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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Giant Rat Found in China | Rat The Size of Cat

Giant Rat

The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on China's south coast.

The ratcatcher, Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it on the street.

After catching the Giant Rat He told local Chinese newspapers that he thought the rat might be a valuable specimen, or a rare species, and had to muster up his courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the scruff of its neck.

"I did it, I caught a rat the size of a cat!" he shouted out afterwards, according to the reports. Mr Xian is believed to still be in possession of the animal, after stuffing into a bag and departing the scene.

Chinese bamboo rats rarely grow beyond ten inches and are found throughout southern China, northern Burma and Vietnam.

However, the Sumatra bamboo rat, usually found in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan and in the Malay Peninsula can grow up to 30 inches long, including tail, and can weigh up to eight pounds.

All bamboo rats are slow-moving and usually spend their time in underground burrows, feeding on bamboo. Chinese bamboo rats are often sold for meat in Chinese markets.

The largest rats in the world are thought to be African giant pouched rats, which can grow up to 36 inches in length.

Friday, February 20, 2009

India Should Take Action Against Terrorism

Attack on Mumbai

After Al Qaeda recently issued a warning against India, India should take firm action against the AL Qaeda and also with the Pakistan as Pakistan is not talking any Responsibility.

Pakistan is taking no action against the terrorist organisations that planned the audacious Mumbai terror attack last year. India has not received any official response from Pakistan on the dossier pertaining to investigations into the Mumbai attacks.

It is clear with the warning from Al Qaeda that Pakistan is all set to open a new front against India. The terror infrastructure in Pakistan is active even though they seek to convey an impression that they are taking action against terrorists and their infrastructure

Thursday, February 19, 2009

FBI evidence linking Pakistan to Mumbai attacks | Headlines

MUMBAI TERROR

Mumbai is financial capital of INDIA nearly 50% income is generated from Mumbai, Then also the Minister are not interested to look after the City,

Mumbai should be made bullet proof, No one should take Mumbai City lightly.

A team of Mumbai police is reached home armed with crucial evidence provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicating that the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks were planned in Pakistan.

A three-member Mumbai police team headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police Deven Bharti left for Mumbai Wednesday with details of how the Mumbai attackers kept in touch with their Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) masters in Karachi.

The US investigating agency charged with protecting the US against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats provided India details of calls made through the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a satellite phone as also documents relating to the Global Positioning System used by the terrorists while sailing from Karachi.

Bullets used by the terrorists in Mumbai was also a part of the evidence collected from FBI by Mumbai Police.

The evidence from FBI is expected to make the case against the terrorists water-tight and nail Islamabad's claims that the conspiracy behind the Nov 26 attacks was not hatched in Pakistan alone.

India had sought the US help in analysing the evidence under their Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) that came into effect in December 2005.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Taliban a Threat to US, Pakistan and India | Fight Against Terror


Taliban Fighter

Pakistan government striking a deal with the Taliban in Swat valley and neighbouring areas, India and the US on Monday discussed the danger posed by the militia and agreed to intensify efforts to combat the "common" regional threat of terrorism.

US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke held talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and underlined that that Taliban operating out of Swat region posed a "direct threat" to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Although New Delhi did not publicly comment on "internal developments" in Pakistan, officials who did not wish to be named said India agreed with the US perception that such developments have the potential to impact the security of neighbouring countries as well.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Lalu Budget Highlights | Railway Budget Highlights | Rail Budget Summary

लालू रेलवे बजट
Lalu brings budget with mass appeal
  • Passenger trains will have 22% more capacity
  • Two per cent cut in AC-Fares.
  • 43 new trains to be introduced in FY-2010.
  • Feasibility study for Delhi-Patna Bullet train going on.
  • Rail passenger growth up 14%.
  • 43 new trains to be introduced in FY-2010.
  • Freight rate to remain unchanged.
  • Railways to spend Rs 4000 crore on pensions.
  • To invest Rs 2.3 cr in the next five years.
  • Railways has invested Rs 38,000 crore in 2008-09.
  • 6th Pay Commission implementation to hike expense by Rs 13,500cr.
  • Railways cash reserves touch Rs 90,000 crore .
  • 4 call centres set up for rail enquiry.
  • Customers can now book tickets online.
  • Profits registeres without hurting the common man.
  • Railways managed 8 per cent growth in freight loading.
  • Freight capacity up by 78%.
  • Railways got loans at 4%.
  • Mishap rate has dropped drastically.
  • Lalu: Our Rail Budget has always been for the poor.
  • This would be UPA's last railway budget during this term.
  • The budgetary support to the railway plan will be about Rs 10,800 crore, representing a significant step up of 37 per cent compared with Rs 7,874 crore in 2008-09.
  • Government officials said the minister was keen on gifting lower fares to the janata in an election year despite resistance within the ministry.
  • Expectations are that Lalu Prasad's populist budget for 2009- 10 will include a substantial investment of Rs 12,000 crore for the ambitious East-West freight corridor.
  • Lalu Prasad Yadav looks all set to keep his date with history when he rises to present the interim rail budget in Lok Sabha.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Plane Crashes in US | Passenger Plane Crashed Killed 48

Plane Crashes in US

Plane Crashed in New York killing 48 poeple, New York state police say a passenger plane with 50-seats capacity has crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo.

