US planned to invade Saudi Kuwait Abu Dhabi
LONDON -The USA and Britain were prepared to use force to secure Arab oil supplies during the Oil crisis of 1973, say media reports quoting a secret document released by the British intelligence in London yesterday. "The United States seriously considered sending airborne troops to seize oilfields in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi during the 1973 Arab oil embargo," said media reports quoting a top-secret British intelligence memorandum Full Story from KM
Thousands of Workers Strike Work, Attack Managers, Clash with Security Staff
About 4000 employees of a construction company have been agitated and clashed with the company managers, supervisors and security staff over unpaid wages and removal of overtime. The physical fight took place at the much publicised International City, near the Dragon Mart China where a number of high rise buildings are constructed as per international standards. Workers who refused to work demanding immediate distribution of pending salary have physically attacked one of the project managers and the situation was brought under control with police intervention.. Dubai Police recently introduced a new system to address workers problem. Hundreds of workers have used the hot line number specially meant for workers to lodge their complaints, especially about non payment of salary.
Mapsolute launches 3D interactive maps for GCC region
Advance of AIDS in Middle East continues
Research conducted in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh indicates that about half of HIV infections have been occurring during heterosexual intercourse. Most women were married and had acquired the virus from their husbands, while most men had been infected during paid sex. A large proportion (26%) of infections found in the study were attributed to the transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products early in the epidemic. Full Report and More News
UAE Based NRK to Invest in Bharath TV for Congress Party
DUBAI-NEW DELHI - Adding a political colour to the television revolution in India, a new TV channel is being proposed by a Sharjah based Non Resident Keralite with the help of other NRI business tycoons, which will serve as a mouth piece of the Indian National Congress. The largest democratic party in the world rules the central government and 14 state governments in India including Kerala, the bastion of communist parties. Named Bharath TV, the proposed multilingual channel will be launched soon with an initial investment of Rs.40 crores, much of it coming from the Congress President Sonia Gandhi who is known to have offered Rs.10 crores for the project. The remaining money to fund the tricolour channel will come from the Gulf based NRIs and the Kerala Chief Minister Ommen Chandy, whose image is at a historical low is one of the main brains behind the idea. Bharath TV is just one of the seven to nine Indian channels in pipeline. This is the first time that the Congress party is directly venturing into the visual media. A Sharjah based businessman Aniyan Kutty who was in the news for launching a chartered flight service to Kerala is learned to be one of the main investors for the project. Initially the channel will be launched in multiple languages in all the 14 Congress ruled states to make it a commerciallly viable project. A lot of Gulf based investors have promised money to sustain the Congress channel. It seems to be yet another smart move by Ommen Chandy and company to utilise the friendly business connections that he nurtured during his short tenure as the state Chief Minister. The channel representatives could not be contacted for their confirmation of the Bharath TV Channel story. The investor has also been associated with Jeevan TV, another new channel that is slowly making an impact. BJP, the opposition party has already got its own proxy channels run by celebrity journalists. Even though the party mouth piece National Herald is incurring heavvy losses every day and its Urudu version too in the same situation, how will the visual media change people's perception of the party is worth watching.. A Patriotic Newspaper is already spreading Hindutva agenda all over the country ...so is a national TV channel..Now let us see how the INC mouthpiece will awaken Bharath's masses...Watch this space.
V S Achuthananthan seeks PM's intervention to release kidnapped Keralite by Taliban -Diabetes on the rise in Kerala
Earlier Reports:
A Dubai-based non-resident keralite (NRI) businessman, Aniyan Kutty, managing director of Dubai-based Clarion Shipping Services,has been planning to start a new airline in India. To be called City Air, the new airline initially will connect smaller cities, to be followed by operations all over India. A private company has already been registered in Kerala for running the airline which will be a budget carrier and will have its operational headquarter in Chennai. Kutty said negotiations were going on in the US for leasing aircraft. The company intended to complete all formalities and have the launch of the airline before the end of this year.
Sex trade fuelled by poverty in Yemen
SANA, 17 November (IRIN) - Sex workers in Yemen are often forced into the profession out of dire economic circumstances, according to a recent study published by a local NGO, the Women's' Forum for Research and Training (WFRT).The small scale sample study was carried out in two southern governorates where the tourist trade is relatively brisk compared to the more isolated northern areas of the mountainous country. Full Report and More News
Kumarakam Emerges as the Hub of Sex Tourism
Kerala, the Gods own country is now repacked to an international sex tourism market, and Kumarakam, the hub of high profile water resorts and massage parlours is already converted into a flourishing sex trade centre, where even young college girls from the state and other states are paraded before the pleasure seeking domestic and international tourists. The recent arrest of a college girl who was involved inthe prostitution racket indicates that what was revealed during the Kiliroor sex scandal is deep rooted in the area...Not only the high profile resort owned by a leading Kuwait based Non Resident Keralite is providing safe haven for flesh trade and blue film making in traditional boats, small scale massage parlours too have mushroomed in the area...In a globalised development culture, everything is being packed to suit the marketing requirements of the global tourism industry.. Watch this space.
Remarriage Boom Among Elderly Couples
A growing number of Kerala's elderly are seeking new life partners to beat loneliness. As their children are busy earning petro dollars and migrate to Europe and America, their parents are left unattended. Many newspapers in Kerala now carry advertisements from widows and widowers seeking re-marriage..Read an interesting report about the love lorn parents of Keralite Full Story
One More Malayali Murder in Dubai
Thirty four years old Sajan, a computer operator with a computers, was found murdered in his own Mazda car with deep wounds on the left part of his throat and assault marks on the body. The young computer programmer of the computer company was missing since Thursday afternoon and his wife Sajana, a teacher of an Indian school in Dubai, received the last call at 2.58 PM. "He went to work on Thursday morning and did not return home till 12.30. He was supposed to pick up his wife who was in Karama with her aunty. His mobile was switched off. We made a complaint to the Al Rashidiya police station on Thursday night. The police informed us about the dead body on Friday," said a relative. The body had clear marks of a possible murder. The company in which he worked had some internal problem related to accounts. The deceased was in charge of the computer and passwords. An investigation was going on when a lady staff was reportedly taken into custody. The deceased hail from Pakkil, Kottayam and has been working in the same company for the last seven years. The deceased is a pious christian who belongs to the Church of God Pentacostal group. A number of recent murders involved slashing of the throat. While the five member Indian family of Sharjah was found dead with all their throats slit, it was reported to be a suicide murder. A Russian lady was found dead with her throat slit as part of robbery attempt. Similarly a Tamilian was attacked near Gold Souq when he was carrying cash. Recent crimes from the city include a three and half years old African girl was missing and found dead with rape marks on her body. Smitha a Keralite girl was kidnapped from her Karama apartment one day after she came to Dubai to join her husband. -Watch this space.
