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Mingora, Apr 28 (ANI): Tension in the Swat Valley is fast growing as the Taliban continues armed patrolling and threatened a group of lawyers and recalcitrant militants. It also captured a telephone exchange in Sataal and looted two NGO offices in Saidu Sharif while preparing for a showdown with security forces.
Meanwhile, US spy planes flew over Matta, Kabal, Charbagh and Khwazakhela as Maulana Fazlullah was chairing a meeting of his commanders at an undisclosed location in the valley to devise future strategy.
US drones, locals said, hovered over Matta, Khwazakhela, Kabal and Charbagh areas but did not carry out strikes. The locals fear a Waziristan-style attack by the drones.
Speaking on FM radio channel, the deputy chief of the militants, Shah Dauran, threatened lawyers with action for speaking against the Taliban.
He said lawyers Sher Zaman, Muamber, Ali Haidar, Zahoor Iqbal, Muhammad Ismail, Noor Muhammad, Hazrat Bilal and others “are making fun of the Shariat-e-Muhammadi and the Taliban” and his fighters would soon take action against them.
“Whoever will speak against the Taliban, we will take action against them,” The News quoted him, as saying.
Dauran also warned those Taliban fighters who were flouting the Taliban chief’s orders. His warning confirmed reports about fissures within the Taliban.
Taliban continus armed patrolling on roads in Khwazakhela, Charbagh and Peshawar, which triggered off apprehensions of another military operation in the valley, of which people have become weary. (ANI)
Peshawar, Apr.23 (ANI): At least eight platoons of paramilitary troops have been dispatched to North West Frontier Province’s (NWFP) Buner district to counter the heavy infiltration of the Taliban.
According to sources, eight companies of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) have been sent to the district to safe guard government buildings and bridges, which the government fears the Taliban could attack.
Meanwhile, after Mullah Fazlullah’s announcement over his illegal FM radio channel, the patrolling by the Taliban in the district’s shopping areas has subsided, the Dawn reports.
Local residents said that extremists have restricted their movement to Pir Baba, Sultanwas and Zaga areas of the district.
Following the government’s approval to establish sharia law in the region, militants from the Swat Valley entered Buner in large numbers raising fears that the Taliban would establish its writ in the region too, and that the accord had only emboldened their wish to expand their control. (ANI)
LG has expanded its range of music-centric phones in India by launching its two new music phone models – LG GM200 and LG KM335 which appear to be a pretty alluring amalgamation of music with design, style, and exclusive features. Both the new models are already available at all the retail outlets in the country.
Both the new phones bring along for the users inimitable ways of enjoying their choicest tunes. On one hand, the Rs 9250-priced GM200 is LGs first phone featuring Dolby Mobile and offers an outstanding music experience via its 2.1 Channel woofer stereo sound; the LG KM335, costing Rs 8250, is equipped with the AM/FM radio feature which allows users to tune into their preferred radio station and update themselves with the most recent music tracks!
Other specs of the GM200 include 2MP camera; Bluetooth 2.0, improved GPRS, MP3 Hot key, 3.5mm jack, and Micro SD Card Slot with 1 GB in-box. Its battery back-up is up to 600 hours standby time with long music play hour, and up to 10-hours talk time.
Among the specs of the KM335 are 3MP flash camera; playback at 30 fps; video recording at 15 fps; and 90MB storage expandable up to 8GB. Fitted with 1100Mah battery, the phone has a standby time of 600 hours, and talk time up to 9.5 hours.
Sydney, March 29 (ANI): An electricity company in Australia is planning to install a new electronic control box in homes, which would allow it to switch off individual appliances, such as air conditioners and plasma TVs, to ration power use.
According to a report carried out in news.com.au, the new device, made by Australian firm ETSA, would go in the meter box and remotely read meters, turn power on and off, report outages – and, if the customer agreed, ration power to an individual home.
It is controlled by an FM radio signal and on a house-by-house basis.
ETSA chief executive Lew Owens said that the new device, now being trialled, could prevent the kind of load-shedding blackouts across entire suburbs that Adelaide experienced in January, by reducing demand across the city.
