Saturday, 8 November 2014

Myanmar to open permanent residence to foreigners

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Myanmar government to introduce the permanent residence system for foreigners for the first time in history soon to attract and facilitate them to work, invest and live in the country, official sources said on Saturday.By-laws are being enacted for the system and measures are being taken properly as soon as possible, Vice President U Nyan Tun told the related management committee chaired by him.
“The system is the one that will strengthen the favorable conditions of Myanmar at right time and it will enable scholars, experts, intellectuals and investors from other countries as well as former Myanmar citizens to contribute to the national development,” U Nyan Tun said.
Measures are also being taken for protection of national security and interest and small and medium enterprises investment, said Secretary of the Committee U Khin Yi, who is also Minister of Immigration and Population.
U Khin Yi has presented the system to the parliament to be applied in the fiscal year 2014-15, saying that the government will also promote the system of granting online visa.
Since Myanmar introduced visa-on-arrival system on June 1, 2012, travelers from 67 economies including ASEAN countries have benefited from the system so far.
Since taking office by the civilian government in 2011, tourist arrivals in Myanmar remarkably reached 1.06 million in 2012 and 2. 04 million in 2013.
The country targets three million tourist arrivals by the end of 2014.
Statistics also show that since 1988, contracted foreign investment in Myanmar reached nearly 50 billion U.S. dollars with 783 foreign enterprises as of September 2014. media agencies




Laxmikant Parsekar is new Goa CM

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Laxmikant Parsekar is new Goa CM
Laxmikant Parsekar was sworn-in as Goa Chief Minister. Nine other Ministers also take oath on Saturday.
Earlier, Senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said Laxmikant Parsekar, currently health minister, was unanimously elected at the legislature party meeting and chosen as the next Goa chief minister.
Speaking to the media, Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that with complete unanimity all the MLAs chose Parsekar as the legislative leader.
The Goa cabinet will constitute of 10 ministers and portfolios will be decided and distributed later, Rudy added.




Rajnath Singh, Netanyahu review cooperation in combating terror

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 Rajnath Singh, Netanyahu review cooperation in combating terror
Contending that terror is a global menace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Tel Aviv have reviewed existing cooperation and future possibilities of enhancing engagement in dealing with the threat.
Both the leaders also expressed their countries’ keenness to strengthen ties, with Netanyahu emphasising that he “believes that relations between the two countries were poised for rapid development” following his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September in New York.
During that meeting, the Israeli Premier had said that “sky is the limit” in terms of prospects of cooperation between the two countries.
Singh and Netanyahu discussed the regional situation and the evolving threats to the global communities from terror.
Singh said terror was a threat not only to countries like India and Israel but to the whole world. Vowing to strengthen India’s “very warm” relations with Israel, Singh on his first bilateral visit to Israel said, “India and Israel share very warm and cordial bilateral relations. We look forward to strengthen it further”.
Fresh from his participation at Interpol General Assembly in Monaco, Singh told that he also made a strong pitch for cooperation in the field of cyber security during his one hour conversation with the Israeli Premier.
Singh was earlier widely quoted in the press for highlighting the use of social media for indoctrination by Jihadi elements and the urgent need to device ways to curb this practice through the use of internet.
He also made a special reference to Modi’s “Make in India” initiative and invited Israeli industries, including the defence sector, to take advantage of the investment friendly policies adopted by the new government.
Expressing satisfaction at the growth in bilateral ties in a range of areas, including defence and agriculture, Singh noted that signing of agreements recently in the area of Homeland security had opened another sector for mutually beneficial cooperation.
Singh particularly emphasised on the importance of capacity building and training in this context.
“The future emphasis should be to build a hi-tech partnership befitting two leading knowledge economies,” the Indian leader said.
Both leaders also agreed that the Free Trade Agreement under discussion between the two sides should also be signed early.
Netanyahu briefed the Indian Home Minister on technologies that had been developed by Israel in areas such as aviation security, border protection and water harvesting.
Responding favourably to Modi’s ‘make in India’s initiative, the Israeli leader said that his country is ready and willing to discuss transfer and development of technologies with India.
“Israeli industries, including the defence industries, could ‘make in India’ and thereby reduce costs of manufacturing products and systems developed by Israel,” the Israeli Premier said.
The Israeli leader also expressed willingness to send a delegation from Israeli industries to visit India to explore manufacturing opportunities in different sectors.
Singh, in this context, proposed exploring together third country markets in Africa and Latin America, where Indian industry has a strong presence.
The Indian Home Minister earlier took a helicopter tour of the Jordan Valley and Israel’s northern and southern Region with National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen to get a sense of the security situation in the region.
Cohen had recently met Singh in New Delhi and discussed “common challenges” faced by the two countries and their solutions, emphasising his country’s “willingness to expand cooperation in all fields and in any level”.
Israel has extended a red carpet welcome for the Indian leader making several exceptions which are reserved only for heads of states.




