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Report “We are like Prachanda’s followers” Govinda Acharya After returning from China Six Nepali journalists visited China with an invitation from the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). We visited the industrial city of Guangdong, the capital city Beijing, Yenan, the base area of the CCP during the Chinese People’s War, and we spoke with many officials of the CCP and the Chinese government. Among the hundreds of people we met and talked with, the most memorable was meeting a Mao Tse-Tung impersonator and lookalike. On 2nd October, we went to his residence. As you may see from the photo, Mr. Chen Wen bears a striking resemblance to Mao. Furthermore, he speaks, acts, writes and paints like Mao Tse-Tung, and is even the same height as Mao. Mr. Chen said he started copying the style of Mao from the the age of 11. Now 54, Mr. Chen is himself a great fan and follower of Mao. He has acted in dozens of Chinese films as Mao; four of them were released in October. Whe...

Two German children - aged five and six - have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, according to reports, BBC said Tuesday.The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport. They even had the presence of mind to invite along an official witness - Anna-Lena´s seven-year-old sister.The three got as far as Hanover railway station before police intervened.The young couple were "very much in love" and had decided to get married in Africa "where it is warm", police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP news agency.Sun-seekersThe idea for the getaway wedding was born as the children´s families celebrated New Year´s eve together and Mika regaled the two girls with stories of a recent holiday to Italy.The following morning, as their parents slept, the intrepid trio walked 1km (0.6 miles) to the local tram station at Langenhagen, where they hopped aboard a tr...

Iraqi journalist hailed as a national hero By Ali Alrabi For many, Muntather Alzaidi’s action of throwing his famous shoes at George Bush during press conferences in Baghdad has optimized Iraqi people’s feelings about George Bush and his legacy in Iraq as they see it. Alzaidi expressed his sentiments of resentment against Bush by a harmless weapon, his shoes, accompanying by his famous words “this your kiss goodbye ya Chalb,( dog)”, which is taken as a great insult in the Arab world. Iranian people were overjoyed at the Iraqi journalist’s gesture. Text messages and emails flew at a high speed rate between all over the world. Face book fans created page for Alzaidi and his fans are already in the thousands and keep going by the minute. Al-Jazeera also showed scenes of ordinary Iraqis cheering Alzaidi’s actions calling him an Iraqi hero, who expressed their opposition to the occupation of their country. Arab journalists though stressed that the action was inappropriate, though they und...