Saturday, August 27, 2011

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anna Hazare And Others Sing The Natioal Anthem To Celebrate Lokpal Bill Resolution To Pass Soon

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anna Hazare And Others Sing The Natioal Anthem To Celebrate Lokpal Bill Resolution To Pass Soon

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 27, 2011: India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, center, joins others as they sing the national anthem to celebrate after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sent a letter to India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare with assurance that both houses of Parliament passed a resolution pledging support for a bill that would ensure greater transparency in governance, on the 12th day of his fast against corruption in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

India's Parliament expressed nonbinding support for a series of anti-corruption proposals on Saturday in the hopes that would be enough to persuade the reform activist to end his hunger strike.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Received Letter From Indian Prime Minister To Pass Lokpal Bill Soon

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Received Letter From Indian Prime Minister To Pass Lokpal Bill Soon

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 27, 2011: Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare waves to his supporters after receiving a letter from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by India's Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh (R) at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 27, 2011.

The self-styled Gandhian activist whose campaign against corruption sparked some of India's biggest anti-government protests in decades will end a 13-day hunger strike on Sunday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh caved in to his demands.

The 74-year-old Hazare has tapped a groundswell of public anger against endemic corruption, uniting the country's bulging middle-class against a hapless political class and underlining voter anger at Singh and the ruling Congress party.

DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Al-Qaeda’s Number Two Killed In Pakistan According To US Official

DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Al-Qaeda’s Number Two Killed In Pakistan According To US Official

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / WASHINGTON - August 27, 2011: Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the US believes to be on the verge of defeat, a senior Obama administration official said Saturday.

The Libyan national who was the network’s former operational leader rose to al-Qaeda’s No. 2 spot after the US killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden during a raid on his Pakistan compound in May.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last month that al-Qaeda’s defeat was within reach if the US could mount a string of successful attacks on the group’s weakened leadership.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels Hunt Gaddafi, Hometown Targeted

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels Hunt Gaddafi, Hometown Targeted

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 27, 2011: Libyans stand next to a golden sofa with a statue of Aisha, the daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi inside her house in Tripoli, August 26, 2011.
Libyan rebels said they were closing in on fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi and would merge their disparate fighters in the capital under one command to streamline operations.

There was no sign of a swift end to the war, which they have said will only end when Gaddafi is captured dead or alive, but the rebels claimed victory in Ras Jdir, raising their flag at the border post with Tunisia after clashes with loyalists.

A rebel detachment was also turning its attention to Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace 450 km (300 miles) east of Tripoli, where British aircraft have fired cruise missiles at a headquarters bunker.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels Hunt Gaddafi, Hometown Targeted

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels Hunt Gaddafi, Hometown Targeted

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 27, 2011: Rebel fighters check an armoured door at a tunnel in the ransacked Bab al-Aziziya compound of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, August 26, 2011.

Libyan rebels said they were closing in on fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi and would merge their disparate fighters in the capital under one command to streamline operations.

There was no sign of a swift end to the war, which they have said will only end when Gaddafi is captured dead or alive, but the rebels claimed victory in Ras Jdir, raising their flag at the border post with Tunisia after clashes with loyalists.

A rebel detachment was also turning its attention to Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace 450 km (300 miles) east of Tripoli, where British aircraft have fired cruise missiles at a headquarters bunker.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels Hunt Gaddafi, Hometown Targeted

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels Hunt Gaddafi, Hometown Targeted

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 27, 2011: Rebels walk with their weapons at a checkpoint in a street in Tripoli, August 25, 2011.

Libyan rebels said they were closing in on fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi and would merge their disparate fighters in the capital under one command to streamline operations.

There was no sign of a swift end to the war, which they have said will only end when Gaddafi is captured dead or alive, but the rebels claimed victory in Ras Jdir, raising their flag at the border post with Tunisia after clashes with loyalists.

A rebel detachment was also turning its attention to Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace 450 km (300 miles) east of Tripoli, where British aircraft have fired cruise missiles at a headquarters bunker.

