What Next ? A rickshaw Driver Burnt his Rickshaw Due to daily increase in fuel Prices

By:- Muhammad Ameen Asif

 A rickshaw driver burnt his rickshaw  on the road in Gujranwala due to daily increase in fuel prices.
What next?
  This rickshaw was the only his earning source .His disappointment is at last  height .Corrupt politician and bureaucrats has made this country hell for the common people.Honest earning to survive has become very  very very hard here but corruption has become  an art and fashion now a days.While burning his only means of survival he said
"I pray Taliban should come and take over the government."

what we call that society where honest earning is made so hard but arms are available easily ?
what the lesson goes to the nation?
What should nation do now?

Defense housing societies ARE INCREASED MANYFOLD IN ALL THE CITIES of pakistan  WHERE AS  sixty million Pakistanis are trying to survive at less than 2 USD daily. Where as in the same country chairman KESC is costing the nation more than 9 million per month.Look the performance of this person who is white elephant to the nation.Thousands of such white elephants are eating up all resources of nation.
 One another example is Pakistan Railways.this depart is most mismanaged and see its minister what facilities he is enjoying from last three and half years. senior Officers operating this department are drawing millions of rupees salaries  each whereas its workers who are  working very hard in the sun and rain getting salary near 100 $  are not getting their salaries .Railways has no budget to pay  these workers and PSO  for fuel.

What a joke?
Such jokes are seen in all Public departments like PIA,Pakistan Steel, and all others  all posts and vacancies in public departments are for sale.
Who is responsible? Taliban? Should the people stop purchasing rickshaws and taxis  and start purchasing ARMS?
 What the Land grabbers backed by ANP, PPP, MQM and others political parties are doing in Karachi?
Who will answer? What the shameless answers are coming from these parties on TV shows.? who is responsible for such a huge level corruption? What these shameless people will answer to Almighty Allah?
Who are real terrorists?  
TALIBAN OR PRESENT RULING PARTIES AND THEIR BACKED BABOOS( SITTING IN SECRETARIATS)? 
I heard an old widow crying and cursing the govt and praying for even destruction of Pakistan  in the country yard of courts in Chunian,as she came to police station by walking bare footed from a village 8 kilometers far from police station. She was not having  such money to pay fair of bus .Someone has stolen her goat but police was not having time to listen her complaint

What Qauid e Azam said for these widows

"We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State".(Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947.)"

" The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it". (Broadcast talk to the people of Australia recorded on 19th February, 1948.)

70 percent of people of Pakistan wish the person  like Mulla Ummar to rule the country. Thirty  percent  sitting in so called show biz, fashion industry  (who organize such vulgar shows) , fake degree holder so called  politicians,and Baboos are looting the country with both hands ( Bribery from masses with one hand and  govt. funds along with huge salaries and benefits from other hand.)those people don't have to purchase anything like petrol, cars and other necessities of life because these are provided by govt. So they don't know what  the pain is when prices are increased on daily basis. They  even do not know the pain of  so called electricity load-shedding. Because they are proved with generators and fuel free of cost.What the unemployment graph of the economy show is not their problem. Their problem is only to loot the resources and transfer in other countries. 
Where is philosophy of Allama Muhammad Iqbal?
I ask this question to all and specially from Justice (R) Javed Iqbal.

*. Nigah-e-faqr main shaan-e-sikandari kya hai?
Khiraaj ki jo gada ho, wo qaiseri kya hai?
Falaq nay ki hai ata un ko khaajgi kay jinhain
Khabar nahin rawish-e-banda parwari kya hai?
Kissey nahin hai tamanna-e-sarwari lekin
Khudi ki mout ho jis main, wo sarwari kya hai?
Buton say tujh ko umeedain, Khuda say no meedi
Mujhey bata tou sahi aur kaafri kya hai?

