Israel set to launch ground attack on Gaza!

As Hamas militants fired hundreds of rockets with a range of hundred miles into Israel, Israeli authority has said they will retaliate with lunching ground invasion into Gaza.

Responding to the Israeli attack Hamas has boasted that they are "not scared of a stupid ground attack".


What is your thought folks, do you think the Israeli government should separate the Palestinian government from Hamas in-terms of it's defensive attacks?

Eileen Ford Dies at 92!

Founder of iconic modeling agency Ford Models Eileen Ford is dead, she passed away at age 92. 

The legendary businesswoman was not only credited with introducing the world to perhaps the most prolific roster of supermodels over the years—including Christy Turlington, Brooke Shields, Jean Shrimpton, Naomi Campbell, and Lauren Hutton (to name a very select few)—but also transforming the industry altogether.

May her soul, R.I.P

Nigerian troops mash insurgents ambush in Delwa!

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters today revealed in a twit that it's troop crushed insurgents ambush at Delwa, Borno state, however, three soldiers were reportedly killed while seven others were injured in the attack.



The twit below:

Prince Williams and Harry in a rare webcam selfie!

Prince William and Prince Harry take part in first webchat together as they host social network 'hangout' at the Palace.

Hosted by Jamal Edwards, the hangout which happens to be the first live question and answer session to take place in the Palace, was launched with some help from entrepreneur Jamal, who caught the royal duo for a picture. 

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British public sector workers strike over "poverty pay"!

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers including teachers, council workers and firefighters staged a 24-hour pay strike on Thursday in a stoppage that has prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to pledge a crackdown on union powers.

Protesters marched through the streets of many of Britain's main cities in one of the biggest co-ordinated labour stoppages for three years.

Denouncing what they called "poverty pay," they demanded an end to restrictions on wage rises that have been imposed by the government over the past four years in an effort to help reduce Britain's huge budget deficit.

In London, demonstrators marched towards Trafalgar Square at midday, chanting "Low pay, no way, no slave labour" to the beat of a drum. A giant pair of inflatable scissors, carried by members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), read "Education cuts never heal."

Firefighter Simon Amos, 47, marched wearing his uniform behind a flashing fire engine parading members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). "The government are making us pay more for our pension for it to be worth the same, and making us work longer," he said.

The biggest public sector union involved, Unison, said early reports showed the strike had lead to 3,225 school closures with more than 1,000 others partially closed.

Refuse collectors, school support staff, cleaners, street sweepers, care workers, nursery assistants and social workers were joining the strike, it added.

Hot spots, it said, included the North East, Wales and East Midlands where most council offices had closed, while more than 60 picket lines have closed most services in Newcastle.

"It is a massive decision by local government and school support workers to sacrifice a day’s pay by going on strike, but today they are saying enough is enough," said Unison General Secretary, Dave Prentis in a statement.

HARD TIMES:

Britain's coalition government has enforced a policy of pay restraint for public sector workers since coming to power in 2010, imposing a pay freeze until 2012 and then a one percent pay rise cap, resulting in a fall in income in real terms.

The Cabinet Office played down the impact of the strike, saying that most schools in England and Wales were open and that fire services were operating throughout the country.

On Wednesday, Cameron told parliament he planned to limit unions' powers to call strikes.

"How can it possibly be right for our children’s education to be disrupted by trade unions acting in this way" he said.

Tough new laws would be proposed in the Conservative manifesto for next year's general election, he added.

These would include the introduction of a minimum threshold in the number of union members who need to take part in a strike ballot for it to be legal.

The manifesto could also back the introduction of a time limit on how long a vote in favour of industrial action would remain valid.

The NUT mandate for Thursday's strike, for example, came from a 2012 strike ballot based on a turnout of just 27 percent, Cameron said.

The issue of minimum voting thresholds last arose three months ago when a strike by London Underground train drivers caused huge disruption in the capital, prompting Mayor Boris Johnson to demand that at least half of a union's members should vote in favour for a strike to go ahead.

Source: Reuters

Four women arrested for protesting against rape!

An enduring feature of Burma is the authorities’ willingness to arrest people for protesting a crime that the authorities would rather keep to themselves. The latest example is four women in remote Chin State who were arrested in late June for arranging protests urging punishment of a Burmese soldier arrested for the alleged attempted rape of a 55-year-old woman. 

The Chin women organized two demonstrations of more than 600 women in Razua and Matupi towns, and were charged under section 18 of the deeply flawed Peaceful Procession Law. 

It was gathered that the military has long frowned on the citizenry calling for transparent justice, particularly in a case they’d rather sweep under the rug.

Since 2002 there have been numerous credible reports by women’s rights groups from Burma detailing impunity for widespread sexual violence allegedly committed by Burma’s armed forces, or Tatmadaw. The repugnant practice of rape in war has been a widespread feature of Burmese army counterinsurgency operations in recent conflict in Kachin State, and in military cantonment zones around civilian settlements throughout Burma for years.

According to reports, the Burmese government recently agreed to sign on to a British government initiative to end sexual violence in conflict, for which there was a major global summit in late June.  But the signature so far has meant little, as the military continues to deny its troops perpetrate rape in war. One positive admission has been the government’s recent reporting of prosecuting eight cases of sexual violence in its response to the annual report of the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur, but this just touches at the problem.

International optimising over Burma's reforms is declining just as interest in engaging the Tatmadaw is increasing, as evidenced by the recent visit to Burma by a senior US military commander, who called on the military to improve its human rights record. Donor governments should be looking for ways to support local actors committed to ending sexual violence in Burma, starting with women’s rights groups in Chin State, Kachin State, and other conflict areas in the country.  Ultimately, however, a change of mindset will be needed in the military, which is still largely living in denial over the scale of atrocities its troops commit.

Governments and multinational bodies have an immediate role to play, calling for the release of the four women protesters in Chin State and pressing the government to punish rape, not the people who protest it.

Source: Human Rights Watch

NASA's SDO Spots a Summer Solar Flare!

This picture from NASA’s SDO shows a mid-level flare erupted on the left side of the sun on July 8, 2014.


This image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory highlights light of 131 Angstroms, which highlights the hot temperature of solar material in a flare and which is typically colorized in teal.