Earlier Crime Stories
Malayali Taxi Driver Found Murdered in his Cab near Sharjah
Sharjah - A young Malayali taxi driver has been found dead with multiple stab injuries. Kuttiyil Sheikh Shersha, a Keralite from Nooranadu in Aleppey district was found bleeding in his taxi at about 4.30 am and was rushed to the Kuwait Hospital where was declared dead. The victim was stabbed twelve times apparently by two people who have vanished from the scene after committing the crime. Taxi drivers have been regular victims of crime as criminals target them in the night, posing as customers. Full Report
Britain accuses Iran of training bombers
Arab TV serial criticising terrorism sparks anger
IRAQ: Late amendments to constitution woo Sunni support Death toll may rise to 40,000 Parents rescued dead bodies of 40 students Over 300 primary school kids still under debris in Balakot -Qatar Charity sends first consignment of aid to Pakistan
UN Relief Coordinator calls for more helicopters
MUZAFFARABAD, 13 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, toured the devastated city of Muzaffarabad on Thursday - close to the epicentre of Saturday's massive regional earthquake - to see for himself the extent of the disaster that has killed at least 25,000 people and left more than 2 million homeless."The biggest problem at the moment is to reach people in outlying areas. It's heart breaking to see flattened small villages. This devastation is just a complete nightmare, 70 percent of this city has been completely destroyed," Egeland told IRIN. Full Report and More News
Helicopters top priority 48 hours after huge earthquake . Full Story and More News
Many cities, towns completely destroyed in Kashmir Death toll reaches 30,000 in AJK
Muzaffarabad—Saturday’s earthquake has hit massively the capital of Azad Kashmir with deaths reaching up to thousands and more dead bodies are being recovered.AJK works and communication minister Tariq Farroq told foreign media that the estimated toll of the South Asian earthquake on Saturday has hit 30,000, “Our rough estimates say more than 30,000 people have died in the earthquake in Kashmir,” minister Tariq Farooq said on Sunday. “There are cities, there are towns which have been completely destroyed. Muzaffarabad is devastated,” he added. Bodies lay in the streets and villagers pulled debris from collapsed schools and mud-brick homes with their bare hands on Sunday, desperate to find survivors from the 7.6-magnitude quake that struck Pakistan and India. Full Report from Pakistan Observer
Malayala Manorama Poaching Journalists from Asianet, Kairali..
Malayala Manorama, the leading newspaper group in the state is venturing into television for which high level recruitment is already started. After dilly dalying for almost a decade, the conservative group has finally started head hunting for senior journalists from all the well established channels in the state, especially Asianet, the market leader in visual media. After Asianet was started about a decade ago, a number of channels mushroomed in the state. Now the television market is already overcrowded with two channels each of Asianet, Kairali and Surya TV followed by the entry of India Vision, Jeevan TV and Amrutha TV. Full Report More News
Ramadan Mubarak!
Indian "Slaves" Build US Bases In Iraq
Indian and Nepalese workers recruited by Subhash Vijay in India to work for Gulf Catering Company of Riyadh Saudi Arabia ended up in Iraq.
Tens of thousands of low-wage workers like Soliman travel to Iraq from more than three dozen countries. They are lured by jobs with companies working on projects led by Halliburton and other major U.S.-funded contractors hired to provide support services to the military and reconstruction efforts. Called "third country nationals" (TCN) in contractor's parlance, these laborers hail largely from impoverished Asian countries such as the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan, as well as from Turkey and countries in the Middle East. Once in Iraq, TCNs earn monthly salaries between $200 to $1,000 as truck drivers, construction workers, carpenters, warehousemen, laundry workers, cooks, accountants, beauticians, and similar blue-collar jobs. Dozens of smaller subcontracting companies-- largely based in the Middle East --including PPI, First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting and Alargan Trading of Kuwait, Gulf Catering, Saudi Trading & Construction Company of Saudi Arabia. Such companies, which recruit and employ the bulk of the foreign workers in Iraq, have experienced explosive growth since the invasion of Iraq by providing labor and services to the more high-profile prime contractors..They don't get sick pay and if PPI had insurance, they sure didn't talk about it much," Reynolds recalls. "TCNs had a lot of problems with overtime and things. ...I had to go to bat for them to get shoes and proper clothing," Ajayakumar's case is a study in the convoluted world of Iraqi contracts: Workers were reported to have been first recruited by
Subhash Vijay in India to work for Gulf Catering Company of Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. Gulf Catering was subcontracted to Alargan Group of Kuwait City, which was subcontracted to the Event Source of Salt Lake City, which in turn was subcontracted to KBR of Houston. And KBR, of course, is a subsidiary of Halliburton. Full Report and More NewsLeft and Right Join Hands in Kerala?
Vanidas Elayavoor, writer and orator releases the first copy of Gulf Madhyamam Annual issue to Ezhancherry Ramachandran, revolutionary poet. Hamsa K. Abbas Chief Editor Gulf Madhyamam and MCA Naser, Bureau Chief Gulf Madhyamam are also seen.
Gufl Madhyamam and Madhyamam Weekly seem to be giving a strong platform to the radical left ideologues and former Naxalites to air their views freely without any fear or favour. The newspaper and weekly have created a healthy discussion on crucial socio-political issues in the most literate state of India especially the inner party contradictions within the CPM. The annuaversy issue of Gulf Madhyamam contains many indepth reports including a colourful cover feature on V.S.Achuthananthan, the marginalised ultra radical leader of the Communist Party of Inda (CPI M). There is a stylish photograph of the red brigade marching ahead in his lonely tirade against the mighty corporate communists led by Pinarayi Vijayan, who apparently considers VS as his main class enemy within and outside the party. Madhyamam has been the voice of militant Islamic resurgence couched with a strong sympathy towards proletarian and backward classes without upsetting the existing class structure . At a time when the mainstream Muslim political groups are largely rejected by the electorate even in their own bastion, is there a new political alliance emerging for the next general elections? Given the particular nature of Indian polity where the Muslim minority cannot have an independent existence from the secular forces, anything cooking behind the scenes? At the global level the communists and Islamist groups have a common enemy, the fearless fight against imperialism. At the local level ...can they see eye to eye on many issues?