دل سے جو بات نکلتي ہے اثر رکھتي ہے
پر نہيں' طاقت پرواز مگر رکھتي ہے
قدسي الاصل ہے' رفعت پہ نظر رکھتي ہے
خاک سے اٹھتي ہے ، گردوں پہ گزر رکھتي ہے
عشق تھا فتنہ گرو سرکش و چالاک مرا
آسماں چير گيا نالہ بے باک مرا
پير گردوں نے کہا سن کے' کہيں ہے کوئي
بولے سيارے' سر عرش بريں ہے کوئي
چاند کہتا تھا' نہيں! اہل زميں ہے کوئي
کہکشاں کہتي تھي' پوشيدہ يہيں ہے کوئي
کچھ جو سمجھا مرے شکوے کو تو رضواں سمجھا
مجھے جنت سے نکالا ہوا انساں سمجھا
تھي فرشتوں کو بھي حيرت کہ يہ آواز ہے کيا
عرش والوں پہ بھي کھلتا نہيں يہ راز ہے کيا!
تا سر عرش بھي انساں کي تگ و تاز ہے کيا!
آگئي خاک کي چٹکي کو بھي پرواز ہے کيا!
غافل آداب سے سکان زميں کيسے ہيں
شوخ و گستاخ يہ پستي کے مکيں کيسے ہيں!

Where is Pakistan of Qauid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
Where the billions of dollars from US aid gone?
Why not share of old widow( who was cursing) reached to her?.
Let Wait what is being burnt next?
Don't you remember  from what event agitation of Egypt started and what was its end?

Siemens Hiring Trends Reflect Recent Business Growth in Europe/USA

WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire/ — Siemens’ strong global results for the second quarter of FY2011 were released, and the company’s strong performance resulted in an increased 2011 profit forecast. The U.S. remains the company’s largest market with sales growing 9% and order intake up 15%.

“As the economy continues to grow, particularly the manufacturing industry, our orders and sales are increasing and we have added more than 1,000 new jobs to our U.S. workforce in just the last two quarters to keep up with the demand,” said Eric Spiegel, president and CEO of Siemens Corporation.



All three of the company’s Sectors – Industry, Energy and Healthcare – contributed to these results, but job growth was concentrated in the Industrial Automation, Building Efficiency, Smart Grid and IT areas.

“Siemens is the No. 1 supplier of industrial technology in the world, now we want to become the No. 1 supplier of good-paying, high-tech jobs in America,” said Daryl Dulaney, president and CEO, Siemens Industry, Inc. “Reports say job growth is modest, but we are aggressively recruiting and training the next generation of talented manufacturers and engineers.”

In the Building Technologies division, which is seeing an increase in orders to retrofit and upgrade buildings with energy-efficient and automation solutions, there are more than 400 open positions in the Sales, Engineering and Field Service job categories. In particular, Field Service expects to add approximately 100 new technicians per year over the next 3-4 years at both the entry and experienced level. In an effort to prepare junior technicians for these roles, a comprehensive training program has been developed to enhance the training experience for newly hired technicians and significantly reduce the time to deploy these individuals to service customers.

These jobs will support customers like the Jersey City Housing Authority, which recently signed a $9 million contract with Siemens for a wide range of energy improvements to more than 1,600 apartments. This is one of the largest energy efficiency contracts ever signed in New Jersey, and once completed, the energy savings from these upgrades will have an impact equivalent to removing more than 7,100 cars from the road.

There is also significant growth in products and solutions related to the building of smart grid infrastructure in the U.S. – from power generation and meters to monitoring, voltage regulators, reclosers, disconnectors, smart buildings and lighting.

Siemens was recently commissioned to provide and install multi-level electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to support Loudoun County, Virginia’s new commuter park and ride lot in Scott Jenkins Memorial Park. Siemens’ EV charging stations will be equipped with connectivity via the largest and longest-running EV charging services network in the world, the ChargePoint® Network. The open-system EV charging network allows access to all manufacturers of vehicle charging stations, provides 24/7 station monitoring and driver support, and is the only charging network with mobile apps for real-time station status and charging notifications. The charging stations are scheduled to be installed at the park by May 2011.