Friday, August 26, 2011

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Supporters Carry Anna Hazare's Statue In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Supporters Carry Anna Hazare's Statue In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Supporters carry a statue of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare during the eleventh day of his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's most powerful political family, praised the reform activist for galvanizing anger against corruption but said Friday that using a hunger strike to force lawmakers to adopt an anti-corruption bill set "a dangerous precedent for a democracy."

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anna Hazare's Supporter Detained By Security On Parliament Premises In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anna Hazare's Supporter Detained By Security On Parliament Premises In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: A demonstrator in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is detained by security on the Parliament premises in New Delhi on August 26, 2011.

Rahul Gandhi, widely seen as India's prime minister-in-waiting, waded August 26 into a government standoff with a fasting anti-graft activist, saying his tactics threatened India's democratic 'life force.'

In a combative address to India's parliament, Congress party leader Gandhi, the scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, praised activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption message but challenged his efforts to bend parliament to his will.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Bollywood Actor Om Puri Speaks In Support Of Anti-Corruption In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Bollywood Actor Om Puri Speaks In Support Of Anti-Corruption In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Bollywood actor Om Puri speaks in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, left, during Hazare's eleventh day of hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's most powerful political family, praised the reform activist for galvanizing anger against corruption but said Friday that using a hunger strike to force lawmakers to adopt an anti-corruption bill set "a dangerous precedent for a democracy."

Bollywood actor Om Puri speaks in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, left, during Hazare's eleventh day of hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's most powerful political family, praised the reform activist for galvanizing anger against corruption but said Friday that using a hunger strike to force lawmakers to adopt an anti-corruption bill set "a dangerous precedent for a democracy."

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Hold Placards And Candles In Amritsar

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Hold Placards And Candles In Amritsar

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Supporters of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, hold placards and candles during a protest against corruption in Amritsar on August 26, 2011.

Rahul Gandhi, widely seen as India's prime minister-in-waiting, waded into a government standoff with Hazare, saying his tactics threatened India's democratic 'life force.'

The 74-year-old Hazare has said he will fast until parliament adopts and passes his own version of a new anti-corruption bill that would create the post of a national ombudsman to monitor senior politicians and bureaucrats.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 26, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 26, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 26, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 26, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

TEC - MACTEC*, Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for sustainment management system and engineered management system services at various Navy and Marine Corps installations located within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed at various locations in the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah; and the NAVFAC Atlantic AOR including Alaska, Europe, Africa, Western Asia, South America, Far East, Hawaii, and the Marianas. The term of the contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $2,500 were obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-11-D-3006).

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,237,019 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5361) for research and development level-of-effort engineering and technical services to support the Standard Missile program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by December 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's Military - Details Of The Pentagon Report

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's Military - Details Of The Pentagon Report

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: China has expressed disappointment over the US Department of Defense's (DoD) annual report on the state of its military, insisting that the report still fails to acknowledge that China's defense policy is peace oriented.

The recent defense report titled 'Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China' says that the country has made "modest, but incremental, improvements in the transparency of its military and security affairs," adding that the United States is "uncertain about how China will use its growing capabilities."

According to Xinhua, America's concern regarding China's military capabilities is a result of the expansion of China's naval power and the modernization of many military systems. However, China has once again insisted in its own defense whitepaper released this March that its National Defense Policy will never adopt an aggressive military policy.

Despite the fact that the U.S. is concerned about China's military policies, the difference in defense spending between the two countries is still quite large. For 2011, military spending by the United States is nearly eight times that of China. On a per person basis, the U.S. spends over 30 times the amount of China and with a GDP 2.5 times larger, the defense budget of the United States takes up roughly five percent of its GDP compared to 1.6 percent for China, the report said.

The 94-page report said China is developing anti-ship missiles that could target aircraft carriers while expanding the naval fleet, adding: "Following this period of ambitious acquisition, the decade from 2011 through 2020 will prove critical to the PLA (People's Liberation Army) as it attempts to integrated many new and complex platforms."

The Pentagon also warned Beijing has closed critical technological gaps and is rapidly modernizing its military equipment, all with an eye toward preventing possible US and allied intervention in a conflict with Taiwan.

