Chilling new viral video shows what war does to ordinary children
No matter your position on war in general, it’s hard to imagine anyone who wouldn't be moved by a video that's going viral on YouTube.
Save the Children UK’s 94-second video — posted on Wednesday and already nearing 5.5 million views — shows how a young British girl sees her life transform from happy and ordinary to bleak and wrought with suffering over a short period of time after a war breaks out. It aims to make people imagine what their lives would be like if they found themselves in the same situation as Syrian families.
“We wanted to show the horror of war for children whose worlds have collapsed,” Save the Children’s deputy director of media Helen Costello told TODAY.com. “We hope for those who don't know that much about the situation in Syria, it will be an eye opener. Most people who've viewed it have told us it's helped them see how children could so easily have their lives torn apart.”
Malaysia censors Ultraman comic for 'irresponsible use of the word Allah'
Ministry says use of 'Allah' in translated comic book could damage faith of Muslim youths and threaten public safety
Malaysia has banned a translation of an Ultraman comic book after it referred to the popular Japanese superhero as "Allah", authorities said.
The home ministry, which is in charge of domestic security and censorship, said the Malay language edition of "Ultraman, The Ultra Power" contains elements that can undermine public order and morals.
"Ultraman is idolised by many children," and equating him with Allah will "confuse Muslim youth and damage their faith," it said in a statement.
It further warned that irresponsible use of the word can provoke Muslims and threaten public safety.
Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube, PM says
Erdogan blames US-based cleric for leaked audio recordings online
Prime minister Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube after local elections on March 30th, saying they have been abused by his political enemies.
Mr Erdogan is locked in a power struggle with US-based Turkish Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally who he says is behind a stream of “fabricated” audio recordings posted on the internet purportedly revealing graft in his inner circle.
“We are determined on this subject. We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook,” Mr Erdogan said in an interview late yesterday with the Turkish broadcaster ATV.
China's civilian fleet plays key role in Asia's disputed seas
March 6, 2014
Megha Rajagopalan
Beijing: From harassing Filipino fishing boats and monitoring oil exploration off Vietnam to playing cat-and-mouse with the Japanese coastguard, China's expanding fleet of civilian patrol vessels have become the enforcers in disputed Asian waters.
The ships of the recently unified Chinese coastguard are a fixture around the disputed islands and shoals of the South and East China Seas. While the ships don't have the weaponry of military vessels, thus reducing the risk a confrontation could get out of control, they still represent a potent show of sovereignty.
The coastguard is funded by China's State Oceanic Administration, a civilian body, although one US naval officer and security experts said it coordinates its operations with the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Islamists disagreed on killing children in Kenya mall attack
Islamist gunmen who shot dead scores of people in a Nairobi shopping mall last year were in apparent disagreement over whether they should kill women and small children, a court in Kenya heard.
Witness Geoffrey Kotia, who was supervising children's activities in the upmarket shopping centre, said he was shot by the attackers, accused of killing Somalis and mockingly told to telephone Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for help.
"One of the attackers then said 'You people, we have been giving you chances to become Muslims but you don't, and instead you go ahead and kill our people'," Kotia told the trial of four men who are accused of helping the attackers.
Kotia then told the court that one of the attackers said "we Mujahedeen don't kill small children and women". But seconds later another gunman said "but you have been killing our children and women in Somalia" and the shooting resumed.
Kashmiri students spared sedition charges
Police drop sedition charges against students suspended from Indian university for cheering Pakistan cricket team.
Last updated: 07 Mar 2014 08:07
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Sedition charges slapped against about 60 Kashmiri students for cheering Pakistan during a recent India-Pakistan cricket match have been dropped, media reports say.
The students of a university in the Indian city of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh had earlier been suspended following clashes with a rival group of students who were angered by their celebrations over Pakistan's victory in a limited over match played last Sunday in Bangladesh.
India Today quoted Kamal Saxena, the Uttar Pradesh home secretary, as saying that the sedition charges had been dropped as the police found that they were not applicable.
News that the students have been charged with sedition had triggered an outcry. Akhilesh Yadav, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, also criticised the move as unnecessary.
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