As the plane hit the house, it engulfed in flames. A huge fire broke out and thick smoke spread throughout the suburb.

Reports said the plane may have been headed to Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Those found injured on the ground were rushed to nearby hospitals and civic officials were evacuating 12 homes near the area of accident.

Lalu Railyway Budget | Railyway Budget for 2009| Rail Budget

Lalu Prasad With Railyway Budget

Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is back with 2009-10budget, if lalu prasad announce a reduction of 8-10% in AC-III tier and second class sleeper, he will get upper hand over Rail Bhawan bureaucracy.

lalu will be keen on gifting lower fares to the Janta for the coming election, Besides lower fares, Lalu Prasad's budget also include a substantial investment of Rs 12,000 crore for the ambitious East-West freight corridor. It starts from Kolkata and terminates at Mumbai, touching Ludhiana en route. The minister is keen to ensure freight corridors are executed in time to enable faster movement of goods. Given the increase in the number of passenger traffic on existing routes, the railways had favoured faster movement of goods through a dedicated line.

According to the officials, Lalu Prasad's budget will entail a total expenditure of Rs 35,000 crore for the next fiscal. The budgetary support to the railway plan will be about Rs 10,800 crore, representing a significant step up of 37 per cent compared with Rs 7,874 crore in 2008-09. These will be utilised to execute ongoing projects in far-flung areas including gauge conversions and electrification. Besides, the railways will use its internal resources of Rs 25,000 crore to upgrade existing projects.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Al Qaeda Threatens India | Al Qaeda Warns India

AL Qaeda

In a Report From BBC, The Al Qaeda has warned India of 'Mumbai style attacks' if it tries to attack Pakistan.

Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, said to be the Al Qaeda's military commander in Afghanistan and believed to have been killed in a US drone strike in August 2008, warned in a video in Arabic sent to the BBC in Islamabad that India 'will have to pay a heavy price if it tried to attack Pakistan'.

He had last year claimed that Al Qaeda was responsible for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Yazid says: 'The Mujahideen will send your armies into the ground, like they did to the Russians in Afghanistan.'

Yazid, who is said to be ranked behind Ayman Al Zawahiri in the organisation, also called upon the people of Pakistan to rise and overthrow the present government and president, BBC reported.

Real Test For Barack Obama | Obama on his New Job

Barack Obama

Obama has already had his setbacks. He lost Bill Richardson whom he had wanted as Commerce Secretary before taking office. His nomination for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner just managed to get his nomination through confessing to some tax payment lapses. Now he has lost Tom Daschle. Yet he has proved his point that his insistence on clean politics is real. Daschle had paid up his tax but in arrears. He had to withdraw from his nomination for that fault. The scrutiny that Cabinet nominees go through in the US is exemplary. How many countries can boast of that level of transparency?

Obama has already tasted opposition.The problem is that the recession is proving to be much tougher than anyone expected even three months ago. Despite hundreds of billions spent in recapitalising the banks, credit is still frozen. Cutting interest rates as the Fed has done aggressively is not restoring the confidence in the banking system, which has seized up. Somehow Obama has not altered the climate as FDR did in 1933 by his bold Inauguration Address. Obama disappointed in his address by being low key and long winded. Some green issues apart, the address lacked real punch.

Obama still has seventy per cent support, which is a record even for a new President. He has the goodwill, and his wife Michelle is proving to be an asset.

This will be the test. If he stands up to Congress then he will make his mark globally. The US has to stay on the side of free trade. For ten years the US has run a large deficit but imported freely from Asia, which has sustained a long boom. Now the need is to revive the spending and let the world know that all can gain by keeping the system open. There is after all still the task of fixing the international trade and finance architecture. If US goes isolationist or protectionist, then the recession will become a long Depression.

Obama has raised expectations among the poorest and the most deprived around the world. But he can only deliver on his promises if he can stand up for certain core principles. It is best to face up to a challenge at the outset while he is still popular. Every week that goes by will make his task more, not less difficult. He talked of the audacity of hope. It is audacity, which is now called for if he is to give hope to all.

