Islam is the real positive change that you need to change for being a better person or a perfect human being, you can change yourself if you read QURAN, IF YOU DO THAT !! you will change this UMMAH, say I am not A Sunni or Shia, BUT I am just a MUSLIM. Be a walking QURAN among human-being AND GUIDE THEM TO THE RIGHT PATH.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wahhabi clerics prop up Saudi regime, deceive Sunni majority: Analyst
Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:1PM GMT
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political analyst says the Sunni majority of Saudi Arabia has been
deceived by a Wahhabi monarchy that rules by fueling sectarian
divisions, Press TV reports.
Zayd Al-Isa, a London-based Middle East expert, said in an interview with Press TV that a “Wahabi Salafist establishment” gives religious legitimacy to the Al Saud regime, while a majority of Saudis are Sunni Muslims.
“And those people have been deceived for a long time by the Saudi regime’s claims that it is the guardian and the defender of Sunnis,” Isa said.
The analyst added that the popular uprising in the Arab world “shows that the Saudi regime is supportive of dictatorship; supportive of tyrants against the world of Sunni Muslims who are the dominant force in those regions.”
Isa described spreading sectarian divisions as the Al Saud regime’s defense to quell the Arab uprising.
He made the remarks days after a Saudi prosecutor demanded the death penalty for prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on charges of ‘aiding terrorists’ and ‘instigating unrest’ in the kingdom.
Sheikh Nimr was attacked, injured and arrested by Saudi security forces en route to his house in the Qatif region of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on July 8, 2012.
Isa described the charges as “groundless”, saying, “The evidence is always fabricated and it is extracted using the worst types of torture.”
“Those who are accused, particularly the Imam, have been denied any access to a lawyer or indeed to any legal representation,” the analyst added.
Since February 2011, demonstrators have held anti-regime protests on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in Qatif and the town of Awamiyah in Eastern Province, primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
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Hargeysa oo lagu arkay dad Somali ah wata beybalada Kirishtanka diintana laga saaray (SUBXAANALLAH)
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gacmaha ku wata bibelada (Buugaagta diinta Masiixiyada) waxaana taasi ay
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Woman Shot Dead For Shoplifting At Walmart
Shelly Frey, 27, was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy at a Houston, TX., Walmart. The deputy was suspicious of Frey, saying he thought she was stealing from the store, reports UK Daily Mail.
Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said that Shelly Frey, Tisa Andrews and Yolanda Craig were shoplifting when they were stopped by Louis Campbell, a 26-year veteran of the force, who is employed as a security guard at Walmart.
Campbell said that the women dashed to their car, and when he went to open their car door, they drove away. Campbell then thought it was his duty to stop the perpetrators so he fired the deadly shot into the car which hit Frey in the neck.
Security at the store noticed the three women putting items into their purses and notified Campbell, who was working an extra job that night.
The three shoplifters tried to pay for some small items to serve as a cover for the ones they planned to steal.
Campbell opened Frey’s car door and told her to get out, after he chased her and the other two women to the car, but she refused, said officials.
Andrews started to drive away while the deputy was standing between the open door and the driver’s seat.
“She threw it in reverse and tried to run over the deputy,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Thomas Gilliland.
Gilliland said, “He confronted the suspects at exit of the store before they left. One female wouldn’t stop, struck the deputy with her purse, ran off.” He added, “I think it knocked him off balance and, in fear of his life and being ran over, he discharged his weapon at that point.”
Officials said that there were two small children in the vehicle at the time of the incident, although they were not Frey’s, who is a mother of two.
“He was clearly marked in uniform as a Harris County deputy. And identified himself as the suspects were leaving the establishment,” said Gilliland regarding Campbell.
Even with Frey wounded, the women still fled, but they stopped at The Worthington at the Beltway apartments in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway. Frey was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived.
“Shelly was the perfect mom, perfect friend, perfect daughter,” said her father, Shelton Frey.
“Why couldn’t you just shoot the tire, shoot the window?” said her mother Sharon Wilkerson. “Was it that serious?”
Sharon said that even if Frey did shoplift, she didn’t deserve to die. She is now concerned for Frey’s children.
Andrews and Craig have both been charged with shoplifting. A small price to pay when their friend was shot to death.
As for deputy Campbell, he is on three days paid leave for standard protocol. The Harris County Sheriff’s Homicide Unit, Office of the Inspector General and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office will investigate this horrific incident. The case will go in front of a grand jury.
Walmart said in a statement:
“This is a tragic situation and we recognize this is a difficult time for all parties involved. We’re committed to working with law enforcement and providing any information we have as they determine the facts of the case. Because this is an active investigation, any specific details of the incident should come from law enforcement. We hire off duty officers to provide security to some of our stores. While we have policies in place for our associates to disengage from situations that might put them or others in harm’s way, off-duty officers working at a WM store are authorized to act in accordance with their department’s code of conduct.”
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Mon, Dec 10th, 2012
News |
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Pete Crain
Woman Shot Dead For Shoplifting At Walmart
Shelly Frey, 27, was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy at a Houston, TX., Walmart. The deputy was suspicious of Frey, saying he thought she was stealing from the store, reports UK Daily Mail.
Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said that Shelly Frey, Tisa Andrews and Yolanda Craig were shoplifting when they were stopped by Louis Campbell, a 26-year veteran of the force, who is employed as a security guard at Walmart.
Campbell said that the women dashed to their car, and when he went to open their car door, they drove away. Campbell then thought it was his duty to stop the perpetrators so he fired the deadly shot into the car which hit Frey in the neck.
