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4 National May 3:Copy of Layout 1 5/26/16 10:23 PM Page 1 4 Tuesday, May 3, 2016 National Real estate brokers protest against corrupt CDA officials, several detained KARACHI: Head office: 509, Land Mark Plaza, I.I Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Ph: +9221-32214988- 32214990, Fax: +9221-32214989 messengerdaily@yahoo.com, editor@dailymessenger.com.pk Chief Editor: Muhammad Taqi Alvi Associate Editor: Ali Razavi - Hyderabad Bureau Chief: Abbas Kassar ISLAMABAD –– LAHORE –– RAWALPINDI –– KARACHI Land is encroached by, and calls for punishment against, some of the biggest land lords in Pakistan. Others are small frys, many directly or indirectly under their cover. Until these corrupt and criminals are punished, the small and big land owners will have a free hand to grab more land. This keeps people and their entire families enslaved, along with bonded labor for more inhuman as well as dehumanizing activities. These criminal activities have not stopped. But these activities can be stopped. It simply needs true Pakistanis to end any and all evils and reinstate goodness in and for fellow human beings. Issues of land and corruption are intricately linked. Over the recent times, increasing demand for land has made the sector more vulnerable to corrupt abuse by those in a position to own or control land. The stakes have been raised over land not only in relation to large-scale land acquisitions, but also for who gets to register their title and secure their rural or urban land in the first place. The social and environmental fall-out has been significant, with millions of people turfed off land that they have traditionally lived on or farmed, and forests and eco-systems flattened through the industrialisation of land use. Tackling land grabbing effectively requires addressing the corruption that pervades the allocation and governance of land. The trouble is that too often experts working on land grabbing and corruption do so in siloes. The framing and terminology used by these two groups differ greatly, and both pursue different national and international processes. That gap stands in need to be bridged. Corruption enables land grabbing in a number of ways. It can be simply transactional – when government officials accept bribes from a company to gain access to land, or to look the other way if they’re behaving badly. When it gets trickier is when corruption is endemic, and institutionalised within government. This can mean policies and central state functions are skewed so that leaders can enrich themselves at the expense of the public good. In situations like that government decisions about land use aren’t based on recognition of rights, on sustainable development or long-term economic growth – land is handed to whoever has the best connections or is willing to pay the highest price. Perversely, this then feeds further corruption. Judges often require bribes to make the “right” decision when victims try using the courts to get their land back. While land, once grabbed, provides revenues to business and political elites, which consolidates their power even further. Land is different from other natural resources because it’s more than just a factor of production - it’s self-identity. It’s where ancestors are buried, it’s a place of spiritual worship and most of all, it’s home. So when people lose their land because of corruption, the socio-economic impacts are only EDITORIAL Need To Root Out Corruption Through Actions Not Words OPINION the start. The impunity granted to political and business elites as a result of grand corruption can so infect society that it can be hard to know where to start. Corruption is a system - we can get disheartened trying to destroy the whole thing, but even the smallest, everyday step to try to disrupt, reduce or block it is a worthwhile starting point. Also helpful are solutions presented in global events that gather together governments, civil societies, enforcement agencies, journalists and related experts to discuss ways of tackling land grabbing and corruption. Supreme Court and other concerned departments had given the provincial executioners of Sindh time deadlines to vacate land illegally occupied by government agencies and their other affiliated mafias. In one case, about 59,800 acres of government land had been occupied, adding that the encroachers included several government agencies including Housing as well as Development authorities. Out of the total 59,803 acres of the land that was encroached, 52,130 acres of land were under institutional encroachment. About 2,864 acres of the land was retrieved sometime back. The courts had ordered the Sindh government to vacate all the encroached state land within a few months time. Another issue was more grave: Forest land measuring 1,446.46 acres was vacated on the orders of the Supreme Court but was re- encroached by the influential persons. Effective legislation and its implementation to abolish illegal land mafia occupying minorities’properties and trust land was also part of the problem. Serious concerns exist on the ineffective police investigation reports submitted before courts of law with regard to illegal land possession and the failure of administration to end illegal occupation of lands, especially of the weak segments in society. Because of ineffective laws the courts are giving stay orders for indefinite periods in these cases, which is causing delay in the provision of justice. Government's stance is to ensure that with the cooperation of the civil society, the officials are amending the existing laws especially the Illegal Possession