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Intrepid Mines Limited: Postponement of General Meeting

June 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, Jun 25 (MARKET WIRE) —
The directors of Intrepid Mines Limited (“Intrepid” or the
“Company”), (TSX: IAU)(ASX: IAU) hereby give notice, pursuant
to section 36 of the Company’s constitution that the General Meeting of
Shareholders scheduled for 10:00 am on Monday 28 June, to consider the
proposed sale of the Paulsens Gold Mine to Northern Star Resources
(“EGM”) will be postponed to 10:00 a.m. on 21 July 2010. The
venue will also be changed to The Sofitel Hotel, 249 Turbot Street,
Brisbane.

The directors believe it appropriate to postpone the meeting to allow
shareholders adequate opportunity to consider the additional information
provided to the market in announcements made earlier this week, and to
progress discussions with Northern Star Resources in respect of the
variation of the commercial terms of the Paulsens transaction.

Directors will keep shareholders advised of further developments and
recommend that shareholders take no further action pending such
announcements.

ABN: 11 060 156 452

Contacts:
Intrepid Mines Limited
Brad Gordon
Chief Executive Officer
+61 7 3007 8011

Intrepid Mines Limited
Greg Taylor
Toronto
416 6055120
www.intrepidmines.com

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Intrepid Mines Limited: Postponement of General Meeting

June 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Directors will keep shareholders advised of further developments and
recommend that shareholders take no further action pending such
announcements.

ABN: 11 060 156 452

Contacts:
Intrepid Mines Limited
Brad Gordon
Chief Executive Officer
+61 7 3007 8011

Intrepid Mines Limited
Greg Taylor
Toronto
416 6055120
www.intrepidmines.com

Blast at Kenya rally injures at least 24 – media

June 14, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 13 (Reuters) – A blast at a Kenyan prayer meeting including church leaders and politicians campaigning against a proposed new constitution injured at least 24 people, local media reported on Sunday.

The Kenya Television Network (KTN) reported that there were two blasts at the Uhuru Park.

“We have so many people injured and we have reports that one person may have lost his life…,” Agriculture Minister William Ruto, who was at the prayer meeting, told KTN. Police officials were not immediately available to comment.

Kenyans are due to vote on the new constitution in a referendum on Aug. 4.

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Nepal averts crisis by hair’s breadth

May 29, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, May 29 (IANS) The nascent republic of Nepal averted an unprecedented constitutional crisis by a hair’s breadth Friday midnight after the opposition Maoist party agreed to bail the coalition government out and extend the term of the interim parliament by a year.

In return, embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is expected to step down, though it was not immediately clear when.

Only 17 minutes before midnight, Nepal’s endangered parliament, that was to have convened at 8 a.m., sat to decide the fate of the country.

After nearly 15 hours of last-minute negotiations, the opposition Maoist party decided to withdraw its objection to the government’s proposal to extend the term of interim parliament and the proposal was passed unanimously.

AS per a peace agreement, Nepal was to have promulgated a new constitution by Friday midnight. However, the statute could not be unveiled due to protracted disputes between the ruling parties and the Maoists for over a year.

The impasse triggered fears that in the absence of a new constitution, parliament would be dissolved automatically at Friday midnight along with the government, unleashing an unprecedented crisis and vacuum.

But now, the house has been given a new lease of life for a year. The new constitution will have to be tabled within that.

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Nepal Maoist Chairman Prachanda downplays party”s plan to declare ”constitution” from streets

May 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, May 21 (ANI): Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ”Prachanda” has clarified that his party is not going to declare what it calls the people”s Constitution from the streets on May 29 if the Constituent Assembly gets dissolved.

Speaking to reporters in Dhulikhel on Thursday, Prachanda described the media reports that the party is preparing to declare a ”people”s Constitution” from the streets as ”unfounded”.

Nepalnews quoted him as, saying that the party will only publicise the draft of the Constitution it has prepared.

He said the Constitution that will become defunct after May 28 will be revived after the Constituent Assembly parties forge consensus.

He said it was important to reactivate the Constituent Assembly, which had become dormant for the past one year. Different parties should come to an agreement to do so.

