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Journalist: To end war ------

prosecute UK, US officials

who wage(d) it illegally


October 22nd, 10:12pm (PressTV)


 


The world must finally put an end to the impunity of war


 criminals, by holding US and UK officials responsible 


for launching the illegal war on Iraq, done without


 the approval of the UN Security Council, and 


prosecuting them --- under the Nuremberg 


principles, US journalist Don DeBar said.


 


DeBar made the remarks in an interview with Press TV while


commenting on a report which has revealed that the British


military inquiries into abuse against Iraqi nationals... have


been closed without a single prosecution being brought,


even though the credibility of many "shocking and 


shameful incidents" during the war in the Middle 


Eastern country, have been confirmed.


 


British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement 


this week that the Service Police Legacy Investigations, 


which was looking at claims of abuse in Iraq, had now 


"officially closed its doors."


 


In March 2003, the US and Britain invaded Iraq in blatant


 violation of international law and under the pretext of 


finding WMDs; but no such weapons were ever 


discovered in Iraq.


 


More than one million Iraqis were killed - as the result of


 the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq


--- according to the California-based investigative 


organization, Project Censored.


 


The US war in Iraq cost US taxpayers $1.7 trillion with


 an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war
veterans, 
expenses that could grow to more than
$6 trillion over the
 next four decades counting
interest, according to a study
 called Costs of
War Project  ---  by the Watson Institute for 


International Studies at Brown University.


 


DeBar told Press TV that the Iraq war 


was illegal from the very beginning.


 


"It is illegal for a nation to make war on another nation if it 


does not have the approval of the UN Security Council, if 


any of those nations are signatories to the original UN 


Charter. And it’s been adopted - that happened with 


the US, as a charter member of the UN -- and it was 


approved by the US Senate in the 1940s.

Consequently, 
the US involvement in Iraq from
the beginning, and 
the UK involvement in Iraq
from the beginning, 
was illegal,” he said.


 


“And under the Nuremberg standards, which would then


 apply, each and every death consequent – intentional 


or not - to either US or UK military action there, or 


condoning of the US action there, by the media 


or public officials, or any act facilitating that, 


is an individual war crime. And, by the way,


 there’s a death penalty for that,” the 


journalist noted.


 


“No one will prosecute these people. That’s why I started


 with the word impunity. And we might bookend with that


 because that’s the problem. And until the world puts an


 end to that impunity, until the world sees the major 


contradiction in all international relations, is US, 


UK, and EU imperialism, then it’s going to 


continue until this eats our species,” 


he stated.


 


A damning White House memo had revealed details of the


 so-called “deal in blood” forged by former British Prime


 Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush


 over the Iraq war.


 


The document, titled “Secret... Memorandum for the


 President”, was sent by then-US Secretary of State 


Colin Powell to President Bush --- on March 28th,
2002, 
a week before Bush’s summit with Blair
at his 
Crawford ranch in Texas.


 


The sensational memo, revealed that Blair had agreed to


 support the war a year before the invasion even started


 while publicly, the British prime minister was working
to
 find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.


 


The document also disclosed that Blair agreed to act as a


 spin doctor for Bush and convince a skeptical public that 


Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass


 Destruction, which actually did not exist.


 


In response, Bush would flatter Blair and give the 


impression that London was not Washington’s 


poodle but an equal partner in the


 “special relationship.”


 


Powell told Bush that Blair “will be with us” on the 


Iraq war, and assured the president that “"the UK 


will follow our lead in the Middle East."


 


Blair has always denied the claim that he and Bush 


signed a deal “in blood”, at Crawford, to launch a 


war against Iraq that began on March 20th, 2003, 


that has killed hundreds of thousands of people.


 


The Powell memo, however, showed how Blair and 


Bush secretly prepared the Iraq war plot behind 


closed doors at Crawford.


 


Powell told Bush: “He will present to you the strategic, 


tactical and public affairs lines, that he believes will 


strengthen global support for our common cause.”


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Maduro's release demanded in Brazil 

three months after his kidnapping

April 3rd, 1:56pm

 (Prensa Latina) 

 

Brazilian and Venezuelan activists residing in this country, today 

demanded the release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, 

Congresswoman Cilia Flores, 3 months after their kidnapping.

 

On this date.. which coincides with the commemoration of Good 

Friday, they gathered in front of the iconic Cathedral of Brasilia 

to send a message of solidarity to Maduro and Flores, who are 

imprisoned in the United States after the aggression ordered 

by Donald Trump against Venezuela on January 3.

 

"It is April 3, 2026, and we are here in Brasilia denouncing the 

three months of the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro 

and Deputy Cilia Flores," said activist Flavia Rodrigues... a 

member of a committee created in this capital to demand 

the release of both figures.

 

"On this symbolic date, Good Friday, we demand the immediate 

release of the presidential couple of Venezuela," the activist 

remarked, after they sang the song Patria Querida, often 

sung at public events by Maduro and the leader of the 

Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez.

 

The iconic work was performed today by Fabiano Leitao, 

a regular participant in political events, trumpeter of 

President LuisInácio Lula da Silva, and who has 

already played twice in Maduro's presence.

 

"President Maduro, from Brasilia we add voices for your release 

and for the first combatant Cilia Flores. We will win! Freedom!" 

said Venezuelan Freddy Meregote.

 

This Friday's act of solidarity follows numerous actions carried 

out by this and other groups in Brazil to demand the release of 

the constitutional president of Venezuela and his wife, who 

on March 26 faced another hearing in New York in a 

criticized judicial process against them.

 

At the end of January, representatives of political, social and 

communication forces converged in this capital to create 

the Committee for the freedom of Maduro and Flores, 

as part of a broad global movement.. in favour of 

their release.

 

On March 3, two months after the kidnapping, the Union of Federal 

Public Servants of this capital hosted a debate on the subject in 

which intellectuals, jurists, activists and people in solidarity 

with the Bolivarian Revolution participated.

 

Likewise, last week, during the First International Antifascist 

Conference for the Sovereignty of Peoples, held in the city 

of Porto Alegre, there were several spaces where the 

release of the couple was demanded.

 

"We cannot accept the kidnapping of a ruler, or his partner; we 

cannot accept this kidnapping of a nation," said the executive 

secretary of the São Paulo Forum, Monica Valente, at 

that event.

 




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Maduro sent a message 

------- from a US prison

by Marina Sovina

 (night editor)

March 29th, 5:12am

(Lenta.ru)

 

President Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, who is in custody in

 the US, has made an address for the first time in a long 

time. He published his statement on the X social 

network page.