Act, 2005. Insecure urban land rights were open to fraud. This stresses for the importance of not only campaigning for better laws, but also better law enforcement in land governance with accountability. Laws, orders, recommendations and bylaws for reforms to overcome the issue of delayed justice with regard to the continuing and unending illegal possession cases is an urgent call to be honored and fulfilled on every scale and level, from lowest to the highest officials and authorities. Punishing the small criminals will solve only part of a very big problem and therefore big criminal land lords who illegally occupy land in this country can be brought to book. Some or the other official or department, leader or ministry have got to be patriotic enough to end illegal land and real estate occupation and to administer the land justly for progress and prosperity countrywide soonest. What’s wrong with normal? By Chris Patten In Britain these days, one can’t avoid hearing and seeing more and more about the wretched campaign to spit in the face of the world (and of reality) and quit the European Union. Visiting the United States, as I recently did, provides some relief. But it comes at a price: wall-to-wall coverage of the presidential primaries. The Republican contest is almost egregiously distasteful, with the exception of the performance of Governor John Kasich of Ohio. Unfortunately, he is not going to win. His problem is simple: He is recognisably a normal human being. Watching the incendiary, invective-filled campaigns of his opponents — Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz — makes one mourn for the Grand Old Party. The first election campaign that I got involved in was some 50 years ago, in New York, where all of today’s candidates — Republican and Democrat — recently traded blows, with Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton emerging triumphant. In the mid-1960s, the leaders of the state and city, Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor John Lindsay, were Republicans, as were New York’s two senators, Kenneth Keating and Jacob Javits. These political moderates, and many other Republicans in the 1960s, still reflected the party of Abraham Lincoln in readily defined ways. For one thing, they were internationalists. For another, they believed in a partnership between government and the private sector (think of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower’s record, say, in building the US interstate highway system). Above all, they understood and identified with the integrationist project that remains the country’s continuing civilising mission (reflected in the words — E Pluribus Unum — on America’s seal). One cannot imagine those Republicans from the 1960s campaigning alongside the two leading GOP candidates today. Cruz is an ideological bruiser; Trump is just a bruiser, with no discernible ideology at all. On the other hand, I don’t imagine those former Republicans would have had any difficulty endorsing Kasich, a successful conservative governor whose primary motivation is plainly not hating people, whether in his own party or in the Democratic Party. And that appears to be the source of his weakness as a candidate. He doesn’t froth at the mouth. He seems — what a crime — blessedly sane. Apparently, normal isn’t good enough in today’s Republican Party. Acquiescence in heavily bankrolled, fearsome prejudice has left the rational and electable parts of the Republican Party in moral and political ruin. So now there is a late-in-the-day scramble by the party’s establishment to convince themselves that Cruz, an arrogant, bullying extremist, is not as ghastly as they have always told people he is. They fear him less as the party’s presidential candidate than they fear Trump. On the Democrats’ side, the battle between Senator Bernie Sanders and former secretary of state (and US senator) Hillary is nowhere near as grubby. It exposes some real issues of social equity and hostility to globalisation that need to be addressed. Watching all this close up could encourage despair. But we should not forget that, especially in the US, all politics is local. And, at the state and city level, there are still plenty of sane, decent, and intelligent elected officials trying to provide sensible leadership. And some will move on to the national stage. For example, in Los Angeles, where I spent a few days, a clever, well-educated young mayor, Eric Garcetti, combines energy, good looks, and common sense in a way that will almost certainly take him further. There must be a lot more like him, genuinely committed to public service, not to the self-aggrandising antics of some of today’s dangerous clowns. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Electricity Theft The Editor, At Last week, I gone to my old neighbor’s home which was at new Karachi Godra camp at that place I have seen unlimited electricity has been stolen, and many peoples are directly used wire in PMT’s and Kaunda hook system is used for illegal electricity connection. No any K-Electric vans came for survey and also no any electric company worker get readings of their meters, through that, those who consume electricity through illegal connections are not only a problems for the K-Electric company but it also a main cause of inaccessibility of power supply to genuine legal consumers. Many of the peoples are doesn’t pay her bills on time. It is a peak time that authorities did something to regulate and control the electricity stolen. Noor Hassan ISLAMABAD: Policemen beating the Estate Office agents who were protesting outside CDA Office. Demanding PM’s resignation on basis of allegations