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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Mideast women win more rights, hurdles remain
The answer is ISLAM, middle-east is blessed by Allah to have Islam as a state religion of most of the countries here in the region. Islam is the only religion that offers equal rights to women and men and respects women as compared to any other religion. If these countries follow the proper Shariah, the middle east women shall enjoy maximum freedom and equal rights.
Vitamin D boosts 'immune system'
Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, seems to be the nature's best antibiotic, for a new study says that it fends off infections by boosting the immune system.
Researchers in Denmark have found that vitamin D, which can be obtained from food or manufactured by human skin exposed to the sun, triggers and arms the body's T-cells which seek out and destroy any invading bacteria and viruses.
According to them, vitamin D is crucial to activating human immune defences and that without its sufficient intake, the killer cells of the immune system -- T-cells -- willn't be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.
For T-cells to detect and kill foreign pathogens such as clumps of bacteria or viruses, the cells must first be "triggered" into action and "transform" from inactive and harmless immune cells into killer cells that are primed to seek out and destroy all traces of invaders.
The researchers found that the T-cells rely on vitamin D in order activate and they would remain dormant, "naive" to the possibility of threat if it is lacking in the blood.
Lead researcher Professor Carsten Geisler of Copenhagen University was quoted by 'The Daily Telegraph' as saying, "When a T-cell is exposed to a foreign pathogen, it extends a signalling device or 'antenna' known as a vitamin D receptor, with which it searches for vitamin D.
"This means that the T-cell must have vitamin D or activation of the cell will cease. If the T-cells cannot find enough vitamin D in the blood, they won't even begin to mobilise."
Researchers in Denmark have found that vitamin D, which can be obtained from food or manufactured by human skin exposed to the sun, triggers and arms the body's T-cells which seek out and destroy any invading bacteria and viruses.
According to them, vitamin D is crucial to activating human immune defences and that without its sufficient intake, the killer cells of the immune system -- T-cells -- willn't be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.
For T-cells to detect and kill foreign pathogens such as clumps of bacteria or viruses, the cells must first be "triggered" into action and "transform" from inactive and harmless immune cells into killer cells that are primed to seek out and destroy all traces of invaders.
The researchers found that the T-cells rely on vitamin D in order activate and they would remain dormant, "naive" to the possibility of threat if it is lacking in the blood.
Lead researcher Professor Carsten Geisler of Copenhagen University was quoted by 'The Daily Telegraph' as saying, "When a T-cell is exposed to a foreign pathogen, it extends a signalling device or 'antenna' known as a vitamin D receptor, with which it searches for vitamin D.
"This means that the T-cell must have vitamin D or activation of the cell will cease. If the T-cells cannot find enough vitamin D in the blood, they won't even begin to mobilise."
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China need not get angry, suspicious: Tibetan Govt in ExileReacting to the statement issued by the Chinese Foreign Minister on the meeting between United States President Barack Obama and Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,Tibetan government in-exile says there is no reason for China to get angry or suspicious,and that the US only wants the issue of Tibet to be resolved peacefully.Samphel added that the US is encouraging the Chinese leadership to resolve the issue of Tibet through dialogue.
March 9, 2010
March 9, 2010
Seven members suspended from RS for unruly behaviour
Seven members of Rajya Sabha belonging to SP, RJD, LJP and an unattached MP were suspended on Tuesday for remaining part of the budget session for their unruly behaviour in the House yesterday over the Women's Reservation Bill.
The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (all SP), and Ejaz Ali (Unattached).
The motion for their suspension was moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan and was passed by a voice vote.
The action was taken under Rule 256 of the House, for showing total "disregard for dignity of Council and authority of the Chair" by obstructing the business of the House.
Yesterday, these members had indulged in unprecedented unruly scenes and even tried to attack Chairman Hamid Ansari when the government moved the Womens' Reservation Bill.
After their suspension, Ansari adjourned the House for the second time in the day.
The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (all SP), and Ejaz Ali (Unattached).
The motion for their suspension was moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan and was passed by a voice vote.
The action was taken under Rule 256 of the House, for showing total "disregard for dignity of Council and authority of the Chair" by obstructing the business of the House.
Yesterday, these members had indulged in unprecedented unruly scenes and even tried to attack Chairman Hamid Ansari when the government moved the Womens' Reservation Bill.
After their suspension, Ansari adjourned the House for the second time in the day.
Pakistan taps Interpol to track 26/11 bombers
Pakistan 26/11 suspects appear before court
26/11 trial in Pakistan adjourned
Pakistan has asked Interpol to issue a global alert for 13 suspects wanted for the attacks in Mumbai of November 2008, the international police agency said on Thursday.
The alert asks member countries to help locate the fugitives and notify Pakistani authorities who will then issue arrest warrants and seek their extradition, an Interpol statement said.
