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Valedictory address delivered by Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban during the retirement ceremonies held in his honor on December 6, 2006, 4:30 p.m., at the Supreme Court Session Hall.
What does one do when he receives a blessing of enormous value? How does one behave when the heart is full, and words are inadequate? Indeed, what can I do after having been given the very rare chance to serve as our country's highest magistrate? What can I say upon ending this extraordinary opportunity to be remembered beyond my mortal life?
What else can I do but say, "Maraming maraming salamat po" to everyone who has made this miracle possible. Indeed, in this serene and majestic temple of justice of our country, I celebrate my fervent thanksgiving.
Thank You to Two Presidents
Let me say maraming salamat po to Her Excellency, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, for naming me as the 21st Chief Justice of the Philippines—the first in the 21st century—and for administering my oath of office on the 21st day of December 2005. Let it be on record that President Arroyo had not asked me to do anything in return for that momentous event. In fact, she had not even spoken with me at any time prior to my appointment. I learned of her choice only after it had been announced before media, on the evening of December 20, 2005 by the President's spokesperson, Secretary Ignacio Bunye. At that time, I was addressing an appreciation dinner in honor of Supreme Court employees who helped in ensuring the success of our then recently concluded International Conference and Showcase on Judicial Reform (which I had the honor of chairing), when the emcee interrupted me to say that Channel 7 had just aired the announcement.
For the first time in my whole unworthy life, I froze; I was tongue-tied before the microphone. As I slowly spread my arms, tears of joy welled from my eyes. I then quickly Afterwards, Leni and I rushed to our parish church in Makati, knelt down, and recited our prayers of exultation and thanksgiving for this crown of my judicial career.Dacal a salamat pu, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Maraming salamat po to President Fidel Valdez Ramos for initiating me into the Supreme Court on a Double Ten, October 10, 1995. I met President Ramos in 1983, when we both became new members of the Rotary Club of Manila. Many years later, on June 17, 1992, when his electoral victory was already assured, he invited me to an early morning one-on-one meeting in his private office at Room 202, 845 Pasay Road, Makati. After exchanging views on many topics—from my philosophy of law to the people's expectation of their new President—he asked me to be his secretary of justice. Taken aback and pleasantly surprised, I said, "Thank you, Mr. President, but I do not think I deserve to join your Cabinet, because I did nothing for your election. I did not campaign for you."
"I know," he replied. "You did not even vote for me. You voted for Jovy, your mentor. But that's all right because I want to have a nonpartisan Cabinet, whose members are from all walks of life. Because of our association in Rotary, I know you to be a brilliant lawyer and a capable executive."
How I eventually landed in the Supreme Court is detailed in my book Battles in the Supreme Court. Suffice it to say for today that because of my reluctance to accept a political office, President Ramos modified his unsolicited offer to a seat in our highest court.
Though I owe my appointment to the Court solely and completely to him, let me add very quickly that, he never spoke to me about any case or matter pending in the Court since then. Though I voted against some administration cases, he never even so much as hinted to me his displeasure. Such is the gentlemen that he is.
Thank You to My Colleagues
Maraming salamat po to all my colleagues in the Supreme Court. By their own writings, opinions and decisions, as well as discussions during our sessions, they have helped me test and mold my own thoughts. Indeed, I cherish my work in the Court, because I find our intellectual exchanges—both verbal and written—stimulating, challenging and sometimes humbling. To use two favorite clichés, my colleagues and I sometimes "disagree, but we are never disagreeable;" and "we may occasionally differ, but we are never difficult." The Supreme Court thrives in a kettle of free ideas, in which truth, fairness and justice could be distilled only after all sides—even the most outlandish ones—have been poured in and percolated.
As the primus inter pares of the Panganiban Court, I am especially appreciative of the individual and collective efforts of my colleagues to help me attain my vow to lead a judiciary characterized by four Ins: independence, integrity, industry and intelligence; one that is morally courageous to resist influence, interference, indifference and insolence; and is impervious to what I call the plague of "ships": kinship, relationship, friendship, and fellowship.
I am thankful for their wholehearted cooperation and hands-on assistance in continuing our Action Program for Judicial Reform (APJR), especially in focusing on what I refer to as the ACID problems that corrode justice in our country; namely, (1) limited access to justice by the poor; (2) corruption; (3) incompetence and (4) delay in the delivery of quality judgments. By word and example, they have paved the straight and narrow path for the 90 magistrates in the three appellate courts and the 2,000 trial judges nationwide.
To my mind, the battle for the four Ins and against the four ACID problems should lead to the attainment by the judiciary of two loftier end goals: (1) safeguarding the liberty and (2) nurturing the prosperity of our people under the rule of law. That we have been successful in spreading this gospel of Liberty and Prosperity is exemplified not only by the decisions and actions of the Court, but also by the testimonials we received during the recent Global Forum on Liberty and Prosperity held on October 18-20, 2006, during which we exported these twin beacons of justice to the world. Equally heartwarming were the favorable responses from the magistrates present, especially the Chief Justices of Canada, France, Russia, Nepal and Slovakia, to name but a few.
Maraming salamat po to my former colleagues in the Davide Court, especially to Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr. who initiated our APJR. He called this program "the centerpiece of [his] stewardship of the Supreme Court and the judiciary x x x and the transparent yardstick by which [his] legacy as Chief Justice can be judged and measured." Before he retired, he reminded me that I should never forget the APJR because, to quote him in a speech he delivered at Far Eastern University, these four letters "constitute the initials of Artemio V. Panganiban Jr." A model for all jurists, Chief Justice Davide has been a tower of unsullied integrity. During his many decades of government service as a jurist, legislator, constitution maker and elections chair, he has remained clean and exemplary.
Maraming salamat po to my former colleagues in the Narvasa Court, especially to Chief Justice Andres R. Narvasa. Unknown to him, he provided me with an early inspiration to study law. In the early 1950s, my family rented a small entresuelo at the corner of J. Barlin and Cataluña Streets in Sampaloc, Manila, just a block away from the Narvasa home. (Alas, this dwelling place was torn down, and a new building now stands in its place.) As I hawked newspapers in the streets of Sampaloc, I would watch this tall, lanky, crew-cut-sporting law scholar and athlete (a varsity basketball star) pass by, and I would wonder how he could excel in both the brains and brawns departments. And when the bar exam results showed him at the top (he was Number 2), I thought I should heed my own father's advice to take up law. How true, indeed, that the excellent work and example of a person can ignite ambition in another who may not even be known to him.
Maraming salamat po to the rest of the retired justices. They have continuously raised the standards of decision-making and ethical conduct in our Court. I only hope that tomorrow I would be accepted as a worthy member of the Association of Retired Supreme Court Justices, the most exclusive club in the judicial branch of our government, chaired by Justice Abe F. Sarmiento.
Thank You to Other Officials and Employees
Maraming salamat po to the other officials of the Court—especially Clerk of Court Marissa D. Villarama; Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock; the MCLE Chair, Justice Carolina Griño Aquino; and the PhilJA Chancellor, Justice Ameurfina A. Melencio Herrera—for their competence, industry and total commitment to their work. Their individual and collective efforts have made it convenient and pleasurable for me to discharge my work as the leader of the entire judiciary.