However, the Chinese government says that the report interferes with the country's internal affairs by talking about cross-strait security issues between Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

Last year, the United States approved a 6.4 billion dollar weapons package for Taiwan that included Patriot Missiles, Black Hawk helicopters and communications equipment for F-16s. Arms sales to the island have always been a bone of contention between both the countries.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Rahul Gandhi Arrives And Addresses In India's Parliament In Conjunction With Anna Hazare Aspect

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Rahul Gandhi Arrives And Addresses In India's Parliament In Conjunction With Anna Hazare Aspect

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Congress Party general secretary and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament in New Delhi on August 26, 2011.

Gandhi, son of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and widely seen as India's prime minister-in-waiting, waded August 26 into a government standoff with a fasting anti-graft activist, saying his tactics threatened India's democratic 'life force.'

In a combative address to India's parliament, Congress party leader Gandhi, the scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, praised activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption message but challenged his efforts to bend parliament to his will.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Priyanka Gandhi Arrives At Parliament In New Delhi To Hear Rahul Gandhi's Speech

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Priyanka Gandhi Arrives At Parliament In New Delhi To Hear Rahul Gandhi's Speech

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, arrives at Parliament in New Delhi on August 26, 2011.

Rahul Gandhi, widely seen as India's prime minister-in-waiting, waded August 26 into a government standoff with a fasting anti-graft activist, saying his tactics threatened India's democratic 'life force.'

In a combative address to India's parliament, Congress party leader Gandhi, the scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, praised activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption message but challenged his efforts to bend parliament to his will.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Waves At His Supporters

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Waves At His Supporters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare waves to his supporters as an India's national flag flutters on the 10th day of his fasting at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 25, 2011. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed to the anti-corruption campaigner to end his public hunger strike as a deal to end some of the biggest protests in decades led by the self-styled Gandhian activist appeared to be close.

The campaign by 74-year-old Hazare has united millions of Indians, including its growing middle class, against a Congress party-led government that has been beset by corruption scandals in its second term, paralysing policy making.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 25, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 25, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 26, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 25, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $14,545,851 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-07-C-4407) to definitize the USS Preble (DDG 88) fiscal 2011 dry-dock selected restricted availability (DSRA). A DSRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. This modification includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $17,847,213. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $14,545,851 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Technologies, Solutions & Services, Rockville, Md., is being awarded an $8,698,571 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for flight test aircraft services for developmental and operational testing, test equipment design, manufacture, aircraft modification and repair, and ground support. The maximum quantity for aircraft flight testing is 600 hours, ground support is 2,400 hours, and aircraft modifications is 2,120 hours. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif. (25 percent); Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (25 percent); Point Mugu, Calif. (20 percent); Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (20 percent); and Mojave, Calif. (10 percent). Work is expected to be completed in August 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a) (2). The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-11-D-0029).

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels To Govern From Tripoli As Gaddafi Hunt Goes On

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Rebels To Govern From Tripoli As Gaddafi Hunt Goes On

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2011: Libyan rebels announced a move to govern the country from Tripoli as they battled pockets of loyalists in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi, who taunted them from his hiding place.

Rumors of Gaddafi or his sons being cornered or sighted, swirled among excitable rebel fighters engaged in heavy machinegun and rocket exchanges. But even after his compound was overrun on Tuesday, hopes of a swift end to six months of war were still being frustrated by fierce rearguard actions.

Western powers have demanded Gaddafi's surrender and worked to help the opposition start developing the trappings of government and bureaucracy lacking in the oil-rich state after 42 years of an eccentric personality cult.

The United States and South Africa struck a deal to allow the release of $1.5 billion in frozen funds for humanitarian aid and other civilian needs, U.N. diplomats said.

But with loyalists holding out in the capital, in Gaddafi's coastal home city and deep in the inland desert, violence could go on for some time, testing the rebel government's ability to keep order when it moves from its eastern stronghold Benghazi.

"I proclaim the beginning of the resumption of the work of the executive office in Tripoli," Ali Tarhouni, in charge of oil and financial matters for the rebel council, said in Tripoli.

The shift is seen as a crucial step to smoothing over rifts in the country, fragmented by regional and tribal divisions, particularly between east and west.

Gaddafi taunted his enemies and their Western backers, calling on his supporters to fight back in the city in his latest broadcast rallying cry.