PM handles spade to promote “Clean India”

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PM Modi calls upon people to make Varanasi cleanest city in the world
Modi picks up spade, digs silt to forward his “Clean India” campaign Saturday in Hindu holy city Varanasi.
On the second day of his visit to his Lok Sabha(Indian lower house of parliament) constituency of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assi Ghat, where he offered prayers and later joined a clean up drive.
After the prayers, Modi, who was accompanied by a few BJP leaders, picked up a spade and began vigorously digging the huge amount of silt that had deposited along the ghat after the rainy season.
Speaking to media assembled at the spot, he said that just like the launch of Swacch Bharat(Clean India) Campaign in Delhi, he was nominating nine noted persons from UP to take the drive forward in the state.
Besides the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, those nominated by Modi include Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari, Sufi singer Kailash Kher, comedian Raju Srivastava, cricketers Mohd Kaif and Suresh Raina, Chancellor of University of Blind at Chitrakoot Swami Ram Bhadracharya, Sanskrit scholar Devi Prakash Dwivedi and writer Manu Sharma.
After leaving Assi Ghat, where he started off with special prayers to the holy river, he visited a nearby ashram set up by the followers of spiritual leader Sri Anandamayi Maa where he garlanded a statue of the 20th century saint and paid a visit to a charitable hospital in the premises.
The Prime Minister later left for Delhi.
On Friday night, meeting the city’s intelligentsia over dinner, the Prime Minister gave an assurance to them that the sanctity (garima) of Varanasi would be kept intact and that “Kashi would be transformed into a modern city while retaining its traditional flavour, as the world has seen in London and something we had attempted with success in quake-hit Bhuj when I was the Chief Minister of Gujarat”.
He also shared a number of plans for the city’s modernisation which included battery-operated cars as modes of public transport, door-to-door garbage collection and a “Palace on Wheels” train running from Delhi to Varanasi via Ayodhya and Prayag (Allahabad).
The Prime Minister also said that he wants the entire sprawling campus of Benares Hindu University to be converted into a Wi-Fi zone and to ensure that every school of Varanasi had separate toilets for boys and girls besides drinking water.
He also said that he wished to transform the ghats of Varanasi into a major tourist attraction with the help of cleanliness and state-of-the art illumination technology.
Addressing party workers, he had denounced coalition politics by blaming “fractured verdicts” for lowering the image of the country and asserting that India had begun to get its due on the international stage ever since his party had come to power with a complete majority.
“Things like lowering of diesel and petrol prices and government officials reporting for duty on time could have happened earlier. But it took a strong government to make these things a reality,” Modi said.
Modi said his government was sensitive to the people’s needs and hence his party was blessed with victory in Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra, states where the BJP had snapped ties with allies just ahead of elections.
He expressed confidence that the party will emerge victorious in poll-bound Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir as well.
On Friday, the Prime Minister had adopted a village under Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana and came down heavily on the practice of female foeticide.
Stressing on the need for “greater self reliance”, he had said that villagers should give up the notion that the government is the doer while people were only beneficiaries.
Inaugurating the Trade Facilitation Centre and Crafts Museum, the Prime Minister pitched for giving a boost to the textile sector “which is second only to agriculture in terms of the number of people involved” and announced a package of Rs 2375 crore to revive 16 district cooperative banks of eastern UP which were closed down recently.
Encouraging use of Khadi, Modi said on more than one occasion he was delighted to learn that ever since he gave a call on Gandhi Jayanti exhorting people to buy “at least one Khadi item, however, small it may be” there has been “an 125 percent increase in the consumption” of the hand-spun fabric.




