Thursday 18 December 2014

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4.9 magnitude quake jolts Swat, Chitral

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale struck Swat, Chitral, Lower Dir and adjoining areas on early Friday morning.Metrological Department sources informed that the epicentre of the earthquake was located in the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan.The quake panicked the residents who immediately came out of their homes. However, there are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Obama tells Sisi of US concern over Egypt mass trials

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama spoke to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday and expressed concern over mass trials and the continued detention of journalists and peaceful activists.During a telephone call, the White House said, Obama encouraged Sisi to invest in the political, economic, and social aspirations of the Egyptian people. President Obama also expressed concern about mass trials, the status of NGOs, and the continued imprisonment of journalists and peaceful activists in Egypt, the statement said.In early December, an Egyptian court sentenced 188 people to death for the murder of 13 police officers -- the latest in a series of mass trials launched by authorities amid a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.Hundreds of Morsi supporters have been sentenced to die in swift trials the United Nations has called unprecedented in recent history.Egypt has also cracked down on the press, sentencing several journalists including three from international news network Al-Jazeera to lengthy prison terms.In June, Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Egyptian Mohamed Baher were convicted of supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, the United States has faced a dilemma in Egypt.Washington regularly expresses dissatisfaction over the countrys poor human rights record, but also relies on its military alliance as a centerpiece of American diplomacy in the Arab world.During Thursdays telephone call, Obama emphasized the importance of cooperation between Washington and Cairo to promote shared interests in counterterrorism and regional security.The president affirmed the United States continuing commitment to the strategic partnership with Egypt and emphasized the importance of bilateral cooperation, the US leader said.

'Boko Haram' kidnaps 185 people in Nigeria

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MAIDUGURI (AFP) - Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 185 people, including women and children, in northeast Nigeria, the latest mass abduction in a region where the military has repeatedly struggled to protect civilians, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The attack, conducted Sunday by well-armed Islamist extremists in the town of Gumsuri, also killed 32 people. It recalled the April kidnappings in Chibok, where more than 200 girls were taken from a school. President Goodluck Jonathan, who is standing for re-election in February 14 polls, had pledged that the Chibok attack would mark the beginning of the end of terrorism in Nigeria, but violence has escalated since. The Islamists have a carried out a series of abductions this year, boosting their supply of child fighters, porters and young women who have reportedly been used as sex slaves. Boko Haram has not claimed the Gumsuri attack, but multiple sources in the village blamed the extremists, whose five-year uprising has killed more than 13,000 people and forced more than 1.5 million others from their homes. Northeast Nigeria has been the epicentre of the conflict, but unrest has also spread into neighbouring Cameroon, where the military claimed to have killed 116 insurgents while repelling a Wednesday attack on an army base in the border town of Amchide. A convoy of gunmen stormed Gumsuri in Borno state on Sunday, throwing petrol bombs into buildings and leaving much of the village destroyed, two local officials and a witness said.The officials, who put the death toll at 32, said the local government established the number of those abducted by contacting families, ward heads and clerics.A vigilante leader based in the Borno state capital Maiduguri, Usman Kakani, told AFP that fighters who were in Gumsuri during the attack provided a figure of 191 abducted, including women, girls and boys.Gumsuri is roughly 70 kilometres (40 miles) south of Maiduguri on the road that leads to Chibok.Details of the attack took four days to emerge because the mobile phone network in the region has completely collapsed and many roads are impassable.Mukhtar Buba, a resident who fled to Maiduguri, confirmed that women and children were taken. After killing our youths, the insurgents have taken away our wives and daughters, he said.The military and police were not immediately available to comment. Witnesses said the hostages were carted away on trucks towards the Sambisa Forest, a notorious rebel stronghold, where the Chibok girls were also reportedly taken before being divided into smaller groups. Vigilantes, who have the militarys backing, had defended Gumsuri against waves of previous Islamist attacks but were ultimately overpowered on Sunday, local officials said. Soldiers on the ground have complained of being used as cannon fodder in battles against militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy artillery. An army court martial on Wednesday sentenced 54 soldiers to death for mutiny after they refused to deploy for an operation against Boko Haram, citing a lack of weapons.The oath of office taken by... soldiers is not a licence to commit suicide, said Femi Falana, defence lawyer for the mutineers, who described the verdict as an outrage. Africas largest economy and top oil producer is under intense pressure to contain the unrest before February polls. Reacting to the violence in Gumsuri, a spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the almost daily deadly attacks in northeastern Nigeria were unacceptable and called on the government to address the underlying causes.The EU also warned that neighbouring countries had become increasingly caught up in the violence.The defence ministry in Cameroons capital Yaounde said Wednesdays raid in Amchide was carried out by several hundred Islamists who ambushed a column of military vehicles with explosives and simultaneously attacked the army base.Cameroonian troops retaliated instantly, the ministry said, killing 116 insurgents while one soldier has been confirmed dead and another was missing.