 

"We have received your messages, letters, and prayers. 

Every word of love and support ..strengthens us 

spiritually. We are fine, strong, calm, and in 

constant prayer," the message posted
on 
behalf of Maduro and his wife,
Cilia 
Flores, said.

 

He also called for the strengthening of peace, national unity, 

and dialogue, emphasizing that Venezuela must follow a 

path - of "reconciliation and respect." The Venezuelan 

leader thanked the citizens and "people of goodwill" 

around the world for their solidarity, noting that 

their support provides moral strength and

 inner resilience.

 

It was previously reported that Nicolas Maduro is being held

 at the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC) in Brooklyn in 

a cell measuring approximately 3 metres by two metres 

...and is in almost total isolation. 

 





Image: People hold up a banner as they protest against Israel at the entrance of the International Criminal Court.


 











Retired US diplomat Jatras: 


Trump is cornered by 


the Iran operation


April 3rd, 6:26pm


(RT.ru)


 


US President Donald Trump is trapped because of the operation 


in Iran. This was stated by retired US diplomat Jim Jatras in a 


conversation with retired US Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis.


 


“He’s cornered, as he has no realistic chance to declare 


victory and withdraw from the operation,” said Jatras 


on the YouTube channel.


 


Earlier, The National Interest magazine wrote that 


the US suffered serious damage by attacking Iran.


 


Strategic Culture noted that Iran had


 struck at Trump's vulnerable point.


 


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on the US


to stop attacking Iran ------ instead of talking about the 


problems of the blocked Strait of Hormuz.


 


 


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Wave 93: Israeli military support centres 


targeted in joint retaliatory strike


April 3rd, 4:56pm


 (PressTV)


 


Iranian and allied resistance forces executed Wave 93 of their 


retaliatory campaign against US-Israeli aggression, dealing 


precise blows to critical Israeli military staging grounds


 deep inside the occupied territories.


 


Wave 93 of Operation True Promise 4 was executed on Friday 


afternoon against targets in the north and the heart of the 


occupied territories, and dedicated to the great mujahid 


Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah and Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, 


reads a statement by the Islamic Revolution 


Guards Corps.


 


During this fierce assault, the centers of gathering and combat 


support of the Zionists in Western Galilee, Haifa, Kafr Kanna, 


and Krayot were precisely hit, the statement noted.


 


Detailing the tactical execution, this wave was carried out as a 


joint operation with the Islamic Resistance and a combination 


of solid and liquid fuel missiles, long-range and guided, and 


suicide drones, based on the statement.


 


It noted that the wave of drone and missile launches..... "will 


continue continuously, uninterruptedly, and shot after shot."


 


This sweeping strike is a direct response to the US and Israel, 


who launched their criminal aggression against Iran on 


February 28 by assassinating Leader of the Islamic 


Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei ...along with 


senior military commanders.


 


The enemies have deliberately targeted Iran’s civilian 


infrastructure and energy facilities, killing hundreds 


of Iranian people, including some 170 children at 


an elementary school in Minab.


 


Iran’s successful retaliatory strikes have inflicted heavy 


losses on Washington and Tel Aviv and demonstrated 


the futility of their military posturing.


 


 


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US-Israeli aggression against Iran ----- 


amounts to war crimes: US experts


Friday, 3rd, 4:11pm


 (PressTV)


 


Dozens of international law experts in the United States 


have signed an open letter stating that the ongoing 


US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, may 


amount to war crimes.


 


In the letter released on Thursday, over 100 international law 


experts in the US warned that the conduct of US forces and 


statements by senior US officials "raise serious concerns 


about violations of international human rights law and 


international humanitarian law, including potential 


war crimes."


 


This came after President Donald Trump reiterated 


his threats this week to strike Iran's power and 


desalination plants.


 


“President Trump further threatened to ‘obliterate’ power 


plants in Iran. US Ambassador to the United Nations 


Mike Waltz defended power plant attacks the next 


day and also said - that striking nuclear power 


plants was not off the table. It is prohibited 


to attack civilian energy infrastructure,” 


read the letter.


 


The experts, including those from schools like Harvard, Yale, 


Stanford, and the University of California, also noted a mid-


March comment from Trump - where he said the US may 


conduct strikes on Iran "just for fun."


 


The letter, which was published on the website of the 


Just Security policy journal, also cited comments 


from Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth from early 


March in which he said --- the US does not 


fight with "stupid rules of engagement."


 


“Recent statements from senior US government officials 


describing the rules governing military engagement as 


'stupid' and prioritizing 'lethality' over 'legality' ----- are 


profoundly alarming and dangerously short-sighted.”


 


The experts further emphasized that the strikes launched 


by the United States and Israel on February 28, 2026, 


clearly violated the United Nations Charter's


prohibition on the use of force.


 


“Force against another state is only permitted in self-defense 


against an actual or imminent armed attack or where 


authorized by the UN Security Council. The Security 


Council did not authorize the attack. Iran did not 


attack Israel or the United States.”


 


Despite the Trump administration’s varied and sometimes 


conflicting claims to the contrary, there is no evidence 


that Iran posed an imminent threat that could ground 


a self-defense claim, they stated.


 


The experts expressed serious concern about strikes that 


have hit schools, health facilities, and homes, noting: a 


strike on a school in Iran on the war's first day, which 


killed about 170 children in the city of Minab.


 


"The war, which is costing US taxpayers between $1-2 billion 


each day, is imposing significant harm on civilians in the 


region, has resulted in the loss of hundreds of civilian 


lives across the Middle East, and is causing serious 


environmental and economic harms," the
experts 
said - in the letter.


 


The war has also abolished “civilian environment teams” 


and other mechanisms specifically designed to limit 


harm to civilians during operations, they added.


 


"We urge US government officials to uphold the UN Charter, 


international humanitarian law, and human rights law 


at all times, and to publicly make clear --- the US 


commitment to, and respect for, the norms 


of international law."


 


The US and Israel launched their illegal act of aggression 


against Iran on February 28 - by assassinating Leader of 


the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, 


along with senior military commanders, in a
flagrant 
breach of the country’s
sovereignty.


 


The Iranian armed forces responded with more than 92 waves 


of retaliatory strikes, codenamed Operation True Promise 4, 


launching hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles as 


well as drone attacks against sensitive and strategic US 


and Israeli targets throughout the region.


 


The US and Israel ---- launched an unprovoked act of aggression 


against Iran on February 28, targeting sites across the country, 


including civilian areas such as schools, hospitals, and 


sports halls.


 


United Nations experts have recently strongly denounced 


the ongoing US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran 


as flagrant violations of international law.


