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Citi gana 13 premios a la excelencia de Euromoney

July 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Director general de Citi, Vikram Pandit, elegido banquero del año
LONDRES Y NUEVA YORK–(Business Wire)–
Citi anunció hoy que ha sido galardonada con 13 premios por sus productos y
regiones en la ceremonia anual de entrega de Premios Euromoney a la excelencia,
entre ellos el reconocimiento para Vikram Pandit, director general de Citigroup,
nombrado Banquero del año.

“Me honra muchísimo que Euromoney haya reconocido el progreso notable que
estamos haciendo en Citi”, señaló Pandit. “Nos hemos concentrado en ser un banco
dedicado exclusivamente a servir a sus clientes y aprovechar nuestra impronta
global única, y gracias a eso pudimos establecer las bases para lograr
rentabilidad y éxito a largo plazo. Esta distinción no hubiera posible sin la
dedicación y el esfuerzo de 263.000 empleados en todo el mundo, y estoy
sumamente orgulloso de poder aceptar este premio en nombre de todos ellos”.

Citi también resultó acreedor del premio al mejor banco de transacciones
mundiales , por su negocio de Servicio de transacciones mundiales, que ofrece
soluciones integradas de tesorería y operaciones bursátiles, y servicios de
valores y fondos para corporaciones multinacionales, instituciones financieras y
clientes del sector público en más de 100 países en todo el mundo. El servicio
de transacciones mundiales de Citi procesa más de $3 billones de dólares en
operaciones internacionales diariamente, prestando servicio al 96% de las
empresas del mundo que figuran en la lista Fortune 500.

Francesco Vanni d`Archirafi, director general de Servicios de transacciones
mundiales de Citi, señaló: “Estamos encantados de recibir el reconocimiento de
Euromoney por nuestros servicios de transacciones a nivel internacional y en
cinco regiones. El poder de este negocio está en nuestra capacidad para prestar
buenos servicios a nuestros clientes a nivel local, regional y global, en
cualquier lugar del mundo donde quieran hacer negocios. Citi sigue invirtiendo
en la gente y en la tecnología, son nuestra prioridad número uno para garantizar
nuestra permanencia a la cabeza de la innovación con nuestros clientes,
ofreciéndoles soluciones que los ayuden a materializar ahora mismo sus
aspiraciones para el futuro”.

Optimizando su presencia mundial y su experiencia en materia de productos, Citi
también obtuvo los siguientes premios:

* Mejor banco de inversión en el Caribe
* Mejor banco de inversión en India
* Mejor administrador de fondos en África
* Mejor administrador de fondos en Asia
* Mejor administrador de fondos en Europa Central y Europa Oriental
* Mejor administrador de fondos en Latinoamérica
* Mejor administrador de fondos en Norteamérica
* Mejor emisor de bonos en Colombia
* Mejor emisor de bonos en México
* Mejor administrador de capital en Hong Kong
* Mejor administrador de capital en el Medio Oriente

El premio a la excelencia de Euromoney, actualmente en su 19o año, seguirá
siendo uno de los galardones más respetados en la industria de los servicios
financieros.

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Acerca de Citi

Citi, la compañía de servicios financieros líder a nivel mundial, posee
aproximadamente 200 millones de cuentas de clientes y opera en más de 140
países. A través de Citicorp y Citi Holdings, Citi brinda a consumidores,
empresas, gobiernos e instituciones una amplia gama de productos y servicios
financieros, incluyendo banca de consumo y créditos, banca corporativa y de
inversión, corretaje de valores, servicios de transacción y gestión de
patrimonios. Se puede obtener más información en www.citigroup.com o en
www.citi.com.

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Contactos para los medios:
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o
Nueva York:
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137 Malay Indian students get awards for excellence

April 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 19 (ANI): Persatuan Kebajikan Namakkal Malaysia, an Indian non-governmental organisation, gave certificates of excellence and gifts to 137 students.

Indian achiever sin the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah, Penilaian Menengah Rendah and Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examinations received their rewards at a ceremony here yesterday.

Three SPM students received the best student awards. They were Parakash Pannersavan of SMK Taman Seri Muda Shah Alam, who scored 11As; Prethibha

Sivadas of SMK Dato Penggawa Timur, Johor Baru, who had 12As, and Sri Vithya Palaniappan of SMK Convent in Sentul with 11As.