Boxing: Khan to donate golden shorts to help Pakistani massacre school

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LONDON (AFP) - British boxer Amir Khan plans to donate a 30,000 pound ($46,973) pair of shorts to help rebuild the Army Public School, Peshawar where 141 people were killed by the Taliban.Khan, who is of Pakistani heritage, wore the flamboyant shorts including a waistband made from 24-carat gold threading when he successfully defended his WBC welterweight title against Devon Alexander in Las Vegas last weekend.The 28-year-old became a father in May when his daughter Lamysa was born and he was keen to do something to help following the tragic events in Peshawar which saw 132 children plus nine members of staff killed in the attack.I can only imagine what those parents are going through, Khan told BBC Radio 5 live.We are very lucky in England, we have good security and I will be able to send my little girl to school and know she will be fine, but in Pakistan you cannot do that.They send the kids outside the house and do not know if they are going to come back. Its very sad to know that.Im going to be donating them (the shorts) towards what happened in Pakistan. I want to rebuild the school and strengthen the security over there.

Football: Drifting Liverpool seek Arsenal spark

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LONDON (AFP) - Liverpool will hope to draw inspiration from memories of last seasons thrilling 5-1 demolition of Arsenal when the teams resume hostilities in the Premier League at Anfield this weekend.Arsene Wengers side were routed on their last trip to Liverpools famous stadium in February, when a devastating four-goal salvo inside the first 20 minutes left the north London club reeling.It was the start of an 11-game winning run that took Liverpool to within sight of the title.Their subsequent collapse has been followed by a wretched start to the current campaign, with last weekends chastening 3-0 defeat at Manchester United leaving them 18 points behind leaders Chelsea in 11th place.But having emerged from a taxing trip to Championship leaders Bournemouth in the League Cup with a 3-1 victory in mid-week, manager Brendan Rodgers is hopeful that his side have turned a corner.Slowly we are getting there. Ive said that my teams have shown at Liverpool that we get better and better, Rodgers said after Liverpools quarter-final success at Dean Court.A lot of players are adapting. Ive been looking to find ways and solutions to make us more creative as we havent been that at all this season and that is the mark of the team.Arsenal lost 3-2 at Stoke City in their last domestic away game, but have since produced back-to-back 4-1 wins over Galatasaray in the Champions League and Newcastle United in the league.The home victory over Newcastle left Wengers side in sixth place in the table, five points clear of Liverpool and two points shy of the Champions League places.Wenger has revealed that winger Theo Walcott, who has played only two games this season following a long-term knee injury, is in contention to feature after shrugging off a groin complaint.He is back in training today (Thursday), but only today, Wenger told the club website. I might take him. I dont know yet until he is back to full training. Lets see.Chelseas three-point lead over second-place Manchester City, coupled with a superior goal difference (23 to 19), means that they are practically assured of being in first place on Christmas Day.But with Jose Mourinhos side not in action until Monday, when they welcome Stoke to Stamford Bridge, champions City can draw level with them by winning at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.While City are on a five-match winning run in the league, cross-town rivals Manchester United will be looking to record a seventh consecutive victory when they travel to Aston Villa.Last Sundays victory over Liverpool enabled Louis van Gaals team to remain eight points behind Chelsea and five behind City, prompting captain Wayne Rooney to declare that they still have designs on the title.Villa saw a five-game unbeaten run come to an end in a 1-0 loss at West Bromwich Albion last weekend and have a dismal home record against United, who they have not beaten in the league at Villa Park since August 1995.Fourth-place West Ham, beaten only once in their last 10 matches, host bottom club Leicester, who are now five points from safety.Leicester have not won since stunning Manchester United 5-3 in September, but West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says that Nigel Pearsons team are no pushovers.Leicester are a hard team to break down. They work very hard for each other, he told his pre-match media conference.Despite their run of games without a win, they havent been turned over by anyone -- its only ever by the odd goal -- so there are a lot of dangers in Nigels teams that we need to be well aware of.Fifth-place Southampton are on a very different trajectory to West Ham and saw their run of consecutive defeats extended to five on Tuesday when they crashed to third-tier Sheffield United in the League Cup.Ronald Koemans side entertain Everton on Saturday.Elsewhere, improving Burnley visit Tottenham Hotspur in a near dress rehearsal for next months FA Cup third-round encounter, while Sunderland visit Newcastle on Sunday for the first Tyne-Wear derby of the campaign.