Siemens’ Smart Grid Applications business established its headquarters last year in the Raleigh area of North Carolina and in the past 4 months has filled 26 positions, and expects to hire an additional 100 employees by the end of 2012. Most of the jobs require expertise in electrical engineering, power systems engineering, project management and software development to work in business development and in applications like e-vehicle infrastructure, meter data management and power systems design.

All open positions in the U.S. can be found at: http://www.usa.siemens.com/en/jobs_careers/us_jobs.htm

Siemens Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For more than 160 years, Siemens has built a reputation for leading-edge innovation and the quality of its products, services and solutions. With 405,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide revenue of $102.9 billion in fiscal 2010. Siemens in the USA reported revenue of $19.9 billion and employs approximately 62,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more information on Siemens in the United States,
visit
www.usa.siemens.com.
SOURCE
Siemens Corporation

Latest Jobs Trends 2011

After interviewing many students about their ambition or goals in life, most of them  gave  a reply to be a software engineer. Software jobs are the hottest and high paying jobs in market 2011. While managerial jobs also are high paying, the availability of software and telecom jobs are ever increasing with more competition.
.It is the craze for software jobs now.Thousands of students from various universities all over the world are graduating every year and competing for the ever-growing requirement for software jobs. But what are the software or telecom job companies looking for? How should the students plan to get themselves into top software companies?
Software companies are now looking for students who have good academic as well as communication skills. With top universities and colleges giving high grades to students, it is very difficult for software companies to select the right candidates for their jobs. So along with academic skills, they are looking for students who are good in communication and logical skills.

With latest technologies emerging in telecom and software fields, it is important for software companies to look for students who are good in thinking positively and creatively. So students should be aware of all these latest software job trends.

Students should now focus on communication and logical skills along with their academic skills. This helps them to stay ahead of others. Especially there are many online training websites on the Web that provide the latest interview questions, logical questions, and toughest interview questions. Going through these websites helps students to get an idea of the new trends of questionnaires and how to answer them easily in Interviews.

Especially in telecom sector, where software companies are moving to 3G and 4G technologies, they are looking for students with good research and creative skills. There are many ways that telecom jobs are going to increase in the future due to rapid enhancement in the telecom sector and students have every opportunity to grab the opportunities.

Article first published as Latest IT and Telecom Jobs Trends on Technorati.
 Article source:-
http://www.techwas.com/latest-telecom-jobs-trends

How to Get Promoted at Work?

by julieanner


The single piece of advice I give to people who want to get promoted is “do the job you currently have extremely well.”
When you show that you take your current work seriously, you inspire confidence that you can handle more. Rather than scorning your position, you embrace it. You do it wholeheartedly. And you ask for more responsibility without expecting a raise or promotion immediately. You feel blessed to have the work instead of entitled to more money.

