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Egypt polls

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

On Monday Egyptians will vote for their parliamentary polls which is after a revolt bought down the former president. The previous revolt in Egypt had bought down the president Hosni Mubarak and led to the handover of power to interim the military council. The elections will be conducted in three phases which will be ended with the formation of the new People’s Assembly by the year 2012. The polling will be taking place in highly populated districts of Cairo and second largest city Alexandria.

The two cities had showed their protests bringing the end of the rule of the supreme council of the armed forces(SCAF). The protesters had demanded that instead of the SCAF there needs to be a nation unity government which are led by the civilians. The government which has been lead by the civilians will be leading the transition to democracy after the autocratic rule. The readiness to head the national unity government was showed by the former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA).

The former chief Mohamed El Baradei issued a statement through his camp and was not yet ready to run the presidency. Following his assertion El Baradei announcement over the Egyptian youth have showed the cosmetic changes. With respect to the on going protest the military has even agreed to step down in accordance with civilians wishes. By the middle of the next year the new elected president will be announced and the democratic transition will happen.

Turkey hit by an Earthquake

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

On Sunday a powerful earthquake of the magnitude 7.2 struck in eastern turkey which damaged many places. The earthquake collapsed about dozens of buildings and bought them into rubble’s in some minutes. The collapsed place just had the buildings in twisted steel and chunks of concrete for a viewer. The incident has killed about 45 people and has injured about 150 in the eastern town of Ercis. Some of the people died in the provincial center which is in the van while estimates show about 1000 are dead.

The reason and the dead may be caused due to the low housing standards in that area and the size of the quake. A mountainous province having a population of about 75,000 is close to the Iranian border is the town of Ercis. The most earthquake prone zone in Turkey is Ercis Fault and due to the earthquake has sustained a substantial damage. Including the dormitory about 30 buildings has been collapsed in the town of Ercis while 10 in Van stated the television reports.

Disaster zone has been now flooded with the relief members consisting of six helicopters, four ambulance helicopters and cargo planes. Seeing the ruins Residents of the place sobbed and searching the missing people from their family. About many people were dead but the aftershocks had caused the search efforts among the people while several where dead. There is a urgent need for aid and the medics food and medicine as rescue teams have entered the area.

Afghan border fight kills 68

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

In spite of the reports from US and the local news paper about the possible operation in North Waziristan against many of the havens formed by terroist groups. On Wednesday the prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stated that he was ready to hold a dialogue along with the military on a condition to surrender their weapons. The weapons surrendered to the political agents adjoining to Afghanistan so that the Afghanistan government brings peace into the country.

The olive branch was given by Gilani to the terrorists and even though the terrorists were engaged in the pitched gun battle with the security forces in the Upper Dir area. The pitched gunbattle took place near Khyber Pukhtookh which ha[ppened along the border line of Durnad line killing about 28 people and operation had killed about 40 insurgents. The operation of the insurgents continued on Thursday as the fighters of Taliban attacked the check post on early morning from Wednesday morning. Backup prolonging bid had been provided by the attackers from the Pakistan Taliban and getting in ground troop along with air assistance.

A check post in Dir was attacked by the insurgents of Afghan which had actually entered porus border adjoining kumar province of Afghanistan. The televised programme the Primeminister answered certain questions as the Terroists still continue to writ the challenge of the state and have targeted Afghanistan. But in the programme the prime minister remained non committal about the operation in Waziristan and government options which is still have been discussion. The military action was not favored and waiting exit strategy from Pakistan as the government is taking up talks along with the militants into the mainstream.

Champion Marathon Wanjiru kills himself

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

During Sunday the Olympic champion from Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru killed himself according to police on Monday. On Monday the police gave a detailed report over the suicide death of the Olympic Marathon Sammy Wanjiru, Wanjiru committed suicide when he jumped from his balcony shortly after he had a dispute says the report. According to the police Wanjiru had a dispute between his wife and another women which lead him to suicide.
Sammy Wanjiru is aged about 24 years when he died and died during late sunday from balcony of his house. Wanjiru died in his home town Nyahururu which is situated in the Rift valley and in his house according to police release. The details of the death of the champion was given by John Mbijiwe who is a police chief from Kenya’s Central province. In the year 2008 Wanjiru was the first Kenyan who won the gold medal at Olympics at Beijing in a marathon. Wanjiru had a good record being the first Kenyan and wining a gold medal in Marathon finishing with a record of 2 hours 6 minutes and 32 seconds. After having an argument with his wife Wanjiru ju,mped from the balcony and from few days he has been drinking.
While Wanjiru was drunk and was with another women his wife found him and which created a argument. Wanjiru has been under a list of domestic problems and has been charged for some reasons like wounding security guard. However the runner has been released on bail despite of the charges and at last ended himself killing himself.

Bake it up!

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

There are lots of things that one can do on one’s birthday. But, I am sure nothing beats the idea of baking a cake on that day. The idea of birthday cake ideas for men is of course, not very new or a novel idea but it sure is a very effective one. It is fun filled, it is activity filled and imagine people eating that particular cake that you have baked!

Fireplace inserts

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

There are better ways of combating the fire log requirements these days, without hurting the environment. Yes you can now go in for electric fireplace unit, instead of the old system. You can now buy fireplace insert units at affordable rates through one of the few reputed and reliable online sellers of fireplace related items.

Just log into the internet and buy the best rate fireplace items at affordable rate.

Proper windows

Friday, March 11th, 2011

When designing or building a house one of the main things which the designer will focus on is making sure that there is proper view and ventilation. Having nice blinds or shutters in place will be really nice and you can choose one which matches on well with the other items. There are many different kinds like the plantation shutter for instance and each has its own speciality.

Great Faucets

Monday, March 7th, 2011

There are many different things which one can do to beautify their home and increase the ambiance factor. One important thing to keep in mind is that the functionality and convenience of usage should not be compromised in the name of aesthetics. It might be a good option to get faucets which are good looking and at the same time have a good utility.

Healthcare Jobs

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

The number of open jobs has been increasing over the time and the economy is definitely recovering in a good way. The healthcare industry is one that has been growing strong and the services will be in need at all the times. The jobs in healthcare are generally secure and well paying and it might be a good option to explore the opportunities in there if you are looking for one.

For the hunters

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

There are many new hobbies and activities that have developed in the recent times with the advent of new technologies but there are some which have been there for a long time and these are the ones which will give a lot of satisfaction for many. Hunting is definitely one of those and the hunting binoculars will be of immense help to those who enjoy this sport.

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