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* May 20, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: May 20, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, May 20 2009 9:05 am
From: Pritam Rohila


ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY IN ASIA (ACHA)
www.asiapeace.org   &  www.indiapakistanpeace.org
4410 Verda Lane NE, Keizer, OR 97303, USA
asiapeace@comcast.net

May 20, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaPakistanPeaceDay
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IN THIS ISSUE

*Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands, New York
Times, May 18, 09 *Children's Parliament, a Rare Example of Clean
Politics, Washington Post, May 14, 2009
*Bhutan's first SAARC summit SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
*Gilani seeks support of Ulema to counter extremism, APP, May 20, 2009
*Rajapaksa phones Pranab SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
*Rajapaksa says his aim is to provide equal rights to Tamils, PTI, May
20, 2009
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*Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands, New York
Times, May 18, 09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/world/asia/19trash.html?_r=1&hpw

LAHORE, Pakistan — … A group of young Pakistani friends, sick of
hearing their families complain about the government, decided to spite
them by taking matters into their own hands: every Sunday they would
grab shovels, go out into their city, and pick up garbage. It was a
strange thing to do, particularly for such students from elite private
schools, who would normally spend Sunday afternoons relaxing in air-
conditioned homes. But the students were inspired by the recent
success of the lawyers' movement, which used a national protest to
press the government to reinstate the country's chief justice, and
their rush of public consciousness was irrepressible…

*Children's Parliament, a Rare Example of Clean Politics, Washington
Post, May 14, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051303758_pf.html

VARANASI, India, May 13 -- As one of the most popular political
figures in this impoverished northeastern Indian city, Tazim Ali
fields round-the-clock cellphone calls about such everyday problems as
child hunger, domestic violence and caste discrimination. The only
thing that's unusual is that Tazim is 9….Last year, Tazim, who is from
a Muslim family of sari weavers, was elected along with an 8-year-old
Hindu girl who worked as a ragpicker. The members meet every Sunday
and hold monthly meetings at which thousands of children often show
up. They hope to replicate their effort across India in coming
months.

*Bhutan's first SAARC summit SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580463&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

THIMPHU: Bhutan will be hosting in 2010 the South Asian association
for regional cooperation (SAARC) summit for the first time since the
regional body was created in 1985. "It will greatly enhance Bhutan's
international image as a sovereign, independent, responsible and equal
member country," said the prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley….
He said that the meeting would also allow for bilateral meetings with
all the leaders of various countries, including India…

*Gilani seeks support of Ulema to counter extremism, APP, May 20, 2009
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76470&Itemid=1

ISLAMABAD, May 19 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday
urged the Ulema and Mashaikh to play their role in projecting true
image of Islam and to counter extremism and terrorism…The conference,
organized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs comes at the heels of
an All Parties Conference, on Monday that backed the ongoing military
operation against militants and terrorists in Swat and Malakand. The
conference aims at gaining support of the religious scholars to speak
with one voice against the militants and extremists who, in parts of
NWFP, were trying to carry out their subversive activities in the garb
of religion…

*Rajapaksa phones Pranab SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 19, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580404&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa called up External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to confirm that the armed resistance
by the LTTE had ended and its leader Velupillai Prabakaran was dead.
An External Affairs Ministry statement said on Monday that India in
response told Colombo that it should address the root causes of the
conflict.

*Rajapaksa says his aim is to provide equal rights to Tamils, PTI, May
20, 2009
http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/9A91BC7376038EBA652575BB00524BCB?OpenDocument

Colombo, May 19 (PTI) With LTTE wiped out, Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa today offered equal rights for Tamils through a
political solution but said it won't be "imported"….
Rajapaksa said it was necessary to give the Tamil people the freedoms
that are the right of people in all other parts of the country…





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TOPIC: May 21, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, May 21 2009 9:13 am
From: Pritam Rohila


ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY IN ASIA (ACHA)
www.asiapeace.org   &  www.indiapakistanpeace.org
4410 Verda Lane NE, Keizer, OR 97303, USA
asiapeace@comcast.net

May 21, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaPakistanPeaceDay
&

http://groups.google.com/group/peace--harmony-news-from-south-asia

IN THIS ISSUE

*India hands over more Mumbai attack evidence to Pak, PTI, May 21,
2009
*Weekly LoC trade volume at all-time high SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May
20, 2009
*Samjhota Express to run with Indian rake SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May
20, 2009
*India to send special envoy to SL SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 20,
2009
*Dhaka to sign Asian Highway pact NEW AGE | May 21, 2009
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*India hands over more Mumbai attack evidence to Pak, PTI, May 21,
2009
http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/4F14BFC867164B79652575BC003AA514?OpenDocument

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) Responding to Pakistan's queries, India today
handed over to it the third dossier of evidence on Mumbai attacks,
which includes certified DNA report and statement of the lone arrested
terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. The voluminous documentation, comprising
replies to 10 queries made by Pakistan and 15 booklets, were handed
over by a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs when he
called a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission to the
Ministry here…

*Weekly LoC trade volume at all-time high SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May
20, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580684&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

MIRPUR: Weekly trade volume across the line of control dividing the
Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian administered Kashmir touched all
time high record of Rs38 million, last week. Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AJKCCI) executive committee member
Khalid Sharif termed this major breakthrough in the ongoing initiative
of promoting trade between both sides of Kashmir…

*Samjhota Express to run with Indian rake SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May
20, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580677&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

LAHORE: The Samjhota Express currently running with Pakistani rake
will run with Indian rake from June 4 to December 3, 2009, Pakistan
Railways (PR) sources have said. After completion of six months with
Pakistani rake, the train will run with Indian rake for the next six
months from June 4…

*India to send special envoy to SL SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA NET | May 20,
2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580655&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

NEW DELHI: India said Tuesday it would send special envoys to Sri
Lanka while providing 5 billion rupees (100 million US dollars) worth
of aid to help in the rehabilitation of Tamil civilians displaced in
the war, reported the private Indo-Asian News Service….Mr. Mukherjee
emphasised the need for a political solution while maintaining the
territorial integrity of Sri Lanka…

*Dhaka to sign Asian Highway pact NEW AGE | May 21, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=580818&category=Frontend&Country=BANGLADESH

DHAKA: The Awami League-led coalition will sign the inter-governmental
agreement on the Asian Highway network although the BNP-Jamaat
government refrained from ratifying it on the grounds of
'controversial' route proposals, said officials of the communications
ministry on Wednesday…. The Asian Highway network, which will stretch
for 1,41,000 kilometres and cross 32 Asian countries after completion,
is also linked with Europe. So far 28 Asian countries have ratified
the agreement, according to UNESCAP.




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