APC Asian Branch (AAB) corruption scandal in student affairs continues
Written by David Marcus MargaiThe hope of a secure, peaceful, tolerant and prosperous student union in China lies with dedicated discipline to liberty, selflessness and transparency of public characters as manifested by leading social icons like Dr. M. L. King, Nelson Mandela and Dr. M. Mohammad. These are people whose ideologies of human development and social equity hinge on peace, nonviolence, strength and sacrifice. We have noted that in the press release by the secretariat of the student union, the current executive distanced itself from the corruption scandals in the union and denied any links with the APC Asian Branch (AAB).
Corruption resurfaces in China as APC Asia Branch embezzles S/L student funds
Written by David Marcus Margai
"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable ... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals" Martin Luther King, Jr. It is against this backdrop that I continue to call upon the elected SLSUC executive for the 2011-2012 academic year to immediately launch a thorough and impartial investigation into the embezzlements of student union funds by the out-gone 2011-executive.
North Korea mourns dead leader, son hailed as "Great Successor"
Written by Yahoo NewsSEOUL (Reuters) - North Koreans poured into the streets on Monday to mourn the death of iron leader Kim Jong-il as state media hailed his untested son as the "Great Successor" of the reclusive state whose atomic weapons ambitions are a major threat to the region.
NEW DELHI — India's parliament began a fractious debate on an anti-corruption bill on Saturday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's besieged government struggles to appease a social activist who is increasingly frail nearly two weeks into a hunger strike.
The campaign to get the legislation passed by 74-year-old Anna Hazare has struck a chord with millions of Indians tired of endemic corruption, sparking nationwide protests and exposing the ruling Congress party as out-of-touch with voters.
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. Mao Zedong.
"China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one. If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialism, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it." Deng Xiaoping.
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat plans to visit New York later this week for talks with United States officials, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday.
The United States has invited North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kae-gwan to New York later this week," Clinton said in a statement. Kim will meet U.S. officials for discussions on the next steps necessary to restart denuclearisation talks, she said.
U.S. missile strike kills 5 militants in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. drone fired three missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five alleged militants in the 14th such attack this month — the most intense barrage since the strikes began in 2004, intelligence officials said. FULL STORY
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With some 6 million people made homeless by Pakistan's floods, many of them living in appalling conditions, fears are growing that many could die from sickness and hunger. View article...
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