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Two Indians are among sixty-two people killed after a Dubai airliner crashed and caught fire early today while landing in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
The names of the Indians in the list put out by Russian authorities are: Anju Kathirvel Aiyappan and Mohan Shyam, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.
"Our mission is checking with the local university and Indian nationals for confirmation," he said.
Flydubai Boeing 737 was making its second attempt to land in bad weather when it missed the runway, erupting in a huge fireball as it crashed and leaving debris scattered across a wide area.
There were 55 passengers and seven crew members on board at the time of the crash. Russian investigators confirmed that all 62 people on board were killed.
Other passengers killed the accident include: 44 Russians, 8 Ukrainian and one from Uzbekistan.
An ailing Pervez Musharraf today left for Dubai hours after the Pakistani government allowed the former dictator facing trial in a number of cases, including for high treason, to go abroad for medical treatment.
"I am a commando and I love my homeland. I will come back in a few weeks or months," said 72-year-old Musharraf, who is suffering from a spinal cord ailment.
Vowing to face all pending cases against him, Musharraf said he was keeping himself abreast with developments in the country and will actively take part in politics after his return.
He said he was going abroad to seek "medical treatment of a decade-old illness which has now developed several complications".
The former military ruler boarded the Emirates flight 611 bound for Dubai that departed from Karachi airport at 3.55 am (0425 IST).
"He was the last person to be embarked on the plane and then the gate was closed. The retired general appeared relaxed," a media report quoted an airport source as saying. He landed in Dubai at 5am.
"Musharraf intends to go back to Pakistan after his medical treatment as he wants to serve the country," said Muhammad Amjad, Secretary General of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) – a political party led by Musharraf.
Amjad told reporters in Dubai that a team of doctors would decide about the former ruler's next destination for medical treatment.
Musharraf, who went into self-imposed exile in Dubai after being forced to resign as president facing impeachment following the 2008 elections, had returned to Pakistan in 2013 but was implicated in several cases.
He was not allowed to leave the country until government yesterday evening allowed him to go abroad for treatment following orders by the Supreme Court a day earlier.
His lawyer informed the government yesterday that Musharraf will come back after four to six weeks and face all cases, prompting the government to let him go.
Musharraf has been facing high treason trial since 2013 and he was barred from leaving the country in 2014 by the government. The order was declared as illegal by the Sindh High Court the same year.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision of the Sindh High Court, rejecting the appeal by the government.
Interior minister Nisar Ali Khan yesterday told a press briefing that after consultation, the government decided to let Musharraf leave the country for treatment.
He said Musharraf's lawyers had formally asked the government to allow him to undertake foreign travels.
"The government has decided to allow Musharraf to travel abroad for treatment. He has also committed he will face all cases against him in court," Khan said.
He was referring to several cases faced by Musharraf including the high treason charged in a special court for suspending the constitution in 2007, which has been declared under Article 6 as being punishable by death.
He was indicted in April, 2014 but since then no progress has been made in the case for various reasons.
Musharraf's APML said yesterday that he had a backbone- related issue and needed to go to the UAE to see a doctor.
It is believed that the decision to let Musharraf go out of the country will help heal a rift between the powerful army and the government, as the former was unhappy over treason trial of the former chief of army staff.
Musharraf came to power in a bloodless coup in 1999, deposing the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
He was implicated in a slew of court cases after returning from five years in self-exile in Dubai to contest the general election in 2013 which he lost.
Obama addresses US role in Argentina's 'dirty war'
Buenos Aires, Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama will today tackle one of the most troubled periods of US history with Argentina, visiting a memorial to victims of the country's murderous US-backed dictatorship. Obama will visit the Parque de la Memoria near Buenos Aires, a monument to the estimated 30,000 people who were killed or went missing from 1976-1983, and deliver a speech.
Obama's two day visit coincides with the 40th anniversary of a right-wing military coup, which the US government condoned and which ushered in the dictatorship.
During his visit, Obama has tried to present a softer side of the hemisphere's preeminent power.
He joked about tasting Argentina's national beverage mate for the first time and about trying to meet football superstar Lionel Messi, while fondly recalling reading books by Argentine writers Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar.
He even had a go at tango -- with a pro, at a state dinner, no less. Looking relaxed while practicing a few steps with dancer Mora Godoy, while his First Lady Michelle Obama gave it a whirl with dancer Jose Lugones, the Obamas held their own on tango's home turf.
But the past has never been far away. In 2002, Washington declassified 4,000 diplomatic cables which showed US officials, including then-secretary of state Henry Kissinger, encouraged the military junta's purge of leftists.
While acknowledging "moments" in American foreign policy "that were counterproductive" Obama pushed for reconciliation during his first full day in Argentina Wednesday.
In a strategic gesture, Obama agreed to declassify sensitive military and intelligence records linked to the "dirty war."
The intelligence and military documents could shed new light on the depth of US involvement in the coup and in the purges which followed.
"Prior US government releases have detailed human rights abuses and US policymaking in Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador," said Carlos Osorio at the National Security Archive.
They may also shed more light on the extent of US involvement in "Operation Condor," a plan among secret police agencies across the Southern Cone to target communists, leftists and dissidents.
