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Foreign Affairs / Re: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died + pics by freepeople: 5:39am On Dec 19, 2011 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died + pics by freepeople: 5:31am On Dec 19, 2011 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died + pics by freepeople: 5:30am On Dec 19, 2011 |
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Foreign Affairs / North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died + pics by freepeople: 5:17am On Dec 19, 2011 |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69. Kim's death 17 years after he inherited power from his father was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The country's "Dear Leader" — reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine — was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease. North Korea has been grooming Kim's third son to take over power from his father in the impoverished nation that celebrates the ruling family with an intense cult of personality. South Korea put its military on "high alert" and President Lee Myung-bak convened a national security council meeting after the news of Kim's death. In a "special broadcast" Monday, state media said Kim died of a heart ailment on a train due to a "great mental and physical strain" on Saturday during a "high intensity field inspection." Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but he had appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media. Kim Jong Il inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994. He had been groomed for 20 years to lead the communist nation founded by his guerrilla fighter-turned-politician father and built according to the principle of "juche," or self-reliance. In September 2010, Kim Jong Il unveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as his successor, putting him in high-ranking posts. Even with a successor, there had been some fear among North Korean observers of a behind-the-scenes power struggle or nuclear instability upon the elder Kim's death. Few firm facts are available when it comes to North Korea, one of the most isolated countries in the world, and not much is clear about the man known as the "Dear Leader." North Korean legend has it that Kim was born on Mount Paekdu, one of Korea's most cherished sites, in 1942, a birth heralded in the heavens by a pair of rainbows and a brilliant new star. Soviet records, however, indicate he was born in Siberia, in 1941. Kim Il Sung, who for years fought for independence from Korea's colonial ruler, Japan, from a base in Russia, emerged as a communist leader after returning to Korea in 1945 after Japan was defeated in World War II. With the peninsula divided between the Soviet-administered north and the U.S.-administered south, Kim rose to power as North Korea's first leader in 1948 while Syngman Rhee became South Korea's first president. The North invaded the South in 1950, sparking a war that would last three years, kill millions of civilians and leave the peninsula divided by a Demilitarized Zone that today remains one of the world's most heavily fortified. In the North, Kim Il Sung meshed Stalinist ideology with a cult of personality that encompassed him and his son. Their portraits hang in every building in North Korea and on the lapels of every dutiful North Korean. Kim Jong Il, a graduate of Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University, was 33 when his father anointed him his eventual successor. Even before he took over as leader, there were signs the younger Kim would maintain — and perhaps exceed — his father's hard-line stance. South Korea has accused Kim of masterminding a 1983 bombing that killed 17 South Korean officials visiting Burma, now known as Myanmar. In 1987, the bombing of a Korean Air Flight killed all 115 people on board; a North Korean agent who confessed to planting the device said Kim ordered the downing of the plane himself. Kim Jong Il took over after his father died in 1994, eventually taking the posts of chairman of the National Defense Commission, commander of the Korean People's Army and head of the ruling Worker's Party while his father remained as North Korea's "eternal president." He faithfully carried out his father's policy of "military first," devoting much of the country's scarce resources to its troops — even as his people suffered from a prolonged famine — and built the world's fifth-largest military. Kim also sought to build up the country's nuclear arms arsenal, which culminated in North Korea's first nuclear test explosion, an underground blast conducted in October 2006. Another test came in 2009. Alarmed, regional leaders negotiated a disarmament-for-aid pact that the North signed in 2007 and began implementing later