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Explosives seized in Bangladesh

BBC
Friday, December 26, 2008

A policeman stands guard at a rally addressed by Awami
League leader Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on 25 December 2008

Elections are due to take place in Bangladesh on 29
December

Seven suspected militants with ties to a banned Islamic
group in Bangladesh have been arrested with a large cache
of explosives, police have said.

The raids come ahead of national elections due to take
place on Monday to restore democracy to the country.

It was unclear if the explosives were to be used against
polls, police said.

The election was initially scheduled for 18 December but
was postponed after one of the country's two main parties
said that it needed more time.

The world is in unison that the scrooge of terror must end. Whether
these attacks are aimed at innocent people, VIPs, world leaders or
economic infrastructure becomes immaterial and we must unite to
condemn these attacks. The more we wonder how the menace of terror has
become invisible we need to factually take into account the sources
and links that have directly or indirectly pumped life into these
monsters and their terror cells and establishments. The answers to
these will provide the reasons why terror still remains over and above
the calls for the elimination of terrorism from the world.

How do these terrorists operate – from where do they get the money to
buy weapons and ammunition – how do they escape international and
local detection - how are they able to transport these items to
various destinations – who trains these men and women and even
children and where are these training bases – why are they not
revealed to the international public? Do they have links to a
country’s intelligence services, which are the countries that profit
from the arms trade and how much of these are provided to terrorists
and why?

These are some of the questions that will answer why terrorism still
exists. Of the oft quoted examples we are aware that money is raised
from extortion, drug trafficking, foreign supporters, money
laundering...

It is not to placate the LTTE that Sri Lankan President Mahinda
Rajapaksa has announced that he will spend SLRs 3000 million ($ 27.27
million) towards the rehabilitation of the youth, children and women
of the war-torn Tamil-speaking Northern Province, including LTTE cadre
who lay down arms but merely an assurance of his confidence that the
LTTE will be defeated and what he intends to do thereafter.The
writing's surely on the wall to this effect and not to be interpreted
by all the wrong sources for all the wrong reasons and primarily that
it is an act of 'placation' which is the furthest from the truth!

Sri Lanka's adversaries particularly within the overseas diaspora as
well as those 'big hooters' in Tamil Nadu such as Karunanidhi and his
motley crew who have recently made a big stink purely in favour...

Largest number of world's poor
live in India
It is official. India has the largest number of poor in the world - 456
million. That is 42 per cent of the population, down from 60 per cent in
1980. But in absolute terms, the number of poor in India has risen from 421
million 28 years ago, according to the World Bank (WB), which considers
anyone making less than $1.25 (Rs 55) a day as poor.
The WB also said the number of poor is continuing to rise and that "there
is a large number of people living just above this line of deprivation and
their numbers are not falling." That means the developmental burden on India
is greater now than it was 30 years ago. While India's economic growth has
helped alleviate poverty by 19 per cent between 1990 and 2005, globally
poverty rates declined 38 per cent.
In contrast, the Asian Development Bank's benchmark for poverty is anyone
earning less than $1.35 a day on purchasing power parity. This puts 55 per
cent of India's population (about 600 million) in the category of poor.
As India's weekly Businessworld had earlier reported, ('A Place in The
Sun', BW, 20 August 2007), a correlation of development between India, China
and sub-Saharan Africa shows India is more similar to Africa than China.
New Delhi implicitly refutes the above figures by insisting its measures ...

Largest number of world's poor
live in India
It is official. India has the largest number of poor in the world - 456
million. That is 42 per cent of the population, down from 60 per cent in
1980. But in absolute terms, the number of poor in India has risen from 421
million 28 years ago, according to the World Bank (WB), which considers
anyone making less than $1.25 (Rs 55) a day as poor.
The WB also said the number of poor is continuing to rise and that "there
is a large number of people living just above this line of deprivation and
their numbers are not falling." That means the developmental burden on India
is greater now than it was 30 years ago. While India's economic growth has
helped alleviate poverty by 19 per cent between 1990 and 2005, globally
poverty rates declined 38 per cent.
In contrast, the Asian Development Bank's benchmark for poverty is anyone
earning less than $1.35 a day on purchasing power parity. This puts 55 per
cent of India's population (about 600 million) in the category of poor.
As India's weekly Businessworld had earlier reported, ('A Place in The
Sun', BW, 20 August 2007), a correlation of development between India, China
and sub-Saharan Africa shows India is more similar to Africa than China.
New Delhi implicitly refutes the above figures by insisting its measures ...

