May 20, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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Pritam Rohila
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4410 Verda Lane NE, Keizer, OR 97303, USA
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May 20, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaPakistanPeaceDay
&
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IN THIS ISSUE
*Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands, New York
Times, May 18, 09 *Children's Parliament, a Rare Example of Clean
Politics, Washington Post, May 14, 2009
*Bhutan's first SAARC summit SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
*Gilani seeks support of Ulema to counter extremism, APP, May 20, 2009
*Rajapaksa phones Pranab SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
*Rajapaksa says his aim is to provide equal rights to Tamils, PTI, May
20, 2009
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*Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands, New York
Times, May 18, 09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/world/asia/19trash.html?_r=1&hpw
LAHORE, Pakistan — … A group of young Pakistani friends, sick of
hearing their families complain about the government, decided to spite
them by taking matters into their own hands: every Sunday they would
grab shovels, go out into their city, and pick up garbage. It was a
strange thing to do, particularly for such students from elite private
schools, who would normally spend Sunday afternoons relaxing in air-
conditioned homes. But the students were inspired by the recent
success of the lawyers’ movement, which used a national protest to
press the government to reinstate the country’s chief justice, and
their rush of public consciousness was irrepressible…
*Children's Parliament, a Rare Example of Clean Politics, Washington
Post, May 14, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051303758_pf.html
VARANASI, India, May 13 -- As one of the most popular political
figures in this impoverished northeastern Indian city, Tazim Ali
fields round-the-clock cellphone calls about such everyday problems as
child hunger, domestic violence and caste discrimination. The only
thing that's unusual is that Tazim is 9….Last year, Tazim, who is from
a Muslim family of sari weavers, was elected along with an 8-year-old
Hindu girl who worked as a ragpicker. The members meet every Sunday
and hold monthly meetings at which thousands of children often show
up. They hope to replicate their effort across India in coming
months.
*Bhutan's first SAARC summit SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580463&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
THIMPHU: Bhutan will be hosting in 2010 the South Asian association
for regional cooperation (SAARC) summit for the first time since the
regional body was created in 1985. "It will greatly enhance Bhutan's
international image as a sovereign, independent, responsible and equal
member country," said the prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley….
He said that the meeting would also allow for bilateral meetings with
all the leaders of various countries, including India…
*Gilani seeks support of Ulema to counter extremism, APP, May 20, 2009
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76470&Itemid=1
ISLAMABAD, May 19 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday
urged the Ulema and Mashaikh to play their role in projecting true
image of Islam and to counter extremism and terrorism…The conference,
organized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs comes at the heels of
an All Parties Conference, on Monday that backed the ongoing military
operation against militants and terrorists in Swat and Malakand. The
conference aims at gaining support of the religious scholars to speak
with one voice against the militants and extremists who, in parts of
NWFP, were trying to carry out their subversive activities in the garb
of religion…
*Rajapaksa phones Pranab SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580404&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa called up External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to confirm that the armed resistance
by the LTTE had ended and its leader Velupillai Prabakaran was dead.
An External Affairs Ministry statement said on Monday that India in
response told Colombo that it should address the root causes of the
conflict.
*Rajapaksa says his aim is to provide equal rights to Tamils, PTI, May
20, 2009
http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/9A91BC7376038EBA652575BB00524BCB?OpenDocument
Colombo, May 19 (PTI) With LTTE wiped out, Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa today offered equal rights for Tamils through a
political solution but said it won't be "imported"….
Rajapaksa said it was necessary to give the Tamil people the freedoms
that are the right of people in all other parts of the country…
www.asiapeace.org & www.indiapakistanpeace.org
4410 Verda Lane NE, Keizer, OR 97303, USA
asia...@comcast.net
May 20, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaPakistanPeaceDay
&
http://groups.google.com/group/peace--harmony-news-from-south-asia
IN THIS ISSUE
*Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands, New York
Times, May 18, 09 *Children's Parliament, a Rare Example of Clean
Politics, Washington Post, May 14, 2009
*Bhutan's first SAARC summit SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
*Gilani seeks support of Ulema to counter extremism, APP, May 20, 2009
*Rajapaksa phones Pranab SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
*Rajapaksa says his aim is to provide equal rights to Tamils, PTI, May
20, 2009
__
*Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands, New York
Times, May 18, 09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/world/asia/19trash.html?_r=1&hpw
LAHORE, Pakistan — … A group of young Pakistani friends, sick of
hearing their families complain about the government, decided to spite
them by taking matters into their own hands: every Sunday they would
grab shovels, go out into their city, and pick up garbage. It was a
strange thing to do, particularly for such students from elite private
schools, who would normally spend Sunday afternoons relaxing in air-
conditioned homes. But the students were inspired by the recent
success of the lawyers’ movement, which used a national protest to
press the government to reinstate the country’s chief justice, and
their rush of public consciousness was irrepressible…
*Children's Parliament, a Rare Example of Clean Politics, Washington
Post, May 14, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051303758_pf.html
VARANASI, India, May 13 -- As one of the most popular political
figures in this impoverished northeastern Indian city, Tazim Ali
fields round-the-clock cellphone calls about such everyday problems as
child hunger, domestic violence and caste discrimination. The only
thing that's unusual is that Tazim is 9….Last year, Tazim, who is from
a Muslim family of sari weavers, was elected along with an 8-year-old
Hindu girl who worked as a ragpicker. The members meet every Sunday
and hold monthly meetings at which thousands of children often show
up. They hope to replicate their effort across India in coming
months.
*Bhutan's first SAARC summit SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580463&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
THIMPHU: Bhutan will be hosting in 2010 the South Asian association
for regional cooperation (SAARC) summit for the first time since the
regional body was created in 1985. "It will greatly enhance Bhutan's
international image as a sovereign, independent, responsible and equal
member country," said the prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley….
He said that the meeting would also allow for bilateral meetings with
all the leaders of various countries, including India…
*Gilani seeks support of Ulema to counter extremism, APP, May 20, 2009
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76470&Itemid=1
ISLAMABAD, May 19 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday
urged the Ulema and Mashaikh to play their role in projecting true
image of Islam and to counter extremism and terrorism…The conference,
organized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs comes at the heels of
an All Parties Conference, on Monday that backed the ongoing military
operation against militants and terrorists in Swat and Malakand. The
conference aims at gaining support of the religious scholars to speak
with one voice against the militants and extremists who, in parts of
NWFP, were trying to carry out their subversive activities in the garb
of religion…
*Rajapaksa phones Pranab SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580404&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa called up External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to confirm that the armed resistance
by the LTTE had ended and its leader Velupillai Prabakaran was dead.
An External Affairs Ministry statement said on Monday that India in
response told Colombo that it should address the root causes of the
conflict.
*Rajapaksa says his aim is to provide equal rights to Tamils, PTI, May
20, 2009
http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/9A91BC7376038EBA652575BB00524BCB?OpenDocument
Colombo, May 19 (PTI) With LTTE wiped out, Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa today offered equal rights for Tamils through a
political solution but said it won't be "imported"….
Rajapaksa said it was necessary to give the Tamil people the freedoms
that are the right of people in all other parts of the country…
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