One question is being asked again and again. Here is a man who was not from the Establishment. Can he work the system, roll with the punches and still come out on the top like Bill Clinton or John Kennedy? Or will he be like Jimmy Carter-an idealist who was also naïve and failed to break the Washington DC world. Being a nice man is not enough in politics anywhere; in American politics, it could be a positive disadvantage.

Friday, February 6, 2009

German Kim Youngest Ever to Have Sex Change

Kim

German Kim was born Tim but wanted to be a girl since the age of two. Kim is now 16, is famous in Germany for having hormone replacement therapy as part of her Gender tansition by the age 12.

Operation was done secretly last month, was authorised after psychologists confirmed that kim was " without doubt a girl in a boy's body"

Kim said " I was asked if i feel like a woman now-but the truth is i have always felt like a woman i just ended up in the wrong body" She further added that now she can enjoy swimming and bikinis, how she waited till her 16th Birthday so she could legaly have the operation.

Kim has a modelling career behind her and has launched a CD of music to critical acclaim.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Train Hijacked Delhi to Kanpur

Train Hijacked from Delhi to Kanpur, Two drivers not authorised to drive high speed trains 'hijacked' one from New Delhi to Kanpur on Wednesday night, their colleagues originally assigned to take the train to Ranchi told presspersons.

The driver and his co-driver stopped the authorised drivers from entering the engine cabin and drove off in what appears to be some kind of rivalry between drivers of different divisions of the railways.

The Ranchi-bound Gareeb Rath Express, which can reach a maximum speed of 130 km/hr, was driven 400 km to Kanpur by Harswarup, who is certified to drive trains not capable of exceeding 110 km/hr. Not only this, his co-driver, Rameshwar, too is not certified to drive a train like the Gareeb Rath, said the authorised drivers Shafi Ahmed and Manoj.

However, A.S. Negi, PRO of Northern Railways, claimed the two drivers were certified to drive the train. Harswarup and Rameshwar belong to Northern Railways, while Ahmed and Manoj are from North Central Railways.

Railway officials said trains such as the Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express and Gareeb Rath Express are capable of touching 130 km/hr.

The Gareeb Rath, with nearly 1,300 passengers, was taken safely to Ranchi by another crew, railway officials told HT. Amit Malviya, PRO of North Central Railways said, "The two other drivers were deployed by the drivers' lobby under Northern Railways that led to the misunderstanding among the drivers.".

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Bill Gates Warns Tough Economy Ahead | Gates Comments On Economy

Bill Gates

Forbes magazine named Gates, in September as the richest person in the United States for the 15th straight year, renewed his pledge to keep his foundation focused on health issues.

Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates foresees another three-to-four "very tough" years for the U.S. economy. Gates' comments on the economy came as U.S. Gross Domestic Product shrank by a 3.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, according to government data. It was the severest economic contraction in 27 years.

"No doubt, we've got three or four years here that are going to be very tough," Gates told the eclectic gathering of industry executives and business leaders. "We're going through a period ... where a 50-year credit expansion has moved to contraction.

he further added "You're going to have a number of years where aggregate demand is low,".

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Osama Bin Laden Applies for Best Job | Great Barrier Reef's dream Job | Breaking News


Osama Bin Laden

The Great Barrier Reef's dream job is attracting jobseekers from all over the world,Due to Recession the World Most Wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, has also applied for the job of caretaker on Hamilton Island.

According a video posted on YouTube, Bin Laden claims he is the ideal candidate for the job, citing his familiarity with "sandy areas" and experience in "large scale event co-ordination".

"I've got experience with videos and delegating tasks," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted him as saying.

"My interests include arts and craft and renovating. I'm outgoing and fun loving," he added.

Tourism Queensland has confirmed that the person using the notorious terrorist's name has given an official application for the position.

"While we encourage people to be creative in their applications, they have to meet the selection criteria, including appropriate content, if they want to be considered for the job," a Tourism Queensland spokeswoman said.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Obama On his New Job | Obama's Say People think I m Cool | President Barack Obama |

President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama has started to believe that people think he is "cool". People think I'm cool. Nobody's cooler than my two girls," Politico.com quoted him as saying during an interview.

"They just seem to take whatever comes with happiness and steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends. In fact they've got some friends from school over today. They've already joined some clubs, and Sasha, I think maybe endear myself to her, she decided to join a basketball team. So what more could I want," Obama added.

Obama also also revealed that what he found best about his new job was working so close to home."It's the best deal of this whole thing. It turns out I've got this nice home office, and at the end of the day I can come home, even if I've got more work to do, I can have dinner with them.