BBC News - Syria crisis: Minister says civil war has reached stalemate

BBC News - Syria crisis: Minister says civil war has reached stalemate


 
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A Ceasefire between the rebels and the Syrian government would be a great news for the whole world nations (people) and their respective country governments except a very few war mongering (war loving) ones (countries).

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Iranian human rights activist: 'Free forever' - CNN.com

Iranian human rights activist: 'Free forever' - CNN.com
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Glad to know Iran has released 11 prisoners on humanitarian ground. Hope more such prisoners in Iran and other countries would also be considered to release soon on humanitarian ground so that they can get back home. And join their families delightfully.

Iranian human rights activist: 'Free forever' - CNN.com

Iranian human rights activist: 'Free forever' - CNN.com
 

Some prisoners are heard in the prisons of various countries allegedly
they offended but they were seldom judicially tried for justified
justice for an indefinite period of time.

Iran has done a great deed by releasing 11 prisoners. Hope other countries also would do this virtuous deed on humanitarian ground.

Indian court slams police for tea-drinking arrest | AMAZING & INTERESTING - geo.tv

Indian court slams police for tea-drinking arrest | AMAZING & INTERESTING - geo.tv

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& INTERESTING : Bombay Police arrested a person accusing him to take tea in a suspicious manner

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// MUMBAI:An Indian court has reprimanded police for arresting a man they
accused of drinking tea in a "suspicious" manner at one of the country's
ubiquitous roadside stalls.

Vijay Patil was drinking tea in the western city of Kolhapur in February when he was arrested under Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which allows an arrest to prevent someone imminently expected to commit a crime.

Police said there was no "satisfactory explanation" for the 49-year-old's
tea-drinking behaviour and "found his conduct suspicious", according to
the court order.

But Bombay High Court threw out the case earlier this month, describing the police motive as "bewildering".

"We were unaware that the law required anyone to give an explanation for having tea, whether in the morning, noon or night," said Judges G.S.
Patel and S.C. Dharmadhikari in the order.

"One might take tea in a variety of ways, not all of them always elegant or delicate, some of them perhaps even noisy. But we know of no way to drink tea
'suspiciously'."

The judges heard that Patil had a large number ofcriminal cases against him, but they pointed out that he had no convictions - "though even that would not have been justification enough" for his arrest, they said.

Section 151 can only be invoked without an arrest warrant if the person is imminently likely to commit a crime that could not otherwise be prevented, otherwise the detention violates their rights, the judges added.

"The ingestion of a cup that cheers demands no explanation. And while cutting chai is permissible, now even fashionable, cutting corners with the law is not."

"Cutting chai" is an Indian term for a half-cup of sweet and spicy milky tea.Leave a message..........//

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In small study, healthy lifestyle fights cell ageing | HEALTH - geo.tv

In small study, healthy lifestyle fights cell ageing | HEALTH - geo.tv
 


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Healthy Lifestyle for Sound Health and Longevity

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// PARIS:In a small but unprecedented study, scientists on Tuesday said they had
proof that a healthy lifestyle helps the body's cells fight ageing.

The strategy is structured around a whole-food, plant-based diet, moderate
daily exercise, yoga-based relaxation and stress management, they said.

Researchers recruited 35 men, 10 of whom were asked to follow this lifestyle, while
the other 25 were not asked to make any lifestyle changes at all.

In addition to the diet and daily physical and mental routines, the 10
also attended weekly sessions for three months where their new skills
were reinforced by specialists, including a one-hour weekly "support"
session.

After five years, the scientists assessed the participants for a hallmark of biological ageing called telomeres.

Telomeres are nubby pieces of protein that are attached to the end of
chromosomes. They help to protect the precious strings of DNA code when a
cell replicates.

They are often likened to the tips of shoelaces.As the telomere wears down, its protection erodes too, and so does the risk that the DNA is not faithfully replicated in the daughter cell, which boosts the risk of cellular malfunction and then disease,
including cancer.

Looking at the length of telomeres thus gives a telltale of cellular lifespan.

Among the 10-man group, telomere length increased significantly by an average
of 10 percent over the five years -- and it was higher among those who
had adhered most faithfully to the new lifestyle.

Among the "control" group, though, telomeres had shrunk by three percent on average.

The study has limitations as the number of recruits was small, and it was
conducted as part of an investigation into prostate cancer.

