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US Sends Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz To Red Sea In Anticipation Of Military Strike On Syria
The USS Nimitz, a nuclear-powered multi-mission aircraft
carrier of the U.S. Navy, and other ships in its strike group including
four destroyers and a cruiser, were rerouted to the Red Sea, in
anticipation of a U.S. strike on Syria, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing U.S. defense officials.
The ships were ordered to move to the Red Sea, which lies between Egypt and Saudi Arabia and is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Suez Canal, as the Navy leverages its assets “to have them in place should the capabilities of the carrier strike group and the presence be needed,” a defense official told Reuters.
The ships do not have orders, as of now, to be deployed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which lies closer to Syria, but another defense source who spoke to Reuters said, the Navy is trying to be “as ready as possible, should we be needed.”
The Nimitz strike group was slated to return to its home port in Everett, Wash., after ending its deployment in the Indian Ocean, where it was assisting U.S. operations in Afghanistan, but amid prospects of an imminent strike by the U.S. in Syria, U.S. defense officials decided to reroute it to the Red Sea, Reuters reported.
The U.S. Navy has six warships -- five destroyers equipped with cruise missiles and an amphibious ship, USS San Antonio -- stationed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as part of preparations for a “limited” strike on Syria, according to another Reuters report on Friday.
The San Antonio has hundreds of Marines on board, but defense officials stressed that the U.S. did not have plans to deploy them on the ground if a military strike occurred, but added that the ship could provide a temporary base for special operations forces, and could also help in evacuations.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama’s decision to delay the strike to seek congressional approval was met with accusations of “indecision” and “confusion” from the Syrian government.
“It is clear there was a sense of hesitation and disappointment in what was said by President Barack Obama yesterday. And it is also clear there was a sense of confusion as well,” Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said in Damascus, according to news reports.
Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the region, offered support to a U.S. strike on Syria, if the Syrian people supported such a move.
“We stand by the will of the Syrian people. They know best their interests, so whatever they accept, we accept, and whatever they refuse, we refuse,” Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said in Cairo, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Arab League on Sunday, according to Al Jazeera.
විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්රයට ‘ඇස්’ සලකුණ
ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ආරක්ෂක හා නාගරික සංවර්ධන කටයුතු
අමාත්යවරයා වශයෙන් කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූ යෝජනාවකට අනුමැතිය
ලැබීමත් සමඟ විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්ර වල ආරක්ෂිතභාවය සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සදහා දැනට
පවතින ඇගිලි සලකුණු ක්රමය වෙනුවට ඇස් මගින් පුද්ගලයන් හදුනා ගැනීමේ
ක්රමවේදයට (Bio Matrix) යොමුවීමට අවශ්ය පියවර ගැනීම සිදුවෙමින් තිබේ.ආගමන හා විගමන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් කි්රයාත්මක කරන මෙම ව්යාපෘතිය සදහා ඕස්ටේ්රලියාවෙන් ප්රදානයක් ලෙස රුපියල් මිලියන 629.7ක් හිමි වේ. එය ආගමනය සදහා වූ ජාත්යන්තර සංවිධානය විසින් ලබාදෙන අතර ව්යාපෘතියේ සම්පූර්ණ වියදම රුපියල් මිලියන 679.7 කි.
මේ පිළිබදව අදහස් දැක්වූ කැබිනට් ප්රකාශක අමාත්ය කෙහෙළිය රඹුක්වැල්ල මහතා සදහන් කළේ ලොව දියුණු රටවල් බොහෝමයක් ඇස් මගින් පුද්ගලයන් හදුනා ගැනීමේ ක්රමයට යොමු වී ඇති බවත්,ඒ හේතුවෙන් ඕස්ටේ්රලියානු ප්රදාන මත ඇගිලි සලකුණු ක්රමය වෙනුවට නවීන ක්රමවේදයට යොමුවීමට අදහස් කළ බවත්ය
Talk Dirty? Pakistan To Ban Youths From Obtaining Mobile Phone Package Deals To Prevent ‘Immoral Behavior’
Pakistan’s telecommunications regulatory body is seeking to
prevent the nation’s youths from acquiring mobile phone chat-text
package deals in order to stop what it described as activities “contrary
to the moral values of society.”
In response to concerns raised by some vocal conservative politicians and religious fundamentalists, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ordered all telecom operators in the country to cease providing such packages to adolescents since they make it easy for youths to contact their peers at any time and for very little cost. Conservatives in Pakistan fear that the ease of such communication with enable youths, especially women, to meet with members of the opposite sex and ultimately engage in pre-marital sexual relations.