"The tribes ... must march on Tripoli," Gaddafi said in an audio message aired on a sympathetic TV channel. "Do not leave Tripoli to those rats, kill them, defeat them quickly.

"The enemy is delusional, NATO is retreating," he shouted, sounding firmer and clearer than in a similar speech released on Wednesday. Though his enemies believe Gaddafi, 69, is still in the capital, they fear he could flee by long-prepared escape routes, using tunnels and bunkers, to rally an insurgency.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebel Holds RPG During Fight With Kadhafi's Forces In Tripoli

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebel Holds RPG During Fight With Kadhafi's Forces In Tripoli

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: A rebel fighter holds an RPG during a fire fight with soldiers loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli August 25, 2011.

Libyan fighters battled diehard followers of Muammar Gaddafi across Tripoli on Thursday, racing to find and finish off the fallen strongman and stifle any counter-attack by his family and other loyalists.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebels Captured Kadhafi's Forces As Prisoners From Their Strong Hold In Tripoli

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebels Captured Kadhafi's Forces As Prisoners From Their Strong Hold In Tripoli

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Libyan rebels secure prisoners in the back of a pick-up truck during fighting in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.

Intense battles raged Thursday between about 1,000 rebels surrounding 10 buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound.

Gadhafi, in a new audio message, called on Libyans to destroy the rebels. The graffiti on the truck, in Arabic, reads, "Misrata steadfastness."

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebels Seize Ammunition From Kadhafi's Forces In Southern Tripoli

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebels Seize Ammunition From Kadhafi's Forces In Southern Tripoli

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Libyan rebels seize boxes of ammunition hidden underground by Kadhafi's forces in the al-Maser forest in southern Tripoli on August 25, 2011.

Hardened fighters streamed into Tripoli as Libya's rebels sought to deliver a knockout punch to Moamer Kadhafi's diehards and to flush out the elusive strongman, dead or alive.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Indian Policemen Guard Prime Minister's Residence To Stop Anna Hazare's Supporters Protesting In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Indian Policemen Guard Prime Minister's Residence To Stop Anna Hazare's Supporters Protesting In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Indian policemen stand guard outside the residence of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare protesting, in New Delhi August 25, 2011.

Singh appealed to the anti-corruption campaigner to end his public hunger strike as a deal to end some of the biggest protests in decades led by the self-styled Gandhian activist appeared to be close.

The campaign by 74-year-old Hazare has united millions of Indians, including its growing middle class, against a Congress party-led government that has been beset by corruption scandals in its second term, paralysing policy making.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Waving National Indian Flags In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Waving National Indian Flags In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare wave Indian flags as they gather to display their solidarity with Hazare during his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seized control of a national anti-corruption debate Thursday, calling on Parliament to discuss protesters' reform proposals and appealing to the weakening 74-year-old activist to end his hunger strike.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Being Examined By Doctors On 10th Day Of Hunger Strike

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Being Examined By Doctors On 10th Day Of Hunger Strike

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, seated, is assisted by medical team head Naresh Trehan, left, and others during a medical investigation during his fast at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seized control of a national anti-corruption debate Thursday, calling on Parliament to discuss protesters' reform proposals and appealing to a weakening 74-year-old activist to end his hunger strike.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Burning Effigy Representing Corruption In Ahmedabad

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Burning Effigy Representing Corruption In Ahmedabad

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare burn an effigy representing corruption during a protest rally in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 24, 2011.

India's bickering political parties united on Wednesday to urge ailing anti-corruption campaigner Hazare to end his 9-day fast that has rallied millions of middle class Indians tired of rampant corruption in Asia's third largest economy.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Holding His Portrait And National Indian Flags In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Holding His Portrait And National Indian Flags In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: A supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare holds his portrait on the ninth day of Hazare's fast at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 24, 2011.

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting for Wednesday to seek an end to nationwide protests led by the 74-year-old Anna Hazare whose health is a growing concern as the self-styled Gandhian activist enters the second week of fasting.

Hazare has lost nearly six kg since he began his fast to demand a bill for creating an autonomous, powerful anti-corruption agency -- the Lokpal -- a campaign that has drawn support from the middle class and seen tens of thousands protest against Singh's government.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Dressed As Hindu Deities In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Dressed As Hindu Deities In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Supporters of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, dressed as Hindu deities, attend a rally to support him on the 9th day of his fast in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011.