Security at the store noticed the three women putting items into their purses and notified Campbell, who was working an extra job that night.
The three shoplifters tried to pay for some small items to serve as a cover for the ones they planned to steal.
Campbell opened Frey’s car door and told her to get out, after he chased her and the other two women to the car, but she refused, said officials.
Andrews started to drive away while the deputy was standing between the open door and the driver’s seat.
“She threw it in reverse and tried to run over the deputy,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Thomas Gilliland.
Gilliland said, “He confronted the suspects at exit of the store before they left. One female wouldn’t stop, struck the deputy with her purse, ran off.” He added, “I think it knocked him off balance and, in fear of his life and being ran over, he discharged his weapon at that point.”
Officials said that there were two small children in the vehicle at the time of the incident, although they were not Frey’s, who is a mother of two.
“He was clearly marked in uniform as a Harris County deputy. And identified himself as the suspects were leaving the establishment,” said Gilliland regarding Campbell.
Even with Frey wounded, the women still fled, but they stopped at The Worthington at the Beltway apartments in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway. Frey was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived.
“Shelly was the perfect mom, perfect friend, perfect daughter,” said her father, Shelton Frey.
“Why couldn’t you just shoot the tire, shoot the window?” said her mother Sharon Wilkerson. “Was it that serious?”
Sharon said that even if Frey did shoplift, she didn’t deserve to die. She is now concerned for Frey’s children.
Andrews and Craig have both been charged with shoplifting. A small price to pay when their friend was shot to death.
As for deputy Campbell, he is on three days paid leave for standard protocol. The Harris County Sheriff’s Homicide Unit, Office of the Inspector General and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office will investigate this horrific incident. The case will go in front of a grand jury.
Walmart said in a statement:
“This is a tragic situation and we recognize this is a difficult time for all parties involved. We’re committed to working with law enforcement and providing any information we have as they determine the facts of the case. Because this is an active investigation, any specific details of the incident should come from law enforcement. We hire off duty officers to provide security to some of our stores. While we have policies in place for our associates to disengage from situations that might put them or others in harm’s way, off-duty officers working at a WM store are authorized to act in accordance with their department’s code of conduct.”
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Mon, Dec 10th, 2012
News |
By
Pete Crain
Woman Shot Dead For Shoplifting At Walmart
Shelly Frey, 27, was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy at a Houston, TX., Walmart. The deputy was suspicious of Frey, saying he thought she was stealing from the store, reports UK Daily Mail.
Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said that Shelly Frey, Tisa Andrews and Yolanda Craig were shoplifting when they were stopped by Louis Campbell, a 26-year veteran of the force, who is employed as a security guard at Walmart.
Campbell said that the women dashed to their car, and when he went to open their car door, they drove away. Campbell then thought it was his duty to stop the perpetrators so he fired the deadly shot into the car which hit Frey in the neck.
Security at the store noticed the three women putting items into their purses and notified Campbell, who was working an extra job that night.
The three shoplifters tried to pay for some small items to serve as a cover for the ones they planned to steal.
Campbell opened Frey’s car door and told her to get out, after he chased her and the other two women to the car, but she refused, said officials.
Andrews started to drive away while the deputy was standing between the open door and the driver’s seat.
“She threw it in reverse and tried to run over the deputy,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Thomas Gilliland.
Gilliland said, “He confronted the suspects at exit of the store before they left. One female wouldn’t stop, struck the deputy with her purse, ran off.” He added, “I think it knocked him off balance and, in fear of his life and being ran over, he discharged his weapon at that point.”
Officials said that there were two small children in the vehicle at the time of the incident, although they were not Frey’s, who is a mother of two.
“He was clearly marked in uniform as a Harris County deputy. And identified himself as the suspects were leaving the establishment,” said Gilliland regarding Campbell.
Even with Frey wounded, the women still fled, but they stopped at The Worthington at the Beltway apartments in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway. Frey was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived.
“Shelly was the perfect mom, perfect friend, perfect daughter,” said her father, Shelton Frey.
“Why couldn’t you just shoot the tire, shoot the window?” said her mother Sharon Wilkerson. “Was it that serious?”
Sharon said that even if Frey did shoplift, she didn’t deserve to die. She is now concerned for Frey’s children.
Andrews and Craig have both been charged with shoplifting. A small price to pay when their friend was shot to death.
As for deputy Campbell, he is on three days paid leave for standard protocol. The Harris County Sheriff’s Homicide Unit, Office of the Inspector General and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office will investigate this horrific incident. The case will go in front of a grand jury.
Walmart said in a statement:
“This is a tragic situation and we recognize this is a difficult time for all parties involved. We’re committed to working with law enforcement and providing any information we have as they determine the facts of the case. Because this is an active investigation, any specific details of the incident should come from law enforcement. We hire off duty officers to provide security to some of our stores. While we have policies in place for our associates to disengage from situations that might put them or others in harm’s way, off-duty officers working at a WM store are authorized to act in accordance with their department’s code of conduct.”
Daawo Sawirada iyo Magacyada Gaarigii ay ku dhamaadeen Soomaalidii Tahriibka ahaa ee Liibiya iyo Dhaawacayada oo yaala Isbitaal
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Soomaaliya ee Dalka Liibiya ayaa soo bandhigtay Sawirada Qaar kamid ah
Soomaalidii ka badbaaday Shilkii gaari ee dhawaan ka dhacay Dalkaasi
ayna ku dhinteen Soomaali tiro badan.