Football: FIFA executive meets amid corruption report storm

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MARRAKECH (AFP) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened a meeting of his 25-member executive committee on Thursday amid a storm of controversy over an inquiry into the bids by Russia and Qatar for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.With a vote on the FIFA leadership looming next year, footballs governing body has been stung by the resignation of its leading corruption investigator, top US lawyer Michael Garcia, over the handling of his report.European media reports have said a vote may be held on Friday on a proposal to publish the report, but Blatter has insisted so far that it cannot be published for legal reasons.The FIFA president has said that Garcias report will be at the centre of the two-day executive meeting in Marrakech, although no official details of the agenda have been given.Garcia quit as head of FIFAs investigation chamber on Wednesday, hitting out at the lack of leadership by FIFA over the inquiry into the bids by Qatar and Russia.Qatar, which has been the focus of corruption allegations, has strongly denied any wrongdoing in its successful campaign for the 2022 World Cup.In his resignation statement, Garcia said however that he had found serious and wide-ranging issues in the bid process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.He resigned in protest at the summary of his report released by FIFA judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, who said no corruption was found and that no new votes are necessary.FIFA rejected his appeal against the summary on Tuesday, declaring it not admissible.Blatter said he was surprised at the resignation but has made little comment about the next steps in the dispute that has led to widespread condemnation of FIFAs leadership.UEFA president Michel Platini said that Garcias resignation was a new failure by the world games governing body.Platini is an outspoken critic of Blatter and has called on him to stand down when his current term ends in May.Blatter, 78, has said he will stand for a fifth term at a FIFA congress next year and is firm favourite to win.The two-day meeting broke up late Thursday with no top-level officials willing to comment, said an AFP journalist at the venue.A news conference is scheduled for Friday afternoon in Marrakech where the issue of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups is certain to dominate.

