نیویارک…سردی
میں اضافہ ہوجائے تو گرم رضائیاں، میوہ جات اور گرماگرم مشروبات یاد آتے
ہیں لیکن امریکا میں منچلوں نے سردی کا مزہ لینے کے لیے ٹھنڈی ٹھار جھیل
میں تیراکی کرلی۔الاسکاکی خون جمانے والی سردی اور متوالوں کی موج مستی
،سیکڑوں افراد نے یخ بستہ پانی میں چھلانگ لگائی۔ مزے مزے سے تیراکی اور
ساتھ ہی ،، فلاحی کاموں کیلئے 4 لاکھ پونڈز جمع کیے۔
22 دسمبر، 2013
21 دسمبر، 2013
Foreign Policy Challenges Will Continue in 2014
WHITE HOUSE — 2013 was a challenging year for President Barack Obama in foreign policy.
Obama had his hands full in 2013 -- from controversy over his response to Syrian chemical weapons attacks, to a groundbreaking telephone call with Iran's new president and negotiations for a nuclear deal.
He had a summit with China's leader, visited Africa, and paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela.
But he was weighed down by revelations of U.S. electronic eavesdropping, which caused tensions with key allies.
Obama attended the G20 summit in Russia, but canceled a formal meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
In his U.N. speech in September, he recognized what he called hostility toward America's global engagement, but said disengagement would be a mistake.
"I believe America must remain engaged for our own security. But I also believe the world is better for it," said Obama.
Daniel Serwer, at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, says in Syria Obama won a deal to remove chemical weapons without military action -- but more is at stake.
"There is a growing domination of the opposition by extremists who would pose a very serious problem for us if the Bashar al-Assad regime is ever to fall, and you've got the neighbors increasingly shaky, the state structure -- Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon all at risk," said Serwer.
Whether Obama can remain focused on foreign policy is questionable, says Heather Conley at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"Between the NSA scandal, health care, a government shutdown, many world leaders are wondering if President Obama can domestically overcome challenges even to focus on the challenges in the international arena," she said.
In 2014, the pace of the U.S. and NATO drawdown from Afghanistan will accelerate.
Conley says Americans and the world will be looking to Obama to clarify the accomplishments and costs of the long and bloody conflict.
"That delicate balance of what we were striving for and the cost that we bore has to be a very delicate conversation domestically and, I think as well, internationally," said Conley.
A recent Pew Research poll showed declining support for global engagement among Americans, a challenge to Obama's belief in a U.S. role.
"Somehow he is blamed for what is seen as the global decline of American influence," said Serwer. "I have got to tell you that global decline is not so apparent when you ask the people abroad. There are lots and lots of countries where American influence is still very high."
2014 will bring more challenges as Iran nuclear negotiations continue, a U.N.-sponsored Syrian peace conference is set for January and Washington deals with its uncertain relationships with Afghanistan and Pakistan, China and Russia.
Obama had his hands full in 2013 -- from controversy over his response to Syrian chemical weapons attacks, to a groundbreaking telephone call with Iran's new president and negotiations for a nuclear deal.
He had a summit with China's leader, visited Africa, and paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela.
But he was weighed down by revelations of U.S. electronic eavesdropping, which caused tensions with key allies.
Obama attended the G20 summit in Russia, but canceled a formal meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
In his U.N. speech in September, he recognized what he called hostility toward America's global engagement, but said disengagement would be a mistake.
"I believe America must remain engaged for our own security. But I also believe the world is better for it," said Obama.
Daniel Serwer, at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, says in Syria Obama won a deal to remove chemical weapons without military action -- but more is at stake.
"There is a growing domination of the opposition by extremists who would pose a very serious problem for us if the Bashar al-Assad regime is ever to fall, and you've got the neighbors increasingly shaky, the state structure -- Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon all at risk," said Serwer.
Whether Obama can remain focused on foreign policy is questionable, says Heather Conley at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"Between the NSA scandal, health care, a government shutdown, many world leaders are wondering if President Obama can domestically overcome challenges even to focus on the challenges in the international arena," she said.
In 2014, the pace of the U.S. and NATO drawdown from Afghanistan will accelerate.
Conley says Americans and the world will be looking to Obama to clarify the accomplishments and costs of the long and bloody conflict.
"That delicate balance of what we were striving for and the cost that we bore has to be a very delicate conversation domestically and, I think as well, internationally," said Conley.