People get promoted when they contribute more than they “have to.” I myself got promoted after I was doing most of the work of the higher position already. That was how I built the case for the promotion. My willingness and ability was already proven. The promotion and money came as a result of it.
I found this piece that supports my experience, written by organizational positivity evangelist Dr. Beth Cabrera.*  She explains how our attitude toward our work can make all the difference to our happiness and productivity. Read it and see what you think:
People typically see their work as a job, a career, or a calling.  Those who view their work as a job do it mainly to earn a living.  People who see their work as a career are interested in money, responsibility, and advancement.  People who consider their work a calling believe the work they do serves an important purpose.  They do the work for its own sake, not for financial or other benefits.  They are passionate about what they do because they feel they are making a difference in the world.
Interestingly, whether or not people experience their work as a calling does not depend on the actual work they do.  People in any occupation can have a job, career, or calling orientation.  Meaning comes from how they understand the work they do, not the work itself.  The fact is most any job has social value.  So what matters is that the person recognize the value of the work he or she does.
In a classic example, a traveler happens upon 3 stonemasons hard at work.  He asks them each in turn what they are doing.  The first one responds that he is “cutting stone.”  The second says he is “preparing a foundation.”  The third stonemason declares that he is “building a cathedral!”  In a modern day example, a hospital janitor explains that his work is as important as the work of the surgeons because if he doesn’t keep the hospital clean patients won’t get better.
People who view the work they do as a calling experience a sense of meaning that boosts their positivity.  They are happier and, as a result, more likely to succeed.  So how do you view your work?  And what about your employees?  Do they see the value of the work they do?
I agree completely that people are happier when they discover the intrinsic value of their work.  Being invested in your work makes the day go more quickly, helps you feel good about yourself and your own value, and gives you the ability to respect everyone else working around you.
Being invested in your work doesn’t mean devoting all hours of the day to it. It simply means that when you are engaged in working, you respect yourself and understand how your work fits into the larger scheme – that your work is meaningful to you and to the organization or company or world. That’s “right fit” work.

Article source:-

http://myrightfitjob.com/2011/04/13/how-to-get-promoted-at-work/

 

Increase Your Chances of Getting a Job Offer and Promotion

By Muhammad Amin Asif
Most of the Employers want to hire those  people who  work for them. It is the best way to show  the employer that you are the right person to be hired.after consulting  many articles and employers attitudes towards  their employees.I recommend that you use your curiosity to continue gathering information.

• Be genuinely interested in learning more about it.
• Make your OJT (on Job Training) period very special and learn most rather than in work.
• Be curious during work, always show as you are really competent person for  this job but don not stop learning any time.
• Use words in your cover letter and conversations that convey interest and enthusiasm.
• Act as if you already worked there
• Show that you have researched  for the company
• Ask questions, building on what you already know about the company.
• Offer suggestions and ideas, if appropriate, to show that you are invested in the company..
• Don't hurt any worker's feelings, avoid back biting.if someone  other in your work place is in this habit avoid him and prove yourself worthy. 
• Don't behave like this to be known as  "talkative personality"

 Your constant  Interest  in work will show in this way,  familiar to the people hiring, and you will be  given  the best  possible chances to in your career building . If you need the job, you have acted consistently with that desire…and so you will get an offer.  If you have ANY doubts about whether you want the job, you won’t get an offer.  That’s the experience I and my clients have. So be fully committed to wanting the job, in your mind, heart, behavior, attitude. Always look towards your promotion not at the appointed post only as this should not be the destination

Finaly Capt. Wasi along with four Pakistani and six indian,1 Srilankan and 11 Egyption Mariners released from Somali Pirates

With efforts of Ansar barni Chairman Ansar Barni  Welfare Trust  Finally Capt Wasi Hassan along with three  other Pakistani mariners (Chf Off.Ali Rehman,3rd Engr Syed  Alam and Dsl Mech. Muhammad Muzammal) and six Indian are released from Somali Pirates after paying $2.1 million. 

       
  Ten months ago capt. Wasi,,Chif Officer Ali Rehman,Third EngrSyed Alam and Mech Muhammad  Muzammal ,SIx indians and few Egyptians  were on board MV Suiz  an Egyptian Vessel  taking shipment from Karachi  were  kidnapped by Somalians pirates . They demanded $10 million  at first for release of these mariners.  then finalized at $ 2 .1billion.About 1.5 billion was already arranged by NGOs and cargo.  But 0.5million were to arranged . Which were finally arranged and after paying today on 13th June 2011 all mariners are released . They will reach to Pakistan,Egypt and India within 2 days.
On 28th July 2010 this ship MV Suez which is property of Egyptian Shipping company. was taking  shipment from Karachi .But it didn't Reached at the destination.