Squash: David reaches 11th world semi-final

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CAIRO (AFP) - Top-seeded Nicol David battled hard on Thursday to reach her 11th semi-final in the World Championships.David, the first player ever to top the world rankings for 100 consecutive months, overcame Camille Serme, the world number six from France, by 11-9, 11-7, 13-11, in an increasingly well-contested match.Though not always at her best David was playing well enough by the end to harbour strong hopes of regaining the title from Englands Laura Massaro on Saturday.If the 31-year-old Malaysian succeeds in that she will not only extend her all-time record of world titles to eight but become the first player ever to lose and regain the world crown in the same year.It was a high intensity match, she said of the 45-minute tussle. I dont think we stopped for air at all, because it was all go. And I had to find a lot more in that third game.There was always a feeling that Davids exceptional movement would offer an escape if she were to slip into trouble, though it might have been a different kind of match had Serme capitalised on a 9-6 lead in the first game.That happened at a stage where David was not at her most accurate with her driving and having to work hard physically to stay on terms, and there were briefly memories of the five-game struggle in their last meeting, at the previous world championships in Penang earlier this year.This time though the world number one got back to 9-9 with the help of some speedy retrieving, whereupon Serme put a backhand sidewall boast down and then a backhand volley into the tin as well, conceding a game in which she had led much of the time.David applied more pressure in the second game, volleying as often as possible to take time away from Serme, and from 3-3 onwards made better progress.The champion also had some luck after 8-5, with Serme first suffering a bad bounce, and then missing with a backhand volley drop from a good position on game point.The third game saw the level of both players go up, the match finishing with a crescendo of fine rallies in which Serme brilliantly saved four match points without ever quite getting her nose in front.It ended with the Frenchwoman placing a drop shot into the tin, but despite that she received fulsome praise afterwards from David.She was playing really strong, David said. I had to raise my level. To get off against her by three-love takes some doing, so Im really pleased about it.David will now play Omneya Abdel Kawy in a repeat of the 2010 world final at Sharm El-Sheikh which the Malaysian won in straight games for the chance to extend her all-time record of world titles to eight.The 10th-seeded Egyptian, possibly the most gifted touch player in the womens game, revelled in cool conditions which encouraged strokes into the front court.After trailing 0-5 in the first game, Kawy drop-shotted and cross-courted her way to a 12-10, 11-3, 11-4 victory over Low Wee Wern, the seventh-seeded Malaysian.

Oil dives in volatile trade

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices skidded sharply lower in volatile trade Thursday, pushing the US benchmark futures contract to a new five-year low amid concerns about ample global supplies.West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January delivery tumbled $2.36 to finish at $54.11 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the lowest price since early May 2009.The international benchmark, Brent North Sea crude for February delivery settled at $59.27 a barrel in London, down $1.91 from Wednesdays closing level.The key US WTI contract had edged higher at the opening of the session -- supported by Wednesdays official report showing US crude inventories fell last week -- but then began to fall and accelerated its losses in the last hour of trade.We see a lot of volatility and this volatility seems bound to last until the end of the year, with not much happening, fundamentally, said Carl Larry of Frost & Sullivan.Its a lot of holiday trade now, he said, with traders looking in the rearview mirror at important US macroeconomic events: the November jobs report last Friday and the Federal Reserve policy decision Wednesday.Fed Chair Janet Yellen, in a press conference Wednesday following a two-day monetary policy meeting, said the dramatic decline in global oil prices was good for the US economy, a net importer of oil, as consumers gain extra dollars to boost spending.Oil prices have plunged from June levels above $100 a barrel, and OPEC, the oil producers group that supplies about 40 percent of the worlds crude oil, has declined to cut output.Saudi Arabia, the leading OPEC producer said on Thursday that competitive pressures prevent it from reducing output, and the kingdom can weather plunging oil prices.It is difficult, or even impossible, for Saudi Arabia or OPEC to undertake any measure that would lead to a reduction in (their) share of the market and an increase in that of others who do not belong to the cartel, Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi told the official Saudi Press Agency.Tim Evans of Citi Futures said Nuaimis comments were seen by some as an unwillingness to give up market share that suggested a commitment to maintaining production regardless of the drop in price or the projected 2015 supply/demand surplus.

Dollar rises on euro as Swiss franc drops

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NEW YORK (AFP) - The US dollar Thursday advanced against the euro and the yen, while the Swiss franc tumbled after Switzerlands central bank introduced negative interest rates.The dollar again forged higher against the euro and the yen following Wednesdays Federal Reserve announcement that kept interest rates low and said the US central bank would be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy.The Feds announcement did not accelerate the timing to raise interest rates, expected in the middle of 2015.But the statement did nevertheless signal a steady and gradual move toward more normal monetary policy, which continues to contrast the outlook for additional monetary stimulus in the euro zone and Japan, said Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange.Meanwhile, the Swiss National Bank said it will impose a rate of -0.25 percent on certain bank deposits on January 22, with the aim of pushing the target range of Switzerlands benchmark interest rate into negative territory.Analysts said the move was geared at avoiding a big run-up of the Swiss franc that could depress exports. It comes as European Central Bank officials hint at possible stimulus in early 2015.The SNBs move appears to be a pre-emptive step to account for the possibility of announcement of further monetary policy easing by the ECB and a potential increase in demand for safe haven assets on the back of euro area worries, said a report by UniCredit.