Prince Waleed Acquires Stake in Fox News
With surprisingly little media attention, Saudi Arabia has bought a stake in the company that owns what has been, until now, arguably its most visible and influential critic: the Fox News Network. Al-Waleed is said be the world's fifth richest man and now NewsCorp's fourth largest voting shareholder (behind the Murdoch family, Liberty Media and fund giant Fidelity Management & Research Co). Such a role would appear to give the Prince some say over the way the business is run. That could, presumably, extend to the content of Fox programming and that of the company 's other media outlets (which include DirecTV and 20th Century Fox). ..Prince Al-Waleed's Rotana Audio Visual Company, which operates TV channels in the Middle East, has signed a deal with DirecTV, the TV-satellite firm controlled by NewsCorp. As a result, it would seem Rotana will be able to beam its
programs into U.S. cable boxes without interference from federal regulators, or anybody else. Read the Full Story fromSomething is Stinking in America: Guardian
American conservatism that has shaped American and British politics for 20 years has been holed below the waterline. It will take a lot more to sink it, but DeLay's indictment is symptomatic of a conservative over-reach and endemic corruption that will trigger, at the very least, a retreat and maybe even more. Hypocrisies have been exposed. The discourse in British politics is set to change. The story begins in the murky world of campaign finance and the grey area of quasi-corruption, kickbacks and personal favours that now define the American political system. American politicians need ever more cash to fight their political campaigns and gerrymander their constituencies, so creating the political truth that incumbents rarely lose. US corporations are the consistent suppliers of the necessary dollars and Republican politicians increasingly are the principal beneficiaries. Complicated rules exist to try to ensure the relationship between companies and politicians Full Report from the Guardian
Vibrating Glass Windows and Panels Shake Ajman Residents
AJMAN – Residents of many buildings on either side of the Emmigration Road in Ajman and Al Rashidiya area came out of their homes, after they experienced a strange vibration of their glass windows, doors and other glass structures and partitions. Even though many people came out fearing that the vibration is a prelude to an earthquake, the sound of vibration kept them alerted and some even called Ajman police and Civil Defense to know the reason behind the mysterious vibration, that shook most of the glass frames on the ground floor and upper floors of the old multistoried buildings. Full Report
Tamilian Stabbed to Death in Diera
DUBAI – An Indian expatriate has been murdered with multiple stab injuries in Diera area, apparently in a robbery attempt. A Pakistani has been arrested by Dubai Police in connection with the murder, which occurred on the second floor of a building opposite Firdouse Hotel in Diera Full Report
Turkish women lecture U.S. envoy Oracle recommends Linux for the Middle East
Story of Missing African Girl Newly Married Girl on Visit Visa Missing from Karama Apartment Iraqi Families flee Samara ahead of planned offensive - Attacks on journalists condemned -Foreign workforce in Oman plunges
Iraqi Families flee Samara
SALAH AL DIN/BAGHDAD, 27 September (IRIN) - Hundreds of families have started to flee the Iraqi city of Samara, some 120km north of the capital, Baghdad, following a recent Ministry of Defense announcement that preparations had started for an offensive by Coalition forces against insurgents holed up there, officials said.Hamad al-Kashty, governor of Salah al-Din province, said on Monday that nearly 500 families had so far fled the city. Full Report and More News
British Cover Up Plan to Fuel Civilian Violence..Click
US Likes Every Iraqi to Look Like this ...Click Here
Special Report on War Pornography Says US soldiers trade grisly photos of dead and mutilated Iraqis for access to amateur porn. As usual the press is strangely silent. "If you want to see the true face of war, go to the amateur porn Web site NowThatsFuckedUp.com. For almost a year, American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been taking photographs of dead bodies, many of them horribly mutilated or blown to pieces, and sending them to Web site administrator Chris Wilson. In return for letting him post these images, Wilson gives the soldiers free access to his site. American soldiers have been using the pictures of disfigured Iraqi corpses as currency to buy pornograp. The captions that accompany these images, which were apparently written by the soldiers who posted them, laugh and gloat over the bodies. The soldier who posted a picture of a corpse lying in a pool of his own brains and entrails wrote, "What every Iraqi should look like." Read the Full Story from Chris Thompson in East Bay Express. The site was a big hit with soldiers stationed overseas; about a third of his customers, or more than fifty thousand people, work in the military. Click
Is God Trying To Talk To Somebody In The US?
Their unjust war in Iraq angered God and this is why the storms of the century are not aimed at Iraq and Iran, but against the United States. Read the full view point by an American Priest Full Report
British Prison Attacks Show War On Terror is a Lie
The "war on terrorism" is a lie. It has been a lie, from the manufactured 9/11 to the present; one huge covert operation spearheaded by the US and the British governments, built upon endless faked intelligence and Downing Paper lies. It further confirms that the lie itself is becoming increasingly difficult to control. Here we have British agents caught planting explosives, setting up a bombing and the murder of civilians, and fighting between the British and the Iraqi police, writes Larry Chin Click
Coalition Forces Fill Civilian Cars With Explosives Who's Blowing up Iraq? Americans and British
CIAL: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
The much talked about Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), the multicrore project that was funded with the capital collected from ordinary shareholders in the gulf is not yet making any turnaround and the marginal profit of Rs.2 crores is artificially shown in the balance sheet due to inflated income and other accounting jimmics, reports Sharly Benjamin, editor Arabia Newspaper from Dubai. According to his report, the recent media hype about the turnaround made by the airport is part of a plan to jack up the share price for the benefit of a few big shareholders, mainly NRI investors, who dominate the airport board and other decision making bodies. When it was started, the tall promise was that the airport is for the benefit of ordinary non resident Keralites.
However, whatever profit the airport could make is due to the users fee of Rs.500 for every trip through the airport. Rs.28 crores was raised by fleezing only the NRI passengers. While the airport is used by many including the politicians, businessmen and others, the Rs.500 users fee is a "special privilege" from the big NRI board members to the ordinary NRIs, whose dream project is now turned out to be yet another mirage. At a time when the same investors are talking about starting an exclusive airline for the state, some of the big shareholders have plans to sell their share at an inflated price. There are also reports suggesting that the under world with vast interest in smuggling gold, drugs and anti social activities are accumulating the company shares. While the big sharks have ambitious plans to be part of the airport and bag big contracts from the Rs.3,500 expansion planned in the future, the CIAL story appears to be yet another ploy by the big NRI sharks to loot their common folks and flourish their private business empires. NRKs are keeping their fingers crossed whether the prmised withdrawal of the so called users fee will ever happen!!! There are many grey areas in the airport operation - favouritism in appointments, giving plum contracts, lack of transparency in purchasing costly equipment..
Read Earlier KM Report about CAG Comments.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pointed out serious lapses in the audited accounts of Nedumbassery International Airport, which has incurred a heavy loss of Rs.26.63 crores in the financial year 1999-2000. The Accountant General (Audit) of Kerala has also qualified the balance sheet of Cochin International Airport Ltd. Full Report
British Special Forces Caught Carrying Out Staged Terror In Iraq?