Sawirada lasoo bandhigay
ayaa sidoo kale kujira Gaarigii ay Soomaalida Tahriib doonka ah
saarnaayeen kaa oo ah gawaarida waa weyn ayna ka buuxeen shamiindo fara
badan oo kusoo dumay Dadkii saarnaa Gaarigaasi taa oo sababtay in ay ku
dhintaan dad ku dhaw 30-qof oo isugu jira Rag iyo Haween.
Sii hayaha Safiirka
safaaradda Soomaaliya ee Libya C/qani Waceys ayaa sheegay in ay heleen
Magacyada Qara kamid ah Ddakii dhintay kuwa kalana ay hada iyaga oo bad
qaba ay joogaan Liibiya kuwa dhaawacmayna lagu daweenayo Isbitaalo
kuyaalka Dalka Liibiya.
Safiirka ayaana ugu
baaqay Waalidiinta Soomaaliyeed in caruurtaada aysan u ogolaanin ay ay
Tahriibaan ayna soo aadan Dalka Liibiya uu sheegay in ay kala kulmayana
dhibataooyin aad u faraa badan sida tii dhawaan dhacday.
Cabdiqani Maxamed Wacays oo ah safiirka Soomaaliya u fadhiya wadanka
Liibiya ayaa liiskaan oo ay kujiraan magacya dhameestiran iyo kuwa aan
dhamestirneyn uu ku sheegay sida tan:
Magacyada meydadka Ragga
1) Cali Cabdulle Xirsi
2) Xasan Cismaan Jeylaani
3) Max’ed deeq Barqad Cali
4) Cabdi Raxiin
5) Askar
6) Muuse
7) Sugaal
8) Saciid
9) Axmed
10) Axmed Qadar
Magacyada
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11) Sacdiyo Max’ud Xasan
12) Saamiyo
13) Yaasmiin
14) Dahabo
15) Xaawo
16) Aasiyo Cismaan Maxamed.
Shilka dadkaani ay ku
dhamaadeen oo dad badan oo kale uu dhaawac kasoo gaaray ayaa waxa uu
ahaa kii ugu xumaa taariikhda dhaw iyada oo uu rogmaday gaari ay
lasocdeen tahiibayaasha oo dusha looga guray Shamiido si tahriibayaash
ciidamada amanka looga qariyo
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Subxaanalah: Daawo Gabdho Soomaaliyeed Oo Sheegaya In Dantu Ku Kaliftay Inay Jirkooda Ka Ganacsadaan.
Sunday, March 31, 2013 0 comments
iftineducation.com - Qaar ka mid ah dumarka Soomaaliyeed ee qaxootiga ku ah dalka Yemen ayaa duruuftu ku qasabtay inay jirkooda ka ganacdaan.
Arintantaan foosha xun
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yihiin noolol xumada, shaqo la’aanta iyo wax barasho la’aanta haysata
qaxootiga ku nool dalka Yemen.
Sawiradaan ayaa laga soo
qaaday dumar Soomaaliyeed oo ku nool degaanka Albasateen ee u dhaw
magaalada Sanca ee xarunta dalka Yemen kuwaaso ay dantu ku qasabtay inay
jirkooda ka ganacsadaan sidey ku warantay wakaalada wararka ee Reuters.
Dumarkaan ayaa markey
usoo haajirayeen dalka Yemen filayay inay heeli doonaan shaqo iyo noolal
dhaanta tii ay wadankoodii hooyo uga soo tageen lakiin arinku sidaas ma
noqon.
Sawirada iyo warbixintaan ayaa waxaa soo bandhigay wakaalada wararka ee Reuters.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Two boys 'beaten to death' in China school
29 March 2013
Last updated at 10:01 GMT
A male employee reportedly hit the boys, causing critical injuries.
This comes a day after a man killed two before slashing six children at a school in Shanghai on Thursday.
Police in Yulin have detained the male employee and are investigating the case. The boys were in the fifth grade, which generally has children aged between 10-12.
China has seen a number of attacks at primary schools in recent years.
On 14 December 2012, 22 young children were wounded by a man wielding a knife at a primary school in Henan province.
In 2010, a series of knife attacks in schools were also reported.
Two boys have died after they were beaten by a member of staff at a primary school in southern China, state media report.
The boys, who attended a private school in Yulin City, in the
Guangxi Zhuang region, died later in hospital, Xinhua news agency says.A male employee reportedly hit the boys, causing critical injuries.
This comes a day after a man killed two before slashing six children at a school in Shanghai on Thursday.
Police in Yulin have detained the male employee and are investigating the case. The boys were in the fifth grade, which generally has children aged between 10-12.
China has seen a number of attacks at primary schools in recent years.
On 14 December 2012, 22 young children were wounded by a man wielding a knife at a primary school in Henan province.
In 2010, a series of knife attacks in schools were also reported.
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Girl, 14 raped by two men on bus in Pollok, Glasgow
29 March 2013
Last updated at 10:47 GMT
The 14-year-old sat downstairs with a friend but then moved to the upper deck where she was assaulted and raped by two men.
Police have appealed for other passengers to come forward.
Detectives said the girl engaged in conversation with two men who had boarded the bus in the city centre.
Her friend, also 14, went up to see her and raised the alarm with passengers downstairs.
A woman and two men came to the girls' aid. They all left the bus two stops along from Silverburn.
The passengers are said to have waited with the girls until they got another bus home, thought to be in the Darnley area of the city, where police were contacted.
'Frightening experience' No CCTV footage is available from the bus.
Both of the attackers are said to be aged around 18 to 20.
One is about 5ft 10in, with a shaved head and wearing a black jumper.