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Senator A. Kohilan Pillay said he was pleased that Indian youths were doing well in their studies, the NST online reports. (ANI)

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137 Malay Indian students get awards for excellence

April 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 19 (ANI): Persatuan Kebajikan Namakkal Malaysia, an Indian non-governmental organisation, gave certificates of excellence and gifts to 137 students.

Indian achiever sin the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah, Penilaian Menengah Rendah and Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examinations received their rewards at a ceremony here yesterday.

Three SPM students received the best student awards. They were Parakash Pannersavan of SMK Taman Seri Muda Shah Alam, who scored 11As; Prethibha

Sivadas of SMK Dato Penggawa Timur, Johor Baru, who had 12As, and Sri Vithya Palaniappan of SMK Convent in Sentul with 11As.

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Senator A. Kohilan Pillay said he was pleased that Indian youths were doing well in their studies, the NST online reports. (ANI)

Saving the historical monuments to preserve cultural heritage of Punjab

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Amritsar, Sep.10 (ANI): An endeavour is underway to preserve various heritage buildings of Punjab State in a bid to treasure the cultural heritage including historical monuments, which can help in boosting tourism in Punjab.

The palaces and Havelis across Punjab bespeak glorious heritage. These historically important buildings include religious places belonging to different faiths and can attract tourists to Punjab.

The Sheesh Mahal and Qila Mubarak at Patiala, Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s summer palace at Amritsar or ancestral home of Shaheed Bhagat Singh at Khatkar Kalan – they are important sites that need to be preserved for the coming generations.

“Every community, society has a very precious heritage which has to be and can be transferred to the next generation and this is the responsibility of any civil society to transfer that heritage to the coming generation if you don’t perform that duty, that is a sin, that’s crime,” said Dr. Sukhdev Singh, Punjab State convener, Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).

To spread awareness about preservation of these heritage sites, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage recently organized a workshop on the theme ‘Cultural Heritage and Media’ in Amritsar.

The event highlighted the fact that popularizing existing heritage buildings and protecting sites of cultural importance, presently in ruins due to negligence and development activities, ought to be the main priority.

There were proposals to convert heritage sites into museums and heritage hotels for tourists to get a glimpse of Punjab’s rich cultural heritage.

It was suggested that the restored monuments could be commercially used on public-private partnership basis.

“Nuclear families have become more common than joint families and it has resulted in a big change in the whole system. Like in our system, the kids are taught to respect elders and follow the path of honesty. People get equal share in all institutions like in home, office and agriculture but today they are aware of especially one aspect of their lives,” said Paramjeet Singh , Prof. Of Architechture, Gurunanak University, Amritsar.

“There is a significant relation between tourism and the heritage sites because some tourists surely have some interest in what’s the history of people and what’s the culture of people. They don’t come here just to see the huge marble buildings. They don’t want to see the modern architecture, which infact is mostly western, they come here to know about the past of this place, so it surely encourages tourism,” said Dr. Sukhdev Singh.

Amritsar is the heritage city of Punjab. The city is known globally for the revered Golden Temple, one of the pilgrimage centers, which stands intact and was built nearly 400 years ago.

The heritage tour in Amritsar remains incomplete without visiting the old city, known for its traditional market and centuries old residential houses.

Be it the historic Jallianwala Bagh or the Summer Palace, the royal residence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, they take every visitor here to the era they stand testimony of. By Ravinder Singh Robin (ANI)

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Graciela Beltran Wikipedia | Graciela Beltran | Graciela Beltran Biography | Graciela Beltran Biografia | Jenny Rivera | Jenni Rivera

August 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Graciela Beltran is born on 29 December 1974, in the small town of Costa Rica located in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, is a Mexican Grammy nominated singer and actress. She relocated with her family to the Los Angeles area at the age of six, when she began performing at restaurants and fiestas. Her career consists of 5 films, 13 records, appearances in Sabado Gigante, Siempre en Domingo.

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Malay Tamil, Chinese educationists keen to teach science, math in mother tongue

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), July 9 (ANI): Both Tamil and Chinese educationists have welcomed the Cabinet’s decision to revert the teaching of science and mathematics to one’s mother tongue in vernacular schools.

Dong Zong (United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia) president Dr Yap Sin Tian said the use of English had brought about negative effects on students.

Dr Yap said Dong Zong welcomed the decision to increase the number of hours for the teaching of English but it also hoped that more time would be allocated for Chinese classes.

Jiao Zong (the United Chinese School Teachers Association of Malaysia) chairman Ong Chiow Chuen said Chinese schools were ready to use Chinese for both subjects as early as next year as it had been going bilingual in its teaching thus far.