What is admitted is that two British soldiers in Arab garb and head dress drove a car towards a group of Iraq police and began firing. According to the Basra governor Mohammed al-Waili, one policeman was shot dead and another was injured. The Arab garb is obviously undeniable proof that the operation, whatever its ultimate intention, was staged so that any eyewitnesses would believe it had been carried out by Iraqis.This has all the indications of a frame up.This is made all the more interesting by the fact that early reports cited as originating from BBC World Service radio stated that the car used contained explosives. Was this another staged car bombing intended to keep tensions high? As you will discover later, the plan to keep Iraq divided and in turmoil is an actual policy directive that spans back over two decades. The only outlet to ask any serious questions was Australian TV news which according to one viewer gave, "credibility to the 'conspiracy theorists' who have long claimed many terrorist acts in Iraq are, in fact, being initiated and carried out by US, British and Israeli forces." Throughout history we see the tactic of divide and conquer being used to enslave populations and swallow formerly sovereign countries by piecemeal. From the British stirring up aggression between different Indian tribes in order to foment division, to modern day Yugoslavia where the country was rejecting the IMF and world bank takeover before the Globalists broke it up and took the country piece by piece by arming and empowering extremists. Read the Full Story from Prison Planet.com, an Independent News Source
$ 1 Billion Missing from Iraq Defence Accounts
One billion dollars has been plundered from Iraq's defence ministry in one of the largest thefts in history, says an investigative story by the Independent Correspondent Patrick Cockburn. Most of the money was supposedly spent buying arms from Poland and Pakistan Full Report from the Independent
US Ambassador To Iraq Predicts US Will Go Into Syria-'I could have saved her life but was denied permission'-Small Shareholders for CIAL Alleges Rs.30 crore Fraud involving Air India...
Pregnant Lady and Husband die in Sharjah Following Food Poisoning
DUBAI – A young Keralite couple Shajan and Sindhu died following what is suspected to be food poisoning from Kiwi Fruit juice that they consumed on Thursday, the Onam day. The Onam celebrations for the couple turned out to be a tragedy as the husband died one day after being admitted to a Sharjah Hospital, followed by his wife who passed away at mid night on Saturday. The lady who was declared clinically dead was kept on the life support system, when anxious relatives and friends assembled in the Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah. The Sharjah Police is investigating the cause of death from the mysterious illness that could be due to food poisoning. Full Report and More News
Sex in Espionage and Intelligence Operationx Spy
A male sex spy was not supposed to look like a Hollywood actor, it would be suspicious that he evinced interest in an inexpressive woman. Male sex spies also had a course of education classes with seductive female teachers. It sometimes happened that an agent could fall in love with his object, and those two people could not be controlled any longer. The problem with lonely secretaries that worked in secret institutions of West Berlin was so serious that NATO authorities ordered to hang posters on the walls of their offices, telling them to keep their hearts closed...Israeli service Mossad is considered to be the leader in the field of sex espionage. It has Arab-speaking female agents , holding Canadian and American passports, women work in Palestine and in other neighboring Arab states Read from the Pravda
Iraqis believe ’suicide’ bombings by US to start Shiah Sunni civil war
Ali Ghazi, also a Shia from the Iraqi deep south. "I believe it is the Americans who are doing this, pretending it is the Sunni, so there will be a civil war and they can control our wealth." Many survivors lying mangled by this morning’s bombs subscribed to a conspiracy theoryaccording to which the US wants to rule Iraq by fomenting differences between Shia and Sunni.... many of those wounded denied there would be a war between Shia and Sunni. Mohammed Abdul Karim, an injured Shia at Noman hospital, pointed out that he was in a Sunni district and the Sunni doctors were doing everything to help him.. A suicide bomber sparked Baghdad’s worst day of slaughter since the fall of Saddam 30 months ago when he lured labourers desperate for work towards his van by offering them jobs and then detonated explosives that killed 114 and injured 156 of them. Read the Full Report
Emirates Mail to Shake Up Newspaper Market
Dubai's newspaper market is expanding rapidly with two more new newspapers going to be printed from Dubai. A few months after two new titles hit the UAE Newsstands, 7 Days and Emirates Evening Post, Emirates Mail in English and Emirates in Arabic will have 48 pages of glossy pages and it will be priced Dhs.2 per copy. On Fridays they will include a A4-sized glossy supplement targeted at women. The papers, printed in Dubai, will start with a print run of 115,000 for the Arab edition of which 15,000 will be distributed outside the UAE and 95,000 copies for the English edition of which 15,000 will go to other GCC states. Full Report and More News
Newly Married Girl on Visit Visa Missing from Karama Apartment -"Iraq's youngest martyr" Pregnant Woman shot dead by US Soldier!!!
Cellucom Penetrates Oman's mobile Market More News
Thousands displaced from Talafar Iraq by fighting
BAGHDAD, 11 September ) - Thousands of families are fleeing the northern Iraqi city of Talafar, aid workers confirmed, as Coalition forces conduct a military operation against insurgents.According to the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS), the situation is critical and hundreds of families are moving day and night to temporary camps donated and prepared by the aid organisation.Full Report and More News
UN concerned over lack of protection for civilians
Associations and Ponnadas!!!
Biju Abel Jacob, the first NORKA Media award winner for his Gulf Round Up Show (Asianet) has been burdened with about 15 Ponnadas. During the Onam season, the N' number of Malayali associations in the Gulf seems to be vying with each other to offer a Ponnada to the celebrity scribe. It is not only the associations in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and other emirates that have "imposed" their own ponnadas - a dhothi, with which the award winner is covered in a public function. Associations from other Gulf countries are also in the list. Starting from Ponnonam 2005 stage show at Al Nasir Leisureland to the Doha Engineers Forum Onam Show, the journalist has been busy going around accepting these ponnada offerings -a reflection of the clout of visual media among the publicity crazy NRIs heading the associations. Hey Scribe..dont get mesmerized by the glittering Ponnadas.. continue true journalism without being bribed by the ponnadas or hijacked by the powers that be..Keep up the good work and more ponnadas will come your way..
Katrina Hurricane: Bush Administration Going Slow Motion as $200 billion wasted in Iraq War!!!
Hurricane Katrina has inflicted an immense and unspeakable tragedy on the people of the Gulf Coast. The situation grows worse by the hour. The Mayor of New Orleans estimates that thousands have died and as many as 100,000 may still be trapped in the flooded city. Without food or drinkable water, time is running out for these men, women and children. . Five days into the crisis and the Bush Administration is going in slow motion. Full Report/More News
EGYPT: Mubarak wins presidential election
CAIRO, 10 September (IRIN) - Hosni Mubarak has won 88.6 percent of votes cast in Egypt's first contested presidential polls, the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) announced on Friday.Mubarak has been in power for 24 years. The result of Wednesday's elections gives him another six-year term as president of Egypt.Full Report/More News
Arabia Uncertain about Pinarayi Vijayan's Son's Work in Gulf
A Special Report in Arabia said it could not confirm whether Comrade Pinarayi Vijayans Young son is working for a leading IT company in Abu Dhabi. Quoting various sources it said the prominent politicians from both the coalitions have their sons or other relatives working for some big NRI groups in the UAE or other Gulf countries. KM reported the below story about one of the leading politicians son who was spotted in Abu Dhabi. Chief Minister Chandy's daughter is among the Arabia list of political NRIs in Dubai... Search is on to find out whether V S Achuthananthan son too is in the area..
