Gulf Daily News Sunday, 20th November 2011
Scorpio October 24th - November 22nd
must be speeded up
Your popularity soars from this point on. You are already
very much in demand, but you will soon be even more
so. This is not the time to be a hermit, but is an opportunity to connect with as many people as you can from as
many walks of life as possible. You can benefit by reaching out to someone new every single day.
Sagittarius November 23rd - December 21st
It pays to make sure you are as fit as you can be, as for
the next few months, right through to the summer of
next year, mars will be in your career zone, spurring you
onwards - but the demands can be high. although today will hopefully give you some rest, your mind will
be whirring. Rather than think random thoughts, plan
ahead.
Capricorn December 22nd - January 20th
You may be trying to balance the spiritual and the material as both are very important to you right now. Think
about what you want to achieve, and instead of forcing
yourself to get to it, you may be better to meditate more
and listen to your own inner wisdom on the matter. It
will probably tell you not to rush and be organised.
Aquarius January 21st - February 19th
You are going to be a lot more interested in the resources at your disposal and are about to come up with
new ways of getting what you want that much more
quickly. mars will remain in Virgo until the summer of
next year which gives you plenty of time to prepare for
all the ways that good fortune will come rushing to you.
Pisces February 20th - March 20th
You are keen to get ahead, and happy to sell yourself at
every opportunity. This is the way to make progress. You
are in the mood to share and it is this which gets you
noticed, especially as you don’t come across as being
pushy or demanding. success comes because you are
you. People want more of what you have.
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Bay detention camp
... prisoners in limbo
cases, focus on the human rights concerns
and that affects negatively the economic activities of the country. Who wants to do business, if the country is believed to disregard
human rights?
Those who try to impart a bad image of
Bahrain by disseminating fabricated news
should be dealt with seriously, because they
are fighting us on two fronts. Nationally by
terrorising ordinary citizens and residents
and destroying the peaceful atmosphere the
country has enjoyed over the years and, internationally, by tarnishing the image of Bahrain
by claiming that it doesn’t respect human
rights and thus blocking the economic opportunities that should have been meant to
steer the economy forward.
Overall, purveyors of false information are
worse than the saboteurs we usually see in
the streets these days. What is expected of
the government is to quickly implement the
law governing the limits to the freedom of
speech and punish sternly those who violate
it. Only then can we say that we are maintaining peace and start to build an economically
sound and politically liberal Bahrain based on
the democratic principles already being practised in the country.
Abu Mohammed
A waste of water
I
am forced to write this because slowly the
whole town has turned into a car washing
area. I live in Juffair and I am observing that
for many days Road 4047 is always flooded
with water, covering half of the road sometimes reaching to the traffic signal.
Early Tuesday morning, I decided to investigate for myself from where this water was
being drained on the road. I walked in and
reached the entrance to a building, where I
found a few people washing cars with running water. all this water was then flowing on
to the main road i.e. Road 4047. It is happening almost every day and there is no one to
take notice of this.
Cleaning a car is everybody’s need and that
can easily be accomplished with one bucket
of water, but washing with running water on
the roadside is totally uncalled for. It causes a
huge amount of water to be wasted, messes
up the environment, destroys the road and
inconveniences pedestrians.
I humbly request you to please take immediate action, first against this building’s oc-
A grave injustice
F
AR from issuing the executive order he promised to shut down the prison at
Guantanamo, President Barack Obama is keeping virtually all of its prisoners confined in limbo without trials.
Just as illegal, he is reviving discredited military commission trials set up in 2001
by the Bush regime for the handful of suspects who might never get their day in
court. During his run for the White House, Obama had been critical of the military
trials. Of the approximately 800 suspects brought to Guantanamo, and I emphasise
the word suspects, only an astonishingly few six cases have proceeded to trial, even
though many prisoners have been confined there for five years or longer. Three cases
went to trial under Bush and three under Obama while a seventh man, Abd Al-Rahim
Al-Nashiri was arraigned just the other day.
