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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Suu Kyi wins


Supporters of Myanmar's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday. Her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to take public office for the first time. The victory, if confirmed, would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, where the military has ruled almost exclusively for a half-century and where a new reform-minded government is seeking legitimacy and a lifting of Western sanctions. It would also mark the biggest prize of Suu Kyi s political career, and a spectacular reversal of fortune for the 66-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate who the former junta had kept imprisoned in her lakeside home for the better part of two decades. The victory claim was displayed on a digital signboard above the opposition National League for Democracy s headquarters in Myanmar s main city, Yangon, where more than 1,000 supporters began wildly shouting upon learning the news. "We won! We won!" her supporters chanted while clapping, dancing, waving red party flags and gesturing with thumbs-up and V-for-victory signs. "It is the people s victory! We have taught them a lesson," said a shopkeeper who goes by the single name Thien who wore a t-shirt with Suu Kyi s picture on the front and her party s fighting peacock on the back. Earlier, the party had claimed that Suu Kyi was ahead with 65 percent of the vote in 82 of her constituency s 129 polling stations. The party had staff and volunteers spread throughout the vast rice-farming district, who were calling in preliminary results by phone to their headquarters in Yangon. The results must be confirmed by the official electoral commission, however, which has yet to release any outcome and may not make an official declaration for days. The victory claim came despite allegations by her National League for Democracy party that "rampant irregularities" had taken place on voting day. Party spokesman Nyan Win said that by midday alone the party had filed more than 50 complaints to the Election Commission. He said most alleged violations concerned waxed ballot papers that made it difficult to mark votes. There were also ballot cards that lacked the Election Commission s seal, which would render them invalid. Sunday s by-election was called to fill just 45 vacant seats in Myanmar s 664-seat national Parliament and will not change the balance of power in a new government that is nominally civilian but still heavily controlled by retired generals. Suu Kyi and other opposition candidates would have almost no say even if they win all the seats they are contesting. But her candidacy has resurrected hope among Myanmar s downtrodden masses, who have grown up for generations under strict military rule. If Suu Kyi takes office as expected, it would symbolize a giant leap toward national reconciliation. "She may not be able to do anything at this stage," said one voter, Go Khehtay, who cast his ballot for Suu Kyi at Wah Thin Kha, one of the dirt-poor villages in the rural constituency south of Yangon that she is vying to represent. "But one day, I believe she ll be able to bring real change." Earlier, crowds of supporters mobbed Suu Kyi as she visited a polling station in the village after spending the night there. The tiny community of 3,000 farmers has no electricity or running water, and its near-total underdevelopment illustrates the profound challenges facing the country as it slowly emerges from 49 years of army rule. Despite the reports of widespread irregularities, a confirmed victory by Suu Kyi could cheer Western powers and nudge them closer to easing economic sanctions they have imposed on the country for years. Suu Kyi herself told reporters Friday that the campaigning for Sunday s vote been anything but free or fair, but that she was pressing for forward with her candidacy because it s "what our people want." Last year, Myanmar s long-entrenched military junta handed power to a civilian government dominated by retired officers that skeptics decried as a proxy for continued military rule. But the new rulers who came to power in a 2010 vote that critics say was neither free nor fair  have surprised the world with a wave of reform. The government of President Thein Sein, himself a retired lieutenant general, has freed political prisoners, signed truces with rebel groups and opened a direct dialogue with Suu Kyi, who wields enough moral authority to greatly influence the Myanmar policy of the U.S. and other powers. Suu Kyi s decision to endorse Thein Sein s reforms so far and run in Sunday s election represents a political gamble. Once in parliament, she can seek to influence policy and challenge the government from within. But she also risks legitimizing a regime she has fought against for decades while gaining little true legislative power. Suu Kyi is in a "strategic symbiosis" with some of the country s generals and ex-generals, said Maung Zarni, a Myanmar expert and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. "They need her and she needs them to break the 25 years of political stalemate," Zarni said. "She holds the key for the regime s need for its international acceptance and normalization." Sunday s poll marks the first foray into electoral politics by Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy party since winning a landslide election victory in 1990. The military annulled those results and kept Suu Kyi in detention for much of the next two decades. The party boycotted the last vote in 2010, but in January the government amended key electoral laws, paving the way for a run in this weekend s ballot. A new reform was expected Monday when Myanmar s currency will be largely unshackled from government controls that kept the kyat at an artificially high rate for decades. The International Monetary fund says the change could lift a major constraint on growth in one of Asia s least developed countries.