Global Snippets

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 Former Finance Minister hits out at Congress PM

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has hit out at then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the multi-billion dollar telecom scam.
Chidambaram has said in a recent interview that Singh should have resigned after the scam broke out and then Congress-led government could have tackled the matter better.
“I think 2G (telecom scam) could have been handled differently in the sense that the Prime Minister could have put his foot down and said I am sorry, I will not let you go forward with the first come first serve (FCFS) route,” he said.
Chidambaram added: “Or after licenses had been granted and issue was brought up, he could have said cancel licenses without waiting for the judgment. The government should have canceled all the licenses without waiting for the Supreme Court (judgment).”
The telecom scandal rocked the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, with CAG Federal auditor pointing out that the scam led to a loss of U.S. 40 billion dollars to the exchequer.

ourth victim of Marysville-Pilchuk High School shooting dies

A fourth victim of the recent Marysville-Pilchuk High School shooting in Washington State has died. It is the shooter’s cousin, 15-year-old Andrew Fryberg, according to medical officials at Harborview Medical Center.“Unfortunately, Andrew Fryberg, 15, passed away this evening, November 7, at Harborview Medical Center,”Q13FOX quoted them as saying on Friday. The only survivor of the shooting is 14-year-old Nate Hatch, who is also the shooter’s cousin. He was released home on Thursday. According to the Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary, the accused sent his friends text messages telling them to meet him at the cafeteria, with promises to kill them. His motives are still being investigated.

IMF mission to visit Ukraine Nov. 11-25

The mission of the International Monetary Fund will work in Ukraine from November 11 to 25, TASS reported, citing a statement by Jerome Vacher, IMF representative in the country. The current economic situation in Ukraine will be discussed, as well as the government’s efforts to achieve macroeconomic, financial stability and the resumption of the economic growth. Ukraine officials earlier said the mission will be assessing the country’s “real need [for] further financing.”

Roadside bombs kill 6 people in NW Pakistan

Two roadside bombs, minutes apart, struck a minibus and a motorcycle in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, AP reported. At least six people were killed, according to a government administrator in Pakistan, Meraj Khan. Five passengers in the minivan and the cyclist were killed and four people were wounded in Friday’s blasts in Mohmand tribal region, Khan said. Those dead included members of a local anti-Taliban militia. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks but Pakistani officials has blamed local militants for previous similar attacks in the area.

17 arrested in worldwide drug website bust – Europol

Seventeen people have been arrested in an international crackdown on underground websites selling illegal drugs, AP quoted a top Europol official as saying Friday. The agency’s cybercrimes division coordinated raids in more than a dozen countries on Thursday. In a US operation, the FBI announced the arrest in San Francisco of a man accused of running the Silk Road 2.0 online drug bazaar.

Putin to meet Cameron, Hollande at G20 summit in Australia

President Vladimir Putin will meet with UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande during the November 15-16 G20 summit in Australia’s Brisbane, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Friday. Putin and US President Barack Obama will have an opportunity to talk on the sidelines of the event, RIA Novosti quoted Ushakov as saying. Over the weekend, meetings are planned between the Russian president and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and also Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China.

Indian passenger plane hits buffalo, Spicejet airline suspends flights

An Indian airline has suspended flights from a rural airport after one of its planes hit a buffalo on the runway, AFP said. The accident occurred just before takeoff, and none of the 140 passengers and crew on the Spicejet flight was injured. The buffalo was “essentially invisible against a dark background,” the budget airline said. It suspended all flights from Surat Airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, citing a “growing menace” of stray animals at some airports in India.