that year. However, the process continues to be stalled, even as diplomats work to restart negotiations. North Korea, long hampered by sanctions and unable to feed its own people, is desperate for aid. Flooding in the 1990s that destroyed the largely mountainous country's arable land left millions hungry. Following the famine, the number of North Koreans fleeing the country through China rose dramatically, with many telling tales of hunger, political persecution and rights abuses that officials in Pyongyang emphatically denied. Kim often blamed the U.S. for his country's troubles and his regime routinely derides Washington-allied South Korea as a "puppet" of the Western superpower. U.S. President George W. Bush, taking office in 2002, denounced North Korea as a member of an "axis of evil" that also included Iran and Iraq. He later described Kim as a "tyrant" who starved his people so he could build nuclear weapons. "Look, Kim Jong Il is a dangerous person. He's a man who starves his people. He's got huge concentration camps. And , there is concern about his capacity to deliver a nuclear weapon," Bush said in 2005. Kim was an enigmatic leader. But defectors from North Korea describe him as an eloquent and tireless orator, primarily to the military units that form the base of his support. The world's best glimpse of the man was in 2000, when the liberal South Korean government's conciliatory "sunshine" policy toward the North culminated in the first-ever summit between the two Koreas and followed with unprecedented inter-Korean cooperation. A second summit was held in 2007 with South Korea's Roh Moo-hyun. But the thaw in relations drew to a halt in early 2008 when conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in Seoul pledging to come down hard on communist North Korea. Disputing accounts that Kim was "peculiar," former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright characterized Kim as intelligent and well-informed, saying the two had wide-ranging discussions during her visits to Pyongyang when Bill Clinton was U.S. president. "I found him very much on top of his brief," she said. Kim cut a distinctive, if oft ridiculed, figure. Short and pudgy at 5-foot-3, he wore platform shoes and sported a permed bouffant. His trademark attire of jumpsuits and sunglasses was mocked in such films as "Team America: World Police," a movie populated by puppets that was released in 2004. Kim was said to have cultivated wide interests, including professional basketball, cars and foreign films. He reportedly produced several North Korean films as well, mostly historical epics with an ideological tinge. A South Korean film director claimed Kim even kidnapped him and his movie star wife in the late 1970s, spiriting them back to North Korea to make movies for him for a decade before they managed to escape from their North Korean agents during a trip to Austria. Kim rarely traveled abroad and then only by train because of an alleged fear of flying, once heading all the way by luxury rail car to Moscow, indulging in his taste for fine food along the way. One account of Kim's lavish lifestyle came from Konstantin Pulikovsky, a former Russian presidential envoy who wrote the book "The Orient Express" about Kim's train trip through Russia in July and August 2001. Pulikovsky, who accompanied the North Korean leader, said Kim's 16-car private train was stocked with crates of French wine. Live lobsters were delivered in advance to stations. A Japanese cook later claimed he was Kim's personal sushi chef for a decade, writing that Kim had a wine cellar stocked with 10,000 bottles, and that, in addition to sushi, Kim ate shark's fin soup — a rare delicacy — weekly. "His banquets often started at midnight and lasted until morning. The longest lasted for four days," the chef, who goes by the pseudonym Kenji Fujimoto, was quoted as saying. Kim is believed to have curbed his indulgent ways in recent years and looked slimmer in more recent video footage aired by North Korea's state-run broadcaster. Kim's marital status wasn't clear but he is believed to have married once and had at least three other companions. He had at least three sons with two women, as well as a daughter by a third. His eldest son, Kim Jong Nam, 38, is believed to have fallen out of favor with his father after he was caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in 2001 saying he wanted to visit Disney's Tokyo resort. His two other sons by another woman, Kim Jong Chul and Kim Jong Un, are in their 20s. Their mother reportedly died several years ago. http://news.yahoo.com/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-69-died-030848603.html
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Health / Re: Is There A Cure For Diabetis Mellitus? by freepeople: 7:49pm On Dec 18, 2011 |