"We all need and we are entitled to know what the truth is," said Argentine President Mauricio Macri, who had asked for the documents to be released.
Obama's visit has angered some victims' groups. Several have called on Obama to apologize for US support of the military regime.
Kejriwal named among world's 50 greatest leaders by Fortune
New York, Mar 25, 2016, (PTI):
Arvind Kejriwal has been named among the world's 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine with the Delhi Chief Minister being the sole Indian leader on the list topped by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Fortune's third annual 'World's 50 Greatest Leaders' list features men and women from across the globe from the fields of business, government, philanthropy and the arts who are "transforming the world and inspiring others to do the same."
47-year-old Aam Aadmi Party chief is ranked 42nd on the list and is the sole leader from India.
However, South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley is also on the list at 17th while another Indian- American Resham Saujani is at the 20th spot.
Fortune credits Kejriwal for his efforts to curb pollution in New Delhi through the scheme of allowing vehicles of odd and even numbers on alternate days on the city's roads.
"When Kejriwal unveiled a blueprint to tackle the smog in New Delhi -- called the world's most polluted city by the World Health Organization -- many were sceptical. A key component: an 'odd-even' pilot project in which vehicles were allowed on the roads only on alternate days.
"The uplifting result of the pilot this January: roads were less clogged, hourly particulate air pollution concentrations dropped by 13 per cent, and citizens could breathe deep," Fortune said.
It said leadership is not "demagoguery, pandering, even populism" but is defined by people across the world "you've never heard of who are rallying followers to make life better in ways you never imagined."
"...the New Delhi 'government official' risking his career to fight pollution; the Italian mayor welcoming Middle East migrants to his tiny town—improving its economy and brightening their prospects," the US-based magazine said in a reference to Kejriwal and Domenico Lucano, the Mayor of the Italian town of Riace, who was ranked 40th on the list.
"The leaders you'll meet here, known and new, will lift your mood and upgrade your assessment of the world's future. Some may inspire you to join their followers. And those unheard-ofs, so seemingly ordinary, may even prompt you to rethink your own potential as an inspiring leader," Fortune said.
Bezos, who topped the list this year, has been on the list all three times, along with Pope Francis who comes in at the 4th position followed by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
The list includes German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2), Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at (3), US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (22), IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (36), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Co-chair and CEO Melinda Gates and Susan Desmond-Hellmann (41), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (48) and Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay (50).
Also on the list is Saujani, Founder and CEO of tech organization 'Girls Who Code'. Fortune lauded the 40-year old former Wall Street attorney for her message that girls should be taught to be brave rather than perfect.
Her organization aims to get more women into computer science and by the end of this year, more than 40,000 girls will have gone through its training and internship programmes, Fortune said.
Giving company to Kejriwal from South Asia is Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the number 10 spot.
Fortune said the 68-year -old politician, the only female leader among the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states, has "deftly navigated the competing demands of Islamic tradition and women's rights".
"She has committed Bangladesh, the nation with the world's fourth-largest Muslim population, to securing legal protections for women and helping them attain more education, financial freedom, and political power," it said, adding that Bangladesh scores better on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index than any other South Asian country.
Obama honors victims of US-backed Argentina dictators
Buenos Aires, Mar 25, 2016, (AFP):
President Barack Obama paid homage to victims of Argentina's former US-backed dictatorship, admitting the United States was "slow to speak out for human rights" in those dark days. Obama became the first US president to formally acknowledge the victims of the 1976-1983 military regime, which declassified documents have revealed was supported by top US officials.
"There's been controversy about the policies of the United States early in those dark days, and the United States, when it reflects on what happened here, has to examine its own policies as well, and its own past," Obama said yesterday.
He spoke at Remembrance Park, a monument in Buenos Aires to the 30,000 people who were killed or went missing under the dictatorship. He paid tribute to victims' families. "Democracies have to have the courage to acknowledge when we don't live up to the ideals that we stand for; when we've been slow to speak out for human rights. And that was the case here."
Tens of thousands of people joined a noisy demonstration later in Buenos Aires to mark the 40th anniversary of the US-backed coup that brought the dictators to power. They marched to the din of drums, carrying pictures of victims. Similar anniversary marches were called in towns across the country.
Some rights groups complained Obama had not gone far enough. "The self-criticism was totally light," said Taty Almeida, founder of the victims' campaign group Madres Linea Fundadora.
She added that Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Obama "insisted we have to look to the future. They do not acknowledge the genocide and state terrorism that was supported by the United States."
Victims' groups had been angered by the choice of the date for Obama's visit, given the US support for the coup at the time.
But they welcomed his promise to declassify further documents to shed more light on the fates of the regime's victims.
After the memorial ceremony Obama with his wife Michelle, her mother and the couple's daughters flew to the Andean resort of Bariloche, where they went for a hike and boat ride in a national park.
Locals lined the road smiling and waving as Obama's motorcade took the family from Bariloche airport, but at one place a crowd of protesters demonstrated noisily, some raising their middle fingers.
Early today, the Obamas left Argentina to return home to Washington.