An Indian Trader K.D .Singh also promised to pay  Five hundred thousand USD. But at end he didnot pay anything.Remaining amount was managed by the people of Pakistan.Today first time after rel3ease capt. Was Talked to his Family from Somalia.
Ten Years Lialla daughter of Capt Wasi appalled  on media to the Govt of Pakistan and people of Pakistan for donation.After a long wait finally the amount was arranged and with efforts of Ansar Barni ,Chairman of Ansar Barni Welfare Trust ,Governor of sindh  and people of Pakistan finally imprisonment is over today.
Thirty five ships kidnapped  vessels are in custody of these Pirates.About 650 peoples are on board and kidnapped by these .Where are  American and their alies Drones, Where is USA  strategy of terrorism,Their Drones are only for innocent people?.
The Somalian piracy appears to have a positive impact on the problem of overfishing in Somali waters by foreign vessels, as a comparison has been made with the situation in Tanzania further to the south, which suffers from the same problem, and also lacks the means to enforce the protection and regulation of its territorial waters. There, the catches have dropped to dramatic low levels, whereas in Somalia they have risen back to more acceptable levels since the beginning of the piracy.
The pirates get most of their weapons from Yemen, but a significant amount come from Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. Weapons dealers in the capital receive a deposit from a hawala dealer on behalf of the pirates and the weapons are then driven to Punt land where the pirates pay the balance.Various photographs of pirates in situ indicate that their weapons are predominantly AKMs, RPG-7s, AK47s, and semi-automatic pistols such as the TT-30. Additionally, given the particular origin of their weaponry, they are likely to have hand grenades such as the RGD-5 or F1. Al-Qaeda reportedly funded pirates with cash to purchase weapons. 
The funding of piracy operations is now structured in a stock exchange, with investors buying and selling shares in upcoming attacks in a bourse in Harardhere. Pirates say ransom money is paid in large denomination US dollar bills. It is delivered to them in burlap sacks which are either dropped from helicopters or cased in waterproof suitcases loaded onto tiny skiffs. Ransom money has also been delivered to pirates via parachute, as happened in January 2009 when an orange container with $3 million cash inside it was dropped onto the deck of the supertanker MV Sirius Star to secure the release of ship and crew. To authenticate the banknotes, pirates use currency-counting machines, the same technology used at foreign exchange bureaus worldwide. According to one pirate, these machines are, in turn, purchased from business connections in Dubai, Djibouti, and other areas. Hostages seized by the pirates usually have to wait 45 days or more for the ships' owners to pay the ransom and secure their release. 
A 2011 report published by Geopolicity Inc, investigated the causes and consequences of international piracy, with a particular focus on piracy emanating from Somalia. The report asserts that piracy is an emerging market in its own right, valued at between US$4.9-8.3 billion in 2010 alone, and it establishes, for the first time, an economic model for assessing the costs and benefits of international piracy. This model provides a comprehensive, independent framework of trend analysis, whilst also highlighting where the greatest rates of return on international counter pirate investment and policy are to be found across what Geopolicity term the ‘Pirate Value Chain.’ The report states that the number of pirates could double by 2016, increasing by 400 each but finally  Alhadu Lillah matter is settled by the nation of Pakistan along with shipping company.

Somali pirates seize cargo ship with 23 crew

AP

The Somali Pirates hold more than 660 hostages and some 30 vessels. If a vessel's owner is unable to pay the multimillion dollar ransoms the pirates demand, they may keep it and use it to stalk other vessels until they run out of supplies or break down. – File Photo by AP

NAIROBI: Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned cargo vessel with 23 crew members on board on Monday, the European Union Naval Force said.


The MV Dover was seized in the north Arabian Sea, 260 miles (420 kilometers) northeast of the Omani port of Salalah, the naval force said. The MV Dover was on its way to Yemen from Pakistan when it was attacked. It was registered with shipping and naval authorities.



There are three Romanians, 19 Filipinos and a Russian aboard the Panama-flagged vessel. There is no communication with the ship and no information regarding the condition of the crew.