Malaysian Indian Congress education bureau chairman, Dr. T. Marimuthu, said the decision was good as it reflected the sentiments at roundtable discussions.

“The majority of Tamil school headmasters supported the teaching of mathematics and science in English in 2002 because many scientific terms and reports are in English.

The Star quoted National Tamil Headmasters’ Association general-secretary Muthiah Sithambaram, as saying that the decision would not bring things to a standstill. (ANI)

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Woman seeks official help after ex-beau posts her nude pics online

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (ANI): A woman has turned to MCA Public Services and Complaints Department for help after her former boyfriend emailed her nude pictures to her friends, colleagues, and family members.

Chen, a company executive, said that the man had plagued her with numerous calls, begging for reconciliation after the two split in September last year.

The 25-year-old, who met the man in 2004 while studying in Australia, said that she did not heed to his requests, and he subsequently sent out the pictures in an alleged act of revenge.

According to Sin Chew Daily, Chen learnt about the circulated snaps through one of her friends, reports the Star Online.

Chen, who works in Malaysia, said that she was contemplating whether to quit her job or not.

Department head Datuk Michael Chong said that he would accompany Chen to meet the man, who works in Shanghai, China, when the two meet in Kuala Lumpur. (ANI)

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When a suspicious wife found hubby’s lover was a man

June 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Kuala Lumpur, June 22 (ANI): A woman who suspected her husband of having an affair was left gob-smacked when she found out that her rival to be a man./pp
According to Sin Chew Daily, the 30-year-old woman had hired a private detective to tail her husband after she felt that his attitude had changed towards her./pp
It was reported that the businessman husband and his lover, who has long flowing hair, had gone to a secluded spot by the dockyard in Singapore to make out./pp
When the investigator, whose name is Leong, notified the suspicious wife, she rushed to the scene hoping to catch the two of them in the act./pp
Leong said that at the dockyard he and the wife saw the car seat being lowered and the couple started to hug and kiss each other./pp
The wife ran to the car searching for the woman but could not find her. /pp
Since Leong had seen a woman in her husband’s car, the detective got baffled. /pp
Upon checking out, the detective discovered that the only two persons in the vehicle were men, reports the Star Online./pp
It turned out that the man’s lover was actually a cross-dresser, who was wearing a wig./pp
According to Leong, the husband would pick up a woman with long hair after work every day. (ANI)/p

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4 men gang-raped teen for 12 days after she accepted lift

June 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Jun 19 (ANI): A teenager, who accepted a lift from four strangers on her way home, was gang-raped and held captive by them for 12 days in a house in Kuantan.

According to Sin Chew Daily, the men approached the 19-year-old girl as she and her friend went their separate ways after a watching a movie at a Kuantan shopping mall on June 5, reports the Star Online.

As per Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Jasmani Yusoff, the men had offered to send the girl home to Pekan, and as she did not suspect anything amiss, she had accepted the offer.

But she was instead taken to a house in Kuantan, and confined in a room for 12 days with the men taking turns to rape her.

She managed to flee from the house on June 16 when the men were asleep, and lodged a report at the Kuantan police station.

Police have identified the suspects who are aged between 16 and 36. (ANI)

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Secretary accidentally bites off boss’ penis during oral sex in car

May 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, May 5 (ANI): A secretary reportedly bit off her boss’ penis accidentally while performing oral sex in a car.

According to Sin Chew Daily and China Press, the 30-year-old woman was performing the sex act when the car, she and her boss were in, was hit by a reversing van.

The impact of the reversing van caused the woman to bite off her lover’s organ.

The incident took place in a Singapore park, and to make matters worse, the woman’s husband had sent a private investigator to spy on her after suspecting that she was being unfaithful.

The investigator said that he had followed the woman and her boss to the park.

“On reaching the park, they did not alight from the car. Not long after, the car started to shake violently,” the Star Online quoted the investigator as saying.

“After the car was hit by the van, there was a loud scream from the woman whose mouth was covered with blood,” he said.

The woman later followed her lover to the hospital.

The investigator, who called an ambulance to send the man to hospital, said that it was the first time that he had encountered such an incident. (ANI)

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Porn star eyes Louisiana Senator seat with ‘Listening Tour’

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 2 (ANI): Porn star Stormy Daniels is set to launch her “Listening Tour” across the state of Louisiana in the US for a probable chance of running against Senator David Vitter.

The 29-year-old would “meet with Louisiana men and women and listen to the issues and concerns they struggle with everyday”.

