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Tension at India-Nepal border;
Madheshis protest against police crackdown, one killed
Kathmandu: A 19-year-old Indian was killed as
Nepal police opened fire on people demonstrating against the new Constitution
near the India-Nepal border, hours after security forces baton-charged Madhesi
protesters and evicted them from a key bridge in the area in a pre-dawn swoop.Ashish
Ram of Raxaul in Bihar was killed as police opened fire on protesters at
Shankaracharya Gate near Birgunj Customs, according to home ministry sources.Ram
received bullet shot in his head and was declared dead at the hospital.The
deceased was identified after a phone call was made to his maternal uncle from
his mobile, police said.Clashes erupted in different parts of Birgunj on Monday
after Nepalese police baton-charged Madhesi protesters, burned down their tents
and evicted them from the Miteri bridge at the India-Nepal border, opening the
main Birgunj-Raxaul border trading point for the first time in 40 days.Violence
in area forced authorities to clamp an indefinite curfew. Nearly 200 empty
trucks stranded in the Nepalese side of the border were allowed to enter into
the Indian territory during the brief period when the police took control of
the area.Several protesters were injured after police fired rubber bullets to
maintain law and order.PTI
India expresses deep concern
over firing incidents in Birgunj, Nepal
India-US anti-terror
cooperation: For first time, NSG commandos train with US Special Forces
New Delhi:India and the US have been cooperating
extensively on counter-terrorist activities, as witnessed after the terror
attack on a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district in July.In another
sign of increasing India-US cooperation on fighting terror, US army’s Special
Forces are conducting their first-ever joint counter-terrorist training with NSG
at Manesar in Haryana. Christened Exercise “Balanced Iroquois”, this three-week
long specialist training began on 18 Oct.2015 and will end this week.“The
inaugural exercise clearly captures the momentum and vigor from the US-India
relationship to ensure India’s security and that of its neighbours,” US
Ambassador to India, Richard Verma said.India and US have been cooperating
extensively on counter-terrorist activities, as witnessed after the terror
attack on a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district in July. By decoding
the GPS captured from the terrorists, the FBI was able to track down that the
terrorists started from Pakistan. Similarly, the Night Vision Device, captured
from terrorists in Gurdaspur, was tracked down by the Pentagon as having been
lost at a battlefield in Afghanistan. Indian Express
Accused in lynching of man in
Rajasthan still remain free
Birloka: A tin-shed that lies tumbled over the
sand in village Birloka marks the spot where 60-year-old Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi
was lynched by a mob on May 30 this year. Once a meat shop, the shed was
ruined, Ghaffar was beaten up and his house destroyed, on the pretext that he
might, in future, sell beef at his shop.4 months before the Dadri lynching, in
the Rajasthan village of Birloka, 350 km from Jaipur, an angry mob allegedly
beat Ghaffar with sticks and iron rods till a family in the neighbourhood tore
through the mob to save him. Ghaffar died the following day. 35 years ago
Ghaffar had entered Birloka in Nagaur district’s Khinwsar tehsil as a young man
from another village of Amarpura 200 km away to earn a living as a meat seller.
“Few years ago Ghaffar's meat shop was objected to by a family from another
community that resided opposite his shop,” Haider (name changed), a resident of
Birloka, told The Hindu. The series of events that led to Ghaffar’s lynching began
on May 30 in Kumhari village, also in Nagaur district, where carcasses of about
200 cows were strewn across a field after a municipality contractor had rented
the field to dispose of a cattle carcass, as a routine municipal exercise.A
rumour spread that Muslims had killed the 200 cows for a feast and pictures of
the carcasses started circulating through WhatsApp and Facebook. Slowly,
thousands of people from nearby areas collected at the field.“By the afternoon
[of May 30] over five thousand people had collected at the ground where the
cows were being disposed of,” Khinwsar Station House Officer Bharat Rawat said.