ETSA wants to introduce the system some time after 2010 and could eventually roll it out into all homes in Adelaide.
It follows the successful trial by ETSA of a less sophisticated “peak breaker” box attached to air conditioners in Mawson Lakes and Glenelg, which was used to turn off refrigerated air conditioner compressors in periods of peak demand during heat waves.
“We can turn off the compressors and leave the fan circulating the air,” said Owens. “We turn it off 15 minutes in every hour by an FM radio signal and the customer doesn’t know it’s happened,” he added.
The trials found that peak electricity demand during heatwaves could be reduced dramatically by the control boxes, with Mawson Lakes homes’ power consumption cut by about a third, and Glenelg’s by about 20 per cent.
Owens emphasised that while ETSA planned to put the new boxes in all homes, customers would choose whether to allow it to be used to ration power.
However, he added that people who did not take this option might find they would lose all power when power demand was running at peak levels.
According to ETSA, the box is sophisticated enough to control specific equipment in the home. (ANI)
Washington, March 4 (ANI): Paris Hilton’s ex beau Benji Madden has slammed reports of his romance with Katy Perry, insisting she is just a beautiful friend.
The Good Charlotte guitarist had raised eyebrows after being spotted canoodling with the ‘I Kissed A Girl’ hitmaker at Sin City hotspot “Wasted Space” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
But the rocker has now blasted the rumour mill, saying there was nothing but friendship brewing between the two.
“No, it’s not true, we’re friends. She’s beautiful,” Fox News quoted him as telling Australia’s 2Day FM radio.
“When you’re friends with someone, you don’t want to ever compromise a friendship,” he added.
Katy too has previously blasted reports linking her with the vocalist. (ANI)
Mingora (Pakistan), Feb. 21 (ANI): Taliban and Pakistani officials have agreed to a permanent ceasefire in the Swat Valley, a senior government official said on Saturday.
“They have made commitment that they will observe a permanent ceasefire and we’ll do the same,” said Syed Mohammad Javed, the Commissioner of Malakand.
Swat Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah was expected to announce the ceasefire on the illegal FM radio owned by Taliabn. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told Reuters that Fazlullah would make an announcement on the radio shortly.
“I can’t say what he would say but there would be good news for people of Swat,” Khan said.
The ceasefire announcement comes a day after TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad met with Fazlullah in a bid to convince the Taliban to disarm under ‘sharia-deal’ between them and Pakistan Government.
According to the sharia deal’ between Pakistan Government and the Taliban, the Taliban is required to end their bloody campaign after introduction of Islamic ‘sharia courts’ in the Malakand and Kohistan districts of Swat.
International community had criticized the deal saying the deal effectively cedes Swat to the Taliban and could embolden other militant groups challenging Pakistan’s shaky secular government.
The US President’s special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke hadcriticized the deal by saying that the US was troubled and confused about what happened in Swat because it was not an encouraging trend.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Britain too had severely criticized the accord, fearing the ceasefire may give Taliban militants time to train and come up stronger.
A similar deal in the Swat last year collapsed after a few months and was blamed for giving time to insurgents to regroup. (ANI)
Peshawar, Jan.26 (ANI): Minutes after Pakistani political leaders appealed the Taliban to lay down their violent methods in Swat valley and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to solve their differences through dialogue, the Taliban has announced a list of 43 people – including former and incumbent ministers – who they have declared ‘wanted’ and liable to punishment under the Taliban law (sharia).
The announcement was made by Mullah Fazlullah, the Talibani cleric, on his FM radio channel, The Daily Times reports.
“These 43 people on the list are Taliban’s enemies, and would be arrested or killed by our men. If arrested, they would be produced before the Taliban courts, which will punish them in line with the ‘sharia’,” Fazlullah’s voiced screeched over the Talibani radio frequency.
The self-styled cleric also announced ‘amnesty’ for some political leaders and influential people who have stopped opposing Taliban in the valley, locals who had heard the announcement said.
The blatant announcement comes only two days after a provincial minister from the Awami National Party (ANP) and two members of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Assembly visited the Swat valley to express solidarity and support for the people of the region against the rising extremism. (ANI)