 


 


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Official:  Iran can sustain Strait of Hormuz 


closure for years-cut US military logistics 


April 3rd, 3:35pm


(PressTV)


 


The current situation in the Strait of Hormuz could remain as it is 


for a long time, and Iran has the capability to sustain it for years, 


a senior Iranian security official told Press TV.


 


Speaking to Press TV, the official – who spoke on condition of 


anonymity – explained that Iran's heightened sensitivity over 


the strategic waterway stems from the fact that the majority 


of equipment used to supply US military bases & garrisons 


across the region has historically been transported by sea.


 


"Iran has the capability to sustain this situation for years," 


the official said, referring to the effective shutdown of 


the strategic waterway to US and allied vessels.


 


The official further stated that Iran believes it should 


no longer allow such logistical support to continue.


 


"The majority of the equipment used to supply US military 


bases and garrisons in the region has been provided via 


the sea - & Iran must no longer allow this to continue," 


he said.


 


According to the security official, Iran believes that if it 


had begun regulating the strait earlier, the enemy's 


logistical capabilities would have been 


significantly reduced.


 


"For this reason, Iran will no longer permit 


such logistics to take place," he added.


 


The Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one-fifth of 


global oil supplies pass, has been effectively closed to US 


and allied vessels amid the US-Israeli war of aggression 


against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which started on


 February 28.


 


Iran's ability to choke maritime traffic through the narrow 


waterway, situated between the Persian Gulf and the 


Gulf of Oman, has been a key point of leverage in 


the ongoing war.


 


The effective shutdown of the strait has disrupted global 


supplies and triggered a sharp surge in oil prices, with 


Brent crude climbing toward record levels. Analysts 


warn prices could reach $200 per barrel if the war 


of aggression persists and the US..... refuses 


Iranian demands.


 


The rise in crude prices has quickly filtered into the US gasoline 


market. Average prices have climbed above $4 per gallon, 


while diesel has approached $5-$6 per gallon in many 


states, levels not seen in years. This surge is fueling


 growing discontent across the United States.


 


Beyond crude, the closure of the Strait to US and allied vessels 


has also disrupted LNG, fertilizer, and other key commodities.


 


Logistics costs and insurance premiums have surged, 


intensifying the inflationary pressures in the US, 


particularly through higher transportation, 


food, and industrial costs.


 


Trump issued repeated warnings that continued closure or 


disruption of shipping through the strategic waterway, 


which carries around 20 percent of the world's 


crude oil supply, would trigger severe 


retaliation, including strikes on 


Iranian power plants.


 


Deadlines, initially set at 48 hours.. were later extended to 


five days and then ten, even as the Iranian armed forces 


dismissed the threats and warned of severe counter-


measures.


 


In a desperate move, Trump later urged European partners 


to dispatch naval forces to the Strait to escort tankers 


and ensure freedom of navigation. None of them 


responded favorably, fueling his frustration.


 


More recently, after all the options had been exhausted... the US 


president signaled that securing and reopening the Strait is no 


longer a key US war objective, and suggesting that military 


operations against Iran could end ......even if the Strait 


remains closed.


 


 


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Iran launches drone attacks on US 


military positions, interests in 


West Asia


April 3rd, 2:52pm


 (PressTV)


 


The Iranian army has conducted new drone attacks on US 


military positions in Jordan and Kuwait, as well as on an 


aluminum factory in Bahrain involved in the production


 of US military equipment.


 


The army announced that the attacks took place early on 


Friday ---- in response to the US strikes on the country’s 


civilian infrastructure, including industrial facilities, 


Isfahan and Khuzestan Steel plants, and the 


B1 Bridge.


 


According to the statement, the drone attacks targeted - “the 


logistics and support equipment warehouse and the housing 


facilities of the US terrorist army’s troops in Jordan,” as 


well as the site where “the mechanized battalion of 


the US armoured brigade” was deployed at 


Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.


 


Camp Arifjan is a support base for various armoured vehicles 


in Kuwait and hosts US infantry brigades and field support 


units, among others.


 


Among the targets struck by Iranian drones earlier in the day 


was “the largest aluminum smelting plant in Bahrain, which 


supports US military industries.”


 


Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) has links to US 


military-related supply chains.


 


The statement vowed to “respond to any hostile action by 


the enemy in a combined manner, beyond expectations.”


 


The US and Israel started a fresh round of aerial aggression on 


Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out 


unprovoked attacks on the country.


 


Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the strikes by launching 


barrages of missiles and drone attacks on the Israeli-


occupied territories as well as on US bases and 


interests in regional countries.


 


 


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IRGC:  US, Israel responsible for attack


on Kuwait’s power, desalination plant


April 3rd, 1:35pm


(PressTV) 


 


Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that Israel 


carried out an earlier attack on Kuwait’s power & desalination


 plant, warning regional countries to stay vigilant.


 


On Friday, Kuwait said that an electricity generation and water 


desalination plant came under attack. The country’s Ministry 


of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy accused Iran 


of attacking the facilities.


 


In its statement, the IRGC’s Public Relations Office - condemned 


the attack as an “inhumane act,” carried out by the aggressors.


 


It said that the “unconventional and illegitimate attack”, by 


the US-Israeli aggressors - on Kuwait’s energy and civilian 


infrastructures is a sign of their "depravity and baseness."


 


The IRGC also urged regional countries to “remain vigilant” 


about attempts by the United States and Israel to 


destabilize and destroy West Asia.


 


The IRGC has once again warned that the US military bases 


and personnel in the region, as well as the military and 


security sites in the Israeli-occupied territories, are 


the targets of its powerful retaliatory attacks.


 


Since Israel and the US launched their illegal war against Iran on 


February 28, the country’s civilian infrastructure has repeatedly 


been targeted ------ in flagrant violation of international law.


 


In response to the aggression, Iran’s Armed Forces have carried 


out daily missile and drone attacks on US assets and bases in 


the region. Israeli-occupied territories have also been the 


target of Iran’s powerful drone and missile strikes.


 


Meanwhile, Tehran has consistently said that their neighbouring 


countries are friendly and brotherly nations --- urging the Arab 


Persian Gulf countries.. to expel US forces from the region.


 


The strike on Kuwait’s power and desalination plant, which it 


did not name, came hours after the country’s al-Ahmadi oil 


refinery was targeted.


 


Local media reported that the attack caused fires in a “number


 of operational units,” and that no employees were injured.


 


According to reports, this was the third time the refinery 


has been hit, and people across the country are on 


“high alert.”


 


Tehran has long warned of US- and Israeli false flag 


operations to draw regional states ......into the war.