"The authorities in Pakistan are to be commended for making full use of Interpol's global network and tools," said secretary general Ron Noble in the statement issued from the agency's headquarters in Lyon.
"This demonstrates their commitment to allowing all of Interpol's 187 member-countries to benefit from and help with the investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks," he said.
The 13 suspects were not named in the media statement, but Interpol said their names and other information would be included in the police agency's databases and circulated worldwide.
A total of 166 people died and more than 300 were injured in the Nov. 26-29 attacks, which saw 10 heavily-armed gunmen target luxury hotels, the Indian city's main railway station, a popular restaurant and a Jewish centre.
India has blamed the attacks on the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Pakistan has arrested five people suspected of involvement in the assault, including the alleged mastermind, Zakiduddin Lakhvi. Their trial is expected to begin in the next week.
"Pakistan's actions in this case will help set new international standards for terrorism investigations," said Noble.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pledged earlier this month to do everything in his power to bring those behind the attack to justice following a meeting with his Indian counterpart in Egypt.
26/11 trial in Pakistan adjourned
Pakistan has asked Interpol to issue a global alert for 13 suspects wanted for the attacks in Mumbai of November 2008, the international police agency said on Thursday.
The alert asks member countries to help locate the fugitives and notify Pakistani authorities who will then issue arrest warrants and seek their extradition, an Interpol statement said.
"The authorities in Pakistan are to be commended for making full use of Interpol's global network and tools," said secretary general Ron Noble in the statement issued from the agency's headquarters in Lyon.
"This demonstrates their commitment to allowing all of Interpol's 187 member-countries to benefit from and help with the investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks," he said.
The 13 suspects were not named in the media statement, but Interpol said their names and other information would be included in the police agency's databases and circulated worldwide.
A total of 166 people died and more than 300 were injured in the Nov. 26-29 attacks, which saw 10 heavily-armed gunmen target luxury hotels, the Indian city's main railway station, a popular restaurant and a Jewish centre.
India has blamed the attacks on the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Pakistan has arrested five people suspected of involvement in the assault, including the alleged mastermind, Zakiduddin Lakhvi. Their trial is expected to begin in the next week.
"Pakistan's actions in this case will help set new international standards for terrorism investigations," said Noble.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pledged earlier this month to do everything in his power to bring those behind the attack to justice following a meeting with his Indian counterpart in Egypt.
Hamas murder suspects
Police release the pictures of the 11 suspects behind the murder of Mahmud al-Mabhuh on Feb. 15, 2010. (L to R first row) Peter Elvinger from France, Stephen Daniel Hodes from UK, Melvyn Adam Mildine from UK, Jonathan Louis Graham from UK, Evan Dennings from Ireland. (From L to R 2nd row) Michael Lawrence Barney from UK, Paul John Keeley from UK, Kevin Daveron from Ireland, Gail Folliard from Ireland, Michael Bodenheimer from Germany and (bottom) James Leonard Clarke from UK.
Interpol joins Dubai search for Hamas killers
Israel silent on Dubai arrest demands
Abu Dhabi to upgrade surveillance system
Dubai wants Netanyahu's arrest in Hamas hit
Hamas leader drugged, suffocated -Dubai
LYON - International police agency Interpol issued arrest notices Monday for 16 further suspects wanted by Dubai for the assassination of a Hamas leader in his luxury hotel room.
Alongside the new alerts, Interpol also announced that it had joined a Dubai-based international police task force investigating the killing.
The announcement brought to 27 the total number of suspects on Interpol's wanted list for the January 19 murder of Mahmud al-Mabhuh, which Dubai police allege was ordered by the Israeli secret service Mossad.
Mabhuh, a founder of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement's military wing, had been drugged and suffocated, apparently by a group of people seen on hotel closed-circuit security cameras following him to his room.
Interpol's "Red Notices" -- which are not international arrest warrants but alert member states that Dubai would like the suspects to be arrested and extradited -- made no mention of the alleged Israeli connection.
Instead it provided what it said were photographs and known aliases of 16 suspects, including six who were using British and three Australian passports, along with several whose nationalities were not given.
Interpol said the latest suspects' aliases were: Mark Daniel Sklar, Gabriela Barney, Roy Allan Cannon, Stephen Keith Drake, Daniel Marc Schnur and Philip Carr, travelling on British passports.
Suspects travelling as Adam Marcus Korman, Nicola Sandra McCabe and Joshua Daniel Bruce had Australian passports, according to Interpol's website.
Interpol gave no nationality for Chester Halvey, Anna Shauna Clasby, Ivy Brinton, David Bernard Lapierre, Melanie Heard, Joshua Aaron Krycer and Eric Rassineux. Dubai has said they carried German, Irish and French passports.
"Investigative information provided by the authorities in Dubai bore out the international links and broad scope of the number of people involved," said the statement, issued from Interpol's Lyon headquarters.