I cannot let this moment pass without a few more words about Justice Amor. To say that she is brilliant, hardworking and energetic is to utter something ordinary, or even trite. To these well-deserved adjectives, let me add something amazing: her titanic stamina. A few years ago, we flew together continuously for about 24 hours (including stopover time) to Ottawa via Tokyo and Detroit. Upon our arrival that morning in the Canadian capital, she immediately set out to work and attended the whole-day conference without any rest.
It is probably this legendary brilliance and stamina of Justice Amor that impelled the Japanese government, through Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki, to grant unconditionally to the Supreme Court the initial sum of P300 million last January 26, 2006, to enable us to start building the PhilJA Development Center in Tagaytay. Thank you, Your Excellency, Ambassador Yamazaki—my occasional golfing partner and dear friend, who is present here today.
I also wish to cite my colleagues in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), which has turned into a reality my dream of drastically reducing the vacancy rate in our judiciary. During the last two decades, that rate fluctuated between 30 and 40 percent. At the end of 2005, it was brought down by Chief Justice Davide to 29.45 percent (or 30 percent for easy recall). This percentage translates to about 660 vacancies out of some 2,200 positions for justices and judges all over the country. With that huge vacancy, it is no wonder that dockets are clogged, and justice is delayed. So, early on, I asked the JBC to work extra hard to nominate enough candidates to enable the President to fill up some 300 vacancies and thus reduce the rate drastically by one half.
With zeal and fortitude, the JBC responded mightily. Last Monday, December 4, 2006, during its last meeting under my headship, it was able to select at least three candidates for each of over 315 vacancies. To do that, it had to search actively for, diligently screen, and wisely select about 1,000 names (3 × 315), from a long list of about 3,000 candidates. You see, it had to process an average of 10 applicants per vacant position; and to reduce that number to about 3 or 4 nominees for each of the vacancies. Quite a formidable accomplishment indeed! The only reason why the JBC could no longer submit nominations for more than the 315 posts I mentioned was that there were not enough candidates for the remaining vacancies.
There is one caveat, though. Many of those nominated and will most likely be appointed are those who are being promoted from lower-level to higher-level courts. In a promotional appointment, the vacancy rate does not go down, because filling up a vacancy in a higher court actually creates a new vacancy in a lower court. Thus, while theJBC has fulfilled its aim of submitting nominations for 315 courts, the vacancy rate will actually be reduced by only about 10 percent, instead of the targeted 15 percent. All in all, the reduction of the rate from 30 percent at the beginning to 20 percent at the end of 2006 is still a major accomplishment and a sterling record unequalled in the JBC's history. Palakpakan po natin ang JBC at ang mga miyembro nito.
To perform its myriad administrative functions, the Supreme Court works through various committees. I also say maraming salamat po to all these committees, which have performed their work excellently. A new group formed during my incumbency, the Committee on Linguistic Concerns headed by retired Court of Appeals Justice Jose C. de la Rama, submitted its report last week on the translation in book form the Court's major decisions upholding the people's liberty. Copies will be distributed today.
Maraming salamat po to our 26,000 rank and file employees nationwide for their DHL—dedication to duty, honesty in every way, and loyalty to the Supreme Court. In addition, they showed their affection beyond measure for this humble public servant during that three-hour tribute of song, dance and drama at the Philamlife Auditorium on November 15 and again at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on November 30. I will never forget those joyful moments.
Thank You to Our Development Partners
Maraming salamat po to our development partners who have steadfastly supported our judicial reform program, the APJR; and helped make it the model for other developing countries. I especially thank the World Bank; the United Nations Development Program; the Asian Development Bank; the United States Agency for International Development (USAid); the Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAid); the Canadian Agency for International Development (CIDA); the British Council; The Asia Foundation, (TAF); the American Bar Association-Asia Law Initiative (ABA-ALI); the Rule of Law Effectiveness (ROLE); and the Fundacion Carolina.
Thank You to My Teachers and My Staff
Maraming salamat po to all those who helped me in my education: Candaba Elementary School; Juan Luna Elementary School; Mapa High School; and most especially Far Eastern University, where I learned not only academic excellence and well-rounded education, but also student leadership and the rudiments of my Catholic faith. Dean Alejandro R. Roces was never my professor, but at FEU he was my adviser in student leadership activities. His steadfastness in pursuing causes he believed in and in aggressively fighting for them were qualities that so endeared him to me that Leni and I asked him to be our ninong at our wedding on April 8, 1961.
Maraming salamat po to the many institutions of learning, which granted me honorary doctoral degrees without my having to enroll and to sweat during examinations—among them, University of Iloilo, FEU, University of Cebu, Angeles University, and Bulacan State University. Before these doctorates were conferred upon me, I was the only member of my immediate family who did not have a graduate degree. As some of you may know, I failed to take advantage of my scholarships at the University of the Philippines and Yale University because of lack of transportation money. Our family's abject poverty prevented me from enjoying higher education in those schools. To my wife and children who all hold masteral or doctoral degrees from pedigreed universities here and abroad, I say, we are now equal.
I still would like to thank some members of the academe, though they were not my professors in school. By their writings and their scholarship, they have taught me many things about the law. I salute Deans Raul Pangalangan, Cesar Villanueva, Andres Bautista, Joaquin Bernas, Ranny Aquino, and Isagani A. Cruz.
Maraming salamat po to my own staff in the Chambers of the Chief Justice, particularly my diligent and world-class lawyers. Special thanks to Atty. Emma C. Matammu, the incumbent staff head, who put together in one volume, entitled Summa, a near-complete syllabi of my approximately 1,200 full-length ponencias and 100 separate opinions, which in their original form consisted of about 36,000 pages bound in 59 volumes; to Atty. Joseph T. Cohon, my first judicial staff head (1995-1997), who authored my biography entitled The Chief, a volume that contains bits of information about my childhood, which I myself do not consciously know or recall, but which he patiently culled from my elder brother and eldest sister living in Canada (how he did that is still a source of "wonderment" to me up to now); to Attys. Jean Manalili, Millie Reyes, Sheryl Supapo-Sandigan, Joel Gregorio, Lot San Pablo, Cherry Bonoan, Nani Paz-Perez, and Anna Su, who selected what they considered my best decisions and opinions and put them in two volumes entitled Primus Inter Pares. These volumes and almost all of my eleven books were edited by our resident grammarian, Noemi Evangelista.
Thank you also to two very important offices attached to the Office of the Chief Justice; namely, the Program Management Office dynamically led by Evelyn T. Dumdum; and the Public Information Office ably headed by Ismael G. Khan Jr. May I also acknowledge my hardworking secretariat, headed by my private secretary during the last two decades, Vilma M. Tamoria.
Thank You to the Bar and the Media
Maraming salamat po to the Philippine bar and all the professional legal associations, led by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, for responding positively to my call for competent and ethical lawyers — attorneys who are responsible, dependable, and morally upright; and who courageously uphold truth and justice above everything else.