The Hindu
Muslims unfairly being blamed
for cow slaughter, says Govindacharya, ex-BJP ideologue: The Hindu
New Delhi: KN Govindacharya, ex-BJP ideologue
who now devotes his time to issues related to Ganga rejuvenation and cow protection,
has decided to postpone, indefinitely, an agitation against cow slaughter that
had been slated for Nov.7. Govindacharya, whose association with BJP
practically ended after his public differences with then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998, said that he was
“disturbed by politicisation of the issue and didn’t want to launch the
agitation in such a political atmosphere.” He pointed out that to link the issue of cow
slaughter with the Muslim community was wrong as it was the British rather than
Muslim rulers of India who promoted cow slaughter. “Cow slaughter came up in a
big way after the revolt of 1857, when the British saw this as a way of driving
a wedge between the two communities.Under Mughal rule too, cow slaughter used
to happen but not on such a huge scale,” he said.
Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MP surrenders
in court
Muzaffarnagar(PTI): BJP MP Bhartendu Singh has
surrendered in a local court here in connection with a case of violating
prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension and riots in Muzaffarnagar in
2013. Appearing before the court, Singh sought cancellation of a bailable
warrant issued for not appearing in the
case. Additional CJM Sitaram withdrew the warrant after Singh surrendered in
the court and submitted a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and an undertaking that he
would appear in court on Nov.24. Bailable warrant was issued on Oct.23 against
several accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case including Union Minister
Sanjeev Balyan, Bhartendu, BJP MLA Suresh Rana and Sadhvi Prachi by local
court.
UP panchayat polls: BSP back
to winning ways – gives BJP and SP a scare
Lucknow: BSP has
emerged as the surprise front-runner in the UP panchayat elections with most of
the candidates it has supported for seats in zila panchayat elections, emerging
victorious. Panchayat polls are not contested on party symbols.The result has
come as a morale-booster for the BSP which had been lying low since its failure
to win any seats in last year’s Lok Sabha polls.All the results are expected to
be announced officially by State Election Commission Monday evening. Ruling Samajwadi
Party which chosen not to officially announce the candidates it had endorsed,
has also fared poorly with many relatives of senior party leaders and ministers
failing to win their seats. And the BJP, which had supported candidates in zila
panchayat and kshetra panchayat polls for the first time, has failed to make an
impression.In many districts like Agra, Azamgarh, and Ambedkar Nagar where the
BSP had traditionally been strong but lost ground to the SP in 2012 and the BJP
in 2014, the party made a comeback, winning the largest chunk of seats in all 3.
indianexpress
UP Panchayat polls: Owaisi’s
AIMIM makes electoral debut in UP
Lucknow: UP panchayat elections brought smile on
the faces of the supporters of Owaisi as AIMIM made its electoral debut on
Monday. AIMIM candidate Kailash Gautam made to the district development council
(DDC) from Azamgarh. For AIMIM, the victory in UP is of more significance as
the party was eyeing on the upcoming 2017 assembly election which is scheduled
in 2017. Asaddudin and his brother Akbaruddin are developing their base in
Uttar Pradesh which is a stronghold of minority community and Samajwadi
party.AIMIM which is known as a party creating its vote bank on communal issues
had now developed their secular image after the victory of Kailash Gautam in UP
panchayat polls.Though there were not any official announcement made by the
election commission officials, however the party spokesperson said that Kailash
Gautam of Masoodiya from Pawai Block (Number 32) in Azamgarh has won.The party
had fielded 50 candidates from 18 districts in the panchayat polls. India.com
Shiv Sena ahead of BJP in Maha's
key civic poll
Mumbai: Shiv Sena has left behind BJP in the key
election to the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) bagging 52 seats,
while the BJP could manage to win 42 seats.However, the Sena suffered a setback
in KDMC as mayor Kalyani Patil was defeated by Suman Nikam of BJP.The
independents backed by the BJP won 6 seats, Raj Thackeray's MNS managed 9
seats, Congress 4, NCP 2 seats, MIM 1 and independents 2 seats.he independents
and MNS will play a key role in Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation. timesofindia
Owaisi’s party AIMIM gets
mixed response in Seemanchal
Kochadhaman (Kishanganj):
With its slogan "Ab milega sabko insaf, badlega Seemanchal Majlise ke
saath (Everyone will get justice now, Seemanchal will change with
Majlis)," Asadudddin Owaisi's party AIMIM is trying to make its presence
felt in all the assembly seats it has selected for its entry into Bihar via