unfair: Ghafoor Haidari ISLAMABAD, May 2: Jamiat Ulema-e Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) deputy chairman Abbas Kassar HYDERABAD, May 2,2016: Scores of leaders and workers of various nationalist parties have joined Sindh National Tehrik saying that as their mother parties have gone idle and SNT was moving ahead for cause and rights of Sindh so they being affected by struggle of SNT have Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidari said it is not fair to seek resignation from the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the bases of allegations. Talking to media in Rahim Yar Khan, Maulana Ghafoor criticising opposition’s campaign against Prime Minister and said until the allegation leveled against Nawaz Sharif prove, joined it. Those who joined tehrik after visiting Sindh National House here included noted nationalist leaders Lala Qurban Sodhro, who had suffered a lot in jails and torture cells in past, Mir Allahdad Talpur senior vice chairman of Jeay Sindh Inqilabi Mahaz, senior nationalist leader Zulfiqar Jatoi, G.M.Sindhi of the demand off resignation is not fair. He further said the political temperature in the county is on its peak, rallies and sit-ins are the democratic right of every party if it won’t derail the system. Lala Qurban Sodhro, Allahdad Talpur, others join SNT Four alleged gamblers held ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Pirwadhai police have arrested four alleged gamblers. On tip-off, the police raided a hideout in Pirwadhai and arrested four alleged gamblers identified as Asghar, Khalid, Noman and Abdur Rasheed. The police also seized Rs10,420 in stake money, three litters of liquor and gambling equipment. The police have registered a case and started investigation. Peshawar UC Nazims protest for their demands PESHAWAR, May 2: Nazims of different Union Councils of Peshawar here on Monday staged a protest demonstration in front of Peshawar Press Club to press the government for their demands. According to details, the Union Council Nazims from across Peshawar gathered outside Peshawar Press Club and staged a protest demonstration. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favor of their demands. The protesting Nazims alleged that after more than one year of the local body elections, the provincial government has neither provided them with development funds nor they were given their due powers to exercise. ISLAMABAD, May 2: The mutilated body of a man was found within the Gorla police jurisdiction. The body, which was almost two weeks old, was spotted by a passer-by laying on a roadside in Dhok Soyan. The police took the body into jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Aneel Kumar,Arif Khuhro, Basit Bughio,Sohail Soomro, Darya Khan Daheri,Ahsan Jat, Mehtab Wasan, Ashfaq Sarki,Syed Hasnain and Niaz Muhammad Legnari of jeay Sindh Students Federation,STP’s Tahir Jatoi,Ghulam Shabbir Bhurgri of Tehrik Insaf, Niaz Leghari, Shah Rukh Jatoi, Sadam Jatoi and Munawar Shaikh. Talking to media Ashraf Noonari chairman of SNT thanked senior leaders of Jeay Sindh to joining his party and hoped that their struggle for rights of Sindh could get momentum with addition of these friends. He said they believe in tolerance and non violence and also were against religious extremism. Body recovered ISLAMABAD, May 2: Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday disposed off two separate cases of murder, rejecting their appeals of release. In a case of murder, advocate Muhammad Yousaf Zia informed the court that Imran, brother of murdered Abdullah, along with his brother attacked Ayaz’s home their custody and shifted it to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences for medicolegal formalities. The identity of the body could not be ascertained immediately, however, police said that they would launch investigation after autopsy report. over a tiny neighboring conflict and injured Ayaz and his brother Mansoor. During a clash Abdullah tried to snatch gun from Ayaz and received bullet during the fight, claimed the lawyer praying the court it was not intentional. The accused is engineer by profession while brother of accused completed MSC ISLAMABAD, May 2: Police have arrested several real estate agents who were protesting against Capital Development Authority (CDA), reported Monday. As soon as the protesters entered CDA Executive Block, police personnel baton charged them and shifted many of them to local police station. The agents stated that not a single file is moved to higher-ups at CDA without bribing the staffers. The protesters demanded National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take notice and launch action against corrupt officials of the Capital Development Authority. Trauma, burn centres, paediatric unit in BBH approved RAWALPINDI, May 2: The Punjab government has given approval for setting up a trauma and a burn centre and a paediatric surgery unit at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) Rawalpindi. Former MNA and PML- N leaders had sent recommendation to the chief minister to accord approval to the new facilities in the hospital. The Punjab government has also accorded approval for making new recruitment on vacant positions of medical staff, nurses and office boys in Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Holy Family Hospital and District Headquarters Hospital, sources in the health department said. Court complex for Kotli Sattian approved RAWALPINDI, May 2: Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Ejaz ul Hassan has accorded approval for construction of court complex in Kotli Sattian. Sources said that work on the court complex will start from this month. Additional district and sessions judges will take up cases in the new facility twice a week. Earlier, the executive body of the Tehsil Bar Association had held a special meeting with the LHC chief justice apprising him of the problems being faced by the litigants and the lawyers. SC disposes off two murder cases degree in jail. The lawyer prayed the court to release his client who allegedly killed Abdullah in 2007 and session court had given him death penalty which was later converted into life imprisonment by the High Court. The Supreme Court had maintained the verdict of high court. HYDERABAD: ASP city Suhai Aziz presents certificate and medal to a student during annual function and prize distribution ceremony.