Zimbabwe fire national coach

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HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe Cricket have dismissed national team coach Stephen Mangongo following a poor show during a recent tour of Bangladesh, the union said Thursday.Union chairman Wilson Manase said Mangongo will now work in talent identification and development.Mangongo is good at identifying talent so the board decided to send him back to his area of strength, while we get someone more experienced to replace him as national team head coach, Manase said.Mangongos dismissal came after the Zimbabwe side lost all eight fixtures during a tour of Bangladesh and two months before the 2015 Cricket World Cup.Manase said the Zimbabwe Cricket board had not yet found a replacement for him and expected to have a new head coach by the end of the month.

Chevron halts effort to explore Beaufort

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Chevron has suspended plans for Arctic exploration offshore Canada due in part to uncertainty following the drop in oil prices, the company told regulators this week.Chevron said plans for exploration in the Beaufort Sea were on hold indefinitely due to a number of factors, including the level of economic uncertainty in the industry, according to a letter the US energy giant sent Wednesday to the National Energy Board (NEB).Chevrons move to halt efforts in the Beaufort, which is heavily regulated due to environmental concerns, is the latest sign of retrenchment in petroleum industry activity in the wake of about a 50 percent decline in oil prices since June.Marathon Oil on Wednesday said it would trim its 2015 capital budget 20 percent from last years level, citing the need to manage cash in the current price environment.Chevron was at a preliminary stage in the Beaufort and had not yet filed a permit to drill.In May, it told the NEB that it would seek an alternative for a requirement showing the capacity to drill a relief well in the event of a well blowout, an explosion that can lead to an oil spill.In July, the NEB outlined a regulatory process for considering Chevrons request and asked for public comment on the Chevron plan.Among those responding were environmental group WWF-Canada, which opposed any exemption to the (relief well) requirement that would erode the level of protection afforded to the Arctic environment.

US won't back Palestinian UN resolution

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States will not support the current resolution put forward by the Palestinians setting the terms of a peace deal with Israel, a US official said Thursday.Washington has seen the text of a draft resolution circulating in the UN Security Council and it is not something that we would support, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.We think others feel the same and we are calling for further consultations. The Palestinians understand that.She pointed to a statement from Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas that he would support further consultations, adding US Secretary of State John Kerry had been holding discussions with different parties on Thursday.She agreed the problem was the content of a Jordanian text that would set a 12-month timeline for wrapping up peace negotiations and a late 2017 deadline for an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian lands.We wouldnt support any action that would prejudge the outcome of the negotiations or would set a specific deadline for withdrawal of security forces, Psaki said, adding that the parties were aware of US concerns.In the past, the US has supported UN resolutions relating to Israel. But Psaki stressed that obviously the content is important.Weve been clear about what our principles are, and the fact that we could support certain forms of resolution, but those discussions are private, Psaki added.

Sony hack a 'serious national security matter': White House

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Cyber attacks that ultimately prompted Sony Pictures to scrap the release of a madcap comedy about North Korea are a serious national security matter, the White House said Thursday.White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to confirm that North Korea was linked to the cyber attack on the movie giant over the planned release of The Interview, about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.The president considers this to be a serious national security matter, Earnest added, saying the attack that saw hackers gain access to a trove of internal Sony documents and unreleased movies was carried out by a sophisticated actor.Sony cancelled the films release after US theater chains said they would not screen The Interview.Skittishness about attending the movie followed threats by a hacking group calling itself GOP (Guardians of Peace), which invoked the September 11, 2001 attacks in an ominous warning to any moviegoers planning to see the film.North Korea has denied involvement in the brazen November 24 cyber attack, which some experts said it could have been carried out by disgruntled workers or by supporters of North Korea furious over the movie.