Lavrov to meet with Kerry in Beijing on Saturday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Beijing on Saturday, TASS news agency reported. They are expected to meet at the preparatory events for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing on November 8, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said Friday. Lavrov and Kerry last met in Paris on October 14 to discuss a broad range of issues, including events in Ukraine and Iraq. APEC leaders are due to meet in Beijing on November 10-11.

At least 10 blasts hit Fatah houses, cars in Gaza

At least 10 explosions which struck in the space of a few hours before 04:30 GMT hit houses and cars belonging to members of the Fatah movement in Gaza on Friday, AFP said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties from the blasts. They were condemned by both Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah and its Islamist rival Hamas, which dominates the Gaza Strip. The stage for commemorations of next week’s 10th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader and Fatah founder Yasser Arafat was also targeted in the blasts.Israeli death toll rises to 3 after Palestinian attack on pedestrians
An Israeli man who was injured after a Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians died on Friday, Reuters reported, citing a hospital official. A man of about 20 died at Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem of his injuries, according to the spokeswoman. This takes to three the death toll in the incident, including the assailant shot dead at the scene. The militant Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack at a light rail stop in Jerusalem.

Japan’s regional authorities approve restart of Sendai nuclear plant

Regional authorities in Japan on Friday approved the restart of the idled Sendai nuclear plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co, Reuters said. The move paves the way for a revival of the stalled industry, more than three years after the Fukushima disaster. The two-reactor Sendai plant is located 1,000km southwest of Tokyo in Kagoshima prefecture. On Friday, 38 of the 47 members of Kagoshima’s prefectural assembly backed the restart. The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed to restart the fleet of 48 offline reactors.

​6.9 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea

Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes off Papua New Guinea 73km NE of Finschhafen, US Geological Survey reports. The quake shook near Kandrian, New Britain at a depth of 60 km. No casualties or damage reported.

53 million email addresses stolen in Home Depot hack

Home Depot announced some 53 million email addresses were stolen when hackers infiltrated its payment system in September, the Wall Street Journal reports. That is in addition to the 56 million credit and debit card accounts that were also compromisedduring the five-month attack on company checkout terminals. As a result, Home Depot cautioned that customers should keep an eye out for email phishing scams that may attempt to gather even more personal or financial data.

​US Coast Guard looking for F-16 reportedly crashed in Gulf of Mexico

The US Coast Guard has undertaken a search and rescue mission following reports that an F-16 has gone missing some 60 – 75 miles off the coast of Panama City, Florida. Tyndall Air Force Base lost communication with the aircraft around 9:15 am on Thursday, during a routine training mission, and the Coast Guard sent out two vessels and two aircraft to begin the search. The incident is currently under investigation, though officials told AP that they suspect the F-16 has crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Police prevent radical Jews from praying at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque

Around 150 Jewish extremists marched in Jerusalem to pray near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, but were prevented by police from reaching Islam’s third holiest site, AFP reports. The shrine is also revered by Jews, who are allowed to enter the compound itself, but are forbidden from praying there for fear of triggering tensions with Muslim worshippers. The protest march took place a day after two hit-and-run attacks by Palestinians saw a policeman killed and soldier seriously injured.

No plans to change rules at Jerusalem Al-Aqsa mosque – Israel

Israel has told King Abdullah of Jordan that there are no plans to change the current rules and customs at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem – the most sacred Jewish site and the third holiest place in Islam. “Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu reiterated Israel’s commitment to preserve the status quo on the Temple Mount as well as Jordan’s special status at the site,” AFP reported a statement from Netanyahu’s office as saying. The statement said the two leaders had talked by phone about the “latest incidents” at the site. On Wednesday morning, Israeli police and Palestinian protesters clashed at the site.

Syrian rebel group says ‘women and kids’ killed in US-led airstrike

Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said that civilians were killed in the latest US airstrike on Syria as the anti-ISIS coalition targeted a base near the Turkish border.“The air strikes came last night and hit a number of areas in the liberated Idlib countryside,”the statement said, reported Reuters. Women and children died in the assault according to the group.