5 International May 3:Copy of Layout 1 5/26/16 10:23 PM Page 1 Tuesday, May 3, 2016 International 5 Kerry sees hope of extending truce to Syria's Aleppo AMMAN/GENEVA, May 2: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday talks were closer to extending a Syrian truce to Aleppo, the divided northern city where a sharp escalation of violence in recent weeks has torpedoed peace talks. Kerry was in Geneva for talks with other dignitaries to try to revive the first major ceasefire of the five-year Syrian war, which was put in place in February with U.S. and Russian backing but has since all but collapsed. Syria announced temporary local truces in other areas last week but has so far failed to extend them to Aleppo, where government air strikes and rebel shelling have killed hundreds of civilians in the past week, including more than 50 people in a hospital that rebels say was deliberately targeted. The Aleppo fighting threatens to wreck the first peace talks involving the warring parties, which are due to resume at an unspecified date after breaking up in April JAKARTA, May 2: Indonesian police on Monday detained hundreds of pro-independence demonstrators in the eastern province of Papua on the anniversary of Dutch New Guinea's 1963 integration into Indonesia. Around 500 people were detained in the provincial capital, Jayapura, police said, and dozens in other cities of GENEVA: US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gestures next to United Nations Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura during a news conference in Switzerland. when the opposition delegation walked out in anger. "We're getting closer to a place of understanding, but we have some work to do, and that's why we're here," Kerry said at the start of a meeting with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. After meeting Jubeir and the resource province of around 3.5 million. There were no reports of violence. "In spirit they support Papua's separation from Indonesia," said Papua police spokesman Patridge Renwarin. "We are trying to explain to them that this goes against the spirit of the unitary state of Indonesia." Papuan activist Markus Haluk told Reuters demonstrators had voiced support for calls for an internationally monitored referendum for independence. Papua has seen a long-running and often violent separatist conflict since being incorporated into Indonesia after a widely criticized U.N.-backed referendum in 1969. Dutch colonial rule ended in 1963. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura, Kerry said he hoped for more clarity in the next day or so on restoring the nationwide ceasefire. The United States and Russia had agreed to keep extra staff in Geneva to work on it. "Both sides, the opposition and the regime, have contributed to this chaos, and we are working over the next hours intensely in order to try to restore the cessation of hostilities," Kerry said. De Mistura said he would travel to Moscow for talks. The civil war in Syria has killed hundred of thousands of people, driven millions from Hundreds promoting independence detained in Indonesia's Papua South Korea revives GPS backup project after blaming North for jamming SEOUL/LONDON, May 2: South Korea has revived a project to build a backup ship navigation system that would be difficult to hack after a recent wave of GPS signal jamming attacks it blamed on North Korea disrupted fishing vessel operations, officials say. Global Positioning System (GPS) and other electronic navigation aids are vulnerable to signal loss from solar weather effects, radio and satellite interference and deliberate jamming. South Korea, which says it has faced repeated attempts by the rival North to interfere with satellite signals, will award a 15 billion won ($13 million) contract this month to secure technology required to build an alternative land-based radio system called eLoran, which it hopes will provide reliable alternative position and timing signals for navigation. "The need for us is especially high, because of the deliberate signal interference by North Korea," a South Korean government official involved in the initiative told Reuters, requesting anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media. Hague court says Italian sailor should return home: Italy ROME, May 2: A U.N. arbitration court has ruled that India should release an Italian marine, who has been detained in Delhi for more than four years, and allow him to return home, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. India arrested in 2012 two Italian marines on suspicion they killed two fishermen that they had mistaken for pirates while they had been escorting an oil tanker. One of the pair returned to Italy with health problems, but India has refused to let the other man, Salvatore Girone, leave the country. The case has soured relations between India and Italy, but the two countries agreed last year to move the case to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and abide by its decisions. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has made several trips to Papua since taking office in 2014 and has promised to bring development to the impoverished region after decades of neglect. His government has also released several political prisoners and pledged to resolve cases of human rights violations. Indiana to test Donald Trump’s staying power with evangelicals INDIANAPOLIS, May 2: Donald Trump's success in the race for the White House may well ride on the support of Republican evangelicals made wary as the front-runner reveals a more liberal side to his social views. A case in point is Tuesday's nominating contest in Indiana, a conservative Midwestern U.S. state that has voted Republican in nine of the last 10 presidential elections. A New York businessman who has never held public office, Trump has had some success with evangelicals in states such as South Carolina. But there have been signs of slippage. Trump, 69, has taken stances on Planned Parenthood family clinics and gay and transgender rights that raise Christian conservative concerns, including in such states as Indiana where they make up a high proportion of voters. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist opinion poll shows Trump with a wide lead in Indiana, 49 percent, to 34 percent for his nearest rival, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, and 13 percent for Ohio Governor John Kasich. Most previous Indiana opinion polls showed a tighter race with Trump leading Cruz by only a few points. A Trump win in the state could be pivotal to his chances of securing the nomination but may also offer a gauge of whether he can rally evangelicals. their homes, created the world's worst refugee crisis and provided a base for Islamic State militants who have launched attacks elsewhere. The fighting has drawn in global powers and regional states, while all diplomatic efforts to resolve it have foundered over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, who refuses to accept opposition demands that he leave power. The United States and Russia have taken the leading roles in the latest diplomatic initiative, which began after Moscow joined the war last year with an air campaign that tipped the balance of power in favor of Assad, its ally. So far, Syria has announced a "regime of calm" -- a temporary local truce -- in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus and the countryside of northern Latakia province, from Saturday morning. The Latakia truce was for three days and the Ghouta truce, initially for 24 hours, was also extended by another 48. Kuwait freedoms make austerity drive tricky for govt KUWAIT, May 2: A three-day strike by oil workers in Kuwait last month over pay reforms shows the government faces considerable opposition as it prepares to push through painful and controversial cuts to longstanding welfare benefits. Oil-exporting states around the Gulf are reducing subsidies for fuel, public utilities and food, and freezing or slowing the growth of public sector wages, as they try to curb big budget deficits caused by low oil prices. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain have all taken such steps in the past six months. But Kuwait has been slower to act; reforms were still being discussed in parliament last week and no timetable has been set. In mid-March, Finance Minister Anas al- Saleh said the cabinet had approved in principle a "repricing" of some commodities and public services, but he gave no details and did not mention a date for the changes. BEIJING, May 2: Confessions by two more Taiwanese telecoms fraud suspects, from among dozens deported from Kenya to China last month, were aired by Chinese state television on Monday, appearing to back China's contention that such crimes are lightly dealt with in Taiwan. The case, and subsequent deportations of Taiwanese from Malaysia for similar suspected crimes, has infuriated Taiwan and soured ties that were already strained by the election in January of a pro-independence party in Taipei. Taiwan has said China effectively kidnapped its nationals. China says they are criminals wanted for serious crimes in China and that it has every right to try them, Jungle Book roars at US box office LOS ANGELES, May 2: Disney's The Jungle Book has topped the North American box office for the third consecutive week, taking $42.4m (£29m) according to early estimates. The reboot of the classic Rudyard Kipling adaptation has reaped $684.8m (£468.5m) globally since its release last month. The Huntsman: Winter's War managed takings of ANKARA, May 2: Shelling by Turkish artillery and drones which took off from southern Turkey struck Islamic State targets in Syria on Sunday, killing 34 militants, the Turkish military said. It said the strikes, in response to Islamic State rocket attacks which hit the southern Turkish province of Kilis, destroyed six vehicles and five Islamic State gun positions. The border town of Kilis and surrounding area has been hit frequently only $9.4m (£6.4m) in its second week of release. Feline action comedy Keanu took third slot with a modest $9.35m (£6.39m). Comedy Mother's Day had a weak debut, with takings of $8.3m (£5.6m), despite featuring stars including Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson. All eyes are on the release of Captain America: by rocket fire from Islamic State-controlled Syrian territory in recent months, killing civilians. In Sunday's strikes, Turkish howitzers and multiple rocket launchers first hit Islamic State targets about 12 km (seven