 


 


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US war secretary fires two more generals 


amid failure of anti-Iran aggression


April 3rd, 9:10am


 (PressTV)


 


US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has dismissed two other 


senior Army officers amid Washington's failure to achieve 


objectives in its war of aggression against Iran. 


 


The Pentagon announced on Thursday that Hegseth had 


fired David Hodne, who had been overseeing training 


and transformation initiatives, and William Green 


Jr., head of the Army’s Chaplain Corps.


 


The removals, which were announced without providing 


an explanation, came as part of a sweeping Pentagon 


shake-up led by Hegseth, a warmonger.


 


Earlier in the day, the US war secretary also forced


 out Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George. 


 


Shortly after the news, Pentagon spokesperson 


Sean Parnell confirmed that General George is 


“retiring effective immediately."


 


Since taking office, Hegseth has dismissed more than a dozen 


high-ranking officers, including Air Force Vice Chief of Staff 


Gen. James Slife, Defense Intelligence Agency head Lt. 


Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, and Chief of Naval Operations 


Adm. Lisa Franchetti.


 


Earlier this year, Hegseth also ordered the dismissal of one 


of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s top advisers, Col. David 


Butler, a former spokesperson for Gen. Mark Milley.


 


Independent observers view the purge within the US military 


as a direct consequence of America’s failure to impose its 


will against Iran, which resolutely defended its 


sovereignty throughout the imposed war.


 


The United States and Israel launched their criminal aggression 


against Iran on February 28 by assassinating Leader of the 


Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei along with 


senior military commanders.


 


The enemies have deliberately targeted Iran’s civilian 


infrastructure and energy facilities, killing hundreds 


of Iranian people.


 


Ever since, the people of Iran have taken to the streets to express 


their support for the country’ Armed forces, who have targeted 


Israeli military and strategic sites as well as US military 


bases across the region, with missiles and drones.


 


Iran’s successful retaliatory strikes have inflicted heavy losses 


on Washington and Tel Aviv and demonstrated the futility of


 their military posturing.


 


 




Image: Nazia Hassa's Birth Day


Today, April 3rd, in 1965,

 

Nazia Hassan,

 

singer, songwriter, and philanthropist,

 

is born. 

 

Regarded as the "Queen of South Asian Pop,” she is considered 

one of the most influential musical figures in Pakistan history 

and is the subcontinent's first ever pop star.

 

Starting in the 1980s, as part of the duo Nazia and Zoheb, she 

and her brother Zoheb Hassan, have sold over 65 million 

records worldwide.

 

Hassan received her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

& Economics from the Richmond American University in London. 

In 1991, she became an intern in the Women's International 

Leadership program at the United Nations. Later, she 

went on to work for the United Nations Security 

Council. She held a London University Law 

(LLB) degree.

 

Throughout her singing career spanning over 15 years, Hassan 

became one of South Asia's most popular celebrities. At the

height of Disco Deewane fever, she frequently drew large 

crowds, such as 50,000 to 100,000 people greeting her 

at Calcutta Airport.

 

She was a recipient of Pakistan's civilian award, 

Pride of Performance Award, posthumously, 

in 2002.

 

In addition to singing, she also engaged in philanthropic activities,

and was appointed by UNICEF as its cultural ambassador in 1991.

 

Hassan used her abilities to promote social causes. She worked 

for children, youth and women in distress residing in the 

underprivileged areas of Karachi. She supported the 

Inner Wheel Club of India, and helped raise funds 

for it. In Pakistan, together with her brother, 

Zoheb, and British social entrepreneur, 

Sophia Swire... she established the 

organization BAN (Battle Against 

Narcotics) and was an active 

Voice of Women, National 

Youth Organisation.

 

She is credited for her part in the introduction of mobile clinics

 in Lyari Town, to make medicine more accessible to the 

deprived people.

 

Hassan worked with Javed Jabbar, former Information minister,

 to raise funds for children in Tharparkar and Rajasthan. She 

went to a large number of schools to hand out toys to poor 

children --- and gave talks on the subject of social 

awareness for the under-privileged.

 

In 1991, she joined the United Nations Security Council at the 

United Nations Headquarters in New York City and worked 

there for two years. In her third year, she offered her 

services at UNICEF.

Her social and academic 
excellence won her a scholarship
in 
Columbia University’s Leadership Program, but.. she
was unable to 
take up the offer because about

this time... she was diagnosed 

with cancer.

 

In 2003, Hassan’s parents created the Nazia Hassan Foundation 

to further their daughter’s efforts to make the world a better 

lace for everyone, regardless of caste, creed and religion; 

they decided to open a school for street children that

would help in the caring for and education of 

working street children.

 

Hassan was married to businessman Ishtiaq Baig from 1995 to 

2000, with whom she had a son. She died on 13 August 2000 

at the age of 35, due to lung cancer, in London.

 

 

''A woman ------- can make his life hell 

  out in heaven, or heaven out in hell.'' 







China labels Israeli-occupied lands 


as ‘high risk area,’ bans all new


 investments: Report


February 5th,  7:41pm


 PressTV)






A Chinese investment fund has revealed that the Beijing 


government has imposed a ban on all new investment 


in Israeli-occupied lands due to the regime’s brutal 


aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip. 






The news emerged in Israeli media outlets, amid a lawsuit filed 


by members of Kibbutz Hanita against Ballet Vision, a Chinese


-controlled fund that holds an 80% stake in Hanita Lenses, an 


intraocular lens manufacturing plant located in the northern 


part of the occupied lands near the Lebanese border. 






Israeli settlers from the kibbutz have filed a lawsuit against the 


fund, which controls 80 percent of an intraocular lens plant 


located in the northern settlement.






A lawsuit filed in the Tel Aviv district court shows the kibbutz is 


seeking approximately $11 million, accusing the fund of failing


 to exercise an option to purchase their remaining shares, as


 stipulated in a prior agreement.






According to a response letter from Ballet attached to the 


lawsuit... the Chinese government has classified Israeli-


occupied lands as a "high-risk area" or "red category" 


due to the ongoing situation in the West Asia region, 


specifically since Oct. 7, 2023.






“Since the outbreak of the fighting, the Chinese government 


has classified Israel as a high-risk zone (red category) and 


prohibited any new Chinese investment in the Israeli-


occupied lands,” it said in the letter.






The letter further says that until the restriction


 is lifted, the transaction.... is not feasible.






“As long as this restriction remains in place, there is no 


practical operational ability to exercise the option,” 


it added






Aside from the Chinese government's ban on investing in 


Israeli-occupied territories, Ballet says Hanita Lenses


 incurred significant operational losses.