Dubai police have identified two 11- and 16-strong teams of foreign suspects they believe were connected to the killing of Mabhuh, a Hamas commander and arms buyer wanted by Israel for the alleged murder of two of its citizens.
Interpol said the newly listed suspects formed the second of the two teams, in addition to 11 for whom Interpol issued arrest alerts on February 18.
Three Palestinians have also reportedly been arrested in connection with the investigation.
"According to the Dubai police investigation, the first team consisted of a smaller core group alleged to have carried out the killing," it said, referring to the 11 named last month.
The second "is believed to have aided and abetted the first team by closely watching, following and reporting Mabhuh's movements from the moment he landed at Dubai airport until his murder," it said.
Interpol said the suspects travelled using other people's identities and several countries have summoned Israeli ambassadors to ask about the use of their passports, although none have yet directly accused Mossad.
"The case reportedly involves multiple cross-border movements worldwide and the use of fraudulently altered passports by individuals using aliases," said Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble.
Noble said officers from Interpol's Dubai bureau and Lyon-based command and coordination centre would work with authorities in the United Arab Emirates and in the countries whose passports were forged or misused.
Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan has also called for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Meir Dagan, alleging they ordered agents with European and Australian passports to commit the murder.
Neither Interpol nor Israel has responded to this claim.
Most of the people named in connection with the case -- many of them Israelis with dual European citizeship -- were shocked to find themselves linked to it and appear to have been unwitting victims of identity theft..
Abu Dhabi to upgrade surveillance system
Dubai wants Netanyahu's arrest in Hamas hit
Hamas leader drugged, suffocated -Dubai
LYON - International police agency Interpol issued arrest notices Monday for 16 further suspects wanted by Dubai for the assassination of a Hamas leader in his luxury hotel room.
Alongside the new alerts, Interpol also announced that it had joined a Dubai-based international police task force investigating the killing.
The announcement brought to 27 the total number of suspects on Interpol's wanted list for the January 19 murder of Mahmud al-Mabhuh, which Dubai police allege was ordered by the Israeli secret service Mossad.
Mabhuh, a founder of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement's military wing, had been drugged and suffocated, apparently by a group of people seen on hotel closed-circuit security cameras following him to his room.
Interpol's "Red Notices" -- which are not international arrest warrants but alert member states that Dubai would like the suspects to be arrested and extradited -- made no mention of the alleged Israeli connection.
Instead it provided what it said were photographs and known aliases of 16 suspects, including six who were using British and three Australian passports, along with several whose nationalities were not given.
Interpol said the latest suspects' aliases were: Mark Daniel Sklar, Gabriela Barney, Roy Allan Cannon, Stephen Keith Drake, Daniel Marc Schnur and Philip Carr, travelling on British passports.
Suspects travelling as Adam Marcus Korman, Nicola Sandra McCabe and Joshua Daniel Bruce had Australian passports, according to Interpol's website.
Interpol gave no nationality for Chester Halvey, Anna Shauna Clasby, Ivy Brinton, David Bernard Lapierre, Melanie Heard, Joshua Aaron Krycer and Eric Rassineux. Dubai has said they carried German, Irish and French passports.
"Investigative information provided by the authorities in Dubai bore out the international links and broad scope of the number of people involved," said the statement, issued from Interpol's Lyon headquarters.
Dubai police have identified two 11- and 16-strong teams of foreign suspects they believe were connected to the killing of Mabhuh, a Hamas commander and arms buyer wanted by Israel for the alleged murder of two of its citizens.
Interpol said the newly listed suspects formed the second of the two teams, in addition to 11 for whom Interpol issued arrest alerts on February 18.
Three Palestinians have also reportedly been arrested in connection with the investigation.
"According to the Dubai police investigation, the first team consisted of a smaller core group alleged to have carried out the killing," it said, referring to the 11 named last month.
The second "is believed to have aided and abetted the first team by closely watching, following and reporting Mabhuh's movements from the moment he landed at Dubai airport until his murder," it said.
Interpol said the suspects travelled using other people's identities and several countries have summoned Israeli ambassadors to ask about the use of their passports, although none have yet directly accused Mossad.
"The case reportedly involves multiple cross-border movements worldwide and the use of fraudulently altered passports by individuals using aliases," said Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble.
Noble said officers from Interpol's Dubai bureau and Lyon-based command and coordination centre would work with authorities in the United Arab Emirates and in the countries whose passports were forged or misused.
Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan has also called for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Meir Dagan, alleging they ordered agents with European and Australian passports to commit the murder.
Neither Interpol nor Israel has responded to this claim.
Most of the people named in connection with the case -- many of them Israelis with dual European citizeship -- were shocked to find themselves linked to it and appear to have been unwitting victims of identity theft..
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