^^^^ Bloody charlatan |
Religion / Re: Slaps Giving! By Bishop David Oyedepo by freepeople: 6:45pm On Dec 17, 2011 |
chaiii! dis na once in a lifetime opportunity for somebody to hammer. But I bet that none of the witless Nigerian attorneys will pounce on this opportunity. If we were in western country, lawyers will be queuing on this woman's door, tempting her with various mouth-watering offers. How I wish for somebody to grab this offer. Oledepo deserves to be taught both Discipline 101 and Humility 101. |
Politics / Re: Shouting One Nigeria By Force Reduce The Ijaw Population In Biafra War by freepeople: 6:08pm On Dec 17, 2011 |
^^ Hi friend! seems you're off your meds today |
Politics / Re: Deputy IG Of Police Slumps In Ikorodu Hotel by freepeople: 5:56pm On Dec 17, 2011 |
^^ yep, he died on official |
Politics / Re: Deputy IG Of Police Slumps In Ikorodu Hotel by freepeople: 5:52pm On Dec 17, 2011 |
Lasinoh: Trust police nah. They don't waste time to activate their damage control mechanism. Blazay, chill, ok. Police damage control is in full effect |
Politics / Re: Deputy IG Of Police Slumps In Ikorodu Hotel by freepeople: 10:35am On Dec 17, 2011 |
pro01: Ridiculous ke?! Se.xual infidelity to one's spouse is an extramarital s3x or adultery. Nothing could explain the adrenaline rush that lead to heart failure in this circumstance except s3x. having s3x with your wife cannot trigger such an adrenaline rush. The policeman is an adulterer - pure and simple. Sorry if my term offends you. There is no hypocrisy about that. |
Politics / Re: Deputy IG Of Police Slumps In Ikorodu Hotel by freepeople: 10:12am On Dec 17, 2011 |
Is the woman his wife? Serves him right. Adulterer! |
Health / Re: Am I Pregnant by freepeople: 10:40pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
feelamong: Take it easy with her. Your outburst is unwarranted. |
Health / Re: Is There A Cure For Diabetis Mellitus? by freepeople: 10:35pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
You need to be properly counselled at diabetes clinic. If you are, there is no reason to ask this question. Diabetes has no cure at present. Its line of management includes diets, drugs and lifestyle modification. Any claim of diabetes cure at present is bogus. |
Health / Re: One Good Achievement As A Nigerian Don Discovers Cure For Diabetes by freepeople: 10:24pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
aloy/emeka: PhysicsMHD: We are abusing the word [size=14pt]"potency"[/size]. We should use "efficacy" instead. [size=14pt]Potency[/size] refers to amount of drug needed to produce a certain response, while, [size=14pt]Efficacy[/size] is the maximal response that can be elicited by a drug. When potency is mentioned, we think about dose of the drug, but when efficacy is mentioned, we think about the effect of drug on the disease process. Pharmaceutical company can't get an FDA license by proving that their drug is potent, rather, license is issued by proving that their drug is efficacious when compared to placebo. Let's not use the word inter-changeably. Potency is mostly the language of charlatans. |
Health / Re: One Good Achievement As A Nigerian Don Discovers Cure For Diabetes by freepeople: 4:26pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
ziccoit: I totally agree with you |
Health / Re: One Good Achievement As A Nigerian Don Discovers Cure For Diabetes by freepeople: 4:18pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
I have so much respect for Prof. Ernest B. Izevbigie, and I will be exceptionally proud that my fellow Nigerian discovered the drug that can cure DM. Posters that thought otherwise are not trying to pull him down(PHD) or biased against his discovery. Though my sense of patriotism is pushing me to follow the line of thought of the masses. But my training is telling me otherwise. I have to post the scientific steps called "clinical trial" before a drug is shipped into the market for the consumption of the masses. These steps takes years(up to a decade or more). My question is, what are the result of clinical trials of his drug? Phase 1 clinical trials – Is the treatment safe? |
Health / Re: One Good Achievement As A Nigerian Don Discovers Cure For Diabetes by freepeople: 3:58pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
ziga: Oh you went too far. I won't take that route. Let's give him the benefit of doubt. I think, Prof needs to convince us scientifically. I don't know whether the drug has undergone clinical trial. What's the finding? |
Health / Re: One Good Achievement As A Nigerian Don Discovers Cure For Diabetes by freepeople: 3:44pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
kizito96: Yea, good development. Hope we don't replay Abalaka saga again |
Health / Re: One Good Achievement As A Nigerian Don Discovers Cure For Diabetes by freepeople: 3:42pm On Dec 16, 2011 |
