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Saturday, 2 January 2010
Ustad Mohammad Hussain Sarahang - Oh Yaar
Ustad Mohammad Hussain Sarahang at his Kabul Afghanistan Concert pleasing the crowd with a few folk and ghazal songs. With Ustad Asef on Tabla, Ustad Eltaf Hussain his son on Tampura, Ustad Sharif Ghazal on the Right, Farid Ghazal and Ustad Sakhi Ahmad Khatam not shown
Ustad Sarahang seemed weak and ill upon his return to Afghanistan, but he continued to write and teach music. In 1983, Ustad Sarahang suffered yet another heart attack that hospitalized him. Growing ever weaker, Ustad Sarahang passed away on a clear Saturday morning in April of that year.
Ustad Sarahang seemed weak and ill upon his return to Afghanistan, but he continued to write and teach music. In 1983, Ustad Sarahang suffered yet another heart attack that hospitalized him. Growing ever weaker, Ustad Sarahang passed away on a clear Saturday morning in April of that year.
Sonja Sohn: Rewired for Change
Fans of The Wire on ABC 2 will be familiar with the work of Sonja Sohn who plays Detective Kima Greggs in the show. But you may not be as familiar with some of her off screen work – which is equally impressive.
Sonja has set up Rewired for Change – a non profit organisation that focuses on helping disadvantaged youth in Baltimore steer clear of the violent life that features so prominently in The Wire.
As Sonja puts it, these young people in Baltimore, literally, live in war zones -where they’re witnessing shootings and murders on a regular basis. As a result these kids live in fear - and many of them believe they need to be armed or in a gang to walk the streets in safety.
One of the ways Rewired for Change helps these young people is through drawing on scenarios that feature in episodes of The Wire.
Sonja Sohn spoke with Steve Cannane presenting Summer Drive on ABC Local Radio.
She also says if this age group is not embraced and nurtured and assisted toward personal transformation, then those who come behind them will continue to be eaten alive by the culture of gun violence.
If you want to find out more about rewired for change or donate some money to the cause the website is rewiredforchange.com
Pretty Dyana - A Roma recycling saga
An intimate look at Roma refugees in a Belgrade suburb who make a living by transfoming Citroen's classic 2cv and Dyana cars into Mad Max-like recycling vehicles, with which they collect cardoard, bottles and scrap metal. These modern horses are much more efficient than the cart-pushing competition, but more important - they also mean freedom, hope and style for their crafty owners. Even the car batteries are used as power generators in order to get some light, watch tv and recharge mobiles! Almost an alchemist's dream come true! But the police don't always find these strange vehicles funny...
Heavy toll at sports event in Pakistan after bomb blast
A suicide bomber rammed a pickup truck loaded with explosives into a playground crowded with families and children watching a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan Friday.
Police and local officials said as many as 75 people had been killed, with scores wounded, making the New Year’s Day attack one of the deadliest of more than 20 suicide bombings carried out by militants since October.
The attack underscored the Taliban’s determination to prevent citizens from forming militias to keep the insurgents at bay as military operations disrupt their strongholds in the nearby tribal belt.
Local authorities said they had little doubt that the village, Shah Hassan Khel, was chosen because residents were forming a pro-government militia. In recent weeks, the militants had been threatening death to anyone who joined.
But as the bomber prepared to strike on Friday, he did not choose the most obvious target: A meeting underway of local leaders of the new militia.
Instead, he drove his double-cabin pickup truck into the middle of a nearby playground where teams were playing volleyball and detonated explosives so powerful that they collapsed homes surrounding the field.
“When we came out, there was a plume of smoke and dust,” said Gul Janan, a member of the pro-government militia, who, along with other dazed members bruised but not seriously hurt when their roof collapsed, emerged to find their village ravaged.
“Nothing was visible,” Mr. Janan said in a telephone interview. “It was a huge bombing.”
All of the victims were civilians, one local official said...
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