India's government worked Wednesday to end a hunger strike protest by the popular protest leader, calling for all the parties in Parliament to debate his demands for stringent anti-corruption legislation.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Praying For His Good Health In Kolkata

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Praying For His Good Health In Kolkata

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Supporters of Indian social activist Anna Hazare participate in a Hindu ritual of oblation, praying for Hazare's good health and success in his movement, in Kolkata on August 24, 2011.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and political rivals joined forces August 24 to appeal to social activist Anna Hazare to end his anti-corruption hunger strike, now in its second week.

Hazare's anti-graft drive has brought people onto the streets of cities across the country, calling for an end to the culture of corruption that permeates all levels of Indian society.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Holding His Portrait In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare's Supporters Holding His Portrait In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2011: Supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare hold his portrait on the ninth day of Hazare's fast at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 24, 2011.

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting for Wednesday to seek an end to nationwide protests led by the 74-year-old Anna Hazare whose health is a growing concern as the self-styled Gandhian activist enters the second week of fasting.

Hazare has lost nearly six kg since he began his fast to demand a bill for creating an autonomous, powerful anti-corruption agency -- the Lokpal -- a campaign that has drawn support from the middle class and seen tens of thousands protest against Singh's government.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Being Examined By Doctors On 9th Day Of Hunger Strike

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Being Examined By Doctors On 9th Day Of Hunger Strike

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 24, 2011: Doctors check the health of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare at the Ramlila ground, the venue of Hazare's hunger strike, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011.

India's government worked Wednesday to end a hunger strike protest by the popular protest leader, calling for all the parties in Parliament to debate his demands for stringent anti-corruption legislation.

DTN News - U.S. - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Routine Interactions Build U.S-India Defense Relations

DTN News - U.S. - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Routine Interactions Build U.S-India Defense Relations

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / WASHINGTON, August 24, 2011: The U.S.-India defense relationship is a natural partnership created by shared interests and values and driven by increasingly routine day-to-day interactions, a senior Defense Department official said here today.

Robert Scher, deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, spoke to an audience at the New America Foundation.

Day-to-day successes that lay the groundwork for the U.S.-India defense relationship are rarely in the spotlight, Scher said, “but they are an important factor in driving our relationship forward and helping us understand each other.”

The U.S.-India relationship is a priority for the Obama administration and the Defense Department, Scher said, one that President Barack Obama has called a defining partnership of the 21st century. In recent years, he added, high-level visits have cemented the commitment of both nations to the bilateral relationship.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the United States in 2009, and Obama traveled to India in 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s July attendance at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue was her second trip there as secretary of state.

“India is a major regional and global power,” Scher said. “We view our relationship with India as a partnership of equals -- two nation states with a commonality of security interests in the Indian Ocean region and beyond.”

Scher said the most important thing the United States is doing in its defense relationship with India is building mutual trust and understanding that will help to ensure that common values and interests can translate into common approaches.

Three key areas in the U.S.-India defense relationship are people-to-people ties, military engagement and defense sales, the deputy assistant secretary of defense said.

Examples of people-to-people ties include attendance by service members from both nations at U.S. and Indian military educational institutions, Scher said.

“In 2010, we had nearly 100 members of the Indian armed services at military schools or courses in the United States,” he said. “These educational interactions are fantastic opportunities to share perspectives, understand cultural mindsets and simply become friends with colleagues.”

All three of the Indian military’s current service chiefs went to school in the United States during their careers, Scher noted.

“Air Marshal [Norman Anil Kumar] Browne graduated from the Air Command and Staff College, he said. “General [Joginder Jaswant] Singh is a graduate of both the U.S. Army Ranger School and the U.S. Army War College. And Adm. [Nirmal Kumar] Verma is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College.”

In the United States, Scher added, retired Navy Adm. Walter L. Doran attended the Indian Defense Service Staff College in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1979. There, he formed a close relationship with Indian colleagues who included former Indian Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Arun Prakash and Adm. Sureesh Mehta.