whobemumu: In medical science, you never say never. It is possible. Just that we need more explanation on the mechanism of action of the drug. |
Politics / Re: Igbo Sayings And Their Meaning by freepeople: 12:59pm On Dec 10, 2011 |
During my early years, I grew up in the company of my great-grandfather, grandfather and father. In those days, my great-grandfather hardly utters more than 2 sentences without dropping one funny proverb. To be honest, he has large database of Igbo proverbs. Some of those proverbs/sayings are: 1. Onye amu di mma a maghi ihe onye ibi na ahu 2. Egwu a naghi atu afo o bulu uzo. 3. Ngbada dara ibi bu uru nwa di nta 4. Nkita siri na ihe o ji eso onye afo ukwu bu na o bughi na onyughi anyu, o gboo agboo 5. A naghi e ji mgbagbu a ghara ogu. [size=16pt]I invite Igbo NLers to share some of the sayings of our people[/size] 1 Like |
Politics / Igbo Sayings And Their Meaning by freepeople: 12:40pm On Dec 10, 2011 |
Eze mbe si na e jighi ehi kwa nne ya di na nso, mana a si ya wete na ya enweghi. lit: The (king) tortoise said it is an abomination not to conduct his mother's funeral with a cow, but if asked to produce one he couldn't afford it. Exp: Emphasizing the importance of the necessity of an object even though one cannot afford it. Eze mbe si na nsogbu bu nke ya, ya jiri kworo ya n'azu Lit: The tortoise said that trouble is its own; that's why it carries trouble on its back Exp: One should try and shoulder one's own burden Eze mbe si na olu oha di mma, mana oriri oha na-aka ahu. Lit: The tortoise said that many hands at work is enjoyable, but many mouths to feed can be embarrassing. Exp: A warning that it is not easy to feed the multitude. Eze mbe si na ihe ya ji-achiri ihe egwu ya aga njem bu maka ya ezu ndiegwu Lit: The tortoise said that it always travels with its musical instrument in case it meets other musicians. Exp: Stressing a state of maintaining a state of preparedness. Nwaanyi muta ite ofe mmiri mmiri, di ya amuta ipi utara aka were suru ofe. Li: If a woman decides to make the soup watery, the husband will learn to dent the foofoo before dipping it into the soup. Exp: one should learn to change tactics to suit a situation. O na-abu a si nwata wuba ahu, o saba afo ya. Lit: Tell a child to wash his body, he washes his stomach. Exp: This is a sign of immaturity. Agwo emeghi nke o jiri buru agwo, umuaka achiri ya hie nku. Lit: If a snake fails to show its venom, little kids will use it in tying firewood. Exp: There are times when one defends ones capability. Akwukwo juru n'ohia, ma a baa a choba okazi. Lit: There are various leaves in the bush, but people go in to look for okazi leaves. Exp: Many are called but few are chosen. Ekpere niile bere n'Amen. Lit: All prayers end in Amen. Exp: The essence of true religion is righteousness. Onwu egbuchughi ji e jiri chu aja, e mesie o pue ome. Lit: If the yam used in sacrifice does not die prematurely, it will eventually germinate. Exp: Things will eventually improve despite the present difficulties. O te aka o di njo, emesie o ga-adi mma. Exp: Things will eventually improve despite the present difficulties. Aka a na-ana dike bu itube ya (abuba) ugo. Lit: Appropriate handshake for the valiant is to cap him with an eagle (feather). Exp: Noble deeds should be appreciated. Azu na-eloghi ibe ya adighi ebu. Lit: A fish that does not swallow other fishes does not grow fat. Exp: There are occasions where one acts without qualms. Isi kotara ebu ka ebu na-agba. Lit: It is the head that disturbs the wasp that the wasp stings. Exp: Used in warning trouble makers about serious consequences. E tie dike n'ala, a nu uzu ya. Lit: Knock a valiant man on the ground and the shouts will be tremendous. Exp: The downfall of a famous man attracts public attention. O bu mmuo ndi na-efe na-egbu ha. Lit: It is the deity that people worship that kills them. Exp: A reference to the efficacy of people's belief. O na-abu akota ihe ka ubi, e lee oba. Lit: Whilst farming, if one encounters what is bigger than the farm, one sells the barn. Exp: One who incurs what is beyond one's ability may sell all one has. E gbuo dike n'ogu uno, e ruo n'ogu agu e lote ya. Lit: Kill a warrior during skirmishes at home, you will remember him when fighting enemies. Exp: Don't destroy your leaders. Ewu nwuru n'oba ji abughi agu gburu ya. Lit: A goat that dies in a barn was not killed by hunger. Exp: He has the means but his undoing is laziness. A ma ka mmiri si were baa n'opi ugboguru? Lit: Who knows how water entered into the stalk of the pumpkin? Exp: Who can explain this puzzle. A chuo aja ma a hughi udele, a mara na ihe mere be ndimmuo. Lit: If the vulture fails to hover at the end of a sacrifice, then you know that something happened in the land of spirits. Exp: The