A woman in northern India has admitted chopping off the head of a man she says tried to rape her. But she denies reports that she then carried the head to her local police station in Uttar Pradesh state.
No deposit, no return ...
The 35-year-old said she had been working in her field cutting grass when the man tried to attack her. She hit back using her sickle.
She told the BBC she had no regrets. The man had reportedly been harassing and stalking her for some time. "He tried to rape me and I hit back with the grass-cutting weapon to save my honour," she told Ramdutt Tripathi of the BBC Hindi service.
She says she went to the police station in her blood-soaked clothes after the incident, but denied newspaper reports that she carried the head with her.
Ram Bharose, police chief of Lakhimpur Khiri district some 125 miles (200km) south of the state capital Lucknow, said they were investigating the incident. He said the woman had a legal right to defend herself against rape and sexual attacks.
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Rape is pretty common in India. Lots of guys just don't seem to take "NO" for an answer. This guy should have. It's a mistake he won't make again. Sympathy quotient: zero.
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The guy sounds like a real rocket scientist, attacking a woman who is swinging a sickle or scythe. That tool is so freaking dangerous it's hard *not* to injure others around you.
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If the Jamaicans think that their police are too inept to solve this mystery and bring the perps to justice, then they should hire a couple of homicide detectives from Aruba. They're good at pounding sand.
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Weirdly enough, most beach sand is parrot fish poop.
A very bizarre critter, the parrot fish eats an enormous amount of live coral, grinding it to fine sand with two sets of teeth, in the process and swallowing it. Don't ask about the mucus.
A female madrasah student sustained severe burn injuries in an acid attack by miscreants at Jahanabaz village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
Police, quoting the family members said, the terrorists hurled acid on Sharmin Nahar, 16, daughter of Momtaz Sardar, when she was sleeping with her mother at night, leaving her critically injured. Injured Sharmin, a class IX student of Jahanbaz Kamil Madrasah, was rushed to Sadar Hospital immediately. Police arrested one Shahadat Hossain, 40, in this connection.
Let me guess: Shahadat's never been married and had no prospects. Maybe's a secret Biplobi or a Purbo. Sharmin's a young lady who's easy on the eyes, and Shahadat was inspired by The Profit to make his move. Sharmin laughed, and Shahadat decided to punish the young hussy. Did I miss anything?
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10/19/2008 00:00 ||
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Well, you did omit the part about how he should be torn apart by pack dogs.
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Tough guy. I bet Hill could shoot his ass off, if given a chance. As for Sarah, we know her story. In detail. We don't know shit about you Hussein. You faker. You lyin' SOB. All your records sealed. Cute. Had to shut the Kenyan granny up tho', cause she's been spouting how she helped deliver you in Kenya. I can produce a birth certificate in 15 minutes, once I get back to my hometown. Why can't youall ?
Remove the moon-sighting committee
As reported in Jang, JUI leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee charged with sighting the Eid moon should be disbanded and reformed with true (jayyad) ulema because the present committee was making wrong decisions. Most people in Lahore said that the Eid on October 1 2008 was wrong and that the committee had eaten up one fast by relying on science. In some suburbs of Lahore, like Muridke, three Eids were celebrated.
Eid moon and the naked eye
Writing in Express, Asadullah Ghalib stated that Muslims in the world had not been able to unite themselves on the observance of Eid. In Pakistan, Eid was rejected on October 1 because the moon was not seen with the naked eye but with the help of a telescope. However, Pakistan observed Eid on three different days, this time also including Punjab. He said there could not be any ijtihad on the condition of the naked eye, but the Muslim world could organise an agreed system.
Mullah and politics
Writing in Express, Tanvir Qaiser Shahid explained mullah as someone who cannot tolerate a different opinion and is on sale for politicians. One Maulana Abdul Qadir Azad khateeb of Badshahi Masjid in Lahore once sided with the opponents of Benazir and issued the fatwa that anyone who voted for Benazir would have his nikah dissolved.
Rooms occupied for 30 years
According to Jang, Punjab University administration in Lahore had four hostel rooms meant for the caretaker of the hostel vacated. The Jamiat Tulaba Islam was in occupation of these rooms for 30 years. In one room it even tortured students who did not obey them. The administration got the rooms vacated with great courage.