Largest number of world's poor
live in India
It is official. India has the largest number of poor in the world - 456
million. That is 42 per cent of the population, down from 60 per cent in
1980. But in absolute terms, the number of poor in India has risen from 421
million 28 years ago, according to the World Bank (WB), which considers
anyone making less than $1.25 (Rs 55) a day as poor.
The WB also said the number of poor is continuing to rise and that "there
is a large number of people living just above this line of deprivation and
their numbers are not falling." That means the developmental burden on India
is greater now than it was 30 years ago. While India's economic growth has
helped alleviate poverty by 19 per cent between 1990 and 2005, globally
poverty rates declined 38 per cent.
In contrast, the Asian Development Bank's benchmark for poverty is anyone
earning less than $1.35 a day on purchasing power parity. This puts 55 per
cent of India's population (about 600 million) in the category of poor.
As India's weekly Businessworld had earlier reported, ('A Place in The
Sun', BW, 20 August 2007), a correlation of development between India, China
and sub-Saharan Africa shows India is more similar to Africa than China.
New Delhi implicitly refutes the above figures by insisting its measures ...

Bombing in India:RSS engineering 'Islamic terrorism'?

Friday September 19 2008 21:04:24 PM BDT

By Zoglul Husain, UK

London 18 September 2008. Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh expressed
new realism when he told a meeting of governors of states yesterday, "The
role of Pakistan-based terrorist groups cannot be minimised but the
involvement of local elements in recent blasts adds a new dimension to the
terrorist threat," and he added, "We have reports that certain
Pakistan-based terrorist outfits are constantly seeking to set up new
terrorist modules within our country", according to report by
bdnews24.com/Reuters today (18 September 2008).

The reporter remarked, 'Singh's comment is an explicit, high-level
acknowledgement home-grown groups were now carrying out bombings in India,
which has traditionally blamed Pakistan for violent attacks on its soil.'

For many years now, in the wake of bombings by 'suspected' Islamic groups,
India in the absence of concrete intelligence, has been pointing their
fingers at external operatives such as 'Pakistan-based...

Thousands hold anti-India protests in Kashmir
AFP, Srinagar, India
Thousands of Muslims in Indian Kashmir held fresh demonstrations against
Indian rule Friday, ending a week of calm in the insurgency-hit region,
police and residents said.
A separatist committee spearheading recent anti-India demonstrations had
called on people in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley to observe a strike
after midday Friday and "hold peaceful demonstrations against India's rule."
Thousands of Muslims in summer capital Srinagar took to the streets after
attending weekly Friday prayers, chanting "we want freedom" and "Go India,
go."
"Police have been deployed in strength to prevent any violence," said police
officer Pervez Ahmed.
Police and residents said similar protest demonstrations were held in other
Muslim-dominated towns as shops, schools and offices closed after midday.
In the past few months, Kashmir has witnessed the biggest pro-independence
demonstrations since the separatist insurgency erupted in 1989. The protests
have been met by a tough crackdown by Indian security forces.
Since June, 42 Muslim and three Hindu protesters have been shot dead by
security forces in unrest sparked by a state government plan to grant land ...

Indian police kill 'top Islamic militant' in Delhi shoot-out
AFP, New Delhi

Indian police shot dead two alleged Islamic militants during a fierce gun
battle in a Muslim area of New Delhi Friday, including a leader of a shadowy
group behind a spate of deadly bombings.
The fighting...

Bangladesh's first surfer looks to create waves around the world
3 days ago

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) - With his fluorescent board shorts and
muscular body, Jafar Alam does not look like a typical Bangladeshi.

While most men his age in this conservative Muslim country are obsessed with
cricket, the 25-year-old is more likely to be found surfing the waves on one
of the world's longest beaches.

Alam, who says he is Bangladesh's first surfer, is working to not only
popularise the sport, but also to build international recognition for the
largely untouched beach where he surfs.

This month he will hold his fourth annual surfing competition, when a group
of 15 American surfers will descend on the beach to compete against locals.

Until Alam started the Cox's Bazar Surf Club in 2002 -- based out of the
two-room house he shares with five family members -- he said the sport did
not exist in his country. He now has 48 students, including 12 girls.

Although home to a 125-kilometre (78-mile) stretch of unbroken coast, it was
only the occasional intrepid international tourist who would test the waves,
he said.