UN General Assembly wants to refer N. Korea to ICC

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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN General Assembly condemned North Koreas rights record Thursday and called for Pyongyang to be referred to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity.The non-binding resolution was adopted by a vote of 116 to 20 with 52 abstentions in the 193-nation assembly.The resolution asks the Security Council to refer North Korea to the ICC and to consider targeted sanctions against the Pyongyang leadership for the repression of its citizens.Co-sponsored by 62 countries, the resolution drew heavily on the work of a UN inquiry that concluded in a report released in February that North Korea was committing human rights abuses without parallel in the contemporary world.A first vote in a General Assembly committee in November had garnered the support of 111 countries, with 19 against and 55 abstentions.This marks an increase of five yes votes... and is a strong call from the international community to improve the human rights situation in the country, the European Union, which drafted the text with Japan, said in a statement.But it remains an open question whether the Security Council will follow up on the resolution and seek to refer North Korea to the ICC, with China -- Pyongyangs main ally -- and Russia widely expected to oppose such a move.The Security Council will discuss North Korea at a meeting on Monday, the first to touch on the rights situation in the communist country, but no decision is expected on ICC referral during those talks.Ten of the 15 council members pushed for North Korea to be put on the agenda, overcoming strong objections from Russia and China which argued that the matter should be before the UN Human Rights Council and not the Security Council.- North Korea slams resolution -Addressing the General Assembly, North Koreas deputy ambassador An Myong Hun slammed the resolution as the product of a political plot and confrontation, based on a fabricated report by the commission of inquiry.My delegation will not tolerate any attempt to use the human rights issues as a tool for overthrowing its social system, he said.The envoy said UN attention should focus instead on CIA torture crimes committed by the United States in the most brutal and shocking manner, referring to the recent US report on brutal interrogations of Al-Qaeda suspects.Cuba, which had led a campaign to scrap provisions on the ICC referral from the resolution, said the vote set a dangerous precedent by seeking to punish countries instead of developing cooperation.China and Russia voted against the resolution, as did Belarus Cuba, Iran, Syria and Venezuela.Among those who voted to support the resolution were South Sudan, El Salvador and Grenada, which had abstained in the previous vote.Three countries that were absent during the first round of voting -- Dominica, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome -- voted yes.But Tajikistan, which had voted yes in the first round of voting, decided to abstain.Human rights groups applauded the outcome.Todays vote sends a powerful message that the world is gravely concerned about the horrific human rights situation in North Korea, said Param-Preet Singh of Human Rights Watch.That these abuses are linked to policies at the highest level of the state highlights the North Korean governments desperation to maintain the status quo and makes todays vote all the more significant.

Birds can sense a coming storm and flee: study

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MIAMI (AFP) - Birds appear to be able to sense a coming storm and fly away before it hits, according to research out Thursday on golden-winged warblers in the United States.These tiny, delicate birds weigh just nine grams, or about as much as a palmful of coins, and yet somehow they knew that a massive storm system -- including tornadoes and high winds -- was on its way one to two days in advance.They fled their breeding grounds in the mountains of eastern Tennessee just before the storm system swept through the central and southern United States in late April 2014.The storm caused at least 84 tornadoes and killed 35 people.It is the first time weve documented this type of storm avoidance behavior in birds during breeding season, said ecologist Henry Streby at the University of California, Berkeley.We know that birds can alter their route to avoid things during regular migration, but it hadnt been shown until our study that they would leave once the migration is over and theyd established their breeding territory to escape severe weather, he said.When the birds flew off, the storm was still hundreds of miles away, so there would have been few detectable changes in atmospheric pressure, temperature and wind speed.The warblers in our study flew at least 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) total to avoid a severe weather system. They then came right back home after the storm passed.Scientists think that this sixth sense that birds possess has to do with their ability to hear sounds that humans cannot.Birds and some other animals have been shown to hear infrasounds, which are acoustic waves that occur at frequencies below 20 hertz.Events like winds blowing, ocean waves crashing and volcanoes erupting at faraway distances can create infrasounds that birds may be able to sense, even when the events themselves are thousands of kilometers away.Tornadoes are also known to produce strong infrasound.Theres growing research that shows that tornadoes are becoming more common and severe with climate change, so evasive actions like the ones the warbler took might become more necessary, said Streby.
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