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SA 93. The messages have always been inspiring. I am very glad to share
informations expressed therein. Poems are enlightening. The message of Lord
Buddha has to be realised by all of us. The similar message has been expressed in
Gita also where Lord Krishns says to Arjuna," Your own mind is your friend
and your own mind is your enemy."
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2. Advertisement/s:
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support from AUSAID, will be launching a HIV/AIDS Drug Harm Reduction
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and with the technical assistance of the UNAIDS Country Coordinator, the
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Vacancy Announcement
Director general, south
programme
The Governing Council of South Asia Co-operative
Environment Programme (SACEP) invites applications for
the post of Director General, SACEP.
SACEP, based in
governmental Organization (IGO) established in 1982 to
promote and support protection, management and
enhancement of environment in the region (www.sacep.org).
Its member countries are
also the Secretariat of South Asian Seas Programme
covering its five marine member states.
Position:
The Director General will be the head of the organization
and provide leadership in the efficient and effective
functioning of the organization and fulfillment of its
mandate. In particular the incumbent will be responsible
for:
* overall administrative and financial control
of the organization,
* programme planning, budgeting and resource
mobilization, including fundraising and co-financing,
* building and developing close relationships
with the stakeholder bodies, including alliance partners
and other organizations, and
* performing other functions and
responsibilities entrusted by the Governing Council and
its Committees.
The Director General is expected to assume his duties in
October 2004. Vacancy shall be open to the nationals of
the member countries of the Programme for a non-renewable
term of three years.
Qualifications:
* He/She should have an Advanced University
Degree (Ph.D. or Post Graduate qualification) in a
relevant discipline (Social Sciences, Natural Sciences,
Planning, Engineering, Law, Business Management)
* 15 years of professional experience, at least
10 of which has been at a senior level with demonstrated
planning, managerial and leadership capabilities and
sound knowledge of environmental and sustainable
development issues at the national, regional, and global
levels and diplomatic practices
* Proven skill in identifying, formulating,
planning, operating and monitoring environmental
programmes, knowledge and experience of the procedures
adopted by the UN Agencies and other technical or
financial assistance agencies
* It would also be very helpful for the Director
General to have an established and good working
relationship with governments of SACEP member and non-
member countries, international and regional bodies, aide
agencies, relevant non-government organizations, senior
management in private sector corporations, companies and
foundations etc.
* Good interpersonal skills and the ability to
work in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with
sensitivity and respect for diversity
Age: 45-55 Years
A remuneration package of US $ 3,460/-, furnished
accommodation, an official car, medical leave and other
facilities as per Rules of SACEP will be provided.
Applications should be submitted under a covering letter,
Curriculum Vitae with a recent photograph together with
two references confirming the required experience and
skills to the following address on or before 10 September
2004:
The Chairman, Governing Council
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
No. 10, Anderson Road, Off Dickman's Road
Colombo 5, Sri Lanka 00500
Tel: 94 11 2589787/2504708
E-mail: sacep@eureka.lk
3. Poem/s:
This poem is dedicated to the 12 Nepali who
were killed by Iraqi Muslim Rebels in
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Composed by Sahridayi at Manichur,
4. View/s:
- Do not touch any person unless he or she agrees with you.
- If anybody wants to attack you without any reason, there is no sin
to counter attack and soil down to him or her.
- Do not attack any person without any valid reason.
- If someone wants to make you his or her slave, never agree with
him or her.
- Never
help the person, who is corrupt and autocrat.
5. Shree Sadhak Satyam (SSS):
Love
; the Capital of Good Qualities
Love
is an expression of the supreme soul. The life of a human being can be compared
with a river. The river tells us the story of its origin, the travel it has to
make and the final destination it has to reach and reaches. The river cannot
stop flowing and the river that stops can never reach the ocean. So she tells
us the story, the hardships she has to face before reaching the ocean.
Likewise, the life of the human being too is like that of a river. The ocean
represents the calmness and the depth. Love therefore is the capital of all the
good qualities of life. It is the super specialty of the supreme soul. Because
all good qualities are inherent in it and these qualities enable human beings
attain perfection.
Hari Om, Shreesadhak Satyam
6. Quote/s:
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x] OZj/ ul/jsf] 3/df dfq t]/f] af;
x'g] eP bof /fvL cem dnfO{ b'v b] .
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"If a talented man is
unjust the ruler should give him no responsibility. If the ruler is unjust the
talented man should not eat his food."
-
Confucius
Why do they call it
"Rush Hour" when no one is moving?"
-Author
Unknown
7. Satire/s or
Joke/s:
Men and Women
A man will pay $2 for a $1
item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2
item that she doesn't need.
A woman worries about the
future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about
the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who
makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one
who can find such a man.
To be happy with a man, you
must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and try
not to understand her at all.
8. Breaking News:
* Curfew imposed after
A curfew is imposed in
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/3616712.stm
NDTV
Correspondent
Twelve Nepali citizens who
had been taken hostage by an Iraqi militant group have reportedly been
executed.
An Islamist website has released pictures of the hostages and now graphic
footage has also been released.
Gruesome murder
The kidnappers who call themselves the Ansar al Sunna said the Nepali citizens
were kidnapped because they were cooperating with US troops in
Pictures of their throats being apparently slit were shown on an Islamist Web
site.
Gruesome pictures and video footage of the killings showed one of the hostages
apparently being beheaded while the rest were shot.
Innocent victims
The 12 men, mainly cooks and cleaners, were kidnapped on August 20.
The last time they were seen alive was on a video tape on an Islamist website
reading a statement saying they had been misled into working in
For the families of the hostages the news was naturally, devastating after a
period of silence. Now, senior Nepalese foreign Ministry officials have gone on
record confirming that their citizens have indeed been murdered.
