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He said: "During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, my colleagues were publishing material" He highlighted allegations published on Friday about India torturing people in Kashmir.
'Continuing vendetta'

Ata hearing at the High Court in London on Thursday, Mr Justice Ouseley ordered Mr Assange be bailed on payment of £240,000 in cash and sureties.

The judge imposed strict bail conditions including wearing an electronic tag, reporting to police every day and observing a curfew.

Mr Assange's solicitor Mark Stephens said after the court appearance that the bail appeal was part of a "continuing vendetta by the Swedes".
Speaking to the BBC after his release, Mr Assange said there was a rumour from his lawyers in the US that there had been an indictment made against him there.
A spokeswoman from the US Department of Justice would only confirm there was "an ongoing investigation into the Wikileaks matter".
Mr Assange has received the backing of a number of high-profile supporters, including human rights campaigners Jemima Khan and Bianca Jagger and film director Ken Loach.
Sex allegations
Wikileaks has published hundreds of sensitive American diplomatic cables, details of which have appeared in the Guardian in the UK and several other newspapers around the world.
He has been criticised in the US, where former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said he should be hunted down like the al-Qaeda leadership.

Mr Assange argues the allegations against him are politically motivated and designed to take attention away from the material appearing on Wikileaks.
He is accused of having unprotected sex with a woman, identified only as Miss A, when she insisted he use a condom.

Mr Assange is also accused of having unprotected sex with another woman, Miss W, while she was asleep.
A full extradition hearing should normally take place within 21 days of the arrest. Mr Assange was arrested on 7 December, so this should be by 28 December.

However, in such a high-profile case, it is possible that a full extradition hearing will not take place for several months.

At that hearing Mr Assange will be able to challenge the warrant and raise any defences to the extradition request.

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Runners-up this year included the Tea Party, Julian Assange, Hamid Karzai and the 33 Chilean Miners.
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"Further, it is not credible that the extraordinary volume of 250,000 classified documents that WikiLeaks is publishing could have been carefully redacted in such a way as to ensure that they weren’t putting innocent people in jeopardy."

It appears that the US server mirror is not actually serving content. The mirror simply redirects to servers hosted by Russian-based provider Heihachi Ltd, according to NetCraft records.
After Amazon booted WikiLeaks, US Senator Joe Lieberman – who chairs the Senate's Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs – praised the decision. “The company’s decision to cut off WikiLeaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material. I call on any other company or organization that is hosting WikiLeaks to immediately terminate its relationship with them," Lieberman said in a statement.

"WikiLeaks’ illegal, outrageous, and reckless acts have compromised our national security and put lives at risk around the world. No responsible company — whether American or foreign — should assist WikiLeaks in its efforts to disseminate these stolen materials. I will be asking Amazon about the extent of its relationship with WikiLeaks and what it and other web service providers will do in the future to ensure that their services are not used to distribute stolen, classified information."

After EveryDNS removed Wikileaks.org from its service, Assange and crew moved to other country-level domains, including Swtzerland (wikileaks.ch), Austria (wikileaks.at), and the Cocos Island (wikileaks.cc). ®

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Manning is accused of releasing documents to WikiLeaks, a website known for leaking official secrets. Manning is currently awaiting trial on charges of illegally downloading classified material and providing video of a 2007 helicopter attack in Iraq to WikiLeaks.

The vote was 8-0, with one abstention, said Mary Kay Clunies-Ross, spokeswoman for Berkeley's city manager's office.
Mayor Tom Bates said the council didn't have enough information to determine whether Manning is "a hero or traitor."

"We don't even know if he (leaked the files)," Bates said. "We're interested in not trying to make that determination. We are willing to watch it and to consider it in the future, and if we feel it's appropriate to us to make some statement, we'll bring it back to our council."

Bates said those present at the city council meeting had a "great discussion" about topics such as internet privacy, international security and national security.
"We had an hour of discussion where we heard from the public and we heard every conceivable issue related to Pfc. Bradley Manning," Bates said. "We heard everything from he was a hero to a traitor and everything in between."
Bates said the motion was brought to the council by the Peace and Justice Commission, a group of volunteers that includes council members' appointees.

