Militants free hundreds in attack on Pakistan jail
100 Islamist militants launched the assault on the jail resulting in an escape of 384 prisoners.Officials said some of the freed men were "dangerous" insurgents, including an inmate on death row for trying to kill ex-President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's Taliban said they carried out the attack, but the claim has not been verified.Officials described how militants
in cars and pick-up trucks entered the complex shooting and throwing grenades. At least 20 of the prisoners are described as very dangerous including Adnan Rashid, a former member of the air force sentenced to death for an attack on Mr Musharraf.It was reported that 3 police officers were wounded in the attack.
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Obama on drug legalisation
US President Barack Obama has said that legalising drugs is not the answer to the problems caused by the trafficking of illegal narcotics in the Americas and also added on that legalisation would worsen the whole problem but he said he was open to a debate about the issue.President Obama also said the answer to the increasing power of drug cartels in the hemisphere was to encourage societies with strong economics, rule of law, and a sound law enforcement infrastructure.
President Obama also thinks that legalising drugs would end up having a large-scale drug trade to dominate certain counrties, if they were allowed to operate legally without any constraint could be just as corrupting, if not more corrupting than the status quo.
If drugs are really legalised, the welfare of the people would be in great danger, there is sure to be an increase of drug addicts around the country and the legalisation of drugs would not help the country but instead harm it.
Colombia's Jose Antonio Ocampo exits World Bank race
"It is clear that this is not based on the merits of the candidates but is a political exercise." he said.His comments referred to the likelihood that the an American would be chosen given the US has the most votes at the bank.His withdrawal leaves just two candidates - Nigeria;s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Korean-American Jim Yong Kim, who is the favourite for the job.
Mr Ocampo also said he was at a disadvantahe given the lack of support from his own government and also states that he would now support Mrs Okonjo-Iweala "to facillitate the desired untiy of the emerging and developing economies around one candidate".
The World bank is expected to name its new president on Monday. The successful candidate will replace Robert Zoellick who has been in the role since 2007.
The next big boss of world's economy, would the new leader bring any change to the World Bank, if it is going to be Mrs Okonjo i would think there would be improvements made. On the other hand, i think the other candidate would just remain as status quo.
1. Good selection of articles.
ReplyDelete2. You have to understand a little bit more about the situation in Pakistan to write an informed opinion, but that will come with time. The same goes for the other articles.
3. Keep this up. As long as you read the news regularly, you will know more and understand certain conflicts better.
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