Netanyahu's diplomatic meltdown on Palestinian unity

The events surrounding Israel’s attempts to undermine the establishment of a Palestinian unity government can be summed up in two words — diplomatic meltdown. In the space of a few hours on Tuesday, the world’s powers, one after another, lined up and recognized the new Palestinian reality.

First was the United States. Then came the obvious suspects — the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, the British and French foreign ministers and of course the UN secretary general. But they also included states Israel had wooed lovingly in the past few months.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett told us with shining eyes that China and India aren’t interested at all in the Palestinians and only want Israeli high-tech. In a bid to endear itself to Russia’s President Vladamir Putin, Israel caved in on the issue of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

That did not prevent the foreign ministries of Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi from issuing eager announcements in support of the new Palestinian government. The United States and European states at least added conditions to their support of the Palestinian unity government, like recognizing Israel. The Chinese, Russians and Indians didn’t show the slightest interest...

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Tibetans, Uyghurs Remember Own Crackdowns on Tiananmen Anniversary

Exile Tibetan and Uyghur groups on Wednesday marked the 25th anniversary of the Chinese government’s massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square by pointing to what they described as Beijing’s use of deadly force to suppress their own struggles for greater freedom and rights.

Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offered prayers Wednesday for those killed in the June 1989 assault, saying they died for freedom, democracy, and human rights—values he called the foundation of a “free and dynamic society.”

“They are also the source of true peace and stability,” said the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India in 1959 after an abortive national uprising in Tibet against Chinese rule.

“While great progress has been made to integrate China into the world economy, I believe it is equally important to encourage China to enter the mainstream of global democracy,” the Dalai Lama said in a statement.

“This will help China to gain the trust and respect of the rest of the world, enabling China to fulfill its potential in playing a leading role in global affairs.”

The Dalai Lama's statement came ahead of a campaign to be launched on Thursday by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Tibet’s Dharamsala, India-based government in exile, in a new push for its "Middle Way" approach for greater autonomy for Tibetans within China.

Beijing has ruled Tibet with an iron fist since 1951, a year after invading the Himalayan region. It further tightened controls since unrest spread across Tibetan regions from Lhasa in March 2008.

The CTA says about 220 Tibetans died and nearly 7,000 were detained in the subsequent region-wide crackdown. The Chinese government says rioting killed 22 people.

A total of 131 Tibetans have also set themselves ablaze to date in self-immolation protests calling for Tibetan freedom, with another six setting fire to themselves in India and Nepal...

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Underwater sound heard in jet hunt

AUSTRALIAN researchers have released data about an unusual underwater sound recorded around the time Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished.

However, the lead scientist put the chances of it being linked to the missing Boeing 777 at less than 20 per cent.

The low-frequency sound was picked up by under­water listening devices in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia on March 8 this year, the same day the plane disappeared on a flight from Malaysia to Beijing with a total of 239 people on board.

Researchers at Curtin University, Western Australia, have analysed the signal to see if it may be the sound of the plane crashing into the ocean.They admit the noise could have come from a small earthquake.

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From HS News

Husband of Pregnant Pakistani Woman Beaten to Death Demands Justice

The husband of a pregnant Pakistani woman who was brutally beaten to death outside Lahore's High Court for marrying him against her family's wishes vowed Wednesday he would fight for justice.

Farzana Iqbal, 25, was attacked outside Lahore's grand high court building by more than two dozen brick-wielding assailants including her brother and father, who has been arrested, police said.

Three-months pregnant Iqbal had gone to testify in defence of her husband Muhammad Iqbal, who was accused by her relatives of kidnapping her and forcing her into the marriage.

Speaking to AFP by telephone from his home village of Jaranwala where had had gone to bury Farzana, Iqbal said: "We demand justice, we were being threatened since we got married."

The 45-year-old said he and his wife had survived a previous attack during the first hearing of the case on May 28.

"On Tuesday as we were going to court from our lawyer's office almost 30 people attacked us, including her father, brothers and cousins," he said.

The group of 10 or so people accompanying him were overwhelmed by the suddenness of the attack and fled in all directions, he said...

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From ndtv News

Article 370 back in focus, courtesy Jitendra Singh

The debate over Article 370 is back in focus with Minister of State (MoS), PMO, Jitendra Singh stating that the process of abrogating it has already begun and they are discussing the issue with several stakeholders in the state.

The Article 370 of the Constitution grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. BJP has been pushing for scrapping of Article 370 but in its election manifesto the party talked about discussing the issue of abrogation with all stakeholders.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Article 370 was the “ONLY Constitutional link” between the state and the rest of the country. Omar said, “Mark my words and save this tweet – long after Modi Govt is a distant memory either J&K won’t be part of India or Art 370 will still exist.”..

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From indianexpress News

Andhra Governor gets additional Telangana charge

Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan has been given the additional charge of Telangana, Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Wednesday.

Narasimhan was appointed by President Pranab Mukherjee "to discharge the functions of the governor of Telangana, in addition to his own duties until a permanent arrangement is made", said an official statement.

"The above appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge of his office," it added.

Andhra Pradesh will be bifurcated and a separate state of Telangana come into existence on June 02. It will be India's 29th state.

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