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Journalists Arrested At Censorship Rally
Police in Sudan arrested more than 60 journalists during a protest against media censorship, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information ANHRI, the Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ, the International Federation of Journalists IFJ and news sources. Riot police armed with canes and shields rounded up the journalists outside parliament on 17 November and took them to a police station. Those detained were subsequently released.
2008-11-21 06:22:31
Weiss: Penn St. claws past OSU
Penn State's 81-year old coach Joe Paterno needed a cane and a little help to get down from the podium Saturday night after the Nittany Lions' dramatic 13-6 victory over Ohio State at Ohio Stadium.
2008-10-26 10:49:17
Over 80 SP activists jailed in Uttar Pradesh
NAT40 National/Politics Over 80 SP activists jailed in Uttar Pradesh Lucknow, Oct 24IANS Over 80 activists of the Samajwadi Party, including several legislators, were jailed Friday after they agitated against the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party BSP in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, the police said. "All these activists, who were involved in violence and vandalising public properties, failed to give bail bonds after which they were sent to jail on Friday," S.K. Singh, additional superintendent of police, told IANS on telephone. Several SP activists and leaders across the state were injured Thursday as they fought a pitched battle with the police on the last day of their three-day long state-wide agitation against the alleged "misrule" of the BSP government. The police had cane-charged SP activists at various places, including Varanasi, Kanpur, Jhansi, Lucknow and Sultanpur, after they broke the police cordon and stormed the collectorate premises, raising anti-BSP slogans. Several SP activists across the state were been taken into custody on charges of rioting and attacking police personnel. --Indo-Asian News Service asit/dd/rd/dg 173 Words 24101759
2008-10-24 08:02:13
Train bogeys burnt in anti-Thackeray protests in Bihar Third Lead
NAT86 National/Politics/Crime Train bogeys burnt in anti-Thackeray protests in Bihar Third Lead Patna, Oct 22 IANS Angry mobs, comprising mostly students, Wednesday set ablaze some coaches of three trains, blocked railway traffic and damaged public property in various parts of Bihar in protest against assaults on Biharis by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS activists in Maharashtra. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday evening held a meeting with top officials to take stock of the situation. He called an all-party meet Thursday evening to discuss the issue and appealed people, particularly students, to maintain peace. The police said protesters targeted railway stations in Patna, Jehanabad, Barh, Khusrupur, Fatuha, Saharsa, Ara, Sitamarhi, Sasaram, Purnia and Bhagalpur. At the Khusrupur railway station, an agitated mob delinked the engine of an express train blocking the traffic. According to the railway police, at least 25 students were detained in the morning from various places and extra security was deployed to control the situation. The rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah link was the worst hit. The police opened fire and cane-charged a mob in Sasaram where a track was blocked disrupting railway traffic on the Delhi-Howrah route, according to police. Some protesters tried to set ablaze a train in Sasaram and threw stones at security forces, railway sources said. Two AC and four general coaches of the Durg-Danapur Express were set ablaze at the Barh railway station. The protesting students also damaged ticket counters and vandalised platforms there. Protesters also set ablaze an AC bogie of the Patna-Kosi Express at Athamal Gola in Patna district. Mobs also broke glass panes of windows of government offices at different places. The police baton-charged and opened fire to disperse the protesters, but the protests continued. The students were protesting the attacks by MNS activists on north Indian candidates, particularly from Bihar, who were appearing at a railway recruitment examination in Mumbai Sunday. Youths who returned to Bihar Tuesday after being assaulted in Mumbai alleged that a candidate was killed by Raj Thackeray-led MNS supporters in Mumbai. Pawan Kumar, 25, a resident of Bara-Khurd village in Nalanda district, about 100 km from here, was one of the hundreds of students from Bihar appearing for the exam in Maharashtra. Police at the Patna railway station have filed a first information report FIR against Thackeray and his supporters for the assault on the students from Bihar. "A case was registered on the basis of the statement of the students who returned here Tuesday after being assaulted by MNS activists," said D.N. Gupta, superintendent railway police Patna. --Indo-Asian News Service ik/am/dg 454 Words * 22102012
2008-10-22 11:03:04
Nigerian man jailed for idleness
An Islamic Sharia court in Nigerian sentences a 20-year-old man to six months in jail and 30 strokes of the cane after his father accused him of being lazy.