Daniels is yet to have a party affiliation but that has not dampened her spirits.

“I wanted to take over the world and I guess ‘senator’ is a good place to start, right? I’ve been handed a golden opportunity and I should take advantage of it,” Politico quoted her as saying.

Meanwhile, she is allegedly crossing her fingers that her porn star past would not block her possible political career, especially considering Vitter has had a sexual past of his own.

Vitter’s phone number had been found in the published phone log of the “D.C. Madam”, Deborah Jeane Palfrey in July 2007.

Though he never confessed any specific wrongdoing, he admitted, in a statement: “a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible.” (ANI)

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Etiquette course launched for misbehaving Thai monks

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Bangkok – Disturbed by reports that Thai monks have taken to wearing make-up, carrying pinks purses and other forms of public “homosexual expression,” a leading preacher plans to launch a “good manners” course for novices, news reports said Monday.

Senior monk Maha Wudhijaya Vajiramedhi is to introduce Thailand’s first etiquette course at the Novice Demonstration School in Chiang Rai province, 600 kilometres north of Bangkok, next month, The Nation newspaper reported.

“If it succeeds in improving their manners, I’ll expand the curriculum to other novice schools nationwide,” Wudhijaya said.

The well-known Buddhist preacher and writer felt the need for the “good manners” course to counter the negative public image of the monkhood created by unconventional behaviour by some monks and allegations of sexual relations among monks, a sin that is punishable by defrocking.

More than 90 per cent of the Thai population profess to be followers of Buddhism.

“When the Lord Buddha was a prince, he was educated by his royal household. As a result, he had really good manners and was admired,” Wudhijaya said. (dpa)

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Bangladesh urged to stop deaths of mutiny suspects

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dhaka – Human Rights Watch asked Bangladesh Saturday to stop the deaths in custody of suspected mutineers, as reports that 16 soldiers died in detention since a bloody uprising at the Dhaka headquarters of Bangladesh’s border guards. “The Bangladesh government should protect detainees suspected of involvement in a February massacre of army officers from being killed or mistreated,” the New-York-based rights watchdog said in a statement.

The government should ensure that those responsible for the massacre are held accountable and quickly charged or freed, have access to lawyers, and, if charged, receive a fair trial in a civilian court, the statement added.

The 33-hour troop mutiny at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), which ended on February 26, killed more than 70 officers and heightened tension between the armed forces and the newly elected government of Sheikh Hasina Wazed.

Authorities detained more than 1,100 soldiers for the mutiny as the government launched three separate investigations by the army, the police criminal investigation department and an independent administrative unit.

The detainees were being interrogated by the army-led joint forces.

Following reports of the deaths of 16 paramilitary soldiers, the BDR said in a statement Thursday that four of the detainees committed suicide, six died of heart attacks while the rest died of other diseases.

It also said that commanding officers had been instructed to make their soldiers aware of “the negative aspects of suicide” as killing oneself is a regarded a sin and attempt to commit suicide is punishable office.

“Given the history of abuses by security forces in Bangladesh, there is no reason to take at face value the claim that these detainees have committed suicide,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

“The government needs to act immediately to make sure that there are no more deaths in custody,” the said adding that the watchdog received reports of torture of the detainees, allegations the Bangladeshi authorities denied.

“The explanations given by representatives of the security forces are simply not credible,” Adams said. “Torture is a regular ‘investigation technique’ in Bangladesh and killing of detainees in government custody is an endemic problem.”

The watchdog suggested the government set up a commission comprising lawyers, human rights workers, and other civil society representatives to visit and monitor detention centres, ensure that detainees are properly treated, and document abuse allegations.

Human Rights Watch also called on the government to ensure that the accused are tried in civil, rather than military, courts.

Adams was doubtful about a fair trial by military court in an environment where the army was seeking retribution. “To try border guards before a military tribunal would be in violation of both domestic and international laws,” he said.(dpa)

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Atheists turn to UK schools to challenge Christianity

April 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, April 26 (ANI): Atheists have turned to British schools to attack Christian societies, collective worship and religious education.

The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies (AHS) is planning to launch recruitment drive this summer.

The campaign, supported by professors Richard Dawkins and AC Grayling, aims to establish a network of atheist societies in schools to counter the role of Christianity.

The objective of the federation is to urge students to lobby their schools and local authorities over what is taught in RE lessons and to call for daily acts of collective worship to be scrapped.

It wants the societies to hold talks and educational events to persuade students not to believe in God.