"She has been left traumatised by her ordeal.
"We're continuing extensive enquiries into the incident, and would like to trace two men and woman who came to her assistance, as they will have vital information which could help with our investigation."
Police said the two men were very loud and using crude and lewd comments to other passengers.
The bus driver ejected them at Pollokshaws Road, near to the park, at about around 00:30 hours.
A spokesman for bus operator First Glasgow said: "Our thoughts are very much with the victim of the assault."
"We are assisting the police with their investigation and would echo their appeal for anyone to come forward who may have information about the incident.
"The safety and security of our staff and passengers is our number one priority and we will continue to do everything we can to help the police apprehend the perpetrators."
Investigations are continuing after a teenage girl was raped by two men on a double decker bus in Glasgow.
The attack happened on the top deck of the 57 bus as it left
the Silverburn shopping centre in Pollok, Glasgow, at about 22:30 last
Friday night.The 14-year-old sat downstairs with a friend but then moved to the upper deck where she was assaulted and raped by two men.
Police have appealed for other passengers to come forward.
Detectives said the girl engaged in conversation with two men who had boarded the bus in the city centre.
Her friend, also 14, went up to see her and raised the alarm with passengers downstairs.
A woman and two men came to the girls' aid. They all left the bus two stops along from Silverburn.
The passengers are said to have waited with the girls until they got another bus home, thought to be in the Darnley area of the city, where police were contacted.
'Frightening experience' No CCTV footage is available from the bus.
Both of the attackers are said to be aged around 18 to 20.
One is about 5ft 10in, with a shaved head and wearing a black jumper.
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Det Con Jackie Carroll Strathclyde PoliceShe has been left traumatised by her ordeal”
The other man has brown, spiky hair and was wearing a tracksuit which may have been grey, with a body warmer or jacket.
Det Con Jackie Carroll of Strathclyde Police said: "This was a
very frightening experience for the young girl concerned, and
thankfully she was assisted by her friend and the Good Samaritans on the
bus who ensured she got home safely. "She has been left traumatised by her ordeal.
"We're continuing extensive enquiries into the incident, and would like to trace two men and woman who came to her assistance, as they will have vital information which could help with our investigation."
Police said the two men were very loud and using crude and lewd comments to other passengers.
The bus driver ejected them at Pollokshaws Road, near to the park, at about around 00:30 hours.
A spokesman for bus operator First Glasgow said: "Our thoughts are very much with the victim of the assault."
"We are assisting the police with their investigation and would echo their appeal for anyone to come forward who may have information about the incident.
"The safety and security of our staff and passengers is our number one priority and we will continue to do everything we can to help the police apprehend the perpetrators."
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse 'traps dozens'
Africa
At
least three people have been killed and dozens more are trapped after a
multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of the main Tanzanian
city, Dar es Salaam, rescue workers say.
Thirteen people have been pulled out of the ruins alive, officials say.Some 45 people, including construction workers, residents and children from a Koranic school, are missing.
The BBC's Hassan Mhelela says the 12-floor building under construction is now a "huge pile of chaos".
"I thought there was an earthquake and then I heard screaming. The whole building fell on itself," eyewitness Musa Mohamed told the AFP news agency.
Our reporter says a huge crane is pulling out a mass of iron bars to get access to the centre of the building, where some people are thought to be still alive.
Trapped victims are said to have been making phone calls to friends and relatives.
Bulldozers are also being used to move the rubble, our reporter says.
He says there are large crowds of onlookers, as well as rescue workers and armed police officers at the scene.
The collapsed building was near a mosque, as well as other residential and commercial properties in central Dar es Salaam.
Bosnia jails Serb Veselin Vlahovic for war crimes
Woman Shot Dead For Shoplifting At Walmart
Shelly Frey, 27, was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy at a Houston, TX., Walmart. The deputy was suspicious of Frey, saying he thought she was stealing from the store, reports UK Daily Mail.
Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said that Shelly Frey, Tisa Andrews and Yolanda Craig were shoplifting when they were stopped by Louis Campbell, a 26-year veteran of the force, who is employed as a security guard at Walmart.
Campbell said that the women dashed to their car, and when he went to open their car door, they drove away. Campbell then thought it was his duty to stop the perpetrators so he fired the deadly shot into the car which hit Frey in the neck.
Security at the store noticed the three women putting items into their purses and notified Campbell, who was working an extra job that night.
The three shoplifters tried to pay for some small items to serve as a cover for the ones they planned to steal.
Campbell opened Frey’s car door and told her to get out, after he chased her and the other two women to the car, but she refused, said officials.
Andrews started to drive away while the deputy was standing between the open door and the driver’s seat.
“She threw it in reverse and tried to run over the deputy,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Thomas Gilliland.
Gilliland said, “He confronted the suspects at exit of the store before they left. One female wouldn’t stop, struck the deputy with her purse, ran off.” He added, “I think it knocked him off balance and, in fear of his life and being ran over, he discharged his weapon at that point.”
Officials said that there were two small children in the vehicle at the time of the incident, although they were not Frey’s, who is a mother of two.
“He was clearly marked in uniform as a Harris County deputy. And identified himself as the suspects were leaving the establishment,” said Gilliland regarding Campbell.
Even with Frey wounded, the women still fled, but they stopped at The Worthington at the Beltway apartments in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway. Frey was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived.
“Shelly was the perfect mom, perfect friend, perfect daughter,” said her father, Shelton Frey.
“Why couldn’t you just shoot the tire, shoot the window?” said her mother Sharon Wilkerson. “Was it that serious?”