"A lot of people were upset that it wasn't a very well thought out," Bates said. "There was some feeling among us at the city council of not wanting to add credence to that."

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The traditional way to handle this sort of thing is to write a story, a summary, but there are so many issues in play that I thought this was one where it's best to have you hear directly from specialists in the field. We have three distinguished participants, and there's a great deal of subtlety in their answers. Selecting a couple of quotes, or a tally of their "votes" on an issue, wouldn't depict that complexity.

The discussion roamed from WikiLeaks itself to the First Amendment implications of such a case, to the weaknesses of a prosecution and a defense, to the changes needed in the Espionage Act and other laws.
It's not the most important legal point, but it's notable that the three panelists all offered similar answers to the question, what is a weakness for the defense. The answer: the defendant. His statements and demeanor will hurt him with a judge and jury.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bloc of senators easily propelled President Obama’s tax cut compromise over a key procedural hurdle yesterday, clearing the way for a final Senate vote as early as today, and setting the stage for a potential showdown later this week among divided Democrats in the House.

A looming Jan. 1 deadline — when Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire, raising taxes for most Americans — brought Democrats and Republicans together in the Senate to advance Obama’s compromise over the objection of liberals. The lopsided vote of 83 to 15 easily cleared a 60-vote threshold to prevent a filibuster and generated momentum for the Obama-GOP alliance on the contentious issue.

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WikiLeaks' supporters managed to temporarily bring down Visa and MasterCard websites earlier this month by overloading them with requests from individual computers.

PayPal, which also put a block on WikiLeaks' account, crashed days later.

University of Sydney Professor Michael Fry said a hacker network which orchestrated the attacks commanded thousands of members to bombard the sites after the companies stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks, which released thousands of classified government documents in recent weeks.

Those who responded to the call were potentially in breach of computer crime laws, he said.

"If readily identified, the owners of the machines participating in this ... could see themselves charged with abuse of computer facilities," said Professor Fry, a cyber-security expert with the university's School of Information Technologies.

But whether or not legal action will be taken against offending participants is a thorny issue.

"This cyber war is gathering pace and prosecutions could generate another round of attacks," he said.

"Either way we are seeing the beginning of a new era in political cyber-warfare with the widespread use of botnets."

Professor Fry said it was "fascinating and novel" that thousands of willing participants allowed their machines to be infected so they could take part in politically motivated attacks.

"This suggests a huge level of emotive support for WikiLeaks and its activities, but also a level of naivety," he said in a statement.

"It seems members of the group downloaded publicly available ... code, but took no steps to evade discovery and identification, unlike criminal botnets, which use sophisticated evasion techniques."

"This makes members vulnerable to detection, potential prosecution and counter-cyberattack(s) ... (which) have indeed happened today, initiated by US political groups."

An internet group operating under the label Operation Payback claimed responsibility for the MasterCard and Visa problems in messages on Twitter and elsewhere.

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PRINCE WILLIAM'S romantic engagement to Kate Middleton is not the only reason Mount Kenya holds a special place in his heart, according to excerpts from a book about the royal couple to be published in New Idea tomorrow.
William and Kate, The Love Story, by British royalty reporter Robert Jobson, details the couple's shaky past and the significance of Mount Kenya as a romantic getaway for the prince and his ex-girlfriend, Jecca Craig.
''Jecca and William were said to be so close that in 2000 they performed a mock engagement ceremony on her parents' 22,500-hectare wildlife reserve at the foot of Mount Kenya,'' Jobson writes.
William then returned there after a public stoush with Kate in 2004 that left him feeling claustrophobic and stale, although the prince did not pursue his romance with Jecca.
Trying to act the part of a newly single party prince at this time, Jobson says, William responded to the couple's first official break-up with an over-the-top display of crass behaviour and unfeeling emotion.
Kate's reaction to the heartless behaviour was, writes Jobson, matter-of-fact and without tears. ''A well-placed source told me: 'She was cool and quite relaxed when she told everybody. She almost seemed relieved it was over and it was out'.''
After reuniting, then splitting again in 2007, the New Idea book excerpt tells, Wills and Kate appeared to be over for good … until a weekend at the home of close friends of the royal family reunited them.
''The body language said it all,'' a guest confided to Jobson. ''You got the impression that if we had not been there, they'd have been all over each other.
''The power of their love, like a magnet, had pulled them back together.''