Marxist Leader's Son Becomes Smart NRI ?....
A leading Rouge Politician's son has recently joined the IT division of a leading NRI business group in the Gulf. KM learns that the young qualified youth who is just out of campus has been spotted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and some sources confirmed that the Marxist leaders son has joined the IT division of a leading diversified business group with interest in various projects. "He came here ten days before the arrival of his father in Abu Dhabi and is still here. He has joiend the IT division of a leading group," confirmed sources. Gone are the days of leaders like A.K.Gopalan, E.M.S and other role models who have inspired many uprisings against social injustice and corruption. Read More
You Cannot Divide Sunnis and Shias with Bomb Blasts: Brothers Donate Blood
Sunni religious leaders have called on their followers to donate blood for Shi'ite victims of the tragic stampede in Baghdad last week.The call was made in good faith, following a reported shortage of supplies.More than 1,110 people were killed and more than 900 wounded in the Kadhimiya district, where several million pilgrims gathered to visit the burial place of a revered Shi'ite leader, Iraqi officials said.The stampede, on 31 August, happened after rumours that a suicide bomber was about to attack. Hundreds of people on a bridge over the river Tigris ran for take cover.Full Report
Missing Bride: Sabu's Parents to Hold Press Conference
Arabia too joined Deepika International in publishing a front page story about the missing bride.Nassir Bepur of Deepika and Sharly Benjamin of Arabia have reported the story..."Dont treat as like other newspapers which did not publish the story for unknown reasons. We felt that the story of the missing girl should be given due coverage as it will alert the community about the issue. Publishing their photo on the front page was also done after much thought because it could help people to identify and trace the girl, who must be in the custody of anti social elements," said Sharly Benjamin, Arabia Editor, who was given the first NORKA award for journalism.
Hassan Kootti In Middle East Chandrika
Prominent Journalist from Kuwait, Hassan Kootti has joined the Middle East Chandrika Dubai Bureau. It is a homecoming for the Malayali scribe who was always a Chandrika journalist at heart. Having worked in Kuwait Times for a long time, he is back in the Middle East edition of the newspaper.
Malayalis arrested for kidnapping Malayali girls from Gulf airports
KM Politics Special Karunakaran, Murali Ready with their DICK Party to fight Sonia Congress
Vote for DICK? A political outfit floated by veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran after parting ways with congress is officially known as "Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)"(DICK). With all due respect to the leader and election commission officials, the election commission which registered the new Kerala leader's outfit in this name a seems to have committed a great mistake .... Almost all the Indian political parties are known with their short names formed with the first letters of their party name. You have various Congress factions in Kerala, but the unique name for the Karunakaran group, when written in the short form, has a hidden meaning, which not many political observers seem to have noticed. You have the CPI, CPM, BJP, DMK, AIDMK, TDP..to name a few popular political parties, which are known by their short names. Now the Karunakaran and his son's addition to this growing list of political parties will read like DICK (Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)!!! Who does not know the meaning of DICK, the male reproductive organ. The election commissioner with an elementary knowledge of English would not have allocated such a name, which is against all senses. While critics call Kerala Pradesh Congress Committeee (KPCC) as Kerala Pradesh Chitty Company, for the alleged link of Ramesh Chennithala to the notorious Himalaya group of finance companies, the acronym given to the Karunakaran faction is a great disgrace to the leader...Now the Karunakaran family is getting ready for the next election with their DICK party...sorry Democratic Indira Congress Karunakaran party.. Paradoxically enough many of the reputed political parties have merged with this DICK party.. While the Election Commission has allocated this name, the politically conscious electorate in the state will be uttering a dirty word aloud....DICK Zindabad? This will be echoed in the schools, colleges and even other processions which are routine in the state. First of all Karunakaran and his cronies should realize that the name is a dirty word..Election Commission should reverse this name too and give a decent name to Karunakaran Congress..Let us not approve this DICK party...in Kerala. No politician can appeal to vote for the DICK party...Read More News
Protest March by 450 Workers from Sonapur to Diera
DUBAI – About 450 workers of a construction company who have marched from their Sonapur labour camp to reach a Labour office in protest against the non-payment of pending salary were prevented by Dubai police and the company owners agreed to pay one months salary to settle the matter. “We have not been paid salary for six months and the seventh month is started now. Earlier the company said the pending salary will be paid on August 25, which they did not follow,” said one of the employees of Ahmed Bin Dasmal company. However, the company officials who were summoned to the Al Qesis Police Station have agreed to pay two months salary in this month itself.Read More NewsKM Scoop ...10 Janpath Getting Ready for the next Gandhi Marriage
Rahul Gandhi to Marry Columbian Girlfriend
Congress MP and the 35 years old young heir apparent to the Nehru dynasty that ruled India for a better part of the independent history, Rahul Gandhi will be marrying his seven year old Columbian girlfriend Juneita next month. According to 10 Janpath sources, the marriage of Rahul, son of former assassined prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the current head of the ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi will happen next month. The proposed girl is the same South American beauty with whom the young Gandhi was spotted during his New Year backwater fantasy trip to Kumarakom in Kerala and detained at the Boston Airport for illegally carrying huge sums of dollar. The lovers were first photographed together watching the 1999 World Cup in England. Rahul was accused of 'immorality' after staying together with Juvenitta at a resort in Kumarakom, Kerala, even though they were not married! . Read More News
Middle East Focus: contrasting fortunes of“digital divide
DUBAI, 29 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - With developed countries forging ahead and the Middle East generally lagging in information and communications technology, there is a danger that the growing “digital divide” could hinder economic development, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Read More News
Airline Piolots asked to give 6 Months Notice PeriodFlip Media Wins Air Arabia’s Online Account
30th August 2005, Dubai (UAE): Flip Media, the region’s leading, independent interactive marketing agency has been appointed by the Middle East’s pioneering low fares airline Air Arabia, following a pitch against several agencies in the UAE. Read More
Expatriate Financial Controller Dies of"Heart Attack" Helpless Wife Witnesses husband's Tragic End without Medical Aid
DUBAI / KOZHANCHERY - The mysterious and unexpected death of John K Zakharia, 47, financial controller Logistics Aviation, an aircraft spare parts Dealership Company in the Dubai Airport Free Zone has saddened the family and relatives who were expecting the couple in Kerala for medical treatment of his wife Beena. Jose reportedly died of heart attack late night on Wednesday and his wife Beena told media that the heart attack and the mysterious death followed a late night meeting with the company bosses in which there was serious argument about a $20,000 (Dhs.73,000) cash cheque.. Full Report and More News
Reverse Immigration: Why return to the Gulf?