In a further development to strengthen the role of atheism among the younger generation, the first summer camp for kids that will teach that religious belief and doctrines can prevent ethical and moral behaviour is being held.

Chloe Clifford-Frith, AHS co-founder, said that the societies would act as a direct challenge to the Christian message being taught in schools.

She expressed concern that Christian Unions could influence vulnerable teenagers looking for a club to belong to with fundamentalist doctrine.

In particular, she claimed that some students were being told that homosexuality is a sin and to believe the Biblical account of creation.

“We want to point out how silly some of these beliefs are and hope that these groups will help to do that,” the Telegraph quoted her as saying.

However, Simon Calvert of the Christian Institute said: “Atheists are becoming increasingly militant in their desperate attempts to stamp out faith. It is deeply worrying that they now want to use children to attack the Christian ethos of their schools.

“Many parents will also be anxious at the thought of militant atheists targeting their children,” he added. (ANI)

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Muslim organization issues fatwa over mobile-phone etiquettes

April 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

According to reports, a panel of clerics of the Kanpur-based Muslim organization, Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris, has issued a ‘fatwa’ over etiquettes related to use of mobile phones.

As per the ‘fatwa’ – which is essentially an Islamic legal diktat laid down by staunch practitioners of the Sharia law -, it is a sin to use verses from the Koran as ring tones. In addition, the ruling from the organization said that answering calls in the middle of the aayat – a verse from the holy Koran – is also sinful. The decree argues that people answer calls midway through the aayat, leave the verse incomplete.

Elaborating on the decision, Ghyasuddin, a senior cleric of the organization, said: “Listening to aayats partially is anti-Islamic. This kind of action amounts to a gunah (sin).”

The panel has also restricted the followers of Islam from putting their cell-phones in the ‘vibrate’ mode while offering prayer services, and censuring their use in the bathroom. Briefing the Press Association, Ghyasuddin said: “If the phone rings and an aayat can be heard in the toilet, it is a sin.”

Ghyasuddin added that these kind of anti-Islamic practices leave a bad impression on the young generation.

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Dog sacrifices in medieval Hungarian town may shed light on mysterious pagan customs

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 7 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a medieval Hungarian town full of ritually sacrificed dogs that was recently discovered could shed light on mysterious pagan customs not found in written records from the era.

According to a report in National Geographic News, roughly 1,300 bones from about 25 dogs were recently discovered in the 10th- to 13th-century town of Kana, which had been accidentally unearthed in 2003 during the construction of residential buildings on the outskirts of Budapest.

Researchers found ten dogs buried in pits and four puppy skeletons in pots buried upside down.

These sacrifices probably served much like amulets to ward against evil-for instance, to protect against witchcraft or the evil eye, according to study leader Marta Daroczi-Szabo, an archaeozoologist at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.

About a dozen other canines were found buried under house foundations.

These animals likely served as “construction sacrifices,” Daroczi-Szaba said.

During the Middle Ages, it was customary in Hungary to lock sacrificial animals inside new houses or to slaughter the beasts as people moved in.

Sometimes dogs were beaten to death on the doorsteps or a chicken’s throat was slit.

Dogs were popular sacrificial animals in medieval Hungary. They were seen in two different ways: They symbolized loyalty, but they also stood for the deadly sin of envy.

The new findings show that “sacrifices were not a rare phenomenon, as one may have thought from isolated finds,” said Daroczi-Szaba. “It was practiced regularly in a Christian village,” she added.

According to University of Edinburgh archaeozoologist Laszlo Bartosiewicz, the fact that pagan customs such as animal sacrifice persisted for centuries side-by-side with the church is surprising.

“One wouldn’t expect these practices in Christian times. It’s exciting to see what was sacred and profane back then,” said Bartosiewicz.

“The great number of sacrifices we see (in Kana) will significantly improve our chances of interpreting what their meaning was,” he added. (ANI)

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Gays killed in Baghdad as clerics urge clampdown

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Two gay men were killed in Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, a local official said on Saturday, and police said they had found the bodies of four more after clerics urged a crackdown on a perceived spread of homosexuality.

Homosexuality is prohibited almost everywhere in the Middle East, but conditions have become especially dangerous for gays and lesbians in Iraq since the rise of religious militias after U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein six years ago.

“Two young men were killed on Thursday. They were sexual deviants. Their tribes killed them to restore their family honour,” a Sadr City official who declined to be named said.