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The ill health of Nigeria's president sparked fears of a military coup and caused screaming matches over who was in charge of the country, according to secret US diplomatic cables.
Umaru Yar'Adua, who was terminally ill, left the country in November 2009 for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
A US memo marked secret and dated 26 February, just after Yar'Adua's return, reveals frantic negotiations in the corridors of power of Africa's most populous nation.
It says the acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, admitted "'everyone's confused' about who is in charge of Nigeria".
"He said the last cabinet meeting was disastrous and included yelling and screaming, and it is totally dysfunctional. He said he is 'not a politician' and had very limited experience as an administrator, but concluded, 'I will not tolerate a brawl.'"
Jonathan named political enemies whom he accused of destabilising the government. "This terrible situation in the country today has been created by four people: Turai Yar'Adua [the ailing president's wife], his chief security officer (CSO) [Yusuf Muhammad Tilde], his aide-de-camp (ADC) [Colonel Mustapha Onoedieva] and Professor Tanimu Yakubu [his chief economic adviser]."
Referring to Jonathan as "the AgP", the memo states: "The AgP said he does not know their motives, but expected it was likely for nefarious purposes ... The AgP noted that 'people are angry'."
Nigeria has a history of army interventions and under the subheading "Fears about military" the cable notes: "The AgP said the military chiefs are making sure no politicians are reaching out to the rank-and-file, and encouraging the military to stay in the barracks so that the uncertain political situation does not generate coup-like behaviour emanating from the mid-ranks because of the confusion."
The memo reveals America's silent role in the Nigerian crisis. Robin Sanders, the US ambassador, "encouraged Jonathan to change the perception that he is a regional figure, and be seen, rather, as a national figure who has the best interest of the nation at heart".
"Ambassador expressed that given that the US and Nigeria are very best friends, we feel the need to share our concerns, as any good friend would do, and that we are counting on him to steer Nigeria through this troubled and uncertain period."
Jonathan said he was picked as Yar'Adua's running mate in 2007 because he represented the Niger Delta. "I was not chosen to be vice-president because I had good political experience. I did not. There were a lot more qualified people around to be vice-president, but that does not mean I am not my own man."
The document concludes: "It is always hard to judge how some will behave (or surprise you) when leadership is unexpectedly thrown in their lap. The verdict is out on Jonathan and his previously underwhelming personality and performance needs to keep us in the cautious lane, but so far, so good. Things are quiet."
Yar'Adua died in May this year and Jonathan was swiftly sworn in as president. He has since announced his intention to contest elections next January.


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Police in Sweden say two explosions in central Stockholm that killed one person and injured two others was a terrorist attack.

Police spokesman Anders Thornberg told a news conference Sunday the explosions are being investigated under Swedish law as an act of terror, but that authorities have not raised the security level.

Police say the first blast Saturday occurred in a car near a busy shopping street, slightly injuring two people.  Shortly afterward, a second explosion was heard on the same street.  Police later found one person dead at the scene.  Authorities believe that person was a suicide bomber.

Swedish news agency TT said Saturday that 10 minutes before the blasts, it had received an e-mail in Arabic and Swedish, warning of unspecified "action."

The news agency said the warning, also sent to the Security Police, referred to Sweden's involvement in Afghanistan and to caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad by the Swedish artist Lars Vilks.