Maraming salamat po to the judiciary media for their factual and impartial reportings on the milestones of the Panganiban Court. They are represented by two reporters' groups: the JUCRA, led by Rey Panaligan; and the JUROR, headed by Edelberto Mozo. Thank you also to the editorial writers, columnists, broadcasters and other opinion makers for their applause and even for their constructive criticisms, which have all contributed to making me a better person and jurist. By and large, the media has respected the Supreme Court's seclusion and its final word on legal matters.
I extend special thanks to my personal friends, who happen to head media companies—Marixi Prieto, the late Max Soliven, the late Betty Go Belmonte, Emilio Yap, Henry Gozon and Gabby Lopez for their unflinching support for the Panganiban Court. May your tribe increase!
Thank You to My Shepherds and Spiritual Mentors
Maraming salamat po to the shepherds of my faith and to my spiritual mentors. Towering above them are Fr. Michael Nolan—now in the Great Beyond—who, as chaplain of Far Eastern University in the 1950s, introduced me to our Lord; to Fr. James Sheehy, his successor (who is now the parish priest of Labrador, Pangasinan) who eventually baptized all of my five children, and who has remained my friend to this day; to Fr. Pascual Adorable (RIP), Msgr. Gerardo O. Santos, Fr. Larry Tan, Fr. Gerry Tapiador and Fr. Tony Rosales (my parish priest), for making me understand my faith more deeply; to the greatest shepherd of the fold, His Holiness, the late John Paul II, for giving me an opportunity to serve the universal Church as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, based in the Vatican; to Jaime Cardinal Sin (bless his soul), Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, and Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales; Archbishops Edmundo Abaya, Carmelo Morelos, Leonardo Legaspi, and Angel Lagdameo; as well as Bishops Socrates Villegas, Ted Bacani and Chito Tagle, to name a few.
I also thank various congregations for storming the heavens with their prayers that I may do what pleases God: the Carmelites, the Pink Sisters, the Salesian nuns, as well as the countless persons of goodwill—many of them I have not even met, but they write, text or email me.
Maraming salamat po to the many Catholic lay leaders who have molded and strengthened my faith in Jesus Christ, foremost among whom are two spirit-filled couples—Tita and Bing de Villa, and Bai and Sonny de los Reyes. Tita and Bing brought me to the acme of national Catholic lay leadership, particularly in the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting. I thank them for constantly praying for me and always supporting my every endeavor, even without my asking. Bai and Sonny de los Reyes, the founders of Bukas Loob sa Diyos and pioneers of the Catholic charismatic movement, snatched me from the clutches of darkness and brought Leni and me to the firmament of renewed Christians in the full light of the Spirit. All these shepherds and leaders have shown the redeeming ethos of passion, death and resurrection in this temporal world. Indeed, God looks not just at how many times one falls, but more at how many times one rises and learns from the fall.
But the one person—outside of my immediate family—who has had the longest and perhaps the deepest influence in my life, career and faith (even if he is not a Catholic) is Dr. Jovito R. Salonga. I met him some 50 years ago when he was my professor and dean at FEU. Since then up to the present, he has remained my lifetime guru and model of how to live a life worth living. He has taught me—both by word and example—not only the rudiments of the legal profession but, even more important, the purpose and value of life.
I can write volumes about him and speak endlessly of my gratitude, but for now, let me just sum up in one sentence his foremost teaching: while it is desirable to have some of the necessities that money can buy—like adequate food on the table, sufficient clothing, sports and recreation for the body, and even a car and a house for the family—we should never ever forget that it is far more important to aspire even more ardently for the things that money cannot buy, like honor, dignity, ethics, character and excellence.
Over the years, he has demonstrated that there are timeless values and ideals one must cling to. Our lives on earth are finite and passing. Many times we may be distracted by the passions of the moment, the gallery's cheers, and the media's adulation. But in the end, what truly satisfies is not the glare of television cameras or the applause of admirers. It is the realization that we have done our duty with honor and self-respect, followed our conscience faithfully, and made a difference in the lives and fortunes of others less privileged than we are; and, ultimately, that we have made a contribution to our collective dream of nationhood and individual personhood.
Thank You to My Family
Maraming salamat po to my father Artemio Panganiban Sr. and my mother, Patricia Villaseñor, who, even without the privilege of higher education, instilled hard work and excellence in whatever I did. Bless the soul of my father for persuading me to take up law as my career instead of chemical engineering, which I cherished even until my high school graduation. Strong-willed as he was, he asked me to take up law and, during my youth, his word was my command.
My eternal gratitude, too, to my siblings Teresita and Nardo, who, since 1972, have both been residents and citizens of Canada; and my sister Lolita, for helping me bridge the gap between destitution and education after our parents died while I, the youngest child, was still in school. Thank you also to my father's siblings for becoming my surrogate father and mother, especially Tio Ben, now deceased; and Tia Minda.
My most hallowed thanks belong to Leni, who has showered me with unconditional love, endless devotion, and constant faithfulness during our more than 45 years of married life. She is my anchor in the stormy seas of adversity and the wind beneath my wings during my flights of fantasy. She is my spiritual stronghold and my powerhouse of prayer. Ever proper, soft-spoken, sweet and supportive, she has always laughed at my corny jokes, tolerated my snoring, cheered at my aspirations, grieved at my desolation, and exulted over my acclamation.
Thank you also to my five children—Len, Archie, Celine, Tet and Mabel—each of whom has achieved my impossible dream of graduate education in a an eminent institution in the United States. Only one of them, Len, continues to reside in our country; the four others have decided to live and work in the U.S. East Coast. All of them, however, are here to share in this celebration of thanksgiving.
Maraming salamat po to my sons-in-law Tom Sandejas (who passed away in 1992), Alex Yaptangco, Patrick Hannett, Noy Mañalac, and Peter Reagan for taking care of my daughters, and for helping them produce my nine lovable, healthy and good-looking apos: Miguel Sandejas; Rafa Yaptangco; the four Hannett girls—Patricia, Katrina, Victoria, and Alexandra; the Manñalacs—Andrea and Nicole; and the latest favorite, one-year old Joey Reagan.
To my wife, my children and grandchildren, I know I have been an absentee husband, father and grandfather during the last 11 years. From tomorrow onwards, with the blessings of retirement, I pledge to be a more caring husband, a more attentive father and a more doting grandfather. I promise to pursue more fervently my APOStolate—9 of them: 3 boys and 6 girls. To all of you, I dedicate my eleven books. After all, I wrote them in the evenings, on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays—days and times that should have been devoted to you.
As I end my valedictory, let the choicest gratitude and praise be unto God Almighty, who, despite my occasional shortcomings and failures, has been ever faithful to me in all my 70 years of temporary sojourn here on earth. He has never failed to grant me all that is good and beautiful in His own way, in His own time.