“This has real-world implications,” Scher said. “During his 10 years as admiral of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Doran’s personal relationship with Admiral Prakash proved instrumental in initiating coordination between the U.S. and Indian response efforts to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.”

The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School recently formalized a memorandum of understanding with India’s Defense Institute of Advanced Technology, he added.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 24, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 24, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 24, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 24, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
ARMY

Science Applications International Corp., Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded a $222,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the efforts in developing the common virtual environment that facilitates fair fight interoperability for virtual system and non-system training aids, simulators and simulations. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of August 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Training and Instrumentation Acquisition Center, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-11-D-0006).

FedServices, Inc., Hinesville, Ga., was awarded a $31,868,681 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the support services to the Directorate of Logistics at Fort Riley, Kan. Work will be performed in Fort Riley, Kan., with an estimated completion date of September 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9124J-11-C-0022).

Kjaer Group US Liaison Office, Inc., Arlington, Va., was awarded a $24,848,144 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of a maximum of 840 Ford Everest 2009 or later model sport utility vehicles and spare parts for Iraq and Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Bangkok, Thailand, with an estimated completion date of August 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 12 bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-G060).

DTN News - BOEING NEWS: Boeing Satellite Business Celebrates 50 Years in El Segundo

DTN News - BOEING NEWS: Boeing Satellite Business Celebrates 50 Years in El Segundo

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / EL SEGUNDO, Calif., August 24, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] Space & Intelligence Systems today celebrated 50 years of continuous operations in El Segundo. The ceremony, which featured U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn as the keynote speaker, focused on the company’s role as the world's leading manufacturer of geostationary satellites and a key employer in Southern California.

"There's not a day goes by that someone on this planet doesn’t benefit from the satellites you produce," said Hahn. "This facility is key to the industrial base here in the South Bay and helps to anchor the aerospace industry in Southern California. It is a national asset that has produced nearly 300 satellites -- everything from the first communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit to the most recent GPS IIF satellite that was launched last month."

Miley Cyrus And The Fat Guy

Miley Cyrus And The Fat Guy

Funny Pictures - August 24, 2011: Celebrities are more important part of entertainment. Usually many celebrities do much work at entertainment place like movie, program, festival and other accusation. People choose our favorite celebrity by their ability and beauty because normally people like to their personality. These are more popular so they are celebrity in all over the world.

They also play funny role but these are really very funny in our personal life as you can these picture and you will feel it is true. Hollywood singer Miley cyrus is doing fun with fat Guy. Other celebrities are showing her body. WWF star is also funny with his look. He really always lives in funny look. Fun is a more important for life and celebrity also celebrated their life with fun.

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Air Strike Kills Gaza Militant

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Air Strike Kills Gaza Militant

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 24, 2011: Israeli air strikes killed a local commander of the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and wounded two militants who launched rockets at Israel, despite a two-day-old truce, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.


An Israeli military statement said an attack targeted a militant in the Gaza town of Rafah accused of involvement in weapons smuggling and militant operations in Egypt's Sinai from where gunmen snuck into Israel killing eight last week.

Palestinian medics said the militant died when his car exploded as a result of the strike. Two other people were wounded. A separate Israeli strike wounded two other gunmen who were launching rockets at Israel, the military said.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anna Hazare Slams Govt, Vows To Fast Till All Demands Are Met

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anna Hazare Slams Govt, Vows To Fast Till All Demands Are Met

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 23, 2011: Amid hectic efforts to break the deadlock over Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Wednesday remained stiff on three issues on which his team has differences with government and said he will continue his fast till all demands are met. As his indefinite hunger strike demanding a strong Lokpal Bill entered the ninth day, Hazare said the government has no intention to eradicate corruption even today and it is not honest in its effort in this regard.

Team Anna and government's chief interlocutor Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday did not reach an agreement on three "sticky" issues -- citizen's charter, inclusion of lower bureaucracy and setting up of Lokayukta in state through Lokpal.

"Yesterday, the government agreed to our demands but kept a decision pending on three issues," a frail-looking Hazare told the gathering at Ramlila Maidan where he is sitting on fast.

"If the demands are not met, I have decided that I will fight till my last breath," he said.