Liu Yuxiao, a director of Ballet Vision and CEO of the lens 


manufacturing plant, earlier said that Hanita Lenses 


sustained losses of around $15 million over a 


period of three years --- as well as a 


$4 million debt. This resulted in


 severe financial issues.






Yuxiao said he became the CEO in March last year to try 


to prevent total collapse, and added that the company 


may now break even in 2026.






The developments also come as ties between the two sides 


were deteriorating over the self-ruling island of Taiwan, 


which has been looking to the Zionist entity for 


increased military cooperation.






China has already warned Israel against providing military 


expertise and technology to Taiwan under the guise of 


civilian programs. 






Tel Aviv is reportedly assisting Taipei with integrating 


elements of its Green Pine and Arrow systems in 


order to develop the Tian Gong-4 missile 


system, which will be part of the 


T-Dome network. 






The military cooperation comes despite ongoing Chinese 


warnings that it would not tolerate Israeli ties with the 


island, which it considers a renegade province.






Taiwan wants to deepen its ties with Israel and its 


administration has refrained from condemning 


the Tel Aviv regime's crimes in the besieged


 Gaza Strip ---- and the other occupied 


Palestinian territories.



Image: No thanks to Israeli goods App

The world and her daughter are calling for a boycott
of the genocidal colonial apartheid state of Israel.

Place yourself on the right side of joy and sorrow
by joining the world's boycott - say ''no'' to evil!


Keir Hardie - Britain's first Labour MP - opposed World War One.

His namesake is stammering his way in the opposite direction.



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ROGER WATERS
TO MUSICIANS:-
"BOYCOTT ISRAEL"


Roger Waters formerly of Pink Floyd, in an open letter,
 calls on his fellow musicians --- to boycott the Zionist
Israeli regime and follow the example of the cultural
boycott against the ex S. African Apartheid regime.

“Given the inability or unwillingness of our governments
 [to act] …. I write to you now, my brothers and sisters …
 to ask you to join with me, & thousands of other artists
 around the world, to declare a cultural boycott
on Israel,” 
Roger Waters says in his letter.

Waters says the Zionist regime has been found guilty of
 major breaches of human rights and international law
 by international organizations, UN officials and the
International Court of Justice.


He touches on two such cases, saying the regime has been
 identified as perpetrating the “crime of Apartheid”, including
 in a statement on March 9th, 2012 by the UN Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the “crime of
ethnic cleansing” including in East Jerusalem (al-Quds).

Waters adds that he has been a member of the Boycott,
 Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the
 Israeli regime’s occupation of the Palestinian lands and
 Tel Aviv’s violations of Palestinian human rights for 7
 years, and now wants other musicians to also join
the
anti-Israeli front.


“Please join me and all our brothers and sisters in global
 civil society in proclaiming our rejection of Apartheid in
 Israel & occupied Palestine, by pledging not to perform
 or exhibit in Israel or accept any award or funding from
 any institution linked to the government of Israel, until
 such time as Israel complies with international law
and
universal principles of human rights.” 


The former Pink Floyd Musician also says he has recently
 faced a boycott by the US media after his November 29th,
 2012 address at the UN on behalf of the Russell Tribunal.

In the address, he sought accountability for the Zionist
 regime’s violations of the international law and the lack
 of United Nations resolve that prevents the Palestinian
 people from achieving their inalienable rights,
especially 
the right of self-determination.



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Daytime Delights...

Starts at 1pm

The Parc & Dare, Treorchy


Lunchtime Concerts in the Lounge Bar.


Indulge in a delicious cake and a cup of tea
while enjoying music and sing-along songs
from fantastic Welsh musicians.


Ticket information:

The Cultural Services Booking & Information Line:

08000 147 111
or book online at

www.rct-arts.co.uk 


 
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Mid Rhondda Modelling Club...


7pm - 9pm


Tonyrefail Comprehensive School
Mid Rhondda Modelling Club

has been running for over 30 years.

We meet on a regular basis

& enjoy making models for display.

We encourage both Gentlemen

and Ladies to attend,
and also young people aged 12+.

However, Young people under 16,
must be accompanied by an adult.



Ticket information

£1 contribution every week. Under 16's free


Telephone Mr. Davies on 01443 686658



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 Comedy In The Laughter Lounge


The Park & Dare Theatre, Treorchy.


COMEDY IN THE LAUGHTER LOUNGE


Join us once a month in the intimate setting
of the Laughter Lounge for some
top notch comedy with some of the
biggest and brightest

rising comedians on the circuit.

Laugh? You'll snort like a pig!



Hilarious - TimeOut.



www.rct-arts.co.uk







Rhondda Records exists to express the Rhondda's
vision --- when it was confident, powerful, caring,
and socialist.

A Rhondda very aware
of the media's poisonous
tricks -- how they con working class people into
attacking each other, or racial groups, or, often,
even their best allies and friends... instead of
seeing their real enemies:--- an elite who hate
the very idea that working people can think,
create, or achieve a fairer society.

Thatcher said her proudest achievement was
Blair and New Labour - who parachuted in
careerists and expenses fiddlers - to stop
local Labour members having a say, and
who made genuine socialist MPs leave
the Labour party in disgust and many
members and voters to despair...
and the young to stop voting.

Jeremy Corbyn was always attacked because
he was trying to reverse all that New Labour
corruption --- that's why membership was
flooding in all over the UK.


______________________________________


Get Involved!

– If you feel you’ve been ‘purged’,
take this online survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/857YMDK


or this one:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0du5YuhPZ8ahI
oxC_b6pvBprm
GA4XFdG-0r2dOVYyc4UNFg/viewform?c=0&w=1



– Request all your own data that
the Labour Party holds on you:

http://www.labour.org.uk/pages/privacy


_______________________________________




IF - YOU THINK you HAVE
BEEN UNFAIRLY BARRED:


“Any member who is suspended & intends
to appeal the decision should throw in a
 ‘Subject Access Request in accordance
with the Data Protection Act’ --- for ALL
 data that the Labour Party hold on them.

The Labour Party are Data Controllers and
 therefore have to, by law, provide you with
 all material/information they hold on you.”

If anyone is in contact with anyone who
was barred from voting --- please can
you pass this info on:

The Labour leadership election was under the
jurisdiction of the electoral reform services.

If you were unfairly deprived of your vote you
can call them on 0208 365 8909 and lodge
 your complaint, and inform them of your
Data Protection request.

https://www.electoralreform.co.uk

The notification letters barring new members
did not give a clear reason, or information on
how to appeal, so Vox Political suggests that
 anyone in this situation, could also contact
 Liz Davies here: http://www.whycantivote.com

She is a barrister --- who can
advise members on what to do.




