Sudan president affirms to bring stability in Darfur

NYALA: Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir stressed on Wednesday his full commitment to realizing security, stability and development in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. He made the remarks when addressing a rally of local residents at the Sabdo area in South Darfur State during his second visit to the restive region since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against him on March 4. The president reiterated his total rejection of the allegations of the ICC against him, terming the ICC move as "a plot against the unity of Sudan." "We respond to (General Prosecutor of the ICC Luis Moreno) Ocampo and his assistants in the Sabdo area today with more projects of development, reconstruction and expansion in building infrastructure and providing basic services including education, health and respectable livelihood to the Sudanese people in general and Darfur in particular," he announced. Bashir said that the allegations of the ICC was a conspiracy targeting Sudan and its unity after the country had take real steps in the development of infrastructure and services to achieve real life of dignity for his people. He underlined his country's "ability to overcome all difficulties and hardships brought by enemies from abroad, who wanted to tear the country's unity." He said that the people's rally at Sabdo would "send a message to the international community to assure them of the unity of the Sudanese people." "What has happened in Darfur is the work of the devil," he said, calling on the people of Darfur overpass the bitterness of the past, reject the racism, and advance towards the reconstruction, development and education to eliminate illiteracy and ignorance. The president also called on the members of the armed rebel movements to put down their weapons to participate in the development and construction. He pledged to provide all basic services and health education to the children of nomad tribes to remove the barrier of illiteracy.

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India's swine flu death rate is increasing

Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in

Cuba's world-famous cigar festival closes in Havana

Sunday, February 28, 2010 HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba's annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany stacked with hand-rolled stogies that raised 800,000 euros ($1.09 million dollars). Habanos S.A. executives this month said cigar sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now make up only 5 to 10 percent of customers for Habanos. But even with the creation of the Julieta, Garcia said Habanos has only modest hopes for 2010 sales, due largely to a weak economy in Spain, the biggest market for Cuban cigars. The flavor of premium tobacco relies on the soil and climate in which it is grown. The western province of Pinar Del Rio, famous fo

Cyprus lace to be declared UNESCO cultural heritage

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 NICOSIA: Traditional hand-made lace produced in the Larnaca district village of Lefkara in Cyprus known as lefkaritiko includeded in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Soseilos said that the relevant UNESCO committee has already decided to include lefkaritiko in its list of the world’s ICH, a more recent addition to UNESCO’s long-standing list of World Heritage sites, and the decision will be formally announced at the UNESCO General Assembly next month. The tradition of needlework and lace embroidery in Lefkara goes back centuries.

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