When I was new in the Court in 1995, I composed a prayer, which I published in my book entitled Justice and Faith. Now, as I end my judicial career, I would like to recite it here:
The Lord is my Shepherd. There is nothing I shall want. He has given me more than I deserve—a happy home, a healthy body, accomplished children over whom I no longer worry, a stable career, a chance to serve our people, an opportunity to be remembered longer than my own life. Other than fulfilling my role in the Court, I have no more earth-bound ambition. I live my life with only one consuming passion: on that inevitable day when I will finally knock at the pearly gates, my Lord and Master will open the door, spread his arms and say: "Well done on your earthly sojourn. You have passed the test. Welcome home to my everlasting Kingdom!"
From the time I composed that prayer in 1995 up to the present, I look back poignantly at my trials and triumphs, victories and defeats, frustrations and exaltations; and, in all of them, I always find my faithful God.
Indeed, I have journeyed from being a poor newsboy in the backstreets of Sampaloc to being president of the most widely read newspaper in our country; from an ignorant Catholic to a member of the highest lay council of the Catholic Church; from a frustrated applicant for graduate studies to father of five wonderful children who each achieved my impossible dream of finishing in a pedigreed US university; from an aspiring chemical engineer to a reluctant lawyer and, finally, to the highest magistrate of our country.
As I contemplate my life and move toward its sunset, I know that God has woven my many pains and gains into a magnificent tapestry showing His mystical presence. Truly, there is one constancy in my life: the presence, care and providence of my one Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
To Him, I dedicate all that I have been, all that I am, and all that I will ever be. To God be the glory!
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Ingegerd Wärnersson (ur. 19 stycznia 1947 w Vetlandzie) – szwedzka polityk i nauczycielka, działaczka Szwedzkiej Socjaldemokratycznej Partii Robotniczej, posłanka do Riksdagu, w latach 1998–2002 minister w rządzie Görana Perssona.

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Z zawodu nauczycielka, była dyrektorką szkoły. Dołączyła do Szwedzkiej Socjaldemokratycznej Partii Robotniczej. Działała w polityce na poziomie lokalnym. W latach 1988–1991 zasiadała po raz pierwszy w Riksdagu. Ponownie wybierana do szwedzkiego parlamentu w 1994 i 1998. W 1998 została ministrem w resorcie edukacji w rządzie Görana Perssona, funkcję tę pełniła do 2002. Odpowiadała w tym okresie za kwestie związane ze szkołami. W latach 2002–2008 zajmowała stanowisko gubernatora okręgu administracyjnego Blekinge.

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Szwedzcy ministrowie
Szwedzcy parlamentarzyści
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Urodzeni w 1947

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Farouk Abu Issa (; 12 August 1933 – 12 April 2020) was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces.

Abu Issa attended Hantoub Secondary School and was involved in activism from a young age; he joined the Sudanese Communist Party in 1950. His father was a member of the political party Ashiqqa' and supported peace between Sudan and Egypt. Abu Issa graduated from Alexandria University with a degree in law in 1957 and subsequently joined the Egyptian Communist Party.

He was Sudanese Foreign Minister under Jaafar Nimeiry from 1969 to 1971. When the Sudanese Communist Party split from Nimeiry in 1970, Abu Issa withdrew from the party, though he continued to hold democratic sentiments. In 1983, he was elected as the Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union; he held this position until 2003. He fled to Egypt in 1989 after Omar al-Bashir overtook the government and stayed in exile until 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed. He became the chairman of the National Consensus Forces' general council and held this position until his death in 2020.

In December 2014 he was arrested along with Amin Mekki Medani, held in Kobar Prison, and subsequently charged with undermining the constitutional system. He was released from prison two and a half weeks later and taken to a hospital in Khartoum due to rapidly deteriorating health.

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North Korea blasts US terrorism blacklisting
Pyongyang pledges to further enhance its nuclear arms programme after being re-listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a vehicle plant in this undated photo [KCNA via Reuters]
North Korea has responded angrily to the United States re-listing it as a state sponsor of terrorism, calling the move a serious provocation.
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The foreign ministry spokesman said the state sponsor of the terrorism label was "just a tool for American-style authoritarianism that can be attached or removed at any time in accordance with its interests".
"The US will be held entirely accountable for all the consequences to be entailed by its impudent provocation to the DPRK," he said, using the initials of its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Trump on Tuesday said North Korea was not only threatening the world with "nuclear devastation" but it also was responsible for repeatedly supporting "acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil".
Tensions between the US and North Korea have intensified since Trump took office in January. He has threatened to "totally destroy" the country if it threatens the US or its allies.
Pyongyang says it needs a nuclear deterrent to prevent a US invasion.
US officials say Pyongyang is close to developing a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile capable of striking the US, and have vowed that a nuclear-armed North Korea will not be tolerated.
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Here is what we know about North Korea's nuclear capabilities and motivation. Who is in range of its missiles? "The entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office," said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his 2018 New Year's address. […]

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Ringing in the New Year Raw. | Eat More Plants.
Celery, carrot, apple & ginger juice.
I'm starting off 2013 raw. Another raw food challenge, this time 14 days! However, I'm doing 80% raw instead of 100% like I did last month. I'll most likely cook some lunch and do everything else raw. Reason being I lost 10 pounds last month and most of it during my 10 day raw food binge. I really can't afford to lose another 10 pounds. I'm going to try and do quinoa & corn pasta with nooch sauce for some extra calories. I posted the faux cheese sauce before, it's a great way to add some healthy calories!
One of my favorite raw food dishes are these brownies. So simple to prepare and I could eat it everyday. I made them last time layered with apple and starfruit. This time just some sour currants and they went together perfectly.
My advice for u is to use the mobile app "cronometer" and write in what u eat. U need to eat at least 2000-3000 calories a day. Have u read about 80-10-10 diet? eat lots of bananas, grapes, oranges ans dates. Dates and bananas contain lots of calories. Eat less nuts and more carbohydrates.
Thanks for your input! Yes, I have read about 80/10/10. For my body and digestive system in particular, I need to eat more vegetables and lentils than that diet suggests. I feel great after eating veggies so I know my body needs them. I make a smoothie every morning with dates, bananas & almond milk! I use dates in almost all of my raw desserts as well. It's hard for me to follow a diet like that because I've studied nutrition from a young age and also worked for a nutritionist in a hospital and I pretty much know exactly what my body needs by now. Not that I don't think it's healthy but I think it should be modified to better fit individuals, as with any diet!


WHEN MICHAEL BRADLEY'S son, Ross, was in middle school, he decided that social studies was a government mind-control program, so he refused to do any of the assignments. The predictable result: an F on his report card.
Ross' teacher expected Bradley and his wife to blow up at the next parent-teacher conference, but that didn't happen.
"He said we were the first parents in nine years that had not argued for a better grade for our child," says Bradley, a psychologist and expert on adolescent behavior.
Their purpose for being reasonable was simple. They were trying to raise an adult, not an automaton, and that meant letting Ross make his own decisions.
A key goal for parents, Bradley says, should be to help children develop resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity. And that means their children actually have to face adversity.