Pleasure domes of Islamabad
Columnist Haroon Rashid wrote in Jang, that Islamabad had many 20-kanal farm houses where nights stayed awake and days remained asleep and beautiful actresses from India were brought in to increase the pleasure of the rich for millions of rupees. People who gave crores of rupees to the women of pleasure in these houses sat down in comfortable sofas and mourned over the misfortunes of Pakistan.
Illegal mosques in Islamabad
An article in monthly Naya Zamana, stated that Sector G-11 had sprouted four mosques within a square of 500 yards in its centre. In I-10, a public park had been trespassed by a madrassa of Ahle Hadith which has grown from a one room affair to a multi-storeyed institution. The mosque administration said no permission was required for building a mosque. Islamabad had 43 illegal mosques in 2007. By official reckoning the official mosques in the city are sufficient to cater to the population.
Dont trust Friends of Pakistan
Economist Dr Shahid Hasan Siddiqi said in Jang, that Pakistan should not take help from Friends of Pakistan forum convened in Dubai to support Pakistan financially. Pakistan should first stop playing a helping role in Americas programme of attacking deep inside Pakistan territory. As a result of its Bajaur operations, terrorism had increased in Pakistan. He wrote that terrorism was actually being done by foreign agents sent into Pakistan. Without first removing the causes of Al Qaedas terrorism it would be fatal for Pakistan to accept aid from Friends of Pakistan.
Terrorists in south Punjab
Columnist Hamid Mir wrote in Jang, that he told Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that terrorists of the tribal areas were making their new hideouts in Multan, Bahawalpur and Muzaffargarh and if you attack them there, they will go to Karachi. Therefore, the best thing would be to negotiate with the Taliban. The prime minister agreed with him that the Americans were after Pakistans nuclear weapons.
America takes blood of Pakistani children
According to Jang, ex-ISI chief General (Retd) Hamid Gul said that America will never stop attacking Pakistan as long as its objectives here are not met, which are connected with Pakistans nuclear weapons. Until then, Pakistan government will go on offering the blood of Pakistani children to the Americans.
One-eyed burqa, please!
As reported in Jang, a Saudi scholar of religion, Muhammad Al Hibadan, has told the Saudi women that the veils covering their faces and hair but showing their two eyes were against Islam. He asked them to wear a veil with only one hole in it showing just one eye, which would be considered Islamic. He also said that women made themselves seductive through the use of cosmetics, which was against Islam.
What people want
Daily Jang, reproduced a 1959 column by the great writer late Ibrahim Jalees saying that people wanted bread to eat, water to drink, houses to live in, schools and colleges to study in, and even get Kashmir for them to spend holidays in. But once all this was done, people will complain about bread not being put in their mouths, cloths not being sewed by the government and the houses not being swept by the government. In the end they will demand fare for going to Kashmir too.
America tried to kill Asfandyar
Writing in Express, Asadullah Ghalib stated that Asfandyar Wali was attacked by America, but like Aftab Sherpao he was reluctant to name America as the killer. To save their cooperation with the US, politicians often blame their brothers in the Tribal Areas, the Taliban and Al Qaeda and not the real culprit. A Muslim cannot attack a Muslim, therefore only America does the deed.
America and Stone Age Pakistan
Columnist Irfan Siddiqi wrote in Jang, that the US had signed a nuclear deal with India, the same US whose conflagration we have embraced as a holy fire that burns our homes and children. To play beloved (dildar) to the US, we have handed over our airfields, our seas, our air space and our intelligence to it. While the US advances, Pakistan is being slowly pushed into the Stone Age.
ISI chief General Taj and Benazir
According to Aajkal, the PPP was opposed to the ISI chief General Nadeem Taj and wanted him gone but army chief General Kayani was cautious about post-Musharraf reshuffles. The PPP tried to get him placed under Interior Ministry but failed with Kayanis help. It hated General Taj because he had refused to meet Benazir despite a number of requests from her. Finally, when he met her his advice to her not to hold the Liaquatabad public meeting was too threatening in tone to be accepted.
Alas, Pakistan can't hit America
In response to American Senator Joe Bidens statement that Pakistan as a nuclear power was dangerous because it could hit Israel with a nuclear bomb, Asadullah Ghalib wrote in Express that Pakistan did not have a missile that could reach America and therefore it had to listen to such threats silently.
Baitullah dead or married again?