Spain’s Supreme Court says it won’t withdraw veto on Catalonia independence vote

Spain’s Supreme Court again rejected the Catalan government’s appeal against a ban on Sunday’s independence poll in the region. Spain’s courts initially rejected the vote for failing to comply with legal standards, such as the creation electoral roll, and independent monitoring, and approval from the rest of the country, and then again when the local government repositioned the poll as a “popular consultation.” According to the ruling, the vote, which would have asked Catalans two questions about the desired degree of independence, will now be suspended for at least five months, though it is unclear if the local government will accept the decision.

Canadian train derails in alleged landside, 1 person missing

A train conductor is missing after a train derailment about 20 kilometers north of Sept-Iles in Canadian province of Quebec, CBC News reports. A landslide allegedly forced the locomotive off the tracks, which run along the Moisie River. The Iron Ore Company of Canada confirmed that the train locomotive, which was transporting empty railcars, was found submerged in the river.

France says conditions not yet met for Mistral warships’ delivery to Russia

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said that the conditions for the delivery of two Mistral warships to Russia have not yet been fulfilled. “Today the conditions have not been met for [the warships’] delivery to Russia,” he told reporters in Serbia. France has come under international pressure to cancel the delivery because of Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis.

US attacks 5 Khorasan targets in Syria with air strikes

The United States says it has destroyed facilities and vehicles belonging to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Grou

WHO-approved Ebola human vaccine trial to begin in Geneva in Nov.10

115 volunteers will begin a human trial of the Canadian VSV-ZEBOV vaccine at the Geneva University Hospital on November 10. The volunteers for the vaccine, which has been endorsed by the World Health Organisation, will be joined by those in Germany and 100 people in Gabon and Kenya in Africa. Early results are expected by the end of the year.

Spain’s central govt warns Catalonia against using public funds for vote

Spain’s central government on Thursday warned the region of Catalonia that it is banned from using public resources to stage a symbolic independence referendum on Nov. 9, AFP said. “Efforts to use public resources to stage the consultation or other actions linked to it could go against the court ruling,” the central government’s representative wrote in a letter to the Catalan government. The letter was also sent to the regional education department which oversees schools where ballot boxes will be installed Sunday.

Israel allows Palestinian farmers to ship produce from Gaza Strip to West Bank

Israel on Thursday allowed Palestinian farmers to ship produce from the blockaded Gaza Strip to the occupied West Bank, Reuters said. For the first time since 2007, the transit is being allowed via Israeli territory. The shipments, which were halted after Hamas won an election and took control of the Gaza Strip seven years ago, are aimed at spurring economic recovery in the enclave, after a seven-week war last summer, Israeli authorities said. A truckload of cucumbers destined for the West Bank was moved through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing point with the Gaza Strip.

Four‘IS’ supporters’ arrested in Berlin

Around 50 police officers carried out anti-terror raids in Berlin on Wednesday against suspected supporters of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS/ISIL). Four men aged 28 to 37 years old were arrested on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violent subversion, the Local reported. Four apartments in the Schoneberg area of the capital were raided early Wednesday morning. In Stuttgart, 24-year-old Ismail I. admitted in court Wednesday that he had returned to Germany from Syria to buy supplies for IS fighters.

100,000 Belgians march in 1st anti-austerity protest against new govt

Around 100,000 Belgians staged a march through central Brussels on Thursday in protest at the new government’s proposed austerity cuts, Reuters reported. The center-right government, installed a month ago, has pledged to raise the retirement age and limit scope for early retirement. An inflation-linked wage hike due next year will be canceled and the health and social security budgets cut. The unions plan a series of regional strikes every Monday starting November 24, culminating in a national strike December 15.

Palestinian who ran over 3 Israeli soldiers in West Bank ‘turns himself in’ – army

A Palestinian who ran over three Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank turned himself in, AFP reported, citing an army statement. “The Palestinian suspected of running over the three soldiers last night turned himself into the security forces,” the statement said. It added that the man had been taken for investigation.