2008-10-17 18:52:09
Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look AP
AP - Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
2008-10-05 04:00:00
Whiz kids morph Britney's picture
ENT7Entertainment/Showbiz/InternationalWhiz kids morph Britney's pictureLondon, Oct 5 IANS Britney Spears is caught in an Internet hoax after computer whiz kids superimposed the singer's face on Tyra Banks' body and passed the images off as the CD cover of her new song “Womanizer”.Contactmusic.com reports that the raunchy pictures show a woman in a black corset-style leotard, brandishing a cane. In another shot, the female is shown placing her cane on a semi-naked man's chest as a snake slithers over his body.But the images have been exposed as fakes by Britney's record label Sony BMG because label bosses have yet to see the photographs themselves, let alone release them online."These pictures have nothing to do with us. We haven't even seen the official cover pictures yet because they have only just been shot. I haven't a clue why someone should do this but there are all sorts of pictures of Britney around. There's a lot of made-up stuff on the internet, too," said a spokesperson for Sony BMG.The photos of former supermodel Banks are the promo shots from a previous run of her reality TV show “America's Next Top Model”. --Indo-Asian News Servicear/dg208 Words05101110
2008-10-05 02:00:00
150 killed in temple stampede in Rajasthan Intro roundup
NAT78National/Accident150 killed in temple stampede in Rajasthan Intro roundupJodhpur, Sep 30 IANS Nearly two months after a similar tragedy, at least 150 people were crushed to death in a stampede at dawn Tuesday in an ancient hilltop temple here in Rajasthan, officials said.Nearly 150 people were also injured, some of them critically, in the stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple inside the imposing Mehrangarh Fort. While officials maintain the death toll is 150, reports coming from the three hospitals where the bodies were taken put the toll at over 195.The reason for the stampede is still unclear. Eyewitnesses blamed it on the heavy rush of devotees and a tussle among them to reach the temple doors first when these opened as it was the first day of the auspicious Navratri festival. However, the police say it was caused because a barricade collapsed.On Aug 3, 145 people were killed in a stampede at the Naina Devi shrine in Himachal Pradesh in the Himalayan foothills.State Home Minister G.C. Kataria told IANS that 150 people were killed in the tragedy. He said the figure could go up as many of the critically injured were battling for their lives in hospitals. The disaster took place around 6 a.m., less than three hours after the temple - built in 1460 as part of the Mehrangarh fort that is a big tourist attraction - opened for prayers on the occasion of Navaratri festival. According to one account, 8,000 to 10,000 men, women and children were gathered in the complex at the time of the accident, all using a narrow pathway leading to the temple. K.S. Bains, the director general of Rajasthan state police, said that in the early hours of the fateful morning there was a power failure for a brief period which could have caused some of the devotes to slip. “And because of the slippage, there was a cascading effect,” he said. The Rajasthan government has ordered a judicial enquiry to ascertain the cause of stampede."Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has ordered a judicial inquiry to be conducted by a retired high court judge in the tragic incident of today's stampede at Chamunda Mata temple in Jodhpur. The commission will submit its report within three months," a government statement said.Almost all the dead were believed to be males because the stampede took place in the male section of two parallel and winding barricades set up on a pathway on the mountain slope.The survivors recalled how an unexpected panic run killed so many - in just 30 minutes."Everything moved so fast that we did not even understand what happened," said Kamal, 24, who was in the queue of devotees on the hill. "Suddenly we saw people run and fall over each other. By god's grace, we saved ourselves."Added Rammurti, a 30-year-old man: "I was in the middle of a very long queue. People had started to gather since early morning. All of a sudden they started to run and fall on one another. I escaped but my feet got crushed."Not everyone was that lucky."I am trying to locate my only son," said Kamla, a woman, with tears in her eyes. "I have been to two hospitals but I cannot find him. Please help me," she pleaded. With no motorable road reaching up to the temple, it was left to the devotees to carry the dead and wounded for about half a kilometre from where they were taken by ambulances and private vehicles to the hospitals."I do not know exactly what happened. All I know was that we saw people running and falling on one another. While some said there were a bomb inside, others said that police had resorted to a cane charge to control devotees," said Kailash Joshi, an eyewitness. "We will investigate the matter to find out the actual cause," a senior district official said. The state government has announced Rs.200,000 to the families of each of those killed and Rs.50,000 for those seriously injured.--Indo-Asian News Serviceas/rn/vt744 Words*30092230
2008-09-30 13:04:10
HISSAR HARYANA
NAT83National/EducationPolice foil students' plan to instal Bhagat Singh statueHissar Haryana, Sep 26 IANS The Haryana Police had to Friday seize of a statue of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh from a group of students after they tried to install it in a university campus here without prior permission.The police had to resort to mild cane charge after the students tried to force their entry into the Guru Jambeshwar University campus here.Police officials said that the students were trying to install the statute of the martyr without seeking prior permission of either the university authorities or the state government.The students, led by Sandeep Singh Chaudhary, wanted to install Bhagat Singh's statute near the university shopping centre, close to the vice chancellor's office.Police officials said the students beat up university security guards and also clashed with other students.University officials said they had utmost respect for the freedom fighter but could not allow a handful of students to vitiate the atmosphere of the university."They never sought permission to install the statute and the police had to intervene," a university official said.--Indo-Asian News Servicejs/rn/vm193 Words26092136
2008-09-26 12:04:10
Cane Farmers Demand Firm's Dissolution
Over 500 cane farmers from Mumias took to the streets on Friday to demand the dissolution of the Mumias Outgrowers Company.
2008-09-14 20:17:11