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A LAST-MINUTE agreement at United Nations talks has increased pressure on the Gillard government to lift its ambition in tackling climate change, with the Greens saying Labor has ''no choice'' not to set a more ambitious target than a 5 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
A final overnight session ended with UN negotiators for the first time backing an agreement that formally included targets from the US, China and India.
The deal included arrangements for protecting rainforests and a planned $US100 billion ($101 billion) green climate fund to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the effects of climate change.
The Cancun agreement included steps to ensure transparency in emissions measurement and reporting - a key sticking point for China and the US at last year's disastrous conference in Copenhagen.
But while representatives from more than 190 countries agreed to seek ''deep cuts'' in emissions, the deal does not include targets big enough to meet the goal of limiting the global temperature rise since industrialisation to 2 degrees.
Researchers for the Climate Action Tracker estimated the emissions pledges would set the world on course for 3.2 degrees warming - enough, scientists say, to cause droughts, crop failure, species extinction and increased damage from floods and storms.
Despite this, climate activists welcomed the deal as a step forward that could lay the groundwork for a binding treaty in South Africa next year, or Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
The Climate Institute deputy chief executive, Erwin Jackson, said it was a more significant result than the 2007 Bali climate conference, when wealthy nations recognised they should cut emissions by 25-40 per cent by 2020.
''It has broken the back of starting to capture all the major emitters in a legally binding framework,'' he said.
The Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, said the conference was a ''historic step forward'' but that a lot of work remained if there was to be a single treaty covering all big emitters.
The Greens deputy leader, Christine Milne, said the agreement would raise the stakes in the Australia climate debate as the multi-party climate committee sought a deal to introduce carbon price legislation next year.
She said Labor had no choice but to increase its ''inexcusably weak'' pledge to cut emissions by between 5 and 25 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020.
''The world's poorest countries made very significant concessions in these negotiations in order to keep the UN process alive,'' Senator Milne said. ''Next time around rich countries like Australia will be expected to make similarly substantial contributions.''
The Coalition climate action spokesman, Greg Hunt, said the results at Cancun were modest, and would not sway it from opposing a carbon price.
The agreement bought more time for nations to negotiate a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012, although that process remains fraught.


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Mark Madoff was found dead two years after his father's arrest, write Philip Sherwell and Richard Blackden.
NEW YORK: Mark Madoff's world collapsed two years ago - along with that of thousands of investors who had trusted their savings to his father, Bernard, a titan of Wall Street.
Mr Madoff and his younger brother, Andrew, had been raised as part of a gilded New York family, amid the wealth and status befitting their father's apparent genius as a money manager.
The two sons joined the brokerage from college and rose to senior positions in the family business, whose clients ranged from the Hollywood director Steven Spielberg through billion-dollar trust funds to retirees investing their life savings.
But it was all based on a lie, perhaps the biggest financial lie. On December 11, 2008, to the disbelief of the business world and the horror of his clients, Bernard Madoff was arrested before breakfast in his pyjamas at his $US17 million penthouse for conducting the world's biggest scam.
Until then, Mark Madoff had seemed to have it all - an attractive wife, two young children, an apartment in the fashionable SoHo district of Manhattan and a multimillion-dollar lifestyle.
But on Saturday, on the second anniversary of his father's arrest, just three days after he was named in a civil lawsuit and amid intensifying speculation that he would face criminal charges, he was found dead in that apartment.
It was the latest tragic twist to a scandal that has ruined countless lives and prompted a number of suicides. Friends said he had been in an ''increasingly fragile state of mind''.
The discovery of his body was made shortly before 7.30am by his father-in-law. He had gone to the apartment after Mr Madoff's wife, Stephanie, who was in Florida, became fearful for his well-being because of an exchange of emails and calls in which he said ''someone should check'' on their two year-old son.
The toddler was found sleeping in an adjoining bedroom. The couple also had a four year-old child, who is with Mrs Madoff in Florida.
No suicide note was immediately found and there was no sign of foul play.
''Mark Madoff took his own life today,'' his lawyer, Martin Flumenbaum, said.
''This is a terrible and unnecessary tragedy. He is an innocent victim of his father's monstrous crime who succumbed to two years of unrelenting pressure from false accusations and innuendo.''
Another friend said Mr Madoff had not spoken with his parents for two years and had tried unsuccessfully to get a Wall Street trading job.
Mark, 46, and Andrew, 44, both insisted they knew nothing of their father's crimes before
he told them on December 10, 2008, that he was operating a $US50 billion scam that was crumbling under the pressures of the financial crisis.
The sons immediately reported their father to the authorities and have consistently expressed outrage and sorrow at his actions.
The sons' roles have been scrutinised by investigators, and US media reported this month that they were the subject of a criminal tax-fraud inquiry. In a separate legal development, they were sued in London last week by Irving Picard, the trustee recovering assets for people swindled by their father.
Bernard Madoff, 72, is serving 150 years in a federal prison in North Carolina for running the so-called Ponzi scheme with which he used the money of new investors to pay annual returns of existing clients. The final tally for the losses is estimated at between $US18 billion and $US65 billion.
A person close to Mark Madoff told The New York Times he had been increasingly distraught as the anniversary of his father's arrest approached and was upset by recent news coverage speculating that criminal charges against him and his brother were still likely.
Three days before his death, Mark, as well as Andrew, and Peter Madoff, Bernard's brother, were hit by new legal action filed in London. Mr Picard, who is trying to recover billions of dollars, alleges that Madoff Securities International Ltd, the British arm of Madoff's empire, was part of the elaborate deception. All three men were directors of the company.
On Friday Mr Picard filed suit against Medici Bank, an Austrian bank, and its owner, Sonja Kohn, alleging she was a ''criminal soulmate'' of Madoff and seeking almost $US20 billion.
Ms Kohn has described herself as one of the fraud's biggest victims.
Mark Madoff had agreed not to sell or transfer certain assets pending the outcome of earlier legal action by Mr Picard.
His mother, Ruth, was allowed to keep $US2.5 million as part of a settlement last year in which she forfeited claims to $US80 million of assets. She is reportedly living in Florida and working delivering meals to housebound people.
In the ultimate indignity, family possessions - ranging from Mrs Madoff's jewellery to her husband's monogrammed slippers - were auctioned last month to raise money for victims.