“Stop all kinds of chat packages [voice and SMS] irrespective of ‘time of the day’ and submit compliance by September 2,” read the directive to the companies from Muhammad Talib Dogar, the PTA’s director-general. Members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party (PML-N) also urged the PTA to make the order, citing that mobile phones and text-messaging devices make it easier for teens to engage in “immoral” activities. “Boys and girls talk the whole night on mobile phones and these packages are destroying the moral character of our youth,” complained PML-N legislator Sheikh Allauddin before the Punjab Assembly. The packages have also been condemned by lawmakers in the National Assembly (the lower house of parliament).
In neighboring India, the easy availability of mobile phones has also sparked fears that they will be used by young people to establish illicit liaisons. For example, in December 2012, a village in the northeastern state of Bihar outright banned unmarried girls and women from using cellphones and imposed a fine of 10,000 rupees (a substantial figure in one of the poorest regions of India) on anyone who violated the rule. Even married women became subject to strict supervision over use of their phones. "Unrestricted use of cellphones promotes pre-marital and extramarital affairs and facilitates the breakdown of the institution of marriage," warned a local elder in Bihar. Clearly, a large segment of Pakistan’s population harbor similar fears.
The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported that over the past five years, the number of mobile phone users in Pakistan has dramatically increased, particularly among the nation’s burgeoning youth.
Not surprisingly, officials at some of Pakistan’s leading telecom/cellular firms* -- including Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd. (better known as Mobilink GSM); Ufone GSM, Zong, Telenor-Pakistan, and Warid-Pakistan – have criticized the PTA’s directive as incomprehensible, citing that packages make it easier for ordinary people to contact friends and relatives at moderate costs.
“One wonders how these [packages] are contrary to the moral values of our society,” an unidentified telecom executive said, according to PTI. “On the demand of extremists, night and day mobile packages are banned. YouTube is already banned. These extremists may demand a ban on Facebook and social media as well, as these are also considered by many in our society as instrumental to spreading obscenity.” Mobilink’s director of communications, Omar Manzoor, blandly told Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper: “We are reviewing the [PTA] notice and will respond within the stipulated timeline.” Another telecom executive complained to PTI that the PTA’s order will hurt corporate profits in a climate already burdened by high taxation. But Dawn noted that the PTA’s directive is unlikely to impact mobile internet packages in Pakistan.
According to a report by Syed Fazl-e-Haider, a development analyst in Pakistan, the number of mobile phone subscribers in the country numbers at least 122 million, well more than one-half of the country’s population. In March 2012, Pakistan had the highest mobile penetration rate in South Asia. This growth has been driven by a number of foreign telecom corporations investing in Pakistan’s fixed-line and mobile networks over the past decade following former President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to de-regulate the telecom sector in 2003.
However, Haider said that the market penetration has risen to a point that the business has become too competitive, resulting in lower margins for most cellular companies operating in Pakistan.
*Mobilink is a unit of VimpelCom Ltd. (NYSE:VIP); Ufone is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (KSE: PTC); Zong, also known as China Mobile-Pakistan (CMPak) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL); Telenor Pakistan is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norway-based Telenor Group (OSE: TEL); and Warid-Pakistan is owned by privately held Abu Dhabi-based Warid Telecom International.
කොළඹ-කටුනායක අධිවේගයෙන් රු. 200යි
ලබන සැප්තැම්බර් මස අග භාගයේදී විවෘත වීමට නියමිත කොළඹ-කටුනායක අධිවේගී
මාර්ගයේ ගමන් කිරීමට සැහැල්ලූ වාහන සඳහා එක් ගමන් වාරයකට රුපියල් 200ක
ගාස්තුවක් අය කරන බව වරාය හා මහා මාර්ග අමාත්යංශය පවසයි.මෙම අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ ඇතුළුවීමේ ප්රධාන පිවිසුම නව කැළණි පාලම වටරවුමේ සිට කිලෝමීටර් දෙකකට එපිටින් පිහිටා ඇති අතර එම දුර ප්රමාණය ගමන් කිරීමට මුදල් අය නොකරන බවද අමාත්යංශය කියයි.
විවෘත කිරීමෙන් පසු දිනකට වාහන 30,000ක් පමණ මෙම මාර්ගය භාවිතා කරනු ඇතැයි ගණන් බලා ඇත.