miles) south of the border, then four drones that took off from the Incirlik base in southern Turkey destroyed further targets, the military said. Turkey has repeatedly fired back at Islamic State positions under its rules of Civil War, which opens next week in the US and has already done good business elsewhere. Civil War opened in 37 territories over the weekend, taking in an estimated $200.2m (£136.9m). That included record openings in Mexico, Brazil and the Philippines for the film which many believe could be this year's biggest hit. Drones, Turkish artillery hit Islamic State in Syria, 34 dead: military NEW DELHI/HONG KONG, May 2: India and the United States are in talks to help each other track submarines in the Indian Ocean, military officials say, a move that could further tighten defense ties between New Delhi and Washington as China steps up its undersea activities. Both the United States and India are growing concerned at the reach and ambition of the Chinese navy, which is taking an increasingly assertive stance in the South China Sea and is challenging India's domination in the Indian Ocean. New Delhi, shedding its decades-old reluctance to be drawn intoAmerica's embrace, agreed last month to open up its military bases to the United States in exchange for access to weapons technology to help it narrow the gap with China. The two sides also said their navies will hold talks on anti engagement, but has said it needs greater support from Western allies, citing the difficulty of hitting moving targets with howitzers. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying last week that the United States would deploy a rocket launcher system near the stretch of border that has come under attack. A senior U.S. military official confirmed the matter was under discussion but declined to comment further. Wary of China's Indian Ocean activities, US, India discuss anti-submarine warfare accusing Taiwan of turning a blind eye to crime and politicizing the issue. The videos are the latest in a recent string of on-camera confessions in China that have prompted submarine warfare (ASW), an area of sensitive military technology and closely held tactics that only allies share. "These types of basic engagements will be the building blocks for an enduring Navy-to-Navy relationship that we hope will grow over time into a shared ASW capability," one U.S. official familiar with India- U.S. military cooperation said, speaking on condition of anonymity. China airs two more confessions by Taiwan fraud suspects international criticism that the admissions could have been made under duress. Chinese state television showed two men it said were from Taiwan and had been deported from Kenya. The men, whose faces were blurred out, were identified by their family names of Lin and Hsu and spoke with Taiwanese accents. It was not possible to verify their origins independently. The report said Lin, 46, set up a Kenyan fraud cell which called people in China to extort money by pretending to be law enforcement officers. Lin had been jailed in Taiwan in 2011 for telecoms fraud, state television said, but was only given a sixmonth sentence and resumed his crimes upon release. Reckitt Benckiser executive slapped in S Korea while apologizing for deadly sterilizers SEOUL, May 2: An executive from British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB.L) was slapped during an emotional news conference as he apologized on Monday over deadly lung injuries linked to the use of humidifier sterilizers marketed by the firm. Ata Safdar, head of Reckitt Benckiser Korea and Japan, bowed several times in apology before an audience that included victims and their families, among them a 13-year-old boy who now uses an oxygen tank to breathe. The news conference in a Seoul hotel marked the first public acceptance of responsibility by the firm for its role in a bitter controversy that has raged since 2011. The government said last year that 92 people were believed to have died from causes related to the humidifier products - not all them marketed by Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, which was the group's South Korean arm at the time. Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including some Shi'ite pilgrims BAGHDAD, May 2: Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, including Shi'ite Muslim worshippers conducting an annual pilgrimage inside the capital, police and medical sources said. The largest blast, from a parked car bomb in the Saydiya district of southern Baghdad, killed 11 and wounded 30, the sources said. At least a few of the casualties were pilgrims passing through the area on their way to the shrine of Imam Moussa al- Kadhim, a great-grandson of Prophet Mohammad. Explosives planted on the ground in Tarmiya, 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, killed two and wounded six, while a roadside bomb in Khalisa, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of the city, left one dead and two wounded. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for any of the attacks, but Islamic State militants fighting Iraqi forces in the north and west regularly target security personnel and Shi'ite civilians whom they consider apostates. Islamic State's al Qaeda predecessor was blamed in the past for such attacks on Shi'ite pilgrims, including blasts in 2012 that left 70 people dead nationwide. Security has gradually improved in Baghdad, which was the target of daily bombings a decade ago, but there has been a string of blasts in recent days, including a suicide attack on Saturday that killed at least 19 people.
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