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The males with the higher mercury doses performed far fewer courtship displays, so were more likely to be ignored by females.
Wetland habitats, like the Florida Everglades that are home to the birds, are particularly vulnerable to mercury contamination, which can come from burning coal and waste, and run-off from mines.
The report shows wetland birds are particularly badly affected by it.
Gary Heinz, a wildlife researcher from the US Geological Survey, said: "It cannot be broken down, only be moved about and transformed from one chemical form to another."
"And any effect that might reduce the productivity of a species would likely be harmful in nature."





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Blogger Jason Kottke tipped NASA would announce the discovery of arsenic on Titan, or possibly chemical evidence of bacteria utilising it for photosynthesis.
That speculation was quickly picked up and repeated by a number of other bloggers and internet sites.
However Kottke theory has been rebuffed by Alexis Madrigal, senior science writer for The Atlantic, who tweeted that he had read the Science article relating to the Nasa announcement.
''I'm sad to quell some of the @kottke-induced excitement about possible extraterrestrial life. I've seen the Science paper. It's not that,'' he tweeted.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes the journal in which the research will appear, told ABC News in the US that it had received numerous inquiries about the "mostly erroneous online and/or tabloid speculation about the forthcoming research''.
"These reports clearly are not based on the peer-reviewed research being published under the auspices of the journal Science," it said.




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JULIAN ASSANGE is at risk of being arrested in Britain and extradited to Sweden to face possible rape charges, at the same time as the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, adds her voice to an international call to prosecute WikiLeaks.
''I absolutely condemn the placement of this information on the WikiLeaks website. It's a grossly irresponsible thing to do and an illegal thing to do,'' Ms Gillard said.
The legal situation surrounding Mr Assange, the hacker who was born in Queensland and co-founded WikiLeaks, was still unclear last night, with reports that he was in a house in south-west England waiting for British police to arrest him.
He was accused of the sexual assault of two Swedish women in Stockholm in August but has yet to be charged with any offence. Mr Assange, 39, has denied the charges.
He was allowed to leave Sweden that month but last week the director of prosecutions, Marianne Ny, sought an international warrant to force him to return to Stockholm for questioning.
The move has been condemned by his British lawyers, who have labelled it political.
''Neither Mr Assange nor his lawyers have been provided any further information beyond that reported in the press. This appears to be a persecution and a prosecution,'' said his London lawyer, Mark Stephens.
On Monday WikiLeaks began a ''drip feed'' of 250,000 confidential US diplomatic cables leaked to the organisation this year.
In London a WikiLeaks spokesman, Kristinn Hrafnsson, challenged claims by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that WikiLeaks and Mr Assange were responsible for ''an attack on the international community''.
''There has been a lot of talk about legal actions taken against WikiLeaks and Julian, about how we have done something illegal, that we are criminals,'' he said.
''But we have not seen any reference to how we are supposed to have broken the law.''
The Australian Federal Police have been asked by the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, to investigate the WikiLeaks matter