Most white-collar Indian-professionals end up doing blue-collar jobs because Indian qualifications are not recognised in Canada. Immigrants are required to upgrade their qualification, which means they have to spend their money in enrolling for new courses. So you have professionals such as doctors, engineers, professors, teachers working as factory workers, gas-station attendants, cleaners, fruit-pickers, waiters, cashiers or supervisors in order to eke out an existence and pay for the tuition-fee needed for up-grading their qualifications. Read More
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Samavayam Hijacked by Dons and Smugglers
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The venue of Samavayam has been selected to help a real estate builder developing housing projects targeting the Non Resident Keralites. Ostensibly organized to look into the problems facing the ordinary Gulf Keralites, the entire exercise seems to be another marketing strategy and Public Relation Campaign for the Gulf based NRI businessmen and give credibility and green signal to their pet projects. Read More about Samavayam
IN' Thing Going Up in Indian Cyber land...
With 30 Registrars having been accredited to offer '.in' domain name registration worldwide to customers, the number of such registrants has crossed over more than 1.3 lakh, besides generating a revenue of more than Rs. 9.00 crore since January, 2005. The Department of Information Technology (DIT) and National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) took the initiative of setting up of the state-of-the art, hardware and software and relaunched the '.in' Registry.
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Troops Start Combat Operations in New Orleans -United States of Shame
Sunnis help the Shiite victims as 1000 die from stampede
BAGHDAD, 1 September (IRIN) - At least a thousand people were killed on Wednesday, when Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims stampeded on a bridge spanning the Tigris River in northern Baghdad after rumors that a suicide bomber was present, officials said."The supposed rumor that a suicide bomber was on the bridge panicked thousands of people and they rushed across the bridge to get out of the area. Many people on the bridge fell over its sides and drowned in the Tigris, others were crushed and among them hundreds of women and children" Read More News
Reuters cameraman Imprisoned for six months
Reporters Without Borders said today it was appalled by the announcement that a secret tribunal composed of representatives of the Iraqi government and the US forces in Iraq has ordered that Reuters TV cameraman Ali Omar Abrahem Al-Mashadani should be held for at least six months in Abu Ghraib prison for reasons that are still unknown."We reiterate our call to the US army to free Mashadani at once," the press freedom organisation said. "" Full Report and More News
Airline Piolots asked to give 6 Months Notice Period
The office of the Director General of Civil Aviation, with the approval of the Ministry of Civil Aviation has brought out a Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) of ‘Notice Period’ by pilots to the Airlines employing them. More
Knife attack on India journalist over story about trafficking in women
Mustache Mania - New Trend Catches up With Dubai Jewellers
Macsulinity has nothing to do with a hairy face!! Writes...
This is an odd man out in the Diera Gold Souq area.. He has a guinns world record in maintaining the longest or tallest mustache. A case has been filed against aJournalist in Dubai for writing a report about mustaches. The front page story on 7 Days has been the talk of the town for sometimes and even tabloid newspapers and websites have picked up the story. Many employees working in leading jewellry groups say that the report was timely and they value their mustache ! Many jewllers in Dubai Gold Souq have their staff without mustache. It seems to be part of the trend to make it an internationally oriented gold market that caters to customers from the seven continents. The story has generated good discussion. Here is the comment from a Muscat based friend. "I am very happy and impressed to know about the ..a Jewellery deciding to employ only men with clean shaven faces. This is a great step in the right direction and its also hygenic as well, like in the Hoteleeering and Catering industry. Since these Jewelleries are of Kerala origin, it will be great to make sure that the staff are dressed in Kerala costumes during the festive days of Kerala. He has suggested that all employess should have fluency in English and learn to avoid "manglish" The salesmen should be have crew-cut hairstyles and also be sure that the unwanted hair of their noses and ears are removed or trimmed. With the high level of unemployment in Kerala, I am very sure that there are hundreds of young men and women willing to work in these terms and conditions. Macsulinity has nothing to do with a hairy face!!! One can still look silly and girlish with a hairy face!!! It is high time that Malayalees started realising that there is a life without a hairy face!!!! writes Jacob Thomas Muscat. Oman in Discussion Forum.
Former minister sentenced in sexual harassment case
Democracy key to public sector reform in Arab world
AMMAN, 21 September (IRIN) - Democratic changes in the Arab world are essential to reform bloated public sectors that are corrupt and badly run, participants in regional conference said.The conference held this week in the Jordanian capital, Amman, was organised by several NGOs and Jordan's Public Sector Development Ministry. It focused on the theme of "Excellence in public service in the Middle East."Full Report and More News
Celebrity Scribe Biju Abel Marries
Biju Abel Jacob, the young celebrity award winning Television Journalist heading the Asianet Gulf News Bureau in Dubai is getting married to Dr.Anu Sobha Jose on Thursday, September 22nd at the AssumptionMonastery Church, Neeleswaram near Kalady in Ernakulam district. Biju, son of Mrs.Elsy and Mr.Jacob Palanken has shot into prominence for his Gulf Round Up Programme, through which many problems haunting the Keralite community in the Gulf was aired. Winner of the first NORKA award for visual media, he is marrying Dr.Anu Shobha, daughter of Mrs.Alice and Joseph Mattappilly, Ponkunnam Kottayam. KM Editor and readers wish the new couple a happy and successful married life.The couple will have a wedding reception at Jaipur Ball Room, Marco Polo Hotel, Diera Dubai on October 1 2005 Click to view enlarged Photo
1000 Missing in South India after StormThe occupation forces are the real perpetrators of bomb attacks in Iraq?- Many Iraqis believe ’suicide’ bombings done by US to start a civil war -UK soldiers 'freed from militia' -British tanks smash Iraqi jail to free UK soldiers
Colonial Ploy to Divide and Rule Iraq, Iran
British Secret Plans for Fomenting Civil War in Iraq Exposed
".. what we have here is a clear instance of a foreign power attempting to fabricate a terrorist attack. Why else would the British soldiers be dressed as Arabs if not to frame them? Why have a car laden with explosives if you don't plan to use them for destructive purposes? Iraq is headed towards civil war, and this operation was meant to accelerate the process by killing people and blaming others. Nothing more, nothing less. That the British army staged an over-the-top escape when it could rely on normal diplomatic channels to recover its people proves that.There have been a number of insurgent bombings in Iraq recently. Who really is responsible for the bloodshed and destruction? The only tangible benefit of the bombings is justification for Coalition forces maintaining the peace in Iraq. Who benefits from that? Certainly not the Iraqis – they already believe most suicide bombings are done by the United States to prompt religious war. After reading about this incident, I'm not inclined to disagree. Read Full Report by Canon Fodder
Was Indhira Gandhi "Surrounded" by handsome Russian male admirers?