Milan, just equal to Catania

Ends 1-1 ahead of the first Saturday in Serie A with AC Milan which is taken in Catania and in the end fails to bring home the three points. The goal scored by Robinho in the first half not enough for the Rossoneri for the network Spolli an assist to tie former Legrottaglie and only lead to +5 on Juventus will play Sunday night against the postponement in Naples with the possibility to move closer to league leaders. Three days after challenge with Barcelona, ​​Allegri still relies on the Usually Ibrahimovic, Robinho and Emanuelson forward to complete the trio of attack. The start of the Rossoneri is soft but after ten minutes in the pace dangerously Emanuelson is not making the first chance on goal. Even shortly after Ibrahimovic is hypnotized by Carrizo but the thirtieth, after a header over the bar a little of Carrizo, the result will unlock: Ibrahimovic ground invents an assist for nothing short of genius that once Robinho stays cold and swollen the network for 1-0.Before returning to the dressing room, Gomez is not making the only mistake of Bonera and strikes out on this great cross to beat Abbiati. In the second half the game if possible becomes even more fun with the hosts that can be seen veering and cancel a Gomez’s goal for an offside Bergessio intended to discuss. The draw, however, is in the air and comes with a deservedly Spolli, former Legrottaglie an assist on the development of a scrum. At the twentieth is the time for another episode with Robinho a doubt that you see a ghost goal rejected by Marquis, with the first replays that do not clarify whether the ball has fully crossed the goal line. Guests, however, do not waste time arguing and pushing on the accelerator, seeing still say no to the second advantage Carrizo refusing to Mexes and Ibrahimovic. The Catania in less effort but the final result does not change.

April Fool, Warning! It’s First April Today!


Now, the first April of the year 2012 has reached. Every year, people in the whole world make every body fool on this day by spreading fake news that usually result negatively. It is people’s duty today to firstly confirm the news they receive by someone and not to react without any confirmation because the news can be fake that can cause create disturbance. Religious scholars and clerics but all sensible personalities condemn this day and prohibit others to spread fake news to disturb or worry others because this is a sinful, deplorable act. So, Beware of April Fool Day Today!

Uprising Arab


Uprising in the Arab countries these days is increasing day by day! Why are the people of various Arab countries especially Tunisia, Bahrain, Syria, Egypt, Algeria and Libya going against their governments to overpower? What are the causes that stirred up the people to get rid of their rulers? Do America and its allies have their vested interests in Arab world? How long will the uprising remain underway and what countries in future will be the victim of it?! Basically uprising broke out from Tunisia. Gradually revolt engulfed various Arab countries including especially Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria etc. The insurgency in Algeria, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordon and Morocco ended time by time but the circumstances in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria worsened a lot! As a result, Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya have been overpowered by the rebels whereas Syria is still in trouble! On the other hand, Saudia Arabia took some good initiatives in favor of its nation to escape from any uprising and really it succeeded!

Libya in 6 days

Some 70 Tabu homes were burnt and 100 families were forced to flee the city during violence. Six days of tribal clashes in a remote desert town in southern Libya have killed 147 people, the country s health minister says. Fatma al-Hamroush said in a Saturday news conference in Tripoli that the fighting in Sabha has also left 395 wounded. Around 180 people have been transported to the capital for emergency treatment, she said. The clashes in the oasis region some 400 miles (650 kilometers) south of Tripoli show the fragile authority of the Libyan government, particularly in the isolated settlements that dot the southern desert. With only a nascent national army and police force, Libya s ruling National Transitional Council relies on militias comprised of former rebels to keep the peace, and the country s vast distances make it difficult to deploy them to trouble spots. Deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi s 40 years in power moreover left behind a patchwork of local rivalries. The Sabha fighting pits southern Libyan Arab tribes that reportedly had close connections to Gadhafi against the African Tabu tribe, which fought against him.