The parties could not forge agreement due to the inflexibility on the part of the ruling parties.

He said that integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants has been the main issue of contention between the ruling coalition and his party.

He reiterated that his Party is not in a position to specify the number of combatants to be integrated right away as demanded by the ruling parties.

Earlier, the CPN Maoist had stated that it would promulgate a Constitution drafted by the party from the streets on May 29.

The party had decided at the meeting of its politburo to promulgate its Constitution unilaterally if a consensus is not forged before the Constituent Assembly”s (CA) term expires.

They decided not to vote for extension of the term of the Constituent Assembly if new government under Maoist-leadership is not formed.

They also decided to cancel the nationwide protests scheduled for May 25 and a cadres training scheduled for May 18. (ANI)

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Marandi appeals in vain to Supreme Court

May 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give urgent hearing to the petition filed by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi challenging Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren for holding the coveted post without being the member of the State assembly.

A vacation bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and Chandramouli Prasad said that there was no urgency in the matter and that it would be heard during the routine course.

In his petition, Marandi has accused Soren of misusing the special provision under Article 164 (4) of the Constitution.
Marandi alleged that it is the third time Soren has apparently misused the provisions.

“As per provision of the said Section, Soren should become the member of the House within a span of 180 days, out of which he has stayed the CM for 140 days now,” Marandi had earlier said.

“The process of holding election takes 40-45 days but as Soren does not intend to become a member of the House, he is still holding the post. This is against constitutional norms,” he added.

Article 164 (4) enables an unelected person to become chief minister subject to the condition that he/she would get elected to the Assembly within six months. (ANI)

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North Korea calls rare second session of assembly

May 18, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

North Korea has called for a rare second session of its parliament on June 7, its state media said on Tuesday, two months since the previous meeting when it changed the constitution to boost leader Kim Jong-il’s powers.

A brief dispatch by the official KCNA news agency did not say what was on the agenda for the new session of the rubber stamp Supreme People’s Assembly.

Kim did not attend the last session on April 9, which amended the constitution to strengthen the powers of the National Defence Commission, the focus of leadership in the reclusive state which he heads as chairman.

The new session will come after South Korea is expected to release this Thursday the findings by a team of investigators probing the cause of a deadly sinking of a navy ship in March, which officials widely believe was torpedoed by North Korea.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak spoke to U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday and discussed a coordinated response to the sinking, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said.

(Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

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Gorkhas hold separate state demand torch rally

May 15, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Salugara (West Bengal), May 15 (ANI): The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) held a torch procession at Salugara town in West Bengal”s Jalpaiguri District in support of their demand for a separate state.

“The Siliguri land is ours. History has witnessed our fight for our survival here.

Therefore, this is our land. The Bengal government should leave this land. It should not capture the land forcefully. Therefore, today, we have taken out this torch rally to protest against this,” said Arjun Pradhan, a central committee leader of GJM.

Earlier on April 9, GJM chief Bimal Gurung met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi, who assured him that he would talk to the Government of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress about the new territory.

The GJM had agreed during the fifth round of tripartite talks in New Delhi to the constitution of Interim Council by next year prior to the creation of a separate state.

The Gorkhas are demanding a separate state to protect their culture and heritage.

The Gorkha population in West Bengal is estimated to be around a million. (ANI)

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UK commander says Karzai”s step-bro would rather watch Chelsea play

May 14, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kabul, May 14 (ANI): A senior British commander attached with the NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, has revealed that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, would “rather be watching Chelsea” play football than be involved in sorting out his nation”s problems.

Powerful Wali Karzai has repeatedly been accused of having links with drug tafficking and corruption – which he denies.

Major General Nick Carter, the British commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, said: “Ahmad Wali Karzai is an avid Chelsea supporter.

“He tells me he would far rather be watching Chelsea win the Premiership than wasting time trying to settle disputes at his house in south-western Kandahar city.”

The senior soldier also revealed concerns over Kandahar”s powerful provincial council providing “much more governance than perhaps it is mandated to do through the Afghan Constitution.”

He suggested that Wali Karzai is willing to relinquish some of his influence.