Building resilient kids is the focus of Bradley's latest book, Crazy-Stressed: Saving Today's Overwhelmed Teens with Love, Laughter, and the Science of Resilience (AMACOM Books, 2017). Much of the book is devoted to the 7 C's of resilience (a list developed by Ken Ginsburg in Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings). The seven are competence, confidence, connection, character, control, coping and contribution.
For each C, Bradley offers strategies parents can use to help their children develop that attribute. He later offers 10 tactics for implementing those strategies on a daily basis.
Bradley says resilience training is important for kids struggling to function.
But resilience training is just as important for kids who've never struggled, like the straight-A student who rarely cracks a book in high school. If he's never faced adversity, he'll flounder when he flunks his first college exam.
"He's overwhelmed. He doesn't know what to do because he hasn't developed a set of skills to recover," Bradley says.
In either case, Bradley says, parents need to figure out the right amount of challenge to give the child, much like a personal trainer figures out how much weight to put on a set of barbells. And you can't stop when the child succeeds; resilience is a lifetime pursuit.


It's the start of another New Year… a time to review our lifestyle choices and work out how to turn things around.
Where better to begin than at work and in particular your materials handling operations – an area fraught with particular danger.
The accrediting body AITT we've come up with five resolutions that everyone - forklift operators and employers alike – can actually keep.
If an operator has been involved in an accident or a near–miss, undergo an accredited re-training program, is the first natural solution. However it's possible that his/her state of health could have been a contributory factor.
Review how people are performing. We encourage customers in carrying out assessments of individuals. AITT training providers can perform specific tests to pinpoint key areas to improve each operator's ability and awareness.
Follow the example of the Olympics Delivery Authority by encouraging operators to eat a healthy breakfast. During construction of the Olympic Stadium, bosses discovered that a staggering 41% of the workforce was overweight and 29% had high blood pressure. Accidents were being caused by workers eating a late fatty dinner and then skipping breakfast… leaving them desperate for their lunch. As a result, accidents peaked in the one-hour period before lunch when blood sugar levels were really low and workers' minds were focused on what they were going to eat rather than the task in hand.
The solution was to offer bowls of porridge for just £1. Uptake was enormous, accident rates plummeted and in the end a total of 125 reportable injuries across more than 80 million man hours worked was the best ever achieved on a major UK construction project.
Forklift operator observation was identified by ABA (Accrediting Bodies Association) as an area of concern, and major contributor of workplace accidents. Regular breaks benefit the employer as well as the employee. According to researchers, even a 30 second microbreak can increase productivity by 13%.
It pays, therefore to structure tasks to acknowledge that no fork lift truck operator can be on the case at all times. Indeed, behavioural psychologist Tim Marsh confirms that the average worker, fit, rested and stress free can only concentrate for around 55 minutes in an hour. Moreover, if s/he is tired, stressed or coming off a split shift that falls dramatically.
Managers and operators need to acknowledge this and use the time when operators are brightest and most alert to perform the most crucial tasks.
In operations where there is a risk of RSIs (Repetitive Strain Injuries) recent evidence suggests that taking just a 5-minute break every hour can eliminate pain in forearms, wrists and hands.
Use that time to "reach for the skies" and you'll drive oxygen up to your brain: refreshing and reinvigorating you for improved attention and accuracy. It's almost a truism that an energised and "work-ready" operator is less likely to make shortcuts (one of the more typical being failure to complete their daily checks of their truck).
Your role, as an employer, is to support and reward operators for achieving their goals, even if this involves temporary down-time from a truck. All the evidence indicates you'll have a healthier, more motived, safer operator, who'll reward your lifestyle choices with greater productivity and greater loyalty.
For more information on AITT training courses or achieving AITT-accreditation for instructors or training centres, please contact the Association on 01530 810867 or email helpdesk@aitt.co.uk.


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WCW Starrcade 1996
I debated between watching this show and the 97 version for today's slot and after a bit of personal reflection, I opted to go with this one and save the 97 show for next month. This had "less" stuff going on compared to that other one and I wanted to watch a Starrcade that wasn't complete shit for once. And while this might not be great, it was at least good enough... but that's jumping ahead here.
J-Crown champion Ultimo Dragon defeated WCW Cruiserweight champion Dean Malenko in a great, fast-paced opening contest to win the title and add to his belt collection that is laughingly called a "J-Crown." Seriously, the guy carries around eight titles (now nine with the Cruiserweight title) and it's called a crown. Holy balls.
But in all seriousness, this was a fun little match. Dragon was a spectacle in the way he moves around and I almost forgot how good and quick moving Malenko used to be. All in all, good way to open a show, which is nice.
Akira Hokuto (Japanese Joshi with bad make-up... sorry, that' just how I see it, folks) defeated Madusa with help from Sonny Onoo in a rather... underwhelming match. Don't know much about Hokuto, but I hear she was good back then. Maybe this was an off day because they're in a WCW match or something, I don't know. For some reason, I couldn't get into this one.
Jushin "Thunder" Liger defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. in another fast-paced and enjoyable little match with two small guys moving fast and flying high. Watching this match is more like watching a spectacle of athletics than a genuine fight, but I can't say I didn't enjoy this one. This was fun to watch, so that's a thumbs up in my book.
The only sour thing was the lack of crowd enthusiasm... which I can't blame if I had to sit through three matches where the Japanese folks got one over the local American talent... even though Rey is Mexican, but whatever...
Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Benoit in a no-disqualification match that featured Arn Anderson DDT'ing Jarrett while Kevin Sullivan cracked Benoit with a wooden chair. This whole match came about because Jarrett is paired up with Debra, who's married to Mongo, who's a horseman just like Benoit, who's also paired up with Woman, who is Sullivan's ex-wife and... and... maybe I should just stop before it gets too depressing... and depressing is all I got out of this match, so...
WCW World Tag-Team Champions The Outsiders (Hall and Nash) defeated The Faces Of Fear (The Barbarian and Meng, a.k.a. Haku) to retain the titles. Setting aside that this is over 20 years after the fact, I doubt there was anybody who thought the Outsiders were threatened by Barbarian and Meng in any way, shape, or form. Not to mention, the Outsiders is part of the nWo; a heel faction. The Faces of Fear were part of the Dungeon of Doom; a heel faction. Who do you root for? The cool bad guys or the lame bad guys despite the legit toughness of both guys?
Eddie Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page in the U.S. Title Tournament finals with some unwanted help from the Outsiders to win the vacant title. The previous champion, Ric Flair, had a shoulder injury, which forced him to surrender the title. Despite the nWo assist, Eddie would actually never join the nWo and would even partake in a title defense against Syxx (a.k.a. X-Pac) at the only nWo Souled Out PPV event the following month. Tainted finish aside, this was a pretty good back and forth match between two talented wrestlers. It also happens to be the last good match to take place on this card.
Lex Luger defeated the Giant (a.k.a. Big Show) in what is perceived to be the first major loss taken by the nWo. The Giant would bolt from the group soon afterwards, setting up the main event angle for the upcoming nWo Souled Out PPV event... that he would lose. Anyway, how do I put this kindly? Ah yes; this was a thing that happened.