Sri Lanka police dog 'weddings' condemned by minister
| Sri Lanka police dog 'weddings' condemned by minister  Sri Lanka's culture ministry has strongly condemned a mass "wedding" of police dogs which they say offensively used traditional Buddhist symbols. Police "married" nine pairs of dogs on a platform decorated with white cloth and flowers in a ceremony resembling a traditional marriage. The "brides" wore mittens, shawls and hats while the "grooms" wore red ties. Police have defended the "wedding" saying that it was done to promote the domestic breeding of sniffer dogs. But in a statement they also apologised for their actions. Culture Minister TB Ekanayake said that police officers had "contemptibly devalued" traditional weddings in a devoutly Buddhist country. He said that he was incensed that the dog couples were placed on a Buddhist poruwa - a stage used in traditional Sinhalese weddings. "This is not acceptable according to our cultural norms," Mr Ekanayake told reporters. "We are people who really value out traditional weddings - which are only done at auspicious times alongside the chanting of stanzas and [other] poruwa rituals. "The police have demeaned all this by conducting this in the Kandy - the city of the [famous Buddhist) Temple of [the] Tooth. I totally condemn this." Mr Ekanayake said that such an incident had never happened before in Sri Lanka and that he had written to the the inspector-general of police asking him to conduct a full inquiry. 'Photo opportunity' But police say that the structure where the "weddings" were staged had nothing to do with Buddhism and that it was necessary to elevate the dogs so that they could be better photographed.  Nine pairs of dogs were escorted by police for the "marriage" ceremony "This did not in anyway resemble a poruwa and was simply placed there for the photo opportunity," the police said in the statement. Police have apologised for any offence caused to cultural and religious sensibilities - Sri Lanka is 75% ethnic Sinhalese and Buddhist. They say that the "wedding" on Monday was intended to promote a programme to breed sniffer dogs domestically. Police told local media that in 2011 Sri Lanka spent 70m rupees ($526,000; £339,000) on importing police dogs from Netherlands. They said that the domestically-run breeding programme would not only keep this money in the country but would also produce dogs better suited to its climate. Constables served milk rice and cake to about 1,000 guests at the specially decorated venue where the ceremony was held. The dog couples were driven off by police van to the hill resort of Nuwara Eliya for their "honeymoon". Source: BBC News, Asia. ~*~ __._,_.___ .  __,_._,___ | |||||
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Secret of the Mythical City of Gold revealed
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Secret of the mythical city of gold revealed: New El Dorado exhibition displays glittering artefacts used in South American drug-taking ceremonies Objects salvaged from a lake in Colombia date back to the 16th century Jewellery, masks worn during burial rituals and containers used for storing drugs are on display El Dorado refers to ritual when a new ruler of the native tribe was covered in gold before diving into the water By SARA SMYTH The reality behind El Dorado, South America's mythical city of gold, will be revealed at a new exhibition of ancient art. Exhibits including ceremonial gold helmets and objects used during ritual drug taking will go on show at the British Museum. El Dorado, often misinterpreted as a mythical city of gold, actually referred to a ritual that took place at a lake near the modern day city of Bogota in Colombia where the new ruler of one of the native tribes was covered in powdered gold before diving into the water.  All that glitters: This ancient Colombian mask was worn during funeral processions  Hardware: This helmet made from gold alloy comes from the Quimbayan tribe, who are noted for their spectacular gold work   Ornate: This poporo (left) is topped with human faces and was used for storage. The delicate plate represents a bird (right) Among the objects on show are a gold and platinum container used to store lime powder which was mixed with coca leaves and chewed. Exhibition curator Elisenda Vila Llonch said the drug was valued because it 'gives you extra strength to work in high altitudes, in very cold climates and it suppresses hunger'.  Style: The exhibition is a mixture of functional and decorative artefacts  Delicate: This pained cotton tapestry was made by the Muisca people  On the nose: This unusual plate is an articulated nose ornament made from gold alloy Other objects include jewellery and gold masks worn during burial rituals. Museum director Neil MacGregor said: "Ancient Colombia has long represented a great fascination to the outside world and yet there is very little understood about these unique and varied cultures. 'As part of the Museum's series of exhibitions that shine a light on little known and complex ancient societies this exhibition will give our visitors a glimpse into these fascinating cultures of pre-hispanic South America and a chance to explore the legend of El Dorado through these stunning objects.' Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia runs from October 17 to March 23.  Vessel: This poporo (pictured left) is in the shape of a seated woman. The device used by indigenous cultures for the storage of small amounts of lime. The helmet (pictured right) also features a naked figure   Claw: These claw-shaped beaded necklaces are made from gold alloy (left) and red stone (right) __._,_.___ .  __,_._,___ | |||||
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