The British commander said the situation in Kandahar was more complicated than in Helmand, but it was “essentially a political problem”. (ANI)

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No ‘wedding gift’ for Shoaib Malik by lifting 1-year ban: PCB

May 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, May 13 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Director of Cricket Operations Zakir Khan has denied reports regarding the one year ban imposed on all-rounder Shoaib Malik being lifted as a gift for his recent marriage with India Tennis sensation Sania Mirza.

When asked about the issue Khan told Cricistan.com that such speculations had no substance in them.

“ The PCB has made its decision but the affected players also have certain rights under the PCB constitution. One of which is the right of appeal. The players have appealed and now the matter moves to arbitration. The arbitration panel will consider the evidence and testimonies and then evaluate whether the PCB”s decision was correct or not. Only after that can we move forward, until that happens we can only speculate,” he explained.

Khan stressed that the ban and fines imposed on players were based on first hand information after the disastrous Australia tour.

“The PCB enquiry committee was formed to look into the poor performance during the tour of Australia and what the causes behind it were. Evidence and testimony from players and administrators was presented to the committee and the final decision was based on that,” he added. (ANI)

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GJM chief accuses West Bengal government of creating hurdles

May 5, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Champasari Block (WB), May 5 (ANI): Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung has charged the West Bengal Government with creating hurdles in the democratic movement of his party.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Gurung termed this act of the Left Front as follies similar to its mistakes in Singur and Nandigram, which would wipe out the ruling alliance in the 2011 assembly elections.

“We know that the police will intercept us everywhere…the policemen blocked us our agitations which is not good. This very policy will wipe out the state government. The government had followed this policy in Nandigram and Singur and it is the main reason of the fallout of CPI (M) in the province and I hope that in the forthcoming 2011 assembly elections the party would be wiped out completely,” Gurung said
The sixth round of tripartite talks between the GJM, the Central and West Bengal Governments”” is to be held on May 14.

The GJM had agreed during the fifth round of tripartite talks in New Delhi to the constitution of Interim Council by next year prior to the creation of a separate state.

The Gorkhas are demanding a separate state to protect their culture and heritage.

The Gorkha population in West Bengal is estimated to be around a million. (ANI)

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Wilderness Society split

May 4, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The Wilderness Society split has intensified, with two opposing parties now claiming to hold power.

Following months of unrest and allegations of mismanagement, the society held a general meeting in Canberra yesterday.

Members of a group called Save the Wilderness Society left the meeting shortly after it started and elected a new national committee.

The current leadership has refused to recognise the new committee, but spokesman for the break-away group Geoff Law says the move will help end the dispute.

“We did the best that we could and complied with the constitution and ensured that our meeting went ahead and there were hundreds of people there in a constitutional meeting electing a new management committee which can hopefully leave behind the blemishes of the past,” he said.

The Executive Director of the Wilderness Society Alec Marr says the break-away meeting was illegitimate and he is considering legal action.

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Splinter group claims Wilderness Society coup

May 4, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Divisions in the Wilderness Society have deepened, with two opposing groups now claiming to hold power after meetings in Canberra.

Following allegations of mismanagement, bullying and deceit, the warring parties of the Wilderness Society met in Canberra yesterday.

Shortly after the meeting started, the splinter group, Save the Wilderness Society, walked out.

Spokesman Geoff Law said they held a separate meeting which passed a resolution to dissolve the existing national committee.

“We did the best that we could and complied with the constitution and ensured that our meeting went ahead,” he said.

“There were hundreds of people there in a constitutional meeting electing a new management committee which can hopefully leave behind the blemishes of the past.

“We now have a new management committee and the means of moving forward in healing the divisions.”

The existing committee said that meeting was illegitimate.

“This alternative splinter group are a disgraced rabble,” said Wilderness Society executive director Alec Marr.

Both groups are now claiming to run the organisation.

Mr Marr warns that legal action against the breakaway group is likely.

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Nepal Maoists general strike enters third day

May 4, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, May 4 (ANI): Normal life across Nepal was crippled for the third consecutive day on Tuesday in the wake of a nationwide indefinite general strike.

Transportation, market places, academic institutions and industries were brought to a virtual standstill.

