Putin mobilizes Northern Fleet, could use nuclear weapons, if necessary, to gain territory

#northernfleet #putin #ukraine #NATO #jointviking #arcticcircle There were rumors about the health and whereabouts of Russian President Putin but, he is very much alive, active and kicking and has ordered complete mobilization of the Northern Fleet as a part of a huge Russian military drill. This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz date 17 March 2015.
While speaking in a television documentary he has apparently said that he was prepared to use nuclear weapons to gain the territory "if necessary".
Brushing aside any clarification on his absence of 10-days, President Putin has ordered a range of military exercises in which Russia's entire Northern Fleet would participate. The fleet consists of 40,000 troops, more than 41 warships, 15 submarines and 110 aircraft.
President Putin met Kyrgyzstan leader Almazbek Atambayev in St Petersburg and appeared to be in good health. The five days drills is expected to be one of the Kremlin's biggest displays of military power since the Ukraine crisis which resulted in deterioration in relations with the West to depths that have not been seen since the Cold War. The Northern Fleet stands in full combat readiness in Russia's Arctic north and observers feel the exercise is aimed at dwarfing military drills in neighboring Norway which is a member of NATO.
Incidentally, Norway is conducting its "Joint Viking" drills that involve 5,000 troops in Finnmark, a county bordering Russia in the resource-rich Arctic Circle where both countries are vying for influence. The Olso government has clarified that its military drills had been planned before the Ukraine crisis.

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2014 - The year of Malala Yousafzai and her Nobel Prize

#malala #nobelpeaceprize #taliban Brave heart 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace prize. She had been shot by the Taliban because she wanted the girls in Pakistan to get educated and not remain suppressed by the draconian laws of the Taliban.
. , has tried to shake the world leaders out of slumber when, in her acceptance speech in Oslo, she gave her unique message – build schools, not tanks.
She is from Pakistan and won this year’s Nobel Prize for Peace along with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi.
At the ceremony, Thorbjoern Jagl-and, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, at the ceremony in Oslo, the capital of Norway described both the recipients as ‘a young girl and a somewhat older man, one from Pakistan and one from India, one Muslim, the other Hindu; both symbols of what the world needs: more unity and fraternity between the nations.’ It may be recalled that Malala, a schoolgirl from Swat valley in Pakistan became a global icon after she was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban on Oct 9, 2012, for insisting that girls had a right to education. She had a miraculous recovery when she was flown for extensive surgery to Birmingham, England.
After recovery, she continues to stay in London with her family ever since, continuing both her education and activism. Taliban bullets could not rob her of her determination.
During her acceptance speech, she has asked several pertinent questions to the world - why is it that countries which we call `strong’ are so powerful in creating wars but so weak in bringing peace? … Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so difficult?”
These are some questions that world leaders need to ask themselves and put their heads together and solve issues by peaceful methods.
Malala has reiterated that she will continue this fight until I see every child in school, and her wish is to one day become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.