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Yesterday's cabinet decision to "bring the last of the Falashmura to Israel" gives members of this community grounds to feel insulted. It is patronizing, even hostile. It demands that activists on behalf of the Falashmura cease their activities and sets a quota beyond which no additional Falashmura will be brought here - as if they were barrels of hazardous waste that had to be eliminated.
The decision also has a logical flaw. If there is no justification for bringing the Falashmura here, why is Israel doing it, despite the considerable social and economic costs involved? If, alternatively, they are entitled to Israeli citizenship, why set a quota? For citizens of what other country has Israel ever set an immigration quota? Indeed, this smacks of pure racism.

Benjamin Netanyahu undoubtedly felt a sense of deja vu yesterday. In June 1998, during his first term as prime minister, he announced that Israel would no longer allow in Falashmura. Now, his second government has made the same proclamation. What are the chances that this time it will actually happen?
For two decades - ever since Operation Solomon, the 1991 airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel - every govermnent has wrestled with the Falashmura dilemma. Numerous committees have presented contradictory recommendations, none of which were ever implemented, and estimates of the number of Falashmura remaining have all proven to be divorced from reality.
The only prophecy that did come true was that of settler leader Hanan Porat, who tried in vain to convince then-prime minister Yitzhak Shamir to let 2,500 Falashmura board the 1991 airlift. "They didn't let 2,000 immigrate today," he said. "In the end, 20,000 will come."
An odd mix of rabbis, settlers, Shas politicians, Jewish-American donors and a handful of self-interested Ethiopian immigrant activists, who certainly do not represent the majority of their community, have for years succeeded again and again in forcing prime ministers to eat their words and bring thousands upon thousands of Ethiopian Christians to Israel.
A few senior civil servants tried to stem the tide. One such example is Eyal Gabbai, director general of the Prime Minister's Office, who ultimately broke under the pressure but did manage to get a written commitment from all parties concerned that once the 7,864 Falashmura covered in today's decision have arrived, the Falashmura lobby will disband.
But even if these organizations and individuals keep their promise, there will still be thousands of Ethiopians who claim to have Jewish roots and relatives already living in Israel. And they will continue to be aided by settlers who believe that bringing the "lost tribes" back to Israel can solve the demographic problem, Shas politicians who want to prove they don't hate blacks, and American Jews who want to "repair the world" at Israeli society's expense.
The current organizations might disband, but new ones will emerge in their place. Thousands of new Falashmura will flock to the compound in Gondar. Ethiopian Israelis will hold demonstration to bring their parents and siblings be here. And yet another government will capitulate.

She said that these children need to take more care of themselves than others.
“Children with Type 1 diabetes need to take insulin on a daily basis and follow a strict diet. But, today unlike their routine life they are having fun,” said Bhattacharya.
To mark the day, the Rotary Club organised a walkathon flagged off by mayor SK Nataraj. Siddaiah, commissioner of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, was also present on the occasion. Participants walked holding banners with message of diabetes control. Information booklets on the disease were also distributed during the event.
Dr Shuchy Chugh, diabetes educator and a type 1 diabetic, said that diabetes was a serious concern in India. Changing lifestyle, increasing stress levels, a genetic pre-disposition and most seriously, neglect of timely screening and treatment have resulted in a pandemic in India.
VAGUS Super Speciality Hospital held a free diabetic screening camp at the hospital’s premises in Malleswaram. The camp was inaugurated by transport commissioner Bhaskar Rao. More than 200 people availed of the camp.
“Early screening and therapeutic interventions are very important. Once diabetes is diagnosed, lifestyle changes/interventions and drugs are most important to prevent or reduce the onset of diabetes,” said diabetalogist Dr Somshekar Reddy.