The Nepalese Ambassador in
Dangerous turf
None of the men were supposed to be in
The Nepalese foreign affairs ministry has ordered an inquiry, but that is
probably too late now.
The latest crisis could not have come at a worse time for the Nepalese
government struggling to contain a resurgent Maoist insurgency.
Twist of fate
With a high rate of unemployment and a collapsing economy, working in countries
like
With lakhs of workers in the Gulf, but far less diplomatic influence than a
country like
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Appeal for calm after
Sher Bahadur Deuba called for
restraint in a nationwide address on state radio. An indefinite curfew has been
imposed in Many in
In his address, Mr Deuba said
no community should be targeted over the killings of the Nepalis. Opposition leaders have also
appealed for calm, as has the king. The authorities say three
others were wounded in clashes with police after they defied the curfew
order. Reports say the situation in Correspondents say it is the
first time in living memory that the Muslim minority has been targeted in Mosque attacked The news was received with
anger and grief in
Thousands of angry
demonstrators took to the streets of Riot police used batons and
teargas to push back an angry mob which attacked the Jama mosque in central "We want revenge,"
demonstrators shouted as they stormed the mosque, which was empty at the
time. "Demonstrators entered the
mosque, threw stones and partially damaged it," the Reuters news agency
quoted police official Binod Singh as saying. Protesters stoned the labour
department building in
They also targeted agencies
which recruited Nepalese workers for the Burning tyres have been placed
at major intersections, blocking traffic. Nepalese Muslim groups have
condemned the killings, saying the "inhuman act is against Islam". Government blamed The government is being heavily
criticised for doing little to free the hostages and there have been calls
for the prime minister to step down. The English language Kathmandu
Post newspaper said the militants who had killed the hostages were simply "terrorists
who have camouflaged themselves in the masks of Islam". It said the government had
failed to take concrete steps to secure the hostages' release. The government denies the
criticism and has condemned the incident as a "barbarian act of terrorism".
It pressed the international
community to hunt down the killers.
The families of the 12 victims
are grief-stricken and in shock. "The government did not do
enough to get their release," said Sudharshan Khadka, whose brother
Ramesh was one of the victims. The government said it would
take action against agencies illegally sending people to The militants said the 12
Nepalis had been killed because they "came from their country to fight
the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians". |
I call
upon all citizens of 
Iraqi terror gang
admits execution of 12 Nepali hostages
DEAN YATES IN
AN IRAQI militant group yesterday claimed it
had killed 12 Nepali hostages and showed pictures of one being beheaded and the
others being shot dead, the worst mass murder of captives since a wave of
kidnappings erupted in April.
The announcement of the killings, made in a statement posted on
an Islamic website, came as
The Nepalis were kidnapped earlier this month when they entered
The killing of the men from a country that has had nothing to do
with the invasion or occupation will send shock waves through foreign companies
doing business in
"We have carried out the sentence of God against 12 Nepalis
who came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the
Christians, believing in Buddha as their God," said the statement by the
military committee of the Army of Ansar al-Sunna.
The group posted a series of photographs showing the killings as
well as a video.
The recording showed two masked men, one in camouflage, holding
down a hostage. One of the men then used a knife to behead the hostage and hold
up his head.
The video showed a group of hostages lying face down and being
shot by a man using an automatic rifle. It then showed bodies splattered with
blood and bullet wounds.
Ansar al-Sunna, one of several militant groups to emerge
following the ousting of Saddam Hussein, said it had kidnapped the Nepalis
because they were co-operating with
Scores of nationals from more than two dozen countries have been
kidnapped since April, when guerrillas embarked on new tactics to force foreign
troops and firms to leave
The tactic has scared away some foreign companies, disrupted
supplies to US troops and discouraged investment in a cash-starved economy.
Besides the Nepalis, about a dozen foreign hostages have been
killed. About 20 hostages are still being held, many of them lorry drivers from
poor countries seeking a wage by driving on
President Jacques Chirac led the effort as envoys explored other
ways to appeal to militants holding Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot,
who were shown on Arab television on Monday.
"I am renewing my solemn call for their release," said
Mr Chirac, who was in
French foreign minister Michel Barnier was in
Islamic militants Hamas joined a chorus of groups including the
Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and aides to Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
urging freedom for the journalists.
In a television tape, Mr Chesnot and Mr Malbrunot, appearing
calm, pleaded for a repeal of the head-scarf ban.
Mr Chesnot, 37, works for Radio France Internationale. Mr
Malbrunot, 41, writes for Le Figaro and Ouest France newspapers.
French media reported that
Mr Barnier said
But Sheikh Muhammad al-Faydee, a member of the Muslim Clerics
Association which has played a key role in negotiating some hostage releases,
told a news conference that "this is a rumour with no basis in
truth".
Mr Faydee appealed to the kidnappers to release the hostages.
Meanwhile,
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Dozens of hostages escape from school in southern
Watch CNN or log on to http://CNN.com for the
latest news.
9. Recall/s:
A day before Nag Panchami (Serpent day) is my father’s memorial
days every year. This was the 7th
year my father was gone to heaven to take rest. I still remember his ability to
write daily dairy, poems and songs. Once
I was about 5 or 6 years old, my father crossed.
Dreams: Travel to a remote village and changed hotel to stay
overnight.
10. Note/s:
A lot of people insist, "My memory is terrible,
or "I can't remember anything." In most of the cases, their memory is
fine. The power to remember is certainly there. They just need to take the time
to learn ways to "register" the events more clearly, so they can
'recall" them more successfully, later.
Be present-minded, not absent-minded. Force yourself
into being aware of what you want to remember by using as many senses as
possible
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