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PONCY LABOUR MPS PROBLEM?

A huge drop in working-class Labour MPs,
caused a massive drop in support among
 voters with similar backgrounds, reveals
 research seeking to explain why support
has dwindled in the party’s heartlands.

The study says past leaders like Kinnock
 and Blair made a concerted effort to pick
 “more and more middle-class candidates
to run for office, during the 80s and 90s,
 as part of an effort to rebrand” -- which
had initial successes at the ballot box.

But this “conscious electoral strategy”
stored up problems, as working-class
 voters who initially, just didn’t vote in
response, now seek an alternative.

The solution? Trust each constituency to put
forward its own candidates, and don't impose
 ‘party-approved’ choices who can't do the job.


Now, unfortunately, there are "entryist"  MPs who, for
decades, have been groomed by CIA cold war relic
organisations -- like the Atlantic Council -- and are
now trying to misdirect the Labour Party towards
cuts, a militarised police, and a US war agenda...

- and their anti-Corbyn slant is hobbling Labour.


‘How Can I Deselect My Labour MP?’ A Short Guide
to Reselection and Democratic Accountability
by Eric Sim, excellent free advice here:

http://novaramedia.com/2016/07/13/how-can-i-
deselect-my-labour-mp-a-short-guide-to-
reselection-and-democratic-accountability/


CHRIS BRYANT - SUPPORT THE MEMBERS'

LEADERSHIP CHOICE & POLICIES - OR GO!

Chris Bryant, the Rhondda's dodgy MP,
was on TV -- as soon as the PLP coup
started -- telling us that Jeremy MUST
go, because it was the ONLY way to
act in the Labour Party's interest...


Chris Bryant's voting record:
from TheyWorkForYou.com

On Tuition Fees:

On 27 Jan 2004:
Chris Bryant voted in favour of university tuition
fees increasing from £1,125 per year, to up to
£3,000 per year.

On 31 Mar 2004:
Chris Bryant voted to allow university tuition fees
 to increase from £1,125 per year, to up to £3,000
 per year.

On 31 Mar 2004:
Chris Bryant voted for the introduction of variable
university tuition fees (top-up fees) of up to £3,000
per year in place of the previous fixed fee of £1,250
per year.

On 31 Mar 2004:
Chris Bryant voted to allow university tuition fees
to increase from £1,125 per year to up to £3,000
per year, and to make other changes to higher
education funding and regulation arrangements.

On 14 Sep 2004:
Chris Bryant voted against: the immediate abolition
 of all tuition fees, the re-introduction of maintenance
grants of up to £2,000 for students from low-income
homes, and changes to the country's higher
education system.

On 14 Sep 2004:
Chris Bryant voted to reject the Liberal
Democrat policy of abolition of tuition fees.

On 25 May 2016:
Chris Bryant was absent for a vote on Queen's
Speech - Forcing Schools to Become Academies
- Further Rises in University Tuition Fees


On Human Rights:

Consistently voted for introducing ID cards

Almost always voted for requiring the mass
retention of information about communications

Generally voted for mass surveillance of
people’s communications and activities


On the Environment:

Generally voted against greater regulation
 of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract
 shale gas


On Special Interests:

Almost always voted against limits
 on success fees paid to lawyers in
no-win no fee cases

Generally voted against a
statutory register of lobbyists


On War or Peace:

Generally voted for use of UK military
 forces in combat operations overseas

Consistently voted for the Iraq war

Consistently voted against an
 investigation into the Iraq war

Generally voted for replacing Trident
 with a new nuclear weapons system

On 2 Dec 2015:
Voted to support UK airstrikes in Syria
[without UN authorisation]

On 2 Dec 2015:
Voted to support UK airstrikes in Syria
[without UN authorisation]


On Independence:

Generally voted for more EU integration

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Chris Bryant Labour MP
From Wikipedia

(aka 1962-1986: Mr Christopher John Bryant
1986-1991: The Reverend Christopher John
Bryant, 1991-2001: Mr Christopher John
Bryant, 2001-: Mr Christopher John
Bryant MP.)

Born in Cardiff, to a Scottish mother & a Welsh
 father, Bryant grew up in Cardiff, Wales (where
 his father worked for 5 years), and Cheltenham.

He was educated at Cheltenham College, an
independent school for boys in the spa town
of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, where he
was captain of the school swimming team,
and Mansfield College at the University of
Oxford, where he graduated in 1983, with
 a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English.
 This was later promoted to a Master of
Arts degree (MA (Oxon)), as per tradition.

After completing his first degree, Bryant began
 training to be a priest in the Church of England
at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, in Oxfordshire.
There, he obtained a degree in theology.

Although a member of the Conservative
 Party, and an elected office-holder in the
 Oxford University Conservative Association,
he joined the Labour Party in 1986, after
leaving Oxford.

He was ordained deacon in 1986 and priest in
1987. He served as a Curate at the Church of
 All Saints, High Wycombe, from 1986 to 1989;
then as a Youth Chaplain in Peterborough,
as well as travelling in Latin America.

In 1991 Bryant left the ordained ministry, after
deciding that being gay and being a priest,
were incompatible. Statements made by
 Richard Harries, then Bishop of Oxford,
 also influenced his decision.

After leaving the priesthood in 1991, Bryant
worked as the election agent to the Holborn
 and St Pancras Constituency Labour Party,
 where he helped Frank Dobson hold his seat
 in the 1992 general election.

From 1993, he was Local Government officer
for the Labour Party; he lived in Hackney and
 was elected to Hackney Borough Council in
1993, serving until 1998. He became Chair of
the Christian Socialist Movement.

 He is both a member of the Labour Friends
 of Israel and Labour Friends of Palestine &
 the Middle East. From 1994 to 1996 he was
 London manager of the leader-grooming
 "charity", Common Purpose.

 He was Labour candidate for Wycombe, in the
 1997 general election (he lost by 2,370 votes),
and Head of European Affairs for the BBC,
from 1998.

His selection for the very safe Labour seat of
Rhondda, South Wales in 2000, shocked many
 people given Bryant's background – gay, an ex-
Anglican vicar, and someone who was a Tory,
while studying at Oxford, and a member now,
of the Henry Jackson Society 'think tank' ---
 described by The Guardian newspaper as
 'neoconservative'. It is pro-US, pro-NATO
and pro-military intervention, as well as
being fundamentally anti-socialist.