A new book by a former KGB expert says the much decried emergency in India was declared by the former Prime Minister Late Shri Indira Gandhi under the influence of the Soviet intelligence agency KGB, which wielded much influence on her polices. Apparently afraid of the CIA's covert operations in India, especially in supporting the Sikh militants and North East Indian insurgency movements, Indhira sought the Soviety support. The book says that during her visits to Moscow, the iron lady of Indian politics was surrounded by "handsom male admirers". The Asian Age reported from London quoting top-secret records smuggled by Vasili Mitrokhin, a former senior archivist of the KGB that the Soviet intelligence exploited corruption that became endemic under Mrs Gandhi’s regime. "Despite her own frugal lifestyle, suitcases full of banknotes were said to be routinely taken to the Prime Minister’s house to finance her wing of the Congress. One of her opponents clai-med that Mrs Gandhi did not even return the suitcases. According to The Mitrokhin Archive II by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitr-okhin, the Indian Prime Minister was unaware that some of the suitcases, which replenished the Congress’ coffers, came from Moscow via the KGB, said the Asian Age report.."There are colourful nuggets about how Indira Gandhi, on her first trip to the Soviet Union in 1953, was kept "under continuous surveillance" and surrounded by "handsome, attentive male admirers". But no real evidence of Indian leaders being in KGB pockets," says another report in the Hindustan Times.
How Russia’s spies cultivated Indira Gandhi Ex-KGB spy's charges vague: Cong- Indira's India and the KGB : New Book -Defector revealed books of secrets- The scruffy visitor with dynamite secrets -Jagannath Mishra denies Indira-KGB link Book on KGB History Creates Row in India -New book: KGB infiltrated India in 1970s -KGB sent millions in suitcases to Delhi Asian Age MI5 advised spies not to use sex
We Used Sex for Espionage: CIA Expert
Sex and espionage certainly go together -- that's an old tradition. There are many examples described in history as well as in literature, for example in "The Three Musketeers," where there is this famous story about the attempt to seduce D'Artagnan. But there are also true stories, for example that of Mata Hari. [Sex] does play a major role, in so far as women are employed against men; much more so [in other services] than in the service I used to be the director of. I have no good Mata Hari-type examples to talk about. More from CNN
Dubailand will drive leisure traffic share, CEO
(Dubai, September 18, 2005): The tourism profile of Dubai will shift dramatically by 2010, according to Dubailand’s CEO Salem bin Dasmal, who pointed to a dramatic shift in the leisure business split as essential to meeting government targets of 15 million visitors per year.Bin Dasmal, ho was speaking at Cityscape, the biggest international property investment and development event, revealed the initial findings of a study undertaken by Dubailand to an audience of key global industry players. Full report and More News
Strip Arabs : Writes Racist Columnist
"I want all Arabs to be stripped naked and cavity-searched if they get within 100 yards of an airport, writes a racist columnist...Read Her Prejudiced Column against Arabs..
Task Force formed for Abu Dhabi withdrawal from Gulf Air
Representatives of the Governments of the owner States of Gulf Air held a meeting this morning (18 September 2005) in Muscat to review the executive steps related to the decision of the Government of Abu Dhabi to withdraw from the Treaty establishing Gulf Air. It was agreed to set up a taskforce from the owner States to follow up the implementation of the decision for the general interest of all parties. Full Report
Dubai 's GDP to touch AED174.6 bn in 2009
Dubai's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to reach AED 174.6 billion in the year 2009, according to realistic projections that take into account the emirate's actual GDP growth over a period from 1995 to 2004. This came in a paper submitted on the second day of the 3rd Documentation and Electronic Archiving Conference, currently being held at the Dubai International Convention Centre. Full Report and More News
U.S. colonel says bin Laden ill Kerala News
Hundreds of Iraqi Women Raped
BAGHDAD, 14 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Jamila (not her real name), aged 28, is too afraid to leave her home, in fear that she will be raped again. She says she constantly relives the nightmare she endured three months ago at the hands of an unknown attacker on the streets of Baghdad. “I’m afraid that if I leave my home someone will attack me again and I feel dirty. I tried to commit suicide but my mother stopped me,” Jamila said.“It was the worst day in my life and I lost something that I will never get back again – my virginity and dignity,” she said. Jamila has been psychologically scarred and is pregnant with the child of the attacker and will soon to undergo an abortion. She is just one of hundreds of cases of sexual abuse in the country that have taken place since the US-led invasion in 2003 Full Report and More Stories
Mumbai Cops in City to Burst Millionaire Bar Gilrs Links - Evening Post
Investigative agents from Mumbai have landed in Dubai to explore the international cricket betting syndicate after a bar girl in the commercial capital of India was found to possess huge amount of cash, documents showing property ownership and visas to Dubai, among other items confiscated. Quoting diplomatic sources, Daniel P.George, Chief Reporter of Emirates Evening Post has an exclusive story which said that the investigative team has sought the local government support to help bust the betting racket, which earlier rocked the world cricket. The illicit relationship between celebrity cricket stars and the betting syndicate captured headlines in the pulp and mainstream media. Tarannum Khan, the bar girl with alleged links to bookies and Sri Lankan cricketers was found having huge cash reserves and property. Income Tax officials were bewildered by these items found in the custody of an ordinary bar girl.Her mobile phone had several phone numbers of celebrity cricket stars from Sri Lank. . The unholy link between sports, girls and betting involves some names in Sharjah and Dubai. It was only a few months back that Dunao attracted international media attention for a high profile under world - cricket marriage that happened in a city five star hotel. "Tarannum had visited Dubai in 1997 and stayed here for three months. Three visas were also seized from her possession. which included one to Dubai," the report said quoting officials. An embarrassment for the International Cricket Council (ICC) at a time when it is trying to establish its base in Dubai. . 'Crorepati' bar dancer Tarannum Khan's Story
Oman Extends Exit Deadline for Visa Overstay
The deadline for foreigners who have overstayed their visa to leave Oman has been extended to 1 December. Thousands of Indians and Bangladeshis are estimated to be living in Oman despite their visas expiring, the Emirates newspaper Gulf News cites officials as saying. In June the Royal Omani Police relaxed the exit rules, giving overstayers until 19 August to leave the country on paying a fine at the airport, provided they had no criminal cases pending. About 4,000 Indians still in Oman despite their visit, tourist or express visas expiring. The Bangladeshi embassy estimates that there are as many as 30,000 Bangladeshis in Oman in a similar situation.
Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan - Kerala news here
Dubai Investment Group Buys New York Hotel
Dubai Investment Group has purchased New York's landmark Essex Hotel from Strategic Hotel Capital LLC. Dubai Investment Group is planning a $50 million renovation of the hotel to create a high-uality, five-star property of the Essex House. The hotel was built in 1931 and is acknowledged as one of the premier hotel locations at 160 Central Park South The two components of the Essex House include the 501-room Westin and a 104-room St. Regis. There are also 148 condominiumsDubai Investment Group noted that there would be no decrease in employment at the Essex House. Full Report and More News
Bush Flushed the Holy Book, New Orleans Flushed Out
Katrina Cruelty click picture or Click here
One opinion raised here is worth a look. During interrogation, some prisoners were handled by flushing the Holy Quran. Now he says an entire City has been flushed with the same type of sewer water Bush's minions were using to flush the Qurans. While KM does not share this view, it is worth reading a different view point raised by a pious friend.. More Join the Mustache Discussion
The so-called macho malayalees in the Akukkas and Atlas outlets can rest assured that they are not females in star hotels and either conform to the clean shaven rules or pack up and return to "God's own country" where massive unemployment and financial worries are waiting for them!!If masculinity is measured by a silly mustache, then we should be employing Veerappan - the bandit king and sandalwood smuggler, and also the man with the longest mustache Won't these people look like absolute fools and buffoons in a Gold shop?And what on earth makes our malayalee males think that they are any more masculine than the clean shaven Sri Lankans, Europeans and Americans? If Masculinity is what the Gold shops should look for, then they should bring in Africans and Black Americans!!! Re: Clean shaven employees
80 Injured In Sharjah Fire Oasis Centre Gutted
At least eighty people were injured in a major fire that broke out in the industrial sector of Sharjah at 4 AM on Sunday. Workers living in the labour camp were injured and admitted in various hospitals in Sharjah and Dubai. Most of the victims are poor labourers who have lost their passport and other belongings. It is not the first time that labour camp residents suffer from fire and in most cases they dont get any insurance coverage. Meanwhile Landmark Group, the owner of Oasis group, has lost Dhs.300 million in a fire, that occured during a mid night repair work. The fire broke out after all the employees left the shopping complex after closing the shops. As one of the largest shopping mall is coming up in the adjacent location, the Oasis fire has baffled many. More from Gulf Madhyamam
Libyan delegation in Dubai to study its eGovernment
Sreelekha IPS in Dubai to Investigate Missing Girls Case?
Oasis Centre in Dubai gutted by fire -Beware of Smart Internet Frauds - Madhu Nambiar Koch Smart City Deal Signed Opposition Demands Neglected
Help Smith Group Formed by Ernakulam Friends!
Respected Sir,
"We all read the articles published in keralamonitor.com. You have been bold enough to feature the article on Smitha's missing in your media. We are Smitha's friends from Ernakulam. We would like to get the latest news about Smitha's missing. We as well as her parents are anxiously waiting for her news. This id has been created especially for her: helpsmitha@yahoo.co.in Please forward any queries about her whereabouts to this id. We will be obliged, if you could provide more information about her."Raids, Rent Force Sex Gangs to Shift Girls to Sharjah
Diera and Dubai have been the hub of illicit sex trade in Dubai, which has been under control due to frequent police raids and the skyrocketing rent level in Dubai. According to insiders in the business, the rent level has caused many small scale operators to shift their base to Sharjah, Ajman and other safe places where it is not difficult to operate. KM Learns that many girls are transported like cattles from Sharjah to Dubai for presenting before customers and returned home. Many pick up drivers, illegal taxi drivers and others are involved in this network in which some local support is also sheltering the criminals. Some influential locals receive money and woman for protecting the syndicate members. It is suspected that the girl could be trapped in Sharjah, the new safe haven for prostitution brothels.
Thanking you Yours faithfully, Smitha's friends
UAE Arrest and Prosecution Plans for 5,000 Women in Immoral Trade
Dubai Business Road Shows in Five Indian Cities
Grand Welcome to Kanthipuram M.P.Abubaker (click pic)
Jabbaris' Celebration without Celebrities
Media skip World Literacy Day Function...for Showbiz
Keralites everywhere are proud of being the most literate state in India and intellectuals and ordinary folks alike value books and letters more than any thing else. It seems that the trend is reversing and many prominent faces were missing from a low profile function organised by Mr.Jabbry and team, who have been working sincerely to encourage reading habit among Keralites in the region. Even though the editor of Salafi Times who organised the event in coordination with others who love words and books, invited many people including celebrity journalists from the print, audio visual media, many of them skipped the event, which could be the only World literacy day programme in Dubai. No celebrity name was present in the audience, which could be less than 10 people. While public functions organised by celebrity business tycoons or the publicity crazy organisations will attract every Tom Dick and Harry in town, it is a shame that they give least importance to such functions. Showing clearly the allegience of the media, Jabbari was not given due importance by the media mughals who were busy with a showbiz ...While celebrity award winning journalists are honoured with several ponnadas and awards in crowded meetings, such selfless and dedicated writer and journalsit of the last seventeen years had to release his book in the presence of eight people!!! Read More
Kathrina: India Donates $5 mn for American Red Cross
The Ambassador of India to United States of America Shri Ronen Sen presented a cheque for Five Million Dollars to the President and CEO of American Red Cross Ms. Marsha Evans as India's contribution for the relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, in Washington, on September 8, 2005. US one of the richest countries in the world has got a helping hand from various poor countries of the world at a time of natural calamity. When the US government is wasting billions, rather trillions of dollars to wage an unjust and barbarian war against the women and children of Iraq, George Bush, the self proclaimed champion of freedom and democracy is unable to protect his own people in New Orleans. Charity begins at home and the American president should solve the problems of his own people, before venturing out to "liberate" Iraqis or Iranis.
US Media Prevented from Photographing Deadbody
While American and British news channels and newspapers go around the world to report natural calamities in graphic details, the US administration which vows to protect democracy and freedom of expression in other parts of the world, did not allow its own journalists to take photographs of thousands of Black African Americans who had died in a bitter natural calamity. Many journalists who hailed the Bush administrations invasion and aggression against poor countries like Iraq to protect the so called freedom and democracy owe an explanation to the American people and the world, about this double standards.. Read this report from the New York Times. US Censoring Kathrina Coverage Full Report
Oil Companies Closed Refineries To Hike Profits -Storm's Devastation Fans Antiwar Flame rE
Dissidents and Fake Journalists Rock Indian Media Forum -
Under the stewardship of MCA Naser, the Bureau Chief of Gulf Madhyamam, a section of journalists who are part of the Indian Media Forum have started a marathon campaign to "reform" the IMF in a peaceful manner, and if it is not possible, a revolution seems to be taking shape..E.M.Ashraf, the Kairali TV Middle East Director too has joined the verbal fight, which was still revently conducted overtly.. watch this space
New class of Middle East investor rises -Mayor says Katrina may have claimed more than 10,000 lives Bodies found piled in freezer at Convention Center
Mutiny in US Iraqi Troops Following Kathrina
Irregularities Reported from Egyptian Election
CAIRO, 7 September (IRIN) - Egypt witnessed its first ever contested presidential elections on Wednesday, with more than 32 million eligible voters choosing a leader from 10 candidates. Previously, the parliament, which is dominated by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), approved a sole candidate who was voted for through a national referendum. As a result the incumbent Hosni Mubarak has remained in power for 24 years and observers expected him to win again. The three front runners for the election are Mubarak of the ruling NDP, Ayman Nour of the newly established Ghadd (tomorrow) Party and Noman Goma of the long established Wafd (delegation) Party. More News