Reported in Express, Maulvi Faqir Muhammad of Bajaur, who was deputy commander of Baitullah Mehsud, the chief of Tehreek Taliban in the Tribal Areas had suffered an attack of paralysis while Baitullah Mehsud was actually dead from his various fatal illnesses. Maulvi Umar, spokesman of Baitullah in South Waziristan, denied the news and said that Baitullah had actually married another bride on the day the news of his death was made public. Jang reported that the entire South Waziristan danced with joy on the wedding of 35-year-old Baitullah Mehsud. According to daily Express, 40 dumba (sheep) were killed and eaten in celebration.
Our path to future is mined
Writing in Jang, Nazir Naji stated that in order to fight the Soviet Union we prepared warrior priest in the name of Islam. These warriors have completely ruined our society and more guest warriors coming into Pakistan will soon trample under foot whatever is left of Pakistan. Pakistan had no idea how its way forward is being dangerously mined by these people.
Posted by: john frum ||
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because the moon was not seen with the naked eye but with the help of a telescope
Ohfergawdsake. When have you EVER needed a telescope to see the f*cking moon? Stoopid freaking loons
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Maybe they mistook Jupiter for the Moon. That would really spin some tirbins as you can see several of Jupiter's moons with a telescope. Bugwits.
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They look for the first visible crescent after the new moon. A telescope can see it hours before the naked eye can. So the telescope users may see it before dawn on one night and the naked eye users may not see it until the next night. If they're going to follow 7th century standards, then they should abandon the telescope.
The U.S. space agency says it plans to Webcast the launch of its IBEX spacecraft from the U.S. Army's test site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
IBEX — the Interstellar Boundary Explorer — is the first U.S. spacecraft designed to map the dynamic interactions taking place "where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space," NASA said. The spacecraft is to be launched at 1:48 p.m. EDT Sunday, which is the midpoint of an 8-minute launch window.
IBEX will initially be deployed from an L-1011 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean about 125 miles north of Kwajalein. The spacecraft will then be carried into orbit by a Pegasus XL rocket built by Orbital Sciences (NYSE:ORB), which also built IBEX.
Live coverage of the IBEX launch will be provided on the Web but no NASA television coverage is planned. The live streaming video of the countdown and launch will be available on the NASA home page at http://www.nasa.gov
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Looks good so far (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/launch/launch_blog.html): "1:55 p.m. - IBEX has separated from the third stage and is flying on its own. All systems are operating as expected."
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Helen Tilgner remembers seeing a scar on her father's left knee when she was 7, and realizing he had won a Purple Heart for being shot during combat in Vietnam.
But she had no idea that her father had won more than 100 medals and awards until this year 26 years after he died when his helicopter crashed in Malaysia while he was flying for a private medical rescue company... Would post the rest, but Senator John Kerry is the one who will present this heroes medals to his family, sucking much of the honor out of the event.
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I suspect the usual BDS laced editorial meetings end with something like "To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
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Remember that the Sulzbergers have had a policy in place for years to drive down the stock price of the NYT, so they can buy it back for pennies, and privatize it, utterly screwing their investors.
For this reason, look at every major gaffe at the paper as possibly being intentional.
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The problem with a scorched earth policy is that you assume you will be able to rebuild it eventually afterward. Given the declining position of all old media, that's not a given. As the phrase goes, timing is everything.
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What a completely irrelevant piece of super-thrash who's only audience that believes it is resident in a 4 block area of the upper west side of Manhattan. I still get the Sunday edition in order to practice the exercises from my anger management classes and do the crossword puzzle.
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The press are not supporting him because they love the guy. They know he will be just like the Clintons and the press will control him. This is all about control of our president and the press controlling our country.
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The NYT pension plan was underfunded even before the recent market collapse and probably much more so now. The company's cash flow may be already insufficient to meet pension obligations and is shrinking.
The Times and it's workers need an administration willing to bail out union negotiated pension plans. Obama, Pelosi and Reed will have control over the federal purse and are exactly what the company and union need to solve a big problem.
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In the end the NYT will be sold for the same price as TVGuide:$1. That's for the whole company, not a copy of the rag.
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When the talented small business owner reaches the $250K mark which is the point where anything over that goes to B.O., then that owner will not reason advertise or to run more employment adds.
Dumb butt journalists don't realize no one is going to work hard beyond the $250K mark just to give it to B.O.. So B.O. gets no money, newspapers get no money, unemployment sky rockets with no way for the government to pay the high unemployment since no one is hiring.
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A female madrasah student sustained severe burn injuries in an acid attack by miscreants at Jahanabaz village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