Gorbachev to meet Merkel as Germany marks 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev is set to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel during his upcoming trip to Germany, RIA Novosti reported. Gorbachev Foundation spokesperson Pavel Palazhchenko also said that the former Soviet leader will make a number of public appearances, and the central event will be the ceremonial meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9. The New Policy Forum, which was created by Gorbachev, is to take place during his trip to Germany.

Dutch experts working at MH17 crash site in E. Ukraine – OSCE

Dutch experts have arrived at the site of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. They are being accompanied by the observers of the OSCE and Emergencies Ministry employees from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The experts are currently working near the village of Grabovo, where the plane with 298 people aboard from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in July. The team of Dutch experts arrived in Donetsk on Wednesday to carry out the preparations necessary before the plane wreckage is finally removed.

Criminal case opened in Russia over shelling of school in Donetsk, E. Ukraine

The Russian Investigative Committee (SKR) has opened a criminal case over a shelling of a school in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, where children were killed. The killing is qualified as an international crime that involved the use of illegal methods of warfare, TASS reported, citing SKR spokesman Vladimir Markin. Also on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry’s envoy for human rights and the supremacy of law Konstantin Dolgov said that those responsible for the killing of children in Donetsk are to be punished severely.

Pakistan summons US ambassador as Pentagon says Islamabad supports militants

Pakistan summoned the US ambassador after a Pentagon report alleged that Islamabad supports militant proxies in neighboring India and Afghanistan, AP reported. The Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Pakistani National Security and Foreign Affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz conveyed the complaint to US Ambassador Richard Olson. The US Defense Department’s report, ‘Progress Towards Security and Stability in Afghanistan’, said militants continue to enjoy safe havens in Pakistan. According to Pentagon, the fighters are used as a hedge against Islamabad’s loss of influence in Afghanistan and as a counterweight to India’s superior military.

Hong Kong protesters clash with police in Mong Kok district

Hong Kong protesters clashed with police early on Thursday in the district of Mong Kok that has become a flashpoint for street brawls, Reuters reported. Scuffles between hundreds of protesters and dozens of police armed with batons and shields broke out after 2am local time at one of three remaining demonstration sites, for the first time in more than two weeks. On Wednesday, Regina Ip, a former Hong Kong security chief and a top adviser to the city’s embattled leader, proposed members of the Federation of Students be given seats on the committee, according to a report by broadcaster RTHK. media agencies