According to British historian/journalist Andy Worthington, author of the book The
Guantanamo Files: The Stories of 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, only 171
prisoners remain today. That only six men have ever come before a judge in all this
time establishes US jurisprudence as truly no jurisprudence at all, but a cynical system of imprisonment where men are illegally arrested, illegally transported, illegally
confined and illegally tortured until they illegally confess.
That the majority of Guantanamo prisoners – 600 souls – had to be let go reveals
the entire premise of the so-called War on Terror was as false as the charges against
them were fraudulent.
Calling for prisoners to receive trials in federal courts, the American Civil Liberties
Union said, “Where credible evidence exists against Guantanamo detainees, they
should be charged and prosecuted under our criminal justice system, which has a
successful record of prosecuting terrorism suspects and is the only way to provide
the fair and reliable outcomes that Americans deserve. The ACLU blasted the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantanamo, some of whom have been held in US custody without charge or trial for as many as eight years.
It should be kept in mind the US has parallel operations to Guantanamo ongoing
in Iraq and Afghanistan, where thousands of suspects have been detained without
trials, and often tortured without mercy. If these crimes, under US direction, are not
terrorism, what is?
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cupants who are destroying the environment,
and then in general against every road-side
car washer. I don’t want to hit anybody’s earning because these are poor people doing so
but they should be forced to do it with wetclothes not with running water pipes.
Abu Abdullah
Chemistry lab?
T
hIs refers to a letter circulated by the
Indian school chairman, who justifies contesting a second time for the school managing committee for the next three years, while
his parent status is ending next year.
as a long-time parent, I remember that he
has himself demanded resignation of such
committee members in the past.
he says that he is contesting to bring
higher education to the Indian school, but,
sir, please first bring the chemistry lab for the
benefit of the students.
We mustn’t allow the school to become a
political playing field for people of a particular regional.
Suresh
Traffic ‘constipated’
I
WOuld like to bring to the notice of the
traffic directorate the following constipated problem of traffic which we face in
Gudaibiya.
The road which connects the awal Cinema
and its parallel load, al marrif avenue should
be made a two-way road, so that the traffic
on the awal Cinema road is eased. I understand that earlier the same road was a twoway road, but few years back it was changed
to regulate traffic. It could be reverted because of the traffic jam now.
hope the traffic directorate will take the
necessary action immediately.
R Balu
Aries March 21st - April 20th
mars, your personal planet currently in Virgo, helps you
to focus on getting things done. You may have a lot
more deadlines to work on or find that you can’t get
away from jobs that need a detailed approach. Your
health will also be to the forefront of your thoughts. If
you have been eating fast food - slow down and prepare
your own.
Taurus April 21st - May 21st
Connect with your inner being and reflect on your priorities. This would be a fine time to visualize your goals
more clearly. If you can pinpoint what you want and imagine your dreams more clearly, you will set the stage
for actually making it so. uranus encourages you to let
go of patterns that prevent progress. Consider how.
Gemini May 22nd - June 21st
You can intuit what’s going on in your relationship more
readily. But to do so you will need to still your mind and
be present and truly available in each moment to hear
what your lover has to say to you. Pay attention to their
body language and to the way in which you talk to each
other without saying a word.
Cancer June 22nd - July 23rd
You are going to be increasingly busy. mars remains in
your communication zone until July next year, so if you
thought that your work load had slowed down lately,
you may need to think again. You may be inundated
with tasks and deadlines, which although good in one
way, may mean your brain will be working overtime.
Leo July 24th - August 23rd
money and personal finances continue to be uppermost in your mind, and now that mars will be in Virgo
for many months, you will benefit from doing some financial planning. Rather than hope for the best when it
comes to making your hopes come true - why not work
out exactly how you can invest in your future success.
Virgo August 24th - September 23rd
You are going to be very busy until the middle of next
year as mars will remain in your sign for this length of
time. The main point is that you now have more courage, more commitment and more desire to put your
stamp upon the world. The ideas that matter to you and
make you who you are will be the ones that identify you
too.
Libra September 24th - October 23rd
mars has moved into a subtle area of your chart and remains there until July next year, so you have plenty of
time to make the most of this phase. It encourages you
to create success and happiness in your life by starting
on the inside. use your imagination to feel you are already successful - and it can happen.
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