Seemanchal region.Four of the six assembly constituencies that AIMIM has fielded
its candidates in are part of the Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency and all of
them have a sizeable Muslim population.ET/
timesofindia
Modi, facing tight
election, hits back at "intolerance" criticism: Reuters report
Crackers thrown during early
morning prayers in Patna mosque, walls defiled
Patna: Miscreants looking to flare up communal
tension threw powerful crackers early morning on Sunday in a Mosque in the
Phulwari Sharif area of New Millat Colony, Sector-2 Patna, along with
scribbling profanities on the masjid’s wall. Thankfully, no one was reported
injured in the incident.The faithful were offering the first Namaz of the day
at 5.30am, when they heard a loud explosion in the inner courtyard of the
mosque. The scared people got up to see the remains of a cracker, which is
banned, had been thrown inside the premises. The explosion made such a noise
that people living in the area around the mosque woke up fearing the worst. Along
with the explosion, eyewitnesses said the miscreants had defiled the walls of
the mosque with horrible profanities directed against the Raza Academy, the
local coaching institute. The miscreants also broke the switch of the street
lights in the area to ensure that no one is able to see or recognize them.TCN
Crackdown on Kashmir
separatists ahead of Modi rally
Srinagar:J&K govt has launched a crackdown on separatist leaders
ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the
state later this week.Top govt sources said
that Modi will visit Srinagar for a day-long trip after inaugurating the 450 MW
Baglihar hydroelectric project on the Chenab in Chanderkote area of Ramban
district. The commissioning of Baglihar II will increase the state’s power
generation to 1,211 MW. PM will hold a
public rally at Srinagar’s Sher-i-Kashmir stadium on Nov.7 where he is expected
to announce a massive development package for the state. The rally, on the eve
of the Bihar election results, will also be attended by CM Mufti Sayeed. Hindustan
Times
Modi's a force of nature ...
not communal at all: Mufti
As PM Narendra Modi finds himself the target of
criticism for the perceived growing intolerance in the country, he gets a
thumbs up from a crucial ally, PDP. Ahead of the PM's visit to Jammu &
Kashmir, CM Mufti Sayeed tells TOI that
the alliance between the BJP and PDP is very strong and that when Modi speaks
at a public rally in Srinagar it would be the perfect opportunity for him to
reiterate his faith in India's diversity and plurality.TOI
This J&K doc’s mission to modernise
madrassa in militant hotbed: TOI report
Srinagar: A madrassa in Sopore district, one of
the hotbeds of militancy in Jammu & Kashmir, is being prepped for imparting
formal education along with theological study of Islam - the idea is to set an
example for more such Islamic seminaries to open up to formal scholastic
education."My aim is to revolutionize madrassas in Kashmir after I learnt
that terrorists are produced in Islamic seminaries," Sohail Nasti, a
doctor who has also trained as a rescue pilot, said. Nasti's international
charity organization, Mother Helpage Worldwide, has worked on several projects
in Kashmir in the last two decades. Modernising madrassa is the latest step,
following an increasing perception that these seminaries have become breeding
grounds for militants and terrorists of all shades. The first seminary
identified for modernization is Darul-Uloom Mahrajpora, Sopore, 52km from
Srinagar. There are more than 12 madrassas in Sopore which are suspect, state govt
sources said. "We have informed authorities (about their
activities)," a top intelligence officer said. Speaking about his mission,
Nasti, who is settled in UK, said, "We provide computers and other
equipment to the madrassa to enable students to earn an honourable livelihood
after education." TOI
Writers’ meet accuses BJP of
‘manufacturing politics of hate’
New Delhi: Rejecting the charge that the
Congress and the Left were behind their protest against “growing intolerance”,
writers and artistes on Sunday alleged that ruling BJP was unable to “control
its mobs”, with one of them even comparing RSS to terror outfit Islamic State. During
a “resistance” (Pratirodh) meet in the national capital, writers, artistes and
academics protested what called the an “attack on reason, democracy and
composite culture”.Claiming that business leaders, common people and even the
President had voiced concern about the “disturbing” trend, the protesters took
umbrage to Union Minister Arun Jaitley’s remark dubbing their agitation as
“manufactured rebellion”. “In its inability to control its mobs, the only
comeback that the BJP has is to describe the protesters as Leftists or
instigated by the Congress party.Many of us are Leftists, but many of us are
not Leftists. What the protest is about is need for a liberal space and this
being emphasised again and again,” historian Romila Thapar said.PTI
There’s extreme intolerance in
India: Shah Rukh