Sharon said that even if Frey did shoplift, she didn’t deserve to die. She is now concerned for Frey’s children.
Andrews and Craig have both been charged with shoplifting. A small price to pay when their friend was shot to death.
As for deputy Campbell, he is on three days paid leave for standard protocol. The Harris County Sheriff’s Homicide Unit, Office of the Inspector General and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office will investigate this horrific incident. The case will go in front of a grand jury.
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The Montenegrin - known as the "Monster of Grbavica", after a district of the city - had pleaded not guilty.
His sentence is the longest handed down so far by the Bosnian war crimes court.
The verdict took around two hours to read because of the large number of crimes involved.
'Synonym for evil' In his closing statement, prosecutor Behaija Krnjic said Vlahovic's name was "the synonym for evil", and that he had killed 31 people, kidnapped 14 others still considered missing, and raped 13 women.
The crimes took place in three districts of Sarajevo controlled by Serb forces between May and July 1992 - Grbavica, Kovacici and Vraca.
BBC Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey says it is not the first time Vlahovic has been convicted.
He was sentenced to prison for robbery in his native Montenegro, but escaped 12 years ago.
He then lived in Spain under a Bulgarian passport until his arrest and extradition in 2010. Vlahovic was also wanted for armed robbery in Spain, and murder in Serbia.
Our correspondent says the relative speed of the trial is in contrast to proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague. Former Serb nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj has been in custody there for 10 years and his trial is still incomplete.
A
court in Bosnia-Hercegovina has sentenced a former Serb paramilitary
commander to 45 years in prison for war crimes during the 1992-95
conflict.
Veselin Vlahovic was found guilty on more than 60 counts,
including the murder, rape and torture of Bosnian Muslim and Croat
civilians in Sarajevo.The Montenegrin - known as the "Monster of Grbavica", after a district of the city - had pleaded not guilty.
His sentence is the longest handed down so far by the Bosnian war crimes court.
The verdict took around two hours to read because of the large number of crimes involved.
'Synonym for evil' In his closing statement, prosecutor Behaija Krnjic said Vlahovic's name was "the synonym for evil", and that he had killed 31 people, kidnapped 14 others still considered missing, and raped 13 women.
The crimes took place in three districts of Sarajevo controlled by Serb forces between May and July 1992 - Grbavica, Kovacici and Vraca.
BBC Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey says it is not the first time Vlahovic has been convicted.
He was sentenced to prison for robbery in his native Montenegro, but escaped 12 years ago.
He then lived in Spain under a Bulgarian passport until his arrest and extradition in 2010. Vlahovic was also wanted for armed robbery in Spain, and murder in Serbia.
Our correspondent says the relative speed of the trial is in contrast to proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague. Former Serb nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj has been in custody there for 10 years and his trial is still incomplete.
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Inside San Pedro Sula, the 'murder capital' of the world
By Rafael Romo and Nick Thompson, CNN
March 28, 2013 -- Updated 1607 GMT (0007 HKT)
Living in the world's murder capital
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras, named murder capital of world for second straight year
- Acapulco and Caracas come second and third, respectively, in Mexican think tank report
- Residents say "murder capital of the world" label is hurting business and is undeserved
- Honduras university says murder rate in San Pedro Sula actually higher than reported
But the soldiers are too
late to prevent the grisly scene that awaits them. One of their own is
on the ground, seriously wounded. One of the attackers is dead, and
three others have been shot.
"They didn't even say a
word. They just pulled out their weapons and started shooting at our
soldiers," army commander Carlos Rolando Discua said of the scene, which
has become all too familiar in Honduras' second-largest city.
Discua oversees a unit of
soldiers, often masked to protect their identities, who patrol the
streets of San Pedro Sula, the so-called murder capital of the world.
For the second straight year, San Pedro Sula, in northwest Honduras, has topped a list of the world's 50 most violent cities, with a rate of 169 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants -- an average of more than three people every day.
The report, compiled by the Mexican think tank Citizen Council for Public Security, Justice and Peace, compared intentional homicide statistics around the world in 2012. The report does not include cities in the Middle East.
The sunny beach resort of Acapulco in Mexico ranked second on the group's list, followed by the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
New Orleans is the murder
capital of the United States, according to the report, which ranked the
city 17th on the list. Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore and Oakland were
the other U.S. cities to make the list.
San Pedro Sula's
challenge, experts say, is that Mexico's offensive against drug cartels
and the active U.S. deportation of criminal immigrants are pushing the
problem south. Some of this criminal element has ended up in Honduras,
where, like most Central American countries, law enforcement has few
resources to fight it.
But city residents say that "murder capital of the world" is an undeserved label that is hurting local businesses.
There are only three
morgues in Honduras, and one of them is in San Pedro Sula. Residents say
that people who are murdered elsewhere and then taken to the city's
morgue are being grouped into the city's crime statistics.
"All of the crimes that
happen in northern Honduras are registered as happening here,"
businessman Luis Larach said. "So what we businessmen are doing is an
accurate count to determine where crime or violent deaths originate so
that the information is truthful."
The National Autonomous
University of Honduras said that only people murdered in San Pedro Sula
were tallied in the group's report -- and that in fact the actual murder
rate in the city is even higher.
The authors of the
report defended their research on the group's website, writing: It "is
not the ranking that damages the image of the city but the violence and
the government's inability to contain and reduce it. To hide the
problems never solves them."
Honduras is far from the
only country in the region with a murder problem. The top 10 -- and 39
of 50 overall -- most violent cities on the list are Latin American.