Maoist cadres have thronged major thoroughfares of the capital since early this morning to enforce the strike.

Maoist vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said there is no alternative left than to continue with the indefinite strike unless there is guarantee of a pro-people constitution and peace.

Nepalnews quoted him as, saying that the nationwide movement his party is waging would be decisive and topple the current government to replace it with a national unity government.

He also expressed his disgust at efforts to give continuity to the current government by issuing threats of army deployment, but said they will never be successful.

Meanwhile, ten of the 22 ruling parties asked Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal not to resign even as the Maoists continues to mount pressure on the government by enforcing a nationwide indefinite strike.

A meeting of the senior leaders of the ruling parties held at the Prime Minister”s residence concluded that the current stalemate could be resolved only through talks and renewed the call to the Maoists to withdraw the agitation and come to the negotiating table.

They also concluded that the government cannot be changed because of pressure built through street movement and that the Maoists should follow constitutional procedures for this. (ANI)

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Maoists in Nepal intensify combat training

April 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kathmandu (Nepal), Apr 27 (ANI): Maoist groups in Nepal have intensified their combat training, as it begins to look increasingly possible that a political stalemate could see tension return if a May 28 deadline to draft a constitution is not met.

The rebels see no alternative to solve the political crisis aggravated by the death of fomer Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in March.

Groups of men have been practising martial arts at a factory here.

“The reactionaries can play a foul game to thwart the making of the constitution. To compensate for that, we felt the need to take part at training,” said a young Nepalese on a break from their martial arts session.

Nepal held elections in 2008 for a special constituent assembly meant to prepare a new constitution.

It also abolished the 239-year-old monarchy, fulfilling two major demands of the Maoists during the conflict, which began in 1996.

But two other conditions seen as crucial for lasting peace are yet to be fulfilled.

More than 19,000 former Maoist guerrillas housed in U.N.-monitored camps need to be integrated and rehabilitated; and the assembly must prepare a new constitution before May 28.

It is quite possible that the assembly will miss the May 28 deadline, because it is yet to agree on whether to adopt a parliamentary or a presidential government, or how a central system will distribute resources.

Maoist chief Prachanda has said the group will not take up arms again but will capture power if the government failed to deliver on peace and the new constitution.

Senior Maoist leader Babu Ram Bhattari on Monday said he still hopes the new constitution will be approved.

“There is no other alternative than to go to the people and mount pressure on the government to pave the way for the implementation of the peace process and complete the constitution making process by May 28,” said Bhattari.

“This government, which was formed on the basis of unconstitutional move of the President has no intention of completion of the peace process,” he added.

If the constitution is not approved on May 28, experts say the interim constitution can be extended for another six months and that all parties are likely to agree to finish drafting the new constitution within that period. (ANI)

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Nepal Maoists announce indefinite strike from May 2

April 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, April 26 — Disregarding appeals from the government and international community, Maoists in Nepal on Monday announced their decision to launch an indefinite strike across the country from May 2. The main opposition party stated that the strike is in protest against government unwillingness to end the political deadlock and ensure logical conclusion of the peace and constitution drafting processes. “This is not our wish but have been forced to take this step,” said United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ at a press conference on Monday evening.

Reiterating that the demonstration and strike would be peaceful, Prachanda warned the government of dire consequences if it tried to use force to disperse Maoist cadres or prevent them from reaching the capital.

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Nepal Maoists call indefinite strike from May 2

April 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kathmandu, April 27 — Disregarding appeals from the government and international community, Maoists in Nepal on Monday announced their decision to launch an indefinite strike across the country from May 2. The main opposition party stated that the strike is in protest against government unwillingness to end the political deadlock and ensure logical conclusion of the peace and constitution drafting processes.

“This is not our wish but have been forced to take this step,” said United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ at a press conference on Monday. Thousands of Maoist cadres would take part in a street demonstration on May 1 seeking removal of the government and establishment of a national unity government headed by the party.

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Pak legal experts oppose ‘release of terror suspects on bail’

April 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Peshawar, Apr 26(ANI): Pakistan’s legal experts have said that the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2009 will become ineffective if courts in the country begin ordering the release of terror suspects on bail under Article 199 of the Constitution.