The police source who declined to be named said the bodies of four gay men were unearthed in Sadr City on March 25, each bearing a sign reading “pervert” in Arabic on their chests.

Sermons condemning homosexuality were read at the last two Friday prayer gatherings in Sadr City, a sprawling Baghdad slum of some 2 million people. The slum is a bastion of support for fiery Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia.

The Mehdi Army has frozen its activities over the last year and government forces have wrested control of the slum.

Many young men who might have cut their hair short and grown beards when religious gangs controlled much of Iraq now dress in a more Western style as government forces take back control.

Some are now accused of being gay, and residents of Sadr City say at least one coffee shop has become a gay hangout.

A member of the slum’s Sadrist office said the Mehdi Army was not involved in the killings, but said homosexuality was now more widespread since the Mehdi Army lost control of the slum.

“This (homosexuality) has spread because of the absence of the Mehdi Army, the spread of sexual films and satellite television and a lack of government surveillance,” said the office’s Sheikh Ibrahim al-Gharawi, a Shi’ite cleric.

Homosexual acts are punishable by up to seven years in prison in Iraq. A gay Iraqi man said any alleged crimes should be left to the law to deal with.

“If they’ve committed a crime, then there is the law. Killing is a big sin,” he said, giving his name as Laith.

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Teenage girl’s flogging did not occur in Swat: Taliban

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr.4 (ANI): The Taliban has denied that the flogging of a 17-year-girl took place in the Swat Valley.

“The act is in accordance with shariah, but the flogging did not happen in Swat,” The News quoted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Muslim Khan, as saying.

Khan said the punishment was according to what is described in the shariah.

“No one would be allowed to interfere in shariah, and if any man or woman commits sin, we will punish them according to sharia. Peace is directly related with the imposition of Islamic laws,” Khan added.

Khan said the video circulated in the media was a fake, and the incident shown in it was another one.

He also warned of taking stern action against the person who captured the video on his mobile.

Pakistani religious scholars have rubbished Taliban claims by saying that the sharia cannot be implemented by any group of individuals and only an authorized court can find a woman guilty on an illicit relation charge. (ANI)

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Yoga can help beat economic recession, claims Ramdev

March 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Mar 18 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has urged stock traders in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to work for self and country to help beat current economic recession.

Ramdev, who held a special yoga camp for the employees of BSE, said that these are not the times to sit back, but to stand on one’s feet and work towards a better living.

He added that yoga teaches people the values of a good work culture and that will help people have a prosperous life.

“Yoga will teach you that work is religion, work is worship and sitting idle is a sin. When we work towards attaining goals of our life, we would be able to sail through all economic crises. When we understand that working and doing business is a religion in itself and working for the betterment of our country is also our responsibility, all of us would be happy,” said Ramdev.

Ramdev also urged the citizens to weed out the corrupt politicians and vote them out in the forthcoming general elections.

“Corrupt politicians ruling over millions of honest people is an insult in itself. I urge political parties to be careful in selecting their candidates, but in case, they are not able to do that, then the citizens of this country will unveil these dishonest, corrupt, characterless and illiterate as well as uneducated people. I ask you all to ensure 100 per cent voting and elect good leaders,” he said.

Ramdev has been campaigning for the ‘miracles of yoga’ and against many evils in the society. (ANI)

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Talking to Zardari will be a ‘sin’: Sharif

March 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lahore, Feb.28 (ANI): Taking his fight with President Asif Ali Zardari a step further, former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) chief, Nawaz Sharif has said that he is still ready to mend ways with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), but unwilling to commit the “sin” of talking to Zardari.

“I am still ready to talk to Benazir’s PPP. But I consider talking to Zardari the ‘biggest sin,” The Nation quoted Sharif, as saying.

Addressing a Parliamentary Party meeting at his Raiwind residence, Sharif charged Zardari of behaving like a ‘dictator’ by imposing Governor’s rule in Punjab province.

“President Zardari has imposed a ‘democratic dictatorship’ in the country,” he said.

Sharif said he would not hold talks with Zardari regarding his disqualification, and dethroning of his brother,Shahbaz Sharif, from the Punjab Chief Minister’s chair.

“PML-N considers Prime Minister Gilani as reliable person to resume reconciliatory talks,” he said.

He also charged Zardari with forcing the country towards a civil disobedience movement.

Later, Sharif met the special German representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Michel Coach and discussed the current political scenario in the country.

Sharif, reportedly, told Coach that the present turmoil was created by President Zardari, and would have a negative impact on the ‘War on Terror’ in the region. (ANI)

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