 Fifty-two people applied for the candidature
and a local councillor was hot favourite to
 win, before Bryant was parachuted in.

In 2004, a photograph of Mr Bryant in his
 underpants, which he had posted to a gay
 dating website, was published in 'papers.

When an interviewer suggested he was
 a 'disgrace to the Rhondda', he replied:
"They can't get rid of me."


His pay, allowances and some expenses:

The basic annual salary for an MP, from
April 1st, 2016 is £74,962.  MPs also get
 expenses: to cover the costs of running
 an office, employing staff, having some-
where to live in London, plus, in their
constituency and travelling between
 Parliament and their constituency.


His MP's expenses story:

Chris Bryant changed second home
 twice to claim £20,000: the deputy
leader of the House of Commons,
 "flipped" his second home twice,
 in 2 years, allowing him to claim
 almost £20,000 for renovations
 and fees.

Chris Bryant, MP for the Rhondda, split over
 £92,000 of expenses between 3 properties
 in Wales and London --- within five years.

In 2004, he attempted to claim £58,000 to
 overhaul his second home in Wales, after
allegedly complaining that properties in
his constituency were "terrace or mine
 owners' houses".

Mr Bryant, a former Church of England clergyman,
wanted the money for a new bathroom & kitchen,
 and to demolish his conservatory. He'd bought the
 detached house for £97,500, under a year earlier.

 He submitted a claim to the Commons fees office for
 £58,493.26 --- almost 3 times the annual maximum.
 He noted that the claim exceeded his allowance.

His alleged justification was disclosed... in
 correspondence between Commons officials.
 By email, an official wrote: "He had problems
finding a suitable property because in the
Rhondda there is a choice mainly of terraced
 property or mine owners' houses." When
approached by the Daily Telegraph,
Mr Bryant said: "I have never said
 or thought anything of the sort".

 In all, he successfully claimed over £13,000
 for renovations, repairs & appliances, in 2004.
Along with other bills, his annual claim was
 £20,902.

In April 2005, he flipped his expenses to his flat in
 west London, which he bought for £400,000 in April
 2002. He also claimed £630 a month for mortgage
 interest, along with other bills. After claiming over
 £3,600 over 3 months, he sold the flat in July 2005
 for £477,000.

Mr Bryant used his profits to buy a more expensive
 flat in west London, which was valued at £670,000.
 He immediately flipped his second home expenses
 there, claiming almost £6,400 in stamp duty, legal
fees and mortgage fees, incurred in the purchase.

He then began claiming interest of £1,000 a month
on the mortgage. He also claimed a further £6,000
 a year for the flat's service charge and ground rent.

In all, he claimed £92, 415 in second
home expenses, from 2004 to 2009.

Mr Bryant said at the time: "I moved flat in
 London, so as to be closer to Parliament."

Research by Channel 4 News in 2015 found that
at least 46 MPs had this kind of system in place
– a move one Labour backbencher described as
“a new fiddle”. Channel 4 reported then:

“Our investigation found that many of the MPs
 bought their London properties with the help of
the taxpayer, when a previous expenses system
 allowed them to claim back mortgage payments.
But when those claims were banned, following
 the expenses scandal, they switched to letting
out their properties, in some cases for up to
 £3,000 a month. They then started claiming
 expenses for rent and hotels in the capital.”

Among those identified was Chris Bryant, shadow
leader of the House of Commons. He had already
 bought a penthouse in London back in 2005 and
 claimed around £1,000 a month in mortgage
claims under the old system.

But after the expenses scandal, he started renting
the property out. It’s since been advertised by estate
 agents as having a private lift and a porter, with rent
 at about £3,000 a month. Meanwhile, Bryant moved
 into a new flat;- claiming his own rent on expenses.


Image: Russian scientists and Scottish ones



Russian/Scottish scientists hail long-range
secure quantum communication system.

A group of scientists from ITMO University
 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has developed
a new
approach to constructing quantum
communication
systems for secure data
exchange.


 The experimental device based on the results of the
 research is capable of transmitting single-photon
 quantum signals across distances of 250 klmtrs
 or more, which is on par with its cutting edge
analogues, the ITMO press-service says.

"Now researchers are on a mission -- to create
 a fully-fledged quantum cryptographic system,
that will generate & distribute quantum keys
 and transmit useful data simultaneously",
 ITMO says.

Information security is becoming more and more
 of a critical issue not only for large companies,
banks and defense enterprises but even for
small businesses and individual users.

But the data encryption algorithms we currently
 use for protecting our data are imperfect - in the
 long-term, their logic can be cracked. Regardless
 of how complex and intricate the algorithm is,
 getting around it, is just a matter of time.

Unlike algorithm-based encryption, systems
 that protect information, by making use of
 fundamental laws of quantum physics, can
make data transmission totally immune to
 hacker attacks, in the future.

Information in a quantum channel is carried
by single photons that change irreversibly
 if an eavesdropper tries to intercept them.
The legitimate users will instantly know
 about any kind of intervention.


Researchers at the Quantum Information Centre
 of the International Institute of Photonics and
 Optical Information Technology at ITMO Uni.,
Russia, along with their colleagues from the
Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh, have
 devised a new way to generate and
 distribute, quantum bits.

This makes it possible to share quantum signals
--- via optical fibres --- 250 kilometres in distance.

"To transmit quantum signals, we use the so-
called side frequencies," says Artur Gleim,
head of the Quantum Information Centre, 
at
 ITMO University,

 "This unique approach gives us a number
 of advantages -- such as a considerable
simplification of the device architecture
 and the large pass-through capacity of
the quantum channel. In terms of bit rate
 and operating distances, our system is
comparable to absolute champions in
the field of quantum communications."

According to Robert Collins, research associate
 at the Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
 at Heriot-Watt University, and one of the authors
of the study, this may become a pivotal point for
 the whole field of quantum communication and
 cryptography:

 "Down the track, this new approach can enable
 smooth coexistence of numerous data streams
 with different wavelengths in one single optical
 cable. On top of it, these quantum streams can
 be fed into the already existing fibre optic lines
 --- along with conventional communications."

The research paper is published
in the Optics Express journal.


Scottish universities are to be
congratulated for their strong
& growing links with Chinese
and Russian universities....

What a shame, that Wales is
lying low --- with academics
too scared to break from
US 
military research.


Image: BRICS

Image: March 26 London anti cuts demo




KILLING THE ELDERLY BY CLOSING CARE HOMES


Did you know that each time a local authority

closes a care home for the elderly, within 8

months, around half the residents are dead?

Campaigners liken the cuts and their effect
to euthanasia of the UK's elderly.
What to do?