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Burma Campaign UK News Update
Journalist killed by Burmese Army
In October, Burmese Army soldiers killed freelance journalist Par Gyi (also known as Aung Kyaw Naing). He was covering the conflict in Mon State, where fighting broke out in September.
The army said that Par Gyi had been shot while trying to escape and claimed he was working for an ethnic armed group. However, this claim has been widely dismissed. Par Gyi is a well-known activist and journalist and worked as a security guard for Aung San Suu Kyi during the 1988 democracy uprising.
As pressure increased for an investigation into his death, his body was exhumed and has been sent for post mortem examination. Witnesses at the exhumation say that there were signs that he had been tortured.
His murder is a shocking reminder of how extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention and torture are still being used against citizens in Burma.
The murder of Par Gyi comes at a time when journalists in Burma are facing increased threats and intimidations. Journalists have been arrested under criminal charges and given long prison sentences, like the Bi Mon Te Nay journalists recently sentenced to two years on prison.
If you haven’t taken action to free the Bi Mon Te Nay journalists yet, you can send an email here.
Drop the charges against Andy Hall!
Burma Campaign UK supported a demonstration outside the Thai embassy in London in October to fight for the charges against workers’ rights defender Andy Hall to be dropped.
Andy helped expose how a factory in Thailand was committing human rights abuses against migrant workers, including migrants from Burma.
Abuses included child labour, workers being beaten, having documents confiscated, being paid illegally low wages and facing dangerous working conditions.
Instead of the company taking action to stop these abuses, it has launched legal cases for defamation against Andy Hall.
He is facing millions of pounds in fines and up to seven years in a Thai prison, just for exposing human rights abuses in a Thai pineapple factory.
This case is a clear attempt to silence Andy Hall and intimidate all those working to protect migrant workers in Thailand, the majority of whom are from Burma.
The good news is that the first case against Andy was thrown out of court at the end of October. However, he is still facing three other charges.
UN human rights rapporteur warns of “backtracking” on reforms
The new UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, has warned of “signs of possible backtracking” on reforms and a “shrinking of democratic space”.
In her report to the UN General Assembly, she highlighted the continued detention of political prisoners and the use of repressive laws, the ongoing conflict in Kachin and Shan States, religious discrimination and hate speech, serious human rights violations by the Burmese army, including attacks on civilians, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, arbitrary arrests, and torture, and the systematic discrimination and persecution against Rohingya.
Despite the growing human rights abuses in Burma, the British government continues to focus on promoting trade. When questioned in parliament recently, Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire avoided talking about the fact that the number of political prisoners in Burma has more than doubled so far this year. He also avoided answering a question about whether or not he shared concerns expressed by the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma about the backtracking of reforms.
Help Us Continue Our Work
This news update shows just some of the terrible ongoing human rights abuses in Burma, and how Burma Campaign UK is working tirelessly to end them. We won’t let the international community forget about human rights, and we will always be holding the British government to account for their policies, and pressuring them to return to putting human rights first.
We rely on donations from supporters like you. Without your support, our work would end. If you can, please consider making a donation.
Thank you for your continued support.
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INSTITUTO CERVANTES DE NUEVA DELHI  –  CULTURA  –  8 NOVIEMBRE 2014  –  Web

Taller: “Samba y Tango”

Workshop:
“Samba & Tango”
8/11/2014 – 10/01/2015
Instituto Cervantes, sábados y domingos a las 5:30 p.m.

Taller: “Samba y Tango” 

Sinópsis: Los participantes en este taller no sólo aprenderán a bailar tango, si no que contarán con unas sesiones especiales de samba impartidas por dos grandes maestros de ambos géneros procedentes de Brasil, Marcelo Amorim y Anna Elisa.La Samba es un género musical de raíces africanas surgido en Brasil, del cual deriva un tipo de danza. Es una de las principales manifestaciones de la cultura popular brasileña y un símbolo de la identidad nacional. Es considerado una expresión musical urbana de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, donde este formato de samba nació y se desarrolló entre fines del siglo XIX y las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Fue en la antigua capital de Brasil que la danza practicada por los esclavos libertos entró en contacto con otros génerosmusicales y los incorporó, adquiriendo un carácter singular: polca, maxixe, lundu, xote, entre otros. De esta forma, si bien existen otras formas regionales en Brasil, fue la samba carioca la que alcanzó la condición de símbolo de la identidad nacional brasileña.
El tango es un género musical tradicional de Argentina y Uruguay, nacido de la fusión cultural entre inmigrantes europeos (españoles e italianos, principalmente), descendientes de esclavos africanos, y nativos de la región del Río de la Plata. Musicalmente suele tener forma binaria (tema y estribillo) o ternaria (dos partes a las que se agrega un trío). Muchas de las letras de sus canciones están compuestas basándose en un argot local llamado lunfardo, letras que suelen expresar las tristezas, especialmente «en las cosas del amor», que sienten los hombres y las mujeres de pueblo, sin que ello sea obstáculo a la inclusión de otras, incluso humorísticas y políticas.
- Fechas:  8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 de noviembre, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 de diciembre y 3, 4 Y 10 de enero.
– Los días 15 y 16 de noviembre Marcelo Amorim y Anna Elisa impartiran el taller de Samba para los alumnos inscritos.
– Horario: 5:30 a 7:00 p.m. (sábados y domingos)
– El taller se impartirá en inglés y español.
– Matrícula: 3.600 INR
– Profesora: Kiran Sawhney, Marcelo Amorim y Anna Elisa.(+)
Workshop: “Samba & Tango”
Synopsis: Those who participate in this workshop will learn not only tango, but also samba. Two great Brazilian masters, Marcelo Amorim and  Anna Elisa, will teach some classes on the 15th and 16th November.
Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style originating in Bahia, Brazil, and with its roots Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions, particularly Angola and the Congo. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival. Considered one of the most popular Brazilian cultural expressions, samba has become an icon of Brazilian national identity.
Tango is a traditional dance of Argentina and Uruguay, born of cultural fusion between European immigrants (Spanish and Italian, mainly), descendants of African slaves, and natives of the region of the Rio de la Plata. Musically is mainly binary (theme and chorus) or ternary (two parts to which is added a trio). Many of the lyrics of their songs are written on a local slang called lunfardo, and the lyrics often express sadness, especially regarding of the matter of love felt by men and women, without that hindering the treatment of other issues, even humorous and political.
- Dates: 8th , 9th , 15th, 16nd , 22nd , 23th , 29th , 30th of November, 7th, 13th, 14th , 20th 21st of December and 3th, 4th and 10th of January.
– On November 15th and 16th Marcelo Amorim and Anna Elisa will direct the Samba classes for the students of the course.
– Time: 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday)
– No previous knowledge of Spanish is needed. Lessons will be taught in English and Spanish – Enrollment fee: 3.600 INR
–  Teacher: Kiran Sawhney, Marcelo Amorim and  Anna Elisa. (+)
AGENDA
09/11/2014Auditorio, Instituto Cervantes, a las 4:30 p.m.García Márquez en el cine: “Milagro en Roma”Sinopsis: La hija de Margarito Duarte, modesto empleado judicial de una pequeña población colombiana, muere de repente a la edad de 7 años. 12 años después, al exhumar el cuerpo, los restos de la niña continúan intactos. Margarito Duarte con la ayuda del pueblo inicia un proceso para llegar a Roma y pedirle al Papa la santificación de su hija.
Ver trailer.