A recent Pew Research poll showed declining support for global engagement among Americans, a challenge to Obama's belief in a U.S. role.
"Somehow he is blamed for what is seen as the global decline of American influence," said Serwer. "I have got to tell you that global decline is not so apparent when you ask the people abroad. There are lots and lots of countries where American influence is still very high."
2014 will bring more challenges as Iran nuclear negotiations continue, a U.N.-sponsored Syrian peace conference is set for January and Washington deals with its uncertain relationships with Afghanistan and Pakistan, China and Russia.
US Plane Hit in South Sudan, Americans Wounded
The U.S. military says unidentified gunmen have opened fire on at least
one U.S. military plane involved in a rescue mission in South Sudan.
The U.S. Africa Command says four U.S. service members were wounded during the incident on Saturday, which took place as the U.S. was trying to evacuate Americans from Bor, a city recently overrun by rebels.
In a statement, the military says it aborted the mission after the plane came under fire and diverted the aircraft to an airfield outside South Sudan.
Bor has been the scene of some of South Sudan's worst fighting during the past week.
The violence erupted after President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, accused former vice president Riek Machar, a Nuer, of attempting a coup. The Juba government says more than 500 people have been killed, and the unrest has forced tens of thousands of people to flee from their homes.
There are reports of fresh fighting in some regions on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is sending a special envoy to South Sudan to encourage talks between opposing factions. Ambassador Donald Booth is heading to the region as soon as possible.
U.N. Security Council president Gerard Araud said Friday that South Sudan's President Kiir and former vice president Machar have agreed to "unconditional dialogue" despite their recent history of bitter recriminations. Mediators from East African countries met with Mr. Kiir Friday in what they called productive talks, but what form the Kiir-Machar "dialogue" will take is unclear.
On Friday, the U.N. said at least 11 civilians and two peacekeepers had been killed in an attack a day earlier on a U.N. base in the town of Akobo.
The U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says the peacekeepers and civilians were shot after about 2,000 armed youth, believed to be ethnic Nuers, surrounded the base and opened fire on members of the Dinka ethnic group taking shelter at the U.N. compound.
About 35,000 civilians are believed to have fled to U.N. compounds since the latest unrest began.
The U.S. Africa Command says four U.S. service members were wounded during the incident on Saturday, which took place as the U.S. was trying to evacuate Americans from Bor, a city recently overrun by rebels.
In a statement, the military says it aborted the mission after the plane came under fire and diverted the aircraft to an airfield outside South Sudan.
Bor has been the scene of some of South Sudan's worst fighting during the past week.
The violence erupted after President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, accused former vice president Riek Machar, a Nuer, of attempting a coup. The Juba government says more than 500 people have been killed, and the unrest has forced tens of thousands of people to flee from their homes.
There are reports of fresh fighting in some regions on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is sending a special envoy to South Sudan to encourage talks between opposing factions. Ambassador Donald Booth is heading to the region as soon as possible.
U.N. Security Council president Gerard Araud said Friday that South Sudan's President Kiir and former vice president Machar have agreed to "unconditional dialogue" despite their recent history of bitter recriminations. Mediators from East African countries met with Mr. Kiir Friday in what they called productive talks, but what form the Kiir-Machar "dialogue" will take is unclear.
On Friday, the U.N. said at least 11 civilians and two peacekeepers had been killed in an attack a day earlier on a U.N. base in the town of Akobo.
The U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says the peacekeepers and civilians were shot after about 2,000 armed youth, believed to be ethnic Nuers, surrounded the base and opened fire on members of the Dinka ethnic group taking shelter at the U.N. compound.
About 35,000 civilians are believed to have fled to U.N. compounds since the latest unrest began.