We can start by urging our MPs to sign EDM 2251:

EDM 2251: The contents


This House notes with deep concern the worsening
crisis for elderly care as growing numbers of local
authority and private care homes face closure

Acknowledges concerns that the loss of elderly
people's care homes causes fear, anxiety and,
in many cases, a higher mortality rate, when
vulnerable, elderly people are forced to
leave their homes

Further notes that the Southern Cross crisis
will increase needs for local authority care

And therefore calls on the government to
hold a public inquiry into the deaths after
closures, of local authority care homes,
and impose a moratorium on the closure
of local authority care homes, until that
inquiry publishes its results, to ensure
that vulnerable, elderly people's lives
are not put at further risk.


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MAKING THE CONNECTION IN WALES


Households across three more English areas
will be able to access superfast broadband
in the latest phase of a Government scheme
to connect rural homes and businesses.

The £50 million funding package for Devon and
Somerset (£30 million), Norfolk (£15 million)
and Wiltshire (£4 million) will aid the roll- out
of superfast broadband services unable to
be reached by the market alone.

Areas will also receive financial support from
their local authorities and private investors,
the Department for Culture, Media and
Sport says.


So it's Broadband Heaven for England...

and crapola for Wales' broadband - the

slowest, worst Broadband in the UK !!!


Lib Dems in Scotland might have received a
pummeling for Clegg and his betrayals, yet,
in Scotland, their campaign centred on it
becoming the "most connected country in
Europe," to massively boost their economy.


In Wales, which political party is now
willing to put into practice scientists'
recommendations:  that Wales' hilly
topography requires establishing

free 'wireless' broadband?

It could connect the people of Rhondda and the
world, boosting Wales' economic regeneration,
like no
other move.
Wireless technology is now
supplying
free broadband to an entire island
off New Zealand's coast.




Come on; if New Zealand can do it - so can we !!!



Image: China's rapeseed blossoms this Spring.

Western China has embraced "green-mode
development"
- with painful changes
from which, Wales could well learn.


Eastern China has seen fast growth and
urban mess.
The West, a mining and
agricultural area, has not.


Xi'an Chan-ba Ecological District, is a model
for
reclaiming old mining areas.


It took six hard years, but now Xi'an is showing
the world how best to change, by turning a
badly
polluted rubbish landfill site, into an all
new
environment-friendly development.


As China's economic focus moves from east to
west,
it's using the lessons learned during 30
or more years of rapid industrial development.


The green way for China's west, is to combine
green industrialization & green urbanization.

The western region's strategy is to adopt
effective energy-saving and environmental
protection technologies... AND to extend
its industry through science and products
unique to China's West, together with strong
vertical growth in agriculture and all its
ancilliary economic & professional spin-offs.

In undertaking this industrial revolution, the
western region will keep a sharp eye out - to
avoid all polluting non-sustainable industries.


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A BIG DROP OF HONEY !!!


Spring is beekeeping and honey-processing
season
in Yunnan province, in China.


Waves of bees flit across vast fields of flowers.

Local beekeepers and many from other places,
such as Sichuan and Fujian provinces - set up
their base
in tents among the rapeseed farms.


The 430,000 hectares of rapeseed blooms in
Luoping
attract myriads of bees, which
produce 15 -
20 million tons of honey a year.

Local people
now look to brand their county
as a honey
production base & increase sales
to outside markets.


Luoping Tianyuanmiyu Bee Industry Co Chair,
Zhu Hongkun,
founded his enterprise in 2009.

It mainly
produces honey, propolis and
propolis powder.


His company works with 270 plus beekeepers,
who each earn 80,000 yuan a year on average.

Some earn 200,000 yuan annually, Zhu says.

Who says beauty endowed by nature isn't worth a fortune?

The whole of the uplands of south Wales could
be as
beautiful & productive, if used wisely!



Image: retirement China style




CHINA's PREMIER POINTS WAY FORWARD

As the Tories threaten a "bonfire of the Quangos",
perhaps Wales should take note. Now extracting
all our
mineral wealth has been stopped (apart
from sand
and rock) we find ourselves "in" the
1st World
of the UK, but with a 3rd World
economy, only just
kept going by quangos
which promise much... but
deliver little...
and rely on weak public support.


We could WAKE UP & understand that we either
do something, or stay as begging bowl cases.

China's premier points the way forward for Wales:

"Industrial restructuring is the key... only by
developing energy-efficient, indigenous innovative
and high value added products can our companies
and economy, achieve sustainable development."


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WHILE FRANCE, GREECE, IRELAND, ETC, STRUGGLE TO
STOP THE PENSION AGE RISING HIGHER AND HIGHER...

An online survey on qq.com, a popular Chinese
news portal, finds that 91% of its
over 800,000
respondents, are against raising
the current
official Chinese retirement age.


745,123 of those surveyed say they oppose
raising retirement ages --
72,456 support it.


China's scholars & the public have been debating
whether to raise the retirement age, for the past
few years, but the issue rose to prominence after
remarks by an official.


Wang Xiaochu, the official vice minister of the
Ministry of Human Resources & Social Security,
said at a press conference that the government
was "studying the matter"...

The retirement age in China is generally set
at 60 for men and 50-55 for women.

Wow! Bet you didn't know that !!!



Image: unemployment in Wales


FARMING AND SCIENCE

COULD REGENERATE WALES



A new UN General Assembly report warns
"vast areas" of cultivated land are lost each
year, and that this could lead to unrest.

 The report says up to 30 million hectares,
 an area the size of Italy, is lost each year
to environmental degradation, industry &
 urbanization - the growth of cities - and all
because of speculative building and greed.

 The UN special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter,
 gives the example of eastern Africa, where
the
amount of cultivated land has declined
by half ---
in just one generation! "


As rural populations grow and competition
with
large industrial units increases, plots
cultivated
by smallholders are shrinking
year after year,"
says De Schutter.


 "Farmers are often relegated to soils that
are arid,
hilly or without irrigation."


 The UN officer also mentions India as another
example,
where the average landholding fell
from 2.6 hectares
in 1960 to 1.4 hectares in
2000. A cut of nearly half
in 40 years!


He says 500 million small farmers suffer
from hunger, partly because their right to
land
is being violated.


The expert warns of the devastating
consequences,
as foreign investors
compete for larger and larger areas of
the
world's land for "their" agriculture.


 Rhondda Records says Wales could rebuild
its new
economy by basing it on a fresh
approach to high-value
added products,
using science and agriculture... such as

 the Altzeim project in Gwent.

 What have we got to lose?




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