New Delhi:Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan
turned 50 today and added his voice to growing protests by the intelligentsia
over ‘climate of intolerance’, saying there was “extreme intolerance” in the
country.Voicing his feelings over the ‘growing intolerance’ and return of
awards by filmakers, science and writers, Shah Rukh said he would not hesitate
to give up his awards as a “symbolic gesture” if he has to but feels he does
not have to do so. Padma Shri is among the awards in Shah Rukh’s kitty.“There
is intolerance, there is extreme intolerance… there is I think… there is
growing intolerance,” Shah Rukh told India Today TV.“It is stupid… It is stupid
to be intolerant and this is our biggest issue not just an issue…Religious
intolerance and not being secular in this country is the worst kind of crime
that you can do as a patriot,” he said,Asked whether he will give up his Padma
Shri award, Shah Rukh responded, “I mean just for a symbolic gesture, yes, if I
have to.”At the same time, he said, “respect those who returned awards, but I
don’t have to.”PTI
Christian leaders condemn
'growing' intolerance in India
New Delhi:Christians from across the country on Monday
condemned the "growing" intolerance in India and criticised
"sinister attempts" to do away with the reservation policy. "In
unequivocal terms we denounce the growing intolerance in the country. We also
denounce the sinister attempts to do away with reservation policy and ultimately
attempt to undermine the constitution," reads a statement, signed by over
100 Christian community leaders and activists. Community leaders have signed
the statement to express their anger over violence against Dalits, Adivasis,
women, religious minorities and even "ghar-wapsi". Principal of St.
Xavier's College, Kolkata, Fr. Felix Raj, former Karnataka Police chief Francis
Colaso and former Delhi govt Minority Commission
member John Dayal were among those who signed the statement. IANS
HC uses Internet to determine
if meat is beef
Chandigarh: How does a court convict a man of
illegally possessing beef when there's no laboratory to tell one meat from
another?Perhaps one can employ professional food tasters as expert witnesses.
However, no court would allow them to sit in the witness box with fork and
knife, and sample small portions from a menu of meats before giving their
opinion.In the absence of laboratory testing, judges of the Punjab and Haryana
high court often depend on the internet to differentiate one meat from another
whenever cases under the Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act(1955) reach
them. They have even quoted internet searches in judgments while acquitting
people convicted by lower courts of possessing beef.While there have been
convictions of people caught with the head or skin of a cow which clearly
identify the animal, there's nearly 100% acquittal in cases where people have
been caught with just the meat believed to have been beef. In an order in April
this year, Justice Mahesh Grover quoted from an article on internet while
acquitting an accused and said, "Formulating a conclusion on the bare
visual examination of meat product to establish it to be beef and to form basis
of conviction would be erroneous."TOI
Jamia to collaborate with Hamdard;
2 sign MoU
New Delhi: On the sidelines of the conclusion of
the valedictory function of the 95th Foundation Day Celebrations, central
university Jamia Millia Islamia signed a MoU with Delhi based Deemed
University, Jamia Hamdard.MoU, signed by the respective Registrars of both
universities, opens up a plethora of opportunities for both the institutions to
synergize their competencies in the field of medical science.Jamia Hamdard
University will admit and provide medical facilities to indoor medical patients
referred by the Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia on CGHS rates. It
will also provide healthcare facilities to all employees of Jamia Millia. Medical
students from Jamia Hamdard University would benefit from the specializations
of the Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia. TCN
Hyderabad: Muslim outfit
trains guns at statues
Hyderabad: Statues have been the focal point of
expressing human emotions in the country by different social and religious groups
but they are repeatedly being turned into controversies by different groups. A
little known organisation, Awami Majlis-e-Amal in the city has now threatened
to remove six statues of Muslim personalities, including APJ Abdul Kalam and sixth
Nizam Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, that are installed at various places citing
religious beliefs.“Our religion forbids installing statues and we have
communicated this to successive govt s asking them to remove them. We do not
distinguish between personalities and will not hesitate to break and throw them
into Tank Bund if the authorities do not take them out,” Mujahed Hashmi,
general secretary, Awami Majlis-e-Amal Telangana, said.Maulana
Haseeb-ul-Hassan, general secretary, Sunni-Ulema- Board Hyderabad, explained