In addition, the research was not empowered to test whether lifestyle changes affected the risk of cancer.

But, say its authors, its focus on the vital telomeres was carried out scientifically and over the long term.

This is what makes it new compared with evidence that is anecdotal or only short-term.

"The implications of this relatively small pilot study may go beyond men
with prostate cancer," said Dean Ornish, a professor at the University
of California in San Francisco, who led the study.

"If validated by large-scale randomised controlled trials, these comprehensive
lifestyle changes may significantly reduce the risk of a wide variety of
diseases and premature mortality.

"Our genes, and our telomeres, are a predisposition, but they are not necessarily our fate."

Ornish is the founder of the not-for-profit Preventive Medicine Research
Institute at the university. He has vigorously promoted in medical
presentations and books the argument that lifestyle changes, especially a
shift in diet, can protect against disease.

The study appears in the journal The Lancet Oncology..........//

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Worlds oldest man dies in US at age 112 | AMAZING & INTERESTING - geo.tv

Worlds oldest man dies in US at age 112 | AMAZING & INTERESTING - geo.tv
 

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LIVING HAPPY, HEALTHY & LENGTHY RECORDED IN THE WORLD BOOK OF GUINNESS.
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GRAND ISLAND: The world's oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician,
coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He
was 112.

Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday at a nursing
home in Grand Island, according to Robert Young, senior gerontology
consultant with Guinness World Records.
Sanchez-Blazquez became the world's oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died June 12 at age 116.

Born June 8, 1901, in the village of El Tejado de Bejar, Spain, he was known
for his talent on the dulzaina, a double-reed wind instrument that he
taught himself and played at weddings and village celebrations. At 17,
he moved with his older brother Pedro and a group of friends to Cuba,
where they worked in the cane fields.

In 1920, he came to the United States through Ellis Island and worked in the coal mines of Lynch, Kentucky. Ultimately, he moved to the Niagara Falls area of New
York, where he worked in construction and in the industrial furnaces. He
married his wife, Pearl, in 1934.

A spokeswoman for Sanchez-Blazquez's family did not immediately return a phone message Saturday.

In a statement provided by Guinness World Records earlier this summer,
Sanchez-Blazquez _ whose nickname was ``Shorty'' _ said he was humbled
by the attention, saying he didn't feel he accomplished anything special
just because he has lived longer than most.

‘He says, ‘I'm an old man and let's leave it at that,’ his daughter, 69-year-old Irene
Johnson, said at the time. Sanchez-Blazquez lived with Johnson in Grand
Island after his wife died in 1988; he moved to a nursing home in 2007.

‘We did our best,’ Johnson said. ‘We weren't going to put him somewhere just because he was old.’

Sanchez-Blazquez had said his longevity was attributed to eating one banana per day and his daily dose of six Anacin tablets. His daughter had another theory.

‘I think it's just because he's an independent, stubborn man,’ she said.

Besides his daughter, Sanchez-Blazquez had a 76-year-old son, John, seven
grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Guinness says the world's oldest person is a woman, 115-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan.

Youngsaid 90 percent of all supercentenarians are female and
Sanchez-Blazquez had been the only male born in 1901 with proof of
birth. Arturo Licata, 111, of Italy, is now the leading candidate
to be officially recognized by Guinness as the current world's oldest
man, according to Young. Guinness will make a pronouncement on Licata at
a later date.

The oldest authenticated person was Jeanne Louise Calment of France, who died at the age of 122 years and 164 days. (AP)...//

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Some $300,000 found in safe in flood-hit Indian town | AMAZING & INTERESTING - geo.tv

Some $300,000 found in safe in flood-hit Indian town | AMAZING & INTERESTING - geo.tv


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// DEHRADUN: Workers clearing rubble in a flood-devastated town in the Indian
Himalayas have discovered 19 million rupees ($303,000) in a safe which
had been swept away by floodwaters, police said Monday.

The safe was found on Saturday near the ruins of a bank in the town of
Kedarnath that was flattened by flash floods in June, a police officer
said.

"The safe was swept away in the floods but the cash is
safe," police Inspector General Ram Singh Meena said in Dehradun,
capital of the northern state of Uttarakhand.

Meena said the money belonged to the State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest nationalised bank.

"We have deposited the cash in another SBI branch," Meena told...................//

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