"From village to mantralaya, everyone should be brought under Lokpal," the 74-year-old Gandhian said, adding "it has become very difficult for the poor to avail any service since the chain of corruption went from bottom to top."

He said from getting a ration card, kerosene and health services, nothing can be done without paying a bribe. "This chain has to be broken," he said.

Team Anna has been demanding that the whole bureaucracy should be brought under the ambit of Lokpal while the government is of the view that only officers above the level of Under Secretary should come within its purview.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 23, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 23, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 23, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 23, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., under the HQ0276-10-C-0005 contract, P00015. The total value of this option exercise is $9,805,492, increasing the total contract value from $276,712,593 to $286,518,085. This modification will exercise option CLIN 0008, “Future Upgrades and Engineering Support,” to provide engineering services necessary to effectively execute technical analysis for the Aegis BMD 5.1/SM-3 Block IIA program. The work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. The performance period is through Sept. 30, 2016. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test, and evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this initial effort. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is not a foreign military sales acquisition. The MDA, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity.

NAVY

American Electronic Warfare Association, Inc.*, California, Md. (N00421-11-C-1051); J.F. Taylor, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md. (N00421-11-C-1052); Coherent Technical Services, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md. (N00421-11-C-1053); Dayton T. Brown, Inc.*, Bohemia, N.Y. (N00421-11-C-1054); and Strata-G Solutions, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala. (N00421-11-C-1055), are each being awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to perform research and development, integration, analysis, assessment, and test and evaluation services in support of the Aircraft Prototype Facility. Each contractor will be awarded $10,000 at the time of award. The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts is $219,875,168, and the companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (90 percent), and at individual contractor facilities at various locations throughout the United States (10 percent). Work performed under these contracts is expected to be completed in August 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $10,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These contracts were solicited via a multiple award electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; and five offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $35,595,116 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0018) to exercise an option for operations and maintenance services in support of U.S. Navy Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (75 percent), and outside the United States (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $35,595,116 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles To The Republic of Korea

DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles To The Republic of Korea

(NSI News Source Info) DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea - August 23, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Aug. 20 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base.

The aircraft left the Boeing St. Louis facility on Aug. 16 and made stops in Palmdale, Calif., Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, before arriving in Korea.

"We are pleased to receive the latest three F-15K Slam Eagles, F-15K 51, 52 and 53, from Boeing,” said Lt. Col. Tae Uk Kim, Commander of the 110th Squadron, 11th Fighter Wing, ROKAF. “The F-15K is one of our most important assets in defense of the peninsula. We are satisfied with the continued on-schedule, quality deliveries of our F-15K Slam Eagles from Boeing.”

Boeing delivered the first six of 21 F-15Ks it is producing under the Next Fighter II contract in 2010, followed by two in April and two more in May. The remaining eight aircraft will be delivered through April 2012.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Defiant Saif al-Islam Rallies Loyalists

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Defiant Saif al-Islam Rallies Loyalists

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Saif al-Islam, the son of Muammar Gaddafi who was reported captured by Libyan opposition forces on Sunday, has made a defiant public appearance in Tripoli.

Television footage showed Saif, considered the most influential and politically active of Gaddafi's children, pumping his fists in the air, smiling, waving and shaking hands with supporters. At one point, he was pictured holding his arms aloft with each hand making the "V" for victory sign.

"I am here to refute the lies," Saif, 39, said on Monday in reference to reports of his arrest. He later visited the Rixos Hotel, where many members of the foreign media have been based since the conflict started, to speak to foreign journalists.

"We broke the back of the rebels. It was a trap. We gave them a hard time, so we are winning," he said.

Gaddafi's son told journalists that Tripoli, which has been a battleground for the past 24 hours, remained in government hands.

DTN News - UK DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Receives UK Contract For 14 New Chinooks

DTN News - UK DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Receives UK Contract For 14 New Chinooks

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., - August 23, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $1.64 billion (£1 billion) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide 14 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters and associated support for the first five years to the Royal Air Force (RAF).

The new-build CH-47 Mark (Mk)-6 Chinooks are part of the MOD's Strategic Helicopter Vision to modernize its helicopter force structure, and will expand the RAF fleet to 60 Chinooks.