Authorities have
launched Operation Lightning in San Pedro Sula, saturating violence
hotspots with police and soldiers, and some residents believe the
beefed-up security is working.
"There's more security now," said local resident Nicolle Valladares. "And that gives us peace."
Unfortunately, at least so far, the measures seem to have had little impact on the murder rate.
Journalist Elvin Sandoval in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and CNN's Laura Perez Maestro in London contributed to this report.
American says he would die for justice in Bangladesh
Join the conversation
By Henry Hanks, CNN
March 28, 2013 -- Updated 1330 GMT (2130 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- What was an American doing in the midst of an intense protest in Bangladesh?
- Ruhel Ahmed is a veteran of the 1971 war at the heart of Bangladesh demonstrations
- He has been in the U.S. for a few weeks, but plans to return soon for several months
To understand the answer, you have to go back a few years in Ruhel Ahmed's life.
At 18, he was a
student-turned-guerilla freedom fighter wounded in action in the 1971
independence war -- a war that started 42 years ago to the week. Earlier
this year, he returned to the homeland where he fought, weaker, but
still strong at heart, and inspired by what he has seen. This
demonstration is personal for the solar technician from Austin, Texas.
"There's an unfinished
job of trying the war criminals," said Ahmed, who was in Dhaka on
business when the demonstrations started in February. He joined as
quickly as he could, camera in hand, documenting his experiences along
the way for six weeks.
"I was here for 20 years
in America. Now that my family is settled and my kids have grown up, my
lifelong dream has been to go back to Bangladesh and see that justice is
done. The time has come now," he said.
Protests in Bangladesh over war crimes
The Shahbag protests,
named after a Dhaka neighborhood, center on that brutal nine-month war
in which Ahmed and other Bangladeshis fought for independence from
Pakistan. When one of the top officials in the opposition
Jamaat-e-Islami party, Abdul Quader Mollah, was sentenced to life in
prison for war crimes on February 5, protesters demanded a death
sentence. (Since then, violence has escalated as other war criminals received death sentences, and Jamaat supporters launched counterprotests.)
During Ahmed's time in
Bangladesh, he would spend about six hours a day among the protesters,
as they shared their stories about why they were there. He encountered
many among the hundreds of thousands in the crowd who shared the
protests with the world via social media, all the while knowing they
could be in danger. Ahmed himself said he is willing to die for the
cause.
Dozens have been killed
in incidents related to the protests since February. "One of the
bloggers I met spent the day talking to me. The next day he was chopped
in pieces."
On March 8, Ahmed was documenting the protest with his camera when chaos erupted.
Three Molotov cocktails were tossed from a five-story building,
allegedly by supporters of Jamaat. "Everybody panicked," he said.
"One of the speakers at
the demonstration said, 'Our parents were not afraid in 1971; we won't
be afraid now,'" according to Ahmed. "Within 30 seconds, everyone sat
down and started chanting slogans."
Of course, scenes of
large protests have become more common in recent years, with varying
results. When he sees how other protests like those in Egypt's Tahrir
Square turned out, he is concerned with how that country still lacks
stability, but he says this demonstration is different.
"We are taking Gandhi's
approach, we are nonviolent. This is unprecedented. You see kids,
mothers, old people who cannot walk," he said.
Though he has personal
reasons to see "justice" and the war criminals punished, many of the
protesters he encountered weren't even born in 1971. However, they were
familiar with the war through school, and many had fathers, grandfathers
or uncles who fought.
"The new generation --
the Facebook generation -- is totally determined," he said. He even
suggested renaming the site of the protests "Facebook Square."
"They're not going to
leave until justice is done. I ask them, 'How long?' They say 'As long
as it takes.' They want the extreme jihadist party (Jamaat-e-Islami)
banned; they want the country to be a secular country. I hope I survive
that long to see it is done."
Ahmed recently returned
to the United States because of his health. He is going to have a heart
procedure done this week. Then he is ready to return for as long as four
months to join the continuing protest.
Though his return to Bangladesh has been short, his life is forever changed. He has been touched by so many things he saw: from balloons filled with written messages for those who died in the war, to a candlelit vigil, where his camera panned the crowd, showing the "hopeful, determined" faces of the demonstrators.
"I'm dying to go back, believe me."
China sentenced 20 people in Xinjiang on charges of terrorist activities
By CNN Staff
March 29, 2013 -- Updated 0105 GMT (0905 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Courts in northwest China's Xinjiang province sentenced 20 people for separatist activities
- Sentences ranged from five years in jail to life in prison in five separate cases
- The northwestern province of China has been the scene of periodic unrest
- Riots last year left 12 dead in Kashgar last year, according to Xinhua
They received sentences
ranging from five years in jail to life in prison in five separate cases
in Kashgar and Bayingol prefectures.
The case was reported in Chinese media, including semi-official website Yaxin in
Xinjiang. Chinese media did not reveal the ethnicity or gender of the
accused, however they are believed to be Uighurs -- a Muslim minority of
northwest China -- because of the ethnicity of their names.
The northwestern province
of China has been the scene of periodic unrest. Xinjiang was rocked by
the worst violence in decades in July 2009 when rioting between Uighurs
and Han Chinese left nearly 200 people dead and 1,700 injured in the
regional capital Urumqi.
Riots last year left 12 dead in Kashgar last year, according to Xinhua.
The 20 suspects in court
on Tuesday were accused of spreading ideas of religious extremism and
terrorism as well as participating in terrorist organizations, provoking
incidents and incite separatism, according to state media. They used
the Internet, mobile phones and digital devices for their crimes.