regulars must be around otherwise something is amiss. Si kele onye nti chiri; enu anughi, ala anu. Lit: Salute the deaf; if the heavens don't hear, the earth will hear. Exp: Let us do the correct thing, there are those who will understand. Nwunye awo si na di atoka uto, ya jiri nuta nke ya kworo ya n'azu. Lit: The female toad said that husband is so sweet that when she got married, she carried her husband permanently on the back. Exp: A humorous proverb used in cajoling women into loving their husbands. Ugo chara acha adi(ghi) echu echu Lit: A mature eagle feather will ever remain pure. Exp: One well trained will stand the test of time. Onyeubiam adi(ghi) aza "Omeokachie." Lit: An indigent does not take the title of "Omeokachie" (i.e. one who completes whatever he puts his hand to) Exp: Used in condemning false claims. Culled from: http://www.kwenu.com/igbo/idioms/ekene_collection.htm 3 Likes |
Crime / Re: ''Nigerian'' Scammer Eric Omoako (sp?) Caught On Tape by freepeople: 3:48am On Dec 10, 2011 |
These oyibos knows how to bust these badt guys. The way and manner they were caught is very funny. They did similar thing to Fred Ajudua on the street of London. This form of scam called "wash-wash" has been in existence in Nigeria for decades. That's the first form of scam I encountered as a young man back in my days in secondary school. I believe that Nigeria is exporting scam all over the world. Those guys in the video doesn't particularly appear to me as smart as their Nigerian conmen counterpart. However, we can't really say for sure that they are Ghananians. |
Crime / Re: Electric Cables Vandals Caught In The Act (offensive pictures) by freepeople: 3:17am On Dec 10, 2011 |
Electricity is a good servant but a bad master |
Nairaland / General / Re: What Part Of History Did You Have The "privilege" To Have Witnessed? by freepeople: 10:27pm On Dec 09, 2011 |
1. Witnessed 1/2 kobo, 1kobo, 5kobo, 10kobo, 25kobo, 50kobo note, 1naira note, 5naira note, 10naira note, 20naira note(highest denomination). 2. Witnessed when single-barreled dane gun and baton was the statutory weapon of the police. 3. Witnessed when the poorest can afford 3 square meal per day. |
Nairaland / General / Re: What Part Of History Did You Have The "privilege" To Have Witnessed? by freepeople: 2:31pm On Dec 09, 2011 |
The part of history I witnessed? [size=5pt]There is little space in NL to note them down[/size] |
Politics / Re: Eze Ndi Igbo Nairaland Election (voting In Progress: ) by freepeople: 10:14pm On Dec 08, 2011 |
@Okija juju, I've changed my mind and wont debate the issues you raised. I saw the rebuttal from PointB which he promptly edited out after the protest from ChinenyeN. The issues you raised has been overflogged in many threads in this forum. Digest the following sayings of our people: 1. A siri na nwa nza na ere oku, o chee na o na ama abuba. 2. Nwata a na e tiri egwu suru gede o na agba a maghi na egwu suru gede bu egwu ndi muo. 3. Okuko puta na ebe o na amaghi o were otu okpa kwuru. 4. Ewu siri na ihe o huru mee mmmm ka nkita huru gboba uja. My people are not suffering from mass hysteria, rather your sketchy knowledge of your history is to be blamed. Oyibo says that half education is more dangerous than ignorance. I wont partner with you to derail this fun-filled thread. |
Romance / Re: What Do Modern Women Want In A Man? by freepeople: 3:17pm On Dec 08, 2011 |
Modern woman all over d earth wants: 1.Money 2. Money 3. Money . . . . .1000. Money All other qualities are adjunct |
Politics / Re: Eze Ndi Igbo Nairaland Election (voting In Progress: ) by freepeople: 12:12pm On Dec 08, 2011 |
Okija_juju: Nna eh. . .SMH. I'm yet to be convinced that you are an Igbo. My doubt about your ethnicity emanated from the fact that I have some Yoruba friends who are fluent Igbo speakers. If you are one - your position is rather unfortunate. I know that you are irked when a poster referred to you as an outcast(osu). I presume that u exploded with fury. Sorry for that. I've been campaigning against osu/outcast system in Igbo land. It has created a large and willing army of enemy within us. Yet my people will not listen. I'm glad that Nnewi has abolished the osu system. I enjoin other town in Igbo land to abolish this discriminatory practice. In response your post. Ojukwu was a firm believer in Nigeria for more than 3 decades. Nigeria pushed Biafra to secede with pogrom. It's not fair massacre common men on the street simply because of his ethnic affiliation. That is a straight-forward genocide. No history will ever justify that action. Ojukwu did not take Biafra to war. Nigeria declared war against Biafra. Biafra fought in self-defense. I'm occupied with my schedule to give a full response to your comment now. I'll be back later |
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