"From the Falkland Islands to Iraq and Afghanistan, the RAF has operated Chinooks magnificently for many years in the most demanding environments," said UK Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox. "These additional helicopters will significantly enhance our existing heavy-lift helicopter capability. This fleet will support our frontline troops in current and future operations for decades to come."

DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Coast Guard To Boost Its fleet With New EC225 Helicopters

DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Coast Guard To Boost Its fleet With New EC225 Helicopters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 23, 2011: Following intensive relief operations after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, the Japan Coast Guard, Eurocopter Group and Eurocopter Japan have signed a tripartite contract for the supply of three additional EC225 helicopters to the Japan Coast Guard. These aircraft will be the first civilian helicopters to be equipped with the most advanced mission system, to be deployed for search and rescue as well as law enforcement missions.

Procurement of the EC225s was decided after the Japanese Coast Guard efficiently carried out rescue and relief efforts following the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on March 11, but unfortunately had aircraft submerged during the disaster that were rendered unserviceable. The acquisition will replenish the fleet with new aircraft that have the technology and capability to carry out complex search and rescue (SAR) as well as anti-piracy missions.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 22, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 22, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 22, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 22, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, Mass., is being awarded a $900,000,000 maximum indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to allow the Global Broadcast Service Joint Program Office to acquire approximately 1,500 new receive suites, and approximately 1,100 retrofit kits, for fielded systems. ESC/HNSK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8307-11-D-0005).

DTS Aviation Services, Inc., is being awarded a $48,497,447 fixed-price incentive with award-fee contract modification for maintenance of T-38C, T-6, and T1A aircraft at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. 14 CONS/LGC, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., is the contracting activity (FA3002-05-C-0016).

Monday, August 22, 2011

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011 Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare wave Indian flags at Hazare's fast venue in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Hazare, who has entered the seventh day of his fast, is unhappy with the Indian government's response, aides said Monday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared staunch against caving in to the activist's demands for a powerful anti-graft watchdog office.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Police Remove Supporters Of Anna Hazare Outside Residence Of India's Finance Minister In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Police Remove Supporters Of Anna Hazare Outside Residence Of India's Finance Minister In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011 Police remove supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare, who were protesting outside the residence of India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi August 22, 2011.

Anti-graft activist Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Indian Singer Kailash Kher Performs At Ramlila Grounds In New Delhi For Anna Hazare

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Indian Singer Kailash Kher Performs At Ramlila Grounds In New Delhi For Anna Hazare

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Indian singer Kailash Kher performs as anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, who is on a hunger strike, sits in front of the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Hazare, who has entered the seventh day of his fast, is unhappy with the Indian government's response, aides said Monday, as the prime minister appeared staunch against caving in to the activist's demands for a powerful anti-graft watchdog office.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters Growing By Hour To Hour

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters Growing By Hour To Hour

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare wave Indian flags and raise slogans as they arrive in a tractor to the fast venue in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Hazare, who is on his seventh day of fasting, demanding the setting up a powerful anti-corruption watchdog, is unhappy with the Indian government's response to his hunger strike, aides said Monday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared staunch against caving to the activist's demands.

DTN News - GADHAFI DISGRACED: Libyan Ex-Leader Gadhafi's Portrait Burnt By Demonstrators In Ankara

DTN News - GADHAFI DISGRACED: Libyan Ex-Leader Gadhafi's Portrait Burnt By Demonstrators In Ankara

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: A portrait of Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi and copies of his green book are set on fire by demonstrators during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara on August 22, 2011 as Libyan rebels entered the heart of Tripoli in a final drive to oust Gadhafi.

Libyan opposition groups hauled down the flag of Gadhafi's regime at the embassy and flew the rebel flag instead. The new flag belongs to Libya's National Transitional Council, which was recognized in July by Turkey as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: People Celebrate Capture In Tripoli Of Gadhafi's Son, Seif al-Islam

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: People Celebrate Capture In Tripoli Of Gadhafi's Son, Seif al-Islam

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: People celebrate the capture in Tripoli of Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday that met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 40-year rule appeared to rapidly crumble.

The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in the city's main square, the symbolic heart of the regime. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)