Feb
7: Maldives
President
Mohammed
Nasheed forced
to Resign by
Pro-Democracy
Unrest
Following
pppulist
unrest by Pro-
Democracy
citizens,
started upon
the arrest of
Chief Judge of
the Maldives
Criminal Court
on Jan 16th,
about 100
officers of
the Police and
the Maldives
National
Defence Force,
joined a group
of
anti-government
protesters and
seized power.
President
Nasheed gave
up his seat in
a relatively
peaceful
overthrow,and
announced the
resignation in
a broadcast,
VP Dr Mohammed
Waheed was
sworn as new
President,in a
peaceful
transfer of
power to
Democratic
forces in the
capital city
of Male.
>>The
Maldives or
Republic of
Maldives or
Maldive
Islands, is an
island nation
in the Indian
Ocean It
stands in the
Laccadive Sea,
about 700
kilometres
(430 mi)
south-west of
Sri Lanka and
400 kilometres
(250 mi)
south-west of
India.
Maldives is
formed by a
double chain
of twenty-six
atolls
oriented
north-south
off India's
Lakshadweep
Islands,
between
Minicoy Island
and Chagos
Archipelago.
UPDATE:
Feb 7 Official
Quits Susan G.
komen
Foundation
over grant
fiasco
Karen
Handel, VP for
public policy
at Susan G.
Komen
Foundation and
responsible
for grant
denial to
Planned
Parenthood
Quits!
Vicious
Political move
in US Congress
by Republican
and Anti
Abortion
Conservative
Group-
demanding
investigation
into Planned
Parenthood
nonprofit -
Causes Breast
Cancer
funder/charity
to stop Funds-
Very Sad!
A
class-action
lawsuit claims
Monsanto
spread dioxin
and other
toxic
substances
when it made a
primary
ingredient for
Agent Orange
in West
Virginia.
Dioxin has
been linked to
cancer and
other
illnesses. At
issue is
whether
Monsanto must
pay millions
to monitor the
health of
everyone in
the case.
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146144078/monsanto-accused-in-suit-tied-to-agent-orange?sc=fb&cc=fp
Feb 6:
Happy Birth
Anniversary
BOB MARLEY
>>One of
the most
influential
Musician of
all time. Bob
Marley livened
the life of
his songs and
the sheer
energy, love
and principled
stance against
injustices
made him and
his I'll a
folk hero/
musician all
over the
world.
(From
Wiki) Robert
Nesta "Bob"
Marley, OM (6
February 1945
– 11 May 1981)
was a
Jamaicansinger-songwriter
and musician.
He was the
rhythm
guitarist and
lead singer
for the
ska,rocksteady
an
d
reggae band
Bob Marley
& The
Wailers
(1963–1981).
Marley remains
the most
widely known
and revered
performer of
reggae music,
and is
credited with
helping spread
both Jamaican
music and the
Rastafari
movement to a
worldwide
audience.
Marley's music
was heavily
influenced by
the social
issues of his
homeland, and
he is
considered to
have given
voice to the
specific
political and
cultural nexus
of Jamaica.
His best-known
hits include
"I Shot the
Sheriff", "No
Woman, No
Cry", "Could
You Be Loved",
"Stir It Up",
"Jamming",
"Redemption
Song", "One
Love" and,
"Three Little
Birds", as
well as the
posthumous
releases
"Buffalo
Soldier" and
"Iron Lion
Zion". The
compilation
album Legend
(1984),
released three
years after
his death, is
reggae's
best-selling
album, going
ten times
Platinum which
is also one
Diamond in the
U.S.,and
selling 25
million copies
worldwide.(Wiki)
One Love - Bob
Marley &
The Wailers
(1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Rashtriya
Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS)
Chief Mohan
Bhagwat,
accused Anna
Hazare for not
acknowledging
that RSS
workers had
played an
"active role"
in the India
Against
Corruption
movement last
year, though
he also said
that his RSS
workers
participated
in their
'individual
capacity'.
Quote: RSS
chief Mohan
Bhagwat: "It
is a fact that
the Sangh
workers in
individual
capacity did
play an active
role in the
anti-corruption
crusade by the
civil society
headed by
Hazare.... It
baffles me as
to why the
former did not
acknowledge
the fact,"
Court
petition to
make P.
Chidambaram
co-accused in
2G Case
dismissed by
Judge
Special Judge
O P Saini of
the Special
Central Bureau
of
Investigation
court,
dismissed a
petition by
Janata Party
President Dr
Subramanian
Swamy seeking
to make Union
Home Minister
P Chidambaram
a co-accused
in the 2G
spectrum case.
Quote:"Your
prayer to make
Chidambaram an
accused is
dismissed,"
SAHARA ENDS
Financial Ties
with India
Cricket- BCCI
& IPL(Pube
Warriors)
The Indian
cricket team's
longtime
sponsor Sahara
India ended
financial ties
with the BCCI
and also
pulled out of
the IPL by
withdrawing
from Pune
Warriors'
ownership just
hours before
the players'
auction.
Sahara, which
has been the
team sponsor
for 11 years,
signed a
renewed
agreement with
the BCCI on
July 1, 2010
till December
31, 2013.
Sahara was
paying Rs 3.34
crore($33.4
million) per
Test match,
one-day
international
and Twenty20
International
under the new
terms.
Sugar should
be Regulated
like Alcohol,
Tobacco- say
UCSF
Scientists!