García Márquez & the Cinema: “Miracle in Rome”
Synopsis: The daughter of a humble public official dies unexpectedly. Twelve years later, when she is exhumed, the father discovers her body is intact. With money collected in the town, the father travels to Rome with his daughter’s body, so the Pope can decide whether she is the first Colombian saint or not.

In Spanish with English subtitles.
Todos los que formamos parte del Instituto Cervantes de Nueva Delhitenemos el placer de invitaros a los actos de celebración del 5º aniversariodel centro, que tendrán lugar el próximo martes 11 de noviembre, y que contarán con la presencia del Embajador de España en India, Don Gustavo de Arístegui, y representantes de las delegaciones diplomáticas latinoamericanas:5:00 p.m. Teatro:
La hija de Rappaccini” de Octavio Paz.
6:30 p.m.  Conferencia:
“Ventana abierta a Gabriel García Márquez” por   Conrado Zuluaga.
¡Os esperamos!
All of us from Instituto Cervantes in New Delhi are pleased to invite you to the celebration of its 5th Anniversaryon November 11th, with the pressence of H. Ex. Mr. Gustavo de Arístegui, Ambassador of Spain in India, and memebers of the Latinamerican diplomatic delegations:
 5:00 p.m. Theatre:
“Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Octavio Paz.In Spanish
6:30 p.m. Talk:
“Open Window Gabriel García Márquez” by Conrado Zuluaga.In Spanish with simultaneous English translation.
Hope to see you!
COMING SOON
PRÓXIMAMENTE12/2014Instituto Cervantes
Teatro: La casa de bernarda AlbaTheatre: The house of bernarda Alba
12/2014
Kolkata
Festival internacional de cine para niños de Calcuta
Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival
EL INSTITUTO CERVANTES
EN EL MUNDO

Río de Janeiro: Ciclo de cine peruano (+)
Rio de Janeiro: Peruvian Film Series(+)
Roma: La muerte tiene permiso. (+)
Rome: Death has permission
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