In a separate incident, pirates released the MV Izumi on Friday, the naval force said Monday. The Panama-flagged vessel and its Filipino crew of 20 are believed to be making for a safe port. There is no information on the condition of the vessel or the crew. The ship was taken in October.


Somali pirates have extended their range east and south after increased naval patrols in the Gulf of Aden. They hold more than 660 hostages and some 30 vessels. If a vessel’s owner is unable to pay the multimillion dollar ransoms the pirates demand, they may keep it and use it to stalk other vessels until they run out of supplies or break down. – AP

http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/28/somali-pirates-seize-cargo-ship-with-23-crew.html

How Somalia's Fishermen Became Pirates

Amid the current media frenzy about Somali pirates, it's hard not to imagine them as characters in some dystopian Horn of Africa version of Waterworld. We see wily corsairs in ragged clothing swarming out of their elusive mother ships, chewing narcotic khat while thumbing GPS phones and grappling hooks. They are not desperate bandits, experts say, rather savvy opportunists in the most lawless corner of the planet. But the pirates have never been the only ones exploiting the vulnerabilities of this troubled failed state — and are,
in part, a product of the rest of the world's neglect. (Read "No Surrender to Thugs.")
Ever since a civil war brought down Somalia's last functional government in 1991, the country's 3,330 km (2,000 miles) of coastline — the longest in continental Africa — has been pillaged by foreign vessels. A United Nations report in 2006 said that, in the absence of the country's at one time serviceable coastguard, Somali waters have become the site of an international "free for all," with fishing fleets from around the world illegally plundering Somali stocks and freezing out the country's own rudimentarily-equipped fishermen. According to another U.N. report, an estimated $300 million worth of seafood is stolen from the country's coastline each year. "In any context," says Gustavo Carvalho, a London-based researcher with Global Witness, an environmental NGO, "that is a staggering sum."
In the face of this, impoverished Somalis living by the sea have been forced over the years to defend their own fishing expeditions out of ports such as Eyl, Kismayo and Harardhere — all now considered to be pirate dens. Somali fishermen, whose industry was always small-scale, lacked the advanced boats and technologies of their interloping competitors, and also complained of being shot at by foreign fishermen with water cannons and firearms. "The first pirate gangs emerged in the '90s to protect against foreign trawlers," says Peter Lehr, lecturer in terrorism studies at Scotland's University of St. Andrews and editor of Violence at Sea: Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism. The names of existing pirate fleets, such as the National Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia or Somali Marines, are testament to the pirates' initial motivations.
The waters they sought to protect, says Lehr, were "an El Dorado for fishing fleets of many nations." A 2006 study published in the journal Science predicted that the current rate of commercial fishing would virtually empty the world's oceanic stocks by 2050. Yet, Somalia's seas still offer a particularly fertile patch for tuna, sardines and mackerel, and other lucrative species of seafood, including lobsters and sharks. In other parts of the Indian Ocean region, such as the Persian Gulf, fishermen resort to dynamite and other extreme measures to pull in the kinds of catches that are still in abundance off the Horn of Africa. (Read about illegal wildlife trade.)
High-seas trawlers from countries as far flung as South Korea, Japan and Spain have operated down the Somali coast, often illegally and without licenses, for the better part of two decades, the U.N. says. They often fly flags of convenience from sea-faring friendly nations like Belize and Bahrain, which further helps the ships skirt international regulations and evade censure from their home countries. Tsuma Charo of the Nairobi-based East African Seafarers Assistance Programme, which monitors Somali pirate attacks and liaises with the hostage takers and the captured crews, says "illegal trawling has fed the piracy problem." In the early days of Somali piracy, those who seized trawlers without licenses could count on a quick ransom payment, since the boat owners and companies backing those vessels didn't want to draw attention to their violation of international maritime law. This, Charo reckons, allowed the pirates to build up their tactical networks and whetted their appetite for bigger spoils.
Beyond illegal fishing, foreign ships have also long been accused by local fishermen of dumping toxic and nuclear waste off Somalia's shores. A 2005 United Nations Environmental Program report cited uranium radioactive and other hazardous deposits leading to a rash of respiratory ailments and skin diseases breaking out in villages along the Somali coast. According to the U.N., at the time of the report, it cost $2.50 per ton for a European company to dump these types of materials off the Horn of Africa, as opposed to $250 per ton to dispose of them cleanly in Europe.
Monitoring and combating any of these misdeeds is next to impossible — Somalia's current government can barely find its feet in the wake of the 2006 U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion. And many Somalis, along with outside observers, suspect local officials in Mogadishu and in ports in semi-autonomous Puntland further north of accepting bribes from foreign fishermen as well as from pirate elders. U.N. monitors in 2005 and 2006 suggested an embargo on fish taken from Somali waters, but their proposals were shot down by members of the Security Council. (See photos of dramatic pirate rescues.)
In the meantime, Somali piracy has metastasized into the country's only boom industry. Most of the pirates, observers say, are not former fishermen, but just poor folk seeking their fortune. Right now, they hold 18 cargo ships and some 300 sailors hostage — the work of a sophisticated and well-funded operation. A few pirates have offered testimony to the international press — a headline in Thursday's Times of London read, "They stole our lobsters: A Somali pirate tells his side of the story" — but Lehr and other Somali experts express their doubts. "Nowadays," Lehr says, "this sort of thing is just a cheap excuse." The legacy of nearly twenty years of inaction and abuse, though, is far more costly.



Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892376,00.html#ixzz1PBR3V78p

Somali pirates hijacked the China-bound oil tanker MV Moscow University : Report

By Richard Lough 

NAIROBI 
(Reuters) - Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked the China-bound oil tanker MV Moscow University 350 miles off the coast of Yemen with 23 Russian crew and crude oil worth $52 million on board.
"The oil is Chinese. It belongs to Unipec. It was sailing to (the Chinese) port of Ningbo," said a Russian shipping source.

Maritime experts said the Russian-owned tanker had a deadweight of 106,474 tonnes and a Russian shipping source said the vessel had begun its journey from Sudan with a cargo of 86,000 tonnes of oil.
"This morning we had an attack on a Liberian-flagged ship Moscow University in the northeastern horn of our operation," Commander Rear Admiral Jan Thornqvist of the European Union's Navfor naval force told reporters in the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
"The crew members locked themselves in the radar room. This ship has been hijacked."
Somali sea bandits continue to outwit an international fleet of warships in the busy shipping lane linking Europe with Asia, raking in tens of millions of dollars in ransoms.
One pirate who identified himself as Abdi said the tanker was headed to a pirate lair on the coast of central Somalia and warned against any rescue mission.
"Any attempt to rescue the ship will certainly endanger the crew. The ship will be docked at Garacad," Abdi said, adding it was to early to talk about a ransom.
EN ROUTE TO CHINA
A source at the Novorossiysk Shipping Company, which owns the tanker, said it was sailing from Sudan to China.
Russian media quoted military sources as saying a Russian warship deployed to the MV Moscow University was not expected to reach the tanker before the end of the day. It was not clear what the warship would do next.
Some oil tankers are sailing around southern Africa and further east into the Indian Ocean away from Somalia's coastline to avoid the Gulf of Aden and pirates who are striking deeper out at sea, shipping experts say.
But many continue to run the gauntlet through the busy Gulf of Aden shipping lane, where warships operate convoys and have set up transit corridors. The tanker had not registered with the Maritime Security Center Horn of Africa, EU NAVFOR said.
The use of mother ships has enabled Somali pirates to strike as far as the Mozambique Channel and off India's coast in recent months, launching smaller boats known as skiffs against ships.
An estimated 7 percent of world oil consumption passes through the Gulf of Aden.

article source:-

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/05/us-somalia-piracy-russia-idUSTRE6441NF20100505