Like alcohol
and tobacco,
sugar is a
toxic,
addictive
substance that
should be
highly
regulated with
taxes, laws on
where and to
whom it can be
advertised,
and even
age-restricted
sales, says a
team of UCSF
scientists.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F02%2F01%2FBA891N1PQS.DTL
Pakistan is
directly
helping the
Taliban in
their fight
against the
elected
government in
war-ravaged
Afghanistan,
BBC
The BBC,
citing a
secret North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organisation
(NATO) report,
alleges that
Pakistan Govt.
knows the
locations of
senior Taliban
leaders ,
reported BBC
The NATO
document is
based on
material from
27,000
interrogations
with more than
4,000 captured
Taliban, Al
Qaeda and
other foreign
fighters and
civilians.which
clearly
exposes the
relationship
between
Pakistani spy
agency
Inter-Services
Intelligence
and the
Taliban.
>>"Pakistan's
manipulation
of the Taliban
senior
leadership
continues
unabatedly.
Pakistan is
aware of the
locations of
senior Taliban
leaders," the
document says.
It quotes a
senior Al
Qaeda detainee
as saying,
"Pakistan
knows
everything.
They control
everything. I
can't
(expletive) on
a tree in
Kunar without
them watching.
The Taliban
are not Islam.
The Taliban
are
Islamabad."
The NATO
report states,
"As this
document is
derived
directly from
insurgents it
should be
considered
informational
and not
necessarily
analytical."
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President Obama names new
Ambassador to
India NANCY
POWELL-1st
woman envoy
Nancy J Powell, a career
diplomat is
the next
Ambassador to
India the
first woman to
be nominated
for the post.
Powell, 64,
will replace
Timothy J
Roemer, who
resigned from
his post in
April 2011
after serving
2years as US
envoy to India
(Peter
Burleigh is
currently
serving as the
Charge
d'affaires of
the US embassy
in India)
Ms.Powell, a
career
diplomatic
Senior Foreign
Service member
is currently
serving as
Director
General of the
Foreign
Service and
Director of
Human
Resources at
the Department
of State.
Ms.Powell has
served as
Ambassador to
Nepal
(2007-2009),
Ambassador to
Pakistan
(2002-2004),
Ambassador to
Ghana
(2001-2002),
and Ambassador
to Uganda (1997-1999)
French Mfg. Dassault wins
India's
Defense
Contract for
Rafale Fighter
Jets Rs 52,000
cr =$520,000
Million
French aviation company
Dassault's
Rafale fighter
jet has won
Indian Air
Force's
mammoth deal
for 126 Medium
Multi-Role
Combat
Aircraft worth
Rs 52,000
crore or
$520,000
Million. The
two finalists
included
Eurofighter
Typhoon.
Others who
also bid
included --
the US
Lockheed
Martin F-16,
the Boeing
F/A-18,
Russian United
Aircraft
Corp's MiG-35
and Swedish
SAAB's Gripen.
Happy 200th Birth Anniversary
Charles
Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 7
February 1812
– 9 June 1870)
was an English
novelist of
the Victorian
period.
Dickens
enjoyed a
wider
popularity and
fame than had
any previous
author during
his lifetime,
and he remains
popular,
having been
responsible
for some of
English
literature's
most iconic
novels and
characters-
including
Sketches by
Boz, The Old
Curiosity
Shop, Oliver
Twist,
Nicholas
Nickleby,
Barnaby Rudge,
A Christmas
Carol, Martin
Chuzzlewit, A
Tale of Two
Cities, David
Copperfield,
Great
Expectations,
Bleak House,
Little Dorrit,
Hard Times,
Our Mutual
Friend, The
Pickwick
Papers
NY Giants Superbowl Champs 46th
Ed. In
Indianapolis
beat NE
Patriots 21-17
close game
Small
consolations
for 49er fans
- they got
beat by
eventual
Champs NY
GIANTS WIN
SUPERBOWL 46-
with YOGA!!
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-3961/NY-Giants-Prep-for-Super-Bowl-with-Yoga.html
Madonna
full (Super
Bowl XLVI)
2012 HALF TIME
SHOW Live
Performance
with Nicki
Minaj, LMFAO,
And Cee-Lo And
Others
Madonna full
(Super Bowl
XLVI) 2012
HALF TIME SHOW
Live
Performance
with Nicki
Minaj, LMFAO,
And Cee-Lo And
Others
Stupid
Racist
Rednecks!
Sikh Gurdwaras
vandalized in
Michigan with
anti- Muslim
graffiti
>> The
stupid racists
are ignorant
dumb
asses--and
dangerous
. Unf such
attitudes
often persist
and prevail in
general
population due
to lack of
education,
exposure to
diversity,
intolerance
and bigotry
India's Solar
panel price
crash could
spark solar
revolution -
environment
- New
Scientist
SOLAR power no
longer
expensive,
because of
volume demand!
In India,
electricity
from solar is
now cheaper
than that from
diesel
generators.
The news -
which will
boost India's
"Solar
Mission" to
install 20,000
megawatts of
solar power by
2022 - could
have
implications
for other
developing
nations too
PIX
Very profound-
Indian Parent
and Value of
Education in
India
$30 will cover ENTIRE
years'
Education for
a Child in
India \And
$10-
School
Supplies and
Uniform\
http://www.ashanet.org
http://spandana.org
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