that, “Islam prohibits putting up statues and displaying photos or paintings of
people. Idol worship is also forbidden in the religion.” The Hindu
WORLD
AK Party swept back into power
in a landslide
Istanbul: AK Party clinched victory after
securing slightly more than 49% of the vote in Turkey's 26th general elections
on Sunday. The party's votes are higher than the other three parties
represented in Parliament combined. Following the June 7 elections in which the
AK Party garnered 40.8 % of the vote and failed to receive a parliamentary
majority with 258 deputies, the parties failed to come to an agreement to form
a coalition, leading Turkey to an early election on Nov. 1. PM and AK.Party chairman, Ahmet Davutoğlu,
described the party's success in Sunday's parliamentary elections as a "victory
day for democracy." "This victory is not ours [AK Party's], but that
of our nation and our citizens," Davutoğlu said in an address in his
hometown of Konya hours after the results put the AK Party ahead of the other
parties. dailysabah
Turkey:PM prioritizes new
constitution for Turkey
Ankara : AK Party is to pursue constitutional
changes to enhance the role of the president, PM Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed in
his post-election victory speech Sunday. “It is obvious that the current system
does not meet the Turkey’s needs. This shirt is too tight for this country,”
Davutoglu said.AK Party has sought to turn Turkey from a parliamentary
democracy to a presidential system since party co-founder and former PM Recep
Tayyip Erdogan became president in August last year. Although it regained its
parliamentary majority in Sunday’s election, it appears to be 14 seats short of
the number needed to push through a referendum on constitutional reform. Anadolu
Agency
Hamas, Syrian opposition,
Kurdish Regional Govt congratulate AK Party for sweeping polls
Russian airline rules out
'technical fault', blames crash on 'external' factor
Russia: A technical fault or pilot error could
not have caused the crash of the Russian passenger jet in Egypt that killed all
224 people on board, a top official at the airline said on Monday.Alexander
Smirnov, the deputy general director of Metrojet, said the cause of the crash
"could only have been an external impact on the plane" in the
air.When pressed for an explanation about what could have caused this impact,
Smirnov insisted that he was not at liberty to discuss details because the
investigation was ongoing. Smirnov also said the crew did not send a
distress call and they did not contact traffic controllers before the crash.AP
Syrian coalition: Russia has
killed 1,700 civilians
Russian airstrikes have killed 1,700 civilians
in including women and children throughout Syria, Aljazeera.net reported the
National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces as saying on
Saturday.In a statement, the coalition accused Russia of committing war crimes
after bombing residential areas, hospitals, schools and bakeries across the
country. Middleeastmonitor
US, allies conduct 10 air
strikes in Syria, 17 in Iraq: US military
Washington: US-led coalition conducted 10 air
strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Sunday and 17 in Iraq, the U.S.
military said, stepping up its air assault in Syria as fighting on the ground
escalated. In Syria, 6 air strikes near Mar'a destroyed three fighting
positions, an ammunition cache and three Islamic State buildings, the Combined
Joint Task Force said in a statement on Monday.2 air strikes destroyed a
vehicle and wounded three Islamic State fighters near the militant stronghold
of Raqqa, while one strike each targeted militants near al Hawl and al Hasakah,
it said. reuters
Russia runs massive media
campaign on Syrian ops
The Russian govt is running a massive media campaign to court
public opinion in support of its military campaign in Syria.“It is an
information war on an unparalleled scale,” commented Lithuanian analyst
Vitoldas Jancis on the Lithuanian Tribune's website on Jul 30. The govt ’s
purpose is to project an image of the Russian army’s pursuing high-tech warfare
with great accuracy and without suffering many losses, policy expert Julia
Smirnova noted in the German newspaper Die Welt on Oct 18. World Bulletin
Al-Qaeda urges unity with ISIL
to fight Russia, West
Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda, urged
supporters to unite in the struggle against Russia and West, suggesting more
cooperation between Al-Qaeda and the ISIL."Americans, Russians, Iranians,
Alawites, and Hezbollah are coordinating their war against us - are we not
capable of stopping the fighting amongst ourselves so we can direct all our
efforts against them?" Zawahiri said in an audio recording released on
Sunday.Exact date of when the recording was made is unclear. However, remarks
against Russian aggression means that Al-Zawahiri's comments come after Sept.30,when
Russia launched its anti-ISIL operation in Syria on request of Bashar Al-Assad. worldbulletin
Syria Rebels Using Caged