The suspects were said to
be linked to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement and Islamic Movement
of Uzbekistan, which are considered terrorist organizations by the
Chinese government, according to state media.
U.S. ex-soldier charged with using RPG for al Qaeda group
By Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Producer
March 28, 2013 -- Updated 2314 GMT (0714 HKT)
Source: CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Army veteran Eric Harroun fought Syria's government, affidavit says
- Group he allegedly fought for is part of terror group, Justice Department says
- FBI arrests Harroun at hotel near Washington
Eric Harroun, 30, of
Phoenix was arrested Tuesday night by the FBI at a hotel near Washington
Dulles International Airport in Virginia. A Justice Department official
tells CNN that FBI agents questioned Harroun at the hotel, then took
him into custody.
Harroun appeared Thursday
in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, and was charged in connection
with his alleged use of a rocket-propelled grenade in Syria.
The law used to charge
him states, "Any national of the United States who, without lawful
authority, uses or threatens, attempts, or conspires to use a weapon of
mass destruction outside of the U.S. shall be imprisoned for any term of
years or for life, or if death results, may be punished by death."
Harroun served with the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2003. He is not charged with targeting U.S. troops in Iraq.
The organization he
allegedly fought with, al-Nusra Front, is one of several aliases used by
the al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist organization. The organization claims
responsibility for nearly 600 terrorist attacks in Syria, the Justice
Department said.
An FBI affidavit says
Harroun crossed into Syria in January 2013 and fought against Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad's forces. He posted photos and videos of
himself on the Internet handling RPGs and other weapons, it said.
The Pentagon declined to
comment on Harroun's arrest. However, "It's always a concern when
terrorist networks in that part of the world and elsewhere seek to
recruit Americans, whether they're in the military or not," spokesman
George Little told CNN's Erin Burnett.
"I don't think this is a
widespread phenomenon, and most of our people in this country -- and
certainly most men and women in the military -- would not consider
joining a terrorist network," Little added.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Will Somalia get enough rain this year?
a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN
The situation appears to be particularly bleak in southern Somalia, where rains during June/July are likely to be inadequate. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said they were “somehow optimistic”. "This is a seasonal climate forecast which will depend very much on the spatial and temporal distribution of the rains during the season," said Hussein Gadain, chief technical advisor at FAO. "In fact, we expect some areas might even be flooded, especially along the Shabelle River, where farmers cut the… [banks] for irrigation."
Accurately predicting the weather and its possible impact is tricky, and even more so in a year marked by the absence of strong climatic signals from the oceans. Phenomena like La Niña, when sea surface temperatures are cooler, or El Niño, when they are warmer, are part of the normal climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean and occur once every four to seven years. They can also provide clues as to how the weather may behave.
Somalia has two distinct rainy seasons. The first is 'Gu', the long rains from March to June that support the main cropping season. The second is 'Deyr', the short rains, which occur at different times across the country but usually from October to November, according to FAO.
"Normally, the climatic conditions in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean (El Nino and La Nina) tend to affect the Deyr rains more than the Gu rains, which are affected by the Somali Jet [a narrow wind-stream running north along the east African coast] and the conditions in the western Indian Ocean,” Gadain noted.
Galu said FEWS-NET uses an analogue year - when a similar forecast has been made - to build a picture of the likely impact on agriculture. "The year we used as a reference - especially 2002 (the most likely scenario) indicates that rainfall distribution during the coming months is also expected to be erratic in both space and time," but he added that no two seasons/years can be exactly the same.
Some parts of southern Somalia received good Deyr rains between October and December in 2012, and farmers have managed to harvest an almost average crop of sorghum, but FAO noted that the agro-pastoral areas of Gedo, in the southwest, as well as Lower and Middle Juba, the country’s southernmost regions, received inadequate rainfall.
The severe drought in the Horn of Africa in 2010/11 displaced millions of people and left tens of thousands dead, and led the United Nations to declare a famine in parts of southern Somalia.
"We are particularly concerned, as the same communities - who have not really had sufficient time to recover - could be affected by insufficient rains," said Galu. "Crop yield prospects in southern Somalia, particularly for the rainfed cropping areas, are likely to be reduced in [the] case of below-normal rainfall amounts and erratic distribution during the season."
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Briefing: In Somalia, relative peace belies rocky road ahead
a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Photo: Ahmad Mahmoud/IRIN
On 18 March, for example, a car bomb in Mogadishu left several people dead.
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud responded in a statement: “We can only presume at this stage that this cowardly attack is the work of Al-Shabab. They have been severely weakened and now resort to terrorism and murder of innocent Somali citizens… Al-Shabab/Al-Qaeda forces have no place in this world, and we will not allow them to have [a] place in Somalia.”
Al-Shabab has since claimed responsibility for the attack.
Below, IRIN provides an overview of Somalia’s recent progress and the many challenges that remain.
What does relative stability look like in Somalia?
Recent gains by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali forces against the Al-Shabab insurgents have given the government some breathing space. Members of the Somali diaspora are now returning due to the increased stability.
“We are no longer scared of the heavy shelling exchanged by Al-Shabab and African Union forces,” Abdullahi, a businessman in the Bakara Market, told IRIN. The market was previously an Al-Shabab stronghold.
“More children are going to school, businesses are opening, and there been a construction boom,” added another Mogadishu resident. “There has been a really big change.”
According to the mayor of Mogadishu, Mohamed Ahmed Nur Tarsan, there has been a significant improvement in the security situation there.