ممبئی میں خود کو غیر محفوظ سمجھتی ہوں،کرینہ کپور
| ممبئی…بالی وڈ ایکٹریس کرینہ کپور نے خواتین کی حفاظت کے لئے،موبائل ایپلی کیشن لانچ کر دی،کہتی ہیں،پچھلے دو سال سے وہ خود کو بھی ممبئی میں محفوظ نہیں سمجھتی، بھارتی اداکارہ،کرینہ کپور نے ممبئی میں ایک تقریب میں اس ایپلی کیشن کا افتتاح کیا،جس کے تحت خواتین خطرے کی حالت میں ایک بٹن دبا کر اپنے دوستوں اور خاندان والوں کو اطلاع کر سکیں گی۔کرینہ کا کہنا تھا کہ بڑھتے ہوئے گینگ ریپ،نے انہیں بہت مایوس کیا ہے اور وہ خود کو بھی غیر محفوظ سمجھنے لگی ہیں،یہی وجہ ہے جس نے انہیں ایسی موبائل ایپلی کیشن بنانے پر مجبور کیا۔ |
نہ کیل چا ہیے نہ ہتھو ڑی،مقنا طیس کے ذریعے چپکنے والا انوکھا فر نیچر
ایمسٹرڈیم…این
جی ٹی…اب میز، کرسی اور الما ری بنا نے کے لیے کیل اور ہتھو ڑی کی ضر ورت
نہیں ہے ۔ نیدر لینڈ سے تعلق رکھنے والے ایک ڈیزائنر نے ایسا فر نیچر تیار
کیا ہے جسے کیلو ں سے نہیں بلکہ مقنا طیس کے ذریعے جو ڑا جا تا ہے ۔یہ فر
نیچر لو ہے اور لکڑی کے ملا پ سے تیار کیا گیا ہے جس کے جوڑوں میں مقنا طیس
کے ٹکڑے فٹ کیے گئے ہیں ۔ اس کے مختلف حصوں کی ایک دوسرے کے ساتھ ملانے سے
یہ مقنا طیس کے مد د سے مضبو طی سے ایک دوسرے کے ساتھ جڑ جا تے ہیں اور یو
ں کیلو ں اور ہتھو ڑی کے بغیر منٹو ں میں کو ئی بھی فرنیچر تیار کیا
جاسکتا ہے ۔ اس فرنیچر کے با آ سا نی کھو ل کر ایک جگہ سے دو سر ی جگہ
منتقل بھی کیا جاسکتا جبکہ دوبا ر ہ جو ڑنا بھی نہا یت آ سان ہے ۔
کتے اور ننھی بی مانو کی دو ستی کے انداز نرالے
| لندن…سچ کہتے ہیں کہ دو ستی میں رنگ اور نسل کی کو ئی قید نہیں ہو تی اسی لیے تو یہ کتا اوربی مانو روایتی دشمن ہونے کے باوجود گہرے دو ست بن گئے ہیں ۔اٹکھیلیوں اور شرارتوں میں مصروف یہ ڈوگی اور بی مانو آپس میں اتنے گہرے دوست ہیں کہ کسی ایک کا بھی دوسرے کے بغیر گزارا ممکن نہیں۔جہاں ایک طرف یہ بلی خود سے کئی گنا بڑے کتے سے خوفزدہ نہیں ہوتی تو دوسری جانب یہ کتا بھی اپنی ننھی سی دوست کے خوب نخرے اٹھاتا ہے اور اسے کوئی نقصان نہیں پہنچاتا۔ |
مری :بس کھائی میں گر نے سے ایک بچہ جاں بحق،25افراد زخمی
راولپنڈی…مری
کے علاقے تریٹ میں مری روڈ پر آرو کس کے مقام پر بس کھائی میں گر نے سے
ایک ڈیڑھ سالہ بچہ جاں بحق جبکہ 25افراد زخمی ہوگئے۔ 15زخمیوں کو بس سے
نکال کر اسپتال منتقل کیا گیا ہے۔ نمائندہ جیو کے مطابق اسلام آباد سے مری
جاتے ہوئے بس کو حادثہ بارش کی وجہ سے سڑک پر پیدا ہونے والی پھسلن کے سبب
پیش آیاجبکہ مری روڈ پر کئی خطرناک موڑ بھی واقع ہیں جن میں سے ایک موڑ سے
مڑتے ہوئے بس 40فٹ گہری کھائی میں جاگری۔بس میں لاہور کی ایک فیملی کے 25سے
30افراد سوار تھے جن میں مرد، خواتین اور بچے بھی شامل ہیں۔ اندھیرا اور
سخت سرد موسم ہونے کی وجہ سے امدادی کاموں میں دشواری پیش آرہی ہے۔ تاہم اب
تک 15زخمیوں کو ہی کو بس سے نکالا جاسکا ہے۔زخمیوں میں سے زیادہ تر کو پمز
اسپتال منتقل کیا گیا ہے۔ ریسکیو ٹیمیں اور ٹریفک کا عملہ حادثے کی جگہ
امدادی کاموں میں مصروف ہے۔
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