Captives as 'Human Shields': Reports
Beirut: A
major Syrian rebel group is using dozens of captives in metal cages as
"human shields" in the largest opposition stronghold on the outskirts
of Damascus, a monitor said today.Jaish al-Islam, regarded as the most powerful
rebel group near the capital, has put regime soldiers and Alawite civilians it
was holding in metal cages, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told
AFP.The group then placed these cages in public squares in the Eastern Ghouta
region in an attempt to "prevent regime bombardment", Observatory
head Rami Abdel Rahman said.Govt forces regularly bombard the Eastern Ghouta
area, from where rebel groups fire rockets into the capital.On Friday, at least
70 people were killed and 550 wounded in regime bombardment of Douma, a large
town in the area. NDTV
Israel jails Arab ex-Knesset
member over trip to Syria
A former Arab Knesset member started a one year
jail term in Israel on Thursday after being convicted of illegally travelling
to Syria, Quds Press reported.Said Nafa, a Druze who served in the Knesset
between 2007 and 2013, was sentenced last year after making the trip to an
"enemy state", Syria, in 2007.He visited fellow Druze along with
about 200 other members of the Druze community in Israel. He was consequently
stripped of his parliamentary immunity in 2010. Middleeastmonitor
For first time since 1948,
Egypt votes for Israel at UN
Egypt’s representative at United Nations voted
on Friday in support of Israel’s bid for membership of the UN Committee on the
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Israeli media reported.Since the
creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and its acceptance to membership of the
UN, Egypt had never voted in its favour at the UN before last Friday. 117
countries voted in favour of Israel, 21 abstained, while only Namibia voted
against the decision. Countries that abstained include: Qatar, Tunisia, Syria,
Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq and Algeria. Israeli
sources said that they were accepted to this UN committee after "intensive
diplomatic efforts" exerted at different levels.Prior to vote, spokesman
for the Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs refused to comment on the matter.
However, in the face of fierce domestic criticism, he said that voting for
Israel was necessary in order to secure the membership of a number of Arab
countries to the committee.middleeastmonitor
Egypt court orders retrial of
77 Brotherhood aids
A court in Egypt today ordered a retrial for 77
Muslim Brotherhood supporters, who were earlier sentenced between five to ten
years in prison for taking part in violent acts in the coastal city of
Alexandrian in 2013.The incident took place on July 26, 2013, at Al-Qaed
Ibrahim Square, where Muslim brotherhood supporters were protesting against the
ouster of president Morsi by the then army general Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.The
violent clashes between Morsi supporters and the police, left at least 12
people dead and about 180 others injured.The defendants were charged of
thuggery, rioting, killing, attempted killing, demonstration of force,
possession of weapons, blocking roads, sabotaging public and private
properties, among other charges. siasat
Egypt police detain daughter
of Brotherhood ‘mufti’
Cairo – Egyptian police have detained the
daughter of a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood group, according to a
local activist. Aisha Abd al-Bar, daughter of Brotherhood leader Abdel-Rahman
al-Bar, was detained while visiting her jailed brother in the Nile Delta city
of Mansoura, Mohamed Abu Hurayra, a spokesman for the Egyptian Coordination for
Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), said. newsfultoncounty
72 Palestinians killed since
Oct 1
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops in
the occupied West Bank on Saturday, bringing the total number of Palestinians
killed by Israeli forces since Oct. 1 to 72. Israeli army spokesman Peter
Lerner said that 18-year-old Mahmoud Nazzal had been shot dead after attempting
to stab an Israeli soldier at Gilboa crossing near the city of Afula in
northern Israel.WorldBulletin
Algeria’s Islamist party call
for an independent election committee to supervise elections
Algeria’s Islamist party, Movement of Society
for Peace, has called for the establishment of an Independent National
Electoral Commission to supervise the country’s upcoming elections and
guarantees their fairness. In a statement released on Sunday, its leader
Abderrazak Makri welcomed the announcement of Algerian PresidentAbdelaziz
Bouteflika regarding the implementation of new measures to monitor the
elections, saying this proves that the opposition’s demands have finally
reached the ruling circles. However, Makri said this alone was not enough and
that the country needs to do much more to guarantee fairness of the voting
process.middleeastmonitor
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