Thai PM charged with murder

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the former PM of Thailand, has been charged with murder over the death of a civilian during a crackdown on anti-government rallies two years ago, his party says.

Abhisit, along with then-deputy Suthep Thaugsuban, was formally charged at Bangkok’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Thursday.

They are the first officials to face a court over Thailand’s worst political violence in decades.

“The DSI has charged Abhisit and Suthep on section 288, which is murder. They both denied the charge,” Thavorn Senniem, a senior Democrat Party lawmaker, told AFP.

Hundreds of riot police were deployed to guard the building, as about 20 supporters carrying roses and dozens of protesters holding pictures of those killed during the crisis watched the former leader arrive.

At least 90 people were killed and nearly 1,900 wounded in a series of street clashes between “Red Shirt” protesters and security forces. The crisis culminated in a deadly army operation in 2010 to break up the demonstrations.

The charge against Abhisit, who was prime minister at the time, relates to the fatal shooting of taxi driver Phan Kamkong.

Tarit Pengdith, the chief of the DSI, announced the move last Thursday, saying that it was prompted by a court ruling in September that Phan was shot by troops. That ruling was the first completed inquest into the 2010 bloodshed.

Abhisit dismissed the case against him as “political” and said his government had no choice but to take tough action. The rallies drew around 100,000 people at their height.

‘Red Shirt’ trial
Meanwhile, a separate terrorism case against 24 leaders of the Red Shirts, including five current legislators, for their part in the rallies was postponed after two witnesses failed to attend.

“The court has postponed the hearing until [Friday],” a judge said, adding the court will issue an arrest warrant for one of the accused, deputy commerce minister Nattawut Saikur, if he is not present then.

Nattawut had said he would miss Thursday’s court date because he had to accompany Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on an official visit.

The trial against the Red Shirt leaders, who pleaded not guilty in August 2010, has been repeatedly postponed.

The Red Shirts – mostly supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra – were demanding immediate elections in their 2010 protest.

They accused Abhisit’s government of being undemocratic because it took office in 2008 through a parliamentary vote after a court stripped Thaksin’s allies of power.

Elections in 2011 saw Thaksin’s Puea Thai party come back to power, with his sister Yingluck taking the prime minister’s post.

FIFA doctors ask for design changes to Muslim Girls head scarf

Medical advisers FIFA  are opposing the current design of a headscarf for Muslim Girls players.

Chairman of FIFA medical Michel D’Hooghe says samples received from two designers “represented a danger” to girls players’ health and a group of doctors tested the scarves and believes that wearing them while playing football could lead to head and neck injuries.

However, the panel on Thursday asked for further medical advice before it meets July 2.

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An Dubai resident owns the world  smallest Quran measuring just 5.1cm in length and 8cm in width. It comprises 550 pages and is estimated to be about 400 years old.

Yemen Army and Al Qaeda fighting 124 dead in Loder in Abyan Yemen

124 killed in 48 hours of fighting between Yemeni troops and Al Qaeda militants in the country’s restive south, military and tribal sources said on Tuesday.

“One hundred and twenty-four people were killed in two days” of clashes around the city of  Loder in Abyan province which is besieged by Al-Qaeda, said a military official.

The toll, which was confirmed by tribal sources, includes 102 Al-Qaeda militants — 28 of them killed Tuesday –, 14 soldiers, and eight of the tribesmen fighting alongside the army. The fighting surged after Al-Qaeda militants attacked army barracks.
The clashes in Loder followed a series of air strikes that killed 24 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in their southern and eastern strongholds.
The city of Loder is located some 150 km northeast of Zinjibar, the Abyan provincial capital which the Al-Qaeda linked Partisans of Sharia militants overran in May last year.

Tunisian Muslim demand for Islamic state

Tunisian Islamists took to the streets on Sunday to step up their demands for the creation of an Islamic state in one of the most secular Arab nations.“This is not a show of force, but they should know that we can mobilize hundreds of thousands on the streets if they refuse the application of sharia,” said a young man who gave his name as Abu Jihad.

“We are in a Muslim country, so the talk about Islam in the constitution should not be feared.”

While Islamists did not play a prominent role in the 2011 uprising, a struggle over the role of religion in government has since polarized politics in Tunisia.

A constituent assembly elected in October, in the first vote after the revolution ousted secular President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has about a year to hash out a new constitution.


Before the end of Sunday’s rally, demonstrators marched to Tunisia’s main theatre on Bourguiba Avenue, demanding that it be closed down and threatening to assault actors and artists.

Further alarming secularists, many demonstrators chanted “the people want a Caliphate”, referring to a defunct form of government under which Islamic empires ruled for centuries.

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Afghans vent over Quran burning, U.S. Sorry

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued an apology for “inappropriate treatment” of Islam’s holy book at the base to try to contain fury over the incident – a public relations disaster for Washington as it tries to pacify the country ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014.

White House spokesman Jay Carney later echoed his remarks, telling a briefing, “We apologize to the Afghan people and disapprove of such conduct in the strongest possible terms.”

Protesters started to gather after Afghan labourers found charred remains of copies of the Koran as they collected rubbish from Bagram air base, the provincial governor’s office said in a statement.

As many as 2,000 Afghans massed outside several gates to the base, the main centre for NATO-led forces just north of the capital Kabul, chanting anti-foreigner slogans and throwing stones, said Reuters reporters at the scene.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban in Afghanistan condemned the incident, both of them saying the values of Islam had been “degraded”.

“They (the materials) were taken out of the library for good reason but they were being disposed of in a bad way,” the official said.

“There was a breakdown in judgment in this matter but there was no breakdown in our respect for Islam,” the official added.
NATO’s top general in Afghanistan, General John Allen, apologised for “actions” at the base and said a new order had been given to all coalition forces in Afghanistan to take part in training in the proper handling of religious materials.
“I offer my sincere apologies for any offence this may have caused, to the president of Afghanistan, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and most importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan,” he added.

The apologies did little to ease the anger.

“We want them out of our country now,” said Zmari, 30, a protester who has a shop near Bagram.

“We Afghans don’t want these Christians and infidels, they are the enemy of our soil, our honor and our Koran,” said Haji Shirin, one of the protesters at the heavily fortified compound, which is home to 30,000 foreign troops and civilians.

“I urge all Muslims to sacrifice themselves in order to pull out these troops from this soil.”

“Based on initial reports, four copies of the holy Koran have been burned and the holiest values (of Islam) been degraded,” a statement from Karzai’s office said.

“Since the invasion of Afghanistan by the animal Americans, this is almost the 10th time that they have degraded the holiest values of Muslims,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in an emailed statement.

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Arfa passed away in Lahore CMH hospital Very Bad News

Arfa Karim, the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), lost the battle of life after remaining admitted here at Combined Military Hospital on Saturday night

Arifa Karim remained in intensive care at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after suffering an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest a few weeks ago. After battling for life for 26 days, one of Pakistan's brightest brains left this world for good.

Born in 1995, Arfa Karim got the honor of World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional when she was only 9 years old in 2004. Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft, invited Arfa to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA in the age of 10 only.

Later, in August 2005, Arfa was also honored by the Pakistan Government for the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology which she received from then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. She was also honored with Salaam Pakistan Youth Award in 2005 which has been set up by Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate Dr Abdul Salam. Moreover, Arfa has won the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance.


Her funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday at 10 AM in Cantt area.