“When Al-Shabab was ruling parts of Mogadishu, all government MPs [members of parliament] and politicians could not rent houses but were all caged in the presidential palace. Now, they live in various neighbourhoods of Mogadishu,” he said.
The lighting up of two arterial roads in Mogadishu has allowed businesses there to remain open after dark; children can also be seen playing in the streets. “I am playing football with my friends until late at night,” Mohamed Hassan, 12, told IRIN in the Mogadishu district of Howlwadag.
There are plans to gradually light up other major roads in Mogadishu in a bid to boost business.
What are the remaining security threats?
But “insecurity remained a key challenge throughout the country in February,” according to an update by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), issued on 6 March.
“An explosion occurred in Mogadishu's Abdiaziz District. The vehicle-borne improvized explosive device [VBIED] attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. One person was confirmed dead and three others were injured.
"When Al-Shabab was ruling parts of Mogadishu,
all government MPs and politicians could not rent houses but were all
caged in the presidential palace. Now, they live in various
neighbourhoods of Mogadishu"
“In Kismayo, 11 people were killed in clashes between rival
pro-government and clan-based militias. The clashes may be related to
the long political tension in the Juba region over the formation of a
regional state,” the update said, adding that a suicide attack on 11
February in Gaalkayo had killed one person and wounded 27 others.Dozens of households also fled areas in the Bay and Bakool regions to the town of Luuq, and others fled to Dollo Ado refugee camp in Ethiopia, fearing armed clashes in Diinsoor and the onset of the lean season, it said.
Meanwhile, an Al-Shabab blockade in Bakool has led to a rise in the cost of basic foodstuffs.
“The cost of 50kg of rice was 400,000 Somali shillings (US$24) a year ago, and it is 800,000 Somali shillings ($48) today,” Osman Ali, a father of eight, told IRIN by telephone. “I have spent all I had. Now, I am almost about to sell my houses to get food for my children.”
Mohamed Moalin, the commissioner of Bakool’s regional capital of Hudur, said that Al-Shabab is preventing food from reaching the town.
“Al-Shabab controls the main roads that lead to Hudur, and they would not allow vehicles carrying food to enter the [areas] we control, and this has resulted [in] hardships for the people.” Residents there now rely on food brought in by donkey carts.
In a 21 March press release, following the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Hudur, AMISOM sought to reassure residents, stating it “is working closely with the Federal Government of Somalia in their efforts to re-establish a security presence in the area.”
AMISOM Force Commander General Gutti said, “We have in place contingent measures to ensure that areas in Bay and Bakool remain stable and secure in the event of further Ethiopian troop withdrawals.”
The Somali government is also grappling with acts of criminality by its armed forces.
Several hours after the execution of three soldiers for killing civilians, the chairman of Somalia’s Supreme Military Court, Hassan Mohamed Hussein Mungab, told IRIN: “We will not tolerate killers and rapists within the armed forces. We will kill them because they denied the very people they were supposed to protect the right to life.”
Armed, uniformed men have also been accused of robbery. “I have had my mobile phone forcibly taken by two uniformed men,” Abdikafi Mohamed, a resident of Mogadishu, said.
International focus on the security sector was reflected in the March partial lifting of a UN arms embargo on Somalia, which will allow the government to continue to train and equip its armed forces.
How have development efforts fared?
The Somalia government also struggles to ensure access to health and education.
The lack of experienced health professionals and supplies is a challenge, said Mohamud Moallim Yahye, the deputy minister for development and social services.
Photo: UN Photo/Tobin Jones
“Donors and aid organizations used to engage with local NGO and private individuals while providing services, but now things are changing - health interventions across the country will be conducted through the Ministry of Social Services [and] Development.”
An estimated four million Somali children are also missing out on schooling, according to the social services ministry. The ministry hopes to send at least one million children to school in 2013, even as former government schools are currently housing hundreds of internally displaced persons.
A standard syllabus must also be developed. “There are various syllabuses in use in the country which impart different cultures and values among Somalis, so developing a standard curriculum is a challenge,” said Yahye.
Has peace affected the economy?
Financial issues remain paramount. The Somali shilling has been strengthening against the US dollar over the last couple of months, with adverse effects.
At present, $100 is being exchanged for 1.7 million Somali shillings, compared to 2.2 million in the recent past.
“My brother in Britain sends me $100, but it buys less shillings than before, which means I can buy less goods or services. It’s good to have our money strengthened, but it does not have increased purchasing power,” said Liban Galad, a student in Mogadishu.
“We used to eat three times a day, but we have reduced [this to] two,” Fatima Rashid, a mother of five, told IRIN.
Somalia does not have a functioning central bank to regulate the supply and demand of currencies.
“For the last two decades, no legal sufficient money has been printed, so there [are] less shillings in Somalia, and the rise in demand for the shilling has devalued the dollar,” Mohamed Sheikh Ahmed, an economics lecturer at the SIMAD University, told IRIN.
Investors and returnees have also flooded the market with dollars. “Somali investors are coming home with dollars. All salaries are paid in dollars. Tax is paid in dollars. And agencies, especially [the] Turkish, are paying in dollars - huge amount[s] of dollars,” he added.
Some business people could also be hoarding Somali shillings leading to a higher demand.
To help to stabilize the fluctuating exchange rate, Ahmed suggests printing more 1,000 shilling notes, but says longer-term measures are needed. “The most practical [solution] in the long term is the printing of new money with [a] strong central bank, which can control the demand and the supply [of currency],” he said, adding that the government should also start paying salaries and collecting taxes in Somali shillings.
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