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Kalam
for Indo-UAE cyber varsity Abu Dhabi, October 19 On the second day of his visit here, casting aside all protocol behaviour, he mingled with students at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) and interacted with them posing questions and answering their queries. Yesterday, immediately after his arrival, Mr Kalam got down to business and drove down straight to a desalination plant where he was given a brief presentation of its operation. “India and the UAE can collaborate in cyber technology and an Indo-UAE cyber university can be set up in Abu Dhabi with the help of the available infrastructure and impart education not only in the UAE but also help the entire Gulf region,” he said at the HCT. Interacting with students, Mr Kalam told them that their activities have to be driven by innovations and they should work towards translating their dreams into action. Recalling his earlier visits to the UAE before becoming President, Mr Kalam said “one thing that inspires and motivates me is how a whole country can be transformed by the vision of one man, namely, the President Sheikh Al Zayed Al Nahyan and I wish him speedy recovery.” The UAE President is currently in London where he is undergoing medical treatment. To a question as to why a lot of money was being spent on scientific research in India, he said “science is a cradle for technology. Scientist Chandrashekhar Subramaniam had studied how long the sun will shine and we need sun for prosperity. “This had made us look for technology and innovation and therefore scientific research is important.” Asked about his childhood dream, he narrated the story of his teacher who inspired him to take up aeronautical engineering which led him to become the “missile man” of India. The President asked students not to hesitate if they do not understand what their teachers taught them and cited the example of his teacher who took them to a beach to explain the flight of birds when Mr Kalam did not understand it. “Learning leads to creativity, creativity leads to thinking and thinking leads to thorough knowledge and thorough knowledge makes you great,” he said when asked about the formula for success. Later, inaugurating e-learning centre at the college, he evinced keen interest in the modern technology being taught to the students. “I am happy to visit Higher Colleges of Technology. My greetings to students and teachers for evolving facilities to teach,” the President wrote in the visitors book. Mr Kalam arrived here yesterday on a two-day state visit. He would later go to Sudan and Bulgaria.
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Cartoonist apologises to US Sikhs Washington, October 19 Carol Lay’s cartoon depicting a Sikh as “Randy bin Laden, Osama’s no-good cousin” sparked off an uproar in the Sikh community here with a legal team of the United Sikhs Organisation accumulating more than 2,500 signatures on a petition demanding a public apology from her. Lay did remove the cartoon from her website after this backlash, but later tried to make light of the controversy and put up another cartoon on the site titled “Field Guide to Turbans,” in which she illustrated the different kinds of turbans worn. “Lay’s attempts to make a connection between a Sikh man and the world’s biggest fugitive, especially by using remarks such as ‘a shady character’ and ‘Osama’s no good cousin Randy bin Laden’ amounts to stereotyping, and is likely to trigger more misdirected behaviour and hate crimes against US Sikhs,” the legal team said. “I wouldn’t go as far as to call it an apology. We’re happy that she took down the cartoons and we’re happy that she recognises that they were distasteful. We would like a better apology, but we’re happy with what we got,” Harneet Singh, the United Sikh’s legal adviser told India West newspaper.
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Israeli army pulls out of refugee camp Gaza City, October 19 Troops backed by tanks had entered the Brazil refugee camp along the Gaza-Egypt border four days ago. Troops and militants battled repeatedly. Two Hamas gunmen - and a woman - were killed in fighting yesterday. The army remained in the Salam area of Rafah that it entered a week ago. An initial investigation found that at least 15 houses were completely destroyed during the army’s Brazil operation, witnesses said. Electric and telephone cables were ripped up, along with water pipes. Israel began a widespread operation in the Rafah area of Gaza - along the Egyptian border - following a suicide bombing in a Haifa restaurant on October 4 in which 23 persons were killed.
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Osama’s son Saad is his successor London, October 19 The tape, purportedly from the Al-Qaida leader, yesterday promised more suicide attacks inside and outside the USA and other countries that supported the Iraq war and demanded the Americans to quit Iraq. The news that Osama bin Laden had named son Saad his successor forced British intelligence agency Mi5 chief Eliza Manningham-Buller to warn that the Al-Qaida was now stronger than ever, The Sunday Express reported. Osama bin Laden's decision to hand over the running of his 'jihad' is seen as an indication that he is more ill, the paper said. Saad has been linked to last week's killing of Americans in Gaza. For the past one year, he has been based in Iran.
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8 Marines charged with brutality Washington, October 19 The eight fought in Iraq as part of the First Marine Division during the campaign to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein and were detailed to guard a prisoner-of-war camp called Camp Whitehorse outside the southern city of Nasiriyah. “These men have been charged in connection with maltreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war," said Marine spokesman Staff Sergeant Bill Lisbon yesterday, adding that the charges ranged from negligent homicide to assault and dereliction of duty.
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