They insist the ordinance is aimed at preventing courts from releasing persons charged with terrorism.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had promulgated the ordinance in October 2009, barring anti-terrorism courts from granting bail to terror suspects.

Under Section 21-D of the ordinance, superior courts’ powers to grant bail vis-a-vis terrorism cases were also curtailed, The Daily Times reports.

However, on April 21, the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) special division bench comprising Chief Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Dost Mohammad Khan said that arrested persons charged under the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2009 could file writ petitions under Article 1999 with the superior courts for release on bail.

Disapproving the decision, PHC lawyer and Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) Secretary General, Ameenur Rehman, said the ordinance was aimed at stopping the release of terror suspects from courts on bail.

He said dozens of terror suspects had been released on bail by the PHC and anti-terrorism courts after the public prosecution and state lawyers had failed to prove charges against them. (ANI)

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Thai ruling party seeks to win over coalition through constitutional amendments

April 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Bangkok, Apr.21 (ANI): Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party is looking at the drafting of a new “people”s constitution” to break the present political deadlock.

While some party senior executives, including chief adviser and former prime minister Chuan Leekpai, are opposed to proposals forwarded by junior coalition members to amend two sections of the 2007 constitution and dissolve the lower house in six months, the Democrats” executive has instead agreed that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban should approach the party”s coalition partners with a proposal to draw up a new charter.

Democrat adviser and former party leader Banyat Bantadtan proposed the idea of drafting a new constitution at a meeting yesterday of party members and the party”s cabinet ministers to discuss the political situation and the proposed charter amendments, a party source said.

Banyat suggested the new “people”s constitution” should be modelled on the 2007 and the1997 charters.

All sectors of society, including the anti-government red shirts, should be involved in the drafting of the new constitution, the source said.

Banyat believed the initiative of a new charter would gain greater public support than the amendment of just two sections of the present constitution. (ANI)

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Zardari says he is not ‘powerless’, derives strength from ‘democracy’

April 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr.20 (ANI): Presenting a brave face after signing the 18th Constitutional Amendment bill into law, which would subsequently clip his key powers, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said democracy is his strength and that he is not ‘powerless.’

“I believe in democracy and seek my strength from democracy as I think democratically,” Zardari told media persons after the signing the bill.

“Despite enjoying all the powers, I never thought of using these powers as I am not fond of keeping powers,” he added.

Responding to a question, Zardari said ‘doors to dictatorship’ have been shut, but hinted that possibility of another military rule in the country remains.

“I am fully confident that no dictator would dare step in now, but then, who can rule out mishaps,” The Daily Times quoted Zardari, as saying.

Zardari stressed that he had never misused his powers, and added that he took all decisions in consultation with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)

“I have never misused my authority in the capacity of the country’s head of state and would not do so in future,” he said.

Later, interacting with reporters, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the enactment of the 18th Amendment has increased the responsibilities of both the federal and provincial governments.

When asked about cutting the size of the cabinet, Gilani replied: “Everything will be done in accordance with the Constitution.” (ANI)

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Intrepid Mines Limited: Postponement of General Meeting

Intrepid Mines Limited: Postponement of General Meeting

Blast at Kenya rally injures at least 24 – media

Nepal averts crisis by hair’s breadth

Nepal Maoist Chairman Prachanda downplays party”s plan to declare ”constitution” from streets

Marandi appeals in vain to Supreme Court

North Korea calls rare second session of assembly

Gorkhas hold separate state demand torch rally

UK commander says Karzai”s step-bro would rather watch Chelsea play

No ‘wedding gift’ for Shoaib Malik by lifting 1-year ban: PCB

GJM chief accuses West Bengal government of creating hurdles

Wilderness Society split

Nepal Maoists general strike enters third day

Maoists in Nepal intensify combat training

Nepal Maoists announce indefinite strike from May 2

Nepal Maoists call indefinite strike from May 2

Pak legal experts oppose ‘release of terror suspects on bail’

Thai ruling party seeks to win over coalition through constitutional amendments

Zardari says he is not ‘powerless’, derives strength from ‘democracy’

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