And in the main event - a match that featured run-in galores, to say nothing of two senior citizens long past their prime - Rowdy Roddy Piper defeated WCW World champion Hollywood Hulk Hogan via submission with a sleeper (the arm dropped three times, earning Piper the win) in a non-title match. Despite this being a non-title match, the announcers treat this win as a big deal, when in reality, it's actually not that big of a deal. But hey, Hogan got beat. I'm sure that means something, somewhere.
This match - much like the Jerry Lawler vs. Roddy Piper match at KOTR 1994 - was more sad to watch than it was mockable. Never mind the hooplah over a non-title match that felt like a big time title match (and points goes to Piper for producing a contract that DIDN'T give him a title shot, thus looking like a tool when he won) - this was two old guys long past their prime moving at about half the speed of the youngsters early on. Age shouldn't be a determining factor - it ultimately depends on the individual - though, if this were a real sport, none of the barely mobile old-timers would be allowed at ringside, let alone allowed to compete in wrestling matches.
Starrcade 1996 represents the standard formula that would define WCW Pay-Per-Views for the rest of its hot period; some fast-paced and excited wrestling action in the undercard topped by a main event featuring big stars who can't quite pull it off the same way they could before. And while Hogan and Piper would eventually main-event a couple more PPVs, to say that any of them were within the realm of "good" would be a big fat lie. Oh well, at least the undercard showed promise and gave us a glimpse of performers who would eventually main event pay-per-views in the next decade... just not for WCW.
For what it's worth, it's not a great show by any means, but there's enough good stuff in the undercard and even some perversed intrigue in the main event that makes it a fairly good show that would set the standard for WCW shows to come. Unfortunately, this would ultimately be the last GOOD Starrcade PPV, as starting with next year's edition, the quality starts dipping further.
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1 Million Bangladeshi Garment Workers Lose Jobs Amid COVID-19 Economic Fallout
By Lauren Frayer
Published April 3, 2020 at 11:51 AM MDT
Workers in Dhaka sew protective suits at a garment factory during Bangladesh's lockdown.
At least one-quarter of garment workers in Bangladesh — the world's second-largest clothing manufacturer, after China — have been fired or furloughed because of declining global orders amid the coronavirus crisis, according to the Penn State Center for Global Workers' Rights.
The independent labor rights group, which tracks layoffs and economic damage in one of the world's poorest countries, has found that more than a million Bangladeshi apparel workers were laid off in recent weeks because of the coronavirus. Most were given no severance pay.
Bangladesh, with a population of 160 million, has reported about 60 cases of COVID-19 infection and six deaths. Testing is not widespread. The country is under lockdown and large gatherings are banned, but garment factories are still allowed to operate.
Workers in Bangladeshi factories sew clothing for some of the world's biggest fashion brands. The country's apparel industry employs more than 4 million workers and has been an engine of robust economic growth in recent years, contributing about 84% of Bangladesh's export revenue.
From March 21-25, CGWR surveyed online responses from 316 Bangladeshi suppliers, and 58% reported having to shut down most or all of their factory operations because of the coronavirus.
Industry groups estimate that will translate into $6 billion in lost export revenue this year — about a sixth of Bangladesh's total annual export revenue.
There are fears that job losses could lead to hunger among the unemployed and their families. About a quarter of Bangladeshis already live below the poverty line. The minimum wage for Bangladeshi garment workers is about $96 a month, which activists say is below a living wage.
"We will have 4.1 million workers literally going hungry if we don't all step up to our commitment to the welfare of the workers," the president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said in a March 23 YouTube plea addressed to global buyers. "Please don't give up on us. I appeal to your good senses not to let us down ... kindly do not let go of our hands."
Bangladesh came under scrutiny for its garment workers' well-being in 2013, after the Rana Plaza complex in the capital, Dhaka, collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people. That tragedy led to labor reforms and new safety standards.
Last week, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced a $588 million coronavirus stimulus package for the country's apparel industry. She asked companies to put the aid toward workers' salaries.
But CGWR found that 72% of furloughed workers were sent home without pay. It also found that 98% of buyers — many of them big global clients — refused to contribute to the cost of partial wages for furloughed employees, as Bangladeshi law requires.
Some fashion retailers, including H&M and Target, have committed to paying for orders already placed with Bangladeshi factories, CGWR found. But others, including JCPenney, Kohl's and Walmart, have not.
Similar layoffs are happening in textile industries in China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar.
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Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.
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It can be hard to know which metrics your agency should be tracking and how often you should be looking at these data points. Every agency will be different in what they'll look at, but you should track metrics that align with goals you've set for yourself and your agency.
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Jakob studied in Amsterdam, London, Zagreb, Vienna and Copenhagen, with Harro Ruijsenaars, Dmitri Ferschtman, Valter Despalj, Mats Lidström, Morten Zeuthen and Anner Bylsma.
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In 2011 he was awarded the Gladsaxe Music Prize and has been artist in residence for, amongst others, the Tivoli Garden Concert Hall, the International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition and New Music Orchestra, Poland.
Jakob's recent debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London as well as with Ensemble Intercontemporain at one of their inter-sessions in Paris received excellent reviews, and he looks forward to concerto debuts with the Bergen Philharmonic and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestras. He is scheduled to record Per Nørgård's Remembering Child with Sinfonia Varsovia in December 2014. In the 2016/17 seasons he will embark on a two-CD recording project with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds comprising concertos by Saariaho and Nørgård as well as the two cello concertos by Shostakovich.
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10 Cult Horror Movies You've Probably Never Seen
Posted on June 27, 2019 June 27, 2019 by Kenny Hedges
The horror genre often acts like its menacing serial murderers, returning to fame and popularity in a cyclical fashion. We're currently undergoing one such renaissance with the likes of Jordan Peele and the looming possible return of John Carpenter breathing new life into the genre.
This is, perhaps, the biggest major trend in the genre since the dawn of Scream or the J-horror fad. But with each passing generation, there's a handful of forgotten gems that fall by the wayside. You most likely discovered them collecting dust on video store shelves, only to get appropriate reappraisals in later years. Here are just some of the cult horror movies you may have missed the first time 'round.
10. White Dog (1982)
The killer dog subgenre was never terribly popular, particularly because killing one is akin to killing a child in film – a cardinal sin that major releases rarely commit. But Sam Fuller's 1982 thriller is an exception to the rule, both for its controversial subject matter and its unapologetic cruelty.
The film takes its title as literally as possible, featuring a vicious canine trained by a white supremacist to attack African Americans. Things take an unexpected, provocative turn when trainer Paul Winfield is tasked with retraining the animal. Paramount was afraid to release the film, so it fell under the radar, only to receive the Criterion treatment decades later
9. Alone in the Dark (1982)
Jack Sholder is not a subtle director, and rarely a good one. Freddy's Revenge: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 is considered a low point in the series, and Sholder has since admitted that he didn't have the wherewithal to grasp the Cruising-level homoeroticism of it. But his first outing is worth seeing if for nothing more than Martin Landau and Jack Palance's work as homicidal mental patients.
