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4 held up in Russian nightclub fire; victim toll at 112

7 December 2009

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Many dupes were trapped in a panicked crush for the exit as they try  get out from the flames and bad black smoke.. Emergency Minstry spokesman the latest victim passed away of hard burns in a Moscow hospital

Mournints are angry over what they call carelessness on the part of the club’s management, which President Dmitry Medvedev likewise criticized in a nationally televised  videoconference on Saturday. Heartbreaking residents as well as the president of Russia accused club management for negligence and carelessness

Officials said club managers had neglected repeated demands from authorities to shift the interior to follow with fire safety measures. According to local club members the manager did not care for the repeated demand of the members to keep a fire safety standard.

Authorities promptly arrested two registered co-owners of the club, its managing director and two other suspects. One other suspect was injured in the fire and remains in dangerous condition.The Government Authority in no time arrested the 2 co-owners of the club too as the manager. Russia face a fire death about 18000 per yr.Russia experiences a total toll of 18000 people  per year because of fire hazards.The monday was announced as the day of national mourning with no entertainment across the country.

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War in Afghanistan and war in Iraq are totally different

29 November 2009

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According to a military personnel in Iraq the war in Afghanistan and war in Iraq is totally different.In Iraq there is a chance to meet local literate university students but in Afghanistan the army can talk to illiterate farmers.Therefore the policy makers believe it will be harder to win the war in Afghanistan. Due to geographical condition of Afghanistan which is filled with mountains and forests it is too difficult to fight.

“The sheer terrain of Afghanistan is much more challenging: the mountains, the altitudes, severity of weather, the distances. That wears on an army,” says Maj. Joseph Matthews, a battalion operations officer in the 10th Mountain Division. “You can flood Baghdad with soldiers but if you want to flood the mountains you are going to need huge numbers and logistics.”

The in habitats in Afghanistan have very little knowledge about outer world and media. They only listen to religious leader in mosque on every Friday.When you have a society that can’t read for itself and religious leaders are trusted, they can say whatever they like and people will believe them. It’s hard for the U.S. to penetrate and influence this. In Iraq there are other ways to get the message across,” says Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Weiermann, Jr., an intelligence specialist.

Iraq already had the foundation. They just needed the governance piece that would support not just the elite few. In Afghanistan, you are starting at the very beginning. It’s like trying to take the American Indians in their purest form and put them into today’s New York City. It’s not going to happen,” says Weiermann, of Ft. Hood, Texas.

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