts, and tensions with the Philippines and Vietnam have intensified in recent years. Chinese marine surveillance ship is seen alongside a Japan Coast Guard ship near the disputed islets known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and Diaoyu islands in China, in the East China Sea.
US in security alliances with Tokyo and Manila to which Wang Guanzhong, a senior officer of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), has warned visiting US counterparts that it should handle issues “appropriately” to avoid damaging “mutual strategic trust”. “These issues should not become a problem between China and the United States, and China hopes that the United States does not become a third party in these issues,” Wang told US Under Secretary of Defense James Miller, the defence ministry in Beijing said in a statement on its website. “The United States should maintain a consistent stance and policy, not send wrong signals that support or connive with relevant countries to act on their own initiative,” Wang said.
China’s military was determined to defend the country’s territory and maritime interests, although Beijing has exercised restraint while dealing with the disputes, he added. Miller told Wang the US discourages any use of force but also has “treaty obligations” with some of the countries at odds with China, he said to reporters earlier this week. “We strongly believe that any and all maritime disputes should be resolved without the threat or use of force,” he said.
“For East China Sea and South China Sea we reminded the Chinese we have treaty obligations with a number of the parties involved.
“Fan Changlong, one of China’s three most senior military officers, called on the PLA to “speed up various preparations for sea battles” and “improve maritime deterrence and combat capabilities” while inspecting navy units recently, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Thursday. Media agencies
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Australian PM Elect Tony Abbott rolls out cabinet
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Australian Prime Minister Elect Tony Abbott rolled out his new cabinet line-up at a press conference in Parliament House of Canberra on Monday, nine days after the coalition’s election win over Labor. Abbott said the new government’s task was to “calmly” implement the commitments it made to the Australian people during the election campaign. “You’ll see there is enormous stability in this team but there has been as well some significant promotions,” he added.
His nineteen member cabinet of the Abbott government to be sworn in on Wednesday at the House of Governor-General. Abbot briefed media about his cabinet,
Nationals leader Warren Truss will be Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development. And Deputy Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce will be Agriculture Minister.
Abbott confirmed he supported Bronwyn Bishop to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop, as foreign affairs minister, is the only woman in a frontbench position in this cabinet.
His line up Ministers includes Defence Minister David Johnston, Attorney-General George Brandis, Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane, Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb, Treasurer Joe Hockey, Communication Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Health Minister Peter Dutto, Education Minister Christopher Pyner, Minister for Immigration and border protection Scott Morrison, Environment Minister Greg Hunt, Employment Minister Eric Abetz, Small Business Minister Bruce Billson and Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews.
Comparing the Labor government, Abbott emphasized that his ministers would have short titles, and his colleagues in the outer ministry would be simply described as “Assistant Minister”.
Posted just now by Naresh Kumar Sagar
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PM, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi reach out to Muzaffarnagar riot victims
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Muzaffarnagar this morning, where nearly 50 people were killed in communal riots so severe that the army was called in for the first time in over a decade to restore law and order in Uttar Pradesh.
Mrs Gandhi interacted with women, choosing in particular to spend a few seconds with one who had a large bandage on her head; the Prime Minister was handed some documents by a man with his head bowed. Rahul Gandhi was seen leaning over a bamboo barricade to talk to a group of men. (photos)
The PM said the Congress leaders wanted to share the sorrow and pain of the area and vowed “the toughest punishment” for those responsible.
The Congress’s top leaders were in this part of western Uttar Pradesh a day after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav toured the area and confronted black flags, protests and anger over his government’s failure to stop the riots earlier this month.
Till recently, the area had been declared off-limits for politicians; delegates from the BJP, Congress and other parties who tried to visit Muzaffarnagar were turned away.
Nearly 40,000 people are now living in makeshift refugee camps, with Hindus and Muslims evacuating villages where they are in the minority.
The violence began late in August after two young Jats boys killed a Muslim man who was harassing their sister; within half an hour, they had been killed by a seething mob. Despite that exigency, politicians were allowed to host large public rallies where they indulged in “competitive communalism”, delivering incendiary speeches.
A massive gathering of thousands of Hindu farmers on September 7 was also allowed; on the way home, farmers were attacked with swords and knives; retaliatory killings followed for 48 hours.
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Rahul Bose Join me in telling the CM of Maharashtra to make Mumbai safe for women.
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