Adding to the fun is horror icon Donald Pleasance as their overconfident new age doctor. The overqualified cast is clearly having a ball, with Palance later saying of filming it, "We were all sick fucks in that movie." But it also serves as a fascinating indictment of modern psychology.
8. Late Phases: Night of the Wolf (2014)
Actor and occasional writer Nick Damici has made his mark on the genre with films like Stakeland and Stakeland II, but Late Phases may be his most accomplished work. Though he only stars in the film, he cements himself firmly in a role akin to John Carradine.
Damici is Ambrose McKinley, a grizzled, blind veteran forced to move into a retirement community. It quickly becomes apparent that the gated old-folks home is under siege by werewolves, and McKinley must overcome his lack of sight to fight back. The werewolf effects, thankfully practical, are top notch in this thoroughly entertaining action-horror.
7. A Horrible Way To Die (2010)
Adam Wingard, of the mumblecore horror subgenre, has quickly risen out of obscurity with hits like You're Next all the way to the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong. One of his earliest films features regular Amy Seimetz as a recovering addict trying to get her life back together, unaware that an escaped killer is headed her way. Wingard has always had a sadistic sense of humour, but his early work like Die sticks to straight horror.
Seimetz is terrific, as per usual, as is the rest of the cast: including regular Wingard collaborators such as Joe Swanberg and A.J. Bowen. Die is a little rougher than something like You're Next, but the talent is still there. To spoil anything more would be a sin, but rest assured the final act is one of the most clever, character-based horror in recent years.
6. The Sentinel (1977)
Try and look past the controversy surrounding Michael Winner's The Sentinel, which found the director using the physically deformed for horrific purposes, and you'll find a religious horror film that ages as well as its counterparts of the era. After the success of The Exorcist, there was a clamoring for religious and occult terror that lasted well into the early 80s.
While The Omen is the most fondly remembered imitator, The Sentinel's eerie dream sequences and thick paranoia pays off just as well. When model Cristina Raines moves into a new apartment in New York City, she finds her neighbours are more than a little bizarre. Or do they exist at all? And what's with that blind, mute priest upstairs? Add in a cast that includes a young Chris Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Walken, Burgess Meredith and Ava Gardener and you have the ingredients of a genuinely spooky film.
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Unitaid and DNDi celebrate partnership with Cipla on World AIDS Day
Geneva, 29 November 2019 – The Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has announced their commitment to price the ground-breaking new product Quadrimune, a "4 in 1" treatment for young children with HIV, at below a dollar a day. Quadrimune is currently under review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children between 3 and 25 kg bodyweight.
This pleasant tasting, heat-stable fixed-dose combination of four antiretrovirals (ARVs) for infants and young children with HIV was developed in partnership by Cipla and the not-for-profit Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) with financial support from Unitaid and other donors. If it receives tentative approval by the FDA in 2020, the 4-in-1 will represent a major improvement in the treatment of HIV in very young children and will replace older, bitter-tasting medicines, medicines requiring refrigeration, or regimens that are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
'Cipla is happy that over the past 20 years it has contributed to making adult antiretroviral drugs available at affordable prices for patients throughout the developing world, in particular Africa, and has pioneered the development of paediatric fixed-dose combinations of ARVs for children,' said Dr Yusuf K Hamied, Chairman of Cipla. 'Over the years, the treatment of children with HIV has been neglected. In order to ensure faster access, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, our product Quadrimune, once approved, will be offered for less than one dollar a day for children.'
'Children living with HIV have been neglected for too long, with the recommended treatment for years consisting of a bitter-tasting syrup with 40% alcohol content,' said Dr Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director of DNDi. 'Mothers were often forced to bury the syrup in the sand to keep it cool, because it required refrigeration. The new Quadrimune is pleasant-tasting, heat-stable and easy-to-use. We will finally have a treatment designed specifically for infants and young children, who are at the highest risk of dying if they do not receive treatment.'
It is estimated that 1.8 million children are living with HIV, almost 90% of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. Only an estimated 54% of these children have access to HIV treatment and over 300 children still die from the disease every day. Inappropriate, suboptimal treatment options have contributed to low treatment coverage.
Quadrimune contains the WHO-recommended ARVs abacavir, lamivudine, lopinavir, and ritonavir, in the form of granules filled in capsules. If approved, parents and caretakers will be able to administer the drugs to children by sprinkling the granules with soft food, water, or milk. The 4-in-1 does not require refrigeration and is easy to administer to infants and children of different weights and ages.
Cipla will provide Quadrimune at an ex-factory cost of US$ 15 per pack of 120 capsules, giving a price of $1 per day ($360 per year) for children in the medium weight bracket of 10 to 13.9 kg, with prices lower, at 50 US cents per day for younger children and infants.
"This optimal child-adapted all-in-one ARV regimen, that meets WHO recommendations, will be a game-changer for millions of infants and young children," Unitaid Executive Director Lelio Marmora said. "Unitaid is proud to have supported from day one the development of this new 4-in-1 treatment that is safe and effective, adapted and palatable, easy-to-use and with no requirement for refrigeration. Once adopted, this innovative formulation will enable great advances in the treatment of the youngest kids."
Since 2013, WHO has recommended regimens that include a class of ARVs called protease inhibitors, which includes lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), for infants and young children. Cipla and DNDi worked closely to develop Quadrimune, testing over 30 formulations of abacavir, lamivudine, and LPV/r, ensuring good taste-masking, and selecting one which met the standards required for enable regulatory submission.
The 4-in-1 could be the first of several new treatment options for young children with HIV that are now on the horizon.
"We hope that Cipla's commitment to affordable Quadrimune will enable rapid uptake of this medicine," said Dr Pécoul.
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The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) is a not-for-profit research and development organization working to deliver new treatments for neglected diseases – notably leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, specific filarial infections, and mycetoma – as well as treatments for neglected patients, particularly those living with paediatric HIV and hepatitis C. Since its inception in 2003, DNDi and its partners have already delivered eight innovative treatments to improve the quality of life and health of patients. www.dndi.org
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JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar said that finishing his PhD has become a "political responsibility" rather than an academic one. Questions are being raised about the subsidies given to JNU students, he said, and that the government was trying to destroy the education system in India. NEW DELHI: JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing sedition charges and is out on bail, said on Tuesday that finishing his PhD has become a "political responsibility" for him rather than an academic one.
"Questions are being raised about the subsidies being given to us," said Kanhaiya Kumar, referring to the suggestion that the "anti-national" activities of some of the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here made them undeserving of tax payer-funded benefits.
"We are asked why it was taking us so long to finish the PhD. So therefore it has become more of a political responsibility than an academic responsibility," said Kanhaiya Kumar at the "Idea of India" conclave organized by the Centre for Policy Analysis.
He said the government was trying to destroy the education system in India.
"Every government in India has tried to destroy the education system. Because through education people learn to express dissent and start asking questions," Kanhaiya Kumar said.
Umar Khalid, another JNU student facing sedition charges, said the current government was trying to turn the universities into a prison.
"A university which doesn't allow dissent is a prison and this government is making universities into jail. This is the most brutal government ever", Khalid said.
Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid were arrested on charges of sedition for organizing an event on February 9 on the JNU campus commemorating the death of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.Kanhaiya Kumar and two others, has been found to be "authentic" by the CBI forensic lab, the police has claimed.
The raw footage of the event, obtained from a Hindi news channel, was sent to the CBI forensic lab in New Delhi for examination along with camera, memory card, a CD containing the clip, wires and other equipment, they said.
"The CBI lab sent a report to Delhi Police's Special Cell on June 8 saying the raw footage was authentic," a police source said.
Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Arvind Deep confirmed the receipt of report but did not divulge the details.
Earlier, Delhi Police had sent four video clips of the event to Gandhinagar-based Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) which in its report, in May, had said that they were genuine.
New Delhi: Four video clips pertaining to the controversial February 9 event at JNU have been declared genuine by Forensic Science Laboratory, Gandhinagar. However, there's no word on another set of video clips, including the one broadcast by a few news channels that was alleged to be doctored, by CBI's Central Forensic Science Laboratory.
"We have received a report on four video clips from the Gandhinagar laboratory and they have been mentioned as genuine. Report on the other clips, being examined at the CFSL, is awaited," special commissioner (special cell) Arvind Deep said on Tuesday.
Senior officers of the cell said they had collected over a dozen clips of the JNU event and sent them for forensic examination. These clips were mostly shot by cellphones of security guards and other students present at the event in which anti-India slogans had been allegedly raised. The forensic lab was also examining a particular Hindi news channel's camera, storage card, camera chip and wire among other equipment. A report might come in a fortnight.
Several people raising slogans were identified through these videos, but police were waiting for forensic reports to take action. Earlier, the Delhi government had ordered a forensic probe into a set of videos of the event. The government had sent seven clips to Truth Labs in Hyderabad, which had found two videos doctored. others as genuine .
The police, however, maintained that the FIR into the matter was registered on the basis of the raw video footage, obtained from a news channel on a CD, and not on the clippings which were aired on TV channels.
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday extended interim stay on Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) decision to rusticate Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya.
Justice Manmohan put on hold the disciplinary action taken by JNU administration versus the duo, accused of sedition in connection with a February 9 event, till their appeals are decided by the university's appellate authority.
HC's relief came on a petition filed by the two students seeking the same relief granted by it on May 13 to Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar and other students facing disciplinary action taken by the varsity over the February 9 event this year. "This court is of the opinion that the petitioners are entitled to same order as passed by this court on May 13, 2016…," the court said.
While Khalid was rusticated for one semester and slapped with a fine of Rs 20,000; Bhattacharya was rusticated till July 15 and barred from the university campus for five years after July 23. Bhattacharya was only given a week between July 16-22 to complete his thesis.
HC had, on May 13, granted the relief to Kanhaiya Kumar and others after JNUSU had undertaken to immediately withdraw the hunger strike and not to indulge in any agitation. HC has made it clear that if JNU rejects the appeals filed by the students, the appellate authority's order would not be given effect for a period of two weeks.
It said that protection granted to Khalid and Bhattacharya was conditional and the JNUSU would not indulge in any protest or 'dharna'. Khalid and Bhattacharya have said in their applications that they would be moving appellate authority versus the disciplinary action. Umar Khalid , could be seen raising anti-India slogans, 21 of which were mentioned in an interim report filed a few days later into the case.
Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested in February and later granted bail in the case, which is now being probed by Delhi Police's anti-terrorism unit Special Cell.


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Well, if you're ready, let's talk about the Braves again.
You've probably heard that Grapefruit League stats don't count for much, that guys are shaking off the winter rust and that aside from the last handful of spots, competition is not exactly fierce most of the time. Club Med for ballplayers, as it were. And while the truth is that spring training stats don't mean much in the grand scheme of things – Dan Uggla hit four home runs during spring training last season and two during the regular season – they can titillate the fans and pundits for the immediate or in some cases very distant future.
So that brings us to the Braves. And some early observations.
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As expected, the power is down. However, the cratering has caught many by surprise. The Braves have a spring-training low nine home runs as a group (tied with the Marlins), and only Freddie Freeman and Andrelton Simmons have more than one big fly to their respective names.
Losing Evan Gattis, Justin Upton and Jason Heyward and failing to bring any power back into the fold was always going to be problematic, but still… if (a big IF, spring training and all) the power was zapped for 2015, an improved on-base percentage is just trading one offense-crippling problem for another.
(Although I will admit, I was way too impressed to learn that the Braves are sixth in walks as a team during spring training. Of course, being impressed with walks is probably an omen for the season. Also, seems like a good time to mention that I'll be keeping tabs on Gattis, Upton, Heyward and the rest of the cast-off gang this season. We may have a running 'Which former Brave had the best week' segment. I'm not sure yet. Should be fun!)
If it's a feast-or-famine offense, at least it'll be different. On Monday, the Braves scored 14 runs against the Astros without hitting a single home run. They went 11-for-20 with runners in scoring position. They displayed the sort of 'get on, get over, get in' mentality the 2014 squad could not have pulled off on its best day. Do I care that it came against a bunch of guys that will most likely spend the summer in Corpus Christi or Fresno (home to this delightful promotion)? Absolutely not! I'm trying to maintain enthusiasm about a team whose ceiling is being tossed about as '85 wins if everything breaks absolutely perfectly', I'll take my positives where I can find them.
Spring has been kind for some. Newly-acquired Jace Peterson owns the second-base job. It is his. Only a weird disease or a more-experienced Jose Peraza is taking it from him. Eric Young Jr. should, at worst, be the Opening Day centerfielder and could make it hard for Melvin Upton Jr. (yeah, that), to regain his old spot, although I'm not going to do backflips that good ol' EY Jr., he of the career .252 average whose held precisely one everyday job in his career, and that was with the 2013 Mets, is the alleged man at the top of the order. Freddie Freeman and Craig Kimbrel could've pouted, and instead embraced the idea of being the veterans to lean on. Wandy Rodriguez (2-0, 0.69 ERA) and Chien-Ming Wang (0-0, 2.70) decided to party like it was 2008 – there's a better-than-decent chance that's your No. 3 and No. 5 starters to start the regular season until Mike Minor gets healthy again. Somehow, I'm fine with that.
(Things I'm less fine with: Mike Foltynewicz got beat half to pieces during the spring (0-2, 7.04 ERA). James Russell has been unpleasant to behold. Alberto Callaspo showed up fat, and the two-headed monster in left field barely hit .200 combined. I've had night terrors about Peraza's startlingly bad offense and had to remind myself he's not even old enough to buy beer yet. Let's move on.)
Not a single pundit I've found has said or written anything that sounds like, "The Braves are going to be good this year!" It's not like this is a team burdened by high expectations – you know, like last year's model. If they suck, they're supposed to. If they don't, hey, what a pleasant surprise. Assembling a team of nondescript veterans and unproven youngsters – whatever floats your boat, John Hart. Kimbrel has been dabbling with a changeup. Simba is still around to do all this again. The two best things about this team haven't gone anywhere, and if the